Having learned what she wanted to know, although some parts differed from Qian Renxue's conjectures and a few mysteries remained, Qian Renxue now knew everything she needed to know.
After finishing her thoughts, Qian Renxue discovered another suspicious point: didn't this man just say he had never seen Bibi Dong again? Then what was his previous trip to Martial Soul City to discuss cooperation with Bibi Dong? Yu Xiaogang's muddled, subconscious avoidance behavior had once again buried the seeds of his own misfortune.
Discovering that Yu Xiaogang had already passed out, Qian Renxue sneered. New love or old flame, if you provoke someone you shouldn't, you have to pay the price.
Finding him filthy, Qian Renxue did not bother to wake Yu Xiaogang up. She stepped out of the dungeon and gave instructions to Shadow Three at the entrance.
"For the next half month, increase the intensity. Don't kill him, but cripple his body so it can never be fully recovered."
Hearing Qian Renxue's order to increase the intensity, Shadow Three mourned for Yu Xiaogang for half a second, but then responded firmly.
"Yes, Young Master."
It just so happened that he still had some Execution Packages he hadn't fully experimented with! With Yu Xiaogang being such a capable practice dummy who provided him with emotional value and practical combat experience, he naturally had to seize the opportunity.
Qian Renxue walked out of the dungeon and called out.
"Uncle She."
Snake Lance Douluo She Long appeared and bowed.
"Greetings, Young Master!"
Qian Renxue waved her hand to signal him to rise and went straight to the point.
"Arrange a body double. After half a month of punishment, I will personally take Yu Xiaogang back to Martial Soul City to exchange him for Yang Wushuang from Bibi Dong."
She Long had no objections, but he still offered a suggestion.
"Young Master, should we wait two more days for Yu Xiaogang's surface injuries to heal before making the exchange?"
"Yu Xiaogang carries some weight in the Pope's heart. If you bring him over directly, the Pope might be angered by the Young Master upon seeing his wounds."
Qian Renxue rejected the idea.
"Then let her be angry. I want to see what her reaction will be."
"To see just how far she can go for such trash."
With that, Qian Renxue flicked her sleeves and left. She was busy and had no time to waste on such a trivial matter as Yu Xiaogang.
In the Breaking Clan's territory, inside Yun Ming's Small Courtyard.
Yun Ming and Ya Li were sitting at a stone table in the courtyard, drinking tea and chatting. As they talked, the conversation drifted to what Yun Ming had seen and heard at the Crown Prince Residence a few days ago.
Hearing the juicy gossip Yun Ming shared, Ya Li was quite shocked.
She never expected that Yu Xiaogang, the greatest contributor to the destruction of Martial Soul Hall in the original timeline and one of the founders of Shrek Academy, would have an affair with the Pope of Martial Soul Hall, Bibi Dong. This was truly a bizarre tale for the continent! But her evaluation of it was:
'Bibi Dong's taste is terrible, not even half as good as mine.'
After all, one picked a man from a trash heap, while the other was the number one person on the continent; their tastes were simply incomparable! Comparing them even slightly was an insult to Yun Ming.
Ya Li asked.
"So, is my senior sister planning to use Yu Xiaogang as a bargaining chip to make the Pope release the person?"
Yun Ming looked at the tea in his cup and chuckled softly.
"That should be it."
Although Qian Renxue had never revealed her true face in front of Yun Ming, according to what Ya Li had told him, her teacher Qian Daoliu only had one granddaughter. Under these circumstances, Yun Ming could naturally guess Xue Qinghe's identity with ease. And if Yun Ming knew, then Ya Li knew as well.
Seeing Yun Ming suddenly laugh, Ya Li understood his thoughts, and she also spoke up with interest.
"I have to return to the Hall later; why don't you come back with me?"
Regarding Ya Li's proposal, the fun-seeker Yun Ming, who shared a telepathic connection with her, naturally would not object.
Such a grand drama of mutual destruction was something that had to be seen immediately. And then... the two of them didn't make it, because the heavens of Heaven Dou had changed.
Without the help of the Breaking Clan and Dugu Bo to detoxify him, even though Prince Xue Xing summoned all the famous doctors in the world and used all kinds of medical treatments and precious medicines, it only extended Xue Ye's life for a short while, and today was the limit.
Xue Ye was poisoned too deeply, his body could no longer bear the burden, and he passed away.
That night, Heaven Dou Imperial City was very lively. Prince Xue Xing and Prince Xue Beng, knowing they had reached a life-or-death juncture, launched a violent coup, intending to execute Xue Qinghe and seize the throne by force.
But how could their petty tricks be hidden from Qian Renxue? To completely sweep away the remnants of Prince Xue Xing's faction, Qian Renxue used herself as bait to lure them into acting, then used the imperial edict left behind by Xue Ye to mobilize the Royal Knights in advance to ambush them, catching the rebels in a net.
In the end, only Prince Xue Xing escaped with his life thanks to Dugu Bo's intervention, and even Xue Beng died in that chaotic battle.
This bloody struggle for the throne came and went quickly, and the one who successfully laughed last was Qian Renxue.
With the palace stained in blood and the situation settled, Qian Renxue's undercover plan was a massive success. She had finally achieved her goal, reaching the pinnacle of undercover work: infiltrating the Empire and becoming the Emperor.
Three days later.
At the coronation ceremony for Xue Qinghe as the Heaven Dou Emperor.
Watching Xue Qinghe, dressed in bright yellow dragon robes, step by step complete the process of receiving the five sacred coronation items—the Crown, the Royal Sword, the Scepter, the Royal Fan, the Yak-tail Whisk, and the Royal Boots—Yun Ming couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion. His wings, as a small butterfly, had ultimately overturned an era.
In the original timeline, the unfinished ambition of Qian Renxue had been fulfilled under his influence. Where would the future lead? Yun Ming was looking forward to it.
The coronation ceremony ended. With Qian Renxue as the new monarch, and the fact that she still had to return to Martial Soul City to exchange the prisoner and report for duty, there was simply too much work to complete. She was so busy every day that she didn't have a moment to spare for Yu Xiaogang. Our poor Great Master could only live in agony every day under the small whip of Shadow Three and various other torturous little tools.
Yun Ming and Ya Li did not stay any longer. They set off for Martial Soul City, not just to watch the drama involving Bibi Dong—that was just a minor matter—but more importantly, because Qian Daoliu had summoned them. The reason Qian Renxue wanted to personally take Yu Xiaogang back was also for this very reason.
And so, the two of them traveled, enjoying the scenery along the way, moving slowly toward Martial Soul City. Finally, after playing for ten days and covering only a quarter of the journey, seeing that time was running out, Yun Ming decisively used his martial soul ability to speed up their travel.
Just like that, before the arrival of this annual Qian Family emotional drama, the two of them finally arrived at Martial Soul City.
Upon entering Martial Soul City, Yun Ming and Ya Li first went to the Worship Hall to pay their respects to Qian Daoliu, but the moment they entered the hall, they saw the usually stern Qian Daoliu beaming with joy, holding the hand of a stunning beauty who looked to be in her twenties, and speaking to her with a wide smile.
Whether a hundred-year-old man holding the hand of such a beauty was a distortion of human nature or a collapse of morality—of course, it was neither. The auras of these two were somewhat similar, so the identity of the great beauty naturally became self-evident.
Seeing Qian Daoliu and the woman look over, Yun Ming offered a salute.
"Yun Ming pays his respects to the First Elder and Big Sister Xue."
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