After hearing Huo Yuhao"s explanation, Bei Bei felt more relieved. After the first round of detoxification, Xiao Ya"s condition wasn"t going to worsen anymore. What he had to do now was locate the Bluesilver Emperor.

Huo Yuhao said, “Eldest senior, I suddenly thought of an idea. Listen to it and see whether it"s feasible.”

“Oh?” Bei Bei"s eyes brightened.

Huo Yuhao said, “Due to the Sun Moon Empire"s invasion and the expansion of Shrek City, Shrek City is currently the safest place on the continent. At least this is what everyone from the three empires in the original Douluo Continent thinks. In Shrek City, there are powers from every empire.

“Over the years, the Tang Sect has slowly grown in name. In my opinion, we should announce a mission to locate the Bluesilver Emperor. Whoever can provide reliable information and helps us to locate the Bluesilver Emperor will be owed a favor under the sect"s name, as long as whatever he wants us to do isn"t morally wrong. Or, we can repay him by giving him a batch of soul tools. After all, we are limited on our own. However, if we can tap into the strength of the entire Douluo Continent, we"ll be more able to find the Bluesilver Emperor.”

After hearing Huo Yuhao"s words, Bei Bei was slightly stunned. After that, he furrowed his brow and said, “No, we can"t do that. We can"t place such a huge burden on the sect because of Xiao Ya. We won"t know what whoever helps us will want. I can"t bring so much trouble to the sect because of me and Tang Ya. Even if we have to repay someone, it should be under my name.”

Huo Yuhao shook his head in reply. “No, eldest senior. You are not persuasive enough. I"m afraid that you don"t want to hear this. No matter who it is, our individual abilities can"t convince entire empires to help us search for something.

“However, the Tang Sect is different. Right now, the three empires of the original Douluo Continent have used the soul tools that we"ve produced. They also know of our close relations.h.i.+p with the Academy. Given this, we"ll be able to attract their attention once we announce this mission. From there, they"ll help us to find the Bluesilver Emperor.”

Bei Bei sighed and said, “Yuhao, I recognize your good intentions. However, we can"t do this. It took very long for the Tang Sect to achieve what it has today. We can"t do this for Xiao Ya…”

“Why not? We think it"s workable,” Jiang Nannan suddenly interrupted.

“Nannan…” Bei Bei lifted his head to look at Jiang Nannan.

Jiang Nannan looked very determined. “Bei Bei, do you still remember why we joined the Tang Sect? We didn"t aim to own such a strong sect. We are teammates and friends. Honestly, Xiao Ya is the real sect leader of the Tang Sect. You are only acting on her behalf and a.s.suming her authority because she hasn"t been around. Now that our real sect leader is in trouble, shouldn"t we do our best to help her?

“Furthermore, it"s not just her. No matter who faces such trouble in the sect, we"ll do everything we can to save him or her. It"s only this way that we can demonstrate how united the Tang Sect is, so that every disciple of the sect is willing to do his best for the sect, and treats the sect as his family. I think Yuhao"s idea is workable.”

After hearing Jiang Nannan"s words, Bei Bei went silent. Right now, he only felt a warm flow in his chest. All these years, he had been living in pain because of Xiao Ya"s disappearance. He had placed all of his energy into his cultivation and developing the Tang Sect.

Huo Yuhao and Jiang Nannan"s words didn"t just bring him warmth. They made him feel a sense of kins.h.i.+p, especially when she talked about the unity of the Tang Sect. That"s right, the Tang Sect is very united!

Jiang Nannan turned her head after seeing Bei Bei lower his, and said to Huo Yuhao, “Yuhao, it"s set. After we return, we"ll announce this mission. I believe that there will be interested parties.”

“Alright!” Huo Yuhao immediately agreed.

Bei Bei let out a long breath and nodded gently, saying, “Thanks. I"m thanking all of you on behalf of Xiao Ya.”

Xiao Xiao laughed, “Eldest senior, why are you thanking all of us on behalf of Teacher Xiao Ya? We"re all friends! This is what we should be doing!”

With this plan, Bei Bei was instantly in a better mood. If they were unable to find the Bluesilver Emperor, even with the strength of the entire Douluo Continent, Tang Ya"s fate might indeed be sealed...

Elder Song nodded and said, “I also believe that Yuhao"s plan is workable. Tang Ya is indeed the only heir to the Tang Sect. The Sect and Shrek Academy possess thousands of years of ties. I believe the Academy will support the Sect in this matter. However, please forgive the Academy, because we can"t use our name, given our involvements in many areas. However, the Academy will try its best to help no matter what conditions the person who finds the Bluesilver Emperor requests.”

