Chapter 222: Demon Soul Great White Shark
Jing Hongchen watched Xuan Ziwen leave the office, then sighed and put his glasses back on.
After a long time, a tired voice sounded in the empty and quiet room.
“If it were possible, who would choose this path?”
“Who in Mingde Hall doesn’t love the Sun Moon Empire? But the Imperial Court has started trying to dismantle Mingde Hall!”
Jing Hongchen took a letter from a hidden compartment in his desk; this letter had been secretly given to him by a friend in the Imperial Court.
It detailed the matters concerning the empire’s soul tool reform planned by Prince Xu Tianran and his key minister Otto in the Imperial Court.
The other side didn’t say a single word targeting Mingde Hall throughout, but the plan targeted Mingde Hall everywhere.
If this reform proposal passed, Mingde Hall and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy would very likely face dismantling, being split into three academies at once.
Especially that key minister Otto; Jing Hongchen didn’t even know if he had unintentionally killed his entire family, as he targeted Mingde Hall everywhere.
Originally, Prince Xu Tianran’s strategy toward Mingde Hall was to win them over, but later, because of that blond man, it shifted to targeting.
Jing Hongchen had considered assassinating Otto, but he discovered that Otto had at least two Titled Douluo guarding him, and they were evil soul masters!
This left Jing Hongchen completely out of moves.
Moreover, visibly, Xu Tianran, who had regained his walking ability, becoming the Sun Moon Empire Emperor was almost a done deal, with no one left to compete with him, as they had all been killed long ago.
Fortunately, though, Kong Deming had helped veto this proposal; as the leader of all level nine soul engineers, everyone had to give Old Kong some face.
But Jing Hongchen knew this was only a temporary reprieve; who knew if Xu Tianran, once ascending to the throne, would push this plan again?
By then, with Xu Tianran’s wings fully grown, it would be hard for Old Kong to veto it again.
Jing Hongchen’s worries were correct; Kong Deming truly couldn’t protect Mingde Hall for too long, because he was already on Otto’s death list.
Kong Deming, as the leader of all level nine soul engineers, carried royal bloodline and was a guardian of the royal family.
He had extremely high prestige among soul engineers and could rally hundreds with a single call.
How could Otto allow such a person to continue living in this world?
In Otto’s plan, Silver Moon Douluo Kong Deming must die, or the usurpation plan would have many variables.
A dead Kong Deming would be the best leader of level nine soul engineers; Otto was even willing to create a holiday just for him as a memorial.
Jing Hongchen put away the letter, opened the Magic Net, and began contacting Enthusiasm, preparing to send this batch of Mingde Hall soul engineers to Xilu City.
This batch of soul engineers might never return to the Sun Moon Empire; they would take root in Xilu City and preserve part of Mingde Hall’s heritage.
If one day the Sun Moon Empire truly could no longer tolerate Mingde Hall, at least Heaven Soul Empire would have a fallback option.
Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen had also successfully gotten familiar with Enthusiasm’s side; in the future, even if they went, they wouldn’t be particularly targeted.
“Old Toad”: “The list has been sent; it’s this batch of people, they can set off tomorrow.”
“Please ensure their safety!”
“Biggest Kallen Fantasy Fan”: “Of course, my friend.”
“I will definitely ensure the safety of this group; Enthusiasm will welcome them warmly.”
“Our friendship has always been like this.”
“Old Toad”: “Mm.”
“I’m counting on you.”
Jing Hongchen closed the Magic Net, as if nothing had happened, and buried his head back into handling soul tool matters.
He had no idea that the person he had just talked to was Otto, whom he hated enough to eat his flesh and drink his blood.
All of Jing Hongchen’s actions were being covered up by Otto.
Because Jing Hongchen’s behavior was exactly what Otto wanted to see, he naturally had to lend a hand.
Even the kind Otto considerately pushed from behind, saving him and Mingde Hall from fire and water.
Of course, don’t ask where the fire and water came from.
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“Pfft~”
“Quick! Landing net!”
“Su Tong? Where are you?”
Huo Yuhao grimaced as he tightly gripped the fishing rod, watching the surging water flowers on the distant sea surface; he knew he had hooked a big one this time!
He had been sitting by the Ice Sea for almost half a day, had thrown in an estimated ton of bait, yet hadn’t seen a single fish!
It was already night, but the Extreme North had the polar day phenomenon, so it was still daytime here.
“Coming, Teacher.”
Su Tong, wearing a white down jacket like a big white penguin, trotted to Huo Yuhao’s side, picked up the soul tool landing net nearby, slightly infused it with soul power, and the entire net instantly enlarged; then she cooperated with Huo Yuhao to scoop up the still-struggling fish.
“Teacher, why don’t you use soul power and spiritual power?”
“Wouldn’t fishing be very simple that way?”
“If all else fails, using electricity would work too, right?”
Su Tong blinked her ice-blue eyes, her tone carrying confusion.
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao said earnestly:
“This is a matter of a fisherman’s dignity.”
“Using soul power or electricity is heresy! The kind that would get you hung on the Magic Net and fiercely criticized!”
“After we haul the fish up, help me take a picture with the Magic Net; remember to make the fish look bigger, I’ll take this picture to every comment section later.”
“By the way, Su Tong, hasn’t that group of soul beasts finished fighting yet?”
“Isn’t it just one soul spirit slot? Why are they fighting so fiercely over it?”
Su Tong slowly retracted the landing net, her tone carrying helplessness as she said:
“It should take a while longer.”
“Big Sis Water and Big Sis Snow went to watch them.”
“Afraid they’d beat the soul rings out of each other themselves.”
