Douluo Continent: The Spirit-Eyed Detective Huo Yuhao

"..." Huo Yuhao thought for a moment, "Thank you, Auntie. Let us take you to the station."

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into the night,

The bustling atmosphere of Shrek City, the city that never sleeps, has only just begun to unfold.

The school idol concert was packed with people, and Jiang Nannan, who had just fought against the giant beast that attacked the city, reached another peak in popularity.

dressing room,

"The performance was as wonderful as ever, Sister Nan Nan." Lan Susu praised Jiang Nan Nan's performance from the side.

"You don't look happy." Lan Luoluo noticed that Jiang Nannan was in low spirits. She always maintained a smile when she went on stage and would never bring negative emotions to the audience.

"It's nothing," Jiang Nannan forced a smile.

"Oh, right, there was a fan gift just for you." Lan Susu took out a box. "It was actually delivered by the producer himself. How rare."

Jiang Nannan was taken aback, then immediately took the box and opened it. Inside were jars filled with pickled radishes and a letter.

"For Xiaonan."

"Xiao Nan, even when you hide, you still accidentally let your bunny ears show."

"Actually, you've been following me ever since I got off the bus, haven't you? You're still so dishonest."

"Mom has already secretly watched your performance, and it was truly spectacular. My daughter has grown into an outstanding idol. However, fighting with dragons and gorillas is still too dangerous, and Mom will absolutely not allow it."

"Fortunately, your classmates and friends are all very friendly; they are all very good kids."

"Take good care of yourself from now on. As long as Mom knows you're doing well, that's enough for her."

"No matter what happens, you will always be my proud daughter."

Tears dripped onto the jar of pickled radishes in her hand. Jiang Nannan rushed out the door and ran towards the station.

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"I really wanted to see you, didn't I?" Huo Yuhao smiled as he looked at the mother and daughter embracing each other.

Jiang Nannan was faster than the train, catching up with her mother right after the train started moving.

"Waaah! Mom!" Wang Dong cried out, trying to hug her too.

“She’s not your mother.” Huo Yuhao reached out and grabbed the back of her neck. “Xu Sanshi must have invited Auntie to come by train because he wanted her to be able to resolve her inner conflict and meet her mother.”

"Speaking of Xu Sanshi, we never found him in the end," Wang Dong said, puzzled.

“I think he must be in trouble this time.” Huo Yuhao took out two letters.

"What is this?" Wang Dong asked.

Invitation.

"Invitation? What invitation?"

"Xu Sanshi's wedding invitation."

"???"

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"The bride and groom are entering!"

Amidst jubilant music, Xu Sanshi slowly made his entrance riding a giant tortoise adorned with flowers on its head.

The giant tortoise is a 90,000-year-old Frost Dragon Armored Tortoise. It is blue-black in color, and its beautiful shell shows that it is one of the more handsome tortoises.

That's right, the bride is this giant tortoise.

A series of cheers and roars erupted from the audience.

The grand wedding was held between Star Dou Forest and Shrek City. The majority of the guests, from the master of ceremonies, were tortoise-shaped soul beasts, along with some other beasts, many of which were ten thousand or even one hundred thousand years old.

"Beibei, what must humanity encounter to degenerate like this?" Tang Ya, who was invited to the wedding, asked.

"I don't know, Teacher Xiaoya, I don't know." Beibei clapped mechanically, her voice filled with sympathy.

"What...what's going on?!"

Xu Sanshi, perched on the turtle's back, was inwardly crying out, but Huo Yuhao had told him not to use his soul power during this time, and now he couldn't even escape.

Chapter 166 Marriage Contract, Abyss Dimension

The melodious wedding march played, birds and animals chirped, creating a joyous and harmonious scene.

Of course, except for the groom, Xu Sanshi.

"This must be a dream, right? It must be a ridiculous nightmare. I'm still sleeping in my dorm." Xu Sanshi felt the coolness of the turtle shell beneath him, then looked at his wedding attire. "This dream was way too real!!!"

Offstage,

"How on earth did he manage to become the marriage partner of the daughter of the Heavenly Cold Dragon Armor Turtle Clan Chief?" Even Huo Yuhao was speechless with shock at this bizarre wedding.

"It's a soul beast that hasn't taken human form yet!!!" Wang Dong clutched her head. There were many stories of soul beasts transforming into humans and marrying humans in the history of Douluo Continent; that's how her own family came to be. But what was this about marrying a soul beast that hadn't taken human form yet?!

"This is too graphic..." Xiao Xiao said she couldn't bear to look.

He Caitou scratched his bald head, looked at Xu Sanshi, then at the giant tortoise, and the image of a heavy soul-guided armored vehicle running over a toothpick flashed through his mind.

"Damn it, Brother Sanshi, since Xiaolinglong likes you, there's nothing I can do. I hope you can give her happiness, sob sob sob..." Xu Sanshi's tamed beast, the Golden Tortoise, wiped away its tears alone.

"Help! Help me! Yuhao! Beibei! Everyone!" Xu Sanshi tried his best to wink at Huo Yuhao and the others below the stage, his desire to survive was extremely strong.

"Speaking of which, the only dish served at the banquet was seaweed. How meager..." Huo Yuhao picked at the bright green seaweed on the plate with his chopsticks.

"It's probably a banquet hosted by turtles." Wang Dong chewed on seaweed out of boredom, looking at the mountain-like giant turtle soul beasts around him, who seemed to be enjoying their meal.

