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

Chapter 43. The Bloodbath Caused by Fifty Silver Soul Coins

Hearing this, Qin Xue couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Huo Yuhao, you can insult my character, but you can't insult my intelligence. What's so great about practicing the tactics of a seven-person team battle? I'm afraid you have ulterior motives."

"Want to practice? Sure, we don't have time this afternoon, but we can introduce you to another team. They have a lineup of two Soul Masters and five Soul Venerables, which can definitely give you a boost and help you hone your team fighting tactics."

Huo Yuhao: "..."

The key to winning against a stronger opponent lies in surprise. If you reveal all your strengths before the match, it will be difficult to win.

He had originally planned to probe into the backgrounds of Qin Xue, Qin Mengmeng, Jiang Nannan, and others, but... hmph, he was outmaneuvered.

"Forget it, I'm a bit socially anxious and don't really like interacting with strangers."

Huo Yuhao gave Qin Xue a few perfunctory words, then quickly stepped forward and followed Bei Bei and the others into the No. 1 private room.

As soon as she entered, Chen Yu shared her thoughts. "If you ask me... students with any real skill wouldn't go to the information agency to find a team. There must be a small circle among the top-talented students, but we just haven't discovered it yet."

Ah this...

Tang Ya frowned, then raised her small hand and suggested, "Why don't we go ask Qin Xue? She's the daughter of the Vice Sect Master of the Body Sect, and His Majesty the Demon Dragon holds a position at Shrek Academy. There must be quite a few students trying to curry favor with her. Maybe we can find out some information."

Xu Sanshi shook his head and said, "That's unrealistic. Don't be fooled by the bustling atmosphere at the intelligence agency. Besides us and Qin Xue, there are at most two or three other teams qualified to compete for a spot. They're all competitors. Do you expect Qin Xue to help us?"

"Instead of recruiting some useless and unattractive students, it would be better to go to the Soul Hunter Guild in Shrek City and recruit three eligible mercenaries. Don't underestimate them just because their martial soul quality is a bit lower. They are all ruthless characters who have fought their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Their combat experience and ruthlessness are incomparable to those pampered students."

"As for their identities? Heh, that's even simpler. Just find a loophole and give them temporary student status. With Beibei's status, there shouldn't be much of a problem."

"If we qualify successfully, we can openly accept strong players from other teams as our substitutes. Hiring mercenaries is just a temporary measure."

Upon hearing this, everyone agreed. It wasn't that they wanted to take advantage of the situation, but they simply didn't want to get their faces covered in excrement again. Hadn't they encountered enough bizarre students that morning?

After the candidate was chosen, Zhao Chong's situation became rather awkward. Huo Yuhao only gave him fifty silver soul coins as compensation, didn't even let him eat, and directly kicked Zhao Chong out of the private room.

That's right, it's fifty silver soul coins, not five gold soul coins, and certainly not fifty gold soul coins, but a very insulting fifty silver soul coins!

Zhao Chong was very angry. He was a three-ring Soul Master. Although he came from humble beginnings, with Shrek City as a large platform, he could easily earn more than five gold soul coins by doing some part-time work. He was mainly angry about Huo Yuhao's attitude.

Why can't we hold a war council meeting anytime? If we invite him to dinner or say a few words of apology, will Zhao Chong care?

Huo Yuhao could have easily taken five gold soul coins from his bag of gold soul coins as compensation, or he could have just grabbed a handful from his bag of silver soul coins and given them to him. Instead, he counted them for a long time and gave him fifty silver soul coins, one for each coin.

What does this mean? It means that in Huo Yuhao's eyes, Zhao Chong will always be a second-class citizen, a servant to be used and discarded at will, only worthy of using silver soul coins!

What is the truth of the matter? Perhaps Huo Yuhao originally intended to give Zhao Chong five gold soul coins, but took the wrong money bag and was too lazy to exchange it, so he took out the equivalent silver soul coins and gave them to him, or perhaps there was some other reason.

The problem is, what Huo Yuhao thinks is no longer important; what matters is Zhao Chong's understanding.

Clearly, Zhao Chong's understanding may have been flawed, which led him to harbor resentment towards Huo Yuhao and the Tang Sect!

"Hiring mercenaries to participate in the competition? Hmph! I'll report you right now and kill your Tang Clan's plan before it even begins!"

Don't underestimate the determination of a nobody. He has no connections, and if he offends the Tang Clan, he can simply move to a different environment.

As Zhao Chong was about to turn and leave the Tulip Hotel, a very real question suddenly occurred to him—would his voice really be of any use if he, being of low status, reported it?

Thinking of this, Zhao Chong turned around, his gaze unconsciously falling on Qin Xue. Hiss... According to Huo Yuhao and the others, Qin Xue is the daughter of the deputy sect master of the Body Sect, and is also a mortal enemy of Huo Yuhao and the others. Her report should be powerful enough, right?

Just then, Zhao Chong suddenly rushed to Qin Xue's group's table, briefly explained Huo Yuhao's plan, and then ran out of the Tulip Hotel without looking back.

? ? ? ? ? ?

Qin Xue and the others were full of question marks. What on earth was going on this time?

After a long silence, Xu Bin stammered, "Big...Big Sister, could this be a trap set by the Tang Clan to lure us into reporting them so they can frame us?"

Qin Xue pondered, "Even if the Tang Sect frames us, they can't disqualify us from the competition. What's the point of all this?"

"Let's go back to the academy now. I want to see if the Tang Sect can give us a surprise."

And so, Qin Xue returned to Shrek Academy with her eight friends and immediately went to the dean's office on the fifth floor of the outer academy's office building.

Thump thump thump! Thump thump thump! Thump thump thump!

Qin Xue knocked several times, but there was still no response from inside the office. Just as the nine people were about to leave, a dignified and beautiful aunt in a burgundy dress walked over.

"Hey kids, what's up?"

The moment Qin Mengmeng saw the beautiful woman's face, her mind went blank for a second. Before coming to Shrek Academy, she had seen portraits of all the high-ranking members of the Sea God Pavilion and Shrek Academy. She recognized her at a glance as Yan Shaozhe's wife, Cai Meier, the Gun God Douluo and then the Vice Dean of the Outer Court!

"Dean, we have accidentally discovered that some students have engaged in illegal or disorderly conduct. Due to their special status, ordinary teachers dare not deal with them, so we thought of reporting them to the Dean."

Qin Xue did not address Cai Meier as "senior," but instead used the more general term "adult," perhaps because she did not want to, or could not, lower herself to a lower position.

(End of this chapter)