A few hours later.

"Boom."

In the quiet and cold cultivation room, a fiery aura suddenly rose, dispersing all the cold, and the temperature in the room soon began to rise.

Qin Ze opened his eyes and withdrew his hands that were attached to the back of Emperor Yueli, after several hours of assistance, he had already helped Emperor Yueli successfully absorb the first Xuan Ice Pith.

And that fiery aura emanated from Di Yueli's body, her cultivation broke through the first level, and now she has reached the peak of the eighty-second level, which is not far from the eighty-third level.

The strength of the Xuan Ice Essence almost expanded the width of Emperor Yueli's meridians by one-fifth of the original, and made it more tenacious, the essence of its soul power became more pure, and the power of the soul technique it exerted also increased a lot.

This is the first Ice Essence, and there are six more to come.

However, if this thing is not the ultimate ice soul master, try not to absorb it all in one go, otherwise it will hurt the body.

Di Yueli's originally closed eyes slowly opened, her right hand was raised, and in an instant, an incomparably hot flame rose up, and the flame was like flowing water, surrounding her, dispelling all the cold.

"It feels so good to be promoted, and the bloodline origin given by the Lord can also exert some effects." Di Yueli then clenched her little fist again, with a look of joy on her face. In fact, after she transformed into a human, she chose the Golden Dragon Martial Soul and was not able to use the elemental attributes of the ontology, but the bloodline origin of the Silver Dragon King made her ignore this restriction.

"It should be morning now, let's go, let's go have breakfast." Qin Ze sat behind Emperor Yueli and said.

"The effect of this Ice Essence is really powerful, no wonder you are so concerned." In the corridor, Di Yueli grabbed Qin Ze's arm and said with a sigh.

Qin Ze said with a smile: "The Xuan Ice Essence is already extremely scarce, after being eaten as a snack by a certain guy, the Douluo Continent doesn't know how many places still exist, and if you can get it, you must not let it go." ”

While chatting, the two soon came to the cafeteria of the chamber of commerce headquarters, and at this time there were already many sect disciples in the cafeteria who came to have breakfast.

"Elder Qin."

"Hello Elder."

Qin Ze had just walked into the cafeteria with Di Yueli, and some of the disciples who had been talking and laughing with their companions immediately retracted their smiles and greeted Qin Ze respectfully.

"You can order whatever you want, don't worry about me, I'm just coming over for breakfast." Qin Ze glanced at the cafeteria, but saw that hundreds of people had stopped eating, and collectively looked at him respectfully, and suddenly felt a little helpless.

After making some breakfast at the window, Qin Ze and Di Yueli chose a table with fewer people, perhaps because of him, the disciples were quieter, and they didn't dare to talk loudly when eating.

"Didi."

Just when Qin Ze and Di Yueli were enjoying the delicious food, the communication soul guide on Qin Ze's body rang, and he took it out almost instantly, and then pressed the start button.

"Aze, are you awake?"

It was Yan Shaozhe who spoke.

"What's wrong?" Qin Ze drank the meat porridge with a bowl and asked with a smile.

Yan Shaozhe said: "Can you come to the imperial study of the palace later, it seems that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess seems to have something to ask your opinion." ”

Hearing this, Qin Ze and Di Yueli glanced at each other, Qin Ze did not refuse, but said, "I'll go over when I finish breakfast." ”

"Okay." Yan Shaozhe replied, and then hung up the communication.

"What did you call you to do?" Di Yueli became curious.

Qin Ze shook his head, "I don't know, but it's possible that the situation I told Brother Xu yesterday made Aunt Xue have some ideas." I'll just go over alone later, you stay in the Chamber of Commerce, and by the way, stabilize your cultivation. ”

"Okay." Di Yueli nodded.

The two of them ate this meal quickly, and after the meal, Qin Ze left the Chamber of Commerce alone and rushed towards the palace.

There is news that several provinces within the empire are very likely to rebel, and in fact, it has been circulated among the people, and the ordinary people of Spirit Dou City have lost a little bit of their old smiles, and they seem to be a little more serious when they walk and do things, and they have a sense of déjà vu that the wind and rain are coming.

Outside the Palace of Lingdou City, there were thousands of Praetorian Guard soldiers stationed there, and Qin Ze had the pass given by Xu Sanshi, and he entered the palace smoothly.

The palace without the early dynasty seems a little cold, and there is a moist feeling brought by the morning fog on the floor road.

Because now that the royal family is withering, many palace maids have also given some money to let them go, and now the huge palace and the palace maids serving are only afraid that the number does not exceed three hundred, not even one-tenth of the peak.

When Qin Ze arrived at the palace where the imperial study was located, he hadn't stepped into it yet, but he saw several worshippers of Tianyang Douluo, as well as the prime minister of the Douling Empire and the generalissimo of the Fighting Horses.

The latter two were okay, except for being a little surprised because Qin Ze was the elder of the Nine Treasure Liuli Sect, they didn't feel anything else.

And Tianyang Douluo is different, Qin Ze is, in a sense, his savior.

"Haha, Aze, you're finally here." The two words Aze were closer, and Tianyang Douluo shouted like this.

