Dai Ying asked hesitantly.
"Really?"
"Dad, he really won't blame himself?"
Huo Yuhao patted the girl's shoulder and said,
"As long as that guy doesn't completely give up, although he won't say it directly, because in your timeline, Tang San is still alive."
"But he'll definitely give you a hug."
"And then he'll silently feel proud of you."
What a joke! Huo Yuhao could swear that after personally experiencing the ultimate humiliation in Qiankun Wenqing Valley, hearing that his beloved daughter had planted a landmine for Tang San during the Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect era was a hundred times more satisfying than doing that job.
If he could witness Tang San's soul being shattered by his beloved daughter, he'd probably faint from excitement on the spot.
Looking at the black-haired girl in front of him, Huo Yuhao realized he might be wrong.
This child wasn't some naturally evil Dai family brat at all; she was a genuine Huo family son!
Her surname was Dai; she must have been coerced by that damned Tang Buddha!
Huo Yuhao didn't care about the consequences and directly shifted the blame to Tang Buddha. He already had so many scapegoats; one more or less wouldn't make a difference.
Thinking about how he had once beaten up the girl in front of him, Huo Yuhao felt like slapping himself in the middle of the night.
Dai Ying smiled with relief; she believed that her father in any timeline would think similarly.
Huo Zhanji, standing to the side, was somewhat confused.
Due to the spatial teleportation, he couldn't hear what his sister and this timeline's father were saying.
However, seeing his father patting his sister's shoulder with a look of satisfaction, he thought it must be a good thing.
The spatial teleportation was fast, and as the surrounding scenery reconnected, Bai Xiuxiu's deep blue eyes widened.
This was her first time in a human city, and specifically, Xingluo City, the venue for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
"Wow! So many people!"
"Is this the human world?"
"It's completely different from what I saw on the Magic Network!"
Most of the places Bai Xiuxiu saw on the Magic Network were pictures posted by people from remote cities.
Huo Yuhao patted the little shark's head and said,
"It's a rather backward city."
"From architecture to management systems, everything is inefficient to an appalling degree."
"Once you get to the Tiandou Plain, you'll see what true advancement and prosperity are."
The Tiandou Plain today is practically a different world from other places.
With Xilu City as the core of its soul tool industry, it supplies large quantities of cheap soul tools to other cities on the Tiandou Plain.
These cities have long since fallen into the hands of enthusiastic people; from the city lord's mansion to the gatekeepers, everyone is enthusiastic.
The enthusiastic cadres of these cities closely follow Xilu City's pace, completing various reforms; schools, factories, shopping malls, and more have all been built.
The development of the entire Tiandou Plain is like having a flying soul tool installed—it's taken off immediately.
Merchants who come to the Tiandou Plain to buy goods are dazzled by all sorts of novel things; compared to any other city on the Tiandou Plain, Tiandou City seems like the countryside.
The rapidly growing economy and the booming soul tool industry have attracted a large number of commoners from the Tianhun Empire to come here with their families, and because of Shrek Academy's reputation, many soul masters have also chosen to come to the Tiandou Plain.
Half of the Heavenly Soul Empire's population is now concentrated in the Heavenly Dou Plain.
They have lost all control over this half of the population.
Long ago, the ministers of the Heavenly Soul Empire said that if they didn't take control, the Heavenly Dou Plain would directly secede from the Heavenly Soul Empire.
The Heavenly Dou Plain now only nominally belongs to the Heavenly Soul Empire; in reality, it already belongs to someone else! The
Heavenly Soul Empire can only watch the Heavenly Dou Plain's extremely developed economy with envy, but can do nothing, like a powerless husband watching his wife give money to someone else.
A place that has completely decoupled from its own economy, politics, and military is just one word away from independence.
The Heavenly Soul Empire has also considered changing the status quo, planning to join forces with the Body Sect to regain some control of the Heavenly Dou Plain.
Just as they were about to act, they encountered the Dragon God Douluo and the Dragon Emperor Douluo coming to the Heavenly Soul royal family to warn them.
