Chapter 360: Changes in the Stars

Xia Jiong's change of face made even Lu Yuan stunned for a moment.

He thought that the other party would definitely fight with him to the end. Unexpectedly, after Ranbir introduced his identity, the dean of Zeon Advanced Academy immediately gave in.

After all, Lu Yuan's current status is not something that anyone can mess with. Not to mention the Qibao Glazed Sect behind him, he is the Marquis of the Tiandou Empire who is already the Soul Emperor at the age of fifteen.

Not only is he valued by the current His Majesty, but he is also a trusted confidant valued by the future emperor of the empire and the crown prince of the current empire, His Highness "Xue Qinghe".

Such a young marquis with a promising future, even if Xia Ji Wenggui is the dean of a high-level college and is also a strong soul saint, he would not dare to offend him easily.

As for his grandson Xia...

Although he is his grandson, he has many grandsons. Xia Ya is just the most talented grandson among all his descendants. Otherwise, his soul ring matching is not the best soul ring matching, and he will not be arranged to join the imperial army. Potency.

The heir who was truly valued by him now serves as a teacher in Zeon Academy and can take over Zeon Academy at any time.

However, although Xia Ya was not valued very much by him, he was still Xia Jiong's grandson, so after hearing the complaint from Lian Long Xie and others, he came angrily and wanted to cause trouble for the person who killed Sun Ya.

But he didn't expect that it was Lu Yuan who killed his grandson Xia Ya!

Now that I know it, I resolutely accept it.

After all, if a grandson dies and the whole family is ruined, he still knows which one to choose.

Of course, continuing to fight with Lu Yuan may not necessarily kill the whole family like the Li clan did, but it will definitely make the whole family's glory and wealth disappear in a flash.

In today's Tiandou City, even the Tiandou royal family may not be as powerful as the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect.

Lu Yuan stood there without saying anything.

Suddenly, it was Xia Jiweng's turn to be anxious, and a smile appeared on his old face, "Tian Yinghou, what do you think?"

Lu Yuan smiled lightly, "Mr. Xia is so reasonable and impartial, which naturally makes me admire him. With people like you in the empire, why worry about the country's poor fortunes."

"Then you don't plan to pursue this matter?" Xia Jiong suddenly said nervously.

It was as if the dead Xia Ya was not his grandson, but Lu Yuan's grandson.

"What you said..." Lu Yuan also felt a little strange. The dead grandson was not his, so why should he ask him whether he should pursue the matter or not? "It is Yuan's great fortune that the old gentleman can be considerate of human rights and kill relatives out of justice. , why would you let me pursue you?"

Xia Jiong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and then he looked at Lianlong Xia, Michelle and others behind him, his old eyes stern.

These people were trying to get him into trouble with Lu Yuan, and they clearly planned to use him as a gunman and make their family miserable!

Xia Jiong suddenly became more and more angry as he thought about it, and then shouted, "Tianyinghou, these people disobey military orders, confuse the public with their monstrous words, and slander an imperial marquis like you. I will help you capture them and let you deal with them." !”

Lian Long Xie, Michelle and others' expressions changed. They didn't expect Xia Jiong's expression to change so quickly. He immediately wanted to turn around and capture them to plead guilty to Lu Yuan!

Xia Jiong took action instantly, and Lu Yuan and Ranbir had no intention of stopping him. Xia Jiong, who was at the soul saint level, took down soul masters like Lianlong Xie and Michelle, who were not at the highest level but the soul king level. It could be said that it did not take much effort.

No matter how hard Dragon Crab, Michelle and the others struggled, it was of no avail.

"Tianyinghou, what do you think we should do with them?" Xia Jiong grabbed Lianlong Xia and Michelle and looked at Lu Yuan respectfully again.

Lu Yuan smiled calmly, "I have expelled them from the Tenth Division, so I should ask the commander about this matter. Commander, look..."

Ranbir coughed and stood up. By observing Lu Yuan's face and analyzing the current situation, he immediately had a solution in his mind.

