Douluo Continent: I, Huo Yuhao, am the Master of Spirit

Chapter 97 Mingdu Taken Over by Fast Food
After parting ways with Bai E and the other three, Huo Yuhao went straight to the experimental open space behind the Passion Headquarters.

This is Huo Yuhao's exclusive experimental site, covering approximately 70,000 square meters, the size of ten standard football fields from his previous life.

It contains a number of soul tool research devices imported from the Sun Moon Empire, with the highest level reaching level eight.

At first, Huo Yuhao asked his friend to try to contact the Mingde Hall of the Sun Moon Empire to see if they could exchange some soul tools for herbs.

The requirements aren't too high; a level six soul tool will suffice.

So the two enthusiastic cadres disguised themselves as members of the Snow King Chamber of Commerce and entered Mingdu. Under the guise of promoting Snow King Ice City, they finally managed to contact Mingde Hall.

When Mingde Hall learned that Rehu had come to purchase soul tools, it did not directly notify the Soul Guild of Mingdu. Instead, it invited Rehu's officers to Mingde Hall for a meeting.

The enthusiastic cadres arrived at the Mingde Hall's meeting room and took their seats according to their names, only to find that they were surrounded by people from Douluo Three Kingdoms.

Tianhun, Xingluo, and even Douling all sent people here to buy soul tools.

The Star Luo Empire, being the wealthiest and most powerful, purchased ten level-eight soul tools and several defensive soul tools in one go.

The group from the Mingde Hall of the Sun Moon Empire secretly took out all the level-eight fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells and sold them, leaving the enthusiastic cadre dumbfounded.

Shouldn't such weapons of war be kept completely hidden in theory?

Later, the people from Mingdetang and the enthusiastic cadres talked and learned that the other party planned to exchange rare medicinal materials for a soul guide device.

The person in charge of Mingde Hall was initially nonchalant, thinking that it was just some small force from the Tianhun Empire coming to Mingde Hall to beg for food.

The Sun Moon Empire lacks everything, but it certainly doesn't lack medicinal herbs. Haven't you seen our Sun Moon Empire's Soul Masters taking medicine every day?
Even Xiao Hongchen, the most talented Soul Master in history, was consuming pills like crazy. At only thirteen years old, two years older than Huo Yuhao, he was already a level forty-nine Soul Master.

This is also the main reason why the Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire are generally top-tier and find it difficult to break through to the level 95 Super Douluo.

They have too many drug residues in their bodies, which greatly affect the potential of the Soul Masters, even though they don't really care about the fact that they have a pointed head.

With the idea that all guests are welcome, the person in charge of Mingdetang glanced at the list of medicinal materials provided by the enthusiastic staff, and then shakily took off his glasses.

"Millennial Purple Ganoderma, Millennial Nebula Grass, Millennial Snow Silkworm, Centennial Bright Soul Flower..."

"Big brother, did you plunder the entire Star Dou Great Forest?!"

The person in charge of Mingdetang had seen many grand occasions, but he had never seen anything like this before.

I thought the other person was a country bumpkin, but I ended up making a fool of myself.

The list of medicinal herbs alone is comparable to the entire collection of Mingdetang!

The medicinal herbs provided by the enthusiastic cadres were mostly priceless and unavailable in the Sun Moon Empire!

It doesn't even need to be refined into pills; simply putting it up for auction would cause a bloodbath in Mingdu.

Of course, no one dared to refine these medicinal herbs into elixirs; they were too precious!

However, these medicinal herbs were nothing to Huo Yuhao. There were a lot of rare medicinal herbs in the Thunderous Hell Vine Canyon, and they grew extremely fast under the nourishment of the rich and substantial spiritual energy of heaven and earth!

Basically, once one batch is harvested, another batch will grow the following year.

This is truly a natural treasure basin, second only to the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire!
After reviewing the list, the person in charge of Mingdetang felt that he was just a greenhorn and had no ability to take on this batch of medicinal herbs.

They were already selling soul-guided devices secretly, not daring to tell the hall master openly.

Although they all knew perfectly well that Jing Hongchen was aware of their underhanded tactics, he ignored them for the sake of getting Mingdetang a large amount of money and rare metals in return.

Knowing he was no longer in a position to make the decision, the person in charge of Mingde Hall went to Jing Hongchen to explain the situation.

Jing Hongchen did indeed know that Mingdetang was selling soul guides to Douluo Three Kingdoms.

He couldn't be bothered to care, because eventually a portion of the money earned from Douluo Three Kingdoms would end up in his own pocket.

So as long as you don't sell some key technologies or level-nine soul tools, the rest is harmless.

Even if it's a level 8 fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell, it won't matter, because it won't kill him in the end anyway.

