Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 111 Beating Tang San Until He's Willing

On Mingdu Street, Huo Yuhao and his friends strolled around and discussed opening a barbecue restaurant. Xiao Hongchen pointed to a place marked with a red cross on the map.

"Yuhao, this place is under the control of law enforcement officers in Mingdu City, so there are no security issues. It's not the kind of black market where people kill and rob. On the surface, it's a legitimate market."

Xiao Hongchen introduced Huo Yuhao to several sensitive areas that he had learned about from his grandfather, areas whose inner workings were generally unknown to most people.

Huo Yuhao naturally knew the general situation in the original work.

No matter how powerful the evil spirit masters are in the Sun Moon Empire, even if their top combat strength is enough to make them underground emperors, they are still beings that cannot be seen in the light of day.

Just like in a typical country, there is open and covert struggle between the underworld and the legitimate world.

However, if one day the situation escalates to the point of conflict between nations, and the underworld forces offer to cease their domestic struggles and follow orders to help deal with other countries, they will demand substantial benefits in return.

This opportunity to exploit and allow the ruler of the Sun Moon Empire's dark side to act under the Empire's command is one that the true emperor of the Sun Moon Empire under the sun would certainly want to hold firmly in his hands.

This can be seen from Ye Yulin's reaction when she saw Ye Guyi's Holy Angel Martial Soul at the Soul Master Competition of the underground Qingse Hotel in the original work.

At that moment, besides being amazed, Ye Yulin also felt a complicated sense of pity for Ye Guyi—how could this silly girl reveal her divine attributes in front of evil soul masters before she had even fully developed her abilities?

He felt a deep sense of melancholy, wishing he had discovered Ye Guyi's divine attributes sooner and used her as a trump card in the future fight against the Holy Spirit Cult!

"Hey Rachel, Yuhao! You're finally back."

As Huo Yuhao pondered, he heard the clear female voice calling out to him and raised his eyes.

A beautiful figure in white with blonde hair waved happily at him from a short distance down the street, then quickly jogged over.

It was Ye Guyi. As usual, she was preparing to go to the library in Mingdu to look at other comics about the Angel God. She had already finished reading the comic "The Angel God Chasing Tang San" that Huo Yuhao had given her before.

Seeing Qian Renxue's angelic godhood ultimately shattered, I felt truly heartbroken.

When Ye Guyi was about to go to the library today, she saw Huo Yuhao and Di Rachel return, and her face lit up with joy: "Rachel, long time no see, hug me."

After hugging Di Rachel, she smiled and looked at Huo Yuhao: "Yuhao, it's been a long time. I'm sorry I didn't pick you up."

Huo Yuhao waved his hand and gave a gentle smile: "It's okay, it doesn't matter whether you answer or not. I was just thinking of looking for you."

Meng Hongchen stared intently at Ye Guyi's every move, and couldn't help but purse her lips. Why is it another blondie?

However, she could tell that Ye Guyi and Huo Yuhao were just good friends, so she didn't pay any special attention to it.

Huo Yuhao introduced her to the Hongchen siblings: "Her name is Ye Guyi. She's a friend that Rachel and I knew before."

Xiao Hongchen nodded and laughed, "Hello Miss Ye, my name is Xiao Hongchen, and this is my younger sister Meng Hongchen. From now on, we and Yuhao will be considered family, all from the same Mingde Hall."

"Brother, you're right."

Meng Hongchen was quite satisfied with Xiao Hongchen's wording. She glanced at Di Ruiqiu indifferently and said, intentionally or unintentionally, "Grandpa has long since confirmed that Yuhao and I are boyfriend and girlfriend. He hopes that the people who come to Mingdu later will be able to recognize their own position."

Ye Guyi was slightly taken aback, feeling that there was a lot of information in those words, but it seemed to be directed at Rachel rather than her.

She didn't ask for details, nor did she know what Di Ruiqiu had done to offend Meng Hongchen. She politely replied, "Hello, Miss Meng. Please take care of me in Mingdu in the future."

Meng Hongchen gently brushed aside a small strand of silver-white hair and said with delight, "It's nothing. You're much more pleasing to the eye than this girl carrying a gun."

"Hehe." Di Ruiqiu snorted lightly, completely ignoring Meng Hongchen's teasing.

Ye Guyi smiled but did not respond to Meng Hongchen. She took out "The Story of the Angel God Chasing Tang San" from her storage soul tool and handed it to Huo Yuhao: "Yuhao, here you go. I've already finished reading it."

Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "Keep it for yourself, consider it a souvenir."

