The founder of the Spirit Pagoda held an extremely heavy weight in the hearts of everyone in the Spirit Pagoda.
That was an existence like a white moonlight; even without ever seeing it with one's own eyes, it was enough to give rise to a feeling of adoration in the hearts of countless people.
Even an old-school powerhouse who had experienced countless storms like Old Tower Master Qiangu Dieting would involuntarily feel a sense of yearning and reverence well up inside when mentioning Spirit Ice Douluo.
That was not merely a founder, but rather the beginning of a legend and the initial roots of the entire Spirit Pagoda.
Therefore, even if Leng Yaozhu did not mention that Huo Yuhao was the Bloodline descendant of Spirit Ice, based solely on the fact that he possessed both the Spirit Eye and Ice Jade Scorpion two Spirits, his position as the Pagoda Master was undoubtedly secured!
Sure enough, someone immediately took the lead and shouted: "I agree to Huo Yuhao succeeding the position of Spirit Pagoda Master!"
As this shout fell, voices rose and fell one after another inside the meeting room, resembling a lit fuse that rapidly spread throughout the entire meeting room.
Even the people of the Qiangu lineage expressed their support for Huo Yuhao succeeding the position of Pagoda Master at this moment.
After all, if the next Pagoda Master of the Spirit Pagoda was the Bloodline descendant of that Spirit Ice Douluo, when this news was publicized, the momentum of the Spirit Pagoda on the continent would definitely rise to another level.
In the end, even Old Tower Master Qiangu Dieting publicly stated: "I have no objections."
Leng Yaozhu looked at Huo Yuhao and smiled; she had known it would be this kind of result.
She immediately stood up, her gaze swept across the entire venue, and she announced in a steady voice: "Passed unanimously. Starting from today, Huo Yuhao is the one hundred and ninety-eighth Pagoda Master of the Spirit Pagoda."
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Star Luo Empire, Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
Huo Yuhao's office welcomed a long-awaited guest.
Sunlight slanted in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting a long strip of light on the dark wooden floor.
Huo Yuhao sat on the sofa, looking at the figure to his side, curving the corners of his mouth slightly with a tone carrying a familiar casualness: "Why does Sister Jiujiu have time to come over today?"
Compared to before, Princess Xu Jiujiu's face at this moment clearly carried a trace of exhaustion, with a layer of pale cyan shadows under her eyes, as if she had not rested properly for several consecutive days.
In her gaze towards Huo Yuhao, there was also a hint of imperceptible awkwardness.
Back then in Ming City, the Three Douluo Nations unanimously decided to assassinate Xu Tianran.
Huo Yuhao had warned them not to act rashly at that time, but Princess Xu Jiujiu did not listen to the advice. In the end, the assassination indeed failed, because that was originally a trap set by Xu Tianran.
And afterwards, just as Huo Yuhao had anticipated back then, the Sun Moon Empire used this as an excuse to officially declare war on the Three Douluo Nations.
If not for the Spirit Tool provided by the Spirit Transmission Hall helping them stabilize the battle line at a critical moment, the border defense of the Star Luo Empire would probably have long been torn open by the Sun Moon Empire's Spirit Tool army, starting to drive straight into the hinterland of Star Luo.
Princess Xu Jiujiu was silent for a moment, her eyes that once carried the unique pride of a Star Luo princess drooping slightly, before she sighed and said: "Coming here this time is actually to ask for reinforcements."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's expression turned solemn, and his tone became a bit more serious: "What is going on?"
Princess Xu Jiujiu's expression grew serious, and a heavy layer of worry surfaced in her exhausted eyes: "Right now, the flames of war are continuous along the borderlines where Star Luo and the Heavenly Soul Empire border Sun Moon, but thanks to the Spirit Tool support from the Spirit Transmission Hall, the Sun Moon Empire's pace of frontal attack has visibly slowed down."
"Since the frontal battlefield cannot achieve a Breakthrough for a time, the Sun Moon Empire changed its strategy. They sent powerhouses to directly sneak into the territory of various countries, secretly abducting the wives and children of front-line generals as well as some imperial family members..."
