People in Douluo, the mastermind behind the scenes

The Divine Guards were extremely efficient, and within less than three days, 123 people were captured one after another.

One hundred and twenty-three people! A full one hundred and twenty-three people! All of them were registered members of the Sea God Pavilion, gathered in Douling and the port city on the eastern coast of the Xingluo Empire.

Although he was mentally prepared, when the facts were laid before Huo Yuhao, he almost exploded with anger.

There is no way. It would have been fine if he didn't know, but now everyone knows. It would be unreasonable not to deal with it. I can only let the members of the Divine Guard spread the news. Tomorrow at noon, those in the Sea God Pavilion will be tried in Shrek Square.

Once the news got out, the group of old people who had been keeping their lights on could no longer sit still. That night, a white-haired old woman knocked on the door of Huo Yuhao's exclusive studio.

As the war broke out, the Tang Sect's weapons production assembly line ran non-stop for 24 hours. As a filial son of the Tang Sect, Huo Yuhao expressed his stance. During this period of time... he ate and lived with the lower-level disciples. Apart from the necessary training, he spent the rest of his time carving soul guide formations, and he had less than two hours of rest every day.

Hearing the knock on the door, Huo Yuhao paused for a moment while carving the formation, and then shouted in a somewhat impatient tone: "The door is not locked, come in."

After hearing this, the white-haired old woman opened the door of the studio and walked in.

The moment he saw the person's face clearly, Huo Yuhao's face couldn't help but twitch several times.

That’s right, the person who came was none other than Song Qingying, the mistress of the Qingyanlong family, the head of the Qingying Shenying family, and Xian Lin’er’s mother.

Humph, isn't it a little too late to ask him for mercy now? The car only realized to turn after hitting the wall, what were you doing before?
Huo Yuhao did not give Song Qingying a good look, and did not even show the most basic courtesy. He continued to carve the soul guide formation as he pleased.

Song Qingying tapped the phoenix-headed cane in her hand and said in a cold tone, "Master Huo, I am a senior member of the Sea God Pavilion after all. I have been busy with the affairs of the Sea God Pavilion over the years. Even if I have no merits, I have worked hard. You don't even respond to me. Aren't you a little arrogant?"

Song Qingying is indeed an old hat. Seeing that Huo Yuhao didn't take her seriously, she started to take advantage of her age.

“I, Huo Yuhao, will only respect elders who are highly respected. A beast with a human face but a beastly heart, who has no bottom line, is not worthy of my respect.”

As he was talking, Huo Yuhao suddenly slapped the desk, looked directly at Song Qingying in front of him, and said in a serious tone: "Song Qingying, do you know your crime?"

After hearing this, Song Qingying felt a little embarrassed. This was the truth. If it was Moon En who said this, she would not have the time to think here and would have knelt down to apologize.

The same words came out of Huo Yuhao's mouth, hum, and the weight of their words instantly became much smaller.

"Master Huo, you are being too serious. We are just leaving a way out for our family. This is human nature. Could it be that... after you become a god, Master Huo, you would rather not resurrect your mother Huo Yun'er, but first resurrect the lower-level disciples of the Sea God Pavilion and the Tang Sect who died in this war?"

Song Qingying avoided talking about her own faults, and instead asked Huo Yuhao soul-searching questions, intending to interfere with his thinking. As expected, Huo Yuhao was confused by Song Qingying's questions. He really had not thought about reviving the dead Sea God Pavilion and Tang Sect disciples after becoming a god, but was determined to revive his mother Huo Yun'er.

Aren't the lives of those Sea God Pavilion and Tang Sect disciples who died in the battle lives? Is Huo Yun'er's life more noble than others?
"But... this is not a reason for you to openly embezzle military rations."

Huo Yuhao raised his head and stared at Song Qingying in front of him. He said in a cold tone, “After I, Huo Yuhao, become a god, it will be my duty to revive others. It will be my duty not to revive others. You, Song Qingying, have no right to condemn me for this matter!”

“Don’t try to blackmail me with morals here. I, Huo Yuhao, will not fall for your tricks. I, Huo Yuhao, am upright and have my heart set on making the Sea God Pavilion and the Tang Sect flourish. The world can bear witness to my sincerity. You have no right to blame me.”

"Tell me, my senior Qingying, why are you visiting me so late at night? Is there anything important that you need me to handle?"

Huo Yuhao held his chin with both hands and looked at Song Qingying with interest. He could see that the other party wanted to trick him by taking advantage of his seniority and using moral blackmail, so that Huo Yuhao would give in and reduce the impact of those things on the Sea God Pavilion family.

Song Qingying: "..."

She came here just to persuade Huo Yuhao not to kill them all, and to be nicer to these "meritorious officials". But Huo Yuhao could see what she was thinking, so what else did she, Song Qingying, have to say?
Song Qingying took a deep breath and said in a gentle tone: "Master Huo, is there really no room for negotiation on that matter? Some things are only three taels if not weighed, but once weighed, they can't even weigh a thousand pounds. Yes, we didn't do well enough, which indirectly led to the fall of Jialing Pass. We can definitely compensate for it. We have money and resources. You just name a number. As long as this matter can be suppressed, even if I give up most of my property, I, Song Qingying, won't feel bad!"

"This is not something that can be discussed or not. You families are clearly taking advantage of your favor and becoming arrogant. You don't take the gods seriously!"

Huo Yuhao roared, “It’s useless to say anything. No matter what happens, even if the Sun Moon Empire’s army attacks us, tomorrow’s trial will be held as scheduled. You, Song Qingying, should not have come to obstruct the trial. Instead, you should think about atonement and do what an elder of the Sea God Pavilion should do to redeem your already notorious reputation!”

After saying this, Huo Yuhao didn’t even look at Song Qingying and continued carving the soul guide formation in his hand.

"Damn you Huo Yuhao! I hope you won't regret your stubbornness."

Song Qingying snorted coldly, then walked out of the Tang Clan headquarters without looking back, leaning on her phoenix-head cane.

“Since persuading Huo Yuhao has failed, we can now activate the backup plan. Remember, one part of the team will go overseas, as far as they can, and the other part... will go and seek refuge with Lin’er.”

Song Qingying held a jade slip for voice transmission and issued orders to the family heads on the other side. They might not have the strength to fight against the Ultimate Douluo, but they controlled nearly half of Shrek City's industries and could completely paralyze the Poseidon Pavilion, or even the entire Shrek City, by means of playing badly or going on strike.

It might be easy to offend the elders of the Sea God Pavilion, but it would be difficult to beg them to restore Shrek City to its original order. (End of this chapter)