Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

After inspecting the carriage and confirming that there were no problems, the soldiers allowed it to pass.

"This inspection is quite thorough." Di Hong chuckled, showing no suspicion, simply assuming it was a rule set by the city lord.

The carriage slowly entered the city. Passersby were full of curiosity about this driverless carriage. The carriage was pulled by two Heavenly Soul Horses, but there was no coachman. However, the horses seemed to be controlled and moved forward, as if someone was driving them.

Although the Flower Festival hasn't officially started yet, preparations are already underway in the city. The roadsides are lined with all sorts of flowers, the roads are very clean, and even the city's decorations are floral in shape. People are filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Almost everyone carries a flower.

The entire flower city was filled with a festive atmosphere.

The carriage stopped in front of a love hotel, and the hotel staff immediately came to greet it.

After exchanging a few brief words, the two entered the hotel.

Because of the holiday, the hotel was quite crowded, but fortunately there were enough rooms, so Di Hong booked a couple's room.

Afterwards, the two strolled around the city.

Tang Yuehua walked along, stopping whenever she saw a stall that interested her, behaving like a cheerful and mischievous young girl.

Stopping at a dough figurine stall, her eyes lit up as she looked at the lifelike dough figurines.

"Boss, how much is one dough figurine?"

"Ten copper soul coins each." The shopkeeper crossed his index fingers to make a cross.

“Make two, one for me, and one for him.” Tang Yuehua pointed to herself and then to Di Hong next to her.

"Alright, please wait a moment, Madam." After carefully examining Tang Yuehua, the shopkeeper looked at Di Hong. Once he was certain of their appearances and attire, he took out the dough and began to knead it.

Tang Yuehua was very patient. After putting down the money, she and Di Hong strolled around the area.

She didn't return until half an hour later.

"Madam, your clay figurine is finished."

Tang Yuehua's face was filled with joy as she looked at the lifelike dough figurine handed to her by the shopkeeper.

"Here, take this." She handed Di Hong the clay figurine.

As soon as she took the dough figurine, Tang Yuehua took his hand and walked towards the clothing store not far away.

Inside the clothing store, she carefully selected a fiery red brocade robe for Di Hong.

"Try changing into this outfit."

"I don't need any more clothes." Even though he said that, Di Hong still picked up the clothes and went to change.

When he came out after changing, he immediately attracted the attention of those around him.

Tang Yuehua looked him over, and she was dissatisfied with him no matter how she looked at him.

"The clothes are nice, but I always feel like something's missing."

"Right, it's Suzaku."

It would be great if the clothes could be embroidered with a Vermilion Bird.

After changing their clothes, they left.

The two arrived at a corner surrounded by people, where a male Soul Master was performing with his Martial Soul. The Soul Master's Soul Power level was not high, only level thirteen, while the female Soul Master was only level eleven.

But this did not affect their performance.

The male Soul Master opened his palm, and a water ball formed from water droplets slowly rose. After the water ball reached a certain height, it suddenly scattered and fell towards everyone like raindrops. Some people stood still, while others were afraid and wanted to dodge.

The water droplet stopped when it was still ten centimeters away from everyone, as if someone had pressed the pause button.

Looking at the water droplet suspended motionless in mid-air, everyone showed surprise, after all, most of them were just ordinary people, and only a very few were Soul Masters.

The methods of male Soul Masters may surprise ordinary people, but Soul Masters themselves will scoff at them. Their methods are not that ingenious, nor is it because they have great control over their Soul Power; it is purely due to the characteristics of their Martial Soul.

The male Soul Master's Martial Soul is water, just ordinary water.

After watching for a while, the Soul Masters lost interest and left, leaving only Di Hong and Tang Yuehua behind.

Di Hong was just watching the show, but Tang Yuehua was quite interested. Ever since she came out, she seemed to be interested in everything.

At this moment, the suspended water droplets begin to rise, re-condense, and then disappear.

After the water droplets disappeared, the man bowed.

At this moment, the woman came up with a small plate. The audience understood what she meant and took out their money and put it into the plate. The wealthy people took out a gold soul coin, and the rest of the more ordinary people took some.

