Douluo Continent: My Days in the Tang Sect.

Chapter 1026 The Emperor's Compensation

Chapter 1026 The Emperor's Compensation

"I didn't expect Princess Vina to be restricted."

Ye Nanxiao placed the teacup on the table.

"Has the Heavenly Soul Emperor made no comment?"

Emperor Tianhun has many children, but over the years, Princess Vina has always maintained a leading position in the royal family; she is not just a pretty face.

Mentioning the Heavenly Soul Emperor, Long Aotian's expression became even more bitter.

"The Heavenly Soul Emperor wants to personally lead the expedition, and he has no intention of interfering. In fact, he's been waiting for the most suitable successor!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Nanxiao was somewhat surprised.

The Heavenly Soul Emperor, the current emperor of the Heavenly Soul Empire, has always maintained a calm and unassuming demeanor towards the outside world.

Aside from the day of his ascension to the throne, when his name resounded throughout the entire empire, he was rarely heard outside of Tiandou City.

It's not that the Heavenly Soul Emperor was stripped of his power, or that he chose to become a tyrannical ruler.

Even a tyrannical ruler would at least have some scandalous affairs spread among the people.

The Heavenly Soul Emperor's performance was completely unremarkable in every aspect.

"A ruler who maintains the status quo" is the best description of him.

It wouldn't be wrong to say that his development followed a hexagonal pattern.

It is well-balanced in all aspects, with no particularly outstanding or incompetent areas.

They will not make any major changes, nor will they do anything that would seriously harm the empire.

But those who maintain the status quo often harbor ambitions.

They knew they would leave a meager mark on history, along with a good reputation for preserving their ancestors' legacy.

But they also wanted to leave a lasting impression on history, to create a spectacular event amidst their ordinary deeds.

By tacitly allowing his own offspring to engage in conflict, and by ensuring that the Heavenly Soul Empire would have a more outstanding ruler, the Heavenly Soul Emperor chose this path for himself.

He personally led his troops into battle, taking the lead as an emperor to defend his country, leaving a brilliant mark on his ruling history.

Deep within Ye Nanxiao's memory are interpretations of hundreds of monarchs.

He could understand the Heavenly Soul Emperor's thoughts.

"It might not be that simple, Brother Long."

"Has the Heavenly Soul Emperor made any personnel changes within the imperial court?"

Faced with Ye Nanxiao's question, Long Aotian frowned.

"It is true that some ministers have been demoted or demoted, and even a few ministers from aristocratic families have been punished and imprisoned, but that was done intentionally by the Emperor. Are you saying that the Emperor is paving the way for the next emperor?"

Ye Nanxiao nodded slightly, lowered his gaze, and took a sip of tea.

Long Aotian was startled back to his senses when he learned that the Heavenly Soul Emperor had chosen to personally lead the expedition and had even named half of the martial arts elites to follow him!

Some of these military heroes were even second-generation rich kids, like tiger fathers and dog sons, completely losing the honor of being descendants of military generals and merely occupying titles without contributing anything.

Relying on the legacy of their fathers, they tyrannize Tiandou City, secretly selling the glory of the empire.

The Heavenly Soul Emperor intends to take this opportunity to clean up these useless military and noble officials!

This is placing a huge bet.

We're betting on the future of the Heavenly Soul Empire!

Using his remaining power, he purged the corrupt officials in the court, leaving a relatively clean court for the next emperor!

But why tolerate infighting among the offspring? To deplete the Heavenly Soul Empire's accumulated power?

Long Aotian hasn't figured this out yet, judging from the Heavenly Soul Emperor's past performance.

Princess Vina was his successor whom he had been grooming. He even made the Body Sect a national protector sect, had Vina become Poison Undying's disciple, and allowed Vina to develop her prestige in the army.

All of this foreshadows Princess Vina becoming the next emperor of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

"Doesn't the Emperor fear that infighting among the princes will bring down Heaven Dou City?"

"I think all of this is under his control, and it's even possible that he deliberately lured the Tang Clan here."

The Heavenly Soul Emperor couldn't possibly be unaware that the establishment of the Tang Sect had the shadow of Shrek Academy. With the emperor's eyes and ears, it would be easy for him to find out that the relationship behind Bei Bei was Elder Mu.

The Heavenly Soul Empire has always valued sending talented individuals to Shrek Academy for training, which would then transform them into the empire's new force.

Therefore, they will not disrespect Beibei, nor will they disrespect Shrek Academy.

The Heavenly Soul Emperor wouldn't interfere with clandestine business competition, but he absolutely couldn't stand idly by while the Tang Sect branch was besieged.

The Heavenly Soul Emperor surely knows about Princess Vina's relationship with the Tang Clan, and the relationship between Long Aotian and Ye Nanxiao.

Therefore, the best explanation is to invite the Tang Sect into the game and make them part of Princess Vina's background power.

To contribute to Princess Vina's efforts in eliminating dissidents and increase her chances of victory.

After hearing Ye Nanxiao's explanation, Long Aotian pursed his lips, his eyes filled with apology.

If this was all part of the Heavenly Soul Emperor's scheme, then the Tang Sect has already been drawn into this turmoil of the dragon prince's seizure.

Ye Nanxiao estimated that the Heavenly Soul Emperor would probably offer some compensation to the Tang Sect.

So he leisurely sipped his tea here.

