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

"this……"

Yin Hongchen was speechless for a moment. Based on Huo Yuhao's experiences in his previous life, the other party was indeed not the kind of person who considered the consequences of his actions. It was not impossible that he could persuade Xu Wenjue and Xue Lingxun to secretly work for the Sea God Pavilion.

Holy crap, thinking about it carefully, Huo Yuhao is a real beast.

Thinking of this, Yin Hongchen quickly stood up, looked at Zhu Ningyu in front of her, and couldn't help but ask, "Ningyu, if things really develop according to your plan, what are you going to do?"

Zhu Ningyu smiled and countered, "Xiao Yinyin, do you consider yourself a good person?"

Yin Hongchen shook her head.

Zhu Ningyu continued, "Then do you think I, Zhu Ningyu, am a good person?"

Yin Hongchen shook her head again.

"That's settled then." Zhu Ningyu chuckled. "We don't need to take any specific actions. We just need to follow the procedures and teach our Great God King Huo a lesson, so that he knows... he will pay the price for everything he does."

"Little Yinyin, would you like to come with me to see a show unlike any other?"

As she spoke, Zhu Ningyu revealed a villainous smile.

Yin Hongchen was taken aback upon hearing this, and after a moment's thought, she finally nodded.

……

As Zhu Ningyu had predicted, after entering the territory of the former Tianhun Empire, Huo Yuhao was at a loss as to where to inquire about intelligence or what kind of intelligence to inquire about. He then remembered that the Xuanming Sect was located in the territory of the former Tianhun Empire. When Xu Sanshi was giving birth, he had met Xue Lingxun, Xu Wenjue and others. So he decided to try his luck at the Xuanming Sect.

In Huo Yuhao's mind, he and Xu Sanshi were fellow disciples, and Xu Wenjue and Xue Lingxun were his elders. Although they served different masters, they should provide him, Huo Yuhao, or the Tang Sect with some conveniences in the unknown.

After all... in his previous life, even though Long Xiaoyao was the Grand Elder of the Holy Spirit Sect, he provided him with a lot of convenience out of respect for Mu En. The Xuanming Sect had no reason to turn him away.

On this day, Xue Lingxun sat in the sect leader's seat, handling matters related to the farmers' association.

The Xuanming Sect is currently in a bad situation. The families that bet on both sides never win the favor of those in power, and there are probably a lot of memorials impeaching the Xu family every day.

As a powerful sect, the Xuanming Sect has quite a few businesses within the former Tianhun Empire's territory. If you take a bite more, others will take a bite less. In this world, who cares about having more money?

There was no other way; in order to improve the situation of the Xuanming Sect, Xue Lingxun, in her capacity as the wife of the Xuanming Sect's leader, took on the position of honorary president of the Sun Moon Empire's Farmers' Association.

Xue Lingxun, being born into the Douling royal family, naturally understood the reasons behind this.

Zhu Ningyu only coveted her bloodline, hoping to conquer Lingdou City in the future and have Xue Lingxun, as the legitimate daughter of the Swan Xue family, assume the position of head of the Xue family.

But... she had no right to refuse. If Xue Lingxun refused to cooperate, Zhu Ningyu wouldn't even need to intervene personally; Lan Feng and his gang of lunatics could wipe out the Xuanming Sect completely.

Of course, as a mother, Xue Lingxun would not resent Xu Sanshi. In a sense, no matter which side wins in the end, their Xuanming Sect will not be a loser and will always have a place on the Douluo Continent.

Just then, a flash of blue light appeared, and a young man appeared beside Xue Lingxun.

Sensing the unfamiliar presence around her, Xue Lingxun frowned and was about to call for help when Huo Yuhao stopped her.

"Auntie, I am Yuhao, Huo Yuhao. We've met once before, you should remember me."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao hurriedly handed over his identity token.

Xue Lingxun didn't take the token. Instead, she frowned and said in an unfriendly tone, "Huo Yuhao, how dare you! With the two armies facing off, you actually dare to appear before me, the guild leader? Aren't you afraid I'll capture you and send you to Tiandou City?"

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao subconsciously scratched his head and said somewhat shyly, "Aunt Lingxun, Senior Brother Sanshi and I are like brothers. You won't make things difficult for me, right?"

"hehe!"

Xue Lingxun sneered, feeling even less liking for this Great God King Huo.

For a moment, Xue Lingxun even wondered what her son had done to offend Huo Yuhao, that Huo Yuhao would go to such lengths to accuse the Xu family of treason.

But thinking about Huo Yuhao's behavior in "The Legend of the Emotional God King", Xue Lingxun felt relieved. She didn't need to get angry with a fool.

Thinking of this, Xue Lingxun sighed and quickly pulled out some obscure but not very important information from the table, hoping to get rid of this plague in this way.

Before Xue Lingxun could hand the information to Huo Yuhao, two unfamiliar auras appeared in the main hall of the Xuanming Sect.

"not good."

At this moment, Huo Yuhao seemed to sense the danger and hurriedly mobilized the original power of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, fleeing from the sect's main hall in a flash.

"Caught red-handed." Zhu Ningyu looked at the intelligence report in Xue Lingxun's hand with a smile.

Upon hearing Zhu Ningyu's voice, Xue Lingxun felt as if all her strength had been drained, and she collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Xue Lingxun had already foreseen the fate of her family.

She and Xu Wenjue were easy to talk to, but her little granddaughter... oh no, her little granddaughter Xu Qing had just turned five and hadn't even awakened her martial spirit yet, and now she was going to...

"Madam Xu, let's have a meal together. After we eat, we can continue our journey. The road ahead is long, and this may be the last full meal of your life."

As a soft female voice rang out, Xue Lingxun came back to her senses. She saw that a table had appeared in the center of the sect's main hall, with a copper pot and a variety of side dishes on it.

Xue Lingxun slowly got up, strode forward, grabbed the wine bottle on the table, and chug it down her throat.

"Did you know beforehand that Huo Yuhao would come to the Xuanming Sect?"

Xue Lingxun put down the wine bottle, looked at Zhu Ningyu in front of her, and asked the question that had been bothering her.

"Yes and no." Zhu Ningyu said expressionlessly, "Huo Yuhao has a million-year spiritual soul ring. We only know that he left Lingdou City, seemingly to carry out some mission in the territory of the former Tianhun Empire. From the moment he left Lingdou City, our intelligence personnel lost track of Huo Yuhao."

"Based on his actions in 'The Legend of the God of Emotions,' we guessed that Huo Yuhao's first stop was likely your Xuanming Sect, so we arrived early to lie in wait. We also wanted to test the loyalty of your Xuanming Sect, but unfortunately, you failed."