Chapter 352 Life and Death | Past and New

Emperor Xueye was quite satisfied with Lu Yuan's performance today, and the empire would definitely make more friends with such a strong man in the future.

With a marquis title and a small town in the southwest border, it is a very good deal to make friends with a strong man who will almost definitely become a titled Douluo in the future.

He smiled slightly, faced all the people in the Great Soul Fighting Arena, and continued, "To celebrate this championship, I hereby make an announcement!"

"To show that our Tiandou Empire is prosperous in martial arts and that its talents are serving their lives, the whole country will celebrate and the whole world will rejoice today. We hereby offer a general amnesty to the world. All prisoners who have committed non-heinous crimes will have their sentences reduced by ten years, and those who have committed minor crimes will be exempted!

For three years, the Ding tax and land tax will be reduced by 10%, and the commercial tax will be exempted from customs duties by 30%! "

Suddenly, everyone in the audience became excited. In fact, everyone had known for a long time that Emperor Xueye intended to grant amnesty and reduce taxes because of his victory.

But this kind of amnesty and tax reduction promulgated to celebrate the championship must be announced at the championship celebration.

So before this, no one knew what the specific amnesty and tax reduction plans were.

Now that they heard Emperor Xueye's decree, everyone became excited.

"Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!" I don't know who took the lead. All the nobles and ordinary people in the Great Soul Fighting Arena stood up one after another. Although they could not kneel down, they half-bowed their bodies. shouted in unison.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan reluctantly knelt down on one knee with the other team members and shouted together, "Long live your Majesty!"

"Hahahaha!" Emperor Xueye laughed proudly when he saw this.

But at this moment, Lu Yuan, who was very close to him, suddenly saw a flash of flush on his old face.

Then Emperor Xueye's face suddenly turned as pale as gold paper. Upon seeing this, the ministers on the left and right hurriedly stepped forward to support him steadily in a way that was so subtle that no one could see it.

Emperor Xueye continued, "I am very happy today! Everyone, I wish our Tiandou Empire to be everlasting and prosperous in martial arts!"

Lu Yuan saw that his face was getting paler and his body felt like he was about to collapse!

"The Heaven Dou Empire will last forever! May the martial arts prosper!" The ordinary spectators present seemed not to notice the strange behavior of Emperor Xue Ye, and shouted in unison.

Then, amid their loud shouts, Emperor Xueye returned to his seat, accompanied by his ministers.

His face became more and more ugly. The minister came forward and whispered a few words in his ear, but he shook his head gently.

Obviously, Emperor Xueye's excitement caused the toxins in his body to riot.

The chamberlain suggested that he go back to the palace to rest, but he refused.

On such an important occasion, if the head of a country shows any sign of being ill or about to die soon, then the majesty and rule of the royal family will be threatened!

He couldn't leave here in front of so many people of the empire and let out the news that he was seriously ill and dying.

At this time, the master of ceremonies instantly took the amplified soul guide from Emperor Xue Ye's hand, and then continued to control the field and said, "Next, I would like to invite Lord Yu Yuanzhen, Thunder Douluo, to speak!"

Yu Yuanzhen also saw something strange about Emperor Xue Ye, but his Blue Lightning Overlord Sect had always ignored things, so he pretended not to know and stepped forward without taking the amplifying soul guide from the master of ceremonies.

He glanced lightly at Lu Yuan and others who were still on the stage. Obviously, at this time, there was nothing to do with non-winners such as Yu Tianheng. It was Lu Yuan and others who he wanted to praise when he came on stage.

"Very good. Your talents are indeed as rumored by the outside world. They are the most powerful ones in the Tiandou Empire in a thousand years. Perhaps the best in a thousand years is not enough to describe your talents." Yu Yuanzhen used his soul power to control his talents. A voice as thick as thunder spread throughout the Great Soul Fighting Arena.

With his current level of cultivation as a ninety-fifth-level Titled Douluo, this matter was actually not difficult.

Everyone present couldn't help but feel refreshed. Yu Yuanzhen actually praised Lu Yuan's Tiandou Royal Academy team to such an extent.

