After separating from Bai E and the other three, Huo Yuhao went straight to the experimental open space behind the Passion headquarters.
This was Huo Yuhao's exclusive experimental ground, about 70,000 square meters, the size of ten standard football fields from his previous life.
It contained a lot of soul tool research devices imported from the Sun Moon Empire, the highest level of which reached level eight.
At first, Huo Yuhao asked Passion to try to contact the Mingde Hall of the Sun Moon Empire to see if they could exchange some soul tools for herbs.
The requirements were not too high, level six soul tools would be fine.
So the two Passion cadres disguised themselves as the Snow King Merchant Guild and entered Mingdu, under the guise of promoting Snow King Ice City, and finally managed to contact the Mingde Hall.
When the Mingde Hall learned that Passion had come to buy soul tools, they did not directly notify the soul tool corps of Mingdu, but instead invited the Passion cadres to the Mingde Hall for a meeting. As soon as
the Passion cadres arrived at the meeting hall of the Mingde Hall and took their seats according to their names, they found that they were surrounded by people from the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
The Heavenly Soul Empire, Star Luo Empire, and even Dou Ling Empire all sent people here to purchase soul tools.
The Star Luo Empire, being the wealthiest, bought ten level-eight soul tools and several defensive ones in one go.
The group from the Sun Moon Empire's Mingde Hall even secretly took out level-eight fixed-position soul tool shells to sell, leaving the enthusiastic cadre dumbfounded.
Shouldn't such weapons of war be kept tightly hidden?
Later, the people from Mingde Hall communicated with the enthusiastic cadre and learned that the latter planned to exchange rare medicinal herbs for soul tools.
The head of Mingde Hall initially didn't care, thinking that the small power of the Heavenly Soul Empire had come to beg for alms.
The Sun Moon Empire lacked everything, but medicinal herbs were certainly not lacking. Didn't you see our Sun Moon Empire's soul masters taking pills every day?
Even the most talented soul master in history, Xiao Hongchen, was also taking pills like crazy. Now, at only thirteen years old, two years older than Huo Yuhao, he was already a level-49 Soul Master.
This was also the main reason why the Sun Moon Empire's soul masters were generally top-tier, making it difficult for them to break through to level 95 Super Douluo.
They had too many drug residues in their bodies, which greatly affected their potential as Soul Masters, even though they didn't really care about the fact that their heads were pointed.
With the idea that all guests were welcome, the person in charge of Mingde Hall glanced casually at the list of medicinal herbs provided by the enthusiastic staff, then shakily took off his glasses.
"Millennial Purple Ganoderma, Millennial Nebula Grass, Millennial Snow Silkworm, Hundred-Year Bright Soul Flower..."
"Big Brother, have you plundered the entire Star Dou Great Forest?!"
The person in charge of Mingde Hall had seen many grand occasions, but this was something he had never witnessed before. He
had initially thought the other party was a country bumpkin, but it turned out he had become the clown.
The medicinal herbs on the other party's list alone were comparable to the entire collection of Mingde Hall!
Most of the medicinal herbs provided by the enthusiastic cadres were priceless in the Sun Moon Empire!
They were the kind of herbs that, even without being refined into pills, could cause a bloodbath in Mingdu if put up for auction.
Of course, no one dared to refine these herbs into pills; they were too precious!
However, these medicinal herbs were nothing to Huo Yuhao. The Thunderous Hell Vine Canyon had a plethora of rare medicinal herbs, and nourished by the rich, tangible spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they grew extremely fast!
Basically, after harvesting one batch, another batch would grow the following year.
This was truly a natural treasure trove second only to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!
After reviewing the list, the person in charge of Mingde Hall felt like a complete greenhorn, utterly incapable of handling this batch of medicinal herbs.
They had always sold soul tools secretly, not daring to openly tell the hall master.
Although they all knew that Jing Hongchen was aware of their underhanded dealings, he ignored them for the sake of Mingde Hall acquiring a large sum of money and rare metals.
Knowing he couldn't make the final decision, the person in charge of Mingde Hall approached Jing Hongchen to explain the situation.
Jing Hongchen did indeed know that Mingde Hall was internally selling soul tools to the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
He didn't care, because a portion of the profits from the Douluo Three Kingdoms would eventually end up in his own pocket.
So as long as they didn't sell any key technologies or level-nine soul tools, the rest was harmless.
Even level-eight fixed-position soul-guided cannons wouldn't matter, since they wouldn't kill him in the end.
Jing Hongchen was somewhat surprised upon learning the person in charge's purpose and carefully examined the list of medicinal herbs.
