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Bingdi asked calmly: "Yuhao, with just a group of soul masters like this, is it enough to fight against an Ultimate Douluo?"
Huo Yuhao performed the simulation calmly, deceiving the detection from the ground and the sky at the same time. He had no doubts about being discovered. He smiled and said, "In theory, the elite of the elite of the Royal Soul Instructor Corps should be slightly stronger than an Ultimate Douluo."
Bingdi nodded: "Controlling such a powerful army, no wonder the prince is so confident."
Huo Yuhao denied it, “No, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Group is generally more independent and does not take orders from any prince.”
"But it doesn't matter whether he obeys orders or not. Xu Tianran already has enough soul mentors at his disposal. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Church."
Huo Qiu'er said, "You don't have any army, only a Northern family that doesn't exist at all."
Huo Yuhao responded naturally: "To accomplish great things, it is not about the number of people, but the quality of the people. Sometimes, when doing something big like rebellion, the fewer people involved, the better."
"Besides, I don't need so many troops."
He looked down, at the circular part on the left side of the altar.
The bottom layer of the altar is purple, and the second layer is being built now. The metal is blue. According to the traditional meaning of the Sun and Moon Empire, it should be built in the colors of the rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. So this altar should have seven layers. According to the current height of the first layer, it is expected to be ten feet high after completion.
"Now that I have control over the Sun and Moon Orthodoxy, I am more than capable of defeating millions of soldiers."
Listening to his confident oath