Huo Yuhao was delighted by the reactions of these factions in the Dou Ling Empire. In fact, this was precisely the outcome he had wanted to see, though they had reacted far faster than he had expected.
The school year had barely begun, yet some factions in the Dou Ling Empire already could not sit still. It seemed they, too, were filled with anxiety and apprehension over this academy built through the combined efforts of three nations. After all, anyone with discerning eyes could vaguely sense that the Sun Moon Empire had broken the former alliance among the Douluo Three Kingdoms by stepping in to take its place.
The scale of trade in Mingdou City kept growing, drawing in more and more interests from every side, while the distant Dou Ling Empire struggled to get a share of the pie.
While most factions within the Dou Ling Empire remained unmoved, one major faction had already taken action, paying a considerable price to relocate some of its businesses to Mingdou City, far away in another country.
This was a rising commercial faction that had made its fortune through international Soul Tool trade over the past few decades. It was relatively receptive to both the Sun Moon Empire and Soul Tools, and thus had been the first to notice the changes lurking beneath the surface.
Although the Sun Moon Empire had opened its borders, and this merchant association had earned plenty of Gold Soul Coins by shipping Soul Tools back to the Dou Ling Empire through the Heaven Dou Empire, the crisis hidden behind those immediate profits left them deeply uneasy.
On the one hand, the association had indeed earned a great deal, but it was all scraps left over after the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire had eaten