In Aolai City, at Yu Longyue's home.
Yu Longyue treated Huo Yuhao to a lavish dinner.
Looking at the table laden with delicious food, Huo Yuhao remembered the days when he had eaten steamed corn buns as a child.
"It's great to be rich."
With every mouthful, a wealth of nourishment turned into strength that accelerated a Soul Master's cultivation. Yu Longyue watched as Huo Yuhao and Na'er swept the food from the table like a raging wind scattering the clouds.
"Eat slowly. I can have the chef make more..."
Yu Longyue chewed slowly and swallowed carefully, though he could understand them.
Na'er was, after all, the Silver Dragon King by nature.
And Huo Yuhao had now been reborn as a nine-year-old child with innate level-one Soul Power, right at the age when he was growing.
By comparison, Yu Longyue was much luckier.
He had transmigrated into the body of the current clan leader's son, and an only child at that. The clan had a vast estate, plenty of money and countless resources, so even a house purchased on a whim had a professional kitchen, a chef and fresh ingredients delivered every day.
This was the life of the rich, something Yu Longyue had never been able to experience before transmigrating.
Some people struggled their whole lives and still couldn't compare to someone who had maxed out their luck and started life in a wealthy family.
Yu Longyue promptly had the chef bring out a few more dishes and fed both Na'er and Huo Yuhao until they were full.
At the same time, he elegantly picked up a tissue and wiped his mouth, looking every bit the young master of a great clan.
Though he was one to begin with.
He had received an education, after all.
"Big brother, I'm full. I have school tomorrow, so I'm going to sleep first. You should get some rest early too." A sweet smile appeared on Na'er's face.
"Mm." Yu Longyue reached out and patted Na'er's little head, then personally escorted her to her room and turned off the light for her.
"Good night. See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
Yu Longyue closed the door and looked at Huo Yuhao, who had been staring at him the whole time.
He immediately beckoned him to follow him to the study to talk.
As soon as the two children entered the study, Yu Longyue raised a hand, and his spiritual power sealed it off in an instant. That way, no one could eavesdrop on their conversation.
"Is she your sister? Your biological sister?"
Seeing how much Yu Longyue doted on her, Huo Yuhao asked outright.
"No. It's a long story, but you're not interested in hearing it anyway. I've told you why-we just happened to run into each other." Yu Longyue waved a hand. "Let's get down to business. Since we both know what's going on, let's put our cards on the table and talk about working together."
"A nine-year-old Soul Ancestor. As expected of the person that Seven-Colored Divine Dragon chose. Otherwise, I'd have thought you were like us, someone who accidentally fell into Spatial-Temporal Turbulence and had to cultivate again."
Huo Yuhao stared fixedly at Yu Longyue, trying to discern something.
Yu Longyue's face was expressionless, giving nothing away.
"Do you know where Tang San is now?" Yu Longyue went straight to the point.
Huo Yuhao shook his head. "No. Like me, wherever he landed on the Douluo Continent was completely random, so he should be somewhere out there now, just like me."
"If you found Tang San now, could you kill him?" Yu Longyue's expression was calm.
"No. Just like me, he has only a wisp of divine power left, and we're both at the God King Realm. But I went down together with him, so our injuries are the same. I'm not feeling good, and he can forget about being any better off."
As he spoke, Huo Yuhao clenched his fists, his eyes brimming with hatred. He wanted nothing more than to flay Tang San and drink his blood.
"Right, you're the young clan leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. How did you get out at such a young age?"
Huo Yuhao had been caught up in thoughts of revenge, but now he came to his senses and looked around warily.
"With your important status, there must be a powerful expert protecting you in secret. Your spiritual power can't possibly be stronger than a Titled Douluo's, so this conversation of ours..."
"Relax." Yu Longyue shook his head, reassuring Huo Yuhao. "After I awakened my Martial Soul at six, my dad raised me as the future clan leader, teaching me things like the etiquette of a great clan... and so on. Out of every twenty-four hours, I spent at least twenty in lessons, with four hours to meditate and rest. I was exhausted."
