Bei Bei laughed, âYouâre in demand right now! Isnât it good being the Prince Consort?â
Huo Yuhaoâs face turned black. âEldest senior, even youâre laughing at me.â
âHaha! Little junior, a man must never say no!â Bei Bei laughed before walking off.
Huo Yuhao immediately chased after him and asked, âEldest senior, when do we take action?â
Bei Bei replied, âWeâll discuss that after dinner. Elder Song and Dean Yan are both back. Elder Song said that the Heavenly Soul Empire hopes that we can help them with surveillance. It seems like they know what you did for the Star Luo Empire. They want to fully use us! Princess Wei Na probably came to find you for that reason. Sheâs a clever lady. She knows that youâre adept in this area, and how important you are to the Tang Sect. She might even know that youâll be one of the main commanders of the three soul engineer legions in the future. Bribing you will be beneficial to the Heavenly Soul Empire.â
Huo Yuhao nodded and replied, âI think so too.â
Bei Bei glanced at him amusedly, âOf course, we canât exclude the possibility that sheâs really into you. After all, my little junior is a man of many talents. You are fit enough to be with Her Highness.â
Huo Yuhao laughed bitterly, âEldest senior, stop mocking me already. We have to perform surveillance. If we donât, we canât find Teacher Xiao Ya. Itâs fine if we coordinate with them in this area. Furthermore, weâll need their help if we want to save Teacher Xiao Ya. Without the war as a cover, itâs impossible for us to enter the Sun Moon Empireâs military.â
Bei Beiâs expression turned serious as they talked about saving Tang Ya. In fact, no one was more anxious compared to him. Tang Ya had disappeared for so long. It had been so many years. In all these years, Bei Bei had been in torment. He was like that when he didnât have news of her. When he received news of her, she had already become a Holy Lady of the Holy Ghost Church. He clearly knew where his lover was, but he couldnât save her. Right now, it was clear how tortured he must feel.
Now that he finally had a chance to find her, he was undoubtedly very anxious. However, the conflict between both armies involved close to a million soldiers. How easy was it to find someone from a million people? Furthermore, Tang Ya was on the enemyâs side right now, and none of them knew how strong she was. In addition, she should be surrounded by powerful individuals from the Holy Ghost Church. To save her, a plan had to be hatched first.
âLetâs go and have dinner. After dinner, weâll start planning.â Bei Bei grabbed Huo Yuhaoâs shoulder and walked towards the guest hall.
Dinner was very scrumptious. The Heavenly Soul Empire went to great efforts to prepare this dinner for them. Elder Song and Dean Yan sat in the main seats, while those from the Tang Sect formed a circle.
Everyone ate very quickly. The food consisted of rare delicacies that were very nourishing to soul mastersâ bodies. However, everyone was concerned about their mission this time, and couldnât be bothered to rave about how delicious the food was.
Dinner ended quickly, and there were servants who helped them to clean up the dining table. Elder Song then said, âAlright, letâs talk about our mission.â
Everyone unwittingly sat up straight. Even Yan Shaozhe wasnât an exception. In front of Elder Song, he was a junior.
After pondering for a moment, Elder Song turned her attention to Yan Shaozhe and asked, âShaozhe, whatâs your opinion?â
Yan Shaozhe said, âIâll first talk about what we learned from the Heavenly Soul Empire today. Currently, the Heavenly Soul, Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires are all gathered somewhere. Over here, there are nine soul master legions and more than twenty Titled Douluo. The overall strength is rather great. The marshal of the three armies is a prince from the Heavenly Soul Empire known as Shuai Xue. He hopes that we can help the Heavenly Soul Empire weaken the Sun Moon Empireâs surveillance abilities. At the same time, he provided some information on their army. Heâll coordinate with us for this mission.â
Elder Song added, âTheir request is still quite reasonable. After all, we only have eleven people. Itâs impossible for us to change the entire situation of the war. However, we can still weaken the enemyâs surveillance abilities.â
Elder Song was one of the strongest agility-type soul masters currently living. She was a Rank 97 Transcendent Douluo. If she made an appearance, it would be very easy for her to destroy some of the surveillance soul tools, unless the Sun Moon Empire had some kind of strict set-up.
Elder Song turned her attention to Bei Bei. âBei Bei, tell me your opinions.â Bei Bei was the leader of the Tang Sect, and one of the symbolic figures of the academy too.
Bei Bei nodded and replied, âElder Song, Dean Yan, our main aim here is to save Xiao Ya before we do our best to help the Heavenly Soul Empire, under the condition that we can ensure our personal safety. Thatâs why I think we should perform our own surveillance first, and find out where Xiao Ya is. At the same time, we can find out what the Sun Moon Empireâs set-up is before we decide on the best course of action.â
Elder Song nodded slightly and was amused as she looked at Huo Yuhao. She asked, âCome, our little surveillance hero. How do you think we should act with regards to the Sun Moon Empire?â
Huo Yuhaoâs exploits at the Ming Dou Mountain Range had long spread to the academy. As an important member of the Sea Godâs Pavilion, Elder Song naturally knew what had happened. After hearing Elder Songâs words, even Yan Shaozhe revealed a grin on his face.
