People in Douluo, the mastermind behind the scenes

Three more days passed before Huo Yuhao arrived at Tiandou City.

The moment Huo Yuhao stepped into the city gate, the scene inside Tiandou City was in his sight: men and women talking and laughing with each other on the street, vendors hawking their wares on both sides of the road, and... soldiers patrolling the streets.

The soldiers looked, well... a little different from normal people. Regardless of gender, everyone had blue hair. They wore the same uniform, with the words "Deep Sea" embroidered in blue and gold on the back of their clothes.

"Deep Sea...Legion? Are they the Deep Sea Demon Whale Clan?"

Looking at the team of soldiers from the Deep Sea Legion, the expression on Huo Yuhao's face became more and more solemn. The Ningyun Sect was playing a big game. It was estimated that the sea soul beast tribes loyal to the Sea God, led by the Demon Soul Great White Shark, had already suffered from the Demon Emperor's murderous hands?

Zhu Ningyun should... still be alive, right?
She just faked her death to escape and paralyze the Sea God Tang San and the Sea God Pavilion, so as to delay time.

Wait, delay...time?
Why did Zhu Ningyun want to delay time? Is there any meaning in her delaying time in this way?

For a god-level strong man, what can he do in three to five years?
Huo Yuhao simply couldn’t figure out the causes and consequences of this series of events. He always felt that… there seemed to be something beyond his cognition.

"Forget it. After the assassination mission is over, I will report this matter to Soraya. The top brass of the Haoyue Plane Alliance has no shortage of capable people. It will be more efficient than my random analysis here."

Huo Yuhao murmured something, then tidied his appearance, took out the note that Ah Ying had given him in advance, and began searching in Tiandou City according to the address on it.

Tiandou City is very large. As the former capital of a country, its area is no smaller than that of Shrek City.

In addition, in his past and present lives, Huo Yuhao had hardly been to Tiandou City many times. As an assassin, it was not easy for him to ask for directions. He could only pretend to go shopping while looking for the stronghold of the Haoyue Plane in Tiandou City.

It took Huo Yuhao three full hours to finally find the address on the note in an alley. Well... it was a tavern.

Huo Yuhao walked into the door of the tavern, exchanged secret codes with the waiter at the front desk, and was then taken to a private room on the second floor.

The person who was in charge of receiving Huo Yuhao was a woman of average appearance wearing a dark blue dress.

For intelligence personnel, especially those stationed in the enemy's hometown, the most taboo thing is to have an appearance that is too outstanding.

"My code name is Nightingale. I cannot reveal my real name. From today on, our Nightingale team will be responsible for the peripheral work of the assassination plan."

As she spoke, Nightingale handed a piece of information to Huo Yuhao.

"Bai Yu has a subordinate named Zhou Kexin. Zhou Kexin is very efficient and a decent person. Although the two are nominally superiors and subordinates, they are like sisters in private. They often go shopping, eat together, and drink together."

"And Zhou Kexin has a best friend named Xu Yun. Um... calling her a best friend is actually a cover-up for Xu Yun's identity. The two are cousins, and their mothers are sisters. And Xu Yun is said to have some connection with the Xuanming Sect, so... you know."

Huo Yuhao looked at the information in his hand, frowned and said, "In other words... my mission is to get close to Xu Yun, and through Xu Yun... locate Zhou Kexin and Bai Yu's whereabouts?"

Nightingale said expressionlessly: "You are the protagonist of this assassination mission. Our Nightingale team is only responsible for the periphery. If you feel that this plan does not suit your wishes, you can obtain Bai Yu's whereabouts through other means. The Nightingale team will not impose interference on you, and will even respect your choice." After these words came out, Huo Yuhao scratched his head subconsciously, and the embarrassment on his face was beyond words.

To be honest, Huo Yuhao couldn't think of a more perfect plan. Since it was an assassination, everything had to be done secretly. This was the headquarters of the Ningyun Sect. If the commotion was too big and attracted the god-level strongmen behind the Ningyun Sect, it would be bad.

After some consideration, Huo Yuhao finally agreed to the plan provided by the Nightingale Team and prepared to seduce the woman named Xu Yun.

It's evening.

Huo Yuhao, with a disguised face, took a look at the sky before walking into the gate of the Di'ao Hotel, formerly the Tianhun Royal Hotel.

As soon as Huo Yuhao entered the door, a waiter came out hurriedly to greet him.

"Guest, do you want to stay in the hotel or..."

"I'm here for the dance."

Huo Yuhao pursed his lips, then slowly took out an invitation letter from his pocket and handed it over.

After checking the authenticity of the invitation, the waiter led Huo Yuhao up the stairs and into the banquet hall on the top floor.

According to intelligence, this social dance party was organized by Ningyun Sect leader Zhu Ningyu, with the purpose of creating a small social gathering to allow young talents from local and foreign forces to get to know each other, and to raise military funds at the same time.

Zhu Ningyu did not put a knife to the necks of those soul master family leaders like Chen Yu did, forcing them to take out a certain amount of gold soul coins. Instead... she took the lead and took out one million gold soul coins from her own private treasury as military expenses donated in her personal name.

Lan Fuzi also donated 500,000 gold soul coins.

When seeing this information, Huo Yuhao finally understood where the Seagod Pavilion had lost. From the beginning to the end, Zhu Ningyu had never considered herself as the master of the Ningyun Sect. Instead, she considered herself as the patriarch of the Ningyun Sect, the patriarch who protected the interests of this big family.

When the family is in trouble, she, as the head of the family, naturally has to show some sincerity and lead the clan members to help the family overcome the difficulties.

Instead of...just letting others pay.

What a real irony!
Huo Yuhao didn’t want to admit it, but he had to admit that Zhu Ningyu’s methods were indeed brilliant. At the very least… he, Huo Yuhao, could not have thought of it, nor could he do this!
"After the dance is over, I will symbolically donate 10,000 gold soul coins. If I don't donate a cent...it might make Xu Yun suspicious, and that would ruin the plan."

Huo Yuhao walked into the banquet hall, came to the table, picked up a glass of red wine, put it to his mouth and tasted it bit by bit. Taking the opportunity to taste the red wine, he began to observe the people around him, looking for Xu Yun's trace.

At this moment, a man in a brocade robe suddenly came to Huo Yuhao's side and whispered, "Hello, my name is Zhou Changqing. Um... little brother, you are not a local of Tiandou City, right?"

Huo Yuhao nodded, then put down his wine glass, turned towards Zhou Changqing, and bowed slightly, saying, "Hello, Brother Zhou. My name is... Zhao Zhi, and I'm from Starry City." (End of this chapter)