In his previous life, he had been a working stiff, toiling like an ox or a horse. Now that he had finally become a member of a great clan, how could he still want to live such an exhausting life?
Of course he wanted to enjoy the life of the rich.
"So after a few months, I couldn't take it anymore. I kept throwing tantrums, then ran away from the clan."
As soon as Huo Yuhao heard that, he didn't want to hear another word. Cold sweat poured down his face, and he turned to slip away.
Even a fool could tell that the clan leader had tacitly allowed him to leave at such a young age and had even sent a powerful expert to protect him in secret!
"Don't be in such a hurry to leave."
Yu Longyue's next words made Huo Yuhao abandon the idea.
"The person protecting me in secret has gone back to the clan to report something to my dad, so he isn't here now and can't hear our conversation. Do you think I'm stupid? If someone were nearby, would I have sought you out and brought you home?"
Huo Yuhao immediately relaxed.
"Then when will he come back?"
"Tomorrow morning." Calm and composed, Yu Longyue poured himself a cup of tea. "So we only have tonight."
"You don't need to worry about Na'er. I often invite people over, so even if he asks my sister, she'll only say that a child came to visit."
Huo Yuhao was taken aback, then said, "You're very careful. It seems the person He chose is quite good."
As Huo Yuhao saw it, Yu Longyue must have laid plenty of groundwork for this day.
In reality, though, it was all just a coincidence.
The person Yu Longyue had invited over was Tang Wulin...
Tang Wulin was quite skilled at forging. Although Yu Longyue was now a Soul Ancestor, he had yet to become a Battle Armor Master.
Although there was an eight-star Saint Craftsman in his clan, Yu Longyue wasn't interested.
His family was so rich that if he was going to get Battle Armor, it had to be the best.
The Divine Craftsman wasn't part of his family, and asking him to make Battle Armor would be far too extravagant. Besides, although the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could persuade the Divine Craftsman to help, doing so just to make a mere set of One-Word Battle Armor...
How should he put it? It was pretty ridiculous.
So Yu Longyue had set his sights on Tang Wulin, who would become a Divine Craftsman in the future.
He would train Tang San's son well and work toward resisting God King Tang together in the future, while having him forge Battle Armor for him along the way. In any case, he wasn't in a hurry to get One-Word Battle Armor.
He was only nine, after all.
On top of that, he especially wanted to see what it would look like when father and son turned against each other and became enemies.
"Have you thought of a plan?"
Yu Longyue sipped his tea and studied Huo Yuhao.
"The more complicated a plan is, the more likely something will go wrong in the details. So it's very simple. Between Tang Dog and me, the odds are basically fifty-fifty. I can't do anything to him, and he can't do anything to me, so we'll have to rely on you."
Huo Yuhao looked Yu Longyue straight in the eye and spoke sharply.
"No matter what happens, Tang Dog and I will eventually end up with neither of us able to fight. If you strike then, Tang Dog will die for sure. He has divine power, and so do I. As long as we use up both our stores of divine power, he'll never expect you to strike. As we are now, without that last little wisp of divine power, we're just weak children, not even Soul Masters. You're a Soul Ancestor, so you're the key."
Huo Yuhao paused, then continued.
"After all, from his perspective, you don't exist, and he doesn't know about the Seven-Colored Divine Dragon either."
Yu Longyue was silent for a long moment before slowly speaking.
"You might not quite understand the current situation. It's been ten thousand years since the era you're familiar with. His parents are both in this world, and they're quite powerful: one is the master of the Douluo Plane, and the other is the Core of Life of Douluo. They could crush you and me as easily as pinching ants. As long as Tang San asks his parents for help, it's all over."
Yu Longyue leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.
"So, to protect myself, I won't help you unless you're certain of victory. I still want to live well and enjoy life."
But Huo Yuhao blurted out:
"No, he absolutely wouldn't dare ask Tang Hao and Ah Yin for help."