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

"Damn it! These are all rumors! Rumors! Don't you understand what rumors are? They manage the businesses for the Sea God Pavilion. The military rations you eat and the equipment you wear are all earned by them. As members of the Sea God Pavilion, it's one thing for you not to have absolute trust in them, but you also follow the crowd and spread rumors. Ask yourselves honestly, do you think you've done right by the Sea God Pavilion and Shrek Academy for nurturing you?"

Outside Lingdou City, in the main tent of the Shrek Supervisory Corps' military camp.

Huo Yuhao slammed his fist on the table, his face flushed and neck red as he berated the captains of each squad, his anger evident in his words.

"But...those statements are clearly reasonable and well-founded."

A female captain stepped out from the crowd, her gaze fixed on Huo Yuhao in the main seat, and said in an icy tone, "Shrek Academy teaches us to be righteous and kind Soul Masters. May I ask, Commander Huo, what is your definition of justice and kindness?"

"Is the Sea God Pavilion absolutely righteous? Even if the Sea God Pavilion forces women into prostitution, is that a righteous act?"

"You..." Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth, wanting to argue, but the female captain clearly wouldn't give him the chance.

"What do you mean, 'what do you mean'? Let's put everything else aside and just talk about the Holy Spirit Cult. The Shrek Academy's oversight group has existed for nearly ten thousand years and has issued countless missions to eradicate evil spirit masters, so why does the Holy Spirit Cult still exist? Tell me, tell me!"

"Whether it's cultivation or high hopes, we're all adults. Can we stop with the nonsense? We're just here to make a living in the supervisory group. What ideals are you talking to us about?"

Lin Xiao went straight for Huo Yuhao, showing him no respect whatsoever. Once the war started, they would all be cannon fodder; whether they survived today was uncertain. And Huo Yuhao was still here talking about cultivation? Wasn't that ridiculous?

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao's face turned green and then red. Just as he was about to rebuke them, he saw that most of the captains present looked utterly dejected.

Ugh!

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao sighed, and his anger dissipated by more than half. Yes, what was the point of arguing with a group of people who were about to die? As long as they could fight on time and not cause any trouble, that would be fine.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao clenched his fist and said with a solemn expression, "Starting today, your food budget will be doubled, and you must not spread any more news that is detrimental to the Sea God Pavilion and Shrek Academy."

After saying that, Huo Yuhao shook his arm and dashed out of the tent like a wisp of smoke, leaving without a trace.

While he was having fun, Huo Yuhao couldn't afford to be indifferent to the war. He knew very well that if the Sun Moon Empire unified the continent, he, Huo Yuhao, would definitely not have a good outcome.

From the moment Huo Yuhao chose to follow Tang Ya and Bei Bei to Shrek City after his rebirth, his life was inextricably linked with the Tang Sect and the Sea God Pavilion. With the destruction of the Sea God Pavilion, Huo Yuhao's life would most likely come to an end.

Left with no other option, Huo Yuhao had to bite the bullet and approach Mo Lian, hoping that she could suppress the rumors out of consideration for the cooperation between the two forces.

After all... war is about winning hearts and minds, and letting rumors fly is ultimately detrimental to the development of the Sea God Pavilion.

After hearing Huo Yuhao's request, Mo Lian frowned subconsciously and said with some difficulty, "Yuhao, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that I'm powerless. You know what the situation is like in the Douling Empire. The territory that the royal family truly controls is less than half of the Douling Empire."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that the royal family currently holds temporary command over the entire Soul Master army of the Douling Empire. In reality... the royal family's orders aren't as effective as you might think. Rumors are flying everywhere right now, and I can't possibly silence them just because I'm the inheritor of the Flower Goddess's legacy. Do you still think that the identity of a god's inheritor is supreme after all this?"

Huo Yuhao said weakly, "I understand the logic, but... we can't just do nothing and let the rumors spread, can we?"

Mo Lian said irritably, "Huo Yuhao, you... I don't even know what to say to you. Can't you even copy someone else's work? They can slander the Sun Moon Empire, but can't you make up a story to slander the Ningyun Sect and the Sun Moon Empire?"

Mo Lian looked at Huo Yuhao with an expression as if he were an idiot. Compared to six years ago, Huo Yuhao had indeed made some progress, but he was still a long way from being qualified to be the city lord of a third-tier city.

ah???????

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao froze on the spot. Using their own methods against them... seemed to make some sense.

However... what kind of short story needs to be fabricated to achieve the same effect?

Xu Tianran is impotent, and Xu Yunhan is the son of Ju Zi and a certain imperial physician.

No, this is too outrageous. He has seen what Xu Yunhan looks like in this life. He is a carbon copy of Xu Tianran. This kind of lie that can be exposed at a glance cannot last long.

What should we do?

The Deep Sea Army is the private army of the Ningyun Sect, and Zhu Ningyu is the Grand Preceptor of the Sun Moon Empire. Is there any way to sow discord between the Ningyun Sect and the Sun Moon Empire?

At this moment, Huo Yuhao's thoughts instantly came to life. All he needed to do was pull Zhu Ningyu down from her pedestal and prevent her from gathering the power of faith from the Douluo Continent to become a god.

Thinking of this, in front of Mo Lian, Huo Yuhao took out paper and pen from his storage ring and wrote something on them.

Zhu Ningyu is an evil spirit master.

Zhu Ningyun is fooling the Soul Master world. She could have distributed the inheritance in any way, but instead she insisted on creating the drama of "the first sword strike after landing is to kill the beloved".

Zhu Ningyu is the mastermind behind the explosion at Xu Tianran's temporary palace.

Huo Yuhao: "..."

It's not enough. These negative stories are too weak; they won't make a ripple if they're spread.

Huo Yuhao was very troubled. Although he had found a way to deal with it, Zhu Ningyu's public image was quite perfect, and he couldn't think of any scandals that could shake her image.

Making it up on the spot would be too unbelievable.

Huo Yuhao walked out of the private room with a frown, declined Bei Bei and Tang Ya's invitations, and returned to his own room.

If conditions allowed, Huo Yuhao would love to replicate his previous life's strategy of stealing children, using Xu Yunhan's life to control the upper echelons of the Sun Moon Empire.

But now, haha, Xu Yunhan is in the Sun and Moon Imperial Palace, the main base of Mingdu City. There are four Limit Douluo on the surface, which is simply impossible.

"If I could make people who shouldn't exist at this point in time disappear, could you lead the Sea God Pavilion and the Tang Sect to victory in this war?"

Just then, a phantom image of an ordinary-looking middle-aged man appeared in front of Huo Yuhao, and his magnetic voice made Huo Yuhao's heart flutter.