Before Huo Yuhao had even grown up, Yan Shaozhe had already thought very highly of him. Now, Huo Yuhao was all grown up, and was one of the symbolic figures of the younger generation of soul masters. He was also the soul master with the highest potential in the Tang Sect.
Huo Yuhao rarely returned to Shrek Academy now. Even if he did, he would leave shortly thereafter. Yan Shaozhe didnât know the extent of his abilities. In terms of seniority, Huo Yuhao was still considered his little junior.
Huo Yuhao coughed and replied, âElder Song, Dean Yan, Iâm no hero. If weâre talking about surveillance, I think I should be fine performing super-high aerial surveillance on the Sun Moon Empire. Given my understanding of the Sun Moon Empireâs aerial surveillance soul tools, I believe they can only keep their soul tools at an altitude of three thousand meters. As long as Iâm above that altitude, I can basically confirm their overall situation. However, as itâs too high up, the details might be a little vague. I can perform this surveillance.â
âItâll be difficult to pinpoint Teacher Xiao Yaâs location. My Spiritual Detection can only work within a certain region. Furthermore, there are bound to be spiritual barriers around certain soul tools in the Sun Moon Empire. Once my Spiritual Detection touches those barriers, I will immediately be discovered. If Iâm within range, Iâll definitely be attacked. If the Sun Moon Empire discovers me, Iâm afraid I wouldnât be able to escape. Itâs quite difficult to retreat completely.
âThatâs why I suggest that we need to at least fight them once if we want to bring Teacher Xiao Ya back. Or we can ambush them in the night. Itâs only when we interact that I can bring reliable information back, but only if we can sufficiently protect ourselves.â
As for how he was going to survey the Sun Moon Empire, Huo Yuhao naturally already had a plan. After his many rounds of surveillance during the war, he was slowly gaining experience. During his Ultimate Soldier Plan training, he also slowly made it a part of him. Moreover, his ability to protect himself had grown significantly as his abilities grew. He even had the Ice Bear King as his trump card. He knew that he had the confidence of fighting any enemy if the fight was small-scale. Even against a Titled Douluo, he believed he could still retreat successfully.
After hearing Huo Yuhaoâs words, Elder Song was even more amused. âNo wonder youâre a talent that we nurtured from our Ultimate Soldier Plan. If we want to spark a fight, weâll need the Heavenly Soul Empireâs help. Weâll also need to be careful. You should know that the Sun Moon Empire has soul engineer legions, and they react very quickly. Their attacks are also very lethal because of their linked soul tools. If things go awry, we run the risk of suffering heavy casualties.â
Huo Yuhao nodded and answered, âYes, Iâve thought of this already. Thatâs why we canât have too many people around if we want to ambush them. However, weâll need strong individuals. If we can deploy some of the Titled Douluo from the Heavenly Soul Empire, it would be fantastic.â
âWhat do you think about leading this fight?â Elder Song asked.
âMe?â Huo Yuhao was stunned, and hurriedly said, âHow can I? You and Dean Yan are both around. Iâm only a small soldier under the two of you.â
Elder Song laughed. âAlright, you donât have to be modest. If youâre talking about fighting a war, Shaozhe and I are both not experienced enough. Youâve already participated in many fights against the Sun Moon Empire, and you know their soul engineer legions better than us. Weâre not real soldiers. Whoeverâs capable will lead us. Letâs do this. From now on, all ten of us. including me and Shaozhe. will be under your command. As for liaising with the Heavenly Soul Empire, Iâll do it. What do you guys think?â
Those from the Tang Sect naturally werenât in a position to say anything, but they were all stunned. They didnât think Elder Song would think so highly of Huo Yuhao.
Yan Shaoze said without any hesitation, âI think itâs feasible. Elder Song, youâre wise.â
âIâ¦â Huo Yuhao smiled bitterly as he looked at Elder Song and Dean Yan. Why do both of them look so sly with their smiles? Am I not being put in a spot? I have to command both of themâ¦
Elder Song said with a straight face, âYuhao, you donât have to be stressed. We arenât joking around with you. Youâll lead this mission, and weâll do our best to coordinate with you. Youâre the only one who truly knows whatâs going on with the Sun Moon Empireâs soul engineer legions. Furthermore, weâve never fought a real soul engineer legion before. You should know that our individual strengths are less prominent with the existence of linked soul tools. Otherwise, the Heavenly Soul Empire wouldnât be in such a state with the help of the Body Sect.â