Douluo Continent: The Evil-Eyed Dragon God, Many Women, Many Blessings

Chapter 117 Seeing Dai Hao Again
Half an hour later, the group finally recovered from the discomfort of the rapid flight. Although their faces were still somewhat pale, their soul power and physical strength had at least recovered to almost the same level.

Dai Huabin introduced Du Leisi and the other Soul Masters to everyone. They were the most elite White Tiger Guards under the White Tiger Duke, obeying only the Duke's orders, essentially serving as the Duke's household retainers. Although there were only 500 of them in total, they were the White Tiger Duke's greatest trump card.

Afterwards, the group took off again. This time, because there were many people traveling together, Elder Xuan did not reappear, but only protected them from the shadows. The Shrek members all breathed a sigh of relief.

By this time, it was already bright daylight, and the rising sun was shining down on everyone, bathing each person in a soft golden light.

In the distance, large military camps began to appear in everyone's sight. These camps were all built against the mountains, and some were even built on the Mingdou Mountain Range itself.

Duke Baihu, as the Imperial Marshal, commands the Western Army Group and is also the commander of the Central Legion of the Western Army Group, demonstrating the immense trust he enjoys from the current Star Luo Empire's royal family. It is said that the fighting strength of the 100,000 men in the Central Legion is comparable to that of all other armies in the Star Luo Empire combined. While this claim is undoubtedly exaggerated, it does highlight the formidable fighting power of the Central Legion.

Huo Yuhao looked down at the well-organized camp and the soldiers with resolute expressions. His face was calm, but a sense of pity rose in his heart for these soldiers.

Since he came into this world, he has never regarded it as his hometown, nor as the Star Luo Empire as his homeland. He feels like a traveler lost in a dream, unable to feel any sense of belonging. This is perhaps the common mindset of every transmigrator with a complete soul consciousness.

No matter how diligently these soldiers of the Star Luo Empire guarded the borders, shedding their youth and blood, they could not escape the fate of being annexed by the Sun Moon Empire. This was an inevitable historical consequence of backwardness leading to vulnerability. And Huo Yuhao was currently the only observer in the world who had foreseen the future.

Dai Yueheng had been secretly observing Huo Yuhao the whole way, taking in the calm on Huo Yuhao's face and the coldness in his eyes. However, the more he looked, the colder he felt inside.

So calm! So calm that it's as if all of this really has nothing to do with him!
If it were an illegitimate child from an ordinary family, even if he harbored resentment towards his master's family because of his own experiences, he shouldn't be this calm! Not to mention, Huo Yuhao didn't even notice the slightest bit of inner struggle from Dai Yueheng! He's only 12 years old, how could he have such a deep and indifferent state of mind?

Everything they had achieved was thanks to Dai Hao's brilliant and capable leadership, which had forged such an ironclad army. Even Dai Yueheng himself was often proud to have such a father. But what about Huo Yuhao? He was completely unmoved! He didn't feel even the slightest bit of pride! You see, in Dai Yueheng's eyes, Dai Hao hadn't treated Huo Yuhao badly. Even when Huo Yun'er died, Dai Hao couldn't return in time because of military duties; he had no choice but to go!
Hua Bin is right. Huo Yuhao has absolutely no sense of belonging to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. Even though his father's blood flows in his veins, he will only become an enemy of the White Tiger Duke's lineage!

A cold glint flashed in his eyes. At this moment, Dai Yueheng finally gave up all hope of repairing his relationship with Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao calmly looked down at the military camp, completely ignoring Dai Yueheng's reaction. In his opinion, if everything went smoothly after this side mission, Dai Yueheng should pose no threat whatsoever.

Fifteen minutes later, a large cowhide tent came into view in the distance.

Compared to the other tents, this cowhide tent was much larger, hexagonal in shape, and made entirely of dark brown tanned cowhide. There weren't many guards around it, only two squads of about thirty White Tiger Guards patrolling.

Huo Yuhao's gaze was fixed on the man practicing his fist techniques in the open space in front of the main tent. With his exceptional eyesight, he could clearly make out the tall man's appearance from afar. Duke White Tiger, Dai Hao!
The group landed in front of the tent. Seeing his father whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Dai Yueheng stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Father!"

Dai Hao smiled and nodded to Dai Yueheng, then looked at Wang Yan and said loudly, "Welcome Teacher Wang Yan and all the outstanding students of Shrek Academy."

"Greetings, Your Grace." Led by Wang Yan, the inner court disciples stepped forward, followed by the outer court disciples, and all bowed to Duke White Tiger in unison. Throughout the entire continent, Duke White Tiger, even if not a marshal, was a top-tier noble and a titled Douluo; they naturally could not be disrespectful.

Only Huo Yuhao remained calm, without any expression.

Dai Hao looked at Huo Yuhao with a complicated expression and said, "Yuhao, it's been so many years since we last met. I wrote to you but you didn't reply. Are you still so resentful?"

Huo Yuhao smiled faintly: "Your Grace, what are you saying? I'm just an ordinary second-year student at Shrek Academy. I'm only here to carry out a mission. What resentment could I possibly have? The Duke of the Star Luo Empire shouldn't be able to interfere with Shrek Academy, right? Besides, it seems that Shrek Academy's school rules don't include a rule about 'bowing to the Duke'?"

In the first few years after Huo Yuhao arrived in this world, perhaps due to the deep influence of the original owner, he often couldn't control his emotions and expressed a lot of dissatisfaction with Duke White Tiger. But over the years, his fusion with this body has gradually allowed his consciousness to return to its true self, no longer influenced by the original owner.

Therefore, he treated Dai Hao as a complete stranger and never considered himself Dai Hao's illegitimate son.

Hearing Huo Yuhao say this, Dai Hao's face turned extremely ugly, but because of his guilt towards this illegitimate son, he did not lash out even though he had lost face in public.

Dai Hao forced a smile at Wang Yan and said, "Since you have come from afar, please rest and have something to eat in the military camp. Old Du will inform you of the relevant clues later. I have military affairs to attend to, so please excuse me."

Wang Yan smiled, seemingly oblivious to Huo Yuhao's earlier rudeness towards Dai Hao, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Your Grace, there's no need for such formalities. We're here on a mission. All you need is for me to provide you with sufficient clues. You're very busy, so we won't bother you any longer."

Dai Hao smiled slightly, gave Du Leisi some instructions, and then took his leave.

As everyone watched Dai Hao depart, Du Leisi smiled slightly and invited the Shrek members to wait in the main tent for a moment. He then went to inform his men to bring the clues and food.

However, just as Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze and prepared to enter the tent, a cold voice suddenly came softly: "As expected of a little bastard, daring to be so disrespectful to His Majesty the Duke!"

(End of this chapter)