"Okay." Ye Guyi nodded heavily. She had looked for some books about angels in the library, but none of them were as good as the one Huo Yuhao had given her.

Ye Guyi especially thought Qian Renxue's character illustration was very beautiful and holy.

It was part of that storyline, about the angel being severely injured, that she still couldn't understand.

A hint of doubt appeared in Ye Guyi's eyes: "Yuhao, are hidden weapons really that powerful?"

Huo Yuhao paused for a moment, then slowly shook his head: "I'm not sure about that either. Perhaps a hidden weapon blessed by Buddha's light would be much stronger... Hey, Sister Gu Yi, why did you ask that question?"

He could vaguely guess that Ye Guyi asked this question because of the plot in the comic where Qian Renxue was defeated, but he needed to make Ye Guyi have a clearer understanding of hidden weapons.

Ye Guyi turned to a page in the comic "The Angel God Chases Tang San," and the image on it showed Qian Renxue, who had become the Angel God, being struck in the heart by a single drop of Guanyin's Tear from Tang San, causing her to vomit blood.

She couldn't understand why a Level One God could be defeated to such an extent by a Title Douluo.

Ye Guyi pointed at the illustration of Qian Renxue coughing up blood in the picture and said somewhat unconvinced.

"Is this hidden weapon, Guanyin Tear, really that powerful? Just a single drop, yet it can allow a Title Douluo to harm a god."

Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment and objectively stated, "If we disregard the forced elevation of the hidden weapon, Guanyin's Tears severely injured the Angel God based on various influencing factors."

"Qian Renxue was very confident in her angelic body and didn't take mortal weapons seriously. Her lack of vigilance gave her opponent an opportunity to take advantage of her..."

"In addition, Tang San had already completed part of the divine test at that time, and took advantage of Qian Renxue's underestimation of him, severely injuring her with the Guanyin Tears, which had a little power."

Huo Yuhao gave Ye Guyi a brief analysis of the battle and told her that at this time, most of the hidden weapons were useless, otherwise soul tools would not have risen so rapidly.

Ye Guyi felt sorry for Qian Renxue's defeat and sighed, "Alas, to become a god in one's twenties, what great talent! It's a pity she's too stupid."

Huo Yuhao smiled without saying a word. Just like Di Rachel and the Silver Dragon King, after reading stories related to themselves, they would think that the characters in the stories were not smart and believed that they could definitely do better.

Xiao Hongchen pointed to the area on the map and pondered, "Yuhao, although this place is a legitimate market on the surface, there are quite a few evil soul masters here. It's a mixed bag, and all sorts of rumors are flying around."

"What abilities do you plan to use to infiltrate this place and open a barbecue restaurant without being detected?"

Xiao Hongchen asked Huo Yuhao how to avoid being noticed as a good person.

Huo Yuhao said that it was inconvenient for him to demonstrate his abilities in the street, so the group returned to Mingde Hall.

Ye Guyi's eyes lit up with excitement: "Yuhao, what's this about evil soul masters gathering and opening shops? It sounds very interesting."

Huo Yuhao told her about his idea: "It's basically about opening a barbecue restaurant and collecting information about evil soul masters."

Ye Guyi's eyes brightened even more: "Great! Yuhao, you need a shop owner... oops, I mean I can help you look after the shop."

Meng Hongchen glared at her: "You don't even know how to grill fish, how can you be of any help?"

Di Ruiqiu, unusually, sided with Meng Hongchen: "Yes, Gu Yi, I've thought about it carefully..."

"Your angelic martial spirit is still too dangerous in places with many evil spirit masters. Let me help Yuhao."

……

Shrek Academy, outside the school gate.

"Xiao Xiao, I'm getting ready to leave. Have you told your family yet?"

Shrek Academy officially started its summer vacation, and Wang Dong was in a good mood. Her short, light blue hair swayed slightly in the wind as she looked ahead, appearing spirited and confident.

Xiao Xiao blinked her light green eyes, secretly looking at Wang Dong's handsome profile with its soft lines, and said in a low voice with a blush, "Yes, I wrote to my family yesterday, and they should be here soon."

Wang Dong felt a little awkward; Xiao Xiao's gaze made her skin crawl.

When she hesitated about whether to bring Xiao Xiao along, she was thinking of changing into girls' clothes and going to Mingdu to eat, drink, and have fun as her original female identity.

However, Xiao Xiao's companionship throughout the semester made Wang Dong reluctant to refuse her, so he finally agreed.

Sigh... Wang Dong sighed silently. She dressed up as a boy at Shrek Academy, but now that she's on vacation, it seems she still has to dress up as a boy.

