Chapter 42 The Assassination of the Emperor

Chapter 42 The Assassination of the Emperor

Chapter 42 The Assassination of the Emperor
The agreement reached between the Tiandou Prince and the Qibao Liuli Sect was not concealed. Soon, all the sects received the news that the Tiandou Empire had invented a weapon called "mechanical weapon" that could be used by ordinary people and low-level soul masters, and could pose a threat to high-level soul masters.

For sects that have been granted a "license" by the Tiandou Empire, their internal members are eligible to apply for an "organic weapon certificate" and possess mechanical weapons, and the sect can order mechanical weapons from the empire's "Royal Institute of Technology".

Compared to the sky-high price that Tang San had "implied" when selling it, the price list listed by the imperial authorities was much more humane.

At the beginning, Tang San's "Innuendo" cost only 20 gold soul coins to make, but the starting price at the auction was as high as 1,000 gold soul coins, and it was finally sold at a terrifying price of 10,000 gold soul coins. This price, whether it is the starting price or the transaction price, is very outrageous and daunting.

In the price list set by the empire, the price of mechanical weapons of this level is set between 200 and 300 gold soul coins. For the empire, it is indeed a huge profit; but for most sects, this price is also affordable.

While the secret workshops in the imperial city were working at full capacity to mass-produce various mechanical weapons, the empire also received orders like snowflakes. After learning about the power of this weapon, and with the intentional or unintentional promotion of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, all the sects that had obtained licenses rushed to place orders. There was an endless stream of sect disciples who came to apply for the "mechanical license", and the empire even had to urgently add certificate processing windows in various local cities.

More than a month passed quickly. In this short period of time, the royal treasury received tens of millions of gold soul coins. When Emperor Xue Ye heard the news, he almost fainted on the spot.

What financial difficulties? Will this have anything to do with the Tiandou Empire in the future? The annual national tax revenue of the Tiandou Empire is about this amount! Happy, really happy. These big sects are usually more stingy than anyone else, why are they so active in exploding gold coins at this time?

Humph, you all tell me that you have no money. I don’t believe you!

Among these mechanical weapons, the ones that really make the most money are not the low-level mechanical weapons like Hanshasheyu; after all, even if thousands of these are sold, the revenue would only be a few hundred thousand gold soul coins.

What really makes money quickly is high-level mechanical weapons. These are the real sky-high profits and a sea of ​​gold and silver!
For example, the "Xuan Ji Flute" sold to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was sold for two million gold soul coins for just one piece. Ning Fengzhi still felt that there was nothing wrong with it and the price was just right.

If it were someone else, they wouldn’t be able to buy it even if they spent more money, let alone two million!

However, some people are happy while others are sad. Some people are not sad, but hateful. That night, a group of uninvited guests arrived at the Prince Zhongli's mansion.
"I don't know where this distinguished guest came from. Xueli is sorry for not welcoming him from afar."

Zhongli sat in the courtyard of the prince's mansion, drinking tea and speaking lightly.

"Humph, you little prince. You are so calm even when disaster is imminent!"

A somewhat eerie voice sounded. The next moment, a large group of figures with a strong aura appeared in front of Zhongli.

"Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex?"

Zhongli raised his eyes, glanced at these people, and said lightly.

"Not bad. You have good eyesight. My name is Yu Tianzhen. You should have heard of my name."

The leader, an old man in a black robe, crossed his arms over his chest with a bit of arrogance on his face, and said.

Zhongli had certainly heard of Yu Tianzhen. He was the chief elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex and the younger brother of the sect leader Yu Yuanzhen. In terms of his cultivation level, it was said that he was even higher than the deputy sect leader Yu Luomian.

"Boy, you should know why we are here, right?"

Beside Yu Tianzhen, a middle-aged man looked down at Zhongli and spoke in a sinister voice.

"Oh? I really don't know. I hope you can help me solve this problem."

Unexpectedly, Zhongli sighed and said.

"Hmph. You, the Xue family, are really bold. How could we, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, ever lose to your Tiandou Empire? Why don't you issue that crappy license to our Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan? But we have heard about it too. These things must be caused by you, kid!" Yu Tianzhen snorted coldly, looking at Zhongli with a grim gaze, and said.

"That's right. I am indeed responsible for all matters concerning mechanical weapons. In my assessment, your contribution to the empire is insufficient, and it is not appropriate to grant you any level of license for the time being."

Zhongli nodded and said calmly.

Among the top three sects, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect has always supported the Tiandou Empire, the Haotian Sect has supported the Xingluo Empire in the south, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, although located in the Tiandou Empire, has always maintained a neutral stance in order to maintain the "balance" on the continent.

The so-called "neutrality" is actually sitting on the fence. When the Tiandou Empire has an advantage, they will secretly support Xingluo, and vice versa. Their real purpose is to maintain the balance between the two empires on the continent.

For an existence like the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, Zhongli believes that it is only natural not to grant a license. Only the empire's allies can be granted a license. What does it have to do with fence-sitters like you?
"Contribution? Qualification?"

A look of disdain appeared on Yu Tianzhen's face, and then he burst into laughter.

"Hahahahahahahahaha. Xueli, you kid, do you really take your Tiandouxue family seriously?"

"When I give you face, I call your father Your Majesty. When I don't give you face, I will spit in the face of that old man Xue Ye. What can he do?"

"What country, what royal family? In fact, they are just tools for us big sects to rule the common people. Do you really think you are the masters of this continent? Pah!"

At this moment, not only Yu Tianzhen, but everyone behind him laughed and looked at Zhongli with the eyes as if they were looking at prey.

"Do you think we are here for your damn license? No. We are only here to kill you, you bastard. Your Tiandou Empire is just a tool to help us coordinate human and material resources. It is only natural for you to help us, the big sects, produce weapons. I will kill you and throw your head in front of that old man Xue Ye. Do you think that old man Xue Ye will dare to mention the damn license again?"

Yu Tianzhen chuckled and said. As soon as he finished speaking, eight soul rings rose from under his feet. A stream of azure blue electricity wrapped around his body. His arms began to swell and turned into two ferocious dragon claws. An extremely powerful aura emanated from his body, like a real blue electric Tyrannosaurus Rex descending.

"Your Highness!"

Silently, Dugu Bo, with a solemn look on his face, appeared behind Zhongli, staring at Yu Tianzhen in front of him.

Although he was a Titled Douluo, he was not sure of winning against Yu Tianzhen even in a one-on-one fight. The spirit master with the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex spirit was much stronger than the average spirit master of the same level, and the dragon spirit had a real restraint on Dugu Bo's Green Phosphorus Snake.

What's more, Yu Tianzhen's soul power cultivation is already very close to the level of Titled Douluo!
Another large group of spirit rings rose up in the courtyard, and the terrifying aura of spirit masters rose into the sky.

There were four Soul Douluos with the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus spirit alone, and there were also two Soul Douluos with other spirits, who seemed to be from other sects.

"Xiangjia Sect and Dilong Sect are great, you are great."

Dugu Bo looked at the two old men with eight soul rings with a grim face and said hatefully.

"Humph, old poisonous creature, you are really going backwards as you grow older. As a Titled Douluo, you actually became a lackey of the Heaven Dou court. You are really a shame to our generation!"

The burly old man wearing elephant armor looked at Dugu Bo with disdain and said.

However, he was also a little surprised. Logically speaking, with so many people here, even if Dugu Bo was a Titled Douluo, if he didn't turn around and run, he would only end up being beaten to death on the spot. And after such a long time, no other Tiandou Empire strongmen came to support him. However, Dugu Bo's face did not show the slightest panic.

(End of this chapter)