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After the welcoming banquet, Xu Tianxi officially appeared in Mingdu. Letters from all sides came in like snowflakes and piled up like a case.
Most of them were junk messages, which were thrown aside after just a glance. Xu Tianxi simply refused outside visitors in the name of seclusion.
Jing Hongchen began to run around to start the organization construction of the Heavenly Court. Xu Tianxi went to the Worship Hall to pay a visit to Kong Deming and then rushed to Mingde Hall. Taking Jing Hongchen's comments as an order, he notified the forging room to start the project and began to inspect the defense system of Mingde Hall.
Walking step by step in this underground world, various metal buildings reflected different intensities of light, which were the fruits of the soul masters' labor, but in Xu Tianxi's eyes, it was as if telling the enemy "This place has money but poor defense, come quickly".
"The entire Mingde Hall only has about twenty level nine defensive soul guides. The defense system they have built is difficult to break through from the outside, but if it is broken into the inside, it will be too weak and will not be able to protect the edge areas at all."
The more Xu Tianxi looked at this defense system, the more he disliked it. Not only could these defenses not be poisonous, but he, Xu, could smash it to pieces with just one move, or at least destroy most of it.
Jing Hongchen did not seem to take the instructions before leaving seriously. Even though he knew that the Conferred God Platform might attract enemies, he still did not strengthen the defense of Mingde Hall.
That's true. After all, Mingde Hall is located underground. No normal person would have thought that the people from the Body Sect would rush in by digging a hole in the ground. No one knows where they got such a high-powered drill.
"Sister, Gu Yuena, if you were to destroy this place, from what angle would you start?"
Xu Tianxi looked at the two gold and silver dragons behind him and asked for the opinions of the professional saboteurs.
"Whatever you hit, you smash."
"A fusion of earth, fire, water and wind elements."
The two dragons' answer was simple and crude.
Xu Tianxi nodded slightly, his gaze falling back on a ninth-level light shield soul guide on the dome, as if thinking about something.
If nothing unexpected happens, the group from the Body Sect will definitely come, and the time is unknown. To reduce losses, we must either strengthen our defense or abandon the old base and build a new one.
But then again, if defense was so easy to strengthen, Jing Hongchen would have done it long ago. There are only a limited number of ninth-level defense soul guides, and it's really difficult to do it here.
The most troublesome thing is that there may be spies in Mingde Hall. Jing Hongchen cleared out a group of them two years ago, but no one knows if there are other spies...
"The Conferred God Platform was built by Xu Guozhong. Last time, he was caught reselling supplies and had to cut off one of his legs to save his life. He only managed to save his life by surrendering to Xu Tianran... Yeah, he is definitely an enemy. Kill him!"
Unconsciously, Xu Tianxi's way of thinking became simple and rough. After all, Xu Guozhong was not a good guy, so he didn't care whether he had other spies or not. He could just go to his house and force a confession.
After making up his mind, Xu Tianxi went to find Xuan Ziwen to say hello. Xuan Ziwen was finishing up the sealed baby bottle project and was expected to produce this top-notch achievement soon.
Seeing Xu Tianxi, Xuan Ziwen couldn't help but nag for a while, and then he mentioned that Mingde Hall would soon start an experiment on all-terrain detection soul guides, and hoped that Xu Tianxi could help cooperate with the experiment.
Xu Tianxi was well aware of the importance of all-terrain detection soul guide devices, and he wanted to learn this thing and use it for his own soul guide team. He agreed without hesitation, and his attitude made Xuan Ziwen very satisfied.
After leaving Xuan Ziwen's place, Xu Tianxi took the two girls out of Mingde Hall and returned to the ground. While walking on the road, he sent a voice transmission to Gu Yuena and asked:
"My Lord, do you know how to use your mental power to change people's memories?"
Miss Silver Dragon King didn't expect Xu Tianxi to call her "Master" on his own initiative. She tilted her head slightly while her eyebrows curved: "So what?"
"Of course I need your help, my lord." Xu Tianxi adhered to the principle of being sweet-mouthed when asking for help and gave the Silver Dragon King enough spiritual satisfaction.
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Yuena's pair of mysterious purple eyes flashed with light, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. She did not answer directly, while Gu Zhaoqiu's face was full of suspicion.
What evil idea has her younger brother come up with? He wants to use even the master as a tool?
"Brother, you are so capable, why do you need the Lord to help you? If anyone messes with you, we can just kill him directly."
Gu Zhaoqiu waved his slender and powerful fist, and the air could not withstand the pressure, causing a crisp explosion.
"After all, he was a prince of the royal family. It would not be good for him to die suddenly in his family. I still want to use his head to write something."
"This kind of person needs to have his death made more meaningful. Let's cripple one of his legs tonight and make him the same as his master."
Xu Tianxi shook his head and called Xiao Hongchen, informing him that there would be an operation in the evening and that he should gather at the door alone.
He did not inform other people. It would not take much of a fuss to deal with Xu Guozhong. The purpose of looking for Xiao Hongchen was to find a local to lead the way. One guide would be enough.
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"What? Are you looking for me to go to Xu Guozhong's palace and take him out to torture him?"
At the gate of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, Xiao Hongchen, who was hiding his figure in a nightgown, met up with Xu Tianxi to plan something big. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by what Xu Tianxi proposed.
"Yes, why else do you think I called you here? Xu Guozhong is a great pest of the country, he should have been brought to justice two years ago."
"He surrendered to Xu Tianran and let him live two more years. Now that I'm back, I can't allow this guy to continue to harm the interests of our Mingde Hall and the Sun Moon Empire."
