Chapter 56: The Plan to Unify Douluo Begins; From This Day, the Black Tiger Sect is No More!
"In the southern part of the city, there is a vast royal garden, with an extremely large area and a serene environment.
It was originally intended for the expansion of a branch of the Royal Academy.
Since Sect Master Yu has such a grand aspiration, We shall bestow this land to the Yin Yang Sect as the site for establishing your academy!"
Southern part of the city?
Could it be the location where Liu Erlong later founded the Blue Tyrant Academy?
In Yu Jingcheng's memory, the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy had no branch in Heaven Dou City.
"Furthermore, We shall allocate an additional one million gold coins as seed funding!"
A sharp glint flashed in Yu Jingcheng's eyes:
"Many thanks for Your Majesty's immense favor."
"The Yin Yang Academy will certainly live up to Your Majesty's high expectations."
...
After leaving the palace, Gu Rong couldn't help but give Yu Jingcheng a thumbs-up.
"Sect Master, brilliant!"
"With just a few words, you not only got a piece of land worth its weight in gold for free,
but also secured a million gold coins.
More importantly, our Yin Yang Sect has now firmly established a foothold in Heaven Dou City, gaining the protective umbrella of the royal family."
"Though, whether we have this umbrella or not is irrelevant. Our Yin Yang Sect has two Titled Douluos!"
"The royal family should be scrambling to curry favor with us!"
Yu Jingcheng looked at the land deed in his hand, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
"This is only the beginning."
Yu Jingcheng's goal.
was never merely to establish a Sect and compete for the title of the number one Sect in the world.
His ultimate goal was to become a god.
And on the path to godhood, he could conveniently sweep away all other forces.
To establish a unified Empire across the entire Douluo Continent.
The Heaven Dou Empire would inevitably fall by his hand.
"Let's go, Uncle Gu."
"Let's go meet that Young Lord Hu Lie who must be nearly driven mad with anxiety."
Yu Jingcheng said calmly.
"Tell him his savior has arrived."
In the western part of Heaven Dou City, within a secluded villa.
The atmosphere was suffocatingly oppressive.
Crash!
An exquisite porcelain cup was smashed violently onto the floor, shattering into pieces.
"This is too much!
This is simply too much!"
A burly, fierce-looking middle-aged man paced back and forth in the hall like a caged beast,
his chest heaving violently.
This man was none other than the Second Young Lord of the Black Tiger Sect, Hu Lie.
"Young Lord, please calm your anger..."
A confidant at his side cautiously advised:
"After all, the Yin Yang Sect has two Titled Douluos overseeing it. It's normal for them to put on airs. We are the ones seeking their help now..."
"Seeking their help?
I've been waiting here for a full three hours!"
Hu Lie suddenly stopped pacing, his eyes bloodshot, gnashing his teeth as he said:
"Even if they are Titled Douluos, they can't toy with me like this!
I think they have no sincerity in cooperating at all. They're clearly deliberately humiliating me!"
"We'll wait another half hour!"
Hu Lie slammed his fist on the table, sending wood splinters flying.
"If they still don't come, we leave!
At worst, I'll take my men and seek refuge with the Spirit Hall. I don't believe..."
"Heh, seek refuge with the Spirit Hall?"
Just then, a mocking, aged voice sounded abruptly within the room.
"I'm afraid the moment you step out that door, your dear elder brother will chop you into mincemeat and feed you to the dogs."
"Who's there?!"
Hu Lie's hair stood on end. He whirled around, his Soul Power erupting instantly as the faint shadow of a massive black tiger materialized behind him.
However, the next second.
Ssshh—
The space before him seemed to be torn apart by an invisible, massive hand.
A pitch-black spatial rift appeared out of thin air, emanating a terrifying, heart-stopping aura.
Immediately after, two figures slowly stepped out from the rift.
The one in the lead wore snow-white robes, his demeanor elegant and noble, a faint, ambiguous smile playing on his lips.
It was Yu Jingcheng.
Behind him followed a middle-aged man with a gaunt face and deeply sunken eyes.
Bone Douluo, Gu Rong!
"Bo... Bone Douluo?!"
Feeling the abyssal, suffocating, terrifying pressure emanating from Gu Rong, the Soul Power Hu Lie had just mustered instantly dissipated.
It was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over him from head to toe. His earlier rage instantly turned into a bone-chilling cold.
His legs went weak, nearly causing him to kneel on the spot.
Is this the pressure of a Titled Douluo?
With just a glance, he, a Soul Saint, couldn't even muster the thought of resistance!
"Young Lord Hu Lie, be at ease."
Yu Jingcheng casually pulled over a chair and sat down, his movements as elegant as if he were in his own backyard, completely ignoring the mess on the floor.
"The reason for my late arrival is that I went to the palace,
to secure a talisman of protection from His Majesty for our future cooperation."
"The... the palace?"
Hu Lie was stunned, the tension in his nerves momentarily breaking.
He didn't understand how the internal strife of the Black Tiger Sect could be related to the palace.
Without further ado, Yu Jingcheng directly retrieved the freshly acquired land deed and imperial edict, still carrying the scent of ink, from his spirit tool and gently placed them on the table.
"Take a look."
Hu Lie's hand trembled as he picked up the imperial edict. His eyes scanned the contents, and his pupils abruptly contracted.
"Establish the Yin Yang Academy... royal funding... southern city land..."
He jerked his head up to look at Yu Jingcheng, his eyes filled with confusion:
"Sect Master Yu, what is this..."
"Hu Lie, you are a smart man."
Yu Jingcheng lightly tapped the table with his finger, his tone calm yet exuding an aura of absolute control:
"Do you think that even if I help you kill Hu Yan and reclaim the Black Tiger Sect, you can securely sit in the Sect Master's seat?"
"Don't forget, the force behind Hu Yan, the one that propped him up, can just as easily destroy you."
Hu Lie's face turned pale.
This was also his greatest worry.
Hu Yan's recent explosive increase in strength and the involvement of that mysterious force had left him unable to eat or sleep in peace.
"Moreover, the Black Tiger Sect is, after all, one of the Lower Four Sects.
If it were to merge openly into my Yin Yang Sect, it would inevitably alert the Spirit Hall and other forces."
Yu Jingcheng leaned forward slightly, his gaze fixed directly on Hu Lie:
"But what if... the Black Tiger Sect were to be erased from the world?"
"Erased?!"
Hu Lie exclaimed in shock, instinctively taking a step back.
"Correct."
Yu Jingcheng pointed at the imperial edict on the table, a playful smile curling his lips:
"From now on, there will be no more Black Tiger Sect in this world."
"What will exist is the 'Yin Yang Advanced Soul Master Academy,' personally approved by the Heaven Dou Empire and backed by the royal family."
"And you, Hu Lie, along with all the elite Disciples under your command,
will undergo a transformation, becoming the'Security Department' of the Yin Yang Academy, responsible for maintaining campus security and clearing out the surrounding riffraff."
"You will be the first Director of the Security Department."
Boom!
Yu Jingcheng's words exploded in Hu Lie's mind like a thunderclap.
He had originally thought that by defecting to the Yin Yang Sect, at best he would become a vassal, or even cannon fodder.
But he never expected Yu Jingcheng to have laid out such an elaborate scheme!
A backdoor listing!
Using the academy as a shell, with the Sect as its backbone!
With the official status of an 'academy,' they would no longer be Jianghu ruffians, but a regular force protected by imperial law!
Although in the Soul Master World, strength reigns supreme, power is paramount.
But if they could occupy a position of righteous legitimacy,
it would indeed be the icing on the cake.
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