Douluo: The Peerless Sun, Moon, and Yuhao

Chapter 203 Cake is the ladder of human progress

Huo Yuhao just held the list in one hand and the teacup in the other, looking intently at Jing Hongchen.

"If you ask, there are many ways to know. Millions of people can't hide secrets."

Wen Yanjing Hongchen couldn't help but rub her teacup with her hands. Not to mention anything else, the students with different backgrounds in the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy alone were a huge source of high-level information.

Gee, it’s true that as people grow up, they have so many ideas that they can no longer control themselves.

As he thought about it, Jing Hongchen couldn't help but laugh to himself.

Huo Yuhao frowned: "Why is the hall master laughing?"

Jing Hongchen put the tea cup back on the coffee table, pointed at Huo Yuhao and nodded.

"I laugh at you for being too lazy to worry about things. You don't care too much and think too much."

"Don't say it's you. Even if it's me, I only have a partial right to know and less say in this kind of matter. I don't have the right to veto whether I am dragged down by the prince and those bastards. After all, Mingdetang is here I can only serve as a production department in this matter. I can only sit and watch, can you stand up and block them?"

Huo Yuhao sighed after hearing this and couldn't help but shake his head.

That's not bad. His current say comes essentially from the attention and expectations of Jing Hongchen and even Kong Deming. Although the future seems promising, the potential is far from being realized into strength. It is impossible for him to treat the promissory note as cash. If you use it, others won’t recognize it.

Being promoted and trained within a fixed system can certainly enjoy the benefits of "early harvesting benefits", but when the leader himself has nothing to do, he will naturally be blind.

"A man can't live without power for a day..." Looking at Huo Yuhao's acquiescence, Jing Hongchen said with a smile, "I know I've hit a wall now".

"The power that most people are involved in is generally divided into two types: top-down and bottom-up. The former refers to those whose power comes from appointments distributed by superiors and is basically abolished without titles. Most of them are those who have no foundation in the court. officials."

"As for the bottom-up ones... they generally have their own base, supporters, and foundation. Even if their honors, titles, and positions are taken away, they are still capable of making a comeback very quickly."

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly, knocked on the tea cup and asked: "The latter, like you? Because although the attack on Mingde Hall deprived you of your duke title, it had no impact on you at all. As long as you are still alive, Mingde Who else would you choose to be the leader of the Tanghe Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy?"

Jing Hongchen said with a smile: "Not bad!"

Huo Yuhao: ...

I'm just flattering you, why do you take it seriously?

The title of Duke has no effect on you because your power and status do not come from that title!

When Xu Tianran took away your positions as hall master and dean and sent you to Tiandou City to retire, there was no researcher who brought his own food and continued to follow you!
Could it be possible, Master of Hongchen Hall, that you really think that the researchers admire you because you have such a charming personality?
Pu Xinnan, really bow your head.

Human beings are social animals after all, and no one is completely immune to the influence of "social position division of labor", but there are only certain differences in degree.

Putting it on Douluo Continent, that is, cultivation and position have different impacts on individuals. Jing Hongchen’s own status relies heavily on the “resource allocation rights granted by the organization.” This is what truly distinguishes him from ordinary ninth-level soul mentors. The essential.

There are generally two types of people who subjectively don't care and who objectively don't rely on their position: Kong Deming, Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao and Moon are the uncrowned kings who have reached the ultimate in a certain field and have countless people willing to follow them without official recognition at all. .

And the casual cultivators who have never relied on the resources of the organization to climb all the way through the ice and snow to cultivate... um, or wild soul masters.

"Yuhao, let me put it this way, do you understand your current situation? Essentially, your identity is a valued member of Mingde Hall... You cannot have more say than me. In fact, it is even worse than Xuan Ziwen. This is the inevitable trouble that comes with a top-down, step-by-step approach.”

Jing Hongchen spoke calmly, Huo Yuhao nodded silently, but then sighed softly:
"But to transform into a bottom-up with a solid foundation... Tsk, you must either have a personal ability that reaches the level of a ninth-level soul master to have full say, or you must be able to open up a new and important field on your own. This all depends on time. The path of harmony and luck is slowly grinded out."

Jing Hongchen refilled the teacup with tea, shook his head and said:
"But you are different. Mr. Kong and I hope that you will not only be able to challenge the youngest ninth-level soul master, but also be able to open up a new path and have other basic skills independent of Mingde Hall." Pan's...the kind of person who founded a sect and established a sect, otherwise it would be a pity to just repeat my old path."

