"What's that?"
An eleven-year-old girl, dressed in magnificent clothes and bearing the insignia of the Douling Empire's royal family, poked her head out of the carriage, looking at the jeep that had just passed by with a look of surprise.
"Uh, it should be some kind of soul tool, Your Highness."
The butler accompanying the girl in the carriage had also never seen anything like it before, and after a moment's thought, immediately attributed it to the all-powerful soul tool.
The girl, called the princess, asked the butler,
"Can we buy one? It's so fast!"
The butler hesitated for a moment and said,
"I don't know. We can try talking to the owner later."
"See if they're willing to sell it."
"If we can't buy it, I'm afraid this old servant is powerless to help."
As for robbing it? The butler was still somewhat aware of his own strength. This was the Tiandou Plain! The place where Shrek City was located! A place where truly powerful people were everywhere. The fact that
the other party dared to drive a soul tool carriage so blatantly meant they were absolutely confident in their strength.
"Alright."
The princess leaned back into the carriage, tidying her wind-blown hair to ensure she looked presentable.
Her father hadn't sent her to Shrek Academy expecting her to become stronger under their tutelage.
After all, her martial soul was merely a swan, barely qualifying as a high-level martial soul—average combat power, average speed, average defense, average control, average elemental mastery—a hexagonal warrior in another sense.
Because of this weak martial soul, even her father was only a Soul Douluo, while emperors of other empires were Title Douluos.
As a princess, her innate soul power was only level six, and she only reached level twenty at age eleven thanks to various pills and rare treasures.
Her main purpose in joining Shrek was to meet nobles and prodigies from other countries; becoming stronger was secondary.
"Whoosh!"
Bai E excitedly stuck his head out of the carriage window, the high-speed airflow blowing his hair high, revealing his hairline.
Beside him, Medmos was pressed tightly against the seat back, unable to move. Huo Yuhao clearly saw Medmos's fist harden.
Finally, Medemos couldn't hold back any longer and pulled Bai'er back to his seat, saying,
"Quiet down!"
Seeing Medemos's flushed face, Bai'er scratched his head and smiled, saying,
"Okay."
"Medemos, let me tell you something!"
"Shrek City's walls are so high! Higher than Xilu City's!"
Tibao, hearing this, said in a childish voice to Bai'er,
"I know that."
"Because Shrek City has experienced many beast tides, in order to resist the impact of the Star Dou Great Forest's soul beasts, they specially built high walls." "
I heard that Star Luo City's walls are even more peculiar! They're a special design, one hundred meters high and one hundred meters wide!"
Hearing this, Medemos, who was very sensitive to battle, showed doubt in his lion-like golden eyes.
"One hundred meters high and one hundred meters wide?"
"Isn't the top of the city wall just a big platform?"
"Why is it designed like this?"
Tibo recalled for a moment, shaking a small tuft of red hair on her head, and said,
"I don't know."
"I heard it was like that ten thousand years ago."
Medmus snorted and said,
"It's an ancestral law that can't be changed."
"That kind of city wall can't stop flying soul tools at all."
Huo Yuhao listened to Tibo and Medmus's conversation with great interest.
Gu Yuena, sandwiched in the middle, after hearing that Shrek's city wall was designed to defend against the beast tide, scanned the entire city wall with her mental power.
"That's it?"
"It can be dismantled in three minutes."
"Di Tian and the others are still too weak! It's good that the God of Destruction gave the Dragon Clan the inheritance, so we'll give it to Di Tian later."
"What exactly are the God King of Destruction and the Goddess of Life doing?"
"Aren't we enemies?"
"Di Tian is clearly a Dragon God's personal guard, and he witnessed the slaughter of beast gods by human gods!"
"Didn't the Asura God and the others betray the Dragon God?"
Gu Yuena's fingers slightly clenched the hem of her white dress, her purple eyes filled with confusion.
Regarding the truth of the Dragon God War, the Dragon God hadn't given the Silver Dragon King any relevant memories.
That guy probably felt it would damage his dignity.
The Silver Dragon King's understanding of the Dragon God War was likely given to him by Di Tian.
Two dragons, unaware of the truth, compared their information and ultimately arrived at a distorted conclusion.
Huo Yuhao, as the holder of the highest authority on the Magic Network, could naturally see that Gu Yuena had been desperately seeking all information about the Dragon God War on the Magic Network.
As someone who knew the truth, Huo Yuhao didn't tell her directly, since she wouldn't believe him anyway.
There were still three dragon corpses beneath the emerald soil next to Xilu City.
The Space Dragon King even had a sliver of divine consciousness left.
It should be noted that the Space Dragon King was the mastermind behind the betrayal of the Dragon God; no one in the entire Douluo Continent had more persuasive power than him.
Of course, the Space Dragon King would most likely say nothing; he was currently seeking death.
Later, they could find the Dragon Tomb through the Space Dragon King and let Gu Yuena try to talk to the Dragon God's soul herself.
