That night, Huo Yuhao cultivated for four hours.
He had to admit, Qian Renxue's body really was excellent to use. Don't get the wrong idea-he meant her talent.
His cultivation speed was over ten times faster than in his previous life. With such excellent conditions, Qian Renxue was only level fifty-eight now. He couldn't understand it.
As the saying went, thousand-li steeds were common, but those who could recognize them were rare. Qian Renxue had such fine talent, yet in her own hands, it had only gathered dust, and she had finally met a bleak end.
But now that he was here, the Douluo Continent would know peace; now that he was here, Spirit Hall had a sky over its head!
I, Huo Yuhao, am the most genuine Qian Renxue of all!
After cultivating, Huo Yuhao washed up, then rolled onto the bed.
His freshly washed skin still glistened with moisture, fair and rosy. His feet were translucent, like ice cream.
Huo Yuhao took a good while to admire his own reflection.
"Pfft."
Just then, a soft chuckle came from the doorway.
Huo Yuhao raised his eyes and saw Ling Yuan Douluo standing guard at the door.
In the dim yellow lamplight, Ling Yuan leaned against the doorway, bored out of her mind. Her arms were folded across her chest, accentuating her impressive figure, and a faint smile graced her face. When she noticed Huo Yuhao looking at her, she hurriedly smoothed away her smile and pretended to stand guard.
Huo Yuhao blinked, the corners of his lips curving upward. "Sister Ling Yuan, I can call you that, right? Why did you laugh just now?"
Ling Yuan Douluo kept a perfectly straight face. "Young Master, I didn't laugh."
"I heard it. You went pfft."
"...All right, I did laugh."
"Why did you laugh?"
"Well, I just thought the Young Master really liked her own body."
"Actually, I really like you too, Sister Ling Yuan." Huo Yuhao blinked and walked barefoot over to Ling Yuan, studying her closely with his golden eyes.
Ling Yuan Douluo's cheeks reddened slightly, but she kept a straight face. "Young Master, you jest."
Huo Yuhao smiled and took Ling Yuan's hand. "Sister Ling Yuan, you must be tired from standing here. My bed is quite big. Want to sleep together?"
"Young Master, that wouldn't be appropriate," Ling Yuan Douluo refused, but Huo Yuhao pulled her straight onto the bed and wrapped an arm around her slender waist.
Perhaps because she was a fire-attribute Soul Master, Ling Yuan Douluo's body was hot. Her soft, full figure felt warm to the touch, and holding her was like embracing a piece of fire jade.
Ling Yuan Douluo had just tried to pull away when she heard Huo Yuhao murmur softly.
"Sister Ling Yuan, your embrace is so warm, just like Mom's."
Thinking of what Qian Renxue had been through, Ling Yuan Douluo sighed softly and gently gathered Huo Yuhao into her arms.
With warm fragrance and soft jade in his arms for two nights in a row, Huo Yuhao was in a pleasant mood.
And on this day, Huo Yuhao finally got to see the person he had been eagerly awaiting.
"Xue Qinghe, get out here!"
Early that morning, an aged voice rang down from the sky, spreading throughout the crown prince's residence.
High in the sky, Dugu Bo wore dark green robes. Powerful Soul Power surged around him, radiating an immense pressure as he looked down upon the entire residence.
Huo Yuhao came out of his room and looked up at Dugu Bo with a smile. "Poison Douluo, please come down and speak."
"Hmph!" Dugu Bo snorted coldly without moving. His snake-like eyes were sharp and dangerous as they fixed on Huo Yuhao.
"You're the one who wants to force my granddaughter to marry you? Never mind that you're only the crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire-even if you were the emperor, you couldn't marry her if she refused!"
Huo Yuhao said calmly, "As the crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, I represent the face of the Heaven Dou Empire. Are you trying to tear all ties with my Heaven Dou Empire, Poison Douluo? When Spirit Hall hunted you down all those years ago, it was the Heaven Dou Empire that sheltered you. I've heard that Poison Douluo has always been clear about his debts of gratitude and grudges. Now it seems the world was mistaken about you, Dugu Bo."
