Huo Yuhao from The Peerless Tang Sect is incredibly talented.

He Caitou froze for a moment, but quickly recovered.

Shrek Academy has discovered them? Impossible, if they had discovered them, they would have already confronted them.

A spy for the Sun Moon Empire? It's highly likely, but he would never make a move at Shrek Academy, otherwise he wouldn't be able to leave Shrek.

I'll play dumb. As long as I stay at Shrek Academy, even my good uncle from the current Sun Moon Empire can't touch me.

"Junior, you're joking. My name is He Caitou, not Xu He. You've mistaken me for someone else."

Xu He smiled, assuming that Huo Buxiao had called the wrong person.

"Oh? It seems you're not very keen on acknowledging the name Xu He. Is it because of the assassination attempt on your childhood?"

At this moment, Huo Yuhao no longer concealed his face, manipulated his flesh and bones to restore his original appearance, and reached out to brush the hair on his forehead to one side.

Xu He looked toward the place where the voice called him, only to find that his junior brother had disappeared and only Huo Yuhao, the young sect master of the Body Sect and the city lord of Tiandou City, was standing there.

When the Body Sect challenged Shrek Academy, Xu He still had some recollection of the characters from the Body Sect who appeared at the time.

"What...what did you do to my junior brother? This is Shrek Academy!"

Xu He panicked a little and tried to take out the soul tool from the spatial soul tool, but found that he could not sense the spatial soul tool at all.

But he still didn't answer Huo Yuhao's question: the assassination attempt in his childhood? Xu He was unwilling to think about it; escaping might be shameful, but it was truly effective.

Does he really dare to make a move at Shrek Academy?

"Don't panic, I'm here to make a deal with you." Huo Yuhao's voice seemed to have a strange magic, calming Xu He's flustered mind.

"This is a mental space. I've sealed off your senses, so it's normal that you can't feel your storage device. As for your junior brother, don't worry, he's still doing well outside. My target is you; I have no interest in anyone else."

This is a lie. I am extremely interested in Ma Xiaotao, Zhang Lexuan, Ning Tian, ​​and the poor and ordinary people inside and outside Shrek City.

"If we chat here, only a moment will pass outside, and no one will notice."

"Heh, a deal?" Xu He repeated the word in a low voice, a hint of extremely cold mockery flashing in his eyes.

"If you're looking to discuss business, you've come to the wrong person."

Huo Yuhao looked at Xu He, who had calmed down after looking around, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Stubborn kid.

Then, Huo Yuhao used his mental power to evoke Xu He's long-forgotten past.

Xu He's mind flashed images of a magnificent palace, his father's bloodied hand pushing open a hidden door, his mother's last glance back, the clanging of armor as the guards fell, the screams within the palace, the carnage on the escape route... It all lasted only two seconds, but it was enough to make He Caitou break out in a cold sweat.

"What...what exactly do you want to do?!"

Xu He, his eyes red, roared at Huo Yuhao.

"It seems you admit it." Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

Xu He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the surging hatred and killing intent, his gaze sharp as a knife.

"I admit it. I lost everything in that assassination attempt. My guards, my family, my identity... and my innocence. Since you've brought it up, what are you trying to achieve? After that assassination attempt, I had nothing left."

"A deal? With your strength to make a move at Shrek Academy, I really can't imagine what I, someone who isn't even a Soul Saint, could offer you."

Huo Yuhao slowly walked up to Xu He, carefully examined him, and said, "Even though you have lost everything, you are a member of the Sun Moon Empire's royal family and the former crown prince. Just this identity is enough for you to make a deal with me."

"Ha, what use is this title of mine now? It only attracts a constant stream of assassinations from the Sun Moon Empire. What good is it?"

Xu He laughed, clearly disdainful of this identity.

Looking at Xu He's appearance, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but sigh at the intelligence of the people of Douluo Continent. It was one thing that they were slow in cultivating Soul Masters, but they couldn't even understand political intrigue.

Xu He, you've made a strong claim that if you expose your identity to Shrek Academy and then have Shrek Academy gather the strongest people from the original three kingdoms of Douluo Continent, they will have ample reason to interfere in the affairs of the Sun Moon Empire.

Even if things don't go well, you can still get a lot of knowledge about soul tools from the Sun Moon Empire, not to mention that you grew up in Shrek Academy.

As for Kong Mingde, he doesn't even care if evil spirit masters interfere. With you around, he probably won't care if Shrek Academy interferes either.

What are you doing here, acting like a coward?

If you say you don't want revenge, in the original timeline, as soon as I took office in the Extreme Individual Soldier Project, you were so eager to reveal your identity. If you say you want revenge, I couldn't find any reason for you to use your identity for political maneuvering.

The Extreme Individual Soldier Plan is even more laughable. You could change it to the Extreme Douluo Training Plan, which would be about the same. Or at the very least, you could create a political strategist.

Tang is finished.

"Want revenge? I can help you."

Silence. A long silence. Xu He seemed frozen in the shadows, only his chest heaving violently. Revenge—these two words were like a red-hot iron, searing his very soul.

His eyes gleamed with a dangerous light, a mixture of longing, struggle, and, above all, a deep-seated hatred.

After a moment, Xu He spoke.

"Help me? Do you know what you're talking about? You're not fighting against a single person, but against the current emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, the entire royal family, an empire, and an army with the largest and most elite Soul Master Corps on the entire continent."

Xu He suddenly looked up, staring intently at the other person, his voice low but filled with barely suppressed ruthlessness.

"What's the price? What price do you want? No one will help a crown prince of a fallen kingdom for no reason. What do you want? I'll give you everything, whether it's your soul or everything I own. I only ask that that beast's family and all the nobles who turned a blind eye to my family back then die."

At this moment, Xu He was like a drowning person grasping at a straw, shouting hoarsely and giving it his all.

"I only want the administrative power of the Sun Moon Empire. As for your request, I agree."

"The contract is complete; now you simply need to wait."

Huo Yuhao smiled happily. Very good, now he could legitimately invite the nobles of the Sun Moon Empire to eat green garlic.

The nobles of the Sun Moon Empire are rotten. Even those second-generation elites in Huo Yuhao's original timeline treated exchange students this way, so they must have been even more fearful of ordinary soul masters and commoners.

Xu He was stunned, then let out a short, almost mocking laugh. Not because it was absurd, but because—the other party had so bluntly and unreservedly revealed their hand.

Arrogant but capable, Xu He silently labeled Huo Yuhao. "Help me ascend the throne? Quite the boast." Oh well, the Sun Moon Empire isn't in his hands now anyway. If he can get the throne, great; if not, then Huo Yuhao won't get any administrative power.

As for what Huo Yuhao will do after he gets administrative power, Xu He is too lazy to think about it or care. Right now, he just wants the Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire and his family to die.

Xu He had no sense of belonging to the Sun Moon Empire. His family was all dead, and he was raised in a foreign country.

The son sells his grandfather's land without a second thought.

The next moment, Xu He's consciousness returned to reality. He was still eating with his junior brother; everything that had just happened seemed like a dream.

He Caitou's hand holding the chopsticks stiffened almost imperceptibly, but he then nonchalantly picked up a piece of meat, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it a few times.

Business as usual.

Ding ding ding, a sound came from the virtual network. He Caitou opened it and saw that it was not a dream.

[New Friend: Huo Yuhao]