"What are you all talking about?"
Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena walked into the private box. The former looked speechless, while the latter raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of amusement in her smile.
"Cough, cough."
Xie Xie almost choked on his water. He quickly sat up straight. "Nothing, nothing. We were just, uh, discussing the diversity of folk literature creation."
Gu Yuena smiled. "Enough. No need to hide it. We heard everything outside. Tell us what happened."
"Uh." Xie Xie scratched his head, exchanged glances with the others, and honestly explained.
After listening to Xie Xie's account, and since they all knew Zhao Yao, a well known eccentric within the Spirit Transmission Tower, they casually mentioned her name. Huo Yuhao instantly understood the cause and effect and looked up at the sky in exasperation.
Zhao Yao, you are truly a talent. You and Er Ming are a match made in heaven.
"Wait. Speaking of husband and wife."
After explaining, Xie Xie looked at Huo Yuhao, then at Gu Yuena, a strange look in his eyes.
"Could Sister Na be Spirit Ice Douluo?"
It was known that Spirit Ice Douluo and Boss Yuhao were husband and wife, and that Boss Yuhao and Sister Na were definitely a couple.
What did this mean? It meant Sister Na was Spirit Ice Douluo, their ancestor of the Spirit Transmission Tower.
Gu Yuena rolled her eyes. "You actually believe that? In the future, do not listen to such baseless speculation."
Listen to less Unofficial History, least you go down the path of Becoming a Comedian and never return.
"Got it."
Xie Xie, who had originally thought the guess was unreliable, nodded obediently. Then he looked at the two with a complex expression, hesitating to speak.
The others had similar expressions.
Two companions had suddenly transformed from peers with astonishing potential into legendary, unattainable reincarnated deities. This sudden leap in status, even if only a rumor and not yet confirmed by the people themselves, left everyone at a loss.
The private box fell silent for a moment, with only the faint noise of the street coming through the window.
Finally, Tang Wulin took a deep breath and was the first to ask, "Are you really reincarnated deities, as the rumors say?"
Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena exchanged a glance.
This question had finally come.
Huo Yuhao did not directly answer "yes" or "no." Instead, he asked in return, "Does it matter if we are reincarnated deities?"
"Of course it matters."
Xie Xie took a breath, put away his complex expression, and said with shining eyes, "If Boss Yuhao and the others are reincarnated deities, then we are the best friends of deities in this life. Hehe, that would be so prestigious. With that kind of reputation, who would dare not give us face?"
"And if you are deities, once you recover your divine forms in the future, you could even take us with you and give us the position of Subordinate God."
Xie Xie's words shattered the somewhat dull atmosphere. The awkwardness and hesitation that might have been caused by the identity gap were completely scattered by his half joking, half "shameless" imagination.
"And you think you can become a god? Dream on."
Xu Xiaoyan laughed, stood up, and trotted over to Gu Yuena.
"The one who should become a god is me. Na'er will definitely take me along, right?"
"Become a god? Sure."
Gu Yuena smiled and pinched Xu Xiaoyan's cheek. "As long as you work hard to become a Limit Douluo, I will take you to become a god."
"Limit?"
Xu Xiaoyan's face instantly fell. "That is too hard."
Seeing Xu Xiaoyan's crestfallen face, the private box erupted in a wave of good natured laughter.
The last trace of gravity brought by the topic of "deities" completely dissipated at this moment.
Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena were still the friends they knew. That was enough.
Relaxed, Tang Wulin looked at Huo Yuhao curiously. "Yuhao, what is the divine realm like?"
Seeing everyone's curious gazes, Huo Yuhao thought for a moment and said, "There is nothing special about it. The divine realm has a Divine Realm Council, led by five God Kings."
Huo Yuhao gave a general overview of the basic information he knew about the divine realm. After listening, the initial curiosity of several people diminished considerably. They felt the divine realm was not quite what they had imagined.
"The divine realm does not seem that special."
Xie Xie propped his chin and smacked his lips. "It is just like the human world."
Huo Yuhao said, "Deities are ultimately just stronger people. There is essentially no difference."
Xie Xie glanced at Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, thinking of how they were the best evidence, and accepted this explanation. He changed the subject.
"I heard that Boss fought against true gods loyal to the Sea God at Shrek Academy. Why was that? Were they trying to protect Shrek, or did Boss have a grudge against them?"
"A bit of both." Huo Yuhao poured himself a glass of water and said calmly, "They wanted to cover the retreat of Shrek's teachers and students, so I naturally had to stop them. As for my grudge with them, strictly speaking, it is a grudge between me and the Sea God. We have gotten in each other's way."