In Princess Xu Jiujiu's narration, the Sun Moon Empire's methods were becoming increasingly unscrupulous.
Unable to pierce through the defense line on the frontal battlefield, they started from the rear, using the families of front-line generals as leverage to coerce the commanders holding fast to the cities into wavering or even surrendering.
As for those abducted imperial family members, they were treated as hostage chips on the negotiating table.
One could only say that for an overlord like Xu Tianran, what he plotted was not just a piece of land, but also the common people of the Three Douluo Nations.
If the Sun Moon Empire truly disregarded everything and used level-9 Fixed-Mount Soul-Guided Shell to scrub the ground, even with the support of the Spirit Transmission Hall's Spirit Tool, those front-line cities would definitely not be able to withstand it.
Xu Tianran did not do that, indicating that what he wanted was a country that could be completely taken over, rather than a scorched earth.
After listening to Princess Xu Jiujiu's narration, Huo Yuhao had roughly guessed the purpose of her visit this time in his heart.
He asked: "So Princess Jiujiu wants the Spirit Pagoda to help you rescue these people?"
Princess Xu Jiujiu nodded, her tone carrying a hint of earnestness: "The Spirit Pagoda's detection Spirit Tools are more advanced than the Sun Moon Empire's. We don't need you to take action, just help find where these people are hidden. As for the subsequent matters, our people will handle them."
Before Huo Yuhao could open his mouth to respond to Princess Xu Jiujiu, a slight vibration suddenly came from his wrist.
He lowered his head to take a look, his expression changed slightly, and then he raised his head, his tone carrying a hint of apology: "Sister Jiujiu, wait a moment."
Finishing his words, he stood up and left the office under Princess Xu Jiujiu's slightly surprised gaze.
He walked quickly along the corridor to the end and stopped at the corner.
With a thought in his mind, Spirit Power gushed out, forming an invisible soundproofing barrier around his body.
Then he tapped lightly on his wrist, connecting the vibrating Spirit Tool communication.
Although the development of the Spirit Pagoda during this period was affected by the war, Spirit Tool communicators had already been developed by Huo Yuhao and could be put into practical use.
At this moment, the one contacting him was precisely Yun Ming, who was lurking within the Holy Spirit Cult.
Huo Yuhao lowered his voice: "Hello, Elder Yun."
He knew that for Yun Ming to take the initiative to contact him, it must be important information related to the Holy Spirit Cult.
From the other end of the communication came Yun Ming's steady voice: "The Holy Spirit Cult has been taking massive actions recently, bringing many people from the Three Douluo Nations back to Sun Moon."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's gaze slightly narrowed; this precisely corresponded with the matter Princess Xu Jiujiu had just mentioned.
He immediately asked: "Elder Yun, do you know where these people are locked up?"
Yun Ming said with a definitive tone: "Right at the Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters in the Demon Forest. The Sun Moon Empire side knows that the Three Douluo Nations will definitely send people to rescue them, so they specially transferred a large batch of Evil Soul Masters back to the headquarters, laying down a massive net."
Speaking up to this point, Yun Ming paused for a moment, and then said with a hint of excitement in his tone: "This is also a great opportunity to wipe them out all at once."
This was precisely the reason why Yun Ming contacted Huo Yuhao this time; his purpose in infiltrating the Holy Spirit Cult was to find an opportunity to annihilate them in one fell swoop.
And now the timing he had been waiting for had finally arrived!
Huo Yuhao was silent for a moment, already understanding Yun Ming's meaning.
He took a slight breath, then replied: "Understood, Elder Yun, I will arrange it."
After ending the communication call, he stood at the end of the corridor for a short while, his gaze falling on the gradually darkening sky in the distance outside the window, before turning around and walking back to the office after a moment.
His action of pushing open the door was very light. He walked to the side of the sofa and sat down again, looking at Princess Xu Jiujiu's expectant eyes, and slowly spoke: "Sister Jiujiu, I already know where the people are locked up."
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