Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 4 The Straightforward Struggle

Huo Yuhao understands some political struggles; otherwise, he wouldn't have let Dai Shiliu off so easily.

Huo Yuhao let Dai Shiliu go so easily because he knew very well that Dai Shiliu was making things difficult for Huo Yun'er by taking every opportunity to do so, because she was essentially just a manifestation of the will of the eldest wife of the Dai family.

The first wife disliked Huo Yun'er, so the servants of the Dai family would actively or subconsciously cater to her. As the Divine Child said, this is a case of "if the superior has a certain preference, the inferior will follow it to an extreme."

To truly resolve this problem, dealing with the wicked servant Dai Shiliu is useless; the real solution lies in dealing with the First Wife. However, it is precisely for this reason that Huo Yuhao knows he absolutely cannot rush things.

This is not the turbulent Warring States period (1467-1585, the Sengoku period of Japan). This is the Douluo Continent. I am in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, and I have to deal with the First Lady of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. My enemy is one of the most powerful people in the Douluo World. To rashly try to deal with her is like an ant trying to shake a tree. It is laughable and presumptuous.

It should be noted that in the dream world, the peerless powerhouse Ashina Isshin, known as the Sword Saint, could only unleash a few flying slashes at his peak. He severed one of Shura's arms with the secret technique "Dragon Flash." Even so, his terrifying strength prevented the most powerful shogunate army in the sixty-six provinces of the Sengoku period of Japan from daring to cross the line and set foot in Ashina for more than twenty years.

In the Douluo world, the flying slash that only powerful figures known as Great Swordsmen can unleash can be easily performed by any Soul Master with a specific Soul Skill.

Therefore, after quickly analyzing the current situation, Huo Yuhao soon understood what he should do.

"Build high walls, store up plenty of grain, and delay declaring yourself king." This is incorrect.

Huo Yuhao shook his head. The divine son had been telling him so many classic texts every night that he had gotten a little confused.

According to the words of the divine child, the steps of "hidden dragon should not be used, dragon appears in the field, be diligent all day long, or leap in the abyss, and flying dragon in the sky" must be inherited in sequence, paying attention to the beginning, development, transition and conclusion. One must not be impatient or impetuous, and one must not become lawless after gaining some skills. One must always remember the principle that there are people beyond people and heavens beyond heavens.

In no time, Huo Yun'er, still shaken, returned to the courtyard of the side room. Unlike ordinary people, she didn't light up various lamps for illumination, or rather, there weren't many lamps in the room. Using the afterglow of the sun, Huo Yun'er quickly sorted the ingredients in the oil paper bag and put them in the kitchen on the right side of the courtyard before returning to the house to light an oil lamp.

"Mom, you're back."

Huo Yuhao seemed to have just woken up, and he lazily got out of bed. Huo Yun'er walked over and patted Huo Yuhao's head.

"You're awake, Yuhao. You slept so much during the day, you won't be able to sleep tonight. Go wash the vegetables for me."

Huo Yun'er did not tell Huo Yuhao what had happened to her, or rather, Huo Yun'er had always been unwilling to tell Huo Yuhao about such things, and just silently endured it all by herself.

"Mom, let's leave the White Tiger Duke's Mansion after I awaken my martial spirit. I'll take you out to enjoy a life of luxury."

Huo Yuhao stopped abruptly at the door and quietly left behind these words.

Huo Yun'er was somewhat stunned. In the dim candlelight, she was mesmerized. The small figure in front of her had a resolute look on his profile. Huo Yun'er had seen this kind of determination, confidence, and composure on the face of that other man before.

"it is good."

He slept soundly through the night. The next morning, Huo Yuhao washed up early and followed the other children to a quiet room in the White Tiger Duke's mansion.

Every year on this day, a martial spirit awakening ceremony is held here for the servants' children. Several children of the appropriate age are led by adults and line up in the house, while Huo Yuhao stands alone at the end of the line.

Logically speaking, even as an illegitimate son, Huo Yuhao should not have participated in the awakening ceremony with the children of these servants. As a descendant of the White Tiger Duke, Huo Yuhao should have had a specialist in charge of his awakening. However, in reality, apart from someone coming to Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er's room to remind him three days before his martial soul awakening, Huo Yuhao did not receive any unexpected treatment.

This made Huo Yuhao feel a little confused. What was that first wife thinking? Was she trying to humiliate him by arranging for him to awaken his martial soul in the group of servants? If this got out, it would affect the reputation of the entire White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

Huo Yuhao was completely baffled by this ridiculous way of declaring her control over the Dai family. In the eyes of that first wife, he and his mother were nothing more than ants. Was it really necessary to go to such lengths to target her? Moreover, no matter how he thought about it, such a blatant way of targeting her would be extremely damaging to her if word got out and she were branded as jealous. It was clearly not a worthwhile deal for her.

Huo Yuhao had heard some classic cases of power struggles from the Divine Child, and because of this, when such a direct and confrontational approach was directed at him, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but feel suspicious. Could it be that all power struggles in this world were so 'naive'?

It should be understood that the status of the first wife of the White Tiger Duke's mansion may not be much in front of the top powerhouses on the Douluo Continent, but she is still a person who holds top power on the Douluo Continent. Her status is so noble, and the number of affairs she has to deal with every day should be quite terrifying. The political wisdom that the first wife is showing now, as well as her tendency to keep an eye on them, her son, and other wives and their illegitimate son, is not to say that she is lacking, but it can only be said to be better than nothing.

Huo Yuhao knew that it wasn't just their family that was being tormented. There was a boy named Dai Luoli whose mother seemed to be just a concubine, and she was also being tormented openly and secretly by that first wife.

Shaking his head to stop thinking about these things, Huo Yuhao put these messy thoughts to the back of his mind. Considering that these people's hateful fighting was of no benefit to him, what he needed to do now was to use the power of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to find a way to awaken his martial soul, and then find a suitable opportunity to leave the White Tiger Duke's Mansion with his mother.

Unlike the world of dreams, where even the strongest individual has their limits, in this world, an individual's power can truly be so great that they can disregard all threats. Therefore, rather than choosing to scheme and feign compliance in an environment that is extremely unfavorable to oneself, it is better to jump out of this circle and, after being able to kick away all the shackles, return here with unparalleled power to sweep away this resentment.

(End of this chapter)