"Lianlong Xia, Michelle, Wang Yuan, Hector, Steele, Deng Yiming, and Hong Sijue are disrespectful to their superiors, clever with their words, extravagant and lustful, and hijacking their own self-respect. The Royal Knights do not allow such black sheep to stay. In the regiment, I will be dismissed from all positions, deprived of my title, leave the Royal Knights, and at the same time, I will not be allowed to enter any army of the Tiandou Empire again!"

Ranbir's announcement, without killing them directly, could be regarded as Lu Yuan's instruction.

Creating an image of unreasonable killing in the eyes of outsiders is not a good image.

In order to instruct Ranbir to deal with Lianlong Crab and others, he knew that Ranbir would not be too offended because of the background of the Blue Lightning Overlord Sect behind Lianlong Crab.

In fact, it was meaningless to Lu Yuan whether to kill Lian Long Xie and others.

If it wasn't because they wanted to be in charge of the army, it would be impossible for these people to come into contact with Lu Yuan in their lifetime. It would make no difference whether they stepped on such an insect to death or not.

But Lianlong Xie and others were already ashen-faced. For them, serving the empire in the Royal Knights was obviously the best treatment.

They can still make meritorious deeds in the future, and maybe they can continue to be promoted and become generals, but now Ranbir's sentence has blocked their only way.

…

After experiencing some trivial things, Lu Yuan began to successfully take charge of the 10th Division of the Royal Knights, and was also responsible for the security of Qian Renxue's trip.

Other than that, it is a peaceful and regular life. I meet Ning Rongrong during breaks and go out to play. I occasionally talk to my parents, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo and other elders. The complaints of the rebellious sister Lu Qingqing.

At the same time, he continued to absorb arcane energy and cultivate, and soon broke through to the sixty-sixth level of soul power a month later.

But just then...

"Your Highness." Lu Yuan came to the palace where Qian Renxue was staying and saluted, "Is there anything you can do to summon me today?"

"Lu Yuan doesn't need to be polite." Qian Renxue said quickly, "I called you here today because something happened."

"Something happened?" Lu Yuan frowned, "What happened?"

"Something happened in the Star Dou Forest." Qian Renxue said solemnly.

"Star Forest?" Lu Yuan was a little confused. What could happen in Star Forest?

"It's like this. Every year, the empire arranges soul hunting teams to enter large settlements of soul beasts to capture low-level soul beasts, and then put them into the soul hunting forest. Do you know this?" Qian Renxue said.

"Is this what it is?" Lu Yuan suddenly realized.

In fact, he is no stranger to the Soul Hunting Forest. After all, his only two century-old soul rings were hunted from the original Soul Hunting Forest near Notting City.

The two major empires and Wuhun Palace have contributed to the construction of such a soul-hunting forest, and the biggest promoter is naturally Wuhun Palace.

But just like the soul master subsidy system, the founder and maintainer is Wuhun Palace, but it is the two empires that usually provide money and effort.

Every year, the two empires would form soul-hunting teams to enter the outer reaches of the Star Forest to capture low-level soul beasts, and then put them into different soul-hunting forests according to their levels.

Generally speaking, different levels of soul hunting forests are generally established according to the city level. Usually there are three levels.

There are elementary, intermediate and advanced levels. For example, Notting City Soul Hunting Forest is the lowest level low-level soul hunting forest. There are all soul beasts that are hundreds of years old, and there are absolutely no soul beasts that are more than a thousand years old.

It was also because of this that Lu Yuan didn't have a second spirit ring to hunt a thousand-year-old spirit beast and absorb a hundred-year-old spirit ring.

The high-level soul hunting forest is like the forest behind the Royal Hunting Ground in Tiandou City. Even soul beasts that are over 50,000 years old can be hunted.

It's just that the ten thousand-year soul beasts in the Royal Hunting Ground cannot be as diverse as the core area of ​​the Star Dou Forest.

"That's right, at this time every year in the past, the empire would organize people to enter the Star Dou Forest to capture soul beasts alive." Qian Renxue said solemnly, "In the past, the soul hunting teams basically had no problems. After all, there were many civilians among them. Many high-level soul masters have been recruited, even soul masters of the Soul Emperor level. They will not be too aggressive when entering the Star Dou Forest. They will only move within the activity range of soul beasts that are no more than a thousand years old, and generally capture them. The highest soul beast targets are only those that are over 10,000 years old."