"Lao Kong didn't pay as much attention to me as you did back then, so my expectations for you are by no means limited to my current level."

"Even if you didn't understand our thoughts before, after today's situation where you were unable to do anything even though you objected, you should have known to be anxious, right?"

"Fortunately, your progress is even better than our most optimistic expectations at the beginning, and even now we see hope of being able to start our own business independently."

Huo Yuhao thought for a moment, then tilted his head and asked, "Are you talking about the soul?"

"Yes, although it is inseparable from Di Tian's guidance and the inspiration gained from Shrek. This kind of luck makes people jealous, but the fact is that you really got this thing out. In the final analysis, it is all thanks to you. Its strength. You know its future potential yourself, and it may even be more important than Mingdetang and Shrek combined."

Huo Yuhao: "That's ridiculous...forget it, actually I also think this thing has the potential to change the world."

What do you mean by soul...

No strength, just luck.

He didn't understand fantasy things like undead magic, so all he could do was come up with relevant ideas in advance, and Yi Lao would do the rest.

From a conscience point of view, it seems to be a bit of a strange academic misconduct where students steal the tutor's paper...

Jing Hongchen picked up the tea cup again, took a sip and said with emotion: "These things they have done... it seems that they are not harmful to the empire, and maybe they can expand the territory. Judging from the prince's attitude today, you can also It can be seen that His Majesty has no objection."

"As for Mr. Kong...unless certain decisions seem to clearly harm the interests of the royal family, he will not express his opinions easily."

Huo Yuhao nodded. Since even Jing Hongchen said he was powerless, what else could he do except accept the reality? He wouldn't be incompetent and furious. The boomerang had not hit his head for the time being...

"Work hard to run your business. If every soul master uses souls in the future, your right to speak is not even worse than that of Mr. Kong. Just like him, one sentence is worth ten thousand!"

"If you are not satisfied with today's situation, then try your best to make Xu Tianran even want to listen to you in the future!" Jing Hongchen continued to draw the pie skillfully.

Huo Yuhao said "Oh" and nodded. For someone like Xu Tianran, what should you do if you want him to respect your opinion?

Either you have the ability to destroy countless people's jobs, or you have countless people begging for food behind you.

"I understand. When I succeed in starting my own business, I can split up and go out on my own... Then I can make room for Xiao Hongchen to take over Mingde Hall." Huo Yuhao took a sip of tea and joked with narrowed eyes.

The muscles on Jing Hongchen's face couldn't help but tense up. When he saw Huo Yuhao's eyes without any serious meaning, he cursed: "What nonsense are you talking about? How can I give him a bowl of rice?"

Huo Yuhao gently put down his teacup. He actually didn't care that much about whether he could take over the leadership of Mingdetang. At most, he cared about the distribution of property...

In the long run, the vitality of institutions such as Chuanling Pagoda is indeed much stronger than that of Mingdetang. It is a true monopoly institution; and what you need to be careful of is that you may accidentally start a business and collapse in the middle. , was kidnapped, treated to a banquet, beheaded, married to a daughter, and kept as a dog.

Tsk, no matter whether you take the route of personal force or the route of millions of canards, it is not wrong to say that a man cannot lose his power for a day. Seeing Xu Tianran doing something shocking in front of him that is comparable to the God King's ten-thousand-year plan. Huo Yuhao was very irritated by the feeling that Shi Mian had no room for protest, and that as a member of Mingdetang, he had to jump into a trap even though he knew it was a trap.

Of course, the phrase "a man cannot live without power" is sometimes often used in conjunction with other proverbs, such as...

"Why don't you have a wife!"

"A good man should first establish a career and then have a family!"

In the royal palace surrounded by five steps, one sentry and ten steps, Xu Tianran laughed heartily and patted the arm of the young man in front of him who had a look of apprehension on his face.

This man was one of the important people who smuggled over from Western Xinjiang with a group of big shots. His identity was the only son of a high-ranking general.

When Xu Tianran asked him if he had any concerns in the Tianhun Empire and he personally helped him solve them, the old man Qi Qi Ai Ai mentioned to His Highness the Crown Prince that he had a... baby kiss, the one he played with since he was a child, and later... As the original branch of the royal family, they were taken to Tiandou City and waited for the two to get married when they reached an age.

If the current situation continues to develop, once chaos breaks out in Western Xinjiang, as a rebellious minister and traitor, this marriage will definitely be blown away. Even if there is a chance to explain that his whole family was forced to do so, it will be useless. What emperor would do it for such a reason? Forgive the gangsters... maybe the two of them will be separated forever.

