Douluo's ice devil Yuhao

Chapter 576: Strike the Douling Empire

Huo Yuhao was pleased to see the reaction of the forces in the Douling Empire. It was exactly the result he wanted to see, but the reaction speed was much faster than he expected.

It had only been a short time since the start of the school, but the forces of the Douling Empire could not hold back. It seemed that they were also anxious and wary of this academy built by the combined strength of the three kingdoms. After all, anyone with a discerning eye could vaguely sense that the alliance between the three Douluo Kingdoms had been broken by the Sun and Moon Empire in a way that replaced them.

The scale of Mingdou City's trade is getting bigger and bigger, involving more and more interests of all parties, but the Douling Empire, which is far away in the sky, finds it difficult to get a share of it.

While most forces in the Douling Empire remained indifferent, a major force had already taken action and paid a considerable price to move part of its industries to Mingdou City in a faraway country.

This is an emerging commercial force that has made its fortune in recent decades by relying on the transnational trade in soul guides. It is relatively receptive to the Sun-Moon Empire and soul guides, and is therefore the first to notice the potential changes therein.

Although the Sun-Moon Empire was open, this Chamber of Commerce had earned a lot of gold soul coins by transporting soul guides from the Sky Soul Empire back to the Douling Empire, but the crisis hidden behind the immediate profits made them uneasy.

On the one hand, the Chamber of Commerce did make a lot of money, but it was all the leftovers from Xingluo and Tianhun. On the other hand, they were just a middleman who made a profit from the price difference. They did not do enough research on soul guides and lacked high-level soul guides.

Therefore, after careful consideration by the top leaders, this force resolutely chose to do so, even though its influence would be greatly reduced after arriving in Mingdou City.

The Chamber of Commerce's top brass knew very well that the Douling Empire was the weakest among all nations, and even if it was a fairly good force in the country, it would be nothing when it came to Mingdou City.

But if they don't make a decision early and take root and develop in Mingdou City in time, they may have no chance at all in the future, and their forces will decline along with the Douling Empire.

Fortunately, this force is an emerging force. It is not as deeply rooted as the royal family or other hidden sects that have been passed down for many years, and it will not become too powerful to be eliminated.

After transferring part of the industry to Mingdou City, the Chamber of Commerce's main source of income still comes from reselling soul guides back to the Douling Empire, but there is no need to resell them through the Tianhun Empire. The profit has more than doubled, but the president of the Chamber of Commerce is not just satisfied with the immediate profits.

He knew that the foundation of Mingdou City lies in Mingdou Academy. If some disciples could be sent to Mingdou Academy, they could not only learn advanced soul guide technology, but also establish valuable personal connections, which would be of great benefit to the future development of the Chamber of Commerce.

But the problem was that Mingdou Academy had no enrollment plan in the Douling Empire. The enrollment and assessment of Xingluo and Tianhun were entrusted to the royal families of the two countries, so it was difficult for people from the Douling Empire to sign up. And by the time this force had just established a foothold in Mingdou City, the enrollment of the first batch of students at Mingdou Academy had already ended.

So, the president took the opportunity of business cooperation and made several efforts to find Xuan Ziwen, wanting to entrust him to help his young son enter Mingdou College. If it's hard to get into the senior department, is it also hard to get into the junior department?

However, Xuan Ziwen declined and did not help directly.

After listening to Xuan Ziwen’s brief account of the overview and history of this force, Huo Yuhao fell into deep thought.

"Whether it's admission or lower grade transfer, the junior department has no assessment requirements. You only need to show proof of soul power, which is basically the same as other junior colleges." Xuan Ziwen said, "He said his child's innate soul power is level seven."

Children who have just awakened their martial spirits are a blank slate, so there is no point in setting up assessments. As long as the soul power level is awakened, there will always be a corresponding junior college to attend. The seventh level of innate soul power has completely met the admission requirements of any junior college on the mainland.

It was nothing more than a special aristocratic academy like the Royal Junior Colleges of various countries. In addition to soul power, it also required a certain identity and a letter of introduction. I think that force regarded Mingdou College as such a college, so they tried every means to find Xuan Ziwen.

"As for the other forces, the reasons are similar. It's just that these are the few forces from the Douling Empire in the city, so I have a deeper impression of them."

Huo Yuhao suddenly said, “Since he is from the Douling Empire, we should treat him differently.” Xuan Ziwen was stunned for a moment: “Huh? Do you mean to refuse his admission? What’s the reason?”

"The reason is that according to the agreement between the three countries of Sun Moon, Star Luo, and Heavenly Soul, the financial support for Mingdou Academy is a targeted subsidy for students from the three countries, and other countries are not entitled to it."

There are only four countries on the mainland, and this other country obviously refers specifically to the Douling Empire.

Huo Yuhao leaned back on the sofa and snorted coldly: "If I hadn't subsidized each student with several thousand gold soul coins from the national treasury, how could they enjoy such good teaching resources with such a small tuition fee?"

Xuan Ziwen frowned, feeling that Huo Yuhao had not explicitly refused, and that there was something else behind his words. He asked tentatively, "Are you saying that we can take this opportunity to charge them a higher fee?"

"This small amount of money can be waived, but there will be an additional admission requirement for students from other countries." Huo Yuhao pondered, "When enrolling, you need to show a residence certificate recognized by Mingdou City. If you were born in Mingdou City, you can enroll directly. If you come here with your elders, your elders must have certain "qualifications" in the city. Those with fixed residences and industries will be given priority."

"Teacher Xuan, you can tentatively decide the specific details. The threshold doesn't have to be high, but it can't be zero."

Xuan Ziwen thought carefully about Huo Yuhao's plan.

It was obvious that this rule was only set for the Douling Empire. Mingdou Academy did not exclude forces from the Douling Empire, but the power to determine the standard was always in the hands of Mingdou. It could attract some forces from the Douling Empire, but it could also reject them at any time if the situation changed.

Huo Yuhao paused and sighed, "Sometimes, I actually quite like dealing with these businessmen."

"As long as there are interests, they can be driven to act in the desired direction. To some extent, they also represent the force of progress."

"But unfortunately, many businessmen only focus on the immediate benefits and fail to see the long-term benefits. They only focus on the monetary benefits and fail to see the benefits at other levels."

"The Douling Empire..."

Huo Yuhao muttered.

"Originally, I had no interest in the Douling Empire. Now that I have the chance, I might as well strike at it."

He was very curious. Even if he did not launch any specific strike measures against the Douling Empire, after he completely integrated the three kingdoms of Sun and Moon into a de facto federation, how much breath would the Douling Empire still have left under the impact of the aftermath of historical development?

In the future, more and more talents from the Douling Empire will migrate to Mingdou City. This chamber of commerce is just the beginning.

Mingdou Academy will definitely replace Shrek Academy in the future. For the Xingluo Empire and the Tianhun Empire, there seems to be no difference, but for the Douling Empire, the difference is too big.

After all, Mingdou Academy and Douling Empire are not adjacent to each other, and there are thousands of miles between them.

There is a high probability that Shrek graduates from the Douling Empire will return, but it is hard to say for Mingdou graduates.