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He decisively refused to participate in the group research. After all, he had never forgotten his real purpose of sneaking into Mingdetang - to find the Xuedi embryo.
Bingdi asked urgently: "Can't we go find it now?"
Huo Yuhao glanced around again: "It's not that easy. There are monitoring soul guides everywhere."
"Everyone else is busy, but I'm the only one looking around furtively. Who else would you suspect if not me?"
"We need a plan that is efficient but can also exclude us from suspicion."
Chapter 232 The Strict Mingde Hall
Bingdi hesitated and asked, "Yuhao, what are you going to do?"
“I’m still thinking about it.” Huo Yuhao lowered his head and thought, “Mingde Hall is more strict than I thought.”
Not only is it well-protected, Mingde Hall is also extremely large. Even with Huo Yuhao's current spiritual detection capability of up to a thousand meters in radius, he is still unable to cover half of this underground base.
Not only is the area large, but there are also many places that are undetectable, which clearly shows there are shielding devices.
There are many such places, forming one dark block after another within the detection range.
He had discovered these when he first entered Mingde Hall.
Huo Yuhao has currently decided to prioritize exploring three places.
Behind Jing Hongchen's office, the secret experimental area next to his office, and under his office.
The information Huo Yuhao learned from the Body Sect was that the Snow Empress embryo was currently in Jing Hongchen's hands, so it was obviously the most reassuring and most likely thing for him to have it right under his nose.
These three areas that block mental detection are definitely the most suspicious.
But how would he get there?
Of course it's impossible to just walk over there. If Jing Hongchen saw me running around in the underground base with nothing to do, wouldn't he be suspicious?
The Ice Emperor sensed the surrounding situation and asked, "It's not impossible to just walk over there openly. I see quite a few humans walking around."
Indeed, among those soul engineers who were bent over the laboratory table studying hard, there were also some people walking back and forth.
Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "Ice Emperor, are you sure?"
As he spoke, he stood up and stretched, pretending to be tired from research. He stood up and wanted to take a few steps to relax, while his eyes inadvertently glanced at the other laboratory tables.
Just then, a middle-aged man standing not far away suddenly walked over.
The middle-aged man frowned and asked unhappily, "Young man, don't walk around in Mingde Hall casually. Didn't your teacher teach you that?"
Huo Yuhao asked in bewilderment, “Ah? I’m sorry, uncle. This is my first day at Mingde Hall. I don’t know anything about this. Can’t I even take a break?”
The middle-aged man was even more dissatisfied: "I see you haven't even started your research yet, and you still have the mood to rest? Don't you have a research group? Who is your teacher?"
Facing the middle-aged man's series of questions, Huo Yuhao hurriedly said, "My teacher is Xuan Ziwen. Today is indeed my first day in Mingde Hall, and I have not been assigned to a group. Teacher Xuan has allowed me to study alone for the time being."
Hearing Xuan Ziwen's name, the middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "You are actually Mr. Xuan's student?"
Xuan Ziwen, the chief researcher of Mingde Hall, had more face than expected, and the dissatisfaction in the middle-aged man's tone was obviously gone.
His attitude improved a lot, and he said, "Since this is your first day at Mingde Hall, I'll forgive you this time. You can relax where you are, but don't move around too much, and don't look around."
Huo Yuhao said: "But, I am also very interested in other people's research. Can't I just take a look?"
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "The research of every soul guide is extremely important to him. What did Teacher Xuan tell you when he brought you here?"
Huo Yuhao thought for a while and replied, "He told me to listen more, learn more, and watch more, so I did as he said."
Middle-aged man: "..."
Huo Yuhao quickly sent the middle-aged man away, sat back in his chair, and said to the Sea of Spirit: "See? These people are responsible for patrolling."
"Students like me basically have no chance to leave their seats except when leaving Mingde Hall. Even meals are delivered to us by someone special, although I am not used to the food here either."
The Ice Emperor fell into silence.
After a long while, she said, "Can this emperor take the Snow Queen away by force?"
"As long as this emperor takes action, no one here should be able to stop him."
Huo Yuhao said speechlessly: "Are you stupid? Jing Hongchen is also a Titled Douluo and a ninth-level soul master."
"Not to mention that there are countless other powerful soul mentors here."
"Besides, what if the Snow Emperor isn't there? Ice Emperor, wouldn't you be the one being missed?"
Bingdi gritted his teeth and regained his composure.
Tian Meng asked: "Yuhao, can't we use simulation to avoid other people's sight?"
Huo Yuhao said calmly: "This is not a good idea either, because there is a monitoring soul guide on the high wall behind me."
"The range I can simulate right now is only the images near my body. If I suddenly disappear from my seat, people will definitely notice it."
"Besides, searching for Xue Di must be a long-term task. If I keep disappearing from my seat, it will be hard not to arouse suspicion."
