"Mind control?"
Huo Lie's pupils shrank sharply as he considered a possibility.
Then, suppressing the shock in his heart, he asked Emperor Xue Ye in a calm tone, "Your Majesty, are you saying that the reason those two Red-robed Bishops attempted to assassinate Tang San today was because someone had controlled their minds?"
"I can't guarantee it with absolute certainty, but the likelihood is extremely high.
Previously, I mentioned that in the storage soul tools of those two Red-robed Bishops, there were also the corpses of two Purple-robed Bishops and Black-robed Bishops.
These two corpses had no physical wounds and died due to mental attacks. After examining the bodies, it was discovered that their time of death was today.
If nothing unexpected happened, a powerful expert proficient in mind control infiltrated Heaven Dou City today and, through these two, successively took control of the two Red-robed Bishops.
It is even possible that when the Red-robed Bishops attempted to assassinate Tang San, that expert was nearby, not far from the scene."
Emperor Xue Ye spoke with firm conviction.
Huo Lie: "..."
Proficient in mind control, two corpses that died today, plus a certain someone who had left his sight for a period in the morning…
Damn it!
Huo Lie suddenly had a feeling that the reason Tang Hao demolished the Heaven Dou Soul Hall tonight wasn't as complicated as they had imagined.
It wasn't some grand conspiracy by the Star Luo Empire at all—rather, it was simply because a certain someone was petty and sought revenge for being wronged!
Mu Yang: I even waited until the next day to take revenge. How am I petty?
With a mix of emotions, Huo Lie left the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and returned to his lodging at the Heaven Dou Grand Hotel.
"Knock, knock, knock—"
As soon as he arrived, Huo Lie knocked on Mu Yang's door.
"Coming!"
A voice answered from inside. Shortly after, Mu Yang opened the door.
Once inside, after closing the door, Huo Lie set up a barrier of soul power to isolate their conversation from the outside world. Then, he said in a tone full of irritation, "Xiao Yang, tell me exactly what you did today."
Hearing this, Mu Yang's heart trembled, and he looked at Huo Lie in shock.
No way? I made my moves so discreetly, and he still managed to figure it out? Do Title Douluo have such sharp eyes?!
Mu Yang: Well… I got exposed!
Uh, wait. No, this probably isn't about sharp eyes.
If Huo Lie were an outsider, he naturally wouldn't have been able to make the connection.
But Huo Lie wasn't an outsider—he knew that Mu Yang possessed a secret soul-controlling technique capable of affecting even an ordinary seven-ring Soul Sage.
Combining that with the fact that Salas had sent assassins after him yesterday, Mu Yang both had the motive and the ability.
It wasn't impossible for Huo Lie to deduce that the two Red-robed Bishops' assassination attempt on Tang San was orchestrated by him.
Shrugging his shoulders, Mu Yang sighed helplessly, "Alright then, since you're not an outsider, there's no need to hide it from you.
Originally, I just wanted to teach Salas a lesson. I didn't expect things to escalate this much, to the point where even the Heaven Dou Soul Hall got destroyed."
To be honest, even Mu Yang hadn't anticipated that Tang Hao would go as far as to completely demolish the Heaven Dou Soul Hall.
"So it really was you, brat!"
At this moment, Huo Lie only felt his head buzzing.
Aside from himself and Mu Yang, probably no one else in the world would ever guess that the reason Clear Sky Douluo demolished the Heaven Dou Soul Hall…
Was all because the Hall Master of Heaven Dou Soul Hall, Salas, had tried to assassinate a mere five-ring Soul King and suffered retaliation!
And the most absurd part?
This entire sequence of events was orchestrated by this little five-ring Soul King himself, without relying on his elders.
Running into a ruthless little monster like Mu Yang, Salas must have been hit with the worst luck of his lifetime.
Not only did he get smashed into a pancake himself, but he also dragged the entire Heaven Dou Soul Hall down with him.
If Salas somehow survived tonight, he would probably die of sheer frustration!
After a long silence, Huo Lie finally snapped out of his shock. His expression turned serious as he said, "You've got some guts, huh? You even dared to mess with the Heaven Dou Soul Hall!
Listen carefully—don't let a single word of this leak out, or even I won't be able to protect you.
Also, don't ever use that mind-control technique in front of outsiders again."
"Mhm, mhm, I got it."
Mu Yang quickly nodded 'obediently.'
Huo Lie rolled his eyes. "I hope you really got it."
Having raised Mu Yang since childhood, Huo Lie knew his nephew had been precocious from an early age, had strong opinions, and was exceptionally talented. Coupled with the favor of a great being, he was destined to become the most dazzling existence in the continent's Soul Master world.
But Huo Lie never expected that Mu Yang had silently pulled off such a big move—he had even managed to entangle both the Heaven Dou Soul Hall and Clear Sky Douluo in his schemes. That was truly audacious.
Suddenly, Huo Lie recalled an important detail and asked, "Did you know that Tang San is Clear Sky Douluo's son?"
"Uh… tell me, is it possible that as long as someone investigates Tang San's background, they'll inevitably find out that Tang San is Tang Hao's son?"
"Hm? What do you mean?"
Huo Lie was slightly surprised.
If it weren't for tonight's events, even Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi wouldn't have known about Tang Hao and Tang San's father-son relationship!
Spreading his hands, Mu Yang said, "Tang San's father is named Tang Hao! A lot of people know this. It's just that most people assume Tang Hao is just a lousy blacksmith rather than the legendary Clear Sky Douluo."
Huo Lie: "…"
Although Mu Yang hadn't personally investigated Tang San's background, he knew that anyone who went to Saint Soul Village in Nuoding City to inquire would quickly learn that Tang San had a blacksmith father named Tang Hao.
Speaking of which, in the original work, before Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer martial soul at the Soul Master Tournament, the Spirit Hall didn't even know he was Tang Hao's son. That was definitely a failure on their part.
Take Su Yuntao, for example. He didn't even bother to report a child with innate full soul power? And the Nuoding City Spirit Hall didn't report a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master with innate full soul power? Mu Yang really didn't know how to even begin criticizing them.
Additionally, Bibi Dong kept saying she loved Yu Xiaogang, but when he finally took in a personal disciple, she didn't even have people investigate his background properly? That love must have had some serious issues.
As for the claim that she didn't know? If she didn't even know her 'crush' had taken in a personal disciple, then what kind of love was that?
Yu Xiaogang: No love left, let everything be destroyed!
Time shifted slightly backward.
Under the night sky, countless figures left Heaven Dou City overnight, spreading the news of the Heaven Dou Soul Hall's destruction to their respective factions.
Among them, excluding numerous minor forces, there were the Star Luo Empire, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and, of course, the Spirit Hall.
The destruction of the Heaven Dou Soul Hall meant that every soul master inside had perished under the Clear Sky Hammer. However, this didn't mean that all Spirit Hall members in Heaven Dou City were wiped out.
There were always those who, for various reasons, hadn't been inside the hall at the time.
The Hall Master was dead, the Hall itself was destroyed—such an earth-shattering event naturally had to be reported to the Supreme Pontiff's Palace in Spirit City immediately.
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