Soon, a small team dressed in palace attire arrived at the main gate of the Tang Clan branch.

"Reporting to the Vice Sect Master, the envoys from the Heavenly Soul Palace have arrived! They say they've come to deliver gifts!"

A branch manager jogged in to deliver the message.

Long Aotian's eyes widened slightly. So it was all part of Ye Nanxiao's calculations!

Ye Nanxiao glanced at him, shook his head and smiled, "This wasn't something I calculated; I only found out after I arrived."

Seeing Ye Nanxiao walk out, Long Aotian quickly stood up and followed him.

The imperial envoy did not intend to enter the Tang Clan; instead, he stood at the entrance holding the emperor's edict.

"Deputy Sect Master of Tang Sect greets the envoy." Ye Nanxiao bowed deeply.

Students of Shrek Academy are exceptional on the continent; they do not kneel before emperors.

The imperial envoy unfurled the imperial edict in his hand and read aloud, "I have heard that Shrek Academy has individuals of excellent character who care deeply for the world; therefore, I hereby bestow this honor upon them."

The imperial envoy chatted for a long time, and after the entire team put down several boxes of rewards, they turned and left.

Long Aotian asked impatiently, "What does this mean? Is it to deliberately publicize your virtues? And then reward you with some wealth and rare metals?"

Ye Nanxiao raised his hand and summoned several Tang Clan disciples to carry the boxes inside.

"Brother Long, you don't understand. In reality, emperors are riddle-makers. They only say half of what they mean, and sometimes they only give you a glance."

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As he spoke, Ye Nanxiao opened the boxes that the Heavenly Soul Emperor had bestowed upon him.

A box of expensive silk and jade belts, a box of rare and valuable metals, a box containing only a five-finger-thick piece of wood, and a box of soul-guiding storage jade.

Of course, these soul-guided storage jade stones did not cover the entire box, but were arranged in three shelves, with five soul-guided storage jade stones on each shelf.

Ye Nanxiao reached for the piece of wood and said, "These two boxes on the back are the compensation that the Heavenly Soul Emperor gave to my Tang Clan!"

The piece of wood was long and flat, clearly a signboard.

Long Aotian read the above aloud, and as he read the rest, his gaze fell on a line of small print, causing his eyes to widen like light bulbs.

"Skilled hands surpassing even the heavens, a craftsman of unparalleled skill in the world."

The name of the person who wrote these words was written in small print.

That little seal looked very familiar to him.

Not only did it bear the unique clan mark of the Heavenly Soul Royal Family, but its name also shocked him.

Vijays.

That was Vina's father's name, and also the name of the current ruler of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Heavenly Soul Emperor!

"This! This is!!!" Long Aotian stammered excitedly.

The emperor's compensation was a signboard he had personally carved!

Once this sign is put up, the entire Tiandou City will be in an uproar.

The Heavenly Soul Emperor actually wrote the signboard for a sect himself.

This represents the emperor's approval and, more importantly, the status of a royal merchant, which is the biggest business advantage.

Especially when the people of the Heavenly Soul Empire learn of this, their first reaction will be, what kind of sect is the Tang Sect? That an emperor could inscribe something for them.

With the exposure brought by the emperor's influence, coupled with the soul tools sold by the Tang Sect, anyone with a few coins in their pocket would choose to buy the Tang Sect's soul tools.

Because the charging series of soul tools can be used by ordinary people without soul power!

They would buy even the cheapest soul tools like crazy!

Buy a sense of security, even if they don't pose much of a threat to soul masters when they wield these soul tools!

Long Aotian couldn't help but swallow hard. He could already imagine the crazy tide, the crowd surging towards the Tang Sect.

Ye Nanxiao traced the large characters with his finger a few times.

Vijays, the Heavenly Soul Emperor, was highly accomplished in calligraphy.

"Brother Long, there's something even more surprising here; you'd better hold your jaw up."

Ye Nanxiao put down the signboard in his hand, flicked his finger and released a burst of soul power to activate a soul-guided storage jade stone.

A piece of rare metal gently fell to the ground.

"Strategic rare metals; if you calculate it that way, this whole box is full of them."

Ye Nanxiao marveled at the Heavenly Soul Emperor's generosity; this piece of soul-guided storage jade contained at least tens of thousands of kilograms.

Choosing sides is fun for a while, but always being on the right side is even more fun.

As expected, monopolistic businesses are lucrative. The Empire is the largest monopolist of strategic and rare metals. Even a small amount leaked out occasionally would cause a frenzy of buying from the outside world.

Just like fish food falling through fingers, it always causes the carp in the carp pond to scramble for it.

"Snap out of it, Brother Long! We've got our payment, let's get to work!"

Having accepted the deal with the Heavenly Soul Emperor, this business is now settled!

"Huh? Oh!" Long Aotian's expression was a bit strange. This box of strategic rare metals was probably the research and development resources of the Soul Guidance Academy for more than half a year, right?

"I heard that those princes, along with those aristocratic families, are waging a price war against my Tang Clan, is that right?"

Long Aotian nodded with a wry smile.

Price wars always hurt both sides, but now those guys have joined forces, and each of them is stepping up to challenge the other.

Ye Nanxiao licked his lips, a terrifying glint flashing in his eyes.

"I, the fox, love business battles the most, especially price wars!"

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