Chapter 175 Chapter 177-179 Collusion, and Suffering Again Seven Treasure Glazed Sect
"Let me go. He is clearly trying to embarrass us today. Didn't you hear what he said? If he wanted to imprison us, it would be fine, but he actually wants to imprison the Sect Master."

Gu Rong was furious.

"He has the strength to rival the peerless Douluo."

But Jian Douluo's next words made him calm down instantly.

The two of them stored their spirit rings in their bodies and their spirit power disappeared. Jian Douluo cupped his hands and said to Lin Hanye, "President Lin, Prince Xuexing, I know that no matter what, I cannot clear the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect of suspicion, but Feng Zhi is the leader of our Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect after all. Moreover, as an auxiliary spirit master, he is also on good terms with Your Majesty. He has neither the ability nor the motive to harm Your Majesty. How about this? I am willing to stay here on behalf of Feng Zhi and Gu Rong until the day when the truth comes out."

Lin Hanye smiled, "Sword Douluo's words are a bit too polite. Everyone knows that when His Majesty was assassinated, you were with us at Haotian Peak. There is no possibility of assassinating His Majesty. But since Sword Douluo said so, I can't be unkind. I just need Bone Douluo to stay and cooperate with our investigation. This can be regarded as repaying the favor that Sect Master Ning and His Majesty did for me to resolve the grievances of Haotian Sect last time."

Ning Fengzhi's heart sank when he heard this. He had originally wanted to use this matter as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Lin Hanye, but now it seemed that this was not going to work.

And at first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with what Lin Hanye said.

After all, he was not the only one who helped him resolve the grievances of the Haotian Sect. There was also Xue Ye who had already died. The key point was that Xue Ye paid the most.

But if this happens, the situation of his Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect will become even more difficult.

"Master, what do you think?" Jian Douluo looked at Ning Fengzhi. He thought this was the best result.

After all, Gu Rong is indeed a big suspect. If he was not the guardian Douluo of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, he would probably also suspect the other party.

There was nothing wrong with Lin Hanye’s handling of the situation.

What's more, he was just cooperating with the investigation, not trying to kill him. Although there was no evidence to prove that Gu Rong didn't do it, there was no evidence to prove that he did it, right?
"In that case, thank you very much, President Lin."

Although Ning Fengzhi felt aggrieved, he did not have the courage to refute. He turned his gaze to Gu Rong and said, "Uncle Gu, I will inconvenience you for a while."

"What's the big deal? A person with a righteous heart is not afraid of his own shadow."

Gu Rong had calmed down after learning that Lin Hanye possessed the strength of a peerless Douluo. Seeing that he was the only one detained, he no longer felt as much resistance as before.

Ning Fengzhi nodded, and finally looked at Lin Hanye and Xue Xing. He became more and more suspicious that Xue Ye was murdered by the two of them and then framed by him on the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. He just didn't know who it was at this moment.

If there is such a master hiding beside Lin Hanye, wouldn’t that be too scary?
After Ning Fengzhi and Jian Douluo left, Lin Hanye appeared in front of Bone Douluo in an instant and slapped him on the chest before he could react.

"Lin Hanye, wow!"

Gu Rong screamed, spitting acid water from his mouth and retreated several steps. Just as he stabilized his body, he found that his soul power could no longer function and his voice stopped abruptly.

"Marshal Ge Long, I have sealed the soul power of Gu Rong. Let's find a secluded place for him to rest. No one is allowed to approach until the cause of his majesty's death is found. As for the rest of you, disperse."

Lin Hanye said lightly.

"Yes!"

Lin Hanye is a guest official of the Tiandou royal family and holds a token that says "Xue Ye Ru Zhen is present in person". His status is equal to that of the emperor. Now that the emperor is dead and Lin Hanye is trying to capture the real murderer, Ge Long will naturally obey.

After a while, Ge Long and his men took Gu Rong away, and the other guests who attended the banquet also left in confusion. However, after today, everyone knew that the Tiandou Empire was going to change.

