Watching Ning Fengzhi rise and leave, Zhen Hua looked at Bear Lord beside him. "Tower Master Bear Lord, how much of that do you believe?"
Bear Lord looked at Huo Yuhao. "Eighty percent. At least regarding Qilin Douluo's experiences, it is mostly correct. My disciple's father is named Tang Ziran. Although he is a mecha designer for the Federation, he indeed came from Xingluo."
He had heard Wulin say that his parents had been targeted by evil soul masters. Now, knowing the relationship between Tang Ziran and Qilin Douluo, Bear Lord could not help but form a guess.
Perhaps the reason Tang Ziran and his wife had been targeted by evil soul masters was the Dark Qilin.
Zhen Hua instinctively frowned. "So, that Ning Fengzhi came specifically for you and me?"
"That is possible." Bear Lord stood up. "But we cannot ignore Xingluo's intelligence either. Your Majesty Zhen Hua, what do you plan to do?"
"According to Xingluo's plan, the personnel participating in the exchange will stay in Xingluo for about a year. Na'er, Yuhao, and Tang Wulin are all members of your Spirit Transmission Tower. Although the attacker who targeted me is connected to Xingluo, finding the attacker is not as important as the safety of the younger generation."
Zhen Hua shook his head. "Moreover, with my strength, if I went to Xingluo, I might become a weakness that you would need to protect. So whether to participate or not depends on your Spirit Transmission Tower."
"I need to consider it and discuss it with the other Tower Masters. But we will likely participate."
Bear Lord glanced at Gu Yuena and Huo Yuhao.
In any case, these two were definitely going to the Xingluo Continent. So going along with Ning Fengzhi's plan was the best option. The key was Wulin's situation. That was somewhat troublesome.
He would need to speak with Tang Ziran and his wife.
After obtaining the intelligence from Ning Fengzhi, Bear Lord and Zhen Hua began to busy themselves.
Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena did not disturb them. They left the office and immediately received an unexpected invitation.
"Do the two of you have time right now? The Tiandou City Archon is hosting a banquet to entertain us delegation members. Miss Dai Yun'er would like to invite you both to attend."
Lin Yuhan stood at the corridor corner, holding two gold stamped invitations in her hands, a polite smile on her face, but inwardly she felt quite embarrassed.
In terms of status, these two were in no way inferior to Miss Dai Yun'er. Her formality was definitely without issue. But having just challenged the Blacksmithing Association, now delivering an invitation made even her own face feel hot.
If she had known it would turn out like this, she should not have informed Miss Dai Yun'er that Huo Yuhao was here.
Gu Yuena frowned upon hearing this.
Dai Yun'er? The Xingluo Dai Family? When had she established a connection with Yuhao?
Huo Yuhao glanced calmly at Lin Yuhan and shook his head slightly. "Sorry, we are not interested."
Without stopping, he walked directly toward the exit of the Blacksmithing Association.
Dai Luoli... Because of a debt of gratitude, he had not killed him. Instead, through the Spirit Transmission Tower, he had given him some conveniences. But the grudges of ten thousand years had long since turned to dust with the passage of time. The current Xingluo Dai Family had nothing to do with him.
Lin Yuhan raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. After thinking for a moment, she spoke in a low tone. "Huo Yuhao's martial soul is the same as Miss Dai Yun'er's. The same blue eyes, the same proficiency in spiritual power. Although Miss Dai Yun'er is somewhat inferior to you, she is currently only at the four ring level, yet her spiritual power is already close to the Spirit Abyss realm. That is why Miss Yun'er is interested in you."
Determining whether martial souls were the same was not difficult at all with current research on martial souls. Every force basically summarized the martial souls that had appeared on the continent. Hence the evaluation of unique martial souls.
So called uniqueness meant martial souls that had appeared only once in the history of soul masters. The senior inner courtyard student of Shrek Academy, Lan Muzi, possessed such a martial soul.
Of course, Lin Yuhan did not know this. But she knew that the First Generation Tower Master's martial soul was unique, and no similar martial soul had appeared to date.
The Spirit Eyes martial soul was not unique. Huo Yuhao and Dai Yun'er also shared so many similar characteristics. So determining whether they were the same martial soul was truly not difficult.
When Huo Yuhao had four rings, he was at the Spirit Abyss realm. Miss Dai Yun'er was at the peak of the Spirit Sea realm, close to Spirit Abyss.
Because of the Spirit Ability Spiritual Detection, Miss Dai Yun'er was now a Grade Six Manufacturer. Huo Yuhao was currently a dual profession Grade Seven. He probably also had a Spirit Ability similar to Spiritual Detection.
Although thinking this was somewhat rude, in Lin Yuhan's view, Dai Yun'er resembled a weaker version of Huo Yuhao. Similar to such a degree could no longer be described as coincidence.
"Huo Yuhao, are you not curious..."
Lin Yuhan's words came to an abrupt halt, as if choked by an invisible hand. She saw Huo Yuhao turn his head. In those ice blue eyes, a suffocating pressure faintly emanated.
