Incidentally, for the sake of precise addresses, Lin Huan had also casually shaped two more realms: the Heaven Dou Realm and the Heaven Soul Realm.
Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan were in this Heaven Soul Realm, which was why the people from Shrek Academy had yet to find them.
As for why the author had not given these two realms any close-ups? No other reason: neither even had a Limit Douluo. They were complete roadside nobodies.
The Body Sect where Du Busi was should originally have been in the Heaven Soul Realm, but because the Body Sect was still around, it had been placed over on Mu Ye's side instead.
As for the Dou Ling Realm? That was the Dark Blood Demon's lair, and he counted as a Limit Douluo, so it got some screen time. It was definitely not because the author had forgotten.
Ahem, back to the point. Lin Huan soared high in the sky with Tang Shan in his arms. The little girl was deeply awed by the sight of all the mountains looking small beneath her. This was her first experience of flying.
"You aren't afraid of heights, are you?"
Holding her with one arm, Lin Huan stroked her head with his other hand and asked with concern. Tang Shan shook her head and replied:
"I'm not afraid of heights... Also, Big Brother Lin Huan, are you a powerful Titled Douluo too?"
"More or less. I have indeed reached Titled Douluo before."
Lin Huan's answer was very vague, but Tang Shan did not mind. She simply clung tightly to the person before her, feeling how warm his body was and wanting to keep holding him like this forever.
"By the way, Big Brother, where are we going?"
"Just wandering around. I'm an idle fellow. My favorite things are roaming about and upholding justice."
"You sound like a wandering hero of the martial world."
"I suppose so. Look over here. Something seems about to happen."
Lin Huan silently landed atop an extremely lavish residence. Tang Shan looked down curiously and saw five large characters.
"The White Tiger Duke's Mansion? It looks so extravagant."
"Indeed."
While the two stood on the roof observing, elsewhere, the duchess of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion stared at the information before her, her face as black as the bottom of a pot.
A great deal of history was laid out there, including how Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao was the child of Dai Hao and a maid, a Level 99 Limit Douluo.
At that moment, Xu Xin, the White Tiger Duchess, immediately ordered the deaths of Huo Yun'er and her daughter, Huo Yutong.
Every maid who had slept with Dai Hao was also to be killed. The White Tiger Duke's Mansion could have only one master, and that was her son. As for that Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao...
Xu Xin remembered that she seemed to have abused the mother and daughter quite a lot. Although that Huo Yutong was the wrong sex, what if Huo Yun'er became pregnant again later and had a boy called Huo Yuhao?
In short, she would not allow anyone more badass than her son to exist in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. The mansion could only remain in her hands.
Otherwise, if that Huo Yuhao came to settle the score with her later, she would be finished. That very night, three Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster servants headed toward the woodshed.
"Little Shan, it's time for us to uphold justice!"
Having witnessed the whole thing, Lin Huan immediately took Tang Shan with him and jumped down. Seeing a girl abandoned by her father just like herself, Tang Shan could not help feeling her plight as her own.
"All right! Charge!"
"Charge, Little Shan!"
The two arrived at the woodshed. Huo Yutong was mending clothes with her mother when the woodshed door was kicked open. Hearing the noise, mother and daughter looked over.
They saw three figures dressed as servants appear in the doorway. Sensing that something was wrong, Huo Yun'er hurriedly pulled her daughter over and hid her beneath the bed.
"Mom..."
"Shh... Xiao Tong, don't make a sound. Leave the rest to Mom..."
With that, Huo Yun'er hurriedly stood up and walked into the main woodshed, taking the initiative to ask why they had come.
"Lord Soul Masters, is there something you need from me?"
They were all servants of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, but Huo Yun'er and her daughter were clearly at the very bottom.
Looking at Huo Yun'er before them and confirming their target, the mansion's thugs each took out a Storage Soul Tool.
These were tools the White Tiger Duchess had given them. Without another word, they took out the firewood inside and scattered it across the floor.
"What are you..."
A question mark appeared over Huo Yun'er's head as she watched their actions. One of the servants gave her a pitying look and said:
"Since you're going to die anyway, we might as well let you be ghosts who know why they died. The madam wants you and your daughter to die in an accident."
As he spoke, the servant took a bucket of oil out of his Storage Soul Tool, opened it, and splashed it straight onto Huo Yun'er.
"Ah!"
Doused in diesel, Huo Yun'er staggered and fell to the floor. Hearing her mother's scream, Huo Yutong's heart clenched. Without hesitation, she crawled out from under the bed and rushed over.
