Seeing the pride and sense of honor on the faces of these stall owners, everyone from Dilongmen was stunned.
They had heard the name Huo Yuhao before.
To be precise, ever since the last Soul Master Tournament, Huo Yuhao's name had spread throughout the entire continent. Everyone knew this peerless genius's origins and the hardships he had experienced. If he hadn't made up his mind to cross the continent and come to the Sun Moon Empire, he would very likely have been killed by the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
Even if he didn't die, he probably wouldn't have been able to rise.
This kind of peerless genius, who clearly carried deep hatred on his back, did not bury himself in cultivation all day long. Instead, he took the time to create many soul tools that were completely useless to him personally, but could benefit the ordinary people of the Sun Moon Empire.
So… was it because of his origins and experiences that he made this kind of choice?
Even Shrek, which always claimed to be the number one academy on the continent, only started doing free awakening for ordinary people after their reputation was utterly ruined and they needed to repair it.
But in the Sun Moon Empire, this kind of thing had already become widespread throughout the entire nation, and on top of that, there was a genius like Huo Yuhao who genuinely cared for ordinary people, and a crown prince like Xu Tiannan who was willing to humbly accept advice.
Could such a country really be stopped by the three original nations of Douluo?
Nan Shuishui could clearly see that even the ordinary people who had migrated from Xingluo, Tianhun, and the Douling Kingdom now had deep recognition and attachment toward the Sun Moon Empire.
Thinking back to when Xu Tiannan had sent someone to contact her, wanting Dilongmen to migrate entirely to the Sun Moon Empire—and how she had decisively refused—Nan Shuishui secretly sighed.
Back then, she had zero doubts about her decision. But now, after seeing the prosperity of Mingdu, she couldn't help but wonder whether her decision had actually been the right one.
Nan Shuishui was certain she wasn't the only sect master feeling this way.
In fact, many sects would absolutely take the initiative to contact Xu Tiannan after seeing the current state of the Sun Moon Empire, expressing their desire to pledge allegiance.
The original three Douluo nations' hope of preventing the Sun Moon Empire from unifying the continent would grow even more hopeless.
Lies don't hurt people—truth is the knife.
The gap between the three original nations and the Sun Moon Empire wasn't something that self-comfort could fix.
After sighing, Nan Shuishui led Dilongmen's contestants to stroll through Mingdu. Although she was already a mature woman, shopping was still a woman's nature, and she was also very interested in all kinds of new and strange soul tools in Mingdu.
It had to be said, hosting the Soul Master Tournament had made the already-prosperous Mingdu even more lively.
Many Mingdu residents chose to set up stalls, and by laying out everyday items they were already used to, they could sell them very quickly.
This made them sigh—compared to the Sun Moon Empire, the people of the other nations of the continent were basically like country bumpkins from impoverished villages.
Besides having Gold Soul Coins, they had no other advantages.
"Quite a few sects have already contacted my people, hinting that they want to migrate to our Sun Moon Empire. They're just dragging things out to bargain for better terms. Yuhao, it seems that after this Soul Master Tournament ends, our Sun Moon Empire will reap a significant harvest."
Xu Tiannan walked side by side with Huo Yuhao down the streets of Mingdu, his tone full of satisfaction.
Huo Yuhao chuckled lightly.
"This is normal. After seeing what the Sun Moon Empire is like now, if they don't want to be eliminated—or even abandoned—by the era along with Xingluo, Tianhun, and Douling, which is now occupied by the Holy Spirit Sect, then of course they'll make this choice."
"And most importantly, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the first batch of sects that pledged allegiance to the Sun Moon Empire received the best treatment. Those who choose to surrender now won't get as many benefits as they did—but it's still far better than waiting until war starts."
"This tournament is basically a grand reshuffling of power on the entire continent. If a sect makes the wrong choice now, even a formerly first-tier sect could decline, or even disappear from the continent entirely."
Hearing this, Xu Tiannan nodded in agreement. He could only say that every decision Huo Yuhao made aligned perfectly with his own intentions. Whenever faced with multiple choices, Huo Yuhao always made the best one for him.
Someone like Huo Yuhao—originally belonging to the Xingluo Empire—being forced into the Sun Moon Empire by the White Tiger Duke's Mansion… When he met Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei in the future, Xu Tiannan felt he truly needed to thank them grandly.
Just as Xu Tiannan was imagining the future, Huo Yuhao suddenly noticed someone making trouble in the marketplace. His brows tightened.
"Brother Tiannan, regarding Mingdu's security during this period, you've made proper preparations, right?"
Xu Tiannan also looked toward the troublemaker from the Tianhun sects and smiled slightly.
"Rest assured. You already warned me about this—how could I ignore it? Five ninth-rank soul engineers, along with the experts from various sects who joined our Sun Moon Empire, are responsible for maintaining security during the tournament. In cases like this, they'll arrive immediately."
And reality proved Xu Tiannan was telling the truth.
The stall owner showed no fear toward the troublemaker at all. Instead, he immediately had someone notify the nearest city management squad, which quickly dispatched people to the scene.
After the squad questioned both sides and learned that the stall owner had simply kindly explained how to use a soul tool, only to be accused of mockery and then confronted with aggression—
The city management squad arrested the troublemaker on the spot and instructed the others to notify his sect leader to come personally to retrieve him.
They also stated clearly that even if he was a soul master participating in the tournament, and even if the stall owner was just an ordinary person with no soul power, as members of city management they would never allow someone to bully the weak!
In the Sun Moon Empire, even though soul masters had privileges, those privileges absolutely did not include trampling on ordinary people or their dignity.
The squad's words ignited the crowd of Mingdu citizens, and even other sect members fell into deep thought.
Huo Yuhao turned to Xu Tiannan with a playful smile.
"This was your idea too?"
Xu Tiannan shook his head with a smile.
"No. This is what you taught them."
Seeing Huo Yuhao's confusion, Xu Tiannan explained cheerfully: it was because of Huo Yuhao's suggestions that the Sun Moon Empire had long ago started offering free awakening ceremonies for ordinary people, and had developed various soul tools with no entry threshold, improving the people's standard of living.
And when ordinary people who migrated from the original three nations experienced treatment completely unlike their past lives, it attracted even more people.
This siphon effect made Xu Tiannan realize the value of this strategy. From then on, he established even more policies that treated ordinary people well.
After several years, compared to the past, the Sun Moon Empire had undergone a fundamental transformation.
Xu Tiannan no longer even placed his sights on the three original Douluo nations. At this rate, there might not even be a need for war—those nations would crumble on their own.
The Sun Moon Empire was destined to bring unification to the continent!
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