Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect.

Chapter 506 The Task for He Caitou

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the doorway: "He Caitou, I need you to do something for me."

He Caitou immediately sat up in bed because he recognized Huo Yuhao's voice.

He looked in the direction the sound came from and found Huo Yuhao leaning against the door, staring at him.

He immediately tensed up and lowered his voice: "How did you get in? Was anyone seen? Did you set up a soundproof soul-guided shield?"

It's important to understand that although Shrek Academy is very wealthy and so everyone doesn't live in the same room, the soundproofing in the rooms isn't particularly good for everyone's safety. If Shrek Academy discovers that he's acting as an undercover agent for Huo Yuhao, the consequences will undoubtedly be very serious.

Of course, his first concern was how his beloved teacher, Fan Yu, would view him after learning about this.

After all, it was Teacher Fanyu who brought me back to Shrek Academy when I was in trouble, and then carefully nurtured me. Later, the other party even took me as a disciple. This was undoubtedly a great favor that I could not fail to repay.

If it weren't for the desire to avenge himself against the current Sun Moon Royal Family, especially Emperor Xu Tianran, he wouldn't have wanted to be an undercover agent for Huo Yuhao. Instead, he would have preferred to spend more time researching soul tools.

Huo Yuhao said somewhat helplessly, "You don't need to worry about how I got in. Don't worry, apart from you, none of the other Shrek students saw me. As for the soundproof soul guide shield, of course I've already set it up, so you don't need to worry about our conversation being overheard by others."

As he spoke, he walked toward He Caitou.

He Caitou's expression softened slightly, and his previously tense body relaxed.

He looked at Huo Yuhao, somewhat puzzled: "You want me to do something? What can I possibly do for you? This is the Sun Moon Empire, which should be your home turf. No matter what, I can't offer you any help."

For a moment, doubts arose in his mind.

Huo Yuhao shook his head and said, "What you said is not entirely correct. Even in the Sun Moon Empire, you can provide me with assistance. I need you to take the rest of the team and bring those hostages from the Douluo Three Kingdoms back to the Douluo Three Kingdoms."

He Caitou was stunned when he heard these words.

These hostages are also a card for the Sun Moon Empire to use to restrain the Douluo Three Kingdoms, making the Douluo Three Kingdoms wary.

But Huo Yuhao wanted to take these hostages away himself. Wasn't that an act of betrayal against the Sun Moon Empire?

No, you betrayed the Star Luo Empire before, and now you're planning to sell out the Sun Moon Empire too?
He hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Huo Yuhao, could it be that you have betrayed the Sun Moon Empire, abandoned the darkness for the light, and are preparing to join Shrek Academy? If that's really your idea, we can actually talk again. Don't worry, with your talent, there's nothing we can't discuss."

Huo Yuhao walked to a chair near He Caitou, plopped down, and looked helpless. He felt that He Caitou's thought process was a bit strange, how did he come up with this idea?

Strictly speaking, he only betrayed the Sun Moon Royal Family, not the Sun Moon Empire. In general, the Sun Moon Royal Family and the Sun Moon Empire are completely different things.

Moreover, joining Shrek Academy is also considered abandoning darkness and turning to the light?
Given Shrek Academy's various advantages, he felt that abandoning the Sun Moon Empire and joining Shrek Academy was a complete waste of time. After all, even Shrek's most valuable asset, the Golden Tree, was now under his control.

He slowly began to speak, “He Caitou, I cannot join Shrek Academy. I will provide a place for the hostages to be held and help them escape from here.”

However, in Shrek Academy and the Douluo Three Kingdoms, the one who openly rescues these hostages must be you. You will take the credit, and your reputation in the Douluo Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy will be enhanced. This way, you can do more for me. After all, he was already planning to send these people back to the Douluo Three Kingdoms to become his spies there, so naturally he needed to find a suitable reason to send them back.

He Caitou was a good person to take credit. Since there was already a cooperative relationship between them, letting He Caitou take some benefits would allow them to benefit more in the future.

At this moment, He Caitou looked at Huo Yuhao with a shifting gaze.

He was pondering whether he should agree to Huo Yuhao's arrangement. Huo Yuhao's plan was indeed very beneficial to him, but the problem was that he didn't understand why Huo Yuhao was doing this. Could it really be just to boost his reputation?

No, that's impossible. Huo Yuhao must have other motives.

After a moment's thought, he finally made a decision: no matter what, as long as he could bring all these hostages back, it would be a good thing for himself, for the three great empires, and even for the academy.

As for Huo Yuhao's other purposes, now is not the time to think about that.

He nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, I promise you."

Huo Yuhao said, "I will come and inform you of the location tomorrow afternoon. Before that, you can wander around Sunrise City more and not let yourself be too idle."

He Caitou understood that the other party meant for him to pretend to have accidentally discovered the location where the Sun Moon Empire was holding hostages during his investigation, and then make a great contribution.

He immediately agreed, and then Huo Yuhao left He Caitou's room to search for the hostages. For Huo Yuhao, finding the hostages was not difficult.

Sunrise City.

Water dungeon.

A group of people were soaking in the icy river water, their faces pale and their breath weak. They looked at the iron fence around them with despair on their faces.

Those who can represent their respective academies or sects to compete in the Sun Moon Empire are naturally the young elites of their respective forces, who are usually highly sought after. Even if they lose in the competition, they can still enjoy good treatment after returning to their sects.

Now they are prisoners whose lives are in danger, a stark contrast that many find hard to accept.

On the stone platform between the two rows of dungeons, a group of evil spirit masters dressed in black robes were watching the prisoners with longing in their eyes.

Most evil spirit masters are bloodthirsty beings, and this group of prisoners is undoubtedly a batch of excellent cultivation materials for many evil spirit masters. If it weren't for the higher-ups saying that these hostages had some use and that important hostages should be preserved, they would have been killed by the evil spirit masters long ago.

Of course, some hostages have already been captured, tortured, or even killed by some bloodthirsty and mentally unstable evil spirit masters.

At this moment, on the stone platform, a tall evil spirit master dressed in black robes lashed out a whip that glowed with black light, pulling a girl out of the water prison.

The girl looked terrified and immediately began to struggle, but the whip was like a living snake; the more she struggled, the tighter it wrapped around her.

(End of this chapter)