Douluo Dalu II—Chapter 128: Plan
"Secretary Ju is right," a fat soul master nodded.
Ju Zi was someone sent by Huo Yuhao to the Spirit Pagoda. According to Huo Yuhao, Ju Zi was a secretary.
In many cases, Ju Zi also represented part of Huo Yuhao's will. Although Ju Zi's IQ might have some issues when it comes to parents, children, or love, her intelligence was still very high in the Douluo Dalu II, according to the original setting.
Ju Zi continued, "In the Sun Moon Empire, the Soul Engineer Group is a very powerful force. We must win over some trustworthy high-level members of the Soul Engineer Group.
Use spirit souls as bait to turn them into supporters of the Spirit Pagoda. Only by controlling the Soul Engineer Group can the Spirit Pagoda grow rapidly."
There are only a few level-nine soul engineers in the Soul Engineer Group, so others still need souls. Of course, most level-nine soul engineers have families. Even if they don't need spirit souls for themselves, their families do.
"But it's not easy to win over the Soul Engineer Group," the fat soul master expressed his concerns. "Although spirit souls are a cross-era product, with the temper of these members, they might turn against us after receiving spirit souls and try to snatch the method of making spirit souls."
The other soul masters were a little worried and began to discuss. Everyone present agreed that the Soul Engineer Group was powerful because of their special status and strength. They often worked together and had committed some bad deeds.
Ju Zi said: "Everyone can rest assured. I promise this will never happen. Our Spirit Pagoda also has a backer. If anyone dares to do such a thing, the Pagoda Master will make the backer intervene."
The so-called backer referred to Kong Deming. Kong Deming was the deputy Pagoda master of the Spirit Pagoda, but few people knew about this.
Kong Deming was the master of the Worship Hall, so most worshippers would stand on his side.
Therefore, it was quite simple to promote spirit souls within the Worship Hall—allowing the families of these worshippers to enjoy the benefits brought by spirit souls and win their support.
However, the ninth-level soul engineers of the Worship and Soul Engineer groups were different, so Ju Zi planned to expand the influence of the Spirit Master Pagoda by absorbing high-level soul master groups.
Once these high-level groups were successfully absorbed, the spirit souls could be gradually promoted to middle and even lower levels, eventually winning over all the groups.
After all, the benefits that spirit souls could bring were immense.
"Okay," the soul masters present agreed in unison.
"Then let's move on to other matters," Ju Zi continued.
After some arrangements, the meeting dispersed, and Ju Zi also left the conference room.
With Huo Yuhao's help, Di Qiu'er had spent some time shedding the coldness from her body. She then looked at Huo Yuhao nearby and asked, "Senior Yuhao, I'm not very familiar with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Could you take me around?"
She wanted to find an opportunity to discuss the Snow Empress privately.
Huo Yuhao was taken aback, thinking that in the original story, Qiu'er would never have asked such a thing when they first met. But it was normal for Di Qiu'er's personality to deviate from the original, especially since she was not influenced by the daughter of the Sea God.
He nodded: "Sure."
Then he turned to Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen on the side. "Dean, Teacher Xuan, I'll take Di Qiu'er to visit the academy first."
"Go ahead," Xuan Ziwen waved generously, appearing like a teacher who fully supported the idea.
Jing Hongchen opened his mouth, about to say something to stop them, but hesitated. If these two people visited the academy together, what if they fell in love later? What about Xiao Meng? Huo Yuhao was indeed outstanding and very suitable as his grandson-in-law.
But when the words reached his lips, Jing Hongchen couldn't continue. He didn't know what reason he could give to stop Di Qiu'er and Huo Yuhao's outing. Well, there was nothing wrong with the junior sister inviting her senior to visit the campus.
And Huo Yuhao was free to do whatever he wanted.
So, he could only watch as Huo Yuhao and Di Qiu'er left.
Xuan Ziwen sensed Jing Hongchen's unusual expression and asked confusedly, "Master, everyone's gone. What are you still looking at?"
"I have a wonderful idea for a soul guidance device," he added. "Why don't we go to the laboratory and study it together?"
Jing Hongchen was helpless. He waved his hand and said, "I have something to do. I won't go to the laboratory. If you need anything, come to my office later."
Huo Yuhao and Di Qiu'er walked through the academy until they reached a secluded area where only the two of them were present.
Di Qiu'er immediately slowed her pace and asked, "Senior Yuhao, can you explain what happened to that little girl just now? Her origin must be unusual."
She wanted to clarify her doubts. Although she suspected the other was Xue Di, she wanted Huo Yuhao's exact answer.
Huo Yuhao thought she was not ordinary. He nodded and said, "She is the Snow Empress."
Di Qiu'er's pupils shrank slightly. She took a deep breath and asked, "Snow Empress? I remember she's the leader of the three heavenly kings of the Extreme North. Why does she look like this now?"
She was puzzled. With her strength, it was almost impossible for humans to capture her. After all, she was a nearly 700,000-year soul beast. If she was in the Extreme North, her power could be even greater.
"This involves something called a spirit soul," Huo Yuhao explained patiently. He didn't hide his thoughts from her. Anyway, he planned to cooperate with her, and with her knowledge, she would surely recognize the three ultimate skills of the Snow Empress.
The development of the Spirit Pagoda was inseparable from soul beasts, and the largest soul-beast settlement on the Douluo Continent was the Star Dou Great Forest. If he could contact the Star Forest through Di Qiu'er, it would be very beneficial.
"Spirit Souls?" Di Qiu'er was confused. She knew human soul masters had soul rings, but what exactly was a spirit soul?
Seeing her confusion, Huo Yuhao patiently explained what a spirit soul was and why Xue Di had become his spirit soul.
Of course, he also made some strategic adjustments to his plan of tricking Xue Di into becoming his spirit soul.
After listening, Di Qiu'er fell silent. She felt this was too outrageous—normal for Xue Di to transform into a human form to avoid heavenly tribulation, she could understand that. She could accept it.
But when Xue Di transformed, she was captured by a ninth-level soul engineer and imprisoned on the God Sealing Altar. This coincidence was too suspicious, almost as if there was some behind-the-scenes force guiding it.
(End of this chapter)