Huo Yuhao stopped there, not saying too much. He did not mention anything involving the Golden Tree or Elder Electrolux.
"A grudge with the Sea God?" Although Tang Wulin had also seen similar comments online, he was still somewhat surprised to hear it from the source. But then he said firmly, "Then the Sea God must be wrong."
If Yuhao had a grudge with the Sea God, then the Sea God must be at fault.
Even though Yuhao had described the Sea God as a God King of the divine realm, he firmly believed this. Who said a God King was always right?
Huo Yuhao said, "..."
Wulin, you are filial. Your efforts were not in vain.
"Sea God Tang San. In historical records, he is the hero who ended the Spirit Hall era ten thousand years ago, brought peace to the continent, founded the Tang Sect, and led Shrek to glory. However, any record is inevitably limited by perspective and the times."
Zhang Yangzi thought for a moment. "What was he really like?"
Judging from the actions of the true gods loyal to the Sea God, who had saved Shrek Academy after it betrayed the Federation, and from the Sea God's inexplicable descent ten thousand years ago, one could imagine his style.
"Boss, you must have seen the Sea God in the divine realm. In the eyes of the divine realm, what is he like?"
"The divine realm's view." Huo Yuhao inexplicably thought of four words, and his expression was peculiar. "The God of Wisdom?"
This answer left everyone stunned.
Gu Yuena also instinctively looked at Huo Yuhao.
She felt that in Yuhao's eyes, wisdom had become a derogatory term. Then what did he think of the Dragon God's wisdom?
"The God of Wisdom?" Xie Xie repeated, scratching his head. "That sounds like a compliment for his intelligence. No, Boss, your tone does not sound right."
Zhang Yangzi did not rush to speak. He and Wang Jinxi searched for historical records online, and then they looked at each other wordlessly.
Revealing his identity as Tang Hao's son at the Soul Master Tournament. Bringing a hundred thousand year spirit beast to participate in the Spirit Hall tournament and ultimately leaving safely. Stealing supplies.
How to put it. The Sea God's experiences as seen by his enemies seemed somewhat subtle. His wisdom was not apparent, but his luck was. It gave them a feeling of "I could do that too." However, they could not match his ruthlessness in slaughtering cities.
Moreover, Spirit Hall, as the Sea God's enemy, clearly had superior strength, yet their performance was too incompetent.
No wonder their teachers told them to treat Spirit Hall as a negative example. Angel God Qian Renxue, Spirit Hall Saintess Hu Liena, Spirit Hall Pope Bibi Dong. Each one was more "wise" than the last.
"Ahem."
Huo Yuhao coughed lightly, drawing's attention. "That everyone was just my instinctive thought. Do not overthink it. The internal views of the Sea God within the divine realm can be roughly divided into two factions. One faction is convinced by his rule, the other is hostile to him."
As for neutrality? Even the seven elemental gods were ostensibly neutral, but in the end, they still helped Tang San.
"Those convinced by him are so partly because of his strength, and partly because of his control over the divine realm."
Huo Yuhao's voice was steady, evaluating from a relatively objective standpoint, without letting his own emotions show. "As for those hostile to him, besides differences in ideology, many are dissatisfied with his frequent maneuvering at the edge of the rules, even breaking the divine realm's own iron laws under the pretext of special circumstances, especially his interference in lower realm affairs."
Hearing this, everyone immediately understood.
So the divine realm's iron law explicitly prohibited random interference in the lower realm. Yet the Sea God had not only sent loyal true gods to descend to Douluo, but had even personally descended ten thousand years ago. Such actions seriously overstepped the divine realm's rules.
"Just listen to this. Do not Believe Everything You Hear. You will probably encounter things related to the Sea God in the future. Think for yourselves about what kind of person he is. I will not share my own views."
Hearing Huo Yuhao say this, Tang Wulin felt that the other party seemed to glance at him, but when he looked over, Huo Yuhao had already looked away.
Seeing that Huo Yuhao seemed unwilling to continue on this topic, Gu Yuena timely took over, shifting the subject lightly. "Enough. Today we are here to eat together. Why keep talking about this?"
"Right, right." Xie Xie immediately caught on, becoming lively again and starting to order. "Boss, you have both become Spirit Transmission Envoys. Today, you have to Bleed Dry."
Hearing this, Tang Wulin set aside his questions, including those about the Golden Dragon King's divine core, and prepared to order, Freeloading off the rich. After all, there would be time later. For now, filling his stomach and enjoying this rare moment of relaxation was more important.
