People in Douluo, the mastermind behind the scenes

“Student Huo Yuhao, I’m sorry. The storybook does not mention the Tang Sect or the names of the seven members of the Tang Sect team. In the absence of sufficient evidence, we have no obligation to help you investigate the identity of the author of the storybook.”

As she spoke, the receptionist smiled professionally and then pushed the script in her hand back in front of Huo Yuhao.

"This is a metaphor. Do you understand metaphor? Didn't you see that the personalities of the protagonists in the story are highly similar to the seven members of our Tang Sect team? Isn't this enough evidence?"

Huo Yuhao was so angry that he slammed the table. He couldn’t help but curse the top leaders of the Sun Moon Empire hundreds of times in his heart. Why did they send such an extremely stupid woman to be the manager of the office?

The lady at the front desk said expressionlessly: "According to what your classmate Huo Yuhao said, the five words 'the sun has set' can also be interpreted in two ways. One is the literal meaning. The other is that the Sun-Moon Royal Family, which inherited the Sun Martial Spirit, is on the decline and will be replaced by others."

"If metaphors can be used as evidence, then the dungeons in Mingdu City will no longer be able to be closed. Human personalities are all kinds of strange, and there are many spirit masters with personalities similar to your Tang Sect Seven. Putting aside the facts, what evidence do you have to prove that the metaphorical object in the story is your Tang Sect Seven?"

The lady at the front desk was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. As a member of the royal family of the Sun-Moon Empire, she was naturally not interested in the Tang Sect's group of idiots. If the evidence was complete, she would be forced to do her duty honestly.

But with ambiguous evidence like this, it would be Xu Guiqin's turn. If she didn't make Huo Yuhao angry, she would not be named Xu!

As expected, after hearing Xu Guiqin's words, the little flame in Huo Yuhao's heart started to burn. In his previous life... even the Holy Spirit Cult's chief priest - Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao gave him enough respect. How could a mere steward dare to do that?
"What about the rumors? We heard with our own ears that the soul masters in the fighting arena were spreading rumors about the Tang Sect. As the organizer of the soul master competition, your Sun Moon Empire has the obligation to maintain the atmosphere in the arena during the competition."

Seeing that he couldn't win the argument with Xu Guiqin, Huo Yuhao chose to change track. Humph, now the evidence is conclusive and you can't say anything.

Xu Guiqin curled his lips and said sarcastically: "The responsibility of the Soul Master Competition Office is to answer questions and solve doubts for the major teams and maintain order in the competition venue. If the rumors do not rise to the level of personal attacks, our office has no obligation to stop them."

"Besides, in previous Spirit Master Competitions, your Shrek team has often abused our Sun Moon team in public. Compared with the rumors in the current Spirit Fighting Arena, that is nothing. Now... you actually ask us, the Sun Moon official, to find the source of these trivial rumors. You are really shameless!"

Huo Yuhao: "..."

Beibei: "..."

Xu Sanshi: "..."

Calm down, Shrek... Oh no, the three villains of the Tang Sect unexpectedly did not lose their temper. Put yourself in their shoes and think about it. The two sides are in a hostile relationship, and the Sun-Moon Empire does not have the obligation to investigate the source of the rumors for them.

"Damn it, damn it!"

Huo Yuhao was so angry that he was jumping up and down, but he was helpless. He knew very well that he couldn't even deal with a small clerk, let alone the senior officials of the Soul Master Competition Office.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao missed his popularity in his previous life very much. No matter when and where he was, he would always meet noble people who would help him.

Huo Yuhao left the Soul Master Competition office. Since he knew that the office could not solve his problem, there was no need for him to waste too much time here.

“What should I do?” Huo Yuhao murmured. He instinctively felt that this was just a beginning, just the calm before the storm, and the action against the Tang Sect’s seven members was still to come.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's gloomy face, Xu Sanshi suggested in a low voice: "Junior brother, how about... you go to your old lover for help? If that doesn't work, we can pay a price and find the source of a rumor. As the organizer of the Soul Master Competition, the Sun Moon Empire won't spend much time at all."

The old lover that Xu Sanshi mentioned is naturally Juzi. In his understanding, the child of Juzi and Huo Yuhao in the previous life was called Xu Yunhan, and the child in this life is still called Xu Yunhan, so... Juzi should have some obsession with Huo Yuhao in her heart. As long as Huo Yuhao is willing to ask her for favors and offers enough compensation, the other party will not refuse.

As soon as these words were spoken, Huo Yuhao's expression froze instantly, and he looked at Xu Sanshi as if he was a fool.

He didn't know whether Ju Zi would remember their past friendship, but he was very clear that from the moment Tang San threatened Ju Zi with Xu Yunhan's life and forced her to withdraw her troops, and Huo Yuhao did not stand up for the mother and son, Ju Zi would no longer regard him as a human being.

Even if Juzi remembered their past friendship, he would not go to her for help. At least... he couldn't get past Xu Tianran.

But Huo Yuhao couldn’t say these words after all. He could only sigh and silently leave the office door.

After walking for about five minutes, a beautiful blue figure appeared in front of Huo Yuhao.

The moment he saw the other person's face clearly, Huo Yuhao hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him.

"Miss Qianqiu, can I bother you for a few minutes and ask you a few questions?"

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao hurriedly pushed a gold soul coin card with a stored value of 10,000 in front of Wang Donger.

Wang Dong'er did not refuse and carelessly put the Gold Soul Coin Card into her storage bracelet.

Seeing his gold soul coins being stuck in the pocket of "Dong Qianqiu", Huo Yuhao's heart was bleeding. If... if he had 10,000 gold soul coins when he was a child, then would his mother not have to die?

But he had no other choice. In order to find the source of the rumors, he could only use gold soul coins to pave the way and use money to pry open the mouths of these soul masters.

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, looked at the "Dong Qianqiu" in front of him, and slowly said: "Miss Qianqiu, we have no intention of holding you accountable, you just need to answer truthfully. May I ask... have you heard any gossip about our Tang Sect members?"

"Dong Qianqiu" nodded.

Huo Yuhao continued to ask, “So… where did the gossip you heard come from? Don’t worry, we have no intention of holding you accountable. Just answer truthfully and give as much detail as possible. It doesn’t matter if the information is inaccurate. We can verify it bit by bit.”

“Dong Qianqiu” pretended to think and said, “I heard from our Jianyu team leader. As for her, well… it seems she heard from the boyfriend of the cousin of the third aunt of a member of the Mingyu Sect.” (End of this chapter)