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“The name Xishui League doesn’t sound good.” Huo Yuhao stretched out a hand to stop us. “I plan to change it to a new one soon.”
Chen An was stunned. He had already guessed Huo Yuhao's intention, but he also thought of the benefits that Huo Yuhao had promised him before.
There is no free lunch in the world, and the new leader’s gold soul coins are not obtained for nothing.
"Yes." Chen An nodded respectfully again.
Huo Yuhao smiled and patted his shoulder gently: "Work hard, and your life will become better and better. Good days are yet to come."
"Go ahead."
Chen An responded, left the VIP room, and went to prepare for the evening auction.
After he left, Huo Yuhao sat back on the sofa and spread his hands towards the others, indicating that everything could be easily handled without any effort at all.
The Qingse Hotel under the Xishui League was naturally taken over by Huo Yuhao. Not only the Qingse Hotel, but also other industries of the Xishui League will be taken over by Huo Yuhao in the future.
By using both kindness and force, plus a little bit of mental suggestion, Chen An has already regarded Huo Yuhao as the new leader of the Xishui Alliance from the bottom of his heart.
At least before outsiders came to seize the territory, Huo Yuhao was the legitimate new leader.
Bingdi looked at Chen An in the Golden Hall through the one-way window of the VIP room with a strange expression: "If you want to recruit them, why do you need to use this identity? If you show all your strength, won't they surrender directly?"
Huo Yuhao smiled and replied: "Using fighting to determine ownership is actually not an efficient solution. Generally speaking, inheritance rights must be legal. Ownership that is forcibly seized will be accompanied by many troubles."
"Since the Holy Spirit Church has completely evacuated Mingdu, I am the one with the most right to inherit. It is understandable for me to take over the Xishui League. Other forces have to step back a little."
The income from the Green Hotel and the Golden Hall is quite substantial, but it is not the direct purpose of Huo Yuhao's trip.
"This can be considered as a rehearsal for the upcoming theft of the country. However, there are no other competitors, so the scramble for the inheritance rights went very smoothly."
Huo Qiuer took over the conversation calmly: "No, this is not stealing the country. As the legitimate heir to the royal family, this is following the will of heaven and inheriting the throne."
"Right~"
Huo Yuhao nodded with satisfaction and fell into deep thought again.
Xue Di asked: "Your purpose is not limited to this, right?"
"Ah."
Huo Yuhao took off his sunglasses and his appearance returned to normal.
"I said I want to keep the name of the Holy Spirit Church and take in those soul masters who are born with evil martial souls and evil abilities in the future."
"If we can't change people's mindsets, the best way is to deliberately distance ourselves from them."
He sighed in his heart, then turned his gaze to Huo Qiuer.
Huo Qiuer understood and smiled confidently: "Does the Protestant Church still recognize me as a saint?"
"Of course." Huo Yuhao nodded readily.
Tian Meng interrupted and asked, "Yuhao, this hotel belongs to you now, right?"
"Yes."
"That's great." Tian Meng's tone was filled with joy.
Huo Yuhao had a strange expression on his face. He didn’t know why Tian Meng was so happy about this. “What’s wrong?”
Tian Meng hung his head, his tone full of complaints: "The food in their restaurant only looks good, but the taste is terrible. After you take over, you must teach their chefs what cooking skills are."
Huo Yuhao: "..."
Thinking about it this way, there is another big advantage of taking over the Qingse Hotel, which is that there is a ready-made storefront to open a barbecue restaurant.
"Let's talk about it after I'm done with my work. By then I'll also teach the imperial chefs in the palace."
Time passed unknowingly, and now it was almost night, but people kept entering the golden hall in the basement. They were all dressed in luxurious clothes and were naturally the nobles of Mingdu.
There will be another auction in the Golden Hall tonight, so they are naturally here for this.
The spiritual detection sensed the people coming in, and suddenly, a group of people stopped outside the gate of Qingse Hotel. They were fully armed and were all soul guides ready to go. They didn't look like they came to the hotel to eat and stay or to attend the auction.
The leader was a woman, and Huo Yuhao was no stranger to her.
He frowned and muttered the other person's name: "Orange?"
Chapter 423 Xu Sheng is back online after many years
Without any warning or notice, the entrance of Qingse Hotel was surrounded by a team of elite soul mentors.
