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

Chapter 56. Huo Yuhao and Dai Ying

"What? You want me to take advantage of Huo Yuhao's unconsciousness to serve him?"

In a private room on the first floor of the Starlight Hotel, Dai Ying stared at the Tang Clan members in front of her with a gloomy face.

Yes, she is the illegitimate daughter of Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger. She is not favored in the Duke's mansion, but she has a respectable job as a receptionist at the Starlight Hotel. This position involves three shifts, and on average, she only needs to work four or five hours a day, earning a salary of five hundred gold soul coins per month.

She has plenty of money and cultivation resources, so why should she serve a comatose man like a courtesan? What kind of person is she?

If she hadn't known that the group of people in front of her were students representing Shrek Academy in the Soul Master Competition, whom she couldn't afford to offend, she would have already had these scoundrels who forced women into prostitution kicked out of the Starlight Hotel.

Chen Yu said with a smile, "Miss Dai Ying, we didn't mean to insult you. Well... as you know, we come from Shrek City and Tang Sect, representing Shrek Academy in the junior team competition of this Soul Master Tournament. Every member of our team has the potential to become a Title Douluo."

"That Huo Yuhao I just told you about, he's been going through a rough patch in his love life lately, so we're looking for a girlfriend to cheer him up. As long as you're willing to serve him, whether he wants you to be his girlfriend or not, these 100,000 gold soul coins are yours."

"If Huo Yuhao is willing to let you be his girlfriend, our Tang Sect will pay you a salary of one thousand gold soul coins every month. Your task is to be Huo Yuhao's wife... no, concubine or lover, to accompany him and take care of him."

As he spoke, Chen Yu placed a Gold Soul Coin card with a stored value of 100,000 on the table.

Looking at the gold soul coin card in front of her, Dai Ying swallowed hard. To be honest, she was indeed tempted. Even if she couldn't win Huo Yuhao's favor, she could simply take the 100,000 gold soul coins, leave Star Luo City, go to the countryside to live in seclusion, marry an honest man, stay away from the power struggles, and live a life of being a good wife and mother.

She couldn't earn 100,000 gold soul coins even if she worked for ten years without eating or drinking!

If she could stay by Huo Yuhao's side and have several children for him, as long as one of them had decent talent, she wouldn't need to rely on anyone else for the rest of her life.

Thinking of this, Dai Ying quickly picked up the gold soul coin card in front of her, put it into her storage ring which was less than half a cubic meter in size, and nodded in the direction of Chen Yu.

And so, led by Chen Yu, Dai Ying arrived at Huo Yuhao's room. Looking at Huo Yuhao, who was unconscious on the bed, Dai Ying swallowed hard, slowly walked onto the bed, and began to tear at Huo Yuhao's clothes.

……

"Who, who are you?" When Huo Yuhao woke up and saw a naked woman lying next to him, he instinctively hugged his pillow and moved back.

Despite her discomfort, Dai Ying pointed to the plum blossom keepsake on the bed and explained, "My name is Dai Ying. Sister Chen Yu asked me to come and be your girlfriend."

Dai Ying?

Mentioning this name, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but think of a girl with the same name, Dai Ying, who was his...

Forget it! It's just a coincidence of names, it's not... no, it can't be the person in his mind, what's there to be so upset about?

Huo Yuhao glanced at the plum blossom keepsake on the bed, then quickly went over and covered Dai Ying with the blanket.

"I'll accept you as my girlfriend. You lost so much blood, it must be... in a lot of pain, right? You should rest for a bit and get some sleep. When we get to the restaurant, I'll personally pack up your food and bring it to you."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao finished dressing and stepped out of the room.

Huo Yuhao is not entirely without merit. Although his enthusiasm for the Tang Sect has reached an almost obsessive level, there is one thing that cannot be erased—his attitude towards girls he has established a relationship with.

This was perhaps the only kindness he had left, or maybe Dai Ying shared the same name as someone else, and he couldn't bear to treat her cruelly.

Ugh!

Huo Yuhao sighed, leaned against the corridor wall, and silently said in his heart, "Senior Aying, I was wrong. I shouldn't have applied double standards and disrespected women..."

"Actually, I'm not a die-hard fan of the Tang Sect. I just want to use the Tang Sect's channels to recruit more outstanding Soul Masters as my allies, thereby increasing my chances of defeating Tang San..."

"Senior Aying, are you listening?"

"Senior Aying..."

No matter how Huo Yuhao called out to her, A Ying did not respond at all, as if A Ying was no longer in his mind.

Huo Yuhao quickly entered the Martial Soul Possession state. When he saw the Twin Dragon Daggers (Blood Demon Daggers) in his hand, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his second Martial Soul was still there. It was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

As for Aying, well... never mind. He already fully understands the Blood Demon Clan's cultivation methods, so Aying's help to him is minimal and doesn't matter much anymore.

Loneliness? He has his brothers and sisters from the Tang Clan, and his newly found girlfriend, both of whom he can confide in. So how could he be lonely?

……

Meanwhile, in the No. 1 private room of the Starlight Hotel, Qin Yi and Xu Ming, the ancestor of the Star Luo royal family, sat facing each other at the table, enjoying the royal-supplied spiritual tea.

"Brother Qin, thank you for what happened last time. If it weren't for your Body Sect's generous donation of soldiers for that little guy Dai Hao, it would have at least eased the pressure on our empire..."

Xu Ming sipped the spiritual tea, constantly offering compliments.

Provide troops? Relieve internal pressure within the Star Luo Empire?

Qin Yi waved his hand dismissively and said, "It's just a matter of mutual dependence. If the Sun Moon Empire attacks, our Body Sect will also be affected. I only did a small favor. Besides, your country paid us a large sum of money for our services, and each mercenary is treated the same as a local soldier. This... is just a transaction, so there's no need for thanks."

Qin Yi's expression was not good. There's no reason for such kindness; there must be ulterior motives! He didn't believe that the Star Luo royal family's ancestor would bother to call him here for such a trivial matter and express so much gratitude. Was it because Qin Yi was too idle, or because Xu Ming was too idle?

The Star Luo Empire is not short of money. The Soul Master Competition is held every five years, and it is the Star Luo Empire's turn to host it every twenty years. Each time, the Star Luo government will take this opportunity to hold a top-level auction house, and the revenue earned is enough to cover the Star Luo Empire's military expenses for twenty years.

Shortage of soldiers? Heh, at worst we'll just spend more money and recruit from the civilian population. Still no one wants to join the army, so we'll use titles as a pretext. There are plenty of ways; a living person can't be driven to desperation.

(End of this chapter)