Only Lin Hanye, Dugu Bo, Xue Xing and Huang Yueyao were left in the banquet square.

The four of them came to a pavilion in the imperial palace, and Xue Ye's body was handed over to a special person to clean up.

In the pavilion, Lin Hanye asked Xue Xing to shield the palace maids and guards.

"Xue Xing, His Majesty is your elder brother after all, how could you kill him?"

As soon as the four of them sat down, Lin Hanye said something shocking.

"Ah" Xue Xing didn't react for a moment.

Not to mention him, even Huang Yueyao was shocked, because she never expected that the person who killed Xue Ye would be this playboy prince Xue Xing.

But then again, Xue Ye has no children, and several other brothers who once competed with him for the throne were killed or demoted by him, leaving only this one direct descendant in the royal family.

If Xue Ye is killed, as long as he is not exposed, then Xue Xing's succession to the throne should be a sure thing.

But the question is, when did Xue Xing have such courage?
Could it be that the previous playboys were all pretending?

Well. Based on the previous performance of insisting that it was the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, it is not impossible.

At most, I just act myself and enjoy it.

"No, no. President Lin, I didn't kill my brother. I didn't have anyone kill my brother."

Xue Xing hurriedly explained that not only was it not him, but even if it was really him, he would not dare to admit it.

Lin Hanye looked at him suspiciously and asked knowingly, "Is it really not you?"

"Really not, President Lin, you must believe me. How dare I harm my brother? Even if you give me a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare. And Elder Dugu, you should know me best, so you must say something for me."

Xue Xing argued frantically.

Lin Hanye winked at Dugu Bo, who understood what he meant. He coughed lightly and said for Xue Xing, “President, based on my understanding of Prince Xue Xing, he will not harm His Majesty.”

Lin Hanye sighed and said in an exaggerated manner: "It doesn't matter whether it is true or not. Everyone knows that His Majesty has no heirs. After his death, the throne will definitely fall to Prince Xuexing. As the biggest beneficiary, it is inevitable that he will be suspected, just like the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect killed my father."

Xue Xing seemed to have grasped the key point, "President Lin, was your father really harmed by the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect?"

Lin Hanye nodded seriously, "In fact, I have long suspected the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. Of course, the Spirit Hall is also my target of suspicion, but its strength was limited at the time, so I changed my name and surname and lay dormant in secret."

"It was not until I became a Titled Douluo that I revealed my real name and found out the truth."

Dugu Bo followed the plan and continued to help Lin Hanye deceive, saying, "On the day when His Majesty hosted our president for a banquet, the president realized that something was wrong with Ning Fengzhi after revealing his real name. That night, after destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, he secretly sneaked into the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and heard the conversation between Ning Fengzhi and his father Ning Daorong. It was Ning Daorong who ordered Gu Rong to do it."

"I never thought it was actually the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect."

As the leader of a faction, Huang Yueyao was able to run the Golden City Fighting Spirit Arena, the second largest city in the Xing Luo Empire, in an orderly manner. Naturally, she knew that the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was the biggest suspect, but being suspicious was one thing, and truly confirming it was another.

Counting this way, together with the previously destroyed Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect and Tang Lie of the Clear Sky Sect who had threatened him in the Great Soul Fighting Arena, Lin Hanye seems to have grudges against the above three sects.

Wait, if you calculate it this way, does that mean I have become an enemy of the other party?

Even though it's only a semi-threat, it's still a threat!

Thinking of this, Huang Yueyao couldn't help but think about it carefully and was terrified, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"I didn't expect things to get to this point. You know, your majesty, Ning Fengzhi and I were once as close as brothers. But in the end, it was Ning Fengzhi's father who killed my father!"

Lin Hanye looked extremely distressed.

Xue Xing was very good at handling things. "President Lin, don't worry. Regardless of whether Ning Fengzhi ordered Gu Rong to do this, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect cannot escape responsibility."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Your Majesty. From now on, I hope Your Majesty will take good care of my Soul Master Guild."

