Chapter 167: Xu Zhou: “hehe, Can We Reconcile? Brothers Are All About Sincerity!”
Vast, prison-like spiritual power enveloped the sky above Xilu City. Under the influence of the spiritual power, Huo Yuhao resembled a god or demon. The clouds in the sky began to surge under the effect of the spiritual power, rippling like waves in the ocean.
Although he could not rewrite the weather over one-third of the Extreme North Core Area with a single thought like the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
But channeling the clouds through spiritual power was still effortless.
The people of Xilu City excitedly took to the streets, watching the spectacle in the sky. Tang Feng’s provocative words were heard by the entire Xilu City, and everyone felt anger.
Seeing the Enthusiasm Leader personally take action, everyone felt greatly relieved.
No one doubted Huo Yuhao’s strength. This was the confidence that Enthusiasm had brought them over the past year and a half.
Because Enthusiasm liked order, cities controlled by Enthusiasm would expel nobles unwilling to follow Enthusiasm’s rules and would also provide the people with basic life assurance.
Ensuring that the people would not starve to death on the streets.
For example, they would organize idle social personnel to learn some skills, such as blacksmithing, calculation, weaving, etc., then open blacksmith shops and soul tool factories for them to work in, assembling parts and contributing economic vitality to the city.
For idle social personnel who refused management, Enthusiasm also knew a bit of Douluo Continent’s traditional crafts, generally throwing them into prison and educating them with sticks for a period of time, after which they would become completely obedient.
Because a large number of soul tool factories combining Huo Yuhao’s previous life’s industrial experience had appeared, many merchant associations flocked there, placing large orders for soul tools.
Many people even began learning Enthusiasm’s new-type soul tool factories.
The concept of Enthusiasm’s new-type soul tool factories was very simple: assembly line work and division of labor cooperation.
The soul engineer’s system on the Douluo Continent was very crude.
A soul engineer had to learn too many things: forging, carving core formation arrays, selecting and purifying materials.
Every soul engineer was basically a jack-of-all-trades, knowing everything!
Huo Yuhao, however, specialized the soul engineers, having different people learn different knowledge, then coordinating cooperation in the factories. The efficiency of soul tool manufacturing soared.
Some soul tool factories had even begun researching soul tool machine tools. Huo Yuhao provided massive resources and talent support for this.
Even the Sun Moon Empire had begun secretly learning this kind of soul tool factory, piloting it in many cities.
After Bai E and the others went to Shrek Academy, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen frequently went to the soul tool factories to observe.
The first time Xiao Hongchen saw this soul tool manufacturing efficiency, he was completely stunned.
He personally witnessed level five soul cannon shells flowing out like an assembly line, though inferior in precision and power to those made by traditional soul engineers.
But they were abundant and satisfying!
One day’s production capacity far exceeded a traditional soul engineer’s one-year output.
Xiao Hongchen immediately cast cultivation aside and immersed himself fully in the soul tool factories, studying the soul tool factory concepts.
Hearing that some place was researching soul tool machine tools, he immediately dragged Meng Hongchen along to help out, providing a large amount of soul tool knowledge from the Sun Moon Empire.
Returning to the present, Tang Feng looked at Huo Yuhao in the sky, his expression still arrogant. He gripped the Haotian Hammer slightly tighter and said to Huo Yuhao:
“Are you the person in charge here?”
“I am Tang Feng from Clear Sky School, level 91, titled Diamond.”
“I only ask you one question: where is the thing that appeared here yesterday?!”
“Damn! This bastard is so arrogant!”
“Just a mere level 91! Our Root first action team is confident we can take him down!”
“How dare he talk to the boss like that?!”
The short man hiding in the shadows was so angry his teeth itched.
The team leader calmly looked at the titled Douluo named Tang Feng and said:
“That guy is done for.”
“The boss hates people who think they are above everyone the most.”
“Now the D-level personnel in the prison are about to get some new blood.”
Huo Yuhao in the air was almost amused to laughter by him. His voice calmly said:
“Oh?”
“You want the item?”
“A level 91 titled Douluo like you is not qualified.”
“By the way, who gave you the courage to talk to me like that?”
Huo Yuhao’s eyes narrowed slightly. The vast, boundless spiritual power came alive, oppressively pressing down on all living beings on the ground. Of course, the Root members were intentionally bypassed by him.
Not just Tang Feng, even Xu Zhou, the level 93 titled Douluo from Profound Nether Sect who had just arrived in the distance, was intimidated by this vast spiritual power.
“The situation isn’t right!”
“Retreat first!”
This titled Douluo from Profound Nether Sect saw things were off and immediately prepared to slip away, strategically retreating to the rear.
As Profound Nether Sect inherited the Mysterious Nether Turtle martial soul, their way of handling things was to turtle whenever possible, never hard clash! If the situation was wrong, slip away quickly! If it was favorable, lick aggressively!
Since that Haotian Sect titled Douluo chose to clash head-on, he planned to observe from afar. If Spirit Ice Douluo’s strength fell short, he would go grab a share.