"In the past years, except for some casualties, there would be no problems, but this year, lords and nobles from all over the country sent letters saying..." She paused, "Many soul hunting teams were wiped out in the Star Dou Forest!"

"There are even some soul hunting teams led by the Soul Emperor, and some of the survivors who escaped said after waking up that...the soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest are all crazy!"

"Are you crazy?" Lu Yuan suddenly had a feeling that this must be related to the two forest kings in the Star Dou Forest... No! It should be said that it has something to do with that Xiao Wu!

"The ten-thousand-year soul beast leads the thousand-year and century-level soul beasts into the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest. Even in the areas where soul beasts have been active for the past ten years, there are soul beasts above the ten-thousand-year level." Qian Renxue said in a deep voice. road.

"Furthermore, the entire Star Dou Forest has become foggy at the moment. The city defense troops everywhere cannot see clearly what is going on inside. All the soul masters dare not enter the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts at this time!"

Lu Yuan took a deep breath, "This is not the way to go."

"Yes, this is not the way to go." Qian Renxue frowned and said, "The soul hunting team is okay, but now the Star Dou Forest is inaccessible, doesn't that mean that the soul masters who want to hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings are in danger Some of them can’t obtain soul rings and advance to the next level?!”

This may not be a difficult task for the rich and powerful nobles in the empire. They can actually enter the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain soul rings through connections.

But for those soul masters who were born as civilians, they had neither connections nor money to enter the soul hunting forest to hunt soul beasts.

For noble soul masters, this is actually not a good thing, because the number of soul beasts in the soul hunting forest is limited.

Moreover, it is difficult for soul beasts to grow up. If nothing happens, even thousand-year-old soul beasts may become scarce in the Soul Hunting Forest!

"What did Wuhun Palace say?" Lu Yuan immediately thought of Wuhun Palace, which would never be willing to do such a thing.

"Father plans to convene ministers to discuss this matter tomorrow, and Bishop Salas will also be present tomorrow." Qian Renxue said immediately.

"I think this situation is likely to be a beast tide." Lu Yuan pondered for a while and then said.

"Beast tide?" Qian Renxue was stunned for a moment, "That must be a very ancient thing, right? The last recorded beast tide in Douluo Continent was already tens of thousands of years ago."

The Wuhun Palace was established very early in the Douluo Continent, even older than the two empires, and there are records of things that happened a long time ago.

Qian Renxue also vaguely remembered the record of the beast tide tens of thousands of years ago.

"What has happened will happen again; what has been done will happen again." Lu Yuan said, "Just because it hasn't happened for a long time doesn't mean it will never happen."

"Yes, but there must be a reason for the beast tide to start." Qian Renxue nodded and said.

"The reason why the beast tide is launched is because among the soul beasts, one or even several soul beast supremes have issued orders." Lu Yuan said, "In the core area of ​​​​the Star Dou Forest, there are currently many soul beasts. The most deserving soul beast among beasts."

"The Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape are both soul beasts that are over 100,000 years old, and they also have unparalleled strength among soul beasts!"

"They must have started the beast tide. Among the hundred thousand year old soul beasts, they are the only ones who can do this."

"In short, no matter what the cause is, the strangeness in the Star Dou Forest has affected the continuation of the soul master civilization." Qian Renxue said seriously, "So not only the Tiandou Empire, but also the Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire should also There will be some movement, and this incident may even cause the two empires and the Spirit Hall to join forces in a rare event!"

Lu Yuan immediately smiled, "That's really a good thing."

Even if the two empires and Wuhun Palace hate each other, they are still soul masters and humans after all.

It's like brothers. No matter how they fight, it's an internal matter. But if outsiders like soul beasts cause trouble, the brothers will unite.

…

At this time, somewhere in the core area of ​​the Star Dou Forest.

"Titan, why are you here?"

The Titan Giant Ape looked at the soul beast in front of him. This soul beast was more than five meters long. It was extremely majestic and looked a bit like a lion, but it had three identical big heads.

Each head has a diameter of more than one meter, and the terrifying canine teeth release a red-gold luster.