As soon as Huo Yuhao arrived in the Extreme North, the Extreme North soul beasts, led by the Ice Dragon Clan and Ice Phoenix Clan, tearfully shouted on the Extreme North Plateau that the sun had descended!
Huo Yuhao was full of black lines at the time, giving the Ice Dragon Clan Leader and Ice Phoenix Clan Leader each a flick on the forehead, telling them not to pull any more stunts in the future.
Later, Huo Yuhao announced to the Extreme North that he wanted to find a hundred thousand year soul beast to form a soul spirit contract with Su Tong.
Before Huo Yuhao could even explain the details of soul spirit technology to these hundred thousand year soul beasts, they frantically signed up in droves.
In the end, they started fighting over it, to decide the strongest one to form the soul spirit contract with Su Tong.
Each one shouting loudly from their mouths for the Extreme North Emperor!
Huo Yuhao focused on controlling the fish and said:
“I see.”
“After they finish fighting, I’ll help you complete the soul spirit contract.”
“This time it will be recorded in full.”
“This video will be posted by me under the name ‘Ye Ge’ at the top of the Magic Net homepage to announce the birth of continental soul spirit technology.”
“After that, we’ll negotiate with the Star Dou Great Forest side and establish a force together to supervise and promote this technology.”
“But don’t worry, we’ll use Magic Net authority to blur you out, so your identity won’t be exposed.”
Su Tong nodded obediently, then little by little pulled the fish up.
“Wait!”
“Don’t kill me!”
“I was wrong! I won’t dare to be greedy again!”
“Please let me go.”
Huo Yuhao’s hand paused, looking at the big fish ahead that had revealed its form; after sizing it up, he looked at Su Tong with a puzzled expression and said:
“If I’m not mistaken, this is a Demon Soul Great White Shark?”
“When did the Ice Sea have one of these?”
“It can even transmit sound telepathically by the ear, and its cultivation isn’t low.”
Su Tong’s hand pulling the fish paused, and a strange look flashed in her ice-blue eyes.
“No, right?”
“The Ice Sea has never had reports of Demon Soul Great White Shark traces.”
“Big Sis Snow’s Ice Sea soul beast illustrated handbook doesn’t have this soul beast either.”
“If I remember correctly, Demon Soul Great White Sharks are generally distributed from the western sea domain to the Arctic Ocean.”
“A Demon Soul Great White Shark appearing in the Ice Sea is a first.”
A smile appeared on Huo Yuhao’s face as he said:
“Never mind!”
“This fish ate so much of my bait; at least it has to leave a shark fin for me to make soup.”
“I haven’t eaten Demon Soul Great White Shark shark fin yet!”
“Keep pulling; it’s in the net already, still thinking of escaping!”
Su Tong nodded and continued pulling the landing net, dragging that Demon Soul Great White Shark onto the shallows.
That pleasant female voice now carried sobbing.
“Humans, you’re bad guys!”
“What exactly was that bait? Why do I have no strength left in my whole body?”
“Please let me go; my shark fin doesn’t taste good.”
“I’ll catch big sea scallops and big octopuses for you; don’t eat me.”
Huo Yuhao clapped his hands, stood up, walked to the Demon Soul Great White Shark’s side, used telekinesis to pry open its mouth, removed the fish hook, and said to it:
“My bait was laced with six-rank purple ganoderma and drunken fish mint.”
“Theoretically, a ten-thousand-year soul beast eating a small amount wouldn’t have any issues.”
“Looking at you like this, I’m afraid you ate my entire ton of bait!”
“No wonder no fish bit for so long.”
“Turns out it all went into your belly.”
“Never mind the rest for now; come, Su Tong, take a photo of me and this fish.”
Su Tong brought up the Magic Net, aimed the angle to make the fish under Huo Yuhao’s feet look bigger, then completed the shot.
“Done, Teacher.”
“Should I go prepare firewood?”
“Big Sis Snow’s home still has some snow lotuses, which can be used for making soup.”
The Demon Soul Great White Shark immediately struggled and said:
“No!”
“I didn’t mean to!”
“Your bait was just too fragrant; I couldn’t hold back.”
“I… I’ll catch other fish for you; don’t kill me, waaah.”
Huo Yuhao patted the belly of the Demon Soul Great White Shark in front of him and said:
“You guy only think about yourself.”
“Tell me, how did a Demon Soul Great White Shark end up in the Ice Sea?”
The Demon Soul Great White Shark gradually stopped sobbing, and the pleasant female voice carried grievance as she said:
“I don’t know; I was catching dragon scale octopuses in the Arctic Ocean, caught a lot to bring back for my mother to taste.”
“But as soon as I reached the clan, I was swept away by a terrifying ocean current; then some terrifying aura stunned me, and when I woke up, I was in the Ice Sea.”
“I was really so hungry, I couldn’t hold back.”
After hearing this, Huo Yuhao frowned; he had already guessed this shark’s identity, but logically, this shouldn’t happen at this time.
So he closed his eyes and, through the [Dream] authority, contacted the Little Planet Spirit and said:
“Did something happen on the ocean side?”
The Little Planet Spirit’s figure appeared above the pure white sea in the dream space, her gemstone-like eyes somewhat evasive, little hands gently clutching her skirt hem, and said embarrassedly:
“This, this was an accident.”
“I originally wanted to try reclaiming some control of the ocean, even a little would help you.”
“But I seem to have messed up; not only did I fail, I triggered ocean turbulence and even awakened a very terrifying Deep Sea Demon Whale King.”
“She’s the wife of the one from ten thousand years ago.”
“The pressure that little shark felt should be from that Deep Sea Demon Whale King.”
“It should be heading for the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan.”
“Probably wants revenge, after all, the other side also really hates Sea God Tang San.”