"Forget about the seaweed, save me!" Xu Sanshi's heart was filled with despair. "It's all over, there's no one I can rely on..."

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A few days ago,

Xu Sanshi was warned by Huo Yuhao not to use his soul power for the time being because he failed to break through, so he lay in the dormitory to recuperate.

Bored, he came across a post about the Xuanming Sect on a certain online forum.

The post is titled "How to evaluate the Xuanming Sect?".

Xu Sanshi immediately posted a comment using his account nicknamed "Rock Solid Xuanwu": "Am I the only one who thinks the Xuanming Sect's awakening ceremony is garbage?"

Ultimately, this ritual, passed down for tens of thousands of years, is nothing but the dregs of an old era, offering no progress whatsoever. The awakening process even requires harming young girls, making it seem like some kind of heretical sect. If you ask me, this garbage ritual should have been abolished long ago…”

This statement immediately sparked a war of words.

One of the netizens, nicknamed "The Impregnable Black Tortoise," argued most fiercely with him.

The impregnable Xuanwu said, "It's laughable that you pretend to know what you don't. You call the awakening ceremony, passed down for ten thousand years, worthless? You think something left by our ancestors is no good just because you say so?"

The rock-solid Xuanwu said, "If you don't know, you can look it up yourself. The Douluo Academic Weekly has already published many papers and research results. The Xuanming Turtle bloodline can also be activated and awakened through drug stimulation and other methods."

Xu Sanshi was full of confidence because it was his own research.

The impregnable Xuanwu said, "You think you're as smart as our ancestors?"

The unyielding Xuanwu: "Damn it, are you deaf to me saying the Xuanming Turtle Martial Soul doesn't need some stupid awakening ceremony?"

"Also, your online name is too similar to mine. Change it. You can't handle the title of Xuanwu."

"You're imitating me, aren't you? Only I can use Xuanwu!"

Xu Sanshi furiously tapped the communicator screen to type, sending a string of blocked words to the other end.

“Sanshi…” The golden hawksbill turtle suddenly appeared and chuckled, “Didn’t you say that after you made a contract with me, you would also make a contract with a beautiful female turtle to keep me company? Now you’re almost level 90, when are we going? I have some pretty good turtle options.”

"Oh, is that so? Let's go now. Don't worry, I'll definitely keep my word." Xu Sanshi stopped arguing, got up, and went to the Star Dou Forest with the Golden Tortoise.

The Star Dou Forest is no longer the dangerous place it once was. Soul beasts and humans have reached a cooperation agreement, and apart from the core protected area which is off-limits by regulations, many areas are safe places to visit, so it's fine to go even without soul power.

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"Is this the beautiful turtle you found?" Xu Sanshi looked at the handsome giant turtle not far away. "Hehehe, Brother Hawksbill Turtle, you have good taste."

"Yes, she's beautiful, isn't she? Her name is Xiao Linglong, and her bloodline aptitude is top-notch in the clan. Although she's only 90,000 years old, she'll definitely leap to 100,000 years old after forming a contract with you." The golden tortoiseshell was full of infatuation.

“Then let’s go and negotiate with her.” Xu Sanshi followed the person opposite him and stepped forward.

"Don't worry, with my good looks and your Xuanwu bloodline, as long as I stand in front of her, the contract will be a piece of cake," the golden tortoise boasted.

Sure enough, upon seeing Xu Sanshi and the golden tortoise approaching, Xiao Linglong's face suddenly flushed red, her mountain-like tortoise shell trembled slightly, and she walked towards them as well.

"Here she comes! Little Linglong has indeed fallen in love with me at first sight!" Tortoiseshell exclaimed excitedly.

result……

The giant tortoise ran past him and stood in front of Xu Sanshi, nuzzling his broad, rough cheeks and making some kind of whimpering noises, seemingly very affectionate.

Golden Tortoiseshell: "???"

Xu Sanshi: "???"

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The interesting thing about SoulNet is that you don't know who the person on the other end of the line is, and the person you're having a long verbal battle with could be anyone, even yourself...

"You beast!" The sect leader of the Xuanming Sect, who was also Xu Sanshi's father, was furious and couldn't help but throw the communicator to the ground.

Xue Lingxun smiled gently and used her soul power to catch the fallen communicator in time.

Why get so angry?

"Sigh, darling, you have no idea how infuriating these guys on the Soul Network are. They take advantage of the fact that we can't meet in person to hurl insults at me." Sect Master Xu picked up the communicator again. "It's one thing to insult me, but to imitate my online name is another. How despicable! Do you think I can't do anything to you? I'll find out who you are in three minutes."

As the leader of a sect, Sect Master Xu was actually very insightful and learned how to play Soul Network very early on.

"By the way, how did your talks with the Sky-Cold Dragon-Armored Turtle Clan Chief from Star Dou Forest go?" Xue Lingxun asked.

"The discussion went very well. My Xuanming Sect's Xuanming Turtle Martial Soul and Xuanwu Bloodline are very suitable for forming contracts with these hawksbill turtles, dragon-armored turtles, and other soul beasts. I also spent a lot of effort to contact the patriarch of the Heavenly Cold Dragon-Armored Turtle Clan. As long as the cooperation is successfully reached, our sect disciples will never have to worry about soul rings again," Sect Master Xu said with a smile.