Gu Yuena turned her head and saw Huo Yuhao smiling. She nodded slightly.
Huo Yuhao led her on a stroll through the streets of the southern district of Shrek City.
Looking at the architectural style and city layout that were increasingly resembling Xilu City, he couldn't help but exclaim,
"At first glance, I thought this was Xilu City."
"However, there are more and more soul tools here."
Unlike the last time he came, there were many more soul tools in Shrek City.
Many shops displayed civilian soul tools made in Xilu City.
Moreover, these soul tools were basically the kind that could be activated for three months with one dream coin.
These civilian soul tools were of good quality and inexpensive, and were popular among the general public.
Even students from Shrek Academy would buy some to decorate their dormitories.
The soul tool revolution that Huo Yuhao had personally initiated had now swept across the entire Heavenly Soul Empire.
The Heavenly Soul Empire's government wanted to become the leader of this soul tool revolution, but unfortunately, the key technology—the soul tool machine—was in Huo Yuhao's hands.
They could only watch helplessly as this enormous pie was shared by those who were passionate about acquiring the Soul Guidance Machines.
As for buying the machines, the orders were already booked for three years in advance, and even those who had already purchased them were keeping a tight rein on their purchases.
In the end, they could only manage to get a few through the Body Sect—how they got them is another matter; the Heavenly Soul Empire simply gained a few more sad merchant guilds.
The Heavenly Soul Empire's official forces wanted to crack the Passionate version of the Soul Guidance Machines and create their own, but they simply couldn't understand the technical protection mechanisms.
After all, it was an alchemical protection mechanism designed by Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, different from the continental soul power system; they couldn't crack it.
Gu Yuena looked at the dazzling shop signs beside her, stretching out in mid-air like branches of a tree, various colored lights intertwining into a net, capturing the sunlight.
"Soul Guidance Machine factories are everywhere now."
"Soul Guidance Machine prices have plummeted; apart from high-level Soul Guidance Machines, low-level ones don't cost much."
Huo Yuhao nodded without saying anything, and headed towards Shrek Academy with Gu Yuena.
"How are Bai'er and the others doing lately?"
"And Dai Huabin and his gang should have been severely punished, right?"
Gu Yuena nodded, her clear and melodious voice reaching Huo Yuhao's ears.
"Yes."
"Bai'er and Medmos have become disciples of that disabled old man from last time."
"The group of black-robed men sent by Dai Huabin have been captured and are being used as laborers at Shrek Academy."
"As for Dai Huabin…"
"We can go check out the gates of Shrek Academy."
As soon as Gu Yuena finished speaking, Huo Yuhao suddenly stopped, his gaze fixed on a maid café in the distance.
"A café opened here too?"
"I remember maid cafés only exist in Xilu City."
Due to the special nature of maids, maid cafés in Xilu City don't expand outwards; they only operate within Xilu City.
Gu Yuena, as a passionate director of Shrek City, naturally knew about the maid cafés in Xilu City.
"They're imitators."
"Someone imitated the maid cafe business model of Xilu City and opened several similar shops in Shrek City."
"Business is pretty good."
"It attracts many Shrek Academy students to come here for the experience."
"But their maids are real maids."
Hearing Gu Yuena's words, Huo Yuhao couldn't hold back and patted her head, saying,
"How can you talk like that?"
"Aren't the maids in my Xilu City real maids?"
"Anyway, no one knows their true identities."
"But business is indeed very good; I can sense a large group of students from afar."
"Young people these days don't study properly; they all like these new tricks."
Gu Yuena felt the warm hand on her head, her lips slightly puffed out, and she couldn't help but complain.
"You started this trend yourself."
"I see you like this kind of thing too, don't you?"
Huo Yuhao stroked Gu Yuena's head and suddenly felt that this silly dragon's head felt quite nice.
It didn't even activate its Spinosaurus form to breathe on him; it was much more obedient than Su Tong. It's a real dragon!
This kind of dragon is absolutely unacceptable!
"Never mind."
"Come on, let's go inside and have a drink."
"I'm feeling a little sleepy."
"I'll show you a new technology while I'm at it; it's almost finished with research."
"As a director of the passionate Shrek City, you have the authority to know about this world-changing technology."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yuena's purple eyes showed a hint of doubt.
She tilted her head slightly, then suddenly felt a lightness in her head.
She saw Huo Yuhao stride towards the maid café in Shrek City.
Gu Yuena followed behind him, her silver skirt swaying in the air, shimmering in the sunlight.
This contrasted sharply with Huo Yuhao's black trench coat.
"Welcome."
"Please have a seat."
Huo Yuhao led Gu Yuena to a corner seat, then glanced around the café's style.
Compared to the modern style of Xilu City, this place was more in line with the wooden, classical style of Douluo Continent.
It seemed the owner hadn't simply copied it, but incorporated their own ideas and designs.
There were even musicians playing classical music unique to Douluo Continent.
This was something they could arrange for Xilu City to have as well.
Inside the café, many students in Shrek Academy uniforms were hunched over their desks, furiously writing and memorizing, their faces devoid of smiles.
It seemed exams were approaching; every student trying to pass the exam hurdle wore a sullen expression!
This was true in
both their past and present lives. A maid in a classic maid outfit approached Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena's table, handing them the menu.
Huo Yuhao glanced at it casually and said,
"A Shrek-style coffee, please."
He then handed the menu to Gu Yuena, who glanced at it and randomly ordered a juice.
She disliked these strange, bitter drinks.
Every time she saw humans drinking such things, the naive young dragon always wondered if humans had a masochistic streak—otherwise, why would they like to drink this?
Gu Yuena preferred sweet drinks, preferably cloyingly sweet, as that suited the dragon's taste!
When the coffee and juice were brought by the maid, she then cast a love spell.
Upon hearing these awkwardly cheesy lines, Gu Yuena dug her toes into the soles of her shoes, wishing she could dig a three-bedroom apartment out of them.
She kept her head down, unable to bear the sight.
"If Di Tian and the others saw me eating in a place like this," she thought,
"my dragon career would probably be over!" "
And why can he listen to all this without batting an eye?"
"Is this the difference between me and the boss?"
"Sure enough, I still need to practice more!"
Only after the maid left did Gu Yuena raise her head, her delicate face turning bright red.
In stark contrast to her aloof demeanor, Huo Yuhao looked at Gu Yuena's adorable appearance with some confusion.
He seriously suspected that this dragon had probably unleashed some extraordinary wisdom again.
Maid cafes and love magic were still too much for this young dragon king who had just entered society.
Huo Yuhao took a sip of coffee, tasted it, and said,
"Not bad."
"The coffee beans must be from Tian Dou City,"
Gu Yuena said, calming herself down and taking a sip of juice. Only sweets could soothe her earlier embarrassment.
After drinking for a while, Huo Yuhao took out a stack of technical reports from his storage soul tool and placed them on the table, pushing them towards Gu Yuena, saying,
"This is a soul spirit technology report, a technology that can replace soul rings."
"Take a look."
"Um, you might not understand it. Just look at the detailed explanation on the last page."
"You should have no problem reading that."
Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Gu Yuena's body suddenly stiffened, her purple eyes widening slightly.
She precisely locked onto Huo Yuhao's keywords: "soul spirit," "replace," and "soul ring."
She tremblingly reached out towards the stack of technical reports on the table, somewhat incredulous.
(End of Chapter)
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