"What exactly is the Curio you mentioned, Senior?" Huo Yuhao was full of curiosity about Nan Shuishui's words.
"It's a book! But I can't open it to read it. I imagine that if you're its destined owner, it should be of considerable use to you." Nan Shuishui looked ready to guarantee it.
"By the way, Senior, what brought you here?" Huo Yuhao slapped his forehead and suddenly asked Nan Shuishui.
Nan Qiuqiu pursed her lips. "What else but that damned monster up there!" As she spoke, she pointed at the gray sky.
"Uh, why didn't you go to the Star Luo Empire? Even with all the grudges between Douluo and Sun Moon, Star Luo, the strongest of Douluo's nations on paper, should still be a decent place to go, shouldn't it?"
At Huo Yuhao's words, Nan Qiuqiu's eyes darted around, and she said slyly, "Judging by your accent, you wouldn't happen to be lobbying for Star Luo, would you? Stop playing dumb. Strength on paper has never meant much on this Douluo Continent."
"What sect with even a little depth to its foundations doesn't know there are forces out at sea that could overturn the continent's entire balance of power at any moment?"
"If strength on paper mattered, Sun Moon wouldn't have kept deploying only second- and third-rate divisions on the southern front against Star Luo while concentrating its main forces against the Heaven Dou Empire's Body Sect."
"Still as blunt as ever?" Seeing Nan Qiuqiu so quickly reveal the lively, little-delinquent demeanor he remembered from his previous life, Huo Yuhao's face darkened with exasperation.
Huo Yuhao exchanged a look with her before saying, "Then, miss, on your journey here with your mother, did you ever see any forces from the ocean protecting Dou Ling?"
Huo Yuhao's words left both