If Spirit Ice Douluo lived up to the name, he would run fast. Anyway, as one of the few titled Douluo in the sect, no one dared criticize his fleeing.
On the contrary, the sect master would praise him greatly. After all, they had survived to this day with this tactic. Spirit Hall had fallen, but they had not.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Xu Zhou suddenly felt a chill on his back, his eyes widening abruptly. He suddenly discovered that the space he was in had been replaced.
His vision was filled with bizarre phenomena: three-legged tables, angels with eyes all over their wings surrounding him.
A priest in white clothes with golden eyes was quietly watching him from afar.
In the distance, a black dragon and a giant teddy bear were rushing this way.
After the Magic Net opened, all the oddities in the Dream Space became Huo Yuhao’s retainers, obeying his commands.
The Magic Net caused the spiritual power in the Dream Space to surge, with many places having spiritual power so dense it was substantial, faintly nurturing new retainers within.
Looking at the auras emitted by these oddities, Xu Zhou wiped sweat from his brow. His life creed was to be cowardly whenever possible. He smiled awkwardly at Adam and said:
“Um, can we reconcile?”
“I was just here to check the situation. I’ll leave immediately.”
“Really, I’m all about sincerity!”
Seeing the sincere expression on Xu Zhou’s face, Adam’s gentle voice came.
“Sorry, please stay here for a while.”
“As long as you don’t make a move, I guarantee your life safety.”
Hearing Adam’s words, Xu Zhou felt a slight anger inside. He was a titled Douluo after all, even if defense-type, not made of clay.
He was just about to flare up when he saw a black dragon glaring at him from the sky. Roughly gauging its strength, he forced a smile and said:
“Of course!”
“I’m the most honest person!”
“Do you need to tie me up?”
“I have rope in my soul tool, top quality!”
What a joke, this was clearly the opponent’s home turf. Although he was confident he could fight his way out of these weird things with his strength, what would be the point? Effort without reward.
That dragon in the sky had an aura around level 91 titled Douluo. Who knew if there were other similar big shots here.
Since he was caught, he’d accept it. Anyway, the sect master would bail him out.
Worst case, compensate some things. Profound Nether Sect wasn’t short on money or resources.
As a titled Douluo, the sect master wouldn’t abandon him.
Back at the sect, admit the mistake to the sect master, pretend to be seriously injured, not only avoid punishment but also squeeze out more resources.
This trick had worked for him since youth, foolproof.
Adam smiled and nodded, saying:
“No need.”
“Just stay here.”
Xu Zhou nodded, showing a sincere expression on his face, and said:
“By the way, bro, can you have these things beat me up?”
“I’m here already, gotta do something.”
“Best to hit my face, the more miserable the better!”
“Of course, don’t kill me!”
“When I get back to the sect, I’ll report even worse injuries! Squeeze more resources, and I’ll share some with you later!”
Even Adam’s mouth twitched slightly at this. Through the Magic Net, he had long known Profound Nether Sect’s culture was odd.
He hadn’t expected every one of them to be such a talent.
With the sect’s titled Douluo acting like this, it trickled down, probably plenty of extortion below.
Adam ultimately shook his head. He wasn’t interested in those resources, nor would they help Enthusiasm’s development.
Meaningless things, Adam wouldn’t do.
Xu Zhou sat down cross-legged regretfully and said:
“Alright then.”
“Can I send a message to the sect master? Have him come bail me out.”
Adam came to his side and said:
“Yes.”
Xu Zhou nodded sincerely again, then in front of Adam, directly opened the Magic Net, found the sect master’s username, and began contacting.
“Smart Turtle”: “Sect Master, big trouble! I’ve been caught! Trapped now.”
“I’ve used all my tricks, still no match! Begging for bailout!”
After a while, Xu Sanshi’s father hurriedly sent a message.
“Profound Nether Sect Sect Master”: “Don’t panic!”
“Prioritize your safety.”
“Profound Nether Sect won’t abandon you!”
“What’s the current situation?”
“Smart Turtle”: “Situation is okay, just got a bit injured in the intense battle earlier.”
“They held back, now they’ve locked me in some space.”
“Begging sect master for rescue.”
The sect master far away in Profound Nether Sect breathed a sigh of relief. He had only sent Xu Zhou to scout the situation at first, but unexpectedly the opponent had heaven-defying methods, capturing even Profound Nether Sect’s smartest turtle.
But fortunately, they didn’t take Xu Zhou’s life, meaning there was room to negotiate.
Room to negotiate was a small problem.
“Profound Nether Sect Sect Master”: “I understand.”
“I’ll go negotiate with the Enthusiasm Leader right away.”
“Worst case, give some resources, as long as you’re fine.”
After the chat ended, Xu Zhou looked sincerely at Adam and said:
“Handled.”
“Sect master will come bail me out soon.”
“Bro, really not gonna beat me up?”
“I’m very durable!”
“Can still share some resources with you.”
Adam sighed, feeling like he couldn’t understand the outside world a bit.
