Huo Yuhao's eyelids twitched. He hesitated, unsure whether to reveal that Magical Merlin's true identity was actually some kind of half-nightmare.
The poor doctor died without ever knowing he'd been scammed in an online romance scam!
Huo Yuhao's throat tightened slightly, but the words caught in his throat, and he swallowed them back, ultimately saying nothing.
He feared Roman wouldn't be able to bear the truth of this outrageous online romance scam.
He hoped to find a way to pull Merlin out of this mess and dump him in the Valley of Love and Destiny, where Tang Buddha would help him change Merlin's personality. Tang
Buddha didn't care about such things; once you arrived at the Valley of Love and Destiny, even a stray dog would have to undergo the ultimate humiliation trial.
After the sex change, he'd hand him over to Doctor Roman, leaving him to his own devices, and eventually drag him to the Sun Moon Empire to debut as an idol—there were plenty of black men there.
A Douluo Continent version of Backstreet Girls, preferably with Dai Huabin along.
Just thinking about it made Huo Yuhao excited!
"Never mind, whatever makes you happy."
"By the way, Roman, why have you called me 'God' from the beginning?"
"I shouldn't have any connection with that Yege."
Romani slowly raised his head, his green eyes revealing a thoughtful look, and then said:
"How so?"
"You should know that King Solomon received grace from God and was God's representative."
"Or perhaps he was a born saint, whose heart had no emotion, sorrow or joy, only absolute rationality bestowed by God."
"The things King Solomon did may not have come from his heart."
"Rule the people with absolute rationality, he is the human closest to God."
"No one understands that being's power better than him."
"That is the true ultimate, the end of all wisdom, the root of all things."
"When I first saw you, I thought I had been caught by that being again."
"But upon closer inspection, although your essence is very similar to that being, there are still some differences."
"Um..."
Huo Yuhao looked at his somewhat conflicted expression and said:
"It's okay, just say it!" "
Romani said dejectedly, 'You're too weak.'
'So weak you can't even manifest your rank.'
'You probably don't even qualify as a [Holy Son] right now.'
Huo Yuhao's forehead creased, but he still managed a smile as he said,
'Hakima, you're really blunt!'
Romani quickly stepped back and waved his hand, saying,
'Wait, you told me to say it.'
'You can't harm a loyal subject!' " Huo
Yuhao naturally wouldn't get angry at Romani over this matter, and turned to leave the orphanage.
His main purpose in coming here today was to see Bai E and Romani.
One was involved in the future God Realm, and the other was involved in the future foundation.
Both were the most important parts of his plan.
Tang Buddha was living too comfortably in the God Realm, constantly throwing dirty tricks at Douluo Star.
He was just bored, and Huo Yuhao had to find something for him to do, like a husky that needs to run around outside to stop destroying the house.
Let the God of Destruction run around the God Realm a few times to exhaust Tang Buddha, so he wouldn't have to show off his amazing wisdom and his millennia-long plan here.
Huo Yuhao pondered this grand plan for millennia, but still couldn't understand where Tang Buddha's brain had come up with it.
Let the people of Douluo suffer a little longer; the Tang family will bear the benefits for them.
As for the alchemical foundation, this thing was originally a knock-off of King Solomon's magic foundation.
Since he couldn't understand it himself, he simply copied a certain penguin, pulled out the original owner, and directly acquired it.
After Roman helped create the foundation's prototype, he, along with Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Electrolux, would fine-tune the foundation, making localized improvements for Douluo.
"Roman, you keep working, I'm leaving now."
Romani got up and saw Huo Yuhao out of the infirmary. Just as Huo Yuhao stepped out, he suddenly asked,
"Actually, there's a question I want to ask."
"Aren't you sure there won't be any problems with planning Bai E's life like this?"
Huo Yuhao didn't turn around to look at him, and then said,
"The followers of the fantasy can't resist the fantasy itself."
"Everything they have comes from me, and belongs to me."
"I'm 100% sure of that."
"Heh, and when he discovers the truth about the Shrek Golden Tree, and watches his teacher's soul being devoured."
"And then there's the big deal about the Valley of Love and Destiny, Bai E's target for destruction will only be that Tang God King."
"He's the most perfect blade."
"Dr. Roman, please keep an eye on him for me when you have time."
"In a sense, I'm also his father."
Romani shrugged helplessly and said, "What you're saying."
"I guess I'm your child too?"
Huo Yuhao directly and ruthlessly refused: "No, you're just a tool."
"Sigh~ So heartless!"
"Alright, I'm leaving now."
With that, Huo Yuhao activated his divine power, a spatial vortex twisting and sucking his body in until he completely disappeared into the air.
Romani shook his head with a wry smile, looking at the now empty doorway, and said,
"They really know how to order people around."
"Sure enough, the 'God' in every world is the same."
"The Lord of Spirit? Omniscience and omnipotence are clearly the authority above all things."
"How can this foundation involve so much knowledge!"
"How did my past self even manage to make this mountain of code run!"
"These runes are all so mysterious... oh well, never mind, as long as the foundation works."
"Don't worry about how it works, as long as the effect is achieved, it's a success!"
Romani sat back down in his chair, running his hands through his hair, making a mess of it.
He somewhat admired his former self, the King Solomon.
Absolute rationality made King Solomon completely disregard simplicity, aesthetics, and even omitting annotations.
As long as it worked, that was enough. This pragmatism resulted in King Solomon's foundation being rather cluttered and bloated.
Romani couldn't understand why later magicians hadn't noticed the somewhat bloated nature of his magic base design.
This was a real problem for the current Romani; he was starting to have trouble deciphering the base he had designed.
