Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Xu Jiujiu's azure eyes suddenly lit up, a hint of excitement in them.
Seeing her like this, Man Yi's aged face revealed a faint smile; she hadn't seen Xu Jiujiu so carefree in Star Luo City for a long time.
She didn't actually need to carry so many burdens, because her brother, Xu Jiawei, was in his prime, the age for striving.
After finishing the grilled fish, Xu Jiujiu blinked contentedly and began to try and strike up a conversation with Huo Yuhao:
"Where is Mr. Wutiao Wu from?"
Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment, adding some firewood to the fire, and said:
"From Xuanfeng City, Tianhun Empire."
As a princess of the Star Luo Empire and one of Xu Jiawei's most trusted confidantes, she also wielded some power.
To match this power, she had specifically researched the major cities and situations of the Douluo Continent.
Xuanfeng City, a famous medicinal herb trading city on the Douluo Continent, was an important city of the Tianhun Empire, although its main administrative power was not in the hands of the Tianhun Empire.
The Heavenly Soul Empire is in a rather dire situation. Its largest plain, the Heavenly Dou Plain, is controlled by Shrek Academy.
The Xuanming Sect holds control of Xuanfeng City, a crucial hub for medicinal herbs.
The key northern city, Dragon City, is dominated by two powerful local factions: the Earth Dragon Gate and the Heavenly Dragon Gate
. The Heavenly Dragon Gate's elder dragon is a Title Douluo with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul.
Although the Heavenly Dragon Gate genuinely loves the Heavenly Soul Empire—many prodigies died fighting against the Sun Moon Empire in the original story,
even Title Douluos perished in the city's defense—
their loyalty is only to the Heavenly Soul Empire, not the royal family. The Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family has no power to command the Heavenly Dragon Gate.
Furthermore, even the Clear Sky Sect is located within the Heavenly Soul Empire, not too far from Heavenly Dou City!
Only the Body Sect is truly loyal to the Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family.
Thanks to the Body Sect, the Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family isn't completely sidelined by these sects.
The Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family is also very astute; they have a clear understanding of their empire's situation.
Clinging tightly to the Body Sect, they maintained their rule.
"Xuanfeng City, I've long heard that their medicinal herb industry is very developed!"
"I've always wanted to go see it, but unfortunately, I haven't had the chance." Xu Jiujiu
rested his elbows on his knees, his hands supporting his chin as he watched the flames rise before him, his azure eyes tinged with a golden hue.
When Man Yi heard Huo Yuhao identify himself as a member of the Heavenly Soul Empire, she glanced at him but said nothing.
To her, the Heavenly Soul Empire wasn't an enemy, at least not at the moment.
If the Sun Moon Empire invaded in the future, the Heavenly Soul Empire would be a reliable ally.
As for the Douling Empire?
Man Yi considered the Douling Empire the black sheep of the Three Kingdoms.
Those bastards only knew how to indulge in debauchery within their own borders, making the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire bear the burden for them.
Moreover, their nobles particularly enjoyed suppressing
the geniuses within their own borders, forcing refugees to flee to the other two empires.
However, when they clashed with the Sun Moon Empire, they were
the first to back down! After winning, they shamelessly came to lick the boots.
If the two empires weren't too busy, they would have dealt with the Douling Empire first.
After thinking for a while, Xu Jiujiu asked, "Mr. Gotō Sū, are you interested in staying in the Star Luo Empire to develop your career?"
"I know someone in Star Luo City who can get you a position at the Star Luo National Academy, or even a high-ranking position in the Royal Guard."
Xu Jiujiu wasn't joking; if Huo Yuhao was willing to stay in the Star Luo Empire, she was genuinely willing to give him her full support.
Because the Gotō Sū that Huo Yuhao was impersonating was very young, probably only in his early twenties.
However, his cultivation level was unfathomable to Xu Jiujiu; she estimated he was a Soul Emperor.
A Soul Emperor under thirty years old had a very high probability of reaching the Title Douluo level in the future, making him worth Xu Jiujiu's efforts to win over.
Huo Yuhao shook his head, indicating his refusal. Staying in Star Luo City wouldn't benefit him, and besides, he'd often see that scoundrel Dai Hao.
He feared he might lose control and arrest Dai Hao to conduct a thorough investigation using his mental power.
His plan was to take action against Dai Hao after inflicting the ultimate humiliation on Dai Huabin and the Duchess of the White Tiger.
He intended to record the entire humiliation, make Dai Hao watch it thousands of times, and then distribute it to the world for everyone to enjoy. He
wanted the people of Douluo Continent to experience just how tough Dai Huabin truly was.
