After sneaking back into Mingdu, Xuan Zi led everyone straight to the Owl Hotel. This hotel had existed for a thousand years, and its owl emblem was the Martial Soul of the first headmaster, Flender.
The group sat facing one another on the sofa. Huo Yuhao had yet to calm down, after all, he had never expected Sister Xiaotao and Zhu Lu to come to the Sun Moon Empire.
"Elder Xuan, will you speak first, or should we?" Ma Xiaotao raised an eyebrow slightly at Huo Yuhao before turning to ask Xuan Zi.
"Ahem." Xuan Zi coughed dryly. "Let this old man speak first. Once I'm done, I'll leave."
Ma Xiaotao sat beside Zhu Lu and listened silently.
Xuan Zi turned to Huo Yuhao. "Yuhao, what exactly was going on with that Evil Soul Master who came looking for me?"
Apparently not expecting Xuan Zi to ask about this, Huo Yuhao paused briefly before saying, "Elder Xuan, do you still remember the Inspection Group Mission we undertook when we went to the Star Luo Empire for the competition?"
"The mission to wipe out the Hand of the Death God?" Ma Xiaotao quickly recalled it.
"Yes." Huo Yuhao nodded to Ma Xiaotao. "The Hand of the Death God controlled several Puppets, all refined from living people. Their souls still remained within those Puppets."
"When we arrived later, we discovered that the Death Bandit Group had already been wiped out. But by chance, I found a Puppet on the verge of death amid some collapsed ruins. His consciousness had awakened, and I wanted to get some information from him, so I saved him. I didn't expect him to be a Light Attribute Soul Master. Using the Light Attribute Soul Power he originally possessed, I erased the Evil Soul Master's control. Out of