The two Limit Douluos immediately made the Heavenly Soul Empire's emperor realize reality: even with the Body Sect's backing, he was absolutely no match for two Limit Douluos.
Even if Poison Undying was strong, he was no match for the Light and Dark Twin Holy Dragons.
In a one-on-one fight, the crippled Mu En might struggle, but Long Xiaoyao was at his peak.
Bai Xiuxiu exclaimed in shock,
"So there are even more powerful cities in the human world?"
"Land is much more interesting than the sea."
Huo Yuhao then tossed Bai Xiuxiu a bracelet and a necklace, saying,
"Keep these with you at all times.
"This is an alchemical aura shielding bracelet; it can perfectly block the aura of your 100,000-year-old soul beast transformation."
"You can fight without any problems; no one can see through your true form."
"The necklace next to it is something similar; wear it around your neck to prevent any unforeseen trouble."
"Two shielding items, an extra layer of protection."
"These days, there are so many Title Douluos in Xingluo City, it's like stray dogs on the street."
"You could probably pick one out on any street."
Bai Xiuxiu accepted the bracelet and necklace, then carefully put them on, saying,
"Thank you, kind person."
Huo Yuhao looked at her with amusement and said,
"Why aren't you calling me a big bad guy now?"
"Haji Shark, you're quite the character, you can change your face."
Bai Xiuxiu's ears turned slightly red, then she made a face at Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao smiled and ruffled her head, messing up her smooth, dark blue hair, which made her pout.
"Let's go, I'll take you to get something to eat."
Everyone nodded in unison. Huo Yuhao thought for a moment and decided to take them to a place closer to Xingluo Square to find a restaurant.
That area was the core of Xingluo City, and theoretically, it was the city's economic center, so there shouldn't be a lack of restaurants.
Huo Zhanji looked at the crowded people around him and the magnificent palace in the distance, and couldn't help but marvel.
When he first traveled through time, he had visited Star Luo City once, but he was in a hurry to reunite with Dai Ying and didn't pay much attention to this place.
Now, seeing it, he realized it was indeed filled with a sense of historical weight; many architectural techniques had long been lost in his time.
In his time, this Star Luo City had been completely destroyed during the Federation's unification war.
The Star Luo City he was in was a newly established city on another continent by the remnants of the Star Luo Empire.
Just then, Huo Yuhao suddenly saw a familiar face.
He led Dai Ying and the others closer, patted the man on the shoulder, and said,
"Damn, Yuan... Roman?"
"It's only been a few days?"
"How did you end up like this?!"
Roman was sitting on the curb, holding a book, his hair disheveled.
He looked at Huo Yuhao, his eyes wide with a savior-like gaze, and clung to Huo Yuhao's leg, saying,
"Boss!!"
"I missed you so much."
Huo Yuhao asked, looking shocked,
"No?"
"I remember I paid you a lot of money, right?" "
I also gave you a bunch of quarterly bonuses. Even if it doesn't make you old money, it should at least allow you to live a very wealthy life, right?"
Roman said somewhat embarrassedly,
"Well, a while ago, Meili-chan specifically added me as a friend on the magic network, and then asked me to borrow money."
"I think I lent it all out."
"I only realized I didn't have any money after coming here."
"And the prices in Star Luo City are really expensive!"
Huo Yuhao said with an old man's expression, looking like he was sitting on a subway and holding a phone,
"Are you sure that's Meili's magic network account?"
Roman nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, saying with certainty,
"It's definitely Meili!"
"I guarantee it! She even sent me pictures!"
Huo Yuhao said suspiciously.
"Get me her magic network account, let me see what's going on."
Roman opened the magic network and pulled up Meryl's account.
The profile picture was indeed Meryl, and the tone of the chat logs was similar.
Huo Yuhao glanced at the magic network account serial number, used the highest privileges to check the registrant, and then Huo Yuhao couldn't hold back anymore.
The registrant of Meryl was a smiling man wearing a pointed black soft hat and a signature monocle on his right eye. It was none other than Amon.
(End of this chapter)
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