Looking at the Dawn Society base that had been completely reduced to ruins, Huo Yuhao thanked Lin Junjie through his soul communicator.
"The intelligence Your Majesty gave me was very valuable. I thank you for it."
Most of the locations of the Dawn Society's branch bases had been provided by him. Only this current one had been discovered by tracking Dawn Society members.
"You are welcome. We each take what we need. Being able to send these detestable colleagues to their graves, I have also vented some of my anger." Lin Junjie's voice came through the communicator, carrying a hint of complexity. "May I ask if Lord Huo Yuhao is satisfied now?"
"If possible, I would also like to obtain the deployment of the Dawn Society headquarters."
Lin Junjie smiled bitterly. "Then I might really have to stake this old life of mine."
As his voice fell, both sides fell silent.
For a moment, Lin Junjie's breathing quickened slightly.
Surely this one was not actually planning to have him go to the Dawn Society headquarters?
The current situation was different from before. Even if they had not figured it out before, the Dawn Society should have now realized how their information had leaked.
If he went to a Dawn Society base now, he would be walking to his death. After all, he was originally on the cleanup list of the other faction of the Dawn Society. They would not show any mercy.
"Lord..."
Just as Lin Junjie was speaking tentatively, Huo Yuhao spoke with a laugh. "Just a joke. I thought that someone like Your Majesty would be indifferent to life and death."
"If it was a worthwhile sacrifice, I would not mind going. Unfortunately, as things stand, once I appear in their sights, all that awaits me is a dead end."
Huo Yuhao heard the complex in his tone. Looking at the ruins of the Dawn Society base, his eyes flickered slightly. "Your Majesty is very clear about your situation within the Dawn Society."
"After all, I have been here for decades. If not for you from the Douluo Federation, I would probably have stayed here until the end of my days. I know it and them too well."
Lin Junjie's eyes on the other end of the communicator were somewhat dazed. "Although it seems impossible now, in the past, even after learning of the darkness of the Dawn Society, I still felt that it was the only existence that could possibly save Xingluo."
...
"Lord Huo Yuhao probably cannot agree with that. But in my view, the Xingluo Empire has long been terminally ill." Lin Junjie's voice lowered, as if recalling something. "The imperial family is corrupt. The nobles are greedy. The bottom soul masters can never rise. Evil soul masters run rampant. Back then, the Dawn Society at least gave us a dream of changing everything."
"Or to put it this way. In today's Xingluo, there are people who see trash on the roadside but do not pick it up. There are also people who do not pick it up because they did not notice it. At least the Dawn Society was the former."
Skydream in the Sea of Spirit looked confused, his forehead full of question marks.
"Huh. What is this old man saying? He makes it sound like the people who see trash on the roadside but do not pick it up are the right ones."
Normally, the people who do not pick it up because they did not notice it were more innocent, were they not?
"Given the current situation in Xingluo, what he says is not without merit."
Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Skydream was even more confused. Just as he was about to continue asking, Huo Yuhao had already, in his conversation with Lin Junjie, explained Lin Junjie's true thoughts.
"After all, only those who recognize the trash can possibly pick it up. Even if for various reasons they do not pick it up temporarily, at least they see it. Perhaps one day they will pick it up. And those who do not see the trash, who subconsciously ignore it, will not even have the chance to change. That is Your Majesty's thought, is it not?"
Lin Junjie was somewhat surprised upon hearing this. He instinctively looked at the door to his left.
He was currently in a Dawn Society base, which was under the jurisdiction of a friend of his. It had originally been scheduled for cleanup as well, but because Huo Yuhao had changed the encirclement route, it had been temporarily preserved.
And now, outside his door, his disciple was there.
Huo Yuhao's words reminded him of his own teachings to his disciple in the past. When he had told his disciple this concept, it had taken the other a long time to understand the key point. Yet Huo Yuhao, a fourteen year old child, had instantly understood the meaning of these words.
"I did not expect you to understand." Lin Junjie's voice carried a hint of admiration. "No wonder you have achieved so much at such a young age."
The problems of Xingluo were very difficult to change. To be reborn from the ashes, the only way was to tear everything down and start over. In such a situation, those who could recognize the problem were already rare. They were the sparks of change.
What a pity.
"You flatter me."
Huo Yuhao replied in a calm tone, then continued, "But you should have realized long ago that the Dawn Society, which has not changed for hundreds or thousands of years, even if it has people like you in it, cannot become the one to pick up the trash."
Lin Junjie was silent for a moment. His heavy sigh came through the communicator.
"Yes. After all, we have only seen the trash, but never truly picked it up."
They did not have the strength to pick up the trash. The Dawn Society itself was also a piece of trash that needed to be dealt with. So it could not become the dawn that truly shines on Xingluo.
"But the Douluo Federation can."
Lin Junjie suddenly changed his tone and laughed. "I have heard quite a bit about the strength and beauty of the Douluo Federation from my spirit soul ancestor."
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao knew that this man was formally proposing cooperation. He narrowed his eyes. "What do you want?"
"I hope that some Dawn Society members, led by my disciple, can go to the Douluo Federation to study, and in the future, fight back together with you."
The rustle of turning paper came from the communicator. The old man spoke slowly, word by word. "For the land of Xingluo, better to give to outsiders than to servants."
...
After a long while, Huo Yuhao ended the call. Thinking of Lin Junjie's last words, his mood was somewhat peculiar.
"Over the years, I have secretly sent quite a few people to the Douluo Federation. That is one of the reasons I am on the cleanup list. If any of them achieve success and still remember this kindness, I hope they can look after these fellow countrymen of Xingluo."
When he had first come to the Xingluo Federation, Huo Yuhao had found it somewhat strange.
The current En Ci was unlikely to help Tang Ziran again and send him to the Douluo Federation. Who had done that?
Now he knew the answer.
So it turned out that Tang Wulin's adoptive father had been sent by this Red Grade Mecha pilot of the Dawn Society.
And Lin Junjie's making this choice was not unrelated to his spirit soul. This was truly... fate.
"Lord Huo Yuhao, the battlefield has been cleared."
Xu Lingfeng walked over, full of vigor and high spirits, after Huo Yuhao ended the call.
"News from above says the Dawn Society members are gathering. Faced with these losses, they have obviously lost their patience."
Skydream, Ice Empress, and the other spirit souls thought to themselves, No, no, no. Your Majesty has lost his patience.
"The encirclement forces are also gathering. Let us go join them."
At the same time, on the other side.
Duoqing Douluo looked at the location of the Dawn Society headquarters provided in the intelligence, his brow furrowed tightly.
"Why is the Dawn Society's headquarters here?"
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