Douluo: The Peerless Eye of Heaven Yu Hao

"Father, the situation is urgent. I suggest that we go to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion immediately to discuss a solution."

Zhu Changming stood up and said in a deep voice.

He is the oldest of his generation; his first two brothers are both dead.

"Chang Ming is right. We should discuss this matter with the people in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion."

The rest of the family leaders all agreed.

"Changming, take a few people to the Duke of White Tiger's mansion and make sure to negotiate and resolve this matter. Don't be careless." The Duke of Civet Cat instructed after pondering for a moment.

"As ordered."

Zhu Changming's face was solemn. He then selected a few family leaders and quickly rushed to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. The two mansions were only a few dozen kilometers apart. For soul masters like them, it wouldn't take long to get there.

And in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

The atmosphere was extremely solemn.

Dai Hao sat in the seat of the patriarch without saying a word, while below, Zhu Ruiying and a group of second-generation White Tiger family members had heavy expressions, and no one knew what they were thinking.

"Did you know that the southwestern nobles have connections with the Sun-Moon Empire?" Dai Hao finally spoke. He glanced at everyone present, especially Zhu Ruiying, where he stayed for several seconds.

Zhu Ruiying lowered her eyes, and said anxiously, "We really don't know about this."

Dai Hao shook his head and said in a murderous voice: "I don't mean to blame you. Who would have thought that the southwestern nobles would dare to commit treason? If it happened during the war, it would be a fatal threat. Now that His Majesty has made it clear, there are only two choices for us: give up part of the military power of the Western Army Group, or, maybe at some point, he will accuse us of treason."

"After all, we have had a lot of contact with the southwestern nobles."

As he spoke, Dai Hao sighed again. Back then, when his grandfather was still the Duke, he had contact with the southwestern nobles. It was originally just a financial transaction, and he spoke for them in the court. After all, the resources needed for the huge Duke's mansion were all bought with money. How could he rely on his own industries alone?

But who would have known that the contact back then would become a bomb that is ready to explode today.

"Is the situation irreversible?" Dai Dianchen asked.

"No." Dai Hao shook his head. "If it wasn't for His Majesty finding out that we were only dealing money with the Southwestern nobles and were not involved in treason, you, Uncle, wouldn't have seen me come back."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but sigh. The Western Army Group was the lifeblood of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. Among the eight legions, six were in their hands. To give up some of them now was almost like costing them half their lives.

But we have to not allow it, because it was those stupid southwestern nobles who were arrested for treason.

"Report."

Suddenly, a White Tiger guard ran in, knelt on one knee and said, "Master, someone is coming from the Lingmao Duke's Mansion."

Hearing this, Dai Hao and Dai Dianchen looked at each other and said, "Let them in."

"Yes." The guards took the order and retreated quickly.

"Third brother must have come here this time because of this matter." Zhu Ruiying frowned.

Dai Hao rubbed his brows and said, "It's good that you're here. Let's discuss how to solve the problem later."

Soon, Zhu Changming and a group of people walked into the White Tiger Hall.

This time, the two sides were not too polite. They just exchanged a few simple words and sat down directly.

As for the conversation between the two families, it was not difficult at all. On the contrary, the communication was extremely smooth. To put it bluntly, it was mainly reflected in the word "interest".

The White Tiger Family gave up part of their military power, and the Civet Cat Family gave up part of their business power in order to reduce their guilt.

The strength of the two families themselves is actually not among the top ones on the continent. The White Tiger family has only one Titled Douluo. Even with the strength of the Xingluo royal family, they can send a few Titled Douluo priests to wipe out the clan. But the only problem is that they are families with a history of thousands of years and have great influence in the Xingluo Empire.

There are still statues of Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing in Xingluo City. As the ancestors of these two major families, if you really want to destroy them, who knows if you will encounter some terrible things.

Therefore, Xu Jiawei never thought of destroying the two major families from the beginning, he just wanted to reduce their influence.

If the plan in the Far North had not failed, their royal family would not have overdrawn their strength and re-launched the power of prayer, and eventually changed their plan to go to the southwest coast to capture the 100,000-year-old soul beast. If the plan in the Far North had succeeded, nothing would have happened now. But for Xu Jiawei, it seemed that the failure of the plan in the Far North had helped him instead.

The fluttering of butterfly wings always catches people off guard.

……

Beside the Xingluo Palace, deep inside the worship hall.

The iron-gray floor glowed with a metallic luster, and in the middle area of ​​this space was the restored Conferred God Platform. The soft light illuminated the surroundings of the Conferred God Platform with incredible clarity.

Inside the Conferred God Platform, there is a sea-blue bead the size of a human head suspended. The surface of the bead is glowing with a light blue halo, and the color occasionally darkens. If you look closely, you can see some strange patterns. These patterns are very complicated, as if they are irregular.