"The guards at Mingde Hall are too strict. They even scan and confirm everyone who enters and leaves. Simulation can only simulate light and cannot fool the soul power detector. This also cuts off the possibility of using simulation to sneak in from the beginning."
Bingdi said somewhat unwillingly: "Then is there any other way?"
Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "As long as your thinking doesn't slip, there are always more solutions than problems."
"There is always a way. I have thought of several feasible solutions and am analyzing and comparing the consequences of each solution."
Bingdi couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Yuhao, what solutions have you come up with?"
Huo Yuhao said in a deep voice: “The consequences of other plans may be somewhat uncontrollable. I don’t really like them.”
"I now have a plan that will allow me to eliminate other people's doubts about me while disappearing from my seat."
Bingdi asked hurriedly: "What is it?"
Huo Yuhao said: “I told you before that once I realized my status as a free man, I would be able to maximize your role.”
Bingdi was stunned: "Do you still want me to take action?"
Huo Yuhao denied it with a smile: “No, no, no, Bingdi, it’s not you, it’s Tianmeng.”
"Me?" Tian Meng looked confused.
“Yes, it’s you.” Huo Yuhao confirmed, “But whether it is feasible or not requires a more detailed plan.”
Instead of rushing into action, he took out paper and pen and started writing and drawing.
The painting was a plan of the underground base of Mingde Hall.
Huo Yuhao recorded all the scenes detected by his spirit and marked the shadow areas that needed to be explored.
Especially the area near Jing Hongchen's office was marked with emphasis.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao's spiritual detection detected a strange figure heading straight towards him.
He was a gentle, middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, with a kind, approachable face and a gentle smile on his face.
Huo Yuhao unexpectedly diverted some of his attention to that.
On the other person's chest, there was a badge with eight stars.
This is the emblem of a distinguished eighth-level soul mentor, and Xuan Ziwen is wearing one.
After noticing someone approaching, Huo Yuhao immediately replaced the floor plan of Mingde Hall in his hand with a design drawing of a fifth-level soul guide.
Suddenly, the design drawings were blown to the ground by a gentle soul force and landed right at the feet of the gentle middle-aged man.
He stopped, picked up the design drawing, and handed it to Huo Yuhao gently: "Child, be careful."
"Okay, thank you teacher."
Huo Yuhao hurriedly took the design drawings respectfully.
The gentle middle-aged man seemed to just pass by without stopping. But when he handed the design drawing back to Huo Yuhao, a note was attached to it.
Written on it was an address and a time in Mingdu.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
I didn't expect that even though I didn't take the initiative to look for the other party, the other party came to me.
This gentle and refined middle-aged man is the eighth-level soul instructor who was hired by the Body Sect with a large sum of money.
Chapter 233 Internal Response
Huo Yuhao quickly glanced at the note handed over by the elegant middle-aged man and put it into his belt.
The other party's behavior was very natural, as if he was just passing by and helping Huo Yuhao pick up the design drawings that had fallen on the ground. Even the inspector not far away did not notice anything unusual.
The inspector came over and said, "Young man, don't be so rash."
Huo Yuhao said apologetically, “Uncle, I’m sorry. But didn’t you just say that walking around freely in Mingde Hall is not allowed?”
The patrol uncle snorted: "Did you see his eighth-level soul guide badge? If you reach his level, you can also do whatever you want in Mingde Hall."
He glanced at the Level 5 Soul Master badge on Huo Yuhao's chest, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he quickly said, "Young man, although it is amazing for you to reach Level 5 at your age, you should know that what we at Mingde Hall lack the most is Soul Masters."
"Since this is your first day at Mingde Hall, I'll give you a few more reminders. The learning opportunities at Mingde Hall are very valuable, so hurry up and study instead of being in a daze."
After saying that, he went somewhere else, still mumbling: "Who was that teacher just now? I don't have any impression of him."
Huo Yuhao thought silently in his heart.
Of course you wouldn't have any impression, because he never shows his true face.
The eighth-level soul engineer just now had a human skin mask on his face and more than three different identity cards in his hands.
It seems that the other party is a ruthless character, as he was able to pull off such a trick in such a strict place like Mingde Hall.
Tian Meng couldn't help but ask: "Yuhao...you just said you wanted to make use of me, what are you planning to do..."
Huo Yuhao's hands were no longer idle, and he began to use the rare metals on the laboratory table to make a soul guide.
As he was making it, he answered, "It's very simple. Suddenly disappearing from the surveillance would arouse suspicion, but as long as 'I' am still in my seat, isn't it okay?"
"But... Yuhao, how are you going to find Xue Di while you're sitting there?"
“This is when you, Tianmeng, come into play.” Huo Yuhao said with a smile, “Come out of the sea of spirituality, simulate your appearance, and stay in your seat. I will use the simulation to hide my figure and find the specific location of Xue Di.”
"Soul force detectors are all low-level soul guides. I can use cold air to temporarily disable them, so they won't be discovered."