"Hello seniors." Qin Ze walked over with a smile and arched his hand, he asked curiously, "Senior Tianyang, I don't know what Aunt Xue asked me to do?" Can you reveal it? ”

Tianyang Douluo shook his head, "We don't know this either, to tell you the truth, today's meeting is considered a secret discussion, and the content discussed today will not be spread out until the critical moment in the future." ”

A hint of thought flashed in Qin Ze's heart.

That is, not long after Qin Ze arrived outside the imperial study, Lin Lao, Xue Lingxun and Xu Sanshi walked over from the aisle on the other side, with Lin Lao's protection, and there was no need for any guards.

"Your Royal Highness the Regent, Your Highness the Eldest Princess." Soon, the worshippers, as well as the prime minister and generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, all saluted Xue Lingxun and Xu Sanshi.

"You're welcome." Xue Lingxun smiled: "Everyone present is my own people, let's go to the imperial study to discuss." ”

Soon, everyone followed Xue Lingxun's footsteps and entered the interior of the imperial study together.

Qin Ze sat next to Lin Lao and glanced at Xu Sanshi.

"Buzz." When everyone entered it, a white light suddenly rose in the imperial study, directly blocking all sound transmission in the imperial study.

"Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, I don't know what happened to hold a secret meeting today?" The Prime Minister is seventy years old, and he is absolutely loyal to the royal family.

Secret meetings are rarely held, but when they do, there must be something of great importance.

Not to mention the prime minister, the generalissimo surnamed Li and the worshippers were also puzzled.

Xue Lingxun sighed and said, "In the Northwest Province, there is a great possibility that there may be problems. ”

"Huh."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts jumped in unison, and their faces changed suddenly.

Xue Lingxun said in a deep voice: "Dean Yan of Shrek Academy has already set off to Mingguang City to check, if everything is true, then we are in danger, according to intelligence, Tianhe Province and Luo'an Province have gathered an army of 100,000 people, which means that the war is not far away." ”

Qin Ze's eyes moved slightly, no wonder Yan Shaozhe notified him, but he didn't come, it turned out that he was going to Mingguang City.

"Although we have set up heavy troops at various passes, which is enough to protect several cities around the imperial capital from the destruction of the war, the problem is that several cities around the imperial capital can be defended, but it is difficult for several descendant provinces around the imperial capital, if the northwest provinces also raise troops to rebel, then ......"

Xue Lingxun didn't finish his words, but everyone knew that he was afraid that when the time came, except for the surrounding areas of the imperial capital, all the other provinces would be occupied by the rebels.

The disparity in military strength is unavoidable, if the eight provinces rebel and there are rebels everywhere, how can you defend with this little military strength?

Will you defend the provinces to the north, or to the south? West? East?

The four directions are defended, but the military strength has to be divided, and the pressure will be extremely high.

The final choice can only be to compress the defensive line and retreat back.

In the entire Douling Empire, there are twelve provinces, only four provinces that have not had accidents, three of which are extremely close to the existence of Spirit Dou City, these three are themselves descendant provinces, the military strength is not strong, mainly the economy is strong, and the other descendant province is Nanchun Province.

Nanchun Province can send troops to help the royal family, but at most it is a temporary relief, and it is impossible to completely eradicate it.

But the other eight provinces, which were all in a circle, still had their armies in their hands, staring at the Spirit Dou City in the center in all directions.

Originally, as long as nothing happened in the Northwest Province, even if a rebellion broke out, Xue Lingxun would have a way to control it and control the war to the least destructive level, but if there was a problem in the Northwest Province, the problem would be quite big.

"Today's secret discussion has begun, and I mainly hope that everyone will discuss how to deal with this matter next." Xue Lingxun glanced at everyone.

The matter was not easy to handle, and Marshal Li Wu and the prime minister frowned suddenly.

In fact, they didn't send a powerful soul master to deal with the lords of the rebellious province before, but it was that mission that they found that these lords were inexplicably surrounded by powerful soul masters guarding them, and obviously someone was secretly protecting them, so this road didn't work at all.

Even these provinces are undisguised, they are directly swaggering, in front of you, not listening to the royal orders, and at the same time gathering heavy troops with a menacing appearance, which is completely a picture of eating you.

For a while, no one came up with a good way, the military strength of the Northwest Province is unique in the Douling Empire, because the geographical location is important, and the royal family also has additional preferential treatment every year, giving money and equipment.

Xue Lingxun seemed to have guessed that no one had a good way to solve it, she sighed, "Although I'm not sure if the Northwest Province is really a rebellion, I still thought of a way to prevent the outbreak of the problem, but this method is very difficult, and it may even be opposed by all the courtiers." ”

Hearing this, everyone collectively looked at Xue Lingxun.

Xue Lingxun was silent for a moment, and finally said an idea that surprised everyone, "I plan to unite the Heavenly Soul Empire. ”

As soon as these words came out, Marshal Li Wu couldn't help but stand up directly, and Marshal Li Wu hurriedly said, "Your Highness can't." The Heavenly Soul Empire is our enemy, and cooperating with them is not playing with fire and self-immolation, and sooner or later it will be counterattacked. ”

The prime minister did not immediately oppose Xue Lingxun's suggestion, but frowned and pondered.