Lin Hanye looked directly into Xue Xing’s eyes.

There was a knowing smile on their faces.

An alliance of interests was soon formed.

Xue Xing was delighted, knowing that the main event was about to begin. Otherwise, if Lin Hanye had doubted him before, he would not have said so after everyone had left. He said in a low voice, "Of course, after I ascend the throne, I will order the construction of a branch for the Soul Master Guild in Tiandou City. The scale will definitely be at the same level as the Wuhun Temple. Not only that, the Soul Master Guild Academy will also be funded and staffed by the royal family to help build it. If the president wants to establish branches in other cities in the Tiandou Empire in the future, he only needs to say it."

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty. I wonder how I can repay you?"

Lin Hanye likes to deal with people like this who are not very smart but are very capable and clever.

"I don't deserve it. I just need you to protect me during this period before I ascend the throne. Also, if I encounter some blind guys who oppose my ascension to the throne, I hope you can help me."

Xue Xing expressed his needs. After experiencing Xue Ye’s death, he was psychologically traumatized. Regardless of whether Gu Rong was the thief crying “Catch the thief” or not, Xue Ye, the emperor of a country, died after all.

He didn't want to die inexplicably after only being emperor for a few years.

In addition, in order to subdue the forces left by Xue Ye, he really needs someone to intimidate them.

As for his demoted brothers, no one can guarantee whether they will take advantage of this incident to throw dirty water on him and then make a comeback.

"That's easy. Next, I will appoint Elder Dugu as the president of the Soul Master Guild's branch in the Tiandou Empire. If Your Majesty wants to go out or something, you can directly ask Elder Dugu to accompany you."

Lin Hanye said.

"Thank you, President Lin."

After listening to Lin Hanye's words, Xue Xing knew that his throne was secure.

"Elder Dugu, I would like to trouble you to stay by His Majesty's side and protect him until His Majesty ascends the throne."

Lin Hanye looked at Dugu Bo.

"Yes." Dugu Bo responded respectfully.

Next, Lin Hanye negotiated with Xue Xing again. After confirming Xue Xing’s ascension to the throne and discussing the specific distribution of benefits, Lin Hanye stood up and said goodbye.

Before leaving, Lin Hanye reminded him, "Your Majesty, the news about Gu Rong's assassination of the late emperor must be spread as soon as possible. As for the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, I will deal with them personally. You don't have to pay any attention to them. If they dare to do anything that is detrimental to Your Majesty, I don't mind going to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect in person."

"Haha, it looks like we can only suffer the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect a little longer. President Lin, don't worry, I will take care of this matter."

The reason he was able to survive the life-and-death struggle for the throne was that, in addition to being able to take sides, he was also loyal to his subordinates and had won over many powerful officials and nobles in the empire. Otherwise, Xue Ye would not have relied on him so much after he ascended the throne.

As for the fact that he lingered among the flowers and became a playboy in the eyes of the world, besides acting out his true self, it was more for the purpose of making Xue Ye, the suspicious emperor, feel at ease about him.

A moment later, Lin Hanye and Huang Yueyao left the palace unimpeded.

Huang Yueyao followed behind him, half a body length behind. Lin Hanye could clearly feel that she seemed to be very afraid of him. After sitting down in the Dugu family mansion, Lin Hanye asked someone to serve a pot of tea, and then he said, "Manager Huang, you seem to be very afraid of me?"

"President Lin, look at what you are saying. We are old friends. How could I be afraid of you?"

Huang Yueyao was not an ordinary person after all, so she didn't show it so easily. However, the fear deep in her pupils could not escape Lin Hanye's eyes.

Lin Hanye put down the fragrant tea and got straight to the point: "I won't elaborate on the unnecessary words. Now I will give you two choices. One is to lead the Bright Sword Lion Clan to join me and work for me. As for the second one, I don't need to say much, you should also know it. After all, you hurt me a lot in the past. You even made it onto the wanted list of the Haotian Sect because of this."