In Huo Yuhao's plan, Dai Huabin and the Duchess of the White Tiger were doomed!
They were responsible for his mother's death, especially the beating Dai Huabin had given him—a memory Huo Yuhao hadn't forgotten.
Therefore, no one could stop them. "I am Yege of Douluo Continent, I said it! "
Seeing Huo Yuhao shake his head, he lowered his head regretfully after a long silence and said,
"Alright."
"Of course, if you want to develop your career in Star Luo City in the future, those words still stand."
As the conversation ended, the sky grew increasingly dark, the moon was gradually obscured by thunderclouds, and the Haojie Mountains were shrouded in a thick, dark mire.
About ten kilometers from Huo Yuhao's cave, on a cliff, a golden-furred beast with bristling fur and a jet-black face gazed into the distance.
It was the golden-haired lion-mastiff Huo Yuhao had been searching for, its back turned warily towards the core area of the Cataclysmic Mountain System.
A raging hurricane and lightning obscured the view of all observers.
What the world didn't know was that before unleashing its Domineering Domain, the ten-thousand-year-old golden-haired lion-mastiff possessed the intelligence of a normal ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.
Its heart was filled with urgency; it had to find a way to become stronger!
Because the Thunderous Hell Vine in the core area was nearly a hundred thousand years old!
Ten thousand years ago, it had eaten its offspring, incurring the lion-mastiff
's wrath. For the past ten thousand years, the lion-mastiff had seized every opportunity to strike the golden-haired lion-mastiff with terrifying lightning. At first, the golden-haired lion-mastiff didn't care; although the lightning was powerful, it couldn't inflict serious damage.
Later, the Thunderous Hell Vine, driven by grief and rage, recklessly absorbed the spiritual energy of the Cataclysmic Mountain System.
The Thunderous Hell Vine, which should have been destroyed by lightning tribulation upon reaching 50,000 years of cultivation, actually survived, forcing itself to cultivate to 90,000 years driven by its hatred!
Now, it has reached 99,999 years, just a hair's breadth away from entering the 100,000-year level.
When it breaks through to 100,000 years, it will definitely trigger a super lightning tribulation. Although the Thunderous Hell Vine cannot withstand that kind of all-destroying tribulation
, it can forcibly borrow some of the super lightning tribulation's power to attack if it is willing to risk everything.
The Golden Lion Mastiff had witnessed the lightning tribulation that the 50,000-year-old Thunderous Hell Vine suffered; if it were struck, it certainly wouldn't be able to withstand it.
Let alone a super lightning tribulation at the 100,000-year level!
Thinking of its boundless hatred, even the Golden Lion Mastiff, if it were completely brainless, knew that it would definitely be taken away!
The Golden Lion Mastiff didn't want to die; it tried to escape the Cataclysmic Mountain System, but was forcibly pulled back by the black chains formed by thunderclouds.
It was clear that it intended to kill it in the most brutal way on the day it broke through to 100,000 years.
It had no choice but to grow stronger by devouring all the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts in the Cataclysmic Mountain Range, many of which had once submitted to it.
Once it reached eighty thousand years, it was confident it could withstand the super lightning tribulation through its Domineering Domain!
Now, it had devoured almost all the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts in the Cataclysmic Mountain Range, and it was only fifty thousand years old!
Devouring those thousand-year-old and hundred-year-old soul beasts was meaningless; they wouldn't increase its cultivation much.
Large-scale devouring would also pollute its origin with impure soul power and spiritual power.
Today, it unexpectedly discovered a very strong elderly human, whose vast soul power could at least allow it to break through to sixty thousand years!
However, the opponent was very alert, and it wasn't fast enough to catch up.
It had to find a way to drive the opponent to the core area and trap it with those damned lightning bolts.
Otherwise, it would escape again like a hundred years ago, using some strange ability!
The golden-haired lion-mastiff's fierce eyes looked at Manyi's location, then it jumped off the cliff and ran towards the outer edge of the Cataclysmic Mountain Range.
The surgery had already been arranged and would begin tomorrow.
Experts say that early-stage laryngeal cancer isn't particularly serious and can be treated surgically. Luckily, it was discovered in time; any later and it would have been dangerous.
After the story is published, I plan to write a side story about Hogus's downfall, Feng Jin's incineration with the help of the planet's will, Bai E transforming into Gudako to save the singularity, and Mashu… well, I'll have Wan Di cosplay her, playing a doctor naturally. If you're interested, leave a comment, and I'll see if I can come up with an outline.
Of course, the side story has absolutely nothing to do with the main plot; it's purely a parallel world.
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