The Nice Guy Card

Star Brilliance City.

After paying the City Entry Tax, Huo Yuhao drove the carriage slowly into the city.

Then, after asking around for the location of the City Lord's Mansion, she did not stop for even a moment. She flicked the whip and sped toward it.

"Seriously, what do you mean, 'You've grown up now and should learn to face things on your own'? Damn Lin You, all he knows is how to slack off."

While looking at the map, she gradually slowed the carriage as they entered the busy streets. Huo Yuhao cast an annoyed glance at Lin You, who was lying inside the carriage with his head on Huo Yun'er's lap and enjoying a lap pillow. She puffed out her cheeks, and a hint of envy flashed through her eyes.

Damn it, I'm so jealous that Mom gets to fix You-ge's hair, openly rub his face, and even smell his scent. Ah, bah, bah, bah, no, that's not right.

I'm jealous that You-ge gets to comfortably enjoy a massage from Mom, that's all.

"Xiao You has worked so hard. What's wrong with letting him rest a little? Besides, you should learn to face some things on your own, too. You can't keep acting like a child." Huo Yun'er slightly furrowed her delicate brows. She had noticed that her daughter was becoming increasingly dependent on Lin You. Was that really a good thing?

Of course it is.

At the very least, with her own utter failure as an example right in front of her, Huo Yun'er would much rather see Yu Chan become more independent and self-reliant than turn into a failure like her mother, collapsing completely after losing the person she relied on.

Although Xiao You was indeed reliable, he could not be there every moment. Besides, he was so outstanding that other girls would surely set their sights on him. If her silly daughter could only rely on acting cute, she would have no competitiveness at all.

"Mom~ You don't love me anymore." Yu Chan answered, her voice carrying an even stronger hint of childish coquettishness.

Lin You's ears twitched. He smacked his lips, then blissfully turned his head and buried it in those soft, resilient, full thighs. In an instant, he felt as though his very soul had been comforted, almost as if he had entered some kind of sage mode.

"Waaah!"

Outside the carriage, the shriek of some girl—sounding like a pig—rang out again.

Before long, they arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.

On the Douluo Continent, whether in the Sun Moon Empire or the Star Luo Empire, the City Lord's Mansion in any city would be one of its most iconic buildings. Huo Yuhao had only casually asked a passerby and had easily found its location.

"Stop. Parking isn't allowed here. Please go to the carriage parking area over there." Huo Yuhao had just arrived in front of the City Lord's Mansion when a guard at the entrance stopped her.

The City Lord's Mansion of Star Brilliance City was a huge estate. Its outer walls were built from sturdy bluestone, while the gate tower rose high with upturned eaves and curling corners. The front alone was over a hundred meters wide and ten meters tall, and one could faintly glimpse the layered, undulating complex of buildings within.

The entire outer wall was blue on top and brown below. The main gate bore the Star Crown emblem of the Star Luo Empire, surrounded by Star Brilliance City's unique city patterns. Two tall, straight young men stood guard at the entrance.

Both guards looked to be around twenty years old. The fluctuations of Soul Power around them were not obvious, and they did not seem to have even reached the level of Soul Grandmaster. However, among all the cities Lin You and the others had passed through, this was the first City Lord's Mansion that used soul masters as gate guards. From this alone, one could tell how important this city was within the Star Luo Empire.

"Uncles, hello. I'm here to handle the Shrek Recommendation Letter and have my Soul Power Level and bone age specially assessed." Huo Yuhao pointed toward the carriage behind her as she spoke to the guards.

Upon hearing the beautiful young girl's words, envy unconsciously appeared in both guards' eyes. Shrek Academy was the number-one academy on the continent. Fortunately, they had not offended these people earlier, or they would have been in for a humiliating time.

The guard who had spoken earlier said, "I see. In that case, go on in. After entering, the first building on the left is the Reception Hall. Find the staff there, and he'll help you."

"Thank you." Huo Yuhao answered, then hurriedly stopped the carriage nearby and pulled the sleepy-looking Lin You inside.

The two guards' envious gazes followed him all the way into the City Lord's Mansion. One of them said, "If my talent had been good enough to attend Shrek Academy back then, maybe I'd be a Soul Ancestor by now. At the very least, I could have become a figure who shook the world."

"Give it a rest. Stop dreaming. Isn't our job pretty good, too? We just stand here, and there's hardly anything to do. We don't even get much sun. You've only been here a few days. Don't look down on being a gate guard. We only work six hours a day, and the pay is quite high. The City Lord comes and goes every day and sees how properly we stand. Maybe he'll transfer us elsewhere. The guy before you got transferred like that and is living the good life now. Otherwise, how would you have gotten this position?"

The other guard interrupted his companion's daydreaming. Indeed, although they only had a single white Soul Ring, the fact that a soul master could come out and stand guard clearly meant the pay and benefits were quite substantial. After all, soul masters were still considered superior people, one in ten thousand. Who would willingly work as someone's watchdog for no reason?

After entering the Reception Hall, two reasonably attractive maids quickly came forward and nervously handed them a form. It asked for information such as their address, Soul Power Level, name, and Martial Soul. However, it did not request their Soul Ring abilities, the most important information, clearly taking the privacy of soul masters into consideration.

Afterward, the two of them used a Crystal Ball to measure their Soul Power Levels. Seeing that the ball was nearly three-quarters full, Huo Yuhao exclaimed in delight, "Eighteenth-level Soul Power! I actually improved by that much?"

Lin You, on the other hand, saw that the blue light in his Crystal Ball had only lit up halfway. He nodded slightly and said, "About what I expected. Fifteenth-level Soul Power."

It was true that powerful Soul Rings could raise one's Soul Power Level to a certain extent, because after the energy within them condensed a Soul Ring, some still remained.

However, the Soul Beast Lin You had hunted—a little over three hundred years old—could clearly not be considered powerful.

"Your body has been trained well, so you can absorb more Soul Power. Once you slowly hunt Soul Beasts and increase your body's capacity, I can evolve all your Soul Rings into hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings." A calm voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's mind. Clearly, the result had not surprised him in the slightest.

After all, when he had originally fused with Huo Yuhao, he had raised her Soul Power Level from eleven to thirteen in one go. This girl's physical condition was clearly even better. She had leaped from level fifteen to level eighteen, and with another two or three months of improvement, she would even be able to go to the Far North!

"Thank you, Brother Sky Dream. You're such a nice person."

Huo Yuhao replied. Those three sweet words, "Brother Sky Dream," instantly made the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm roll around in delight within the Sea of Consciousness. Its condensed image of a big white silkworm let out a satisfied laugh. "Hehe, raising girls really is more enjoyable. Who's Yuhao? I don't know her at all."

A while later, after they finished filling out the form, an old man with completely white hair and beard hurried over. The moment he entered and looked at the two siblings, a dense oppressive force of Soul Power surged toward them.

"Haha, truly, heroes emerge from the young! Who would have thought that in just one day, two Hidden Dragon and Phoenix Chicks would appear? Star Brilliance Academy has powerful faculty. With your talents, taking first place would be no problem at all. Several Soul Saint experts offer one-on-one guidance, and this old man is one of them. May I ask, young friends, have you considered our Star Brilliance Advanced Soul Master Academy?"