“To be honest, when the Pope of the Spirit Hall married my third sister, my eldest brother had already led the family to secretly serve the Spirit Hall.” Huang Yueyao smiled bitterly.

Lin Hanye naturally knew about this matter. He even knew that Qian Xunji originally planned to marry Huang Yueyao instead of Huang Yue'e.

But she refused.

Lin Hanye was not interested in knowing why the other party refused and did something that was not in line with her character. She said calmly: "Then you can join the team alone."

At this point, he casually looked at Huang Yueyao and said, "Your soul power has been stuck at level 88 for several years. And your bone age is over 60 years old. If you don't have any great opportunities in the future, you will basically stop at level 89. There is not much hope for you to break through to the Titled Douluo."

"Yes, President." By saying this, Huang Yueyao implicitly agreed to join the Soul Master Guild.

She had no right to refuse.

At the same time, I don’t object to this choice.

There are many reasons for this.

First, she knew that Lin Hanye would not be harsh to the people around him.

This can be seen from Dugu Bo.

I believe that once the Soul Master Guild is officially established, there will be many people willing to join.

As for other reasons, let’s not talk about them.

Lin Hanye nodded. "The Soul Master Guild is about to be established. I'm sure you know that I have no shortage of powerful and talented soul masters around me, but I don't have many talents in management. My wives and I need to practice, and we don't have that much time to manage miscellaneous matters. I need you to be my secretary to the president. Manage the Soul Master Guild for me and complete the policies and tasks I set."

At this point, Lin Hanye did not forget to give a sweet date after a good beating, "If I find out that you are abusing your power for personal gain, I don't mind ending our friendship. Of course, if you work hard, I can still give you a chance to break through to the Titled Douluo."

"Thank you, President. Yueyao will do her best in the future."

Hearing this, Huang Yueyao stood up without any hesitation and knelt on one knee, revealing a hint of snow-white on her chest to show her loyalty.

Lin Hanye did not look at her. "I will give you seven days to take care of everything behind you. At the same time, I hope you can let the Bright Sword Lion Family spread the news of Gu Rong's murder of Xue Ye to the Xing Luo Empire."

After saying this, Lin Hanye disappeared in the yard. The battle between Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu had not yet ended. Next, he had to go and observe the battle and use the Tongtian Demon Eye to see how Tang Chen performed the Exploding Ring so that he could use it as a reference.

At the same time that Lin Hanye was heading to Haotian Peak, the news about Emperor Xue Ye being stabbed to death quickly spread throughout Tiandou City thanks to the officials and nobles who attended the banquet and Xue Xing's arrangement.

I believe it will spread across the entire continent in a few days.

There are many specific versions.

But no matter how it is spread, the biggest suspect will always be the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

As for Ning Fengzhi, the person involved, after leaving Tiandou Palace with Jian Douluo, he immediately returned to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and found his father Ning Daorong.

Tell what happened.

“I didn’t expect things to turn out like this.”

Ning Daorong, who was already very old, felt helpless after hearing this.

"Father, what should we do?"

Ning Fengzhi was completely panicked at this moment. With Lin Hanye, the god of death, around, he couldn't defeat him.

He couldn't escape, and if he did, perhaps the Xing Luo Empire would welcome him. After all, as long as the Xing Luo royal family was not stupid, they should be able to tell that it was not his Seven Treasures Glazed Sect who killed Xue Ye.

But doing so would completely prove the fact that it was the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect that murdered Xue Ye.

I'm afraid that before he even leaves the Tiandou Empire, he will be caught up by Lin Hanye and killed in the name of eliminating rebellion.

Ning Daorong lit up his pipe, took a deep puff, and then sighed, "We underestimated that young man after all. He is not just a brute force guy. If he were like that, it would be much easier to deal with him. After all, no matter how strong he is, he is not invincible."

"You mean to say that Xue Ye was killed by Lin Han Ye?"

Ning Fengzhi seemed to have thought of something.

