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

"Huo Yuhao, I'm sorry, but the storybook doesn't mention the Tang Clan or the names of the seven members of the Tang Clan team. Without sufficient evidence, we have no obligation to help you investigate the author's identity."

As she spoke, the receptionist gave a professional smile and then pushed the book back in front of Huo Yuhao.

"This is a metaphor, don't you understand metaphors? Didn't you see how similar the personalities of the main characters in the story are to the seven members of our Tang Sect team? Isn't this evidence sufficient?"

Huo Yuhao was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table. He cursed the Sun Moon Empire's higher-ups hundreds of times in his mind. How could they send such an extremely stupid woman to be the head of the office?

The receptionist said expressionlessly, "According to your classmate Huo Yuhao, the phrase 'the sun has set' has two interpretations. One is the literal meaning. The other is that the Sun Moon Royal Family, which inherits the Sun Martial Soul, is declining and will be replaced by others."

"If metaphors can be used as evidence, then the dungeons in Mingdu City would be overflowing. Human personalities are incredibly diverse, and there are many Soul Masters with personalities similar to your Tang Sect Seven. Putting aside the facts, what evidence do you have to prove that the objects of metaphor in the story are your Tang Sect Seven?"

The receptionist was completely indifferent, like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water. As a member of the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire, she naturally disliked the Tang Clan's bunch of idiots. If the evidence was complete, then it was inevitable. She could only obediently perform her duties.

But for ambiguous evidence like this, that's Xu Guiqin's turn. If she doesn't make Huo Yuhao suffer a terrible injury, she's not Xu!

As expected, upon hearing Xu Guiqin's words, Huo Yuhao's heart was filled with a burning desire. In his previous life, even the Holy Spirit Cult's Grand Elder, Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao, had shown him enough respect. How could a mere steward dare to do that?

"What about the rumors? We heard the Soul Masters in the Soul Arena spreading rumors about the Tang Sect. As the organizer of the Soul Master Competition, your Sun Moon Empire has an obligation to maintain a fair and orderly atmosphere in the arena during the competition."

Seeing that he couldn't argue with Xu Guiqin, Huo Yuhao chose to change the track. Hmph, now the evidence is conclusive, you can't say anything now.

Xu Guiqin curled her lip and said sarcastically, "The Soul Master Competition Office is responsible for answering questions for the various teams and maintaining order in the arena. As long as the rumors do not escalate to the point of personal attacks, our office has no obligation to step in and stop them."

"Furthermore, in every previous Soul Master Competition, your Shrek team has publicly insulted our Sun Moon team countless times. Compared to the rumors circulating in the current Soul Arena, that's nothing. And now... you actually want our Sun Moon official team to investigate the source of these insignificant rumors? You really have the nerve to do that!"

Huo Yuhao: "..."

Beibei: "..."

Xu Sanshi: "..."

Calm down, Shrek... oh no, the three scoundrels of the Tang Clan surprisingly didn't lose their temper. Putting themselves in their shoes, the two sides are enemies, and the Sun Moon Empire really has no obligation to investigate the source of the rumors for them.

"Damn it, damn it!"

Huo Yuhao was so angry he was jumping up and down, but he was helpless. He knew very well that if he couldn't even handle a small manager, he would have no chance of handling the senior officials of the Soul Master Competition Office.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao missed the good relationships he had in his previous life, where he could always find benefactors who would help him no matter when or where.

Huo Yuhao left, departing from the Soul Master Competition's office. Since he knew the office couldn't solve his problem, there was no need for him to waste any more time there.

"What should we do?"

Huo Yuhao murmured to himself. He instinctively felt that this was just the beginning, the calm before the storm, and that the operation against the Tang Clan's seven members was yet to come.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's worried look, Xu Sanshi suggested in a low voice, "Junior Brother, why don't you go ask your old flame for help? If that doesn't work, we'll just have to pay a price. As the organizer of the Soul Master Competition, the Sun Moon Empire won't take much time to spread a rumor."

The "old flame" Xu Sanshi was referring to was naturally Ju Zi. In his mind, Ju Zi and Huo Yuhao's child in their previous life was named Xu Yunhan, and their child in this life was also named Xu Yunhan. So... Ju Zi must have some obsession with Huo Yuhao. As long as Huo Yuhao goes out of his way to ask her for help and offers enough reward, she probably won't refuse.

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao's expression froze instantly, and he looked at Xu Sanshi with an expression as if he were looking at an idiot.

He didn't know if Ju Zi would remember their past friendship, but he knew very well that from the moment Tang San threatened Ju Zi with Xu Yunhan's life to force her to withdraw her troops, and Huo Yuhao didn't stand up for the mother and son, Ju Zi stopped regarding him as a human being.

Even if Ju Zi remembered their past relationship, he couldn't possibly ask her for help, at the very least... he couldn't get past Xu Tianran.

But Huo Yuhao couldn't bring himself to say these words. He could only sigh and silently leave the office building.

After walking for about five minutes, a beautiful figure in azure blue appeared in front of Huo Yuhao.

The moment he saw the other person's face clearly, Huo Yuhao hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Miss Qianqiu, may I bother you for a few minutes to ask you a few questions?"

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao hurriedly pushed a gold soul coin card with a stored value of 10,000 to Wang Dong'er.

Wang Dong'er didn't refuse and casually put the Gold Soul Coin Card into her storage bracelet.

Watching his gold soul coins go into Dong Qianqiu's pocket, Huo Yuhao's heart was bleeding. If... if he had 10,000 gold soul coins when he was young, would his mother not have had to die?

But he had no choice. In order to find the source of the rumors, he could only use gold soul coins to pry open the mouths of these soul masters with money.

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, looked at "Dong Qianqiu" in front of him, and slowly said, "Miss Qianqiu, we don't mean to question you. You just need to answer truthfully. May I ask... have you heard any gossip about our Tang Sect members?"

"Dong Qianqiu" nodded.

Huo Yuhao continued to ask, "So... where did you hear this gossip from? Don't worry, we don't mean to hold you accountable. Just answer truthfully, in as much detail as you can. It doesn't matter if the information is inaccurate; we can verify it little by little."

"Dong Qianqiu" pretended to ponder and said, "I heard it from our Sword Rain team leader. Well... it seems she heard it from the boyfriend of the cousin of a member of the Mingyu Sect's third aunt." (End of this chapter)