Couples Hotel (Thanks to reader 2024...1631 for the recommendation vote~)

After listening to Flender, Zhuge Ming felt that he had a point.

Unlike Dai Mubai, whose stance was clear.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun had both been adopted and raised by Flender since childhood.

They regarded Flender as both teacher and father, and had no political stance whatsoever.

The two of them would certainly listen to Flender, their dean.

Even if he forcibly took them away and used harsh means to make them obey, he could not make them sincerely pledge loyalty to him.

They might even suddenly betray him one day.

But if Flender persuaded them to join, the outcome would be different.

Zhuge Ming fell silent for a moment before finally nodding in agreement.

"I agree."

The more powerful one became, the more one needed to win over their target from a psychological level.

Brute force was useful for intimidating those who feared death.

But against those who would rather die than yield, it could not make them submit wholeheartedly.

That was why Zhuge Liang had captured and released Meng Huo seven times back then.

Flender had not expected him to agree so readily.

The Titled Douluo beside him had not even spoken. Why did this little brat dare make the decision?

Could this boy's status be even higher than that of this Titled Douluo?

Then he was probably some kind of prince from that Shu-Han Empire...

Seeing that Taishi Ci had no objections, Flender finally brightened.

"Your Excellency is truly straightforward! Then can we write off what happened tonight?"

Zhuge Ming glanced at Taishi Ci, who withdrew his soul rings and pressure.

The invisible boulder weighing down on Flender instantly vanished.

Flender gasped for air.

Zhuge Ming led Taishi Ci straight toward the door. Before leaving, he said, "Tell Oscar and the others to prepare themselves. I'll return in a few days, and then I'll solve the problems with their martial souls!"

After saying that, he did not wait for Flender to respond before disappearing from the spot with Taishi Ci!

Only after staring at the place where they had vanished did Flender finally let out a breath. He could not help muttering to himself, "I never expected a Shu-Han Empire to suddenly appear in this world... But that may not be a bad thing.

"If that boy wasn't lying, and their country truly has many Titled Douluo.

"Then Spirit Hall, which has been covering the sky with one hand, will probably be thrown into an uproar before long!"

Imagining the frantic scene within Spirit Hall, the corners of Flender's lips unconsciously curled upward...

After leaving Flender's shop, Zhuge Ming and Taishi Ci headed to a nearby upscale hotel with three floors.

The hotel's exterior was rose red, making it obvious at a glance that it was a couples hotel.

Although he and Taishi Ci were both men, Zhuge Ming guessed that this was the couples hotel where Dai Mubai and Tang San had fought in the original story.

Perhaps he would have a chance to run into Dai Mubai here again.

Zhuge Ming and Taishi Ci walked directly into the hotel and searched the surroundings with their eyes, but they did not spot that little tiger.

He did not pay it much attention and simply asked the attendant for the two best rooms.

Just as they went upstairs and passed a room called "Red Ocean," they suddenly heard a sultry young woman's voice coming from inside.

"Young Master Dai... Like this... pressed against the door like this... people outside will hear, they'll hear us... Ohh... ohhh..."

Although the room was fairly well soundproofed.

With his hearing as a soul master, Zhuge Ming could naturally hear the commotion inside when they were doing that against the door.

Young Master Dai?

Zhuge Ming looked up at the room's name.

Wasn't this the room Tang San had stayed in after defeating Dai Mubai in the original story?

Then the Young Master Dai this girl mentioned should be Dai Mubai.

He had not expected the other man to already be up to no good...

He had probably been deeply upset after losing at the Great Soul Arena, so he had directly brought his girlfriend to the hotel to vent.

With Dai Mubai's proud temperament, this girl definitely would not be able to get out of bed tomorrow...

Zhuge Ming shook his head. He did not disturb them and went straight to his room to rest.

It had to be said that this hotel really was luxurious.

Ever since he had transmigrated to Douluo Continent, this was the first time he had slept in such a large, soft, fragrant bed.

Breathing in the floral fragrance that helped one sleep, he soon drifted off peacefully and even had an exceptionally sweet dream...

Still, staying here for one night cost twenty Gold Soul Coins. It truly was not a place ordinary people could afford.

Early the next morning, after eating a delicious breakfast, Zhuge Ming called Taishi Ci into his room and handed him the Hair Crystal he had snatched from Flender the previous night.

"Ziyi, crush it. Make sure you contain the tens of thousands of Dragon Beard Needles inside. Don't let them fly out."

Taishi Ci took the crystal and clenched it hard in his large hand!

The immense force instantly crushed the crystal apart!

In an instant, countless specks of light burst out from within the crystal, but Taishi Ci's Soul Power confined them all within his palm.

Urged by Taishi Ci's Soul Power, those points of light instantly straightened into densely packed Dragon Beard Needles as fine as strands of hair, leaving even Taishi Ci looking surprised.

Zhuge Ming reached out and pinched out one Dragon Beard Needle, wrapping it in Soul Power.

Both ends of the Dragon Beard Needle were even finer than acupuncture needles, while the whole thing was three inches long.

He flicked the Dragon Beard Needle toward the bed.

With a crisp "ding," the surface of the quilt rapidly curled up, swelling into a bulge!

Zhuge Ming's eyes lit up slightly.

This natural concealed weapon truly was formidable.

No wonder Tang San had been able to use it to wound Zhao Wuji, who was more than forty levels above him.

If Taishi Ci used it, he could probably even injure an Ultimate Douluo!

Of course, even if an Ultimate Douluo stood defenseless, a concealed weapon of this level would still find it difficult to truly harm them...

If he used it himself, he might be able to inflict severe damage even on a Soul Elder or Soul Ancestor!

Zhuge Ming retrieved the Dragon Beard Needle from the bed, then placed all the tens of thousands of Dragon Beard Needles in Taishi Ci's hand into the Storage Crown.

The reason he had agreed to help Flender solve the flaws in Oscar and Ma Hongjun's martial souls last night.

Was not only because he wanted to bring these two future gods under his command.

There was another reason: to prevent the Shrek Seven Monsters from ever being formed!

That way, Tang San would have quite a few fewer powerful helpers in the future.

And Oscar, a genuine food-system soul master, would be immensely useful to an army.

Ma Hongjun's Phoenix martial soul could also slaughter enemies over a wide area with fire and influence the outcome of a war.

They would be highly useful for his future conquests.

As for how to help Oscar and Ma Hongjun resolve the flaws in their martial souls, he would naturally need the immortal herbs near the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

Zhuge Ming did not think further about it. After he and Taishi Ci checked out, they teleported into the sky and continued northeast.

The two soon left the Balak Kingdom and entered the Silves Kingdom.

Their destination, Sunset Forest, lay along Silves Kingdom's northeastern border, adjacent to the Heaven Dou Plain.

After resting well the previous night, Zhuge Ming had grown accustomed to flying in the sky, and his and Taishi Ci's travel speed was noticeably faster than the day before.

They reached Silves City, the capital of the Silves Kingdom, that very afternoon.

The Silves Kingdom was already close to Dio Province, where the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire was located.

Moreover, this was a royal city. Its area was larger than Suotuo City in the Balak Kingdom, and even considerably larger than the royal city of the Pelagi Kingdom.

Zhuge Ming and Taishi Ci rested briefly in the city before setting off once more for Sunset Forest under cover of night!