As for whether Gu Yuena would inherit the Dragon God's position, Huo Yuhao wasn't worried at all.
To put it bluntly, the Dragon God might despise Gu Yuena; he looked down on this half-body.
The same went for the Golden Dragon King; the Dragon God looked down on him.
Unless someone possessed the bloodlines of both the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King and successfully fused them, it was impossible for any being to gain the Dragon God's approval.
As for what kind of person could simultaneously possess the bloodlines of both the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King, don't ask, because Huo Yuhao couldn't imagine it either.
Theoretically speaking, such an existence was impossible. The Golden Dragon King was imprisoned in the God Realm, and the Silver Dragon King was healing in the mortal realm.
Even Huo Yuhao currently had no way to synthesize the Dragon God's bloodline.
Huo Yuhao, holding Xia Die and resting his chin on her head, let her sit on his lap and said to Roman,
"Roman, to the South Gate."
"A jeep is too conspicuous in Shrek. The South Gate is a more welcoming area."
"There's someone waiting over there."
Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Roman released one hand from the steering wheel and gave an OK sign to the back.
"Understood, boss!"
Then, at the fork in the road ahead, Roman turned the steering wheel sharply and headed directly for the South Gate of Shrek City.
Upon hearing this, Feng Jin was somewhat surprised and asked Huo Yuhao,
"Oh, so the south gate of Shrek Academy is guarded by the Passionate Ones?"
Huo Yuhao, holding the blissfully happy Xia Die, smiled and explained to her, "Shrek City has four main gates: east, west, south, and north."
"The east gate faces the Star Dou Great Forest and is the exclusive gate for Shrek Academy."
"The other three gates are guarded by the Shrek City Defense Force."
"The guards at the south gate are all from the Passionate Ones; that area is considered our territory."
"If you encounter any problems in Shrek City in the future, you can go to the south gate and ask the Passionate Ones for help."
Gu Yuena's purple eyes gleamed with a strange light upon hearing Huo Yuhao's words; her desire for the Passionate Ones grew even stronger.
This heartless boss has already entrusted him with a large amount of administrative work, but this bastard just won't step down! He's just occupying the position without doing anything!
Feeling Gu Yuena's sharp gaze, Huo Yuhao sighed inwardly.
"This stupid dragon has no self-control; he needs more training."
The jeep sped along, and the group quickly arrived at the south gate of Shrek City.
The enthusiastic members of the south gate had already received word, and upon seeing the jeep, they let them in without any inspection.
All the south gate guards stood in a row, tears welling in their eyes. Roman was a little worried that they might suddenly start singing, "If you come in the three winters~" to welcome the pillar of the Heavenly Dou Plain, the great sun—Huo Yuhao. Bai E and the others were dumbfounded.
"This is too exaggerated. Anyone who didn't know better would think we were royalty,"
Roman said to Feng Jin with a smile.
"Our status isn't that low."
"The royal family doesn't get this treatment."
Huo Yuhao kicked Roman's car back and said,
"Don't look back, drive carefully."
"Follow their directions, drive the car into the tent."
"These are all our own people."
After receiving the warning, Roman focused intently and slowly drove the car into a tent. After parking the car, he unlocked the door and said,
"Okay, everyone get out."
The children got out of the car together. Xia Die reluctantly got out of Huo Yuhao's arms, her fingers tightly clutching the hem of Huo Yuhao's clothes as she stood beside him.
Bai E was stuck in the car door because of too much luggage. Seeing this, Medmus slapped his forehead and reached out to pull the things out.
"Idiot!"
Bai E chuckled and scratched his head, saying,
"Thanks."
Just then, a lively voice came from outside the tent.
"Boss!"
A girl with shoulder-length black hair walked in excitedly from outside the tent.
It was Huo Sui'er, who had come to Shrek Academy a year ago.
"Sister Sui'er!"
"It's Sister Sui'er!"
Bai E and the others saw familiar faces and ran to Huo Sui'er's side, looking at their former orphanage leader with joy.
"It's Xiao Bai E! Xiao Feng Jin! Xiao Mai! And Xiao Ti Bao!"
"And a new face?"
Xia Die released her grip on Huo Yuhao's clothes, slightly lifting the hem of her skirt to greet her:
"Greetings, Lady Huo Sui'er, my name is Xia Die, I'm also from the orphanage."
Huo Sui'er smiled and said:
"Calling me 'Lady' is too formal, just call me 'Sister'."
Huo Yuhao came to Huo Sui'er's side, patted her head and said:
"It seems you're doing quite well here, that's good."
Huo Yuhao meant this from the bottom of his heart; in this past year, he truly didn't want to hear of her death.
This child is now a Soul Venerable, and that old man Xuan Zi really cares about her.
Because Huo Yuhao's spiritual power clearly sensed a powerful aura outside the tent, like a black hole.
This was the strongest human aura Huo Yuhao had ever sensed.
However, this isn't necessarily a good thing. The more someone Old Deng cares about, the greater the chance of trouble later!
