"Did Brother Mingguang absorb that illusory soul bone? That bone matches the control route he took."
What Xu Mingxi had in mind was, with the Shining Star Bewitching Soul Skill plus the 70,000-year-old illusory soul bone, if he could obtain the soul bone from Shi Nian, would Xu Mingguang really be able to kill people without them being seen?
However, no one knew where Shi Nian was hiding now, and he did not appear at Canghui College.
Seven days later, the Star Crown Sect recalled all of its followers, and everyone attended except those who really couldn't go.
Almost all of the Star Crown Sect members and their families gathered at the Star Crown Sect parade ground. The Sect Master stood at the top, looking out at the more than a hundred people on the parade ground, with a great sense of pride in his heart.
Finally, he had not let down the faith of the sect's ancestors. The sect master was still relatively young, only about a hundred years old, and could wait until Xu Mingxi and Xu Mingguang grew up. At that time, the Star Crown Sect would reach a new peak.
Xu Mingguang also hurried back and stood on the seat of attention below, eagerly awaiting Xu Mingxi's arrival.
As the grandson of the sect master, he is now a fifty-ninth-level controller-type combat soul king. If Xu Mingxi wasn't here, it would most likely be him who would be the successor.
However, the friendship between the two of them since childhood, plus the fact that the sect leader taught Xu Mingguang to put the overall interests of the Star Crown Sect first, made him only happy for Xu Mingxi's achievements.
"Everyone, today is the succession ceremony for our Star Crown Sect's young leader. Mingxi's talent is obvious to everyone, and now he's been honing his skills alone in the Star Dou Great Forest for three years. She is the best of the younger generation in our sect.
I believe that there is no more suitable candidate than him in this sect. If no one has any objections, then he will become the next leader of our Star Crown Sect."
The sect leader had reached a consensus with the elders that there was no role in the second generation that could take on such responsibilities, and in the third generation, Xu Mingxi was the best candidate.
If three years ago, they were still undecided between Xu Mingxi and Xu Mingguang, now Xu Mingxi had proven his worth with his transformation.
Everyone present looked at Xu Mingguang and saw her shaking her head. They knew that the position of young sect leader had most likely been decided and the others didn't have the ability to compete at all.
Amidst everyone's cheers and gazes, Xu Mingxi, wearing a golden soul master robe, slowly walked into the training ground, his handsome face full of determination.
He walked onto the stage and made a promise in front of all the Star Crown Sect members.
He would definitely bring the Star Crown Sect to glory.
The sect leader sat on the topmost seat with a puzzled look on his face. He seemed to see himself in Xu Mingxi, who was also very ambitious.
It's just that my talent is limited and still stuck at level 96, unable to make any progress. Maybe after a long time I can reach level 97, but reaching even higher might be impossible.
But he believed that for Xu Mingxi, as long as he didn't waste his talent, level 98 was just a threshold.
"But before that, we still need these old people to light the way forward."
The sect leader looked at Xu Mingxi standing on the stage in high spirits, and the sect followers cheering for him under the stage with a sense of satisfaction. Protecting the Xingguan Sect was his only career in this life.
After the ceremony, the sect leader called Xu Mingxi into the room and handed him a stack of information.
"Mingxi, the one above is information about the Heaven Dou Empire sent by the Blood Blade Pavilion. The middle one was sent by several close families and sects of my Star Crown Sect. As for the last one, those are some connections that Mingguang has established in the southeastern region of the Star Luo Empire in recent years."
Brother Mingguang? Xu Mingxi felt somewhat complicated. He hadn't expected that before leaving, he had casually told Xu Mingguang that he wanted to win the power of the family in the southeast.
It was just a short sentence, but he actually remembered it in full and went all out to do so while he was traveling.
Xu Mingxi first saw the information below. Except for Dongji City which he visited, Xu Mingxi was present in four other important cities.
Compared to Xu Mingguang's surprise, the other two pieces of information were rather unremarkable. Only one piece was worthy of Xu Mingxi's attention.
A mysterious woman appeared beside the Clear Sky Sect's twin stars, and her origins were unknown.
The wheel of fate began to turn, Xu Mingxi sighed and returned the information to the sect leader.
"Sect Master, I want to know what our Star Crown Sect should do next."
"Mingxi, rather than ask me this, I'd better ask you. If it were you, what would you do next?"
The sect master sorted out the information while looking at Xu Mingxi with a smile. As the sect's young master and the future leader of the Star Crown Sect, he was already qualified to express his opinions on the sect's future development.
Xu Mingxi was stunned for a moment. He had lived isolated in the Star Dou Great Forest for three years. Even after reading the information just now, he really couldn't think of what to say for a moment.
His knowledge of the Douluo Continent was based on some general education he'd received over the past twenty years and the original novels he'd read in his previous life.
What's more, Xu Mingxi was just an unemployed youth in his previous life who hadn't had a chance to work yet, so talking about management was just theory.
Looking at the sect leader's expectant eyes, he had no choice but to continue.
"Master, since the situation on this continent is so complicated, why don't we practice quietly at Star Luo Mountain and wait and see how things develop.
Of course, we can't cut off contact with the outside world. We can't let Brother Mingguang's efforts go to waste, and in the future, the focus of the sect will probably be placed on the Heaven Dou Empire."
All the previous masters understood, but he was completely confused regarding the last master putting the focus on the Heaven Dou Empire.
The Star Crown Sect had been in the Star Luo Empire since its establishment and had been firmly rooted here for many years. How could he just walk away?
"Master, the power of the Star Luo Empire is basically controlled by the Dai royal family. If we want to develop, we can't avoid this threshold.
The Heaven Dou Empire is divided into four kingdoms and one duchy. The royal family is weak, which is fertile ground for the development of sects.
And I'm not saying that we can buy time with the Heaven Dou Empire. Perhaps we can start with the Star Luo Kingdom and the Blood Knife Pavilion."
Xu Mingxi racked his brain and barely found a reason to fool his master.
Could he directly say that twenty or thirty years later, the three major sects on which the Heaven Dou Empire's survival depended would go into exile, be destroyed, or crippled?
Then the empire would betray, and Emperor Xue Ye's bloodline would die out, leaving only the useless Avalanche. If the sect leader said this, would he believe it?
The Heaven Dou Empire was currently a powerful empire that could compete with the Star Luo Empire.
They have good relations with the three major sects, have a large soul master academy to train talents, and have Marshal Ge Long in charge of the army. The few kingdoms that were under their command didn't dare to oppose them.
No one could imagine how weak the Tiandou Empire would be in the future.
The sect leader accepted Xu Mingxi's suggestion and promised to organize the Star Crown Sect's forces into the Tiandou Empire through the Blood Knife Pavilion channel, but he wouldn't invest too much, as Star Luo was the sect's core base.
This was enough. Xu Mingxi didn't expect the sect leader to do exactly as he said. Now was a good start.
There was still a long time to go. Tang Hao was now 34 years old and he still had another ten years to become a Titled Douluo. This was enough time for Xu Mingxi to grow and become an elder, as well as have some influence in the Star Crown Sect.