Xu Tianxi clenched his fists with a righteous look on his face, and said righteously: "How can we study soul guides with peace of mind without worrying about being backstabbed by pig teammates when we are with such insects! We will enforce justice on behalf of heaven today and cripple another leg of his!"
Xiao Hongchen was stunned, opened his mouth, and asked in confusion: "You won't kill him?"
"Of course not. How could I commit such a huge murder and bring so much trouble to the Imperial Criminal Department? With my methods, they will never be able to find any clues even if they work hard for several years."
Xu Tianxi patted Xiao Hongchen on the shoulder and urged, "Alright, lead the way quickly. When I left two years ago, I asked you to secretly observe Xu Guozhong's movements. Don't tell me you don't know where he is now."
Xiao Hongchen sighed, walked a few steps outside, stopped, and said with some worry: "That old guy is a ninth-level soul guide. I don't know how many precious soul guides he has coveted to save his life over the years. Are the four of us enough?"
"Don't worry, you don't have to do anything. Don't you know my mental power? He won't have a chance to react."
Xu Tianxi waved his hands repeatedly, indicating that you just need to lead the way, I can act quietly, and I don't want you to take action even if you want to. Hundreds of soul guide cannons fired at the same time, and those who didn't know would think that an army was attacking Xu Guozhong's prince's mansion.
"Okay, at this point in time, he may not be enjoying himself in the palace. He may go to his underground palace to count money. You guys follow me."
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In the courtyard next to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy.
Xu Guozhong, who had lost one leg and could only sit in a wheelchair, entered a secret room surrounded by servants in the palace, knocked on the mechanism on the wall, pressed the password, and activated the soul-guided elevator.
The metal elevator rose up with a rumbling sound. Xu Guozhong's eyes were filled with deep desire and fascination, and he led the palace servants into the elevator.
The elevator descended steadily at a speed of two meters per second. Xu Guozhong, wearing a purple-gold royal robe, looked at the surrounding metal structures with excitement.
He loved money the most in his life. When he was in charge of guarding the warehouse, he often took some money out to resell it. In this way, he saved up money to build a underground palace for himself that was more luxurious than the royal palace, with all kinds of rare treasures.
Therefore, the palace was just a facade to him, and the underground palace was his spiritual home and place of enjoyment.
But... two years ago, his crime was exposed, and he had to use up all his life savings to save his life. From the old emperor to the princes from all sides, and then to his lord Xu Tianran, whom he had to be loyal to.
In order to satisfy the appetites of these royal pixiu, Xu Guozhong spent most of his savings. All the valuable things in the palace were given away, and more than half of the treasures in the underground palace were also given away. The palace was no longer as luxurious as before.
Of course, Xu Guozhong was confident that his wealth was still greater than that of most of the ninth-level soul engineers who were working hard in research in the Worship Hall, but he was not as rich as the princes of the royal family.
Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents, not to mention being forced to hand over most of his money to save his life. Whenever Xu Guozhong returned to the underground palace, a fire would ignite in his heart, a fire that wanted to put out Jing Hongchen.
"Boom—"
The elevator stopped moving, Xu Guozhong dialed a number, opened the triple metal door, and a magnificent palace came into view.
The servant took the initiative to open the door for Xu Guozhong. Xu Guozhong looked at the gorgeous decorations in the underground palace and nodded with satisfaction.
But when he thought that half of the treasures here were gone, he couldn't help but feel the anger rising between his brows.
"Damn you Jing Hongchen, you bastard! You are a slave-like thing that takes our Xu family's salary and works for our Xu family, and you actually dare to bite your master! You are such a vicious dog! Sooner or later, I will make you and your Hongchen family kneel down at my feet!"
Coming to his own little world, Xu Guozhong let himself go and cursed the world.
Although he knew that this was almost impossible, everyone should always have dreams.
Originally, this was nothing. Xu Guozhong had been doing this for two years. Unfortunately, today, his underground palace had an uninvited guest...
"Boom boom!"
Hundreds of metal soul-guided cannons suddenly appeared in the underground palace without any warning. Under the cover of powerful mental power, they gathered energy and rose into the air, bombarding Xu Guozhong.
"You bastard! I'm going to tear you apart alive today!" Xiao Hongchen was furious. He controlled the soul guide cannon at full power, wishing he could blow Xu Guozhong into pieces.
"Who dares to come to my place!" Xu Guozhong roared, and a circle of ninth-level soul guide light shield appeared in front of him like lightning, expanding to a diameter of ten meters to block the artillery fire.
After all, he was a ninth-level soul master. Xiao Hongchen's attack did not cause any substantial harm except making his body feel a little numb and causing him to retreat five or six steps.
However, before Xu Guozhong could gain a firm foothold, a dazzling golden dragon fist blasted up at him, shattering the soul guide light shield with tremendous force, causing him to fly backwards. His throat tasted fishy and sweet, blood spurted out, and his pupils trembled.
What's going on? A Title Douluo attack?
Just as Xu Guozhong's brain was buzzing, a huge mountain dragon claw suddenly appeared on his way back and slapped him hard.
"Bang!"
Xu Guozhong was hit on the shoulder, and a huge force spread throughout his body. His body fell down, and his only remaining leg and prosthesis were in close contact with the ground.
The person who attacked seemed to have done it on purpose. Xu Guozhong's current posture seemed as if he was about to kowtow forward, and he was kneeling very standardly.
A cold voice came from behind Xu Guozhong.
"Old Xiao, before I deal with him, you can come and vent your anger first. Just spare his life, the rest is up to you."
Xu Tianxi stared at Xu Guozhong coldly, his tone indifferent.
You really can't stop someone who wants to die.