Upon learning the purpose of the person in charge's visit, Jing Hongchen was somewhat surprised and carefully examined the list of medicinal herbs. After reading it, his plump face twitched a few times, and he leaned back dramatically.

He thought he was bold enough by selling an eighth-level soul tool, but he didn't expect Douluo Three Kingdoms to be even more amazing!
These medicinal herbs that can create cultivation geniuses out of thin air can be sold!

The thought of his grandchildren still taking those pills with a host of side effects made him determined to talk to the enthusiastic cadres in person.

These medicinal herbs can greatly accelerate Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's cultivation speed, and have no side effects.

Finally, Jing Hongchen had a very kind and enthusiastic discussion with the two cadres, and quickly finalized the cooperation agreement.

Mingde Hall will transport a large number of soul tools, including scientific research soul tools, soul tool manufacturing platforms, a bunch of soul tool carving knives, and several level-eight soul tools, to Mingdou Mountain Range.

Then, pretend that you were attacked by a soul beast and your soul tool disappeared, and then send someone to retrieve it.

Since the transaction went much more smoothly than expected, there is still some time before the return date.

The two of them, along with some enthusiastic members, got together and came up with a brilliant idea: they decided to take advantage of this time to promote Snow King Ice City and Kenlais in Mingdu.

In just half a month, Snow King Ice City and Kenlais swept through Mingdu, leaving Mingdu's traditional catering industry in a state of utter despair.

They seized the Mingdu catering market at an alarming speed, a sight that left even the two cadres dumbfounded.

Since neither Snow King Ice City nor Kenlais had shown such strong dominance in the Tiandou Plain, nor had they displayed an overwhelming advantage over traditional cuisine, the two sides were evenly matched.

Later, after conducting market research, they discovered that the fast food concept was extremely appealing to the Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire compared to traditional diets!
A hamburger meal can be prepared in just three minutes, a speed that surpasses traditional food preparation. It is also rich in calories, greatly replenishing the Soul Master's energy.

Most importantly, it's cheap. Who can't afford twenty copper soul coins? In Mingdu, no one would even pick up twenty copper soul coins if they fell on the ground.

In reality, most low-level Soul Masters don't have much money; most of their funds are used to purchase rare metals to make Soul Tools.

A Soul Master would have to waste countless rare metals to advance to the next rank, and that's all pure silver.

Therefore, low-level Soul Masters are generally poor. In their eyes, Kenlais and Snow King Ice City are like a ray of light! They are relief food given by God.

Despite the fact that the traditional catering industry in Mingdu has been spreading rumors that fast food is unhealthy, these Soul Masters don't care at all.

What's this about health? Once it's in my stomach, it's energy. We soul masters take drugs every day, we're not healthy anymore! We don't need fast food at all.

Of course, many people in Mingdu also planned to seize the Snow King Ice City and Kenlais properties, but they were stopped by Mingde Hall.

It wasn't just because they were enthusiastic partners of Mingdetang, but also because the two executives had given half of the profits from the fast food industry to Mingdetang.

Mingdetang's top management immediately realized that the fast food industry might be the future of the Sun Moon Empire's catering industry.

The food and beverage industry is a huge market! It can continuously bring in substantial funds for Mingdetang!

When Jing Hongchen saw that someone wanted to touch his future wealth, he picked up his level-nine soul tool and went to have a chat with the other person about life.

In this way, Mingdetang enthusiastically provided fast food technology and operational plans, while Mingdetang provided political and power protection. The two cooperated to directly monopolize the catering industry in Mingdu and together harvested the wallets of low-level Soul Masters and commoners.

After running the business together for a month, Jing Hongchen saw that the money Mingdetang received as dividends from the fast food industry was more than what he earned from selling soul tools for three quarters.

He went completely mad, threatening anyone who wanted to get involved in the fast food industry to either leave the industry or physically expelling them from the biosphere.

Then we need to work together to promote the fast food industry throughout the entire Sun Moon Empire and make it bigger and stronger!
Jing Hongchen wants to make sure everyone can eat hamburgers, drink cola, and savor milk tea, bringing the calorie boon to the Sun Moon Empire!

They even sent Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to the headquarters of Mingdu Xuewang Ice City as directors to help enthusiastically clear obstacles in the traditional food industry.

Because of their close cooperative relationship, Mingde Hall will provide as many soul tools as needed, except for level nine soul tools.

If the royal family blames them for the missing soul tool, just say it was done by a soul beast!

Anyway, the spirit beasts won't complain, so it's safe to pin the blame on them.

Huo Yuhao never expected that the first thing he would destroy in this world would be the catering industry of the Sun Moon Empire.

However, Huo Yuhao didn't care about these things at the moment; his gaze was fixed on a soul-guided vehicle in the experimental field.

(End of this chapter)