Dugu Bo snorted, displeasure on his face, but nevertheless floated down from the sky.
Yet the moment he landed in the crown prince's residence, his vision blurred. Suddenly, heaven and earth seemed to turn gold and silver, and everything around him seemed to come to a complete standstill.
A vast ring of gold and silver light enveloped him, freezing him in place.
An invisible force of Soul Power covered the entire crown prince's residence, preventing outsiders from seeing anything that happened within.
Dugu Bo's expression changed drastically, his face turning black in an instant.
"This is-the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Two Extremes Stillness Domain!"
"Chrysanthemum Guan! Gui Mei! You set me up? The crown prince is actually one of Spirit Hall's people!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo's effeminate voice rang out in midair. "Old Poison, I trust you've been well. This time, you won't get away."
"Hmph, that's not necessarily true. Do you really think you two have me at your mercy? You may have immobilized me with a sneak attack, but can you still protect Xue Qinghe? He must be Spirit Hall's most important piece."
Poison Douluo snorted coldly and looked at Huo Yuhao. His eyes had turned into a pair of emerald-green snake pupils, and a dark green light shone from his head, shooting out a green beam. It was the skill of the Medusa Queen's Head Soul Bone.
Just then, Golden Crocodile Douluo appeared beside Huo Yuhao. With a mere wave of his hand, a flash of golden light shook the green beam apart and obliterated it.
What shocked Dugu Bo even more was that nine Soul Rings appeared beneath the old man's feet. The ninth was unmistakably blood-red.
The instant the Soul Rings appeared, the old man no longer concealed his presence. Vast and overbearing, it bore down on Dugu Bo in full.
Dugu Bo's face turned pale.
That wasn't the end. Soon, Dugu Bo noticed four more figures appearing on all sides of him. Snake Lance Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, Ling Yuan Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo surrounded him, casting a net of heaven and earth.
Poison Douluo fell silent at once and closed his eyes, having lost all desire to live.
Now there really was no risk of escaping.
Dugu Bo burst out laughing, though his smile was bitter.
"Spirit Hall really does think highly of me. You sent seven Titled Douluo to capture me! A whole seven! And you even used a sneak attack!"
By the end, Dugu Bo was practically gnashing his teeth.
If these seven Titled Douluo had killed him head-on, he would only have laughed and thought his death worthwhile.
But who would have known that Spirit Hall's people had no martial virtue? They had tricked him, launched a sneak attack, lured him into the crown prince's residence, and opened with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Which bastard was so underhanded and so shameless?
Huo Yuhao stepped forward and said with a smile,
"Poison Douluo, we can talk."
Poison Douluo looked at Huo Yuhao and, noticing that the seven Titled Douluo around him all seemed to defer to him, was shocked.
"Xue Qinghe, I never thought you had hidden yourself so deeply, or that your position in Spirit Hall was so high!"
"Xue Qinghe died long ago. This is the Young Master of our Spirit Hall!" Snake Lance Douluo cupped his hands toward Huo Yuhao.
Poison Douluo exclaimed, "Spirit Hall was actually willing to send its Young Master undercover to Heaven Dou City. Your Spirit Hall truly is terrifying."
"I can't complain about falling into this ambush." He gave a bitter laugh, then put on the expression of a man ready to face death.
"However, we have nothing to discuss! Now that you've captured me, kill or carve me as you please."
Golden Crocodile Douluo said coldly, "Xiao Xue, why say anything more to him? Just kill him and be done with it."
Huo Yuhao shook his head. "Second Grandpa, Dugu Bo is a Titled Douluo, after all. He still has value. It would be best if we could bring him into the fold. If we can't, it won't be too late to kill him then."
He looked at Dugu Bo, his tone icy. "Dugu Bo, you wouldn't want anything to happen to your granddaughter, would you?"
Dugu Bo stared fixedly at Huo Yuhao and said coldly,
"Has your Spirit Hall become so shameless that you'd threaten someone's family?"