Originally, the title "Strongest in a Thousand Years" was enough, but Yu Yuanzhen now said that this title was not enough to describe the talents of Lu Yuan and others.

That thousand years is not enough... shouldn't we use ten thousand years to describe it? !

At this time, after hearing Yu Yuanzhen's words, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo in the audience, and Bone Douluo sitting on the stage were all stunned for a moment.

Yu Yuanzhen would actually praise Lu Yuan and the others? It's really strange...

Yu Yuanzhen paused, "We should use the most powerful generation of genius soul masters in the past ten thousand years! Especially you, Lu Yuan."

"With twin martial souls and a fifteen-year-old soul emperor, I can't see where your future will be." He looked at Lu Yuan and said calmly.

"Thank you, senior!" Lu Yuan quickly clasped his hands and said humbly.

"No prize, your talent is very strong, there is no doubt about it, but I hope you will behave better on weekdays!" Yu Yuanzhen suddenly said in a loud voice, "Don't rely on your own talent and power to bully others! "

Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and stared at Yu Yuanzhen.

Yu Yuanzhen's eyes were cold and stern at this time. It was obvious that he was actually very concerned about Yu Xiaogang's exile to the Far North because of Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan chuckled, seemingly losing his previous restraint and returning to his true nature at this moment.

He said calmly, "Senior, don't worry, although I am not a kind person, I still adhere to a principle!"

Lu Yuan took a step forward, met Yu Yuanzhen's eyes head on, and said loudly, "If an innocent person has no intention of harming me, I will not bully such a person! Only those who want to step on my head, I Then I will fight back with thunder!"

Yu Yuanzhen's cold eyes changed and became extremely terrifying, as if he was forcing Lu Yuan to kneel down and admit his mistake at this moment.

Instantly, the Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo and Poison Douluo present all felt the changes in Yu Yuanzhen's energy, and the three titled Douluo's bodies tensed up.

It seems that as long as Yu Yuanzhen makes any move against Lu Yuan, they will step forward to stop Yu Yuanzhen!

Even if Yu Yuanzhen possesses the secret method of True Dragon Nine Crowns, it can greatly improve his own strength.

But at this time, if you were to face Sword Douluo with level 97 soul power, Bone Douluo with level 95 soul power, and Poison Douluo with level 92 soul power at the same time, you would definitely not have any advantage.

What's more, there is Ning Fengzhi, the best auxiliary soul master in the world, helping him!

But at this moment, Yu Yuanzhen withdrew his eyes and did not make any move.

"I hope so." He said calmly, "If you think you are not wrong, that's good."

Yu Yuanzhen's tone was calm, and no mocking tone could be heard.

But his words were obviously meant to be sarcastic.

Afterwards, Yu Yuanzhen waved his sleeves and returned to his seat, where the old god closed his eyes and rested.

He actually knew that if he tried to force Lu Yuan here, the two old guys from the Qibao Glazed Sect would definitely take action.

The True Dragon Nine Crowns is a desperate secret technique, and it is impossible to use it like this.

And on this occasion, how could it be possible to do this? The impact would be bad and it would not bring any benefits, so forget it.

Emperor Xue Ye on the side frowned tightly, but there was nothing he could do. He really couldn't do anything to Yu Yuanzhen.

Even as the emperor of the Tiandou Empire.

The host laughed awkwardly, "Lord Thunder Douluo said it very well. He told us not to do evil and not to bully others. He is absolutely right!"

"And below, let Lord Bone Douluo continue to speak!"

Bone Douluo stood up with a smile at this time. His two-meter-tall skeleton-like body and appearance made many children present a little scared.

He also waved his hand and asked the master of ceremonies to take back the amplified soul guide that was handed over.

Bone Douluo also said loudly with his soul power, "Today, I am very happy to hear the news that the young talents of our Heaven Dou Empire defeated the academies of the Star Luo Empire and the Academy of the Spirit Hall. The young talents of Dou Empire are not inferior to those of Star Luo Empire and Wuhun Palace!"

"The defeats in the past two competitions, I know, have caused many young talents in our Tiandou Empire to lose their self-confidence and feel that we are inferior to others and inferior to the Spirit Hall."