“Thanks, Elder Song,” Bei Bei said gratefully. Elder Song held a very important position in the Sea G.o.d"s Pavilion, only inferior to Elder Xuan. With Elder Song"s support, it was almost a guarantee that Dean Xian Lin"er and Qian Duoduo would also express their support. In addition, along with Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Elder Song"s votes, they already had five votes in the Sea G.o.d"s Pavilion, close to half the total votes.

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Things temporarily settled down in the demiplane. The mission this time had been successfully completed. Not only did they manage to save Tang Ya, they even used a Cla.s.s 9 stationary sh.e.l.l to destroy an entire soul engineer legion of the Sun Moon Empire. This alleviated some of the pressure on the Heavenly Soul Empire at the front line.

Of course, this was only possible because the sh.e.l.l was detonated inside the Sun Moon Empire"s base. If not for Nangong Wan, they wouldn"t have accomplished this. Although the Sun Moon Empire"s army still seemed to be very disciplined, they were already facing internal chaos. Investigations were underway, causing great disruptions.

The Heavenly Soul Empire was delightfully surprised by this. Although their surveillance was limited, they naturally knew about what had happened, given the great uproar that had ensued because of the Cla.s.s 9 stationary sh.e.l.l. It was so powerful that its effects could be clearly witnessed even from tens of kilometers away. They were already informed in detail of where the Sun Moon Empire"s soul engineer legions were by Huo Yuhao"s surveillance, and so could piece the puzzle together.

If not for the fact that Wei Na was leading the Heavenly Soul Empire"s army then, and took the initiative to carry on with the original plan, they might actually have turned the act into a real show.

Because of this matter, the marshals of the Star Luo and Dou Ling Empires were very displeased. They thought that the Heavenly Soul Empire was too conservative, and hadn"t exploited such a great opportunity.

In fact, the Heavenly Soul Empire had their own difficulties. Naturally, they knew that this was a great opportunity. However, the Sun Moon Empire didn"t seem to be in a bad state. Also, the armies that were gathered were already all the remaining forces that the Heavenly Soul Empire had. Once the fight fully broke out, they couldn"t possibly let the Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires lead the lines, they had to be the first to act. When that happened, they were bound to suffer heavy losses.

They might not even win this fight. Even if they did, it would be a hard-fought and tragic victory. Even if the Sun Moon Empire was forced back temporarily, what if they came back again? If the Heavenly Soul Empire sustained great casualties, how could they possibly revive their empire? Even if they could, they wouldn"t be able to protect it!

The Sun Moon Empire posed a great threat. However, if the Heavenly Soul Empire weakened to a certain point, and the Sun Moon Empire"s threat also fell, the Star Luo Empire and Dou Ling Empires might actually be able to threaten the Heavenly Soul Empire. As a result, given such a conflict of interests, the Heavenly Soul Empire still decided to follow their original plan.

The facts proved that their decision was right. Although the Sun Moon Empire suffered heavy losses, they weren"t on the brink of collapse. If there really was a fight, no one knew who would prevail. No matter what, the Heavenly Soul Empire was bound to sustain heavy losses as the aggressors. They had to breach the other four soul formations that the Sun Moon Empire had set up!

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After the incident, there was a great uproar in the Sun Moon Empire. The loss of a soul engineer legion seemed to have caused Lin Hai to age overnight. He was the only one to shoulder this responsibility. Furthermore, the Holy Ghost Church had also sustained heavy losses. One of their elders was dead, one of their Holy Ladies had disappeared, and many evil soul masters had been killed. This responsibility was definitely not going to be shouldered by Zhongli Wu!

There were widespread investigations going on in the Sun Moon Empire"s base. However, three days had pa.s.sed, and it still seemed like those from Shrek had vanished into thin air. There were no clues to their whereabouts at all.

The only thing that Zhongli Wu felt was fortunate was that Nangong Wan, the Third Elder, and the Fourth Elder all survived, even though they had sustained critical injuries. The life energy of a t.i.tled Douluo was very strong. After a certain period of recuperation, they would be able to recover.

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Night of the fourth day...

A black crack silently appeared inside a pitch-black tent. A figure silently appeared out of it.

It was very quiet in this tent, where the Masquerade Douluo had stayed before he died. Although he was dead, no one had touched his tent, even though investigations were being carried out in the base.

This figure was hiding in a dark corner. He let out his Spiritual Detection to sense the changes in his surroundings. After a brief moment, another person walked out from the crack after the figure verified that the coast was clear.

If someone saw him now, they would be astonished to realize that the two figures looked exactly the same. They were both Huo Yuhao!