Qin Ze and Xu Sanshi glanced at each other, the latter nodded helplessly, and soon, Qin Ze understood why Xue Lingxun would call him over to participate in the secret discussion.

The relationship between the Heavenly Soul Imperial Family and the Nine Treasure Colored Glass Sect is very good, and as an elder, he is someone who can be turned to in Xue Lingxun's heart.

"Li Shuai, don't be impatient." Xue Lingxun said in a deep voice, "That's why I said that this idea is likely to be opposed by everyone, but it is indeed the best choice. ”

Marshal Li Wu's face changed, and he suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

"Aunt Xue, have you ever thought about what it means to the Douling Empire if you unite the Heavenly Soul Empire?" Qin Ze interjected, "The Heavenly Soul Empire doesn't know how much it wants to complete the great dream of the unification of the Heaven Dou Empire thousands of years ago, once it cooperates, I'm afraid it won't be able to stop." ”

Hearing Qin Ze's words, Xue Lingxun shook his head and smiled, "Naturally, I have thought about it, so I take this opportunity to make my words clear." Actually, I'm honored that Shrek Academy can help us, but this rebellion is ultimately our internal problem, and I am grateful that your institute can help us resist the hidden foreign powerhouses among these rebels, because you can ignore it completely. ”

"But the problem is that the ambition of the rebels has grown up as early as when the royal family was attacked before, and these foreign powerhouses are just the last straw that crushes the camel, even if there is no appearance of them, the emperors of these provinces will rebel."

"The reason why I chose the Heavenly Soul Empire is because at least they are in the same vein as us, but there is one thing I need to make clear, although I have the idea of uniting with the Heavenly Soul Empire, I also have the will to take this opportunity to make the empire a federal country."

"Of course, uniting the Heavenly Soul Empire is only the last dangerous move, and I won't use it unless it is absolutely necessary."

After the words fell, Xue Lingxun sat quietly on the chair, waiting for everyone's reaction, no one knew how brave she was when she dared to say this idea.

Tianyang Douluo sighed, in fact, those hidden foreign powerhouses, to put it bluntly, are the people of the Seagod Family, there are a lot of these people, and the average cultivation is extremely strong, there is no existence below the level of the Soul Emperor, and even a few strong people are still Super Douluo, those Super Douluo are united, even if it is him, they can only retreat, not be tough.

It was precisely because of that battle that he proposed to Xue Lingxun that he would ask Shrek Academy to help, and then the thing was that Mu Lao held a meeting, and Shrek sent several strong people to garrison.

Tianyang Douluo, as a great offering, was the first to speak, "Several of us support the wishes of Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess. ”

The prime minister and Li Shuai glanced at each other, but did not answer, they could not accept this final result for the time being.

After thousands of years of fighting, the final winner was the Heavenly Soul Empire, which is difficult for people to accept.

Qin Ze and Lin Lao, as outsiders, did not interfere much.

It's just that Qin Ze didn't expect Xue Lingxun to be so brave, and he actually planned to take this opportunity to turn the Douling Empire into a federal country, but when it came to this, he had an idea, and then, he spoke:

"If you really come to the path of uniting with the Heavenly Soul Empire, I have an idea, I don't know if Aunt Xue is willing to listen to it."

"What's the idea?" Xue Lingxun asked Yan Shaozhe to call Qin Ze, just hoping that Qin Ze would speak.

The others all looked at Qin Ze.

He said: "In fact, if you unite with the Heavenly Soul Empire, you can choose to merge into them, but internally it is called a federal autonomous region, and the key point is this autonomy. ”

"To make it clear, the merger of the Heavenly Soul and the Dou Ling can be collectively called the Heavenly Soul Empire, or renamed the Heaven Dou Empire, this is the external name, internally, the original territory of the Dou Ling Empire has been turned into federal autonomy, and the Heavenly Soul Imperial Family has no jurisdiction, but the Dou Ling Federation must pay part of the taxes every year, and at the same time, the number of troops is limited to an order of magnitude, if the Heavenly Soul Empire has a request that does not endanger the autonomy of the Federation, it must be agreed."

"In other words, this newborn federation is similar to the subordinate kingdom of the Heaven Dou Empire, but the internal manager is no longer the king, but the senator of the Federal Assembly, of course, I haven't come up with more specific things for the time being, this idea of mine is an initial version, and how to improve it in the future depends on the views of your predecessors and the Heavenly Soul Royal Family."

Qin Ze's proposal suddenly made the eyes of everyone present light up.

Xue Lingxun has gained a lot, Qin Ze's words have given her more ideas for exploring federalism, after all, she is an explorer, federalism, but it is the first time that the Douluo Continent has appeared, according to the original timeline, I am afraid it will be thousands of years before it is born.

As for the Prime Minister and Marshal Li Wu, in fact, Xue Lingxun had already talked to them about the federal system, and the two also had a receptive ability.

After hearing Qin Ze's words, he didn't refute it directly, but thought about it seriously.