Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 263 Art Student?
"...Get ready, one last question."

As Ju Zi flipped through the report in her hand, she could only rate Nana as above average. Apart from her significant advantage in cultivation level, the student in front of her did not quite meet her requirements in other aspects.

He lacks composure, breadth of knowledge, and decisiveness, making him unsuitable for being placed in the upper echelons of the military as a figurehead.

What's more, the most offensive thing about her is her ambiguous relationship with Huo Yuhao from Shrek Academy. Heaven knows if there was any exchange of benefits between them, or if she joined the army to act as an inside agent or spy.

She really didn't feel comfortable entrusting her life and fortune to someone like that.

"What are your views on the Douluo Three Kingdoms, especially the Star Luo Empire? If the empire gets involved in the war, what are your plans?"

Orange seemed to ask the question casually, and after uttering it, she focused her attention on the score sheet in her hand.

"Those are the enemy, of course!"

Nana's gaze was sharp and piercing, and her first words made the expressions of the three people opposite her turn solemn.

The Purple Demon Eyes she had painstakingly cultivated came in handy at this moment. Although she was only at the beginner level in this field, they were enough to make her eyes gleam with a sharp light and her spirit captivating.

"Thousands of years ago, the two continents collided head-on, bringing endless casualties but also opening the door to a new world for the Sun Moon Empire. Since then, the struggle on the Douluo Continent has never ceased."

"The Three Kingdoms of the past were corrupt and backward, only concerned with fighting each other, oppressing ordinary people, and taking all the world's resources to support those soul masters and nobles... The smoke of war never stopped!"
"The arrival of the Sun Moon Empire brought not only a war, but also an unprecedented transformation, an opportunity to lead the Douluo people to leap forward in time and break free from the clutches of those noble sects."

Nana recited with great passion, as if she were using the large interview space as a stage for a speech, waving her arms and speaking with great enthusiasm. But at the end, her words turned sorrowful:
"But we lost!"

"—Defeated by those Soul Masters who had dominated the continent for tens of thousands of years!"

'hiss……'

Even through a one-way glass barrier, the three people opposite couldn't help but sit up straight, their emotions stirred by the powerful speech.

'This is a talent…'

Orange's eyes couldn't hide her amazement and admiration.

"...After that battle, they built a new empire based on Shrek Academy, the holy land of soul masters, an invisible martial soul empire that shrouded the other side of the Mingdou Mountains!"
“Every genius who manages to rise above the common people will be disciplined into becoming one of them. As for the vast majority of so-called 'ordinary people,' they may never even come into contact with the edge of extraordinary power in their entire lives…”

As she finished speaking, Nana's eyes lowered: "They stopped the awakening of martial souls, monopolized knowledge and cultivation, and used this to keep the people ignorant and weak. They revered soul masters and belittled the weak, hoarding wealth and humiliating the poor..."

"Even if I were born on the land of the Douluo Three Kingdoms, let alone being a member of the Sun Moon Empire, I would still regard them as enemies. If war were to break out one day, I would choose to draw my sword."

After he finished speaking, all that followed was silence.

Nana waited for several breaths in this eerie silence, even wondering if there was something wrong with her speech and if she had inadvertently stepped on the interviewer's landmine.

Fortunately, just as her heart was tightening, a series of increasingly loud applause came from behind the long-silent glass.

"Full marks!"

The middle-aged man in military uniform looked excited, as if some long-suppressed knots in his heart had naturally been untied.

People of their generation mostly lived under the rule of the previous emperor. Although the pacifist who was overthrown by the current emperor in a coup was a complete mess in terms of policy, he also planted the seeds of avoiding war in the minds of the new generation.

What's needed now is a war-inspiring ideology to brainwash people and change their minds. However, his excited appearance seemed to Orange more like a display of Nana's persuasive skills, making Nana's influence in Orange's heart grow stronger.

"That's exactly what I wanted!"

From the very beginning, she and Xu Tianran never really expected those guys from academies to be good soldiers. The front-line troops who had been training with the Star Luo Empire on the Mingdou defense line were the main force in the unification plan.

But now it seems there might be another way to go.

The power of brainwashing is enough to overcome everything.

"Whoo~"

Suppressing her turbulent thoughts, Ju Zi straightened the report in her hand: "Nana... the Royal Soul Master Corps welcomes you!"

……

Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling?

Sitting in the restaurant, Huo Yuhao hesitated, looking at the food on the table and finding it hard to eat.

Nearly a year later, the power of destiny hidden between his eyebrows issued a reminder once again, but this time the resonance was far stronger than before, even making his Spirit Eye Martial Soul unable to suppress it.

"It doesn't seem to be influenced by an individual."

The auspicious beast reached out and examined his forehead, its face showing surprise: "To trigger such a strong reaction, you must have unintentionally interfered with some super powerful force... or some large group?"

The words had barely left their mouths when their eyes met, clearly having thought of the same thing: "The Sun and Moon Empire!"

Tsk~
Huo Yuhao covered his brow and closed his vertical pupils, feeling extremely annoyed: "They actually dared to carry out this so-called plan to steal the country! Those people from the Sun Moon Empire are also... They even dared to take in people who are obviously up to no good."

He didn't like this feeling of being out of control.

It wasn't just because he couldn't clean up the mess those people had made, but also because he simply couldn't imagine what the consequences of those guys' actions would be.

if…

What if the war becomes more brutal because of them, dragging more innocent people into it? What if these people turn into another Holy Spirit cult that wreaks havoc on the world?

"Actually, you don't need to think so much about this matter."

The Snow Empress's voice echoed in his mind, more like a warning than a comfort: "You are not a god, and they are not your lambs. This applies not only to those holy servants, but to everyone on the Douluo Continent."
"—You're still at the sixth level, yet you've already distanced yourself from humanity? You want to interfere in the world and guide human development as a nanny-like bystander?"

This?
Huo Yuhao's tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed: "I'm sorry... I was overthinking it."

He was the one who wanted Nana and the others to have a new life, yet now he's complaining. He was the one who wanted to focus on cultivation and self-improvement, yet now he's worried about the development of the continent.

This mentality inevitably smacks of hypocrisy.

(End of this chapter)