Chapter 131 Dealing with follow-up
After killing Liu Erlong, Zhuang Xingyu did not go on a massacre. He only killed a dozen of Liu Erlong's diehard followers and Tailong's good brothers, and planned to let the rest go.
Although Lan Ba Academy recruited some civilian soul masters, they were always oppressed and bullied by the noble students in the academy. They did not have a good life. These civilian soul masters only came here to study. They did not have much affection. Just like in the original time and space, Tai Long still bullied those students at will! The law of the jungle is the same everywhere in Douluo Continent.
These civilians are just ordinary soul masters struggling against their fate. It's not easy for them all. If nothing unexpected happens, their upper limit in the future will be Soul Emperor or Soul Saint at most, and they will not pose any threat to Zhuang Xingyu.
Looking at the trembling students around him, Zhuang Xingyu smiled warmly, "Don't panic, everyone. I'm sure you've all heard of me. I'm the young patriarch of the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, and I'm also the Duke of Extreme Yin-Yang of the Tiandou Empire and the eldest son of the King of Qi of the Tiandou Empire. Therefore, I'm also your leader. If you have any difficulties, you can tell me, and I'll do my best to help you."
"I came here to kill the human traitors who colluded with Haotian Sect: the Li clan. After the investigation just now, I found that Liu Erlong also had connections with Haotian Sect and was also a traitor to the human race. That's why it obstructed the Duke from enforcing the law and even dared to attack the Duke. Its crime is unforgivable!" As he said this, Zhuang Xingyu took out some evidence of Liu Erlong's collusion with soul beasts that he had just collected and circulated it to everyone. I don't know if they believe it or not, but Zhuang Xingyu believes it, and Zhuang Xingyu also believes that Xue Ye and the others will believe it.
"Therefore, for the sake of peace and development of all human beings in Douluo Continent, I have decided to disband Blue Tyrant Academy. But don't worry, after my investigation, you students are innocent, so I will not implicate you."
"But considering that your studies are not yet completed, I will give you several options: First, return to Beiyuan with me. I will arrange for you to attend the academy of my clan's affiliated forces, and you will have the opportunity to enter my clan's academy in the future; second, I recommend you to go to other advanced soul master academies in Tiandou City to complete the rest of your studies; third, choose to be an independent cultivator. The graduation standard of the advanced soul master academy is soul master. If you want to obtain soul rings, as long as you have not done evil things, you can come to Beiyuan to find my clan for the first three soul rings. My clan will arrange for strong people to help you obtain soul rings."
"I'll give you two quarters of an hour to think and discuss. Tell me the result when the game is over."
The students below were in an uproar, talking about it. Some cursed Liu Erlong, while others were at a loss. There were all kinds of expressions.
"Your Excellency the Duke, can I really join the Academy for Nobles?" A beautiful and gentle 17-year-old girl in the crowd asked respectfully.
Zhuang Xingyu took a look and found that it was the substitute member of the Shrek team in the Youth Soul Master Competition in the original time and space: Jiangzhu, whose martial soul was the healing scepter and a healing soul master. He was 19 years old and had a soul power of level 35. Healing soul masters improve their soul power slowly and do not have many resources, so it is already quite good to reach this level.
“You will have a half-year observation period. After passing the assessment of my Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, you will be able to join our clan’s academy. The assessment content is not difficult. The most important thing is to join with sincerity. If you make certain contributions, you can also enjoy the same treatment as the soul masters of the same level in our clan. You must have heard about the welfare benefits of our clan members. It is several times more than that of the soul masters of the same level in the Spirit Hall and the Pope’s Hall. It is the best in the entire continent!” Zhuang Xingyu replied.
The Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan is mainly composed of strong attack spirit masters, and lacks auxiliary and healing spirit masters. They welcome the arrival of spirit masters like Jiangzhu.
"Thank you, Lord Duke, oh no, thank you, Lord Young Supreme, Jiangzhu requests to join the academy of the noble affiliated forces." Jiangzhu is from a healing family. His parents have low soul power and are only soul masters. They are not good at dealing with people and have not had a good life in Tiandou City. Now that he has the opportunity to join the strongest force in the entire continent, Jiangzhu naturally does not want to miss it. Everyone knows that these imperial nobles in Douluo Continent do not look at your ability, but only rely on blood, mother, and body to spread.