The faces of several burly men in black who were on duty at the entrance of Qingse Hotel suddenly changed, and they looked at the soul guide who was blocking the door with some horror.
There were at least dozens of soul masters in front of them, and all of them were women. Each soul master was at least level five, equipped with uniform weapons, wearing the same red uniforms, and well-disciplined and well-trained. At the command of the leading female soul master, they quickly formed a battle array and formed a human wall to surround the hotel entrance.
The leading female soul engineer is naturally the current Crown Princess Orange. She is now wearing a soul engineer uniform, which is completely different from the palace dress she wore during the competition. She is less beautiful and more heroic.
This is clearly a regular soul guide group, composed entirely of female soul guides. It can only be the Fire Phoenix Soul Guide Group, one of the five national protectors.
"Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group, listen up, seal off the Green Hotel, no one is allowed to enter or leave."
"Yes!"
Orange gave the order in a deep voice, and the other women responded in unison, carrying out the order.
Those burly men in black had never seen such a scene before and stood there at a loss. After a few seconds, one of them was smart and ran to greet the supervisor Chen An.
They are all just soul masters in charge of guarding the gate, their cultivation bases range from the third to the fourth ring, and their level is not high enough to handle this kind of situation.After a while, no one came in or out of the huge hotel entrance.
If someone dared to act unruly in front of the Qingse Hotel on normal days, even if these strong men could not beat them to death, they would definitely throw the troublemakers out, but now they are all silent.
Even the largest underground force in Mingdu, which had always been so arrogant, did not dare to say a word when it was blocked by the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group of the Hand of the Nation.
However, those security guards did not know that the Xishui League is no longer the largest underground force in Mingdu. The seemingly tall and dangerous building is just a facade and will quickly collapse under the strong turmoil of the outside world.
Now, all it takes is for someone to be the first to discover the corruption of the Xishui Alliance so that they can divide up its huge remains at the first opportunity.
In addition to Xu Tianran and Juzi, other forces also took action.
On the top of a building not far from the outside of the Qingse Hotel, several Soul Saints were carefully observing the situation here. They were from the Pingfan League, the second largest underground force in Mingdu.
"Is that the Fire Phoenix Soul Instructor Group under the Crown Prince?" a Soul Sage exclaimed as he looked at the Soul Instructor Group.
Another Soul Douluo murmured, "The Crown Prince has publicly announced that he will sever cooperation with the Holy Spirit Church. It seems that the news that Xishui League is in name only is true. Without a backer, Mingdu's largest underground force will naturally belong to our Pingfan League. Unfortunately, the Crown Prince has also set his sights on this piece of fat meat."
The Soul Saint said regretfully: "Then we can only give the Golden Hall to the Crown Prince."
The Golden Hall and the Green Hotel can be said to be one of the pillar industries of the Xishui League, and everyone wants to get a piece of the pie. But since the prince has taken the lead, other forces can only withdraw wisely.
The Soul Douluo sighed and said helplessly: "Let's observe for a while longer. This will also be considered as an explanation to the Alliance Master and the Prince."
If the Xishui League's industries were controlled by the prince, it would undoubtedly be a huge blow to the Pingfan League and the princes who supported them behind the scenes.
"We need to take over as many of Xishui League's other underground industries as possible. If we succeed, the leader and the prince will naturally reward us handsomely."
"Yes."
Just as they were talking, a small conflict broke out in front of the Qingse Hotel.
The Fire Phoenix Soul Mentors surrounded the entrance of the Green Hotel and prohibited anyone from entering or leaving, which naturally caused dissatisfaction among many people inside and outside the hotel. However, when they saw that it was the famous Protector of the Nation, they did not dare to say much, but just waited curiously for the next development of the situation.
Ju Zi stood in the middle of the human wall formed by soul mentors, her face was cold, but her eyes were extremely hot. She had been operating in the palace for many years, and finally gained the trust and recognition of Xu Tianran, who handed over the command of the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group to her.
Xu Tianran was only the crown prince at the moment, and the military power he held in Mingdu far exceeded that of other princes and nobles, but a national protection soul mentor group was still a force that needed to be taken seriously. Xu Tianran trusted her so much that he gave her the command of the Fire Phoenix soul mentor group, so she naturally could not disappoint him.