Huo Sui'er squinted her eyes contentedly and said,
"It's alright."
"By the way! Boss, Passion has already completed its establishment plan in Shrek City!"
"We've taken control of the catering industry here, and even opened several auction houses and fighting arenas!"
Huo Yuhao had already learned about these things through Passion's cadres. Huo Sui'er had indeed been dedicated to Passion's development this year.
In a sense, Passion even succeeded in controlling the Heavenly Dou Plain with the help of Xuanzi behind Huo Sui'er.
Huo Yuhao had always seen her efforts, and he planned to give her the Earth Dragon Golden Melon from the Thunderous Hell Vine Canyon.
As a celestial item containing the bloodline of an earth dragon, according to Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's calculations, combined with the other hundred kinds of earth-attribute treasures, it could allow Huo Sui'er's martial soul to evolve into a true Taotie.
It was also the former Earth Dragon King.
Huo Yuhao had already had Passion members collect these treasures. For Passion, anything that could be solved with money was no problem!
With his control over the magic network and the catering industry, Huo Yuhao was confident that even the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School couldn't match his financial resources!
For every ten Dream Coins recharged by beings on the Douluo Continent, nine would go to him.
"Sui, this is for you, as a reward."
Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate, handing a storage soul tool to Huo Sui'er.
Huo Sui'er sensed the items inside the storage soul tool, and then her Gluttonous Bloodline began to cheer!
At the very core of the storage space, a golden melon the size of two fists, intensely attracted Huo Sui'er's spiritual power.
She involuntarily took out the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, swallowing hard.
"Boss! This, this is too valuable!"
"I, I..."
Huo Yuhao gently patted her head and said,
"Take it, the instructions are inside. Take these precious items according to the instructions, and your martial soul will truly evolve into the Taotie."
Huo Sui'er sensed his seriousness, put away the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd, and said to Huo Yuhao,
"Okay!"
"I will definitely become stronger!"
"By the way, boss, I'll take Bai E and the others to register first."
"I know Shrek Academy best! I'm the big sister of the outer academy!"
"Also, Sister Jiang Nannan has always wanted to meet you."
Huo Yuhao glanced at Bai E and the others and said,
"You guys go register with Huo Sui'er."
"Just ask her if you encounter any problems."
Then Huo Sui'er excitedly pushed Bai E and the others towards Shrek Academy.
The group chatted and laughed, and Feng Jin seemed to be asking about various details of Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao said to Roman and Gu Yuena,
"Let's go out and meet our enthusiastic Supreme Elder."
Roman scratched his head, his green eyes showing confusion.
"Supreme Elder? Does 'Enthusiast' even have such a position?"
Huo Yuhao ignored him and led the two of them directly to the empty area outside the tent, saying,
"Since Your Majesty Taotie is here, why don't you come out and greet me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, an old man with white hair, covered in grease and disheveled, emerged from the shadows outside the tent.
"Lingbing Douluo?"
"He certainly has some skill."
"He actually saw through my disguise."
Huo Yuhao smiled and shrugged, saying to Xuanzi,
"Lingbing, Lingbing."
"Of course, he needs some spiritual power."
Xuanzi snorted coldly, sizing up the three of them, then his lips moved as if he wanted to say something.
Seeing this, Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly and said to him,
"Your Majesty Taotie, just say what you have to say."
Xuanzi wiped the grease from his hands and said to him,
"Hmph, I didn't expect to be lectured by a junior like you."
"Anyway, what I wanted to say is, I thank you for what happened with Sui'er."
Huo Yuhao had considered many possibilities, but he really didn't expect this Chicken Leg Douluo to thank him.
Xuanzi ignored the surprise on Huo Yuhao's face and said to himself,
"I have no children in my life, so I am a lonely man."
"I thought my abilities based on the Taotie bloodline would follow me to my grave."
"I didn't expect to meet a little girl with the Taotie bloodline in my later years."
"The thing Huo Sui'er took out just now should be the legendary immortal herb."
"Even I felt the attraction of the bloodline! I'm afraid that immortal herb can help the Taotie bloodline evolve."
Xuanzi was at least a level 98 Super Douluo, so he could naturally feel the attraction of the bloodline and directly judged that it was the legendary immortal herb.
The immortal herb was definitely of the same origin as the Taotie bloodline, and Xuanzi was quite pleased that it offered his disciple's martial soul an opportunity for evolution.
"I'm not good with words, but I truly owe you a favor this time. If you ever need any help in the future, feel free to ask me."
With that, Xuanzi vanished without a word. Huo Yuhao's spiritual power sensed that his target seemed to be Kenlais in the distance.
Huo Yuhao's lips twitched as he said,
"Our Grand Elder of the Passionate is still the same as always."
"He's quite foolish, but I like fools like that."
After Xuanzi left, Roman said to Huo Yuhao,
"So the Grand Elder of the Passionate you were talking about is him?"
"Hey, you know what! Just looking at his behavior, people would probably really think the Taotie Douluo is one of ours!"
(End of Chapter)
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