Its size is not much different from the Titan ape, but its power can be easily felt, which is still much worse than the Titan ape.

"Red King, I'm here to ask for your help." The Titan Ape casually sat on the ground like a human being and said casually.

That's right, what's in front of the Titan Giant Ape is the Red King, the king of the three-headed red devil dog clan from the peerless Tang Sect period and one of the top ten ferocious beasts. But now it only has a cultivation level of just over 200,000 years.

Compared to the peerless Tang Sect ten thousand years later, it relied on the auspiciousness of the three-eyed golden beast of the emperor and the pure power of sucking the pure power of the million-year-old soul beast Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, and its cultivation reached 300,000 years. , now it is not as powerful as the ten ferocious beasts in the future.

"What help can you do?" The three heads of the Red King asked in unison, "I think you and Tian Qing are crazy. Do you know what you are doing?"

"Of course Daming and I know this." The Titan ape's dull voice made the nearby mountains shake.

"Know?! I think you don't know!" Red King sneered and said, "Start the beast tide! I don't know what you are trying to do recently? You are simply crazy. What did Di Tian tell you before? Don't Attract the attention of those soul masters!"

"We don't provoke them, but what about them?" the Titan Ape suddenly said, "Don't you know what happened among us?"

The Red King suddenly fell silent.

"Yes, you didn't see it at the beginning. Neither you nor Zi Ji came out to help. You just let those soul masters take action in your own lair." The Titan Giant Ape said in a loud voice.

"But I, Daming, and Sister Xiaowu all saw it with our own eyes. We were trapped like that, and then we saw that guy inserting the sword into Aunt Rou's chest, and finally Aunt Rou's body was taken away by them. .”

"I don't know what you think, but in short I think Sister Xiaowu did the right thing this time." It said solemnly, "It's time for those soul masters to see the counterattack from the Star Dou Forest, from our soul beasts Angry!"

"I don't care what you do." The Red King was silent for a long time and finally said, "I will never participate in this matter!"

"Perhaps ten thousand years ago, I would have joined your ranks willfully, but I cannot do so now."

At this moment, a golden stream of light suddenly appeared. This golden stream of light was extremely small in front of the two hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast overlords, but its body was extremely shining, like a small sun running through the jungle.

The Titan Giant Ape took a closer look and saw that this young soul beast, which was less than one meter in height, was covered with a layer of golden hair.

But this soul beast is extremely strange, its whole body seems to be translucent crystal, full of strange texture.

The overall shape is very similar to that of a lion, but its four claws are like dragons, and there is a ball of golden flames under each dragon claw. The mouth is also longer than that of a lion-like soul beast. Under the hair, there seem to be fine golden scales.

In addition to its normal eyes, it actually has a third eye, but this third eye has a weird vertical pupil.

The two normal eyes were shining with gold, but the vertical pupil was red, with a bit of a strange red color.

"Could this be..." A trace of disbelief flashed in the Titan ape's eyes.

"Yes, she was just born, but she is indeed the existence we have been waiting for for a long time." The Red King said lightly, "It is because of her that I said you are fooling around. As long as she grows up safely, our soul beasts can Fight back against those humans."

"With your cultivation, what's the point of dormant for tens of thousands of years? Let alone ten thousand years, even the next hundred thousand years of catastrophe for you and Tian Qing won't be a problem for you?"

"Wait for tens of thousands of years..." The Titan Ape smiled helplessly, "Aren't those soul masters who killed Aunt Rou like that already dead? Forget it... I know what you mean."

It stood up, its huge body and the vibrations it caused on the ground made the little sun-like figure a little scared.

"You just continue to sit back and do nothing. Even if we fail, the Star Dou Forest still has you and this little guy. We will let those soul masters know that our soul beasts are not easy to mess with."

"This way, if they are afraid, you can continue practicing with peace of mind."

After saying that, the Titan Giant Ape turned and left under the gaze of the Red King.

Seeing this, the three heads of the Red King all shook their heads, "Titan, Tianqing, why are you doing this?"

It's not the time when the real beast tide starts yet, but when it reaches the small peak part, the timeline will jump directly later, which will be almost one Kun year later, and then the first official beast tide will usher in, which is also a major plot part.