Chapter 63: Pitiful Roman
Huo Yuhao’s eyelid twitched once, unsure whether to tell him that Magic Meili’s true identity was actually a certain Half Nightmare.
The poor doctor went to his death without knowing he had been scammed in an online romance!
Huo Yuhao’s throat moved slightly, but the words reached his lips and were swallowed back, ultimately saying nothing.
He feared that Romani couldn’t withstand the heaven-defying truth of the online romance scam.
In the future, when there was a chance, he would help pull out Merlin, then throw him into Qiankun Valley of Love and Inquiry to let Tang Buddha help turn this Mei Liangxin into a girl.
Tang Buddha doesn’t care about this or that; once you enter Qiankun Valley of Love and Inquiry, even if you’re a stray dog by the roadside, you have to undergo that trial known as the Ultimate Insult.
After the gender change, directly throw him to Doctor Roman for disposal, then take him to the Sun Moon Empire side to debut as an idol, where there are plenty of black uncles.
Make a Douluo Continent version of Backstreet Girls, best to bring Dai Huabin along too.
That scene, just thinking about it made Huo Yuhao feel excited!
“Forget it, as long as you’re happy.”
“By the way, Roman, why from the very beginning have you been calling me [God]?”
“I shouldn’t have any connection with that Ye Ge.”
Romani slowly raised his head, his green eyes showing a contemplative color, then said:
“How should I put it?”
“You should know that King Solomon received grace from God and became the proxy of God.”
“Or rather, he was the innate Saint King; his heart had no emotions, no joy or sorrow, only the absolute rationality granted by God.”
“The various things King Solomon did might not have come from his heart.”
“Ruling all people with absolute rationality, he was the human closest to God.”
“No one understood that one’s great power more clearly than him.”
“That is the true Ultimate, the endpoint of all wisdom, the origin of all things.”
“When I first saw you, I thought I had been caught by that one again.”
“But upon closer inspection later, although your essence is very similar to that one, there are still some differences.”
“Uh…”
Huo Yuhao looked at his somewhat conflicted expression and said:
“It’s fine, speak freely!”
Romani said self-abandonedly: “You’re too weak.”
“So weak that you can’t even manifest your status.”
“You might not even qualify as [Son of God] right now.”
A vein popped on Huo Yuhao’s forehead, but he still tried to keep smiling and said:
“Hakima, you bastard, you’re really blunt!”
Romani hurriedly retreated and waved his hands, saying:
“Wait a minute, you told me to say it.”
“You can’t harm a loyal retainer!”
Huo Yuhao naturally wouldn’t get angry at Romani over this, so he turned around to prepare to leave the Orphanage.
His main purpose in coming here today was to check on Bai E and Romani.
One involved the future God Realm, the other the future Foundation.
Both were the most important links in his plan.
Tang Buddha lived too comfortably in the God Realm, casually throwing insults at Douluo Star whenever he had nothing to do.
He was just bored; Huo Yuhao had to give him something to do, like a husky—let it run a couple laps outside and it won’t wreck the house.
Let the God of Destruction walk Tang Buddha a few laps in the God Realm to consume his energy, so he wouldn’t show off his world-shattering wisdom and his convoluted Ten Thousand Years plan here.
Huo Yuhao had thought about this Ten Thousand Years plan over and over, but still couldn’t figure out which brain circuit Tang Buddha came up with it from.
Let the Douluo people suffer a bit more; the benefits would be borne by the Tang family for them.
As for the Alchemy Foundation, this thing was originally a knockoff of King Solomon’s Magic Foundation.
Unable to figure it out himself, he might as well learn from a certain penguin and pull out the original owner for a direct acquisition.
After Roman helped create the prototype Foundation, he would then fine-tune it with Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and Ilex for Douluo localization improvements.
“Roman, work hard, I’m leaving first.”
Romani stood up to see Huo Yuhao out of the Medical Room; the moment Huo Yuhao’s foot stepped out, he suddenly asked:
“Actually, there’s a question I want to ask.”