Faced with this man's request to bring his fiancée back from Tiandou City before making big news, His Highness Tianran's answer was... "There is no need for a real man to have a wife."

Xu Tianran's expression seemed quite natural and generous. Looking at the man in front of him, who had a rosy complexion that turned pale under the light, Xu Tianran promised generously:
"Both the empire and this palace will never treat anyone who does their best to help us! Let alone a distant branch of the royal family, as long as you obey the arrangements and complete the instructions given to you by the empire, when Tiandou City is captured in the future, even the Tianhun Empire will I, the princess, can also make the decision to give you two concubines!"

The pale-faced young man and the "public opinion representatives" who had been arranged to petition overnight all around him all looked at each other in confusion.

Attack...capture Tiandou City?

This is not what we promised!Wasn't it agreed a few days ago that after completing the independent cause of Western Xinjiang, the freedom and wealth of their family would be returned?
They may not be too frightened to be in a territory they have managed for thousands of years, but if they want to use their skulls to defeat the regular army of the Sky Soul Empire... that will really kill the whole family!
"Your Highness, I don't have great ambitions. I know how much I weigh and don't dare to expect anything from the princess. I just want to wait for you to complete your great work and go home to live a small life..."

Seeing the young man in front of him hesitantly speaking for fear of offending him, Xu Tianran patted the other man's arm and said:
"How can this be done? How can this be enough? You have been comfortable living a small life in your life, but have your parents agreed? When your children are born in the future and see that your family's industry is not as good as the previous generation, won't they despise you for your incompetence? Don't you? You love her so much but don’t plan to have children?”

"I have long said that I will never treat anyone who works for me wholeheartedly!"

Is there any relationship between these two things?

The young man seemed hesitant to speak, but Xu Tianran clapped his hands, and then the woman in black standing next to him pulled out a scroll from her sleeve robe.

Many "public opinion representatives" couldn't help but tremble when they saw the actions of the previously silent woman - this woman is a ruthless person. A few days ago, during a home visit in the middle of the night, she could kill a soul with ease. The emperor and even the soul saint made it impossible for people to think of how to fight other than committing suicide.

This is a huge, wide scroll that takes up the entire conference table space.

The woman in black rolled out the scroll and stood aside. Xu Tianran took off his mask while watching the scene. The princes and generals headed by the Duke of Anxi waved their sleeves and said passionately:
"I have reported your demands to my father, and Mingdu has decided to increase investment to support your just actions!"

"Your righteous deeds of resisting the exploitation of the Tianhun Empire will surely go down in history. Today, on behalf of my father, I will witness that everyone has formed a blood alliance and vowed to accomplish great things!"

After Xu Tianran finished speaking, the woman in black took out a set of pens and ink pads from the storage ring.

"Please!"

Everyone present looked at Duke Anxi. Who gave him the highest status here?Xu Tianran couldn't help but force everyone to sign and fingerprint to express their loyalty. Of course, he, the leader, had to set a personal example for this kind of work.

Duke Anxi's hair has turned half white in the past few days, and he had to dye it black before leaving so that he would not notice the abnormality.

The Duke gave a wry smile, first wrote his name on the scroll, then took the ink pad and pressed his thumb deeply into it.

Seeing Xu Tianran's very satisfied and encouraging look in his eyes, Duke Anxi gritted his teeth and asked: "Your Highness...allow me to ask for a favor."

"Your Excellency, please speak."

"Can you please allow me to meet my little girl... She has never been away from home for such a long time. My wife and I really miss her dearly."

Xu Tianran looked at the woman in black beside him with surprise: "Deputy leader, is there such a thing?"

Fengling chuckled and cupped her hands and said: "Your Highness is unaware of something, and there is a danger of disaster at the beginning of the war. In order to reassure the Duke, we have taken his daughter to stay in Mingdu temporarily to avoid any accidents in Western Xinjiang."

"When everyone's great achievements are completed, we will naturally invite the Duke's daughter to go home and reunite with her family."

"That's it! Is it convenient to invite her to meet with the Duke in two days so that the Duke can feel at ease?"

"The prince has an order, and he will do whatever he wants."

Xu Tianran nodded to Duke Anxi with a smile, and the latter quickly pressed his fingerprints on the name of the scroll with joy, and kept chanting "Thank you, Prince".