"I said, I am not interested."
Lin Yuhan barely maintained her smile, but could not hide the shock in her eyes. She hurriedly bowed and took her leave. "All right. I understand. Sorry to have disturbed you."
Only after her figure disappeared at the end of the corridor did the golden light in Huo Yuhao's eyes gradually fade.
Seeing this, Gu Yuena said quietly, "Yuhao, do you dislike the Dai Family?"
"Gratitude and grudges are settled. There is nothing to say. Neither like nor dislike."
"I see..."
Looking at Huo Yuhao's calm expression, Gu Yuena felt somewhat reassured. "That Dai Yun'er's martial soul is the same as yours, Yuhao. What do you think?"
From Lin Yuhan's account, in terms of various achievements, that Dai Yun'er was like a scaled down version of Yuhao.
Her age was not far from theirs, and she was not a soul master who had retrained, yet her spiritual power was already close to the Spirit Abyss realm. This showed that the Spirit Eyes martial soul was indeed a top tier spiritual attribute body martial soul. Its enhancement of spiritual power was simply astonishing.
"Her martial soul and mine are fundamentally different already." Huo Yuhao shook his head. "Of course, I prefer my current Spirit Eyes martial soul."
In the original work, there were two theories about the origin of the Spirit Eyes martial soul.
In the early stage, the original body always said that Spirit Eyes was a product of martial soul mutation. In the later stage, it changed to having been inherited from his mother. But the two examples of martial soul secondary awakening and Dai Yun'er basically completely refuted the latter theory.
The full name of the White Tiger martial soul was Evil Eye White Tiger. Having double pupils in the eyes was its characteristic. After the original body's martial soul secondary awakening, he possessed the Evil Eye characteristic of the White Tiger martial soul. And Dai Yun'er had twin martial souls, Spirit Eyes and Netherworld Spirit Cat. It was clear that the Spirit Eyes martial soul was inseparable from the White Tiger martial soul.
Perhaps this was also one of the reasons why he had not primarily cultivated the Spirit Eyes martial soul ten thousand years ago to undergo secondary awakening, and why ten thousand years later, during his secondary awakening, he had chosen to integrate his Necromancy martial soul into the Spirit Eyes martial soul.
He could accept having the bloodline of the White Tiger Duke's Estate. But that thing of double pupils, he instinctively resisted somewhat.
"All right. What Dai Yun'er's martial soul is does not matter."
Huo Yuhao looked toward Tianhai City. "We will be traveling far soon. I do not know when we will return. Let us go say goodbye to everyone."
The Xingluo Continent and the Douluo Continent were extremely far apart. The round trip alone would take about half a year. How much time exploring Dragon Valley would take was also unknown.
On this long journey, they would not be returning for a while.
...
"What did you say? They refused?"
Dai Yun'er stood in the room the Tiandou City Archon had arranged for them, holding a soul communicator, her brow furrowed. She had thought that with her status as a delegation member and her own identity, inviting Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena to the banquet would not be a problem. However, the news from the other end of the communicator surprised her.
"Miss Dai Yun'er, Mr. Huo Yuhao clearly stated that he is not interested in the banquet. His attitude was very firm." Lin Yuhan's voice came from the communicator, carrying a trace of helplessness and embarrassment.
Dai Yun'er was silent for a moment, quickly thinking. She knew that Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena's status was extraordinary. Especially Huo Yuhao. He was the next heir to the Spirit Transmission Tower Master. If he truly did not want to come, she could not force him.
She pouted. "Forget it then. Come back. We will talk another time if there is an opportunity."
What Dai Yun'er did not expect was that she would not have a chance to see Huo Yuhao until it was time to return to the Xingluo Continent.
...
As the Xingluo delegation moved about, the leaders of the four major powers, led by the Spirit Transmission Tower, and the Federation Speaker all learned of Ning Fengzhi's plan and made their responses.
Among them, Shrek Academy, which had always had dealings with Xingluo, was the most supportive of this plan.
If through this exchange activity and cooperation, the tense Sabers Rattling atmosphere between the two continents could be completely dissipated,allowing the dawn of peace to truly shine on every corner of the Douluo Continent, that would be the situation Shrek Academy most wished to see.
So through a series of "competitions" such as class promotion matches, they quickly arranged the personnel and leaders for the exchange activity.
Inside the Sea God Pavilion, the atmosphere was heavy and solemn.
Yun Ming's gaze fell on Duoqing Douluo Zang Xin. He said in a deep voice, "Duoqing, you will be responsible for leading the team for this exchange activity. The Holy Spirit Cult has been dormant for ten thousand years. The power they have accumulated in secret cannot be underestimated. You must act with caution."
Zang Xin slightly slightly, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. "Rest assured, Pavilion Master. I will ensure this mission is foolproof."
