Yu Mengdi didn't know why Ming Zhao had been looking gloomy ever since she absorbed the Soul Ring, but she could tell that Ming Zhao was very angry.
Yu Mengdi, being very sensible, spontaneously cosplayed as Liang Kun's fire extinguisher, putting out all the anger in Ming Zhao's heart.
This also made Ming Zhao realize the benefits of taking Yu Mengdi as a concubine. Perhaps she is just a pretty face now and can't do much, but a sensible person will find value for herself.
Even if this kind of person can't provide any immediate assistance, they won't make you feel like you've raised a useless person.
With her help to quell the fire, Ming Zhao's mood, which had been ruined by his own thunderous luck, was somewhat restored, and he did not hold a grudge against Yu Mengdi for it.
Even if Ming Zhao wanted to vent his anger, he would only vent it on the world of the Douluo Continent, or by killing a few lucky players, rather than taking it out on his subordinates and acting like a bully within his own ranks.
Bad luck...
It's okay, as long as others are lucky, they can get what they don't have from others.
Seeing that Yu Mengdi had tidied her somewhat disheveled clothes and hair, Ming Zhao casually opened a spatial portal, led her inside, and headed straight for Mingdu.
Judging by the timeline, the teams that participated in the competition should have already arrived home. Zhengtian Academy should have realized that their team had vanished into thin air, and they are probably trying to find out about their team through their connections.
But they were destined to leave no trace; apart from Yu Mengdi, everyone else from the Zhengtian Academy had vanished without a trace.
On the Sun Moon Empire's side, they were equally furious about the incident of " Titled Douluo from the Star Luo Empire bullying and killing Ma Rulong and stealing a precious Soul Tool." Although they had no evidence to prove that the Star Luo Empire did it, hostile countries don't need any reason to cause trouble.
So Dai Hao went numb.
Less than a week after the competition ended, three Level 7 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell hit him in the face, blasting him and his personal guard into a rout. More than half of the White Tiger Private Army were killed or wounded on the spot, and Dai Hao himself was covered in dust and dirt.
This infuriated the White Tiger Duke, who immediately organized an army to counterattack.
However, the Sun Moon Empire, determined to 'take revenge' on the Star Luo Empire, had been preparing for a long time. As soon as Dai Hao led his men out, the two Hand of National Protection Soul Engineer groups, the Imperial Dragon and the Dreadclaw, dealt them a heavy blow.
These two Soul Engineer Corps didn't even activate their linked Soul Guidance Devices; they relied on long-range Soul Guidance Ray to give the Star Luo Empire's Northwest Army Group a taste of the power of range and saturation attacks.
The heavily damaged Dai Hao could only retreat in frustration, then retreated deep into the Ming Dou Mountain Range, no longer daring to confront the Sun Moon Empire's army head-on.
However, the two consecutive major defeats greatly diminished Dai Hao's prestige in the army, and he was even punished by Emperor Xu Jiawei of Star Luo Emperor.
The Sun Moon Empire was only venting their anger and had no real intention of starting a war at this time; they weren't ready either. They just wanted to teach the Star Luo Empire's army a lesson, letting them know they weren't easy to bully, but they couldn't push them too far and cause a premature war.
Therefore, the continuous attacks that Dai Hao had anticipated from the Sun Moon Empire did not come. It was as if they jumped up and slapped him, then crossed their arms and mocked him.
Frustrated, he wanted to launch a surprise attack to let the Sun Moon Empire taste the power of the White Tiger Duke, but when he thought of the combined offensive of the two major Soul Engineer Corps, he realized that he had no way to deal with it.
They could only endure it once again and wait for a better opportunity to start a war.
After Ming Zhao arrived in Mingdu, the information he gathered was mostly about the Star Luo Empire suffering losses on the border. He heard nothing about the Tianzheng Academy. The people of the Sun Moon Empire wouldn't care about the affairs of a small academy in the Douluo Three Kingdoms, and nobody talked about it.
This situation is not surprising.
Under Shrek Douluo Three Kingdoms are extremely hostile to the Sun Moon Empire. This hostility leads to a hostile image of the Sun Moon Empire. Like Ju Zi, there are also many people who wish they could get rid of the Star Luo Empire and Dai Hao as soon as possible.
Upon hearing about Douluo Three Kingdoms, most people in the Sun Moon Empire reacted with disdain and aversion.
There's a chance you might hear about major events concerning the Douluo Three Kingdoms in the Sun Moon Empire, but it's practically impossible to hear about a 'small academy' like Zhengtian Academy.
They had absolutely no interest.
On the contrary, Shrek is quite strange. From Crown Prince Xu Tianran and former prince Xu He to ordinary people, everyone holds a strange longing and admiration for the Shrek Academy?
Aside from border issues, the things Ming Zhao heard most often were the Sun Moon Team's victory in this tournament and Shrek Academy's absence.
Some members of the Sun Moon Empire thought Shrek was nothing special, and that our team was far too strong this year, so strong that even the Shrek members withdrew from the competition, not daring to face the Sun Moon Team's strength head-on.
However, some spineless individuals like Xu He, who have no psychological burden or even yearn to be Shrek's dogs, believe that the championship of this tournament was merely a gift from Shrek to the Sun Moon Team. They think that if Shrek hadn't withdrawn from the tournament, the championship would still belong to Shrek.
The Ming Zhao listened, the stranger his expression became, and in the end he even wanted to laugh.
Sure enough, donuts and giant seeds are everywhere, even in the Sun Moon Empire.
To worship Shrek and then turn back the clock of history?
That's hilarious, my friend.
However, he was just listening for fun. After all, whether it was Shrek, the Sun Moon Empire, or even the entire Douluo Continent, none of them were special to Ming Zhao. He didn't care how these crickets fought on the continent.
After taking Yu Mengdi for a casual stroll around the city to relax a bit, Ming Zhao headed straight for the Ordinary Alliance with her.
The Ordinary Alliance may sound ordinary, but as those who have read the original novel know, this organization is the leader in sex trafficking among the three major underground forces in Mingdu, and also the largest silver trading organization in the Sun Moon Empire.
They even managed to get their hands on the Dragon Girl; their abilities can only be described as extraordinary.
Ming Zhao came to find them, naturally to see if Ye Guyi had been recruited by Shangguan Wei'er.
Five years from now, Ye Guyi, who possesses the cultivation of Soul Emperor, will appear in the Mingdu Underground Soul Engineer Tournament. However, the previous competition ended less than a month ago, and it is still a long time before she is supposed to appear. Ming Zhao is not sure if she is currently in the Ordinary Alliance.
Coming here now is purely a matter of luck; finding it would be great, but if not, so be it.
In any case, as long as Ming Zhao doesn't destroy the Ordinary Alliance, Ye Guyi will still arrive when the time comes.