With Duke Anxi taking the lead, the invited public opinion representatives also completed the signature and sealing process one after another.

Although they still had great doubts in their hearts and wanted to see if the soul masters of the Sun and Moon Empire were capable of supporting them, lest they be suppressed by the army of the Sky Soul Empire and die violently, it was obvious that His Highness the Crown Prince was The state of urgency did not allow them to hesitate.

No matter what, they have all been taken to this hellish place anyway. It won’t be long before the royal family will find out that the guards they sent are missing. There is no way back...

Looking at the scroll full of names and handprints, Xu Tianran steered the wheelchair forward with great satisfaction.

"From now on, we will all be comrades-in-arms who share the same wealth and honor and disgrace. I hope that you can unite as one and make the most of it!"

"Although my last wish is to give you all great wealth and bring peace and prosperity to the people of Western Xinjiang, after all, the road ahead is very difficult. Before the founding of the country, we also need a name to unite people... Well, I think it might as well be Let’s call it the ‘Free Western Xinjiang Movement’ for now!”

Xu Tianran looked around, but fell into an awkward silence at this time. Before the public opinion representatives could react and applauded desperately, Xu Tianran waved his hands in a lackluster manner.

"That's all, it's just a name that will be replaced soon. You just need to know it and don't need to worry about it."

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Amidst the complex emotions of the public opinion representatives in Western Xinjiang, which were mixed with anxiety, anxiety and even excitement, the Soul Engineer Group of the Sun and Moon Empire finally showed some abilities on the second day.

Although there are no field subjects in the schedule for this day, there are "defending the city" and "attacking the city" that the public opinion representatives are most concerned about.

Seeing the humanoid plastic targets placed under the city wall being turned into countless pieces by various soul-guiding instruments for defending the city, the public opinion representatives finally gained some psychological comfort.

At least, at least as long as His Highness the Crown Prince keeps his promise and sends out a force to help them defend, they should be able to hold on to the city for a while...

When it was the turn of the siege subject, the Soul Engineer Group of the Sun and Moon Empire set up a launching position on the flat ground not far from the auditorium, and continued to use firepower to suppress the top of the city wall with a relative altitude of 80 meters and a city wall height of 20 meters. , after a wave of fragmentation bombs used to clear out skirmishers, they replaced them with offensive bombs used to destroy the city.

Naturally, there will be no surprises in the demonstration effect. The city wall was specially made with materials inside during construction. Not only the outer surface can be easily blown to pieces to avoid embarrassment caused by mistakes in the exercise, but the interior is also filled with various buildings used to enhance the performance effect. Junk material…

When a cloud of flying sand and rocks filled the air, covering most of the city, the military attachés from the Three Kingdoms looked very unhappy.

Everyone knows how to defend a city, and they ask themselves that with sufficient preparation of various equipment, the effect they can achieve is no worse than that of the group of soul mentors in the Sun and Moon Empire.

However, when attacking a city, the distance between the launching position and the city wall cannot be faked. They can also distinguish whether the custom-made soul-guided artillery shells have increased the range by reducing the charge.

In the siege exercise just now, the Sun and Moon Empire obviously used fixed-loaded soul-guided artillery shells with normal charges. However, the distance between their launching position and the city head, which was a relative height of a hundred meters, was quite worrying.

They know their own affairs well, and they know the range of the defensive equipment in the capitals of the Three Kingdoms, and the effective erection distance of the launch positions displayed by the Sun and Moon Empire today is already quite close to the defensive range of their capitals!
Who knows if these groups of soul engineers have any hidden back-up plans?Who dares to bet?
It seems that the report written to the country needs more content...

Amidst the applause and cheers in the audience, Ning Tian held up the binoculars and looked even uglier than those military attachés.

The "100-meter-high city wall" has a special meaning in Douluo Continent. Being able to effectively suppress the defenders of the city wall at this height basically means that "no city can be attacked".

There is nothing mysterious about the tactics of these soul master groups. The infantry charges before the artillery fires, and then the infantry charges after the artillery fire.

The problem is that when these two technologies are honed to an extremely proficient level, coupled with sufficient logistics, in this era, they are almost a heavy sword without an edge, and a skill without workmanship.

As long as the Three Kingdoms can gather together superior numbers of custom-made soul-guided artillery shells, they can easily counterattack. However, this is the most unsolvable fate. They have long been convinced that they do not have the production capacity at all.

If we can't rely on the Soul Engineer Group to counterattack on an equal footing, we have to rely on the Titled Douluo...

