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The Wuhun Temple is solemn and dignified. A huge six-winged angel statue stands in the center of the temple, emitting a holy and majestic light.
"That's what happened."
Gui Mei stood under the prince and explained in detail to Bibi Dong what happened at the auction.
He had been following Xuan Ming ever since he entered Wuhun City. He had wanted to find an opportunity to ask Xuan Ming to come over, but he had never expected such a thing to happen.
"Xuan Ming is heading this way now. Your Holiness, how about I go and clean up all the traces of Spirit Hall's involvement in this matter right now?" said the ghost.
"Deal with it? How to deal with it?" Bibi Dong asked casually while sitting on the high papal throne.
"With Xuan Ming's temper, this matter will probably cause a big uproar and even get out of control. With his influence, once the matter gets out of hand, the Tiandou royal family and the seven major families will have to take action to appease the people. By then, the Spirit Hall will inevitably be affected." Gui Mei said.
"I believe that we should have made preparations early."
The slave trade was a lucrative business.
Although the two empires have explicitly banned such behavior, how could those nobles and powerful soul masters, who hold power, status and authority, not covet these things?
The person who kidnapped Xuan Ming was just a low-level patrol deacon of the Spirit Hall, so it could be considered an individual act.
However, once the slave trade is thoroughly investigated, it will inevitably implicate countless local bishops. Even the bishop of the Spirit Temple has a few beautiful slaves bought from the auction house.
Knowing about this but not making it public is tantamount to covering up the crime.
To cover up is to be an accomplice!
The Tiandou Auction House was able to auction these things so blatantly, not only because it had the support of the seven major families, but also because they colluded with each other for their own interests, and had the tacit approval and protection of the royal family and the Spirit Hall.
From the bottom up and from the top down, there are layers of interest transactions.
If this kind of thing is really investigated, few people can stay out of it.
If these hidden dangers are not dealt with and suppressed before things get out of hand, the Spirit Hall will probably fall into turmoil.
"Do you think he will make a big deal out of this?" Bibi Dong asked, narrowing her eyes slightly and tapping the armrest with her fingers.
"This..." The ghost was stunned.
Isn't this nonsense? Given that kid's personality, how could he remain silent?
"He definitely would have done that before, but not now." Bibi Dong sighed softly.
"The royal family and the seven major families signed a contract with him on this matter. He cooperated with the Great Fighting Spirit Arena and the royal family's publicity and used him as a money-making tool for everyone. But now, he has done what he should do, while the royal family and the seven major families have not done what they should do."
"Making a big fuss would simply force everyone to resolve the matter, but he no longer believes that everyone is willing to resolve the matter, so there's naturally no point in making a big fuss."
What's the point of making a big fuss?
Just like Gui Mei said, make preparations early, and everyone should cooperate in the play, pretending to solve the problem on the surface, but actually continue to do what needs to be done, and continue to maintain the surface calm and the interest transactions behind it.
Does it make sense?
Xuan Ming is not Qian Renxue. He is not interested in such flashy things. He only wants practical things, even if they don't look good.
He has no interest in pretending if he can't actually get it.
"But he's at the auction house..." Gui Mei was a little confused.
"If I'm not mistaken, he's going to tear up the contract with the seven major families." Bibi Dong said.
"As for the royal family, I'm afraid he won't be so cooperative in the future."
Xuan Ming would cooperate with Qian Renxue on matters concerning the Tiandou Empire. She had always thought that it was because he had no ability to resist and was helpless.
But after learning about the existence of the ancient dragon soul in Xuan Ming, she realized that this was because he still had expectations.
Even though Xuan Ming didn't believe a single word Qian Renxue said about the people of the world, no matter how much she spoke, it was ultimately just for her own benefit.
But Xuan Ming, who had experienced all that, would still think of giving it a try when he had the ability to intervene and make changes.
Xuan Ming always insisted that one should do what he promised to others, and accordingly, he should do what others promised to him.
But now, he has done what he should do, but the other party has broken his promise.
"Then he comes here now, could it be that he wants to use the Spirit Hall as a shield?" said the ghost.