"If only I had left annotations after each symbol!"
"Now I have to stay up all night every day trying to figure out the base design."
"I really want some strawberry cake..."
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao had returned to his high-rise office at the Passion Headquarters, plopped down in a chair, and leisurely poured himself a cup of tea.
He then took out the manuscript of the Limitless Technique and continued studying it. The Shadow Cat crawled out from under the table and rubbed against his trouser leg.
Huo Yuhao tossed a few fish and some green fruits into its lunchbox, then looked it over and said,
"Oh?"
"So you've already cultivated for five hundred years."
"Pretty fast!"
The dark markings on the Shadow Cat's belly had formed a V, a symbol of its five hundred years of cultivation.
Each additional five hundred years would add another V.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, freeing up its computing power, said to Huo Yuhao, "It's normal." "
It ate the Wind God Fruit, and the rare fruits you feed it every day. It'll only be a problem if it doesn't reach five hundred years."
Huo Yuhao gently stroked the Shadow Cat's head and chin, saying,
"Such a robust creature needs more feeding!"
"I'll go to the Star Dou Great Forest again to get some rare medicinal herbs to feed it."
"And while I'm at it, I'll go to the Wind Baboon territory to see if those guys have any more Wind God Fruits."
Huo Yuhao's hand, stroking the Shadow Cat, suddenly paused. His spiritual power sensed an acquaintance approaching.
It was the girl named Sui, whom he had rescued before.
After Huo Yuhao helped her awaken her martial soul, he saw her join the fray and neglected her.
Huo Yuhao sat up straight, using his spiritual power to open the door and let her in.
Sui bowed to Huo Yuhao, and only then did Huo Yuhao realize that she had already reached the first ring.
It had probably been less than a month since their last meeting; this leveling speed was comparable to a fully-fledged innate soul power.
Huo Yuhao spoke to her gently, "What brings you here?"
Sui looked earnestly into Huo Yuhao's eyes and said, "Boss, I want to join Shrek Academy."
Huo Yuhao leaned back strategically, and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm almost unleashed a mental shock, but was stopped by the Golden Tortoise Shell.
"Could you tell me why?"
Huo Yuhao crossed his arms and looked at the girl seriously.
Sui said slowly, "I heard from the enthusiastic cadres in Shrek City that Xuanzi's martial soul is the same type as mine."
"And he has no offspring, not even a disciple."
"If I go to Shrek, Xuanzi will definitely not miss me; he will definitely take me as his disciple."
Huo Yuhao had no doubt about this; Xuanzi would definitely take Sui as his beloved disciple.
Xuanzi's greatest pain in life was having no descendants, and Mu En had urged him many times to pass on his mantle.
Sui continued, "I heard that Xuanzi is the head of Shrek Academy."
"If I become his disciple, my passion can expand unchecked in the surrounding cities and even Shrek City!"
Huo Yuhao pondered. She was right; Xuanzi wasn't very bright and liked to cause trouble.
However, he was indeed the highest-ranking person in Shrek Academy besides Mu En, and after Mu En's death, he would basically become the head of the Sea God Pavilion.
Since Mu En planned to send a disciple,
it seemed Xuanzi could also send one.
Sui's words opened Huo Yuhao's mind. It seemed he could send a disciple to any of the key elders of the Sea God Pavilion.
In that case, in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Competition, the future Shrek Seven Devils would basically be his people.
Bai E would replace Bei Bei as captain, Wan Di would replace Xu Sanshi, and Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan would naturally follow.
Feng Jin would become the Shrek Seven Devils' support, and Ti Bao would replace Huo Yuhao's original position.
After Sui joined, she would inevitably have a place among them, probably even taking Wang Dong's position.
Xuanzi would likely take sides and try every means to help Sui become one of the Shrek Seven Devils.
There were also a bunch of other fictional characters that Huo Yuhao would gradually send into the ranks.
Looking around, Huo Yuhao saw that the entire Shrek Academy was practically his own people.
Sea God Lake had become his backyard.
The Sun Moon Empire was similar; Huo Yuhao had already prepared his candidates.
He even planned to insert a few people into the Holy Spirit Cult.
For example, Otto and Dio, who were already poised to make their move in the fictional records.
The villains needed to be dealt with by other villains.
Huo Yuhao looked at Sui again and said,
"It's certainly possible, but Xuanzi is a bit hard to say."
"You're very likely to die at his hands."
"As far as I know, about eight Shrek disciples have died because of him."
"They were basically all prodigies, are you sure?"
Sui nodded seriously.
Seeing her like this, Huo Yuhao smiled and said,
"I remember you don't have a surname."
"From now on, your surname will be Huo."
"Huo Sui'er."
Sui'er's eyes widened, her face flushed, and she seemed overwhelmed with joy. She
knelt heavily before Huo Yuhao, kowtowed, and said in a tearful voice, "Thank you, boss!"
Huo Yuhao had finally experienced the unique kowtowing custom of the Douluo Continent.
Huo Yuhao helped her up and said, "Alright, go back and wait. I'll find the right time to send you to Shrek Academy."
After Huo Sui'er left, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said worriedly in Huo Yuhao's mental sea,
"Yuhao, what if she betrays you?"
"Should we brand her with a mental mark?"
Huo Yuhao shook his head and said, "I wouldn't brand a child with a mental mark."
"If you doubt someone, don't use them; if you use someone, don't doubt them."
"Besides, neither you nor I sensed she was lying, did we?"
"She's just a child. Let her develop however she wants."
"I plan to place many people at Shrek Academy besides her."
"As long as it doesn't interfere with the main plan, we don't need to worry about her."
(End of Chapter)
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