Ning Tian could see clearly that the soul masters had obviously done a simple distance measurement before firing the shells at the city. He then took out a ruler and fiddled with it, and then adjusted the knob on the base of the launcher. Almost no misses.

The Nine Treasure Glazed Sect does not have such a strong desire to attack, but it is quite eager for defensive means that can counterattack.

The huge wealth that has been passed down for more than ten thousand years is not just for people to slaughter as fat sheep.Before wealth increases, preserving value is the first priority.

After a day of training, Ning Tian returned to his residence with the team with a heavy heart.She was lucky enough to be assigned a slightly remote single room.

After eating the dinner that was delivered, he was thinking about how to summarize what he saw and heard today and report it to his parents. Ning Tian, ​​who was helping to write, heard a knock on the door behind him.

Ning Tian walked to the door and unlocked the security door chain, and found that the door was completely blank. Ning Tian had just belatedly asked "Who is it?" when he felt something strange happening next to him.

The light changed rapidly and strangely, and Huo Yuhao, wearing the uniform of a Mingdetang researcher, appeared beside Ning Tian and casually said: "Me"!
"What are you, how are you..." Ning Tian's eyes widened, and he couldn't form words in a messy manner.

Huo Yuhao sat on the bedside without noticing at all. He held his head and said, "Why, if I don't cover it up, you really want to be discovered that I, a member of Mingde Hall, have appeared at your door and entered your room. I don't know where I am." Contact me for something?”

"Now that you are colluding with me, you are not so unwary, right?"

"Tsk, don't look at me like a bad guy. Didn't you see that I can become invisible last time on the field?"

Seeing Huo Yuhao sitting down carelessly without any sense of being a guest, and still talking plausibly, Ning Tian took a deep breath to calm down his elevated heart rate, and quickly locked the door again.

"Even if you are looking for me, you should check the occasion! Don't you know where this place is?"

Huo Yuhao chuckled lightly and did not answer the question. Instead, he asked, "How did you do with those two subjects today?"

"It feels normal."

Huo Yuhao, who is quite sensitive to emotional changes under the blessing of mental power, can see that she is obviously lying casually, and still maintains a slight smile on his face:
"Do you want to?"

Ning Tian, ​​who had just sat back on the chair, hesitated for a moment before asking, "What... do you want?"

Huo Yuhao put his left hand behind his head and waved his right hand. Several pieces of military equipment that had been unveiled in the past two days emerged from the storage ring one after another, deliberately keeping a certain distance so that Ning Tian could see clearly.

"Anything is fine. As long as you can accept the offer, Mingdetang will sell anything that appears in this exercise - don't think about things like ninth-level custom-installed soul-guided artillery shells. We can't blow it up with that thing." Make a sound for everyone to see, and only accept bulk purchases.”

Ning Tian glanced intensely at the various equipment on the ground, and then looked back at Huo Yuhao, who had arrived uninvited.

"You shouldn't ask me about this kind of thing. After establishing contact, I won't do any follow-up business. This is discipline."

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but sneer.

discipline?It's quite formal.

"Don't think about leaving it to others. It's just because the original contact line of your Nine Treasure Glazed Sect was cut off that I have to talk to you directly. Do you think I am willing to find you in person?"

Hearing this, Ning Tian's eyes immediately became a little surprised and worried: "It's broken? Did your spies sweep our people in?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head: "No, your contact person can't afford it. When you ask for something, you dare to ask for something, but then disappear after hearing the quotation, leaving the blame to your young master. It's really irresponsible."

"Hmm... Co-author, you really didn't know that a deal between the two parties had collapsed? Then you still stuff things into my inbox every week?"

"That's a normal courtesy as an individual. Don't confuse it with a sect's relationship!"

After Ning Tian finished speaking, he pondered for a long time, and couldn't help but clenched his fist lightly and said: "These are really...anything can be done? Money is not an issue."

"Nonsense, money is not a problem for Mingdetang. These are not things that can be bought with money alone."

Huo Yuhao waved his hand, and several silent soul guides flew to the corners of the room, completely blocking the sound in the room from the outside world.

"It's just you and me here. No third person will know. Let's all be honest. Let's talk about our intentions and make a contract. We can also repair the relationship between the two parties."

"Mingdetang is sincere, and it has been fully demonstrated in previous transactions. If you and I can't come to an agreement in person... Don't worry, no one in the entire Sun Moon Empire will dare to sell you anything that crosses the line. Things, we are still confident in our control."

(End of this chapter)