"We have no objections!"
Jin Peng and the other ten Titled Douluo all agreed that Huo Yuhao should become the Body Sect's heir to the position of sect master.
His talent was there for all to see. It was an unprecedented Innate Gold-Rank Second Awakening!
Looking back through history, there had never been a precedent for an Innate Gold-Rank Second Awakening in the entire sect, or even the whole world.
If anyone dared question it, they would be the first to smash that bastard's dog head in.
A thought occurred to Huo Yuhao, and he hesitantly spoke up. "Sect Master, isn't this a little unfair to Senior Brother Long Aotian?"
Long Aotian had joined the sect several years before him. With his Innate Silver-Rank Second Awakening and his unique, self-created ultimate technique, Unity of Heaven and Man, he had always been the sect's most gifted disciple.
Besides, ever since Huo Yuhao had joined the sect, his eldest senior brother had taken great care of him.
Now that he had suddenly taken Long Aotian's place, he couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
Du Busi saw Huo Yuhao's concern and replied, "Yuhao, that's simply how this world works."
"Talent and strength determine a person's limits and responsibilities."
"When a more outstanding disciple appears in the sect, we naturally choose to cultivate the best without giving up on the other disciples."
"If we went solely by who came first, any major power would be doomed to collapse."
"There's no need to worry about your eldest senior brother. I'll speak to him personally and help him come to terms with it."
Huo Yuhao fell silent for a moment, then nodded.
The Snow Empress gazed at Huo Yuhao tenderly, a hint of warmth welling up in her heart.
Yuhao was always like this. No matter what good fortune came his way, he would first consider the feelings of those around him.
Du Busi nodded in satisfaction and looked at the people in the hall. "Jin Peng, report the major events that occurred while I was away from the sect."
Jin Peng's smile faded as he was called upon. He rose from his seat. "Sect Master, during your absence, the White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao, came to our door. Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Imperial Family even went to the emperor of the Heavenly Soul Empire."
"They had only one demand: that you give them an explanation for razing the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to the ground."
As Jin Peng's words fell, Huo Yuhao's body jolted.
He stared at Du Busi in disbelief. "Sect Master, you... razed the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to the ground?"
He knew that Du Busi possessed memories of the future, understood what Du Busi would do after learning of the miserable childhood he had spent at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, and knew just how fiercely Du Busi protected his own.
But he had never imagined that Du Busi's retaliation against the White Tiger Duke's Mansion would come so quickly.
Du Busi had risked offending the Star Luo Imperial Family and the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to raze the Dai Family's ancestral grounds, which had stood for ten thousand years, to the ground.
Huo Yuhao was about to speak, but Du Busi beat him to it.
Du Busi spoke in an even tone. "That's it?"
"A mere White Tiger Duke's Mansion and a Star Luo Imperial Family-does that count as a major event?"
"If a child of our Body Sect was living a life worse than death out there and we brought them back, never mind a power like the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. Even if it were an imperial capital, I'd turn it upside down."
"Wherever they were bullied, I'll strike back."
"The sect master is right." Demonic Fist was the first to step forward. "Whoever dares bully someone from our Body Sect, I, Demonic Fist, will be the first to object."
"We support the sect master."
"We can never tolerate the children of the Body Sect suffering the slightest bit of bullying out there."
"What happened at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion wasn't even bullying anymore. That was exploitation! They treated our people like they were from the Sun Moon Empire!"
The other Titled Douluo spoke up one after another, sharing the same stance as Du Busi and Demonic Fist.
After Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei came to their door, they had learned of Huo Yuhao's past from Demonic Fist.
They had promptly beaten Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei out of the sect.
Huo Yuhao's eyes reddened slightly, and he was moved from the bottom of his heart.
At the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, only his mother had ever shown him such care.
He said solemnly, "Thank you, Sect Master, and thank you, elders, for taking care of me."
"I, Huo Yuhao, will never let you down. I will ensure the Body Sect's glory for hundreds of years and help all of you break through to a new upper limit in your levels!"
Du Busi burst out laughing. "Hahahahaha!"
"Yuhao, having that intention is enough."
"We're all family here. There's no need to be so formal."
The Snow Empress remained silent. She had been watching the expressions of these Titled Douluo all along and found that they were not as bad as she had imagined.
People outside said the Body Sect was neither righteous nor evil, that its members were a group of extremists even more terrifying than Evil Soul Masters.
Yet having experienced it for herself, she found the environment within the Body Sect quite good.
When it came to treating their own people, there was probably no second sect like the Body Sect.
Then Du Busi looked at Jin Peng and asked, "How did that old emperor react?"
Jin Peng smiled wryly. "His Majesty was quite shaken after hearing Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei's accusations."
"He told us that as soon as you returned to the sect, you were to go to the Star Luo Imperial Family to see him immediately."
Du Busi immediately stood up, his gaze sweeping over everyone present. "Yuhao, Snow Woman, Jin Shen, Demonic Fist, Xu Tong, come with me to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace."
"The rest of you, go home. If you have children, go find them. If you don't, go find your wives. If you don't have a wife, go find one and bring her back."
"Until we return."
"Yes, Sect Master!"
Huo Yuhao, Xue Lingbing, Jin Peng, Demonic Fist, and Xu Tong rose to their feet at the same time and followed Du Busi out of the sect.
Heaven Dou City, capital of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
The Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
Inside the imperial conference hall.
Xue Mingshan, emperor of the Heavenly Soul Empire, sat in the main seat, his face full of exhaustion.
Seated to his left were the Star Luo Emperor, Xu Jiawei, and the White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao.
Dai Hao's expression was especially ugly, and his teeth ground together with a creak.
The destruction of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion had not only cost him all face, but had also utterly destroyed the Dai Family's foundation, which had endured for a thousand years.
Today, no matter what, he had to make the Body Sect pay the price it deserved.
Xu Jiawei was no better off. News that the White Tiger Duke's Mansion had been razed to the ground had long since spread.
Rumors of a terrorist attack, divine lightning sent down as punishment, and the like continued to circulate.
If they still couldn't suppress the uproar over this matter...
Seated to Xue Mingshan's right was an old man dressed in tattered clothes.
The old man was greasy all over, his hair a tangled mess. He swung a wine gourd in his left hand, and liquid could be heard sloshing inside.
In his right hand, he held a large chicken leg, which he was eating with relish.
His eyes held an arrogance that showed he thought nothing of anyone present.
Just then, the doors to the conference hall were pushed open from outside.
"Well, well, well. I never expected even you, the weakest Super Douluo, to show up."
"As a Super Douluo, you led a team and still managed to get it almost completely wiped out. You've really disgraced us Super Douluo."