But under the occasional flash of light, these lines seem to combine together, and the combined lines look like a whale.

There seemed to be some living creature inside the bead. She moved around in panic, as if she was aware of the seal on her soul power. Strands of invisible waves were transmitted, but were still blocked by the Conferred God Platform and could not penetrate out.

"Mother……"

Suddenly, a panicked yet clear and pleasant female voice sounded, but there was no human presence around the space.

"How is this sea soul beast?"

Just as the female voice sounded, the heavy door was opened, the light from outside shone in, and several figures walked into the room. The beads in the Conferred God Platform suddenly became quiet, as if nothing had happened.

"To answer Princess, everything is stable at the moment. However, according to our estimation, the aura of this sea soul beast is not as strong as the soul beast we encountered in the far north."

Several people quickly approached the location of the Conferred God Platform. The light shone down and fell on them. The person leading the group had long golden hair and a stunning face. It was Xu Jiujiu.

Next to her, Hu Yaozong, whose hair was combed very neatly, said, "Your Highness, is it really a good idea to exchange this sea soul beast for the soul guidance technology of the Sun Moon Empire? In my opinion, even if they give up some technology, it is likely to be outdated."

Hu Yaozong came from the Sun-Moon Empire, and he knew very well what level of technology the other party would provide.

Oh, by the way, the Conferred God Platform was what he stole from the Sun and Moon Palace during the riot.

The other people may have the same doubts in their hearts. They all looked at Xu Jiujiu, who smiled and said, "Maybe it is outdated for the Sun-Moon Empire, but for our Xingluo Empire, it is extremely advanced. Using a 100,000-year soul beast in exchange for decades or even hundreds of years of technological progress is incomparable to the value of a 100,000-year soul beast."

"The most they got was just a hundred thousand year spirit ring and a hundred thousand year spirit bone."

After hearing this, everyone had different thoughts in their minds, but in the end they all seemed to agree with this statement.

"But..." the beautiful Ice Deer Douluo asked doubtfully, "Just these two things, I'm afraid it's impossible to attract the people of the Sun Moon Empire to exchange them for such a high price, right?"

Xu Jiujiu chuckled and said, "That's easy. Just say that once this soul beast is absorbed by someone, it is very likely that the absorber will have an extra martial soul. Isn't that enough? It's just a gimmick anyway, the more exaggerated the better. Maybe the people of the Sun Moon Empire will be fooled."

After hearing this, everyone around him couldn't help laughing.

While chatting and laughing, no one noticed that inside the Conferred God Platform, a pair of eyes were watching this scene through the beads.

……

The first round of eliminations lasted for three days. When the last elimination match ended, a total of sixty-seven teams entered the second round of the round-robin tournament.

One game eliminated everyone, which really excited all the audience. It also made Xingluo City lively every day, and the vendors were very happy.

But what no one noticed was that when everyone's eyes and minds were attracted by the Fighting Spirit Competition, the atmosphere in the court of the Star Luo Empire had quietly changed.

The imperial power was further strengthened, and the once top aristocratic White Tiger Family and Civet Cat Family became much dimmer, but all the officials kept their mouths shut and would never tell these things to others.

Inside the Star King Hotel.

The night before the round-robin tournament was about to begin, the Shrek team, who had rested for a few days, gathered in the conference room again.

Most people chose to spend these two days watching the game and did not go anywhere else.

In the spacious conference room, there was constant conversation between girls and boys, mostly talking about some fun things that happened during the competition.

"Okay, everyone, please be quiet."

Zhang Lexuan started to speak.

Soon, everyone sat down quickly.

Zhang Lexuan nodded to Wang Yan, who nodded and said, "This afternoon, the first round officially ended. Starting tomorrow morning, the round-robin tournament will begin. Currently, the sixty-seven colleges are divided into eight groups, including five groups from eight colleges and three groups from nine colleges."

"The top two teams in each group will advance to the top 16. Our Shrek Academy is in a group of eight academies, which means we will have to fight seven games. A win will earn two points, a loss will earn no points, and a draw will earn one point. The round-robin tournament is expected to last for half a month."

"Compared to the brutality of the first round of elimination matches, the round-robin matches are more stable and the fighting conditions are usually milder. After discussion with Le Xuan, we decided to send the following seven players to the first round-robin match: Xixi, Yao Haoxuan, Gong Yangmo, Huo Yuhao, Beibei, Wang Dong, and Cai Tou."

"I'm going to go on stage?" Wang Dong jumped up and down excitedly when he heard his name being called out.

Zhang Lexuan couldn't help laughing, "Teacher Wang hasn't finished yet, don't get excited yet."

Wang Dong scratched his head and quickly sat down.

Everyone else was smiling.