Yun Ming thought for a moment and then said, "From my understanding of Qianku Dongfeng and the others, once they know that Shrek is sending you to lead the team, they will probably not send Limit Douluo level experts to participate, at least not openly. After all, too many top tier combat forces entering Xingluo would Alert the Enemy by Rash Actions. Therefore, you will likely be the only Limit Douluo on the surface. The pressure on your shoulders will be considerable."
Zang Xin smiled calmly, his tone steady. "No matter. We will Deal with Each Situation as It Arises. As long as the Holy Spirit Cult dares to show its face, I will make sure they never return."
At the same time, at the Spirit Transmission Tower headquarters.
At the top floor of the towering Spirit Transmission Tower, clouds rolled outside the huge floor to ceiling windows, while inside, a solemn atmosphere prevailed.
Qianku Dongfeng stood with his hands behind his back, his deep gaze fixed on the massive soul powered screen before him. The screen was divided into dozens of small split screens, each displaying the image of a Spirit Transmission Tower senior leader.
"The Federation has agreed to this exchange plan. Shrek Academy has already begun preparing for this exchange activity. Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy has also contacted me, intending to let the Spirit Transmission Tower students studying at the academy participate. I think we can agree. What are your opinions?"
The Dark Qilin of the Holy Spirit Cult concerned Tower Master Bear Lord's disciple and Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua. Now that the Spirit Transmission Tower knew the relevant intelligence, it had to respond, whether in terms of sentiment or reason. But there were choices to be made regarding the selection of participants and the form of participation.
In the midst of a silent atmosphere, Emperor Tian was the first to speak.
"Agreed. This is in line with the Spirit Transmission Tower's usual practice. But who do you plan to send as the team leader?"
"I plan to send Spirit Transmission Envoy Zhao."
Emperor Tian and Qianku Dongfeng exchanged a glance and nodded slightly.
Since Emperor Tian had agreed, naturally no one else would object.
However, some people felt uneasy about the cause of this exchange activity.
Leng Yaozhu frowned. "Is no one concerned that this matter might be a conspiracy of the Xingluo Continent? According to the Xingluo delegation, by the time we send our personnel to Xingluo, we will coincide with the Continental Soul Master Academy Tournament there. Add the Holy Spirit Cult to that. Do you not find this very similar to something from ten thousand years ago?"
Unlike their Douluo Continent, the Xingluo Continent still retained the traditions of ten thousand years ago. They regularly held Continental Soul Master Tournaments. This was mainly related to the strength of the younger generation on both sides.
After all, in their Federation, if they arranged a soul master academy tournament for those under twenty, and freaks like Yun Ming and Soul-Calming Douluo participated, could anyone else withstand them? Would there even be a need to fight?
Xingluo did not have such concerns. So they had continued the tradition.
But it was precisely this tradition, combined with the Holy Spirit Cult, that made Leng Yaozhu somewhat uneasy.
"Remember, there is nothing new under the sun. There are only endless cycles. The possibility of Xingluo cooperating with the Holy Spirit Cult is not nonexistent."
"You are talking about the time ten thousand years ago when the Sun Moon Empire allied with the Holy Spirit Cult to eliminate the geniuses and experts of the original three Douluo kingdoms at the soul master tournament. Now that you mention it, there is indeed a sense of déjà vu."
The speaker was a red haired man.
He was none other than one of the Ten Great Savage Beasts, the guardian of Lady Auspicious Beast, Red King, who had not been seen in the original work of Soul Land III.
This savage beast, who by this era had either become a spirit soul or died, now appeared in the Spirit Transmission Tower's senior leadership meeting in a "living" form. He lightly tapped the table with his fingertips, a crimson light flashing in his eyes.
"But do not forget the most crucial point, Your Majesty Tianfeng. The times have changed."
"Unlike ten thousand years ago, the Xingluo Federation is not the Sun Moon Empire. The current Holy Spirit Cult is not that force from back then that possessed two Limit Douluo and was invincible under heaven. They are just a bunch of Rats in a Sewer. And our Spirit Transmission Tower is not comparable to the forces that were wiped out back then."
"If they dare to act, then let them taste the consequences of acting."
The air in the meeting hall suddenly solidified, but no one refuted Red King's words.
As he said, the Spirit Transmission Tower was not comparable to the original three Douluo kingdoms.
"I am just concerned about the safety of the younger generation."
Leng Yaozhu frowned and looked at Qianku Dongfeng. "Let my younger sister go as well. The Execution Department has the most experience dealing with evil soul masters."
After thinking for a moment, Qianku Dongfeng nodded slightly. "That works as well."
On the Federation side, the Dark Department would certainly secretly send people to Xingluo. Most likely it would be that acting department head. With three experts in dealing with evil soul masters present, it was indeed reassuring.
But when Huo Yuhao learned of this news, his mood was somewhat peculiar.
Dark Blood Demon, Dark Bell, Dark Phoenix versus the Holy Spirit Cult?
Was this The Conflict Between the Old and New Holy Spirit Cult?
Or was it this formula?
The plan to annihilate the Holy Spirit Cult was decided by the Four Heavenly Kings of the Holy Spirit Cult.
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