“Planning Bai E’s life like this—won’t it really cause any problems?”
Huo Yuhao didn’t turn back to look at him and said:
“Imagined retainers fundamentally can’t resist [Imagination] itself.”
“Everything they have comes from me and belongs to me.”
“I’m 100% certain of this.”
“Heh, moreover, when he discovers the truth of Shrek’s Golden Ancient Tree and watches his teacher’s soul being devoured with his own eyes.”
“Plus the big event of Qiankun Valley of Love and Inquiry, Bai E’s target of destruction will only be that Tang God King.”
“He is the most perfect sharp blade.”
“Doctor Roman, take care of him for me when you have time.”
“In a sense, I can be considered his father.”
Romani helplessly shrugged and said: “The way you say it.”
“Doesn’t that make me your child too?”
Huo Yuhao rejected mercilessly: “No, you’re just a tool person.”
“Sigh~ So heartless!”
“Alright, I’m off.”
With that, Huo Yuhao activated Kamui; a spatial vortex twisted and sucked his body in until he completely vanished into the air.
Romani smiled bitterly, shook his head, and looked at the now empty doorway, saying:
“Really knows how to boss people around.”
“As expected, no matter which world’s [God] is all the same.”
“Spirit Master? Omniscience and omnipotence is clearly that one’s authority Above All Things.”
“Why does this Foundation involve so much knowledge!”
“How did that me back then manage to run this pile of shit code!”
“These runes are more profound than the last; forget it, as long as the Foundation runs, it’s fine.”
“Doesn’t matter how it runs, as long as the effect is achieved, it’s a success!”
Romani sat back in the chair in front of the desk, raking his hands through his hair, messing it up completely.
He somewhat admired his past self as King Solomon.
Absolute rationality made King Solomon completely disregard simplicity, aesthetics, or even comments.
As long as it worked, that pragmatism led to King Solomon’s Foundation being rather messy and bloated.
Romani didn’t understand why later magicians didn’t notice the Magic Foundation was bloated.
This was tough on the current Romani; he was starting to not understand the Foundation he himself designed.
“If only I’d left comments after each symbol back then!”
“Now I have to stay up all night every day to sort out the Foundation.”
“I really want to eat strawberry cake…”
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao had returned to the high-rise office at Enthusiasm Headquarters, plopping down in the chair and leisurely pouring himself a cup of tea.
Then he took out the manuscript of the Infinite Void Technique to continue studying; the Shadow Cat crawled out from under the desk and rubbed against his pant leg.
Huo Yuhao tossed a few fish into its lunchbox, along with a few cyan fruits, then looked it over and said:
“Oh?”
“So you’ve already reached five hundred years of cultivation.”
“Pretty fast!”
The dark pattern on the Shadow Cat’s abdomen had formed a V, the symbol of its five hundred years of cultivation.
Every additional five hundred years adds another V.
Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm freed up some computing power and said to Huo Yuhao: “Very normal.”
“It ate the Wind God Fruit, plus the rare fruits you feed it every day; it would be a problem if it didn’t reach five hundred years.”
Huo Yuhao gently stroked the Shadow Cat’s head and chin, saying:
“Such luxury, must increase the feeding intensity!”
“Later, go to Star Dou Great Forest to get some rare medicinal herbs to feed it.”
“While at it, check the Wind Baboon territory again to see if that group has any more Wind God Fruit.”
Huo Yuhao’s hand stroking the Shadow Cat suddenly paused; his spiritual power sensed an acquaintance arriving.
It was that girl named Sui whom he had saved back then.
Later, after helping her awaken her Martial Soul, he didn’t pay attention once he saw her join Enthusiasm.
Huo Yuhao straightened up and used his spiritual power to open the door, letting her in.
Sui bowed to Huo Yuhao; only then did he notice she had reached one ring.
It had been less than a month since their last meeting, and this upgrade speed rivaled Innate Full Soul Power.
Huo Yuhao said to her in a gentle tone: “What do you need from me?”
