Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 531 Yuwen Tuo's Request from the Hongchen Family
"My prince is in Mingde Hall!" Meng Hongchen exclaimed excitedly. "I know, he must have come to see me. Could it be that he's here to propose marriage?"

Inside the room, Yuwen Tuo sat in a chair, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, looking at the girl with a face full of black lines. No wonder Xiao Xiao had reminded him so many times before he left. These two girls had one thing in common: initiative.

Xiao Xiao was already considered a rather proactive young woman, but Meng Hongchen was even more so.

However, this was the first time he had learned that the old bastard Jing Hongchen had actually played tricks on him, using the compass to find the location of Hongchen's protection and thus locate him.

Xiao Hongchen asked in confusion, "Now that Yuwen Tuo has come to Mingde Hall, where is he now?"

Jing Hongchen shook her head. "I don't know. I came here guided by the compass. Logically speaking, the more the compass shakes, the closer I am to Yuwen Tuo. Judging from the current shaking, Yuwen Tuo is in this room?"

"How is that possible?" Meng Hongchen looked around, but although Yuwen Tuo was already in sight, she seemed not to see anything and her gaze swept directly over him. "Besides the three of us, there's clearly nothing else in this room."

“I’m also wondering, but there’s no mistake, Yuwen Tuo must be hiding nearby.” Jing Hongchen said confidently, believing that the soul tool he developed could not possibly malfunction.

Yuwen Tuo smiled as he looked at the three of them. The soul tool was indeed working properly, but the eyes can be deceiving.

At this moment, Yuwen Tuo's strength far surpasses that of Long Xiaoyao back then. He influenced the three people's five senses with his spiritual power, and he was able to sit in front of them so openly, listening to their conversation, but they could not see or feel him at all. This is an absolute difference in realm and cultivation.

However, Yuwen Tuo had no ill intentions; he just wanted to test the three people's reactions. He never expected that Meng Hongchen had kept this room for him all these years.

Although he had no romantic feelings for her, he felt a sense of gratitude and emotion.

"The three of you don't need to look anymore. Why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea together?" Yuwen Tuo stopped teasing them and appeared before them openly.

The three were startled. There had been nothing there just moments before, but in the blink of an eye, a living person had appeared.

Is this super-high speed? Or teleportation? Even if it's teleportation, it's still too abrupt.

It was as if Yuwen Tuo had been sitting there all along.

"Yuwen Tuo, are you a human or a ghost?" Xiao Hongchen was startled and instinctively took three steps back.

Meng Hongchen suddenly burst into tears, rushed forward and hugged Yuwen Tuo, saying, "Your Highness... could it be that you..."

Xiao Hongchen's reaction was normal, but Meng Hongchen's was a bit strange, even leaving Yuwen Tuo somewhat at a loss. What had he done? Why did he suddenly make this girl cry?
"Xiao Meng, why are you crying? Am I missing an arm or a leg, or did I just scare you? I apologize to you for that, okay?" Yuwen Tuo quickly said. If he had known that Meng Hongchen was so easily frightened, he wouldn't have teased her.

"Your Highness, are you as rumored, having perished together with Long Xiaoyao and already dead? This must be your ghost. You came to see me before you passed away because you couldn't bear to leave me!" Meng Hongchen cried.

Yuwen Tuo chuckled. He had thought something else entirely; apparently, this girl believed he was dead and had come to haunt her as a ghost, which was why she was crying like this. "By the way, Grandpa, is there any soul-guiding device that can preserve His Highness's soul? Isn't the Conferred God Platform capable of sealing souls? Why don't you get one? Even if His Highness is already dead, I wouldn't mind taking care of His Highness's soul for the rest of my life. When I die too, we can be reincarnated together, so that in the next life, I can be born at the same time as His Highness, avoiding the tragedy of 'I was born before he was born, and he was born after I was old.'" Meng Hongchen pleaded.

Xue Di looked at the girl and laughed, "Bing'er, look, this girl has more romantic fantasies in her mind than I do. It seems she wants to act out a love story between a human and a ghost with my little brother Tuo."

Hyotei retorted, "I think you two are evenly matched."

Jing Hongchen was so angry with his granddaughter that he was speechless. "Alright, Xiaomeng, stop fooling around. Yuwentuo is not dead. He's alive and well. Have you ever seen a ghost with such a masculine aura, wandering around in broad daylight?"

"Is Zhenzhen really not dead?" Xiaomeng asked, her eyes still brimming with tears.

Yuwen Tuo sighed, "If you don't believe me, try it yourself."

Xiao Meng slowly walked forward. She hadn't noticed because she was hugging him through his clothes, but this time she stretched out a finger and touched Yuwen Tuo's forehead. At first, she pulled away immediately, but when she came to her senses, she felt the warmth of Yuwen Tuo's body. Overjoyed, she jumped onto Yuwen Tuo and exclaimed, "It's a real touch! That's great! I knew Your Highness wasn't dead!"

“Xiao Meng, now it might be more appropriate to call you His Majesty Xuanyuan rather than Your Highness.” Jing Hongchen stepped forward and said, “His Majesty Xuanyuan is truly skilled. You were able to use your powerful mental strength to directly deceive our senses. Even I, a level nine soul master, was affected.”

Yuwen Tuo smiled slightly, put down the Dream Red Dust hanging on his body, and said, "Although you are a level nine soul master, if you remove the soul tool, your current level is only level ninety-four. Moreover, because you rely on drugs to cultivate, your foundation is unstable. Whether it is your physique, mental strength, or the purity of your soul power, you are actually inferior to a level ninety-four titled Douluo from Douluo Continent. My current power far surpasses that of a Limit Douluo. It is not difficult for me to deceive your eyes."

"So, Your Majesty Xuanyuan, did you come here specifically to show off your strength and mock me?" Jing Hongchen said irritably.

He knows he's nothing special without a soul tool, but you don't have to be so direct.

Yuwen Tuo shook his head. "Of course not. I have a favor to ask of you, senior, which is why I came here specifically."

"Oh, Your Majesty Xuanyuan should be invincible at this moment, yet there are things you can't do and you need my help?" Jing Hongchen sat down in front of Yuwen Tuo with great interest. This kid actually dared to mock him just now.

In the end, we still need to use him.

He actually guessed that Yuwentuo wanted his help to deal with evil spirit masters, since everyone knew that Yuwentuo hated evil spirit masters the most.

Unfortunately, he guessed wrong this time.

Yuwen Tuo said, “Senior, the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Sun Moon Empire may soon go to war again. I know that you have been staying in Mingde Hall and focusing on the research and development of soul tools. You are not involved in these matters. I don’t want to bother you unless absolutely necessary. But this time, I sincerely beg you to join this war.”

(End of this chapter)