At this moment, a scolding suddenly came from outside the hotel.
"Assholes, you are so bold, who gave you the power to close the door of Qingse Hotel?"
Orange frowned, slowly walked out of the crowd and looked in the direction of the sound.
There were several men dressed in luxurious court attire. The cultivation level of the one in the middle was not high, only about four rings, while the cultivation levels of the men beside him were around six rings, which was already very good.
But those six-ring warriors were especially respectful to the person in the middle.
There was no need to be too confused, as the skin color had already explained everything. The man in the middle was fat, but had a pure dark complexion, and was the most orthodox direct descendant of the Sun and Moon royal family. The others had lighter complexions and did not have Sun and Moon royal blood, so they were probably his bodyguards.
Juzi frowned slightly, having recognized the other person. The other person's name was Xu Yue, who was lazy by nature and had a low level of cultivation, but was a royal disciple of high status, and was a descendant of Prince Xu Guoyi.
When Xu Yue saw that the people blocking the door were Ju Zi and the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group, his expression changed, but he was not too respectful. He just pretended to salute and said, "Greetings, Crown Princess."
"I don't know why you led the fire phoenix soul mentor to surround this green hotel?"
As an idle royal disciple, Xu Yue's biggest hobby is visiting auctions. There are always some precious items at the auction in the Golden Hall, which he naturally would not miss.
What made him extremely dissatisfied was that the recent auctions in the Golden Hall were all mediocre. Hearing that there would be several consignment items today, he naturally did not want to miss it.
But when they arrived at the Qingse Hall, they found that it was blocked off.
Although Xu Yue himself posed no threat to Xu Tianran, his uncle was Prince Xu Guoyi, and was also a pure direct descendant of the Sun and Moon clan. Naturally, Juzi still maintained basic etiquette towards him.
Juzi said coldly: "The Green Hotel is the property of the Xishui League, and the Xishui League has a close relationship with the evil soul masters. His Royal Highness has now seen through the true face of the Holy Spirit Sect and ordered the complete removal of the Holy Spirit within the Mingdu area. Teach partisans."
Her tone was extremely cold, and she did not try to hide her aura at all. Xu Yue's cultivation was not high, and he took a few steps back in fear after being scolded by her.
A Soul Emperor beside Xu Yue frowned, stepped forward, and asked in a deep voice: "May I ask why the Crown Princess personally led the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group here? Moreover, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not send out any news before, why did he suddenly seal off the Green Hotel?"
"You know, the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group is the protector of the country, and every transfer requires the will of His Majesty."
He asked questions one after another, which sounded like questioning and accusation.
Juzi snorted coldly and said, "This matter is of great importance and must be handled by me personally. His Majesty has now handed over the tiger talisman of the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group will completely obey His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's orders."
After she finished her explanation, she changed the subject and looked at the Soul Emperor coldly: "It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's order to seal off the Qingse Hotel and announce the complete annihilation of the Holy Spirit Church and its followers. Are you going to oppose His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
"Or are you a follower of the Holy Spirit Church?"
The Soul Emperor felt as if something was stuck in his throat, and hurriedly said, "I dare not."
Juzi looked at Xu Yue again, her eyes cold: "Or is this what you or Prince Xu Guoyi meant?"
Xu Yue's face turned pale and he couldn't stop cursing in his heart.
In fact, Prince Xu Guoyi could be considered an accomplice of the Holy Spirit Church, because as early as ten years ago when the old emperor and the Holy Spirit Church launched a coup, Xu Guoyi was their supporter.
When Xu Tianran cooperated with the Holy Spirit Church, none of them opposed Xu Tianran because of the evil soul master.
But unexpectedly, the boomerang hit us not long after.
The Holy Spirit Church withdrew from Mingdu without any warning, and Xu Tianran announced without any struggle that he would cut ties with the Holy Spirit Church and began the liquidation.
Who knows, one day, Xu Guoyi might be killed by Xu Tianran on the pretext of being connected with the Holy Spirit Church.
But Xu Tianran, the prince himself, was clearly the one who had the deepest connection with the Holy Spirit Church! It was just that he had the most say and could turn black into white.