In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

Chapter 29. Night Talk

Armor combination!

With a flash of black light, a suit of armor, entirely black and resembling a rhinoceros, instantly enveloped Xu Sanshi's entire body.

Xu Sanshi grabbed the jade wine cup on the table, and with a gentle squeeze of his right hand, the wine cup instantly turned into a pile of powder.

Xu Sanshi explained, "Junior Brother, this Black Rhino Armor can provide me with 100% all attributes, and it also comes with two exclusive weapons: the Meteor Spear and the Water Armor Shield. These two weapons can be used without the armor being combined."

"However, it's a bit of a shame that the energy required to maintain the armor's combined form is limited to a fixed amount each day. If used for combat, it can only sustain the armor for about an hour."

Is there only about an hour?

Actually... it's not too bad. Within this hour, it's equivalent to Xu Sanshi bringing along a fully equipped Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master. Huo Yuhao knows Xu Sanshi's defensive capabilities very well. With the support of this Black Rhino Armor and Meteor Spear, his defensive capabilities have been greatly enhanced, while also making up for the slight deficiency in Xu Sanshi's offensive methods. He can be considered an all-around Soul Master with both offense and defense.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's satisfied expression, Xu Sanshi immediately removed his armor, returned to his seat, and drank the wine in front of him in one gulp.

"Third Senior Brother."

"Hmm? Junior Brother, is there anything else?"

"Oh, is that so? Are you confident you can persuade your daughter Yu'er to join our Tang Clan?"

Xu Sanshi chuckled, "Junior Brother, Yu'er's full name is Chen Yu, and she comes from Hanhai City. You should remember her, right?"

Hanhai City? Chen Yu?

Huo Yuhao pondered, "I do have a vague recollection of the surname Chen. In my past life, I heard my brother-in-law, Tang Wulin, recount the love story of Han Hai Douluo Chen Xinjie and Guang An Douluo Long Yeyue. This Han Hai Douluo Chen Xinjie was the patriarch of the Sea God Clan of that generation. A family that can be called the Sea God Clan, could it be... a descendant of the original residents of Sea God Island?"

Xu Sanshi nodded and said, "That's right, Yu'er is indeed a descendant of the original residents of Seagod Island, and also my second wife in my previous life. As for why we got together early, it shouldn't be... important, right?"

Huo Yuhao nodded. He didn't care about the love entanglement between Xu Sanshi and Chen Yu. With this relationship, Chen Yu probably wouldn't be particularly opposed to joining the Tang Clan. The other party should be able to... replace Jiang Nannan's position, right?

"Oh, right, there's one last thing." Huo Yuhao said with a serious expression, "Third Senior Brother, there's something I need you to answer for me. Hmm... how much do you know about Qin Yi, the Vice Sect Master of the Body Sect and the Demon Dragon Douluo?"

"Demon Dragon Douluo Qin Yi?" Xu Sanshi pondered. "According to the intelligence of my Xuanming Sect, Demon Dragon Douluo Qin Yi and Bright Phoenix Douluo Ye Xishui are childhood sweethearts. He obtained a certain inheritance and went out to train for more than ten years. When he returned, he found that his childhood sweetheart had been lured into the Holy Spirit Sect. He was furious and immediately went to Du Bisi, who was still the young sect master of the Body Sect, to seek the help of the Body Sect."

"During the Soul Master Competition, Ye Xishui publicly pointed out Fang Che, the leader of Canglan Academy, as an evil Soul Master, and then threw herself into Qin Yi's arms."

"With nowhere else to turn, Fang Che jumped onto the competition stage and took the then-young Pavilion Master Mu hostage. Just as Fang Che escaped, he betrayed his promise and suddenly broke Pavilion Master Mu's spine, injecting the cold poison into Pavilion Master Mu's body through the wound."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao was shocked. He truly hadn't expected that Qin Yi and Ye Xishui would have this kind of relationship. The girl named Qin Mengmeng must be Ye Xishui's daughter.

Ghostly Shadow was Ye Xishui's first martial soul before she fell into the evil soul master.

Huo Yuhao paced back and forth in the private room with his hands behind his back. It wasn't that he didn't trust Xu Sanshi, but he instinctively felt that something was wrong.

As fate would have it, a character who didn't exist in her previous life happened to be Ye Xishui's childhood sweetheart, changing the original destinies of many people.

In fact, Qin Yi and Ye Xishui were not childhood sweethearts, but even the current sect leader of the Body Sect, Du Bisi, firmly believed it. As the saying goes, "three men can make a tiger," meaning that even if something isn't true, if everyone believes it, then it becomes true!

At that time, Qin Yi and Ye Xishui had already gotten married. Compared to that old devil Zhong Lisu, Ye Xishui did not reject this husband who was less than ten years older than her. As Qin Yi's wife, would she clarify that she and Qin Yi were not childhood sweethearts?

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Ye Xishui knew very well that Qin Yi had fabricated this lie solely to gain the trust of the Body Sect. She had already broken free from the control of the Holy Spirit Sect and was living a completely new life. Did the truth... really matter?

Perhaps... Qin Yi never dreamed that a lie he casually uttered more than two hundred years ago would become a shield to cover his true identity. It was that lie that made his appearance seem natural, and no matter how much Huo Yuhao suspected his identity, he couldn't find a suitable entry point.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's anxious appearance, Xu Sanshi reminded him, "Junior Brother, you don't need to keep focusing on Qin Yi. He did marry Ye Xishui and Xue Di, one of your seven soul spirits, but he's not the most suspicious one."

"Leaving aside others, the Sun Moon Empire did not experience that coup. Our eldest brother, He Cai Tou Xu He, is still a prince in the Sun Moon Empire, although he is a bit lacking in talent. The current emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Gui Yu, adopted Xu Tian Ran into his own family and made him the crown prince."

Huo Yuhao: "..."

In this world, the succession to the throne does not follow the rule of primogeniture based on the legitimate heir or the eldest son if there is no legitimate heir. To secure the throne, one must first be an excellent Soul Master, and Xu He clearly does not meet this requirement.

Of course, Xu Guiyu could have taken advantage of his still being able to move and ordered the execution of his brother's entire family. But that would only have allowed the three great empires and the Sea God Pavilion to take advantage of the situation. No matter how confused he was, he couldn't have done something that would please his enemies and hurt his loved ones.

Going back to reality.

Huo Yuhao's face darkened to the bottom. To be honest, compared with the Sun Moon Empire, Qin Yi's suspicion seemed insignificant. If Xu He was also reborn, as a prince of the Sun Moon Empire, it was impossible for him not to target Huo Yuhao and the Tang Clan behind him!

Xu Sanshi reminded him, "Junior Brother, in this life, we don't need to completely recreate the glory of the Tang Sect from the previous one. With Jiang Nannan's precedent there, do you still think Xuan Ziwen, Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, and Nan Qiuqiu will definitely join the Tang Sect?"

Huo Yuhao replied, "Third Senior Brother, I understand everything you've said. Don't worry, I will only use everything from my past life as a reference and will absolutely not apply it to my past."

(End of this chapter)