Wang Yan smiled and said, "The format of the competition will be determined by the draw tomorrow, but you are all clear about the three fighting methods, so I will not continue to explain. Of course, the team list this time is not fixed, and we can adjust it at any time."

"clear."

Everyone said in unison.

Huo Yuhao smiled. At this time in the original novel, because the team was short of people, Wang Yan even let the students cheat to win. In this life, the main team’s reserve team is complete, but this no longer exists.

Zhang Lexuan said in a gentle tone: "That's all I want to say today. Everyone should have dinner early and go to rest. The meeting is adjourned."

"Shh."

After the meeting, everyone quickly dispersed. Through the soul elevator, Shrek and his group soon arrived on the first floor, talking and laughing.

The dining room on the first floor mainly provides dinner in the form of a buffet. Of course, even if it is a buffet, the taste is absolutely excellent. The Xingluo Empire will not ruin its reputation with food.

Seeing the bustling scene with at least two or three hundred people eating together, Huo Yuhao inexplicably felt like he had returned to the high school cafeteria in his previous life.

The only difference was that at that time everyone was wearing white and blue school uniforms, complaining about today's lessons and analyzing which class had the prettiest girls.

However, when Huo Yuhao and his companions arrived at the dining room, the entire room became inexplicably quieter, and many people were looking at them.

"Let's find a quiet place."

Zhang Lexuan is used to these looks.

No one refused. After finding a quiet and empty spot, they chose the food they wanted to eat.

But Huo Yuhao did not go directly to choose food, but went to the toilet first. However, just after he took a few steps, he found a pair of eyes looking at him. He paused slightly, because this pair of eyes looked very familiar.

He walked into the bathroom, found a random place to relieve himself, came out of the separate cubicle, and washed his hands casually. But the next second when he was about to leave, another figure stood beside him, also washing his hands.

Huo Yuhao looked up at the mirror and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"

“I heard your name is Huo Yuhao?” Xiao Hongchen, who had a delicate face, stretched out his fair hands and took the water flowing from the faucet. “My name is…”

“Xiao Hongchen?” Huo Yuhao said his name before Xiao Hongchen could speak.

Xiao Hongchen was stunned for a moment, then he raised his thumb in a very childish way, of course, it was facing downwards, "Yes, remember my name, I will defeat you..."

"Your grandfather is the head of Mingde Hall of the Sun Moon Empire, right?" Huo Yuhao turned off the faucet and interrupted Xiao Hongchen again.

Xiao Hongchen was stunned again, "Can't you wait for me to speak... No, what do you want to say?"

Huo Yuhao smiled and said, “Your grandfather is a very famous person. If I have the chance, I will definitely go visit him.”

Hearing what Huo Yuhao said, Xiao Hongchen's eyes moved, and he thought to himself, is this Huo Yuhao a fan of our grandfather?

A student from Shrek Academy is actually a fan of my grandfather?

Isn't this too dramatic?

Come to think of it, is my provocation wrong?

Thinking of this, Xiao Hongchen glanced at his thumb and took it back calmly, as if nothing had happened.

"I'm leaving now. We'll talk again when we're free."

Huo Yuhao shook off the water and left.

Xiao Hongchen was left alone, standing there in a daze, staring at his back.

Of course, Huo Yuhao is not a fan of Jing Hongchen.

It’s just that the character Jing Hongchen is very special.

If Xuan Zi is the hidden "Supreme Elder" of the Holy Spirit Church, then Jing Hong Chen is the hidden "Elder of the Sea God Pavilion".

Why, you ask?

Very simple.

When Jing Hongchen made his first appearance, he went to the Poseidon Pavilion to get back the Sword of Judgment. However, not only did he not get the sword back, but he was also asked by Mu Lao to pay the ticket fee. In the end, he was left with a ninth-level Hongchen Blessing Soul Guide.

In addition, the four ninth-level fixed-type soul guides and four eighth-level fixed-type soul guides that Jing Hongchen had placed outside were all dismantled by Qian Duoduo and became Shrek's property.

This wave of benefits is comparable to the record when Xuanzi led Zhang Lexuan and others to hunt soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, which resulted in the team being almost wiped out.

Among these fixed-type soul guides, if they are capable of firing shells, there should be at least eight level eight, or four level eight, and four level nine fixed-type soul guide shells. Even though the book was later changed, these things did not appear except for Red Dust Blessing and Sword of Judgment, but he did write about them.

In addition to these, there are some other points, such as allowing Huo Yuhao to replicate the blueprints of Mingde Hall's soul guides and letting Xuan Ziwen go to the Tang Sect at will.

Compared to Xuan Zi who harmed others, Jing Hongchen was the one who made great contributions to Shrek Academy and the male protagonist, even without asking for anything in return. He truly deserves the honorary title of elder.

He really made me cry to death.