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

Chapter 63. An illegitimate daughter can also be a legitimate daughter.

"Don't cry, don't cry, little Yuhao, be a good boy, don't cry..."

Tang Ya immediately transformed into a caring older sister, frantically stroking Huo Yuhao's head, trying to soothe his wounds in this way.

Clearly, Tang Ya's method was effective. Whether it healed Huo Yuhao's wounds is unclear, but this way of comforting a child certainly made him too ashamed to cry.

Huo Yuhao quickly got up from the ground, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and asked curiously, "Sister Xiaoya, Senior Brother Beibei, Senior Brother Xu, Sister Chenyu, Sister Xian'er, Sister Lian, why did you come to find me in such a hurry?"

Tang Ya said with a strange expression, "It's nothing serious. Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger wants to see you. What do you think..."

As she spoke, Tang Ya glanced at Dai Ying on the bed. Good heavens! She exclaimed, "Good heavens!" After making such a commotion, Dai Ying was still sleeping. How crazy must she have been last night to exhaust her like that?

"Well... let's go. We can discuss some business with our Grand Marshal Dai. Isn't the border short of healing-type Soul Masters? Sister Xian'er's healing medicine can come in handy."

After quickly tidying his clothes, Huo Yuhao walked out of the room on his own, and the six members of the Tang Clan hurriedly followed.

Because of the upcoming Soul Master Competition, the border between the two countries entered a period of truce. This allowed Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger, also known as our Grand Marshal Dai, to finally have some free time to return home and visit his wife, children, and elderly relatives.

Inside the second private room of the Heavenly Division, Dai Hao saw Huo Yuhao with a bruised and swollen face and asked curiously, "Yuhao, what happened to you? Did someone beat you up?"

"No, no," Huo Yuhao hurriedly explained, "No one hit me. I just tripped over a small stone while walking and fell."

Did you trip over a small stone? Did you fall down?

Dai Hao was speechless. How could a three-ring Soul Master fall and get injured like this?

Dai Hao's emotional intelligence is not low. How low could the emotional intelligence of someone who can become a marshal of a country be? Seeing Huo Yuhao's stammering appearance, he did not continue to pry. After scanning around, the doubt on his face deepened.

"Where's Ying'er? Why didn't she come with you?"

Although Dai Hao has barely met Dai Ying, it doesn't mean he can't act out a father-daughter relationship here. The seven members of the Tang Clan all have promising futures, so it wouldn't be a bad deal to have her as a son-in-law.

Huo Yuhao scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Your Grace, it's like this, Ying'er is too tired and is still resting. I didn't have the heart to wake her up."

Dai Hao said "Oh," revealing an expression that every man understands: a large gap in cultivation level between partners can also be a problem.

"Your Grace, I am a descendant of alchemists. On the eve of our departure, I worked through the night to refine two hundred healing potions, hoping to contribute to the original Douluo Continent Alliance. What do you think..."

After the father-in-law and son-in-law finished exchanging pleasantries, Xu Fengxian quickly stepped forward and pushed a small jade bottle containing healing medicine in front of Dai Hao.

The legacy of an alchemist?

Dai Hao took the jade bottle, opened the stopper and sniffed it. Hmm... not bad, really not bad. Even without looking at the pill itself, the fragrance alone is enough to surpass all low-grade healing medicines on the market. It is indeed worthy of the alchemist's inheritance.

Dai Hao frowned and said, "Fengxian, can your healing medicine be mass-produced? The healing medicines on the market are generally not very effective, and there is a shortage of healing-type Soul Masters on the border. If every low-ranking officer in my White Tiger Legion could be equipped with one of these healing medicines, the number of casualties could be reduced by at least 30%."

"Mass production is definitely impossible. The same formula will produce much worse results if the same person refines it," Xu Fengxian pondered. "However... if the medicinal materials are plentiful, I can skip some meaningless courses at Shrek Academy and work overtime to refine the pills. Without affecting my cultivation, one hundred low-grade healing pills a week is definitely not a problem."

"Good!" Dai Hao slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly, saying excitedly, "I will use my connections to collect the necessary medicinal herbs for your Tang Clan... In addition, I will petition His Majesty to bestow the title of Princess upon Ying'er, and half of all the properties of my White Tiger Duke's Mansion in Shrek City will be given to Ying'er as her dowry."

"Then I thank you for your appreciation, Father-in-law. If the Star Luo Empire is in trouble, my Tang Clan will definitely do its best to help, as long as we have the ability!" Huo Yuhao cupped his hands towards Dai Hao, a long-lost smile on his face.

Over the course of a year, and after several beatings, Huo Yuhao had grown a lot. No matter how much he despised Dai Hao's behavior, he could still maintain a semblance of politeness.

As long as the benefits are sufficient, an illegitimate daughter born to a mother without any legal status can also be considered a legitimate daughter; a mother's status depends on her son, and a daughter's status depends on her husband.

Hypocritical, Dai Hao is hypocritical to the extreme. Does such a person deserve to be the father of Huo Dashenwang?

However, Huo Yuhao's feelings for Dai Ying were genuine. Having shared similar experiences, it was difficult not to feel a sense of kinship. Given the opportunity, he wouldn't mind giving Dai Ying a formal status and bringing her to the God Realm.

Soon, the price of the healing medicine was agreed upon. The White Tiger Duke's Mansion... no, the Star Luo Empire, would provide the Tang Sect with medicinal herbs, and would also pay the Tang Sect one soul stone for each healing medicine. One soul stone was worth about one hundred and twenty or thirty gold soul coins, which met the expectations of the seven members of the Tang Sect.

Just as they were having a lively conversation, Bei Bei, the captain of the Shrek team's junior group, received a telepathic message from Ma Xiaotao, instructing him to lead the seven official members of the junior group to Xuan Zi's room for a meeting.

With no other option, the seven members of the Tang Clan bid farewell to Dai Hao, returned to the top floor, and entered Xuanzi's room.

Inside the room, the seven official members of the youth group—Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Xixi, Yao Haoxuan, Chen Zifeng, and Gongyang Mo—had all taken their seats. There were also two substitute members in the youth group, but like the three assassins from the Tang Clan, they were not qualified to sit at the table.

After the seven members of the Tang Clan took their seats, Xuanzi cleared his throat and slowly said, "I believe you all know about the situation at the border. If things continue like this, within ten years, the Sun Moon Empire will launch a war to unify the continent, just like it did four thousand years ago, and invade our homeland on which we depend for survival."

"I'm not looking for trouble, but rather giving you an excuse: on the field, when facing the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Team and the Spirit Hall Team, while ensuring your own safety, try your best to severely injure your opponents, regardless of life or death!"

"Your goal in this Soul Master Competition is not the championship, but to do your utmost to eliminate the Sun Moon Empire's remaining forces. After you succeed, as long as you join the Sea God Pavilion, all fourteen of you can enter the core of power and have a place in the Sea God Pavilion's conference room!"

(End of this chapter)