Whenever she thinks of this, she really doesn't understand what her first and second uncles were thinking, why they made her dress up as a boy to come to Shrek Academy.

She even said that as long as she completed her mission at Shrek Academy, she would be much closer to seeing her biological parents.

If she hadn't disguised herself as a boy, Xiao Xiao would never have developed such distorted feelings for her.

As for her relationship with Xiao Xiao when she was a girl, Wang Dong felt that even if Xiao Xiao couldn't possibly have feelings of liking for girls, they were both geniuses with twin martial souls, and being in the same class would naturally make them teammates.

They might even end up in the same dorm room, and at least become good friends.

Thinking about all this, Wang Dong considered when he should explain things clearly to Xiao Xiao, otherwise it would be too late to undo the damage. Explaining things clearly would be good for both her and Xiao Xiao.

"Xiao Xiao, I wrote to my eldest and second uncles yesterday and told them I wanted to go out and have some fun. They will send someone to pick me up from school today and take me there."

Before long, a middle-aged man and an old man arrived at the gate of Shrek Academy and came into Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao's sight.

Both men were dressed in simple gray robes. The older man had a panpipe logo printed on his chest, while the middle-aged man had a logo of three tripods standing apart printed on his lapel.

The middle-aged man looked at Xiao Xiao with a kind smile on his face and said with a smile, "Haha, Xiao Xiao, I've come to pick you up."

Xiao Xiao said to Wang Dongxin, "My uncle is here. I'll go tell him about our general itinerary, and then he won't worry anymore."

Wang Dong nodded and smiled, "Okay, go ahead."

Immediately, Xiao Xiao took two steps in three and skipped over to talk to the middle-aged man.

Wang Dong caught the key words in Xiao Xiao's words: she was doing well at school, Wang Dong was doing well, Huo Yuhao and his grilled fish were doing well, so she was planning to go out and have some fun during this holiday.

A few minutes later, a brown-black carriage stopped on the street not far from Wang Dong.

The carriage curtain was drawn back, and a middle-aged man with short, brownish-yellow hair as thin as steel needles leaned out, waved, and said in a strong, energetic voice, "Haha, Dong'er, look this way."

When Wang Dong saw the short brown-haired man, a hint of joy appeared in his pinkish-blue eyes. He ran over and said happily, "Second Father, why are you being so low-key? You came in a carriage!"

At first, she thought that her second father would fly over directly, his imposing presence drawing everyone's attention, before slowly descending from the sky.

Unexpectedly, he acted just like an ordinary person this time, showing no signs of being a top expert.

The short-haired man chuckled and said, "Before I left, my older brother specifically told me not to be too conspicuous after I left, and to try not to let outsiders sense my presence."

"So, yesterday I received your letter, Dong'er, saying that you wanted to go out and play during the holidays. This morning after I arrived in Shrek City, I specially rented a carriage."

Wang Dong smiled and said, "Second Father, I knew you cared about me the most."

Xiao Xiao was still discussing with her family, but it didn't seem to be going very smoothly. Her uncle said in an unquestionable tone.

"Xiao Xiao, I can agree to anything else, but this is absolutely not allowed. Your cultivation level and that of your classmate are both too low. You haven't even reached the third-ring Soul Master level yet. It's too dangerous for the two of you to go out and play."

Xiao Xiao turned her head away, her cheeks puffed out, and her face looked miserable.

The middle-aged man patted Xiao Xiao on the shoulder and said earnestly, "You are the most talented person in our family's history. If anything were to happen to you, how could I face your father?"

Xiao Xiao looked aggrieved upon hearing this, her light green eyes glistening with tears as she gazed longingly at her uncle.

The middle-aged man sighed, gently patted Xiao Xiao's head, and smiled with a mixture of helplessness and kindness: "Xiao'er, you must let your uncle go with you before I can agree to let you go."

Xiao Xiao's eyes brightened slightly, but she didn't show it. She pouted and said, "Okay, but Uncle, please don't ask me about my classmates."

With her parents accompanying her, Xiao Xiao might feel a little reserved, but it's always good that she can go.

Wang Dongchao greeted Xiao Xiao: "Xiao Xiao, come on, get in the car."

"Hmm..." Xiao Xiao happily got into the carriage and sat next to Wang Dong.

The short-haired man was looking at the map, his gaze falling on the mark of the Sun Moon Empire, and he frowned slightly.

"Dong'er, that person might not want you to go there."

Wang Dong retorted indignantly, "Second Uncle, aren't you so powerful? If he doesn't like me going there, then help me beat him up until he's willing!"

(End of this chapter)