In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

Lin Huiqun couldn't understand it. She couldn't figure out Huo Yuhao's thought process. There were so many suitable options for him, yet Huo Yuhao insisted on doing something that even a child would find outrageous.

If you don't want to join the Sun Moon Empire, joining one of the three great empires—Heavenly Soul, Fighting Spirit, or Star Luo—and integrating the power of the empire behind you to fight the Sea God Pavilion to the death is also a reasonable option.

No, no, I'm deliberately leading the members of the Sea God Pavilion down the path of fighting against the Sea God. Huo Yuhao, do you have to be so outrageous? Do you think you're Ling Zichen?

(P.S.: Ling Zichen was the adopted daughter of the Tang Sect Master during the Douluo Continent III era. After Tang Wulin's suicide, Ling Zichen took over as the Sea God Pavilion Master and lived until the return of the God Realm in Douluo Continent IV, ascending to the God Realm with her husband Yichen. This Sea God Pavilion Master, who lived for ten thousand years, had all the members of the Sea God Pavilion as her disciples, and her reputation in the Sea God Pavilion even surpassed that of the Sea God himself.)

The perspective shifts back to the Tang Clan's lounge.

Huo Yuhao was sitting on the sofa, scratching his head.

He hadn't expected that Lu Qingshuang would have the authority to directly communicate with the God Realm, which meant that... everything had to be done in secret, and the other party couldn't let them know that it was the Tang Sect that was behind it.

What should we do?

Suddenly, Tang Ya slapped her thigh and said as if she had just realized something, "Xiao Yuhao, if all else fails... we can secretly sell Shrek Team's information to those teams with decent strength. Knowing the opponent's strengths and weaknesses will greatly increase the other teams' chances of winning against Shrek Team. If we can make Shrek Team fail in the quarterfinals or even the round of sixteen through this method, it will definitely have the effect of suppressing Lu Qingshuang's reputation."

"Moreover...any normal person would be happy to see the Shrek Academy team and the Tang Clan team fight amongst themselves, and thus remain on the sidelines. We don't need to worry about those teams that buy intelligence reporting us to Lu Qingshuang."

Is the Shrek team and the Tangmen team engaged in internal strife?

Hmm... this plot seems familiar.

It has to be said that if you want to suppress Lu Qingshuang without letting her find out, selling her information is the safest way.

As for spending money to hire someone to assassinate Lu Qingshuang? Haha, Huo Yuhao never even considered it. With Lu Qingshuang dead, Tang San could easily find another successor, so it wouldn't make much of a difference.

Huo Yuhao nodded and quickly took out a military overcoat from his storage ring and put it on. Perhaps feeling that it was not quite safe, he then put a black robe over the overcoat, giving him the look of a DVD vendor from the 1990s.

After doing all this, Huo Yuhao took the intelligence handed to him by Chen Yu, put it in his pocket, and then sneaked out of the Tang Sect's rest room.

"The rest room of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy should be located... near the territory of the Sun Moon Empire."

Huo Yuhao murmured to himself, pondering what kind of words he should use when he met Xiao Hongchen and the others later.

"Hey, Huo Yuhao, your outfit... is pretty trendy. If all seven members of your Tang Clan wore this to the competition, you would definitely stand out among nearly a hundred teams and become the most stylish guys in the crowd."

Just then, a slightly mocking female voice suddenly rang out. Huo Yuhao hurriedly raised his head and looked in the direction from which the voice came, and saw... two stunningly beautiful women holding hands. One of them was Han Ruoruo, and the other... her face shape was somewhat familiar. Her appearance was five or six points similar to Ye Xishui. Could it be... Qin Mengmeng?

Wait a minute, if you count the time, Qin Mengmeng should have just turned fifteen, right? Her figure, her face, her body, her temperament—she doesn't look like a fifteen-year-old girl at all.

Could it be that... Qin Mengmeng has an older sister who shares the same parents?

"You are... Qin Mengmeng?" Huo Yuhao asked hesitantly.

"You got it right, but... there's no reward!" Qin Mengmeng chuckled. "Huo Yuhao, are you dressed like that to steal something?"

Stealing, stealing something?

Huo Yuhao said irritably, "What do you mean by stealing? Can't you think of it in a better way? Oh, by the way, you two are having a girls' night out, are you planning to go shopping in the city?"

Qin Mengmeng said, "Yes, the competition doesn't officially start until the day after tomorrow. It's too boring here, there's nowhere to play. I'm planning to go to Maple Leaf City and have a good day of fun."

"However... you're wrong about something. We're not best friends, we're... a couple, a couple who've already started talking about marriage!"

As she spoke, Qin Mengmeng put her arm around Han Ruoruo's waist and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

Seeing this suggestive scene before him, Huo Yuhao felt his blood pressure spike. Following his instincts, he mustered all his strength and roared at the two women, "You, you two are indecent! How can two women be discussing marriage like this? Have you no shame?"

Hearing this, Qin Mengmeng immediately became displeased. "What's wrong with two women? Are they getting in the way of your cultivation, Huo Yuhao, or your ability to find women? Humph, we were classmates for three months, and you not only don't offer your blessings, but you also accuse me of being immoral. Have you forgotten all the manners and shame your parents taught you?"

"Exactly, exactly. People of the opposite sex are only together to carry on the family line. We don't have the pressure of carrying on the family line, so what's wrong with living together? Aren't you, Huo Yuhao, being too nosy?"

Han Ruoruo pouted, suppressing the urge to beat up Huo Yuhao, and took Qin Mengmeng's arm, walking away directly.

There's no point in wasting your breath on a guy like Huo Yuhao who's got a screw loose. Huo Yuhao doesn't respect their relationship, but she certainly doesn't respect Huo Yuhao's choices.

Children with Down syndrome naturally have their own set of values, and no matter how much you try to persuade them, you can't get their approval. It's like trying to wake someone who's pretending to be asleep.

Watching Qin Mengmeng and her companion's figures gradually disappear into the distance, Huo Yuhao felt extremely uncomfortable. He didn't know... why he had said such things. In his previous life, he had witnessed two pairs of lesbians, Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor, Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and he hadn't felt much aversion to their relationships that went beyond best friends. Why was he so uncomfortable now...?

Ugh! This is so annoying!

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao was so angry that he jumped up and down. He didn't know where his behavior just now came from, as if there was some unseen force prompting him to do so.

Wait, what was he thinking just now?

At this moment, Huo Yuhao's mind went completely blank, as if an invisible hand was pushing him towards the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Team's rest area, forcibly preventing him from thinking about the matters concerning the lily he had just discussed. (End of Chapter)