These people who don't understand the ways of the world and don't play tricks are Zhuang Xingyu's favorite type of subordinates. Just do your job well and complete the tasks assigned to you honestly, and don't do anything else.
In the end, one-third of the soul masters chose to join the academy affiliated with the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan. They were all orphans, civilians, and people from small soul master families who were ostracized in Tiandou City.
The remaining 2/3 of the people chose to accept Zhuang Xingyu's recommendation and join the other advanced soul master academies in Tiandou City. They were all minor nobles and soul master families who were doing well in Tiandou City. For example, Jing Ling and Huang Yuan who appeared in the original time and space, Zhuang Xingyu didn't care at all, you can join or not, if you don't come, there are plenty of people who want to come. No one chose to become a casual cultivator, which shows that everyone is also a wise person. Now that evil soul masters are rampant in Douluo Continent and major forces are constantly in conflict, everyone wants to find a big tree that can shelter themselves and pursue stability and security.
Zhuang Xingyu discovered that the name of the Tiandou Empire was still very useful among the lower-class civilians in the Douluo Continent. After all, it was an empire that had ruled here for thousands of years, and it had a lot of prestige and mass base, otherwise it would not have survived until today.
It is no wonder that Qian Renxue disguised herself as the crown prince of Tiandou and implemented the plan to steal the country. [From the perspective of the Spirit Hall], this is the right thing to do, but it should not be done by Qian Renxue herself. She should send a trusted and controllable direct descendant to carry it out. It would be a waste of talent for Qian Renxue to go there herself. She should have become a god earlier and pushed forward all the way.
Zhuang Xingyu thought of some commonly used strategies and said to himself, "There are too many treacherous ministers around Xue Ye, and there must be many traitors who want to rebel. The patriarch of my Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan is the King of Tiandou Empire. I was made a Duke at the age of 10 and I am deeply trusted by Xue Ye. When the world changes drastically in the future, I must obey the will of heaven and enter Tiandou City. It makes sense, right!"
"And it is reasonable that Xue Ye and his children were killed by traitors during the war! According to Xue Ye's last wish, a young child from the Xue family was supported to ascend the throne. Since the young emperor was still young, it was even more reasonable for the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan to rule the country!"
"A few years later, the young emperor felt that he was not capable enough to handle state affairs, and Zhuang Xingyu's ability was unparalleled. For the sake of the people of the Tiandou Empire, it was reasonable for him to abdicate the throne to Zhuang Xingyu!"
"You can also become a god and push forward all the way. We'll see what the specific situation will be then."
The former is to unify Douluo Continent in a transitional form, boiling the frog in warm water. This method can reduce bloodshed, and the civilians in Douluo Continent will suffer less in the early stages, but the change will not be thorough, and will leave many contradictions, hindering further development in the future.
When Zhuang Xingyu is around, he can suppress all the monsters. Once Zhuang Xingyu leaves Douluo Continent and conquers the heavens and all realms, the next generation of heirs left by Zhuang Xingyu may be fine, but the position of the next generation of heirs may not change.
In the early stage, they did not dare to overturn Zhuang Xingyu's plan, but would deliberately implement Zhuang Xingyu's strategy incorrectly, magnifying or minimizing it, and discrediting the correct things. In the later stage, they would overturn Zhuang Xingyu's correct plan and implement things that were not in the interests of all human beings in Douluo Continent for their own benefit.
They will even try to discredit Zhuang Xingyu and put all the blame on Zhuang Xingyu for the mistakes of all members in the development of Douluo Continent. After going around in circles, they will go backwards, and the civilians in Douluo Continent will suffer twice.
The latter way is to push forward all the way, kill gods if they stand in the way, kill Buddhas if they stand in the way, and violently overthrow all enemies. This will definitely be difficult, there will be many opponents, and many lives will inevitably be killed.
It's better than nothing, not to mention that Zhuang Xingyu has not yet figured out what kind of ruling method to establish after unifying Douluo Continent, whether it will be a sect, a country, or an alliance.
There will be another chapter later.
(End of this chapter)