Some are silver soul coins, and some are bronze soul coins.

The woman didn't mind; even if it was just a single copper soul coin, she would still express her gratitude.

Tang Yuehua also gave her a gold soul coin.

As evening fell, the two returned to the hotel.

"What a fulfilling day!" Tang Yuehua stretched her slender waist.

Di Hong sat down.

"The Flower Festival won't start for another two days."

"Is that enough?"

"Let's talk about what happens in two days. I feel very fulfilled today." Tang Yuehua opened the window and looked outside. It was getting late, but people were still coming and going outside.

After dinner, the two were about to rest when there was a knock on the door.

"Guest, are you resting?"

"There are a few city garrison soldiers here who want to ask some questions."

Di Hong frowned and looked outside the door. Thinking back on today, he didn't seem to have done anything, nor had he embarrassed any young master. So why were people still coming to his door?

Tang Yuehua, who had just taken off half of her clothes, put them back on.

Di Hong opened the door and looked at them.

"Is something wrong?"

The hotel manager stepped aside, and a city defense general, seeing that Di Hong had an extraordinary bearing and that he couldn't discern the other party's strength, realized that the other party was clearly a powerful soul master with an unusual background, so he became much more respectful.

"Excuse me for disturbing you, but we are here to inquire about some matters."

"Ask away." Di Hong glanced around to make sure the other party wasn't after him; the city guards were questioning the guests in each room.

The city defense commander asked, "Did you spot a masked man in black just now? He was about this tall."

The general gestured, and Di Hong looked at him. The person the general was referring to was about 1.75 meters tall.

"No," Di Hong replied, confirming that he hadn't seen it.

"May we go in and search the place?"

Di Hong glanced at Tang Yuehua inside, then stepped aside, and several city defense soldiers entered the room to search.

Not only their rooms, but the city defense forces are searching the entire hotel, and the search is being conducted by both the city defense forces and people from the Huacheng Martial Soul Hall.

Chapter 110. Flower Sun

Chapter 110 Huayang

After a brief search, the city garrison commander bowed to Emperor Hong in apology and then left with his men.

Tang Yuehua walked to the window, opened it, and found that the outside was under martial law. The city defense troops and the people of the Spirit Hall were searching everywhere and questioning everyone they saw.

"What happened?"

This is already happening on the first day we arrived. The roads outside have been cleared, and everyone has been sent home.

Di Hong glanced at it, then looked away.

"Alright, let's ignore them and go to sleep."

Neither the Spirit Hall nor the city defense forces rested that night.

Inside the City Lord's Mansion of Huacheng.

The commander of the city's defense forces reported the results of the search to Hua Yang, the city lord of Huacheng.

"Lord of the City, we have searched the entire Flower City, but we have not found anyone, nor have we found any trace of the missing Soul Master."

Hua Yang sat in the main seat with his eyes closed, his face expressionless. Although he was over sixty years old, he looked like he was in his twenties. His face was fair and delicate, and he exuded a faint floral fragrance. There were no signs of the passage of time.

"Understood. Continue the search. Also, send the gold soul coins I prepared to the Spirit Hall. They've been working so hard." Hua Yang waved his hand.

The commander of the city's defense forces saluted and turned to leave.

After the city defense commander left, Hua Yang opened his eyes, his gaze carrying a strange meaning. He was clearly not concerned about the disappearance of soul masters. People disappeared every year, and he was used to it, especially in the last ten years, when people disappeared every year and could not be found at all.

He didn't want to look for one either, because the Flower Festival still needed to be held.

He raised his arms, stretched his back, got up, and left the living room.

Inside the city lord's mansion was a garden of a hundred flowers, filled with a rich fragrance. The fragrance was so strong that it blended together with the scent of all the flowers, making people feel very uncomfortable. But Hua Yang strolled through the garden as if nothing was wrong.

Before long, he stopped in front of a rockery, pressed down on a protruding part, and a passage leading down appeared in front of him. After looking around, he walked straight in.