"It's almost certain. Perhaps he already knows that Xue Ye and I conspired to murder him. Now Xue Xing's ascension to the throne is a foregone conclusion. Regardless of whether it was us or not, for the sake of the stability of the throne, he will assume that it was us."

Ning Daorong said.

"Is there really no chance of redemption?"

Ning Fengzhi was very unwilling.

"It's not that there is no way, but at this point, we only have one way to go." When he said this, Ning Daorong's eyes suddenly became fierce.

"Do you want to?" Ning Fengzhi heard what Ning Daorong meant and found it unacceptable, because he truly treated Gu Rong as a relative.

Ning Daorong didn't say anything else, just said: "Don't worry about this matter anymore, and don't think about revenge. Take Chen Xin and manage the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect well. Don't let the sect fall into desolation in your hands."

After saying that, he walked out and left the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect under the protection of several sect disciples.

Get on the carriage heading to Tiandou City.

Two days passed in a flash, and during these two days, everyone at Haotian Peak understood what had happened.

It turned out that the emperor of Tiandou Empire was assassinated on a snowy night.

The suspect Gu Rong was subdued by Lin Hanye himself and taken into custody.

For a while.

Most of the people present had no interest in watching the game.

All of them left this place, especially those in the Tiandou Empire.

They don't care whether Xue Ye is dead or not. What they really care about is their own interests, because once Xue Ye dies, the Tiandou Empire will be reshuffled.

This new division of interests is crucial.

No one wanted to fall behind, so they all went back one after another to buy expensive gifts and rush to Tiandou City to visit Xue Xing.

During these two days, Xue Xing was not idle either.

With Dugu Bo by his side, he felt much more confident than before.

He was just short of saying, "I want to be the emperor of the Tiandou Empire. Now it's up to you who agrees and who disagrees."

There was no majority objection to this.

After all, there is really no one in the Tiandou royal family.

It's impossible to let those demoted princes or Xue Ye's unborn posthumous child ascend the throne.

After some discussion, Xue Xing's ascension to the throne finally became a foregone conclusion.

At the same time, how to deal with Gu Rong, the "real murderer" who assassinated Xue Ye, became a problem again.

After all, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is very powerful and controls many industries in the empire. If something goes wrong, the economy of the Tiandou Empire will be in turmoil.

It's really not something that can be moved easily.

Finally Xue Xing made the decision and decided to wait until Lin Hanye came back before deciding.

At the same time, Xue Xing's ascension to the throne was set for three days later. Now two days have passed, and he will ascend the throne tomorrow.

Lin Hanye did not do anything else during these two days. He just sat on the frozen throne condensed by extreme ice and practiced with his eyes closed.

Until Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu decided the winner.

At this point, the two had been fighting for nearly three days and three nights, and it was almost noon on the fourth day.

The only ones left to watch the battle were Qianxunji, Jinzhong, and a group of people from the Haotian Sect and the Xiangjia Sect.

"It finally begins."

Lin Hanye seemed to sense something and suddenly opened his eyes.

Tang Chen on the ground and Qian Daoliu in the sky stopped attacking at the same time.

"Big Sumeru Hammer, nine rings explode simultaneously!"

On the ground, Tang Chen revealed his spirit rings for the first time, two yellow, two purple, four black and one red. Then the nine rings exploded and shattered at the same time. All the spirit power in his body and the energy from the broken spirit rings were all concentrated on the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand, turning the Clear Sky Hammer into a huge blood-red hammer head.

"I see."

Lin Hanye saw the path of the soul power flowing in Tang Chen's body when the ring exploded, and combined with the half-true and half-false secret book that he had given him before, he quickly came up with a plan in his mind.

At the same time, he thought to himself: This move has obviously reached the god-level. If I were Qian Daoliu, I would definitely choose to use the air advantage to escape, and then wait until the energy of Tang Chen's Sumeru Hammer is exhausted, and then come back to defeat him.

However, given Qian Daoliu's personality, even if he knew he could win in this way, he would still feel it was dishonorable.

ps: First update, second update, third update.

Sorry I sent my girlfriend on a business trip today and came back late.

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