Sui looked earnestly into Huo Yuhao’s eyes and said: “Boss, I want to join Shrek Academy.”
Huo Yuhao tactically leaned back; Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm picked up the keyword and nearly unleashed a spiritual shock, but was stopped by Golden Tortoise.
“Can you explain why?”
Huo Yuhao crossed his hands, looking seriously at the girl.
Sui said unhurriedly: “I heard from an Enthusiasm cadre in Shrek City that Xuan Zi’s Martial Soul is the same type as mine.”
“Moreover, he has no heirs, not even disciples.”
“If I go to Shrek, Xuan Zi definitely won’t miss me; he’ll surely take me as his apprentice.”
Huo Yuhao had no doubts about this; if Xuan Zi saw Sui, he would definitely take her as a beloved disciple.
Xuan Zi’s lifelong regret was having no heirs; even Mu En had urged him multiple times to pass on his mantle.
Sui continued: “I heard Xuan Zi is Shrek’s top leader.”
“If I become his disciple, Enthusiasm can develop freely in the surrounding cities and even Shrek City!”
Huo Yuhao fell into thought; what she said was indeed correct—Xuan Zi had no brains and liked to stir things up.
But he was indeed the highest seniority in Shrek besides Mu En; after Mu En’s death, he would basically be Sea God Pavilion Master.
Since Mu En planned to stuff in a disciple.
Xuan Zi could also have one stuffed in.
Sui’s words opened Huo Yuhao’s mind; the key elders in Sea God Pavilion—he seemed able to stuff a disciple into each.
That way, in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, the future Shrek Seven Devils would basically all be his people.
Bai E replacing Bei Bei as captain, Wan Di replacing Xu Sanshi; Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan went without saying.
Feng Jin becoming the support for Shrek Seven Devils, Ti Bao replacing the original Huo Yuhao’s position.
After Sui went in, she would surely claim a spot, probably taking Wang Dong’s position.
Xuan Zi would likely show favoritism, doing everything to help Sui join Shrek Seven Devils.
There would be a bunch more imagined characters in the future; Huo Yuhao would send them in gradually.
Huo Yuhao looked out; the entire Shrek was full of his people.
Sea God Lake would directly become his back garden.
The Sun Moon Empire side was similar; Huo Yuhao had prepared candidates long ago.
Even for Holy Spirit Cult, Huo Yuhao planned to stuff a few in.
For example, Otto and Dio, already poised in the imagination records.
Evil people should be ground down by evil people.
Huo Yuhao looked back at Sui and said:
“It’s feasible, but Xuan Zi is a bit unpredictable.”
“You might very well die at his hands.”
“From what I know, about eight Shrek disciples died because of him.”
“Basically all prodigies; are you sure?”
Sui nodded earnestly.
Seeing her like this, Huo Yuhao smiled and said:
“I remember you don’t have a surname.”
“From now on, you’ll take Huo as your surname.”
“Huo Sui’er.”
Sui’s eyes widened, her face flushing red, seeming to fall into immense joy.
She knelt heavily before Huo Yuhao, kowtowed once, and said tearfully: “Thank you, Boss!”
The Douluo Continent specialty of kowtowing let Huo Yuhao experience it too.
Huo Yuhao told her to get up, then said: “Alright, go back and wait; I’ll send you to Shrek when the time is right.”
After Huo Sui’er left, Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm said somewhat worriedly in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness:
“Yu Hao, what if she betrays you?”
“Should we imprint a spiritual imprint?”
Huo Yuhao shook his head: “I’m not at the point of imprinting a child with a spiritual imprint.”
“Don’t use someone you suspect; don’t suspect someone you use.”
“Besides, neither your nor my spiritual power detected her lying, right?”
“She’s just a child; let her develop however she wants.”
“The people I plan to arrange in Shrek aren’t just her; there’s a sea of them.”
“As long as she doesn’t interfere with the main plan, ignore her.”
Today is also seven thousand five hundred words, Rat is exhausted. Tomorrow I’ll keep trying to break through myself—power! I command you to come out of my body! I can keep writing!
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