Xuan Ming has extremely terrifying value to the royal family and the Great Fighting Soul Arena, and involves the interests of countless people.
If Xuan Ming suddenly stopped paying attention to those things, just as many people had praised him and treated him as a cash cow before, just as many people would want to kill him next!
"Maybe, or maybe he has something else to do." Bibi Dong said.
"Qian Renxue should be making amends now. Go and remind her not to waste her energy on this matter. First think about how to deal with the consequences of the collapse of Xuan Ming's interest chain."
The contract between Xuan Ming and the Great Soul Fighting Arena requires an open soul fight every year. Preparations for this year's soul fight began several months ago, and it is less than a month away from the start. Many people even regard this soul fight as a warm-up for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition in half a year.
After so much preparation, the time has finally come to make a fortune. If Xuan Ming doesn't cooperate, who knows what will happen.
By then, it will definitely not just be the soul fighting in the Great Soul Fighting Arena that will be affected. The subsequent Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition will also have problems.
The ghost nodded slightly, and with a flash of his figure, he disappeared in the Spirit Temple in an instant, leaving only a faint ghost shadow that disappeared in a flash.
Not long after, the gate of the Spirit Temple slowly opened, and Yue Guan led Xuan Ming in.
Bibi Dong glanced at Yue Guan, who nodded, stepped out and closed the door.
Bibi Dong stood up, walked off the stage, and came to Xuan Ming, looking him over carefully.
"It seems you've gained a lot."
Not only has his soul power reached level 50, but his body and soul power purity are also two completely different concepts from half a year ago.
Especially the two dragons on her back, the dormant power in them actually made her feel threatened.
"I'd like to trouble you for help with something." Xuan Ming said.
"Auction house?" Bibi Dong asked.
"I can handle this matter, but it's another matter." Xuan Ming said.
"Thundering Hell Vine, do you know this kind of soul beast?"
Bibi Dong was stunned.
"You want its spirit ring?"
"Yeah." Xuan Ming nodded.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing. I was originally planning to suggest that you absorb the soul ring of that thing, but I didn't expect that you would also be interested in it." Bibi Dong said.
The Thundering Hell Vine is a kind of existence that has been at the top position of plant-type soul beasts since its birth, and the growth method of this soul beast is really crazy.
Thunder is the most violent of all natural forces, and this violent energy is the nourishment for the growth of the Thundering Hell Vine.
However, precisely because the Thundering Hell Vine's growth method is too terrifying, this kind of soul beast is extremely rare, and no one would choose to hunt this kind of soul beast as a soul ring.
After all, in the cognition of most soul masters, the soul rings of plant-type soul beasts can only be absorbed by soul masters with plant-type martial souls, but plant-type martial souls basically develop towards the auxiliary and control types, while the violent power of the Thundering Hell Vine is an extreme offensive type, and its attributes filter out most plant soul masters.
As for other weapon-type soul masters and beast-type soul masters, basically no one would want to absorb the soul rings of plant-type soul beasts.
She was still thinking about how to explain this matter to Xuan Ming.
"Do you know where this kind of soul beast can be found?" Xuan Ming asked.
"Preferably more than 30,000 years."
Bibi Dong paused, "There should be a place that has it, but it will be more troublesome."
"Where?" Xuan Ming asked.
"The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan." Bibi Dong said.
Xuan Ming was stunned. "Aren't they only able to absorb the soul rings of sub-dragon soul beasts?"
"Of course they don't use that thing as a spirit ring, but the place where the Thundering Hell Vine is located is of great benefit to the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex spirit master." Bibi Dong said.
A soul beast like the Thundering Hell Vine, which has cultivated for ten thousand years, is enough to change the celestial phenomena and bring thunder down to the earth.
Therefore, once a Thundering Hell Vine of this level of cultivation appears, it will inevitably cause disaster in a corner of the country, and only a super strong person has the possibility of destroying it.
However, as a special martial soul that also controls the power of thunder, after the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex soul master reaches the Soul Saint level, he will try to further improve himself through the thunder energy in nature.
The thunderstorm area that others avoid is an excellent training ground for the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex soul master.