After reading it, his chubby face twitched a few times, and he leaned back dramatically.
He thought he was already bold enough to sell level eight soul tools, but he didn't expect Douluo Three Kingdoms to be even more audacious!
They could even sell medicinal herbs that could create cultivation geniuses out of thin air!
Thinking of his grandson and granddaughter still consuming those pills with numerous side effects, he resolved to personally speak with the enthusiastic cadres.
These medicinal herbs could greatly accelerate Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's cultivation speed, and without any side effects.
Finally, Jing Hongchen, with a very kind and enthusiastic attitude, discussed the details with the two cadres and quickly finalized the cooperation.
Mingde Hall would transport a large batch of soul tools, including research soul tools, a soul tool manufacturing platform, a pile of soul tool carving knives, and several level eight soul tools, to the Mingdou Mountains.
Then, they would pretend to have been attacked by soul beasts, causing the soul tools to disappear, and the enthusiastic staff would simply send people to retrieve them.
Since the transaction went much more smoothly than expected, there was still some time before the return date.
The two men and some enthusiastic members got together and came up with a brilliant idea: to take advantage of this time to promote Snow King Ice City and Kenlais in Mingdu.
In just half a month, Snow King Ice City and Kenlais swept through Mingdu, leaving the traditional catering industry in a state of utter despair.
Their terrifying speed in seizing the Mingdu catering market left even the two executives dumbfounded. This
was because Snow King Ice City and Kenlais hadn't shown such dominance in the Tiandou Plains, nor had they achieved a crushing victory over traditional cuisine; the two sides had been evenly matched.
Later, after market research, they discovered that the fast-food concept was extremely appealing to the Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire compared to traditional food!
A hamburger meal could be prepared in just three minutes, a speed that traditional food couldn't match, while also being high in calories, greatly replenishing the Soul Masters' energy.
Most importantly, it was cheap—who couldn't afford twenty copper soul coins? In Mingdu, twenty copper soul coins wouldn't even be picked up if they fell on the ground.
In fact, most low-level Soul Masters didn't have much money; most of their funds were used to purchase rare metals to craft Soul Tools.
A Soul Master needs to waste countless rare metals to advance one rank, which is a significant amount of money.
Therefore, low-ranking Soul Masters are generally poor, and in their eyes, Kenlais and Snow King Ice City are like a ray of light! A godsend.
Despite the widespread warnings from Mingdu's traditional catering industry about the unhealthiness of fast food, these Soul Masters don't care.
Healthy or unhealthy? Once it's in my stomach, it's energy! We Soul Masters take drugs every day; we're already unhealthy! We don't need fast food at all.
Of course, many in Mingdu also planned to seize Snow King Ice City and Kenlais, but Mingde Hall stopped them.
This wasn't just because Kenlais was a partner of Mingde Hall, but also because the two executives had given half of the fast food industry's profits to Mingde Hall.
Mingde Hall's leadership immediately realized that the fast food industry might be the future of the Sun Moon Empire's catering industry.
Food is a huge market! It can continuously bring Mingde Hall a wealth of funds!
Upon realizing someone was eyeing his future fortune, Jing Hongchen, armed with his level-nine soul tool, went to have a chat with them about life.
Thus, with Enthusiast providing fast food technology and operational plans, and Mingde Hall offering political and strategic protection, the two collaborated to monopolize the catering industry in Mingdu, jointly reaping profits from low-level soul masters and ordinary people.
After a month of joint operation, Jing Hongchen saw that the profits Mingde Hall received from the fast food industry were more than what he could earn from selling soul tools for three quarters.
He went completely mad, threatening anyone who tried to interfere in the fast food industry to leave or physically expelling them from his ecosystem.
He then planned to drag Enthusiast along to expand the fast food industry throughout the entire Sun Moon Empire, making it a major force!
Jing Hongchen wanted everyone to eat hamburgers, drink cola, and savor milk tea, bringing a calorie boon to the Sun Moon Empire!
He even sent Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to the Mingdu Snow King Ice City headquarters as directors to help Enthusiast clear obstacles from the traditional food industry.
Because of their close cooperative relationship, aside from level nine soul tools, Mingde Hall would provide as many soul tools as the emperor desired.
If the royal family blamed them for the missing soul tools, they could simply say it was the soul beasts!
After all, the soul beasts wouldn't protest their innocence, so shifting the blame onto them was guaranteed.
Huo Yuhao hadn't expected that the first thing he would destroy in this world would be the Sun Moon Empire's catering industry.
However, Huo Yuhao didn't care about these things now; his gaze was fixed on a soul-guided vehicle in the experimental field.
(End of Chapter)
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