After the Shrek battle, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena had naturally replaced the two former Spirit Transmission Envoys, advancing from candidates to full Spirit Transmission Envoys. Not only had their status soared, but their authority and resource allocation had also greatly increased. Even setting aside their identities as reincarnated deities, they were hot new figures within the Spirit Transmission Tower.
As for whether the position of Spirit Transmission Envoy was a bit low for two reincarnated deities, it was already a position equal to the Eighteen Heavenly Pillar Tower Masters. Above that, there was only the Tower Master and three Deputy Tower Masters.
Among them, Emperor Tian and Snow Empress were listed as Deputy Tower Masters, but those were positions Huo Yuhao had promised them back then to ensure the interests of spirit beasts and balance maintain. This was to prevent the Spirit Transmission Tower from doing what it did in the original work, when humans grew powerful and kicked the spirit beasts out to go it alone.
In the eyes of those within the Spirit Transmission Tower, these two positions were unmovable. That left only the current Tower Master Qianku Dongfeng and Deputy Tower Master Leng Yaozhu. But obviously, they would not immediately step down and hand over their positions to Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena.
Even now, the two were still somewhat bewildered. How had Huo Yuhao (Gu Yuena) suddenly become a reincarnated deity?
At the Spirit Transmission Tower, Leng Yaozhu sat in her office, her gaze vacant, as if in a daze.
She was thinking about a very important question. Why had the "daughter" she had raised for over a decade turned out to be a reincarnated deity?
Because of this question, she had not even paid attention to Yun Ming's trial. Since he was not dead, it was not important.
"My Na'er is a being older than me. I was even teaching an elemental god how to use elements."
Shock. A Super Douluo was actually teaching a deity. This could definitely be listed among the Douluo Continent's top ten most absurd events of the year.
Whenever she thought of these things, Tianfeng Douluo felt that her worldview had been hit like never before. She also felt a mix of amusement and embarrassment. A bone deep embarrassment.
Now, thinking back, at the time, had Gu Yuena been silently sighing inside, or had she been holding back her laughter with great difficulty?
"What a mess."
Tianfeng Douluo held her forehead. It was only when she took out her soul communicator and saw the message on it that she felt better.
On the screen of her soul communicator was a short message from "Na'er."
[Teacher Leng, thank you for your guidance all these years. No matter what happened in the past, you will always be my important teacher. I will explain the matter of my identity to you in detail later. Also, I ordered you some Calming Tea from that Time-honored Brand on East Street. Remember to pick it up.]
Leng Yaozhu read this message over and over several times. It dispelled the "sense of distance" and "sense of being deceived" that had troubled her most.
Since the other party recognized her as a teacher, it could not really be considered deception. At most, the other party had kept many things hidden.
Compared to the more emotionally sensitive Leng Yaozhu, Carefree Douluo, Zhen Hua, Mu Ye, and others who had deeper relationships with Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, after the initial shock upon learning this, their reactions were strikingly similar.
Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua, upon first seeing the flood of "reincarnated deity" news on his communicator, was also shocked. But after receiving greetings from Gu Yuena and Huo Yuhao, he burst into laughter.
"That girl. So it was not just her Heaven-defying forging talent. Her background is equally Heaven-defying. A reincarnated deity. Tsk tsk. I actually taught a deity how to forge."
"And that kid. No wonder his understanding of metal and energy was so bizarre. So that was the root of it."
Not only did he not feel any distance, but he also felt a sense of shared honor.
Mu Ye beside him was no less elated, his face full of smiles.
Having accepted a reincarnated deity into the Body Sect. Judging from Huo Yuhao's greetings, the other party still acknowledged this identity. The future of their Body Sect could be imagined.
The Body Sect would once again usher in glory.
As for Hua Yichen, since he had not actually taught Huo Yuhao much, he naturally did not feel as awkward as Leng Yaozhu. Regarding this matter, he only wanted to say one thing. See? This was the candidate he had chosen for the Spirit Transmission Tower. This was his vision.
Who else could choose a reincarnated deity who did not forget their roots and knew how to repay kindness as the next heir of the Spirit Transmission Tower?
Only him.
Seeing Hua Yichen's Radiantly Happy expression, Luo Yanglu's eyelids twitched. He sighed helplessly.
"Today is the Spirit Transmission Tower headquarters meeting. Yuhao and the others are now Spirit Transmission Envoys and will also be attending. Do not think about showing off these things and embarrassing our Eastsea Spirit Transmission Tower."
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