Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect.

Chapter 727 It's been twenty years since Xingluo collected its taxes!

"Oh? The path of a Soul Master?" Xu Jiawei was somewhat surprised. "Although I know that Huo Yuhao is also a genius in Soul Tools, compared to his talent in Soul Masters, his talent in Soul Tools should not be so unparalleled."

"Otherwise, Huo Yuhao would not have shown his Soul Master skills during the competition, but would have focused on showing his Soul Craftsman skills instead."

"After all, the competition is extremely important to all parties. Facing a host of formidable opponents, Huo Yuhao must do his best to showcase his strengths in order to win!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhehan sighed and said, "Your Majesty is absolutely right, but with that old fellow Kong Deming's boldness, he shouldn't be so short-sighted."

A titled Douluo is indeed useful in war, but not significantly so. A level nine Soul Master, however, would be far more useful.

"A level nine Soul Master can contend with a Super Douluo! In the past, it would have been fine, but the Allied Forces were betrayed by that brat Xuanzi and suffered heavy losses. How many Super Douluos are left?"

"Moreover, Huo Yuhao possesses both the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul and the Spirit Eye Martial Soul. He became a Title Douluo with the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, but according to the twin martial soul cultivation method invented by Tang San's ancestor, Huo Yuhao can naturally and quickly raise the Spirit Eye Martial Soul to the level of nine spirit rings as well."

"By then, Huo Yuhao's combat power will expand rapidly. Even I might not be his match. The pressure on the allied forces will increase dramatically. What a brilliant plan! Destroying a genius and quickly gaining a high-end combatant. Is it all for the Sun Moon Empire to unify the Douluo Continent?"

As the head of the Royal Hall of Worship, Zhao Zhehan is frequently involved in political affairs, so his perspective on issues naturally differs from that of academics. Moreover, the Star Luo Empire is currently under the greatest pressure in the face of the Sun and Moon Army.

Upon hearing these words, Xu Jiawei's mind went blank, and he realized that Huo Yuhao had now become a big problem.

He had just entertained the idea of ​​sending someone to join forces with Xuanzi, who was far away in Mingdu, to assassinate Huo Yuhao and sabotage the Sun and Moon Project, but he immediately abandoned it.

After all, cooperating with Xuanzi meant the plan would fail and result in heavy losses. The Star Luo Empire had suffered greatly in this matter, and Xu Jiawei, as the Star Luo Emperor, naturally learned from past experiences and did not want to repeat the same mistakes.

"Old Zhao, tell the men to speed up the construction of the ocean-going fleet. If the empire is defeated, we will still have a way out. If we win, the resources on the new continents overseas can also become an asset to the empire!" Xu Jiawei sighed.

"Yes, Your Majesty," Zhao Zhehan replied respectfully.

As the sun rises, golden rays of dawn bathe the earth.

The Spirit Pagoda pavilion was also draped in a hazy golden veil.

Nana stood in front of a long table, looking at Huo Yuhao sitting at the end of the table. Her voice, as clear as a silver bell, rang out in the pavilion. She was reporting some intelligence about the Star Luo Empire and the Allied Forces to the Tower Master, Huo Yuhao.

Nana has fair skin, long dark red hair tied in a ponytail, a slender figure, and a spirited and heroic air between her brows. When she speaks, she is vivid and expressive, as if she were personally gathering intelligence in Xingluo.

Huo Yuhao listened attentively, and after a moment, Nana finished her intelligence report.

Huo Yuhao tapped the table lightly with his finger, a helpless look on his face: "I know that the corruption within the Allied Forces is shocking, and it undoubtedly has a huge impact on the Allied Forces' combat strength. However, you just said that the Star Luo Empire is now collecting taxes for the next twenty years?"

Nana nodded, her voice gentle: "Master, according to various investigations, this is indeed the case. To this day, large swathes of the Star Luo Empire's territory have been occupied by the imperial army, and many of these territories are noble lands."

"Some nobles died on the battlefield, but their descendants all fled. Some nobles were unwilling to leave their territories and were willing to submit to the Sun and Moon Emperor. As for the many nobles, they abandoned their territories and fled. All the fleeing nobles are now basically in the remaining territory of the Star Luo Empire."

"For these nobles, losing their ancestral lands is undoubtedly a huge loss, and they naturally have to find ways to make up for it."

So they set their sights on the people of Xingluo, using the pretext of national hardship and the need to levy future taxes to fund the suppression of the Sun and Moon Army, to extort money from the so-called Xingluo people. Little by little, they actually amassed a considerable fortune. Of course, the taxes were collected twenty years later, and the people suffered terribly as a result.

The reason she is called "master" is because Huo Yuhao once saved her and a group of people from the clutches of the Holy Spirit Cult, and she and those people voluntarily became Huo Yuhao's servants.

Huo Yuhao frowned, knowing that many nobles did not treat ordinary people as human beings at all, and exploited them to the extreme. After all, most nobles were Soul Masters. In this world where strength is respected, the gap between Soul Masters and ordinary people was like an insurmountable chasm, almost like two different species.

Even Shrek Academy, which prides itself on justice, would lend a helping hand and severely crack down on evil spirit masters when they massacre civilians, but it would turn a blind eye to the oppression of the people by nobles.

"Nana!"

"What are your orders, Master?" Nana asked.

Huo Yuhao said, "Arrange for people from the Spirit Pagoda to secretly help the common people in the Star Luo Empire and the Dou Ling Empire who are oppressed by the nobles, and guide them to pray to the Spirit Pagoda Master. As long as they are sincere enough, they can be granted the power to change their fate and help these people become Soul Masters!"

Perhaps to many soul masters in this world, ordinary people are insignificant, like weeds, but for Huo Yuhao, it is not so; he needs the power of faith.

"Yes, Tower Master!" Nana said respectfully, and then left the place.

Subsequently, Huo Yuhao used spatial magic to tear through space and arrived at the commander's tent, where he met Ju Zi.

Ju Zi was overjoyed, her face showing surprise. She exchanged pleasantries with Huo Yuhao for a while. Then, Huo Yuhao's expression turned serious, and he asked, "Ju Zi, are there still any Star Luo prisoners of war and Dou Ling prisoners of war in the Sun Moon Empire's army who don't want to continue fighting and just want to go home?"

"Of course! Moreover, these people need to consume a lot of food every day. If the Sun Moon Empire's territory hadn't expanded so much and food wasn't plentiful, they probably wouldn't be able to afford such a huge expense."

"To be honest, if it weren't for your private request before you attacked Dai Hao to treat prisoners of war well, I would have wanted to organize these people into a reserve force and put them at the forefront to resist the Allied forces' artillery fire, thus reducing the losses of the Sun and Moon Army." Orange said with some helplessness.

"Ju Zi, let the ordinary prisoners of war go home, arrange routes for them, give them some dry rations and copper soul coins, and don't send anyone to hunt them down," Huo Yuhao said.

Upon hearing this, Orange paused in surprise.

She pondered for a moment, then her eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, "Yuhao, I understand what you mean. In this way, these prisoners of war will surely spread the word about the benevolence of the Sun Moon Empire after they return home."

For the Allied Forces, ordinary people on the battlefield are just cannon fodder, but for us, they are a sharp dagger aimed at the heart of the two great empires. When we continue to wage war and conquer new territories, the obstacles we encounter will be greatly reduced.

After all, if even ordinary people of very low status are treated well after becoming prisoners of war, what will the other members of the Allied forces think?

(End of this chapter)