"But this year's victory has told those young talents who are interested in participating in the continent-wide high-level soul master competition that the talented soul masters in our Tiandou Empire are no worse than those in the Star Luo Empire and Wuhun Palace!"

"Only by maintaining the confidence to forge ahead and the firm belief that we are not afraid of strong enemies will we become stronger! Defeat all invading enemies!"

"Okay! I'm done talking." Bone Douluo said with a smile.

Emperor Xueye breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and then motioned to the master of ceremonies with his eyes.

The emcee immediately understood and shouted, "This celebration is over! Please leave in an orderly manner and do not..."

Then, before he could finish speaking, Emperor Xueye left here with the support of his ministers and the Royal Knights.

At the same time, Lu Yuan also saw Dugu Bo quickly following Emperor Xue Ye's team.

…

As the celebration ended, Lu Yuan and others also left the Great Soul Fighting Arena and returned to their respective homes.

At this moment, Lu Yuan and Lu Qingqing also received news after returning home.

The second grandfather, Lu Wu, had passed away peacefully, in the month when they went to Wuhun City to compete.

Lu Qing and Mana already knew about this matter, and they could not tell them about it until they returned to Tiandou City.

According to the content of Yan Shou's letter, Lu Wu passed away without any warning or pain, and passed away in his sleep.

He didn't even have time to know the good news that Lu Yuan led the team to win the championship.

Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment when he heard the news. He had not returned to Notting City for a long time, and naturally he had not seen his second grandfather Lu Wu for a long time.

But his feelings for his second grandfather never diminished. His biological grandfather died in the war, and Lu Yuan had never met his biological grandfather.

His second grandfather had taken good care of him since he was a child, and he was just like his own grandfather.

But the second grandfather passed away suddenly. It is actually a normal thing for an old man with no cultivation to die suddenly.

But Lu Yuan couldn't let go for a while.

It's just that he couldn't cry for a while.

I can only feel my heart being cold.

The joy of winning the championship was completely washed away at this moment, and it was the same for Lu Qingqing.

Then for several days, the two brothers and sisters were like puppets with no sorrow or joy, practicing, practicing, practicing.

Finally, one day came, Lu Qingqing burst into tears.

Lu Yuan also shed tears silently from the corners of his eyes.

But life still had to go on, and Lu Qingqing continued to go back to Tiandou Royal Academy.

Lu Yuan, on the other hand, returned to the academy with Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Yan Zhuyin, and the Shi brothers, and officially left Tiandou Royal Academy in the solemn and joyful graduation ceremony of the academy.

Lu Yuan officially bid farewell to campus life in this world. In addition to the joy of winning the championship, he was also accompanied by the regret of the death of a close relative.

There are sorrows and joys, these are the imperfect things that run through life...

Leaving campus means entering the third stage of life - to create your own value!

…

The Royal Hunting Ground where the Royal Knights are stationed.

"Did you hear that?"

Barnaby looked over and saw the voice of his comrade in the same division, Honak. Honak was chatting with several other commander-level non-commissioned officers.

He walked over and put his arm on Honak's shoulder, "What are you talking about?"

Hornak jumped up at this time, but when he turned around and saw that it was Barnaby, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Are you going to scare me to death?"

Barnaby laughed, "Why are you so timid?"

Honak rolled his eyes, "Why should I be timid? I'm so bold! Can you not be scared by your surprise?"

"I'm scary now, but when the time comes to the battlefield, you're going to be so scared that you wet your pants." Barnaby laughed at him fiercely.

"Go, go, go!" Honak waved his hand, "Go to the battlefield, no matter where the battlefield is. Tiandou Empire and Star Luo Empire have not fought for more than ten years. These days are so peaceful, otherwise my old ghost would not send I’m here to join the Royal Knights!”

Most of the senior officers of the Royal Knights have aristocratic backgrounds.

In addition to the fact that nobles have the means to arrange for their descendants and relatives to come in, there is also the fact that the children of nobles generally have no shortage of food and drink. They also have good genetic inheritance and good strength. They are definitely much stronger than ordinary civilians.

Although Honak was born into a noble family, he has real strength in climbing to his current leadership position.

He is in his forties. Although he has not experienced the war between the two empires, he has also participated in local counter-insurgency incidents, and he also has the cultivation of the Soul Sect!

"Then what are you planning to do here sneaking around?" Barnaby asked with a smile.

"Don't you know?" Honak laughed and said, "Our 10th Division of the Royal Knights has just established a new division, and it has never been directly under the general. It is General Cha Xiangtai of the 9th Division who is also in charge of it. Arrange more training.”

"But recently, General Cha rarely comes to inspect our division. And don't you know what major events happened in the empire a few days ago?"

Barnaby was stunned for a moment, "What big thing could it be? I remember it was just our empire winning the continental high-level soul master competition, right?"

"That's right! What happens next? Don't you know? Your Majesty personally conferred the title of Lord of Heavenly Shadow on the genius soul master Lu Yuan who won the championship, and joined our Royal Knights as a general to lead an army!"

Barnaby was stunned for a moment, "Tianyinghou? Lu Yuan? General?"

"This is what we are discussing." Honak said immediately, "Do you know how old Lu Yuan is this year?"

"How much? It shouldn't be more than twenty-five years old, right?" Barnaby vaguely remembered that the age limit for the continent-wide senior soul master competition is under twenty-five years old.

"It's fifteen years old! Tsk tsk." Honak said with a smile, "Fifteen years old, you are really young. I really don't understand, let a fifteen-year-old boy take care of us?"

"But I remember, isn't Lu Yuan very strong? He is praised by Thunder Douluo as the number one in the Ten Thousand Years Heavenly Dou." Barnaby frowned and said, "Although he is fifteen years old, he is already the Soul Emperor!"

"So what about the Soul Emperor? Apart from being better at cultivation, he doesn't know anything else?" Honak said carelessly, "Can he command an army? How can he train ordinary soldiers? Does he know what the orders are in the army?"

"He doesn't understand anything. If he doesn't please us then! We'll make him suffer!"

"Take some hardship? What kind of hardship?" At this moment, a smiling voice rang.

"Of course, let him be an empty-headed general and let everyone disobey his orders and see what he does!" Honak said proudly.

Wait...why does this voice sound so strange?

Hornak, Barnaby and others suddenly reacted and looked towards the place where the sound came from.

They saw a figure who was so young that they were jealous, standing at the door of the camp, looking at them with a smile.

The handsome face of the figure is evil and awe-inspiring, with a smile, which makes it look even more evil. The owner of this handsome face seems to be somewhere between a boy and a young man, but in his immaturity, he seems to have a look that is not inferior to that of a middle-aged person. Human maturity.

"Boy! Who are you?!" Honak snorted. When he saw that this young man was not wearing the uniform of the Royal Knights, he immediately shouted, "Trespassing on royal territory! It's a big crime!"

"Me?" Lu Yuan smiled softly and took out a token.

Barnaby trembled when he saw the token.

This is the identity token of the Royal Knights, and the token in Lu Yuan's hand represents his identity as a general!

Several commanders at the scene were trembling. They were not that stupid, thinking that the token was forged or stolen.

How could this be a forgery or something that could be stolen?

They did not doubt the authenticity of the token because the person holding the token looked too young. After all...

They had just finished chatting with an imperial general who was only fifteen years old!

Lu Yuan looked at Barnaby and chuckled, "I'm very grateful for your welcome to me. It's very nice, especially the meeting gift you just mentioned."

"I also like to give some 'meeting gifts' to friends I have just met." He looked at the five commanders present.

Lu Yuan immediately took a deep breath, and then shouted, "I am the new general of the empire - Tianyinghou Lu Yuan! All the commanders of the ten divisions obey the order! All gathered in the command camp of the forty-ninth division of the tenth division! Within one minute Those who didn’t arrive! You’ll be responsible for the consequences!”

His voice spread throughout the school grounds where the Tenth Division was located through his rich soul power.

Suddenly, all the soldiers of the Tenth Division heard it. After hearing the sound, some of the commanders hesitated but still stood up to gather, while others smiled disdainfully and did not take it seriously.

Soon, more than forty commanders came to Lu Yuan. They were stunned for a moment when they looked at the young Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan smiled and nodded to them, "Come in, everyone."