"Mom!"
"Xiao Tong! Don't come over!"
Huo Yun'er had just tried to stop her when another servant took out a bucket of diesel and said:
"You're both going to die. There's no escape."
With that, he began splashing it throughout the woodshed. Huo Yun'er immediately shielded her daughter tightly beneath her, keeping the diesel from touching her.
"Mom..."
Looking at her trembling mother, Huo Yutong was helpless too. Of the two of them, one had innate level-one Soul Power, while the other was merely an ordinary person. They could not possibly resist this Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster.
"Don't be afraid, Yutong... Mom will protect you..."
Although Huo Yun'er was terrified herself, she continued speaking words to soothe her daughter. In her heart, she prayed that Dai Hao would descend like a heavenly god to save her. Sadly, that was destined to be a delusion.
One servant lifted a bucket of diesel and poured it straight over Huo Yun'er's head. A great deal of diesel fell onto her, but she still tightly shielded the child beneath her.
Huo Yutong still did not know what they were about to face. She merely thought they had come to bully her mother again.
Then the three servants took out a flame, tossed it into the room, and left without looking back, shutting the door behind them.
In an instant, the entire woodshed caught fire. Blistering heat rushed toward them. Huo Yutong felt as though flames filled her entire field of vision. Small as she was, she finally understood what they intended to do.
"Mom! They're going to burn us to death!"
In an instant, terror filled her mind. She was completely at a loss, unable to do anything except instinctively clutch her mother's sleeve.
"Don't be afraid, Xiao Tong. We'll be all right."
Seeing the flames swallowing their surroundings, Huo Yun'er hurriedly scooped up her child and ran for the side room. This was where mother and daughter slept, and the flames had not yet spread here.
After taking shelter in the side woodshed, Huo Yun'er set Huo Yutong on the floor. The windows had all been sealed shut. There was no way out.
She could only snatch the tattered straw quilt from the bed and throw it outside, followed by the firewood piled in the side woodshed. Huo Yun'er picked up and threw out anything that could serve as fuel. Huo Yutong hurriedly followed suit, tossing out these combustible things.
Once all the firewood had been thrown out, Huo Yun'er dumped all the clothes from the wooden basin into a small water vat, soaking them.
"Xiao Tong, hurry and hide inside."
As she spoke, Huo Yun'er pulled her daughter over to the small vat, draped all the soaking clothes over her, and then had her climb inside.
The vat was not very large, and only a third of its water remained. It could only fit Huo Yutong, a malnourished six-year-old little girl.
After climbing in, Huo Yutong saw her mother arrange all the soaked clothes around the vat to keep the flames from spreading over.
"Cough! Cough!"
The fire spread inside. This side room had no door, and thick smoke billowed in, making Huo Yun'er cough incessantly.
"Mom, what about you?"
Watching her coughing mother and realizing she seemed to have nowhere to hide, Huo Yutong immediately poked her head out to ask. Huo Yun'er pushed her head back into the vat and soothed her:
"I'm fine. Mom will hide under the bed. As long as I hide under the bed, I can escape those people's bullying."
Listening to her reassurances, the innocent Huo Yutong remembered how she could always escape the bad people who came to bully them by hiding under the bed. In her heart, she prayed that her mother could survive this crisis too.
Just as she prayed inwardly, a voice echoed in her mind.
"Pray to the great God of Games. He will grant what you seek."
Hearing that voice, Huo Yutong hurriedly prayed in her heart. Great God of Games, please keep Mom safe under the bed...
As that wish was made, tiny points of light immediately radiated from the wooden bed nearby. The safe zone had been established!
Meanwhile, Huo Yun'er looked at the flame-engulfed woodshed, then picked up a wooden bucket and smashed it against the window.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
She struck three times with all her strength, but the window did not budge. Instead, the impacts left her arms numb. At the same time, the fire invaded the room. Huo Yun'er looked at her oil-covered body and clothes.
If even a spark touched her, she would be finished. Now, she was clearly doomed. Even changing clothes would be useless.
Her hair and body were soaked in diesel, and there was not enough water to wash it off. Looking at the fire rushing toward her, Huo Yun'er's eyes were filled with reluctance to part. She could not rest easy leaving her daughter here alone.
If I die, what will happen to my daughter? Is there anyone who can look after my daughter? Dai Hao?
Her first thought was still of that man, but the cruel reality of the fire before her shattered her fantasies all the same.
Now the flames had swallowed the entire room, and Huo Yun'er resigned herself to her fate. The fire ignited her, but she endured the pain without crying out. Afraid that her daughter would hear her screams, she clenched her teeth tightly.
"I seriously can't stand you! Turn around and look!"
Finally, Lin Huan could no longer bear to watch. An incongruous voice rang out. Huo Yun'er shuddered and abruptly turned her head, seeing a handsome figure sitting on the wooden bed.
Who is he? That was Huo Yun'er's first thought. Then she noticed the flames retreating around him.
"What are you standing there for? Get into the safe zone! The poison circle's already here, and you're still not coming in?"
Lin Huan pointed at the wooden bed beneath his backside, urging her once more to enter the safe zone. Huo Yun'er instinctively jogged over. The moment she stepped inside, the flames on her body vanished.
"You're... Ah!"
Huo Yun'er had just tried to ask who he was when Lin Huan grabbed her head and pushed it down.
With a cry of surprise, she was forcibly stuffed beneath the bed. Hearing her mother's cry, Huo Yutong suddenly poked her head out of the vat and called out.
"Mom?"
"Xiao Tong, I'm fine."
As soon as she poked her head out, she looked beneath the bed and saw her mother hiding there, safe and sound. The flames miraculously avoided the space beneath the bed as they scorched everything around it.
At that moment, little Yutong filled with joy. Her wish had come true. Mom really was safe beneath the bed! This was wonderful. Thank you, God of Games, for saving my mom.
At the same time, a wisp of pure power of faith rose from Huo Yutong. Lin Huan lay on his back atop the woodshed roof, sighed softly, and said speechlessly:
"Seriously, you'd rather think about that useless man Dai Hao than turn around and look at the bed? You even needed me to come remind you in person?"
Beside him, Tang Shan was also crouching on the roof, using the Purple Demon Eye to watch the scene inside. She asked in puzzlement:
"Big Brother Lin Huan, are we going to save them?"
"Of course. But that little girl still has her mother. I can't just take her away without her mother's consent, can I?"
Lin Huan had not directly intervened to rescue the Huo mother and daughter. The first reason was Huo Yun'er's love-addled brain. She was still constantly thinking about Dai Hao, and that would not do.
He did not want a situation where Dai Hao crooked a finger and Huo Yun'er went scampering over to him, so he had not acted rashly.
The second reason was to farm power of faith. Now Tang Shan and Huo Yutong were both his devoted believers, so he naturally had to take good care of them.
It would be best to win their hearts little by little when the time came. His hobby was picking up little girls, not forcibly kidnapping them and taking them home. Tang Shan, for example, had been picked up by him after Tang Hao no longer wanted her.
Lin Xiaozi, Lin Xiaolü, Jia Lin, Wang Dong, and Na'er had all been picked up by him at the roadside too. I figured nobody wanted them by the roadside, so I brought them home.
Then look at Huo Yutong. Her mother wanted her. How could he pick her up without getting someone else's consent? Wouldn't that make him a human trafficker? That would not do.
"Mom..."
Hearing the word "mother," Tang Shan froze. She had been using the Purple Demon Eye to observe this mother and daughter the whole time.
She had also seen Huo Yun'er desperately shielding her daughter. Honestly, she envied Huo Yutong for having a mother who loved her. Although she had a father, he had never treated her as his child at all.
She had now witnessed what maternal love was. Despite being terrified herself, a mother still protected her child.
Fortunately, Big Brother Lin Huan was a good person and had saved the mother and daughter. Finally, Tang Shan turned to look at the three White Tiger Duke's servants playing cards in the courtyard, a flash of killing intent crossing her eyes.
The sight of those three servants reminded her of that bastard Tang Hao. You innately evil servants of the White Tiger Duke, I'll carry out heaven's justice right now!
"Big Brother Lin Huan, can I kill them?"
Still, Tang Shan reached out and tugged at Lin Huan's sleeve, asking whether she could act.
Hearing her, he glanced at the three servants, waved casually, and said indifferently:
"Go ahead, kill them. They have nothing to do with us anyway. They don't believe in me, so what does their life or death have to do with me?"
After receiving permission, Tang Shan immediately smiled. Then she raised her hand and summoned her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. A white Soul Ring flashed, and she shot into the sky.
Below, the three servants playing cards were watching the burning woodshed in utter boredom. They were there to confirm whether the Huo mother and daughter were dead, so they could not leave.
But the very next moment, a bamboo stalk shot over and slammed heavily into one man's head. His head instantly tilted, and he dropped straight off to sleep.
The two-in-one long chapter for November 2. It's gone premium, it's gone premium.