Chapter 155: Clear Sky's Return, Storm Rising
"Oh? What's wrong?" Ning Fengzhi frowned, hoping it wasn't something bad, and asked hurriedly.
"What happened? Don't worry, tell me slowly."
"Yes! Spies from Heaven Dou City suddenly reported that just three days ago, the Clear Sky Sect officially returned! Sect Leader Tang Xiao personally announced that the Clear Sky Sect would form an offensive and defensive alliance with the Star Luo Empire, sharing both prosperity and loss.
Simultaneously, the Star Luo Emperor also announced the Star Luo Empire's full support for the Clear Sky Sect's return. Anyone who dared to embarrass the Clear Sky Sect would become an enemy of the entire Star Luo Empire, and the Star Luo Empire's hundreds of thousands of troops would not stand idly by!"
"!!!"
Ning Fengzhi remained silent, but his face was already filled with astonishment. As the Heaven Dou Empire's Imperial Preceptor, Ning Fengzhi was extremely cunning. His inner thoughts were known only to him, and it was difficult for others to read his thoughts from his face.
But now, even the simple-minded Ning Rongrong could see the surprise on his face.
"The Clear Sky Sect has returned and has formed an alliance with the Star Luo Empire. This is truly a big deal. The world of spirit masters is probably about to change!"
Ning Fengzhi sat in the main hall, frowning in thought, muttering, "The biggest headache for the Clear Sky Sect's return should be the Spirit Hall.
After all, there is a deep hatred between the Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect and the Star Luo Empire are allies, probably because they don't want to face the Spirit Hall's wrath on their own.
In recent years, the Star Luo Empire has been thriving, its national strength has grown, and it has also gained three more Titled Douluo. Even the Spirit Hall's Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo have suffered at their hands.
Now they have formed an offensive and defensive alliance with the Clear Sky Sect. It seems that the Star Luo Empire intends to compete with the Spirit Hall for hegemony of the Douluo Continent!"
Ning Fengzhi had a sharp eye and saw through the clues at a glance. The Clear Sky Sect and the Spirit Hall were enemies just to avenge the arrow shot thirteen years ago, but the Star Luo Empire was different.
The Star Luo Empire is fighting for hegemony on the continent. Once the Spirit Hall is destroyed, the Star Luo Empire will be the most powerful force on the Douluo Continent!
Gu Rong also nodded slightly and said, "Fengzhi is right. The Star Luo Empire and the Spirit Hall have had a long-standing grudge. If it weren't for the Spirit Hall's obstruction, the Star Luo Empire would have annexed the Heaven Dou Empire and unified the continent long ago.
Now that the Star Luo Empire has joined forces with the Clear Sky Sect, it seems that it is determined to completely remove the Spirit Hall as a thorn in its side."
"Isn't this a good thing?"
Chen Xin frowned and said, "It is common knowledge that the Star Luo Empire wants to annex the Heaven Dou Empire. If the Spirit Hall is destroyed, I'm afraid the next goal of the Star Luo Empire will be to completely annex the Heaven Dou Empire.
And our material resources and personal connections are all in the Heaven Dou Empire. If the Heaven Dou Empire perishes, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will inevitably be affected."
Having said that, Chen Xin looked at Ning Fengzhi and asked, "Fengzhi, you are the sect master, what do you think? How should we preserve our strength and grow stronger in this turbulent time?"
"I think we can first show goodwill to the Star Luo Empire!" Ning Fengzhi thought for a moment, and thought of the method that would best suit the interests of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at the moment.
"It just so happens that we are going to find Prince Star Luo to buy Prism Grass. We can take this opportunity to show our goodwill to him, and we can even give the Star Luo Empire some financial support."
At this point, Ning Fengzhi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he smiled: "By the way, don't we still have some spirit bones in the warehouse of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? Take out a ten-thousand-year spirit bone and give it to Prince Star Luo. The age... should not be less than thirty thousand years."
"What? We are going to give them precious ten-thousand-year spirit bones?" Gu Rong frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Fengzhi, aren't you afraid that the strength of the Star Luo Empire will increase because of this?"
"Haha, Uncle Gu, I just want to further enhance the strength of the Star Luo Empire!" Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly and explained: "The stronger the Star Luo Empire is, the more headaches the Spirit Hall will have, and the more beneficial it will be to our development!"
Gu Rong pondered for a moment, then raised a brow, as if struck by something. He quickly asked, "Fengzhi, are you just going to fan the flames and sit back and watch the fight unfold?"
"Indeed!" Ning Fengzhi nodded heavily, smiling. "The stronger the Star Luo Empire grows, the more restless Bibi Dong will become, and the more likely these two factions will clash.
If they do, both will inevitably suffer heavy losses, regardless of the outcome! We'll seize this opportunity, allowing the fisherman to profit while the snipe and the clam fight. I'll persuade Emperor Xue Ye to eliminate the Star Luo Empire, the Clear Sky Sect, and the Spirit Hall while they're weak!"
Chen Xin and Gu Rong nodded slightly. This was indeed the approach that best served the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. With the Clear Sky Sect destroyed, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would truly be the world's foremost sect.
And if the Heaven Dou Empire annexed the Star Luo Empire and the Spirit Hall, Ning Fengzhi, as the Heaven Dou Imperial Master, would also bring immense benefits to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
"Then without further ado, let's set off for the Star Luo Empire. Uncle Gu, please take us there!"
Gu Rong smiled faintly and said, "Haha, no problem!"
...
Meanwhile, in Spirit City, in the Pope's Palace,
Yue Guan and Gui Mei knelt before Pope Bibi Dong, trembling like sieves, their faces twisted with fear.
Bang—
"You two idiots! Look at what you've done!" Bibi Dong slapped the throne and rose from it, glaring angrily at Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo below.
"You haven't completed a single mission assigned to you! Now that the Star Luo Empire has allied with the Clear Sky Sect, what do you say we should do? If you had killed Dai Weis and that bitch Tang Yuehua, there wouldn't be so much trouble!"
"I admit my guilt. Your Majesty, I beg your punishment!"
The two exchanged bitter glances. They had held back because they feared killing Dai Weis and Tang Yuehua would lead to an alliance between the Star Luo Empire and the Clear Sky Sect. They never expected that they would eventually join forces!
"Hmph! If reprimanding and punishing you were any use, I would have slapped you to death long ago!"
Bibi Dong snorted coldly, looking at the letter sent by Bishop Warwick of Star Luo City's Spirit Temple. It stated: The Star Luo Emperor solemnly declares that anyone who dares to embarrass the Clear Sky Sect is an enemy of the entire Star Luo Empire, and nothing but destruction awaits him!
This was clearly a veiled attack, a stark warning to Bibi Dong: Don't attack the Clear Sky Sect, or even the Spirit Temple will be attacked.
Bibi Dong suppressed her anger, raised her hips, and gently sat on the throne. Her face was filled with worry, and she seemed to have aged ten years.
She gloomily pondered what to do next.
"Should we launch a spirit hunting operation?" Bibi Dong murmured, then shook her head, "No, the Clear Sky Sect has been closed for thirteen years, and we have no idea of their current strength. Any rash action will only backfire. The only way for us now is to lie low and wait until we have investigated the Clear Sky Sect's strength before making any plans."
The news of the Clear Sky Sect's comeback and its alliance with the Star Luo Empire quickly spread throughout the Douluo Continent, causing a huge uproar. Everyone was in a panic, not knowing what would happen next.
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