Douluo: This time we will rewrite our destiny

Zhu Lu's figure quickly disappeared into the night, like a cat blending into the darkness. After that, some people came to visit intermittently. There was a long queue at the entrance of Lingqi Gate. In addition to the people from the Douluo Three Kingdoms, there were also many lords or local military generals from other city-states in the Sun and Moon Empire.

Although Xu Tianling respected Huo Yuhao as the national teacher, Huo Yuhao was out on business most of the time and had no free time, so most city-states regarded today as a good opportunity to visit.

Huo Yuhao took a quick look and divided these people into three groups in his mind. One group was those who simply came to visit with gifts as a courtesy. These people were handed over to Jing Ziyan to deal with, asking her to express her attitude of receiving the gifts on his behalf.

The second group were those who wanted to discuss some official business in addition to etiquette. These were all assigned to Wang Dong to help greet them first, record each person's request and forward it back. Huo Yuhao would then decide who to meet based on the importance of the group.

Finally, the third group consisted of only a few people, including Princess Vina of the Sky Soul Empire, Princess Xu Jiujiu of the Xing Luo Empire, and the Lord of Luoyue City.

Both princesses were accompanied by Titled Douluo as guards. When Vina arrived, Long Aotian was still waiting at the door. Huo Yuhao heard that this person was a rare genius of the new generation of the Body Sect, and he was somewhat curious, so he quietly observed him through the wall with the Eye of All Spirits.

Long Aotian and he were basically of the same generation. Although this observation revealed that there was still a long way to go between their cultivation, according to the standards of normal spirit masters, Long Aotian had indeed crossed the threshold of genius. With the successor of the Body Sect becoming the national guardian sect of the Heavenly Soul Empire, and the misfortune of the Dai family of the Xingluo Empire, the balance between the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Xingluo Empire was also shaking.

The content of the negotiation with Vina was not very nutritious. The young princess was a little bit arrogant. Seeing that the state teacher of the Sun Moon Empire seemed to be younger than herself, she couldn't help but speak with a tone of respect for the younger generation. Although this might be a habit that the royal family members could not get rid of, Huo Yuhao never liked this kind of atmosphere.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao did not indulge her. Although he still maintained a peaceful smile throughout the whole process, he did not discuss anything in depth and quickly stood up to send her away with an insincere excuse.

"You haven't heard our terms yet," said Vina.

“You can ask your qualified diplomat to come back and talk to me when he is ready,” Huo Yuhao said with a smile, “At least he should be a diplomat who will not judge people by their seniority.”

Vina's expression froze. She thought she had always learned etiquette well. Although it was inevitable to have preconceived or stereotyped impressions of people, she was usually not seen. However, Huo Yuhao's mental strength was so profound that her thoughts, which she thought were well hidden, were easily revealed in his tone.

She had no choice but to leave. When leaving, Huo Yuhao heard Long Aotian asking her why she looked a little unhappy, and she only explained that it was a diplomatic failure. Huo Yuhao sighed and closed the door before Long Aotian gave him an unhappy look.

The conversation with Xu Jiujiu went a little smoother, and the two soon talked about the border conflict in recent days. Obviously, because of the attitudes of the Evil Emperor and Emperor Tian, ​​the attitude of the Xingluo Empire has become more conservative, which is what Huo Yuhao wanted to see, and the two quickly reached a consensus.

Huo Yuhao asked indirectly, "I heard that the Dai family encountered some troubles. Is everything okay? How is General Dai?"
Sure enough, Xu Jiujiu evaded the topic.

He didn't ask too many questions, just said that he felt a little regretful. Although there had been some conflicts all along, the Sun-Moon Empire also respected General Bei very much. It was hard to insist on defending the border after all these things happened.

As he spoke, his eyes lit up slightly, and his mental power silently extended to Xu Jiujiu. Xu Jiujiu nodded and said, "General Dai is indeed working hard to hold the position. If we can reach an agreement this time, I believe the troops on both sides of the border will also have a good New Year."

Dai Hao is still at the border. Huo Yuhao confirmed it in his heart. Judging from the fluctuations of his mental power, this information was true. They exchanged some polite words, and Huo Yuhao saw Xu Jiujiu off. He sat in the reception room and waited for a while before the door was pushed open with a creak.

The person who came in was a middle-aged man with white hair, a square face, and sharp features. Huo Yuhao used his mental power to see that he was about 40 or 50 years old, and was still an eight-ring Soul Douluo, but if he just looked at him with his eyes, he was a little hunched, and looked tired and old like a 60-year-old man.

This man was not dressed like a city lord or noble. He was only wrapped in a linen windbreaker, wearing a dark red checkered scarf, leaning on a shiny mahogany dragon head cane, and wearing a pair of gray-blue cloth shoes. There was only one part of his body that was glowing from the soul guide light, and that was the Luoyue City badge on his chest.

"Master," he said in a hoarse voice soaked by cigarettes and alcohol, "I'm sorry that I came to see you only today."

“There’s no need to say that,” Huo Yuhao looked at him seriously, “We all have things we care about the most. Please get straight to the point.”

The middle-aged man nodded. "I am Li Lan, and I have been managing Luoyue City for twenty years." He said, "Unfortunately, my cultivation was too shallow, I was not good at employing people, and I was a little too concerned about my reputation, so I was too restrained in doing things, and the Holy Spirit Church infiltrated the small city. Until a month before the incident, I was facing the risk of being replaced by officials infiltrated by the Holy Spirit Church."

"Then, the earthquake happened without any warning. As soon as it happened, I was immediately held accountable by the Holy Spirit Sect leader Zhongli Wu because a large number of Holy Spirit Sect members died in the earthquake. Soon after, I received another imperial edict, accusing me of failing to provide adequate disaster relief."

"In the next few years, I devoted all my energy to disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction. Therefore, I conducted a lot of investigations on the source of the earthquake. The results of the investigation were shocking. This earthquake was not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster. The reason why the Holy Spirit Church suffered heavy casualties was because they were very close to the source at the time of the incident - they induced the earthquake in some way."

"Another surprising discovery is the pollution brought by the origin. The pollution caused a student of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy to have a malignant mutation in his martial soul. His condition is similar to that of an evil soul master, but not only does he not need to devour life to practice, but he is also in an extremely unstable state."

"Yin Yun," Huo Yuhao nodded, "I have already contacted him."

The middle-aged man took a breath and continued:
"The entire origin area is now strictly sealed off, and no one is allowed to enter. That area is a huge crack, and under the crack is a dark purple abyss, which seems to lead directly to the center of the earth, and also seems to lead to some empty place."

"However, after the incident, we arrested several members of the Holy Spirit Church in the restricted area. According to their confession, they were collecting something at the edge of the rift and wanted to hand it over to the Holy Spirit Church."

Moonlight Blade. This thought flashed through Huo Yuhao’s mind.

"I came to visit you today not only because I wanted to give you an explanation on the occasion of the fall of the Holy Spirit Church, but also because the environment of the restricted area has changed again."

"What changes?"

"Its activities have become more frequent," Li Lan's face darkened. "There have been continuous small earthquakes in the past few days, and aftershocks have been long. A few days ago, the soul guide that blocked the restricted area had a serious malfunction. After inspection by our technicians, we found that the malfunctioning soul guide was missing a corner of a key part, and the missing part turned into a strange metal that had never been seen in the illustrations. After discussion, we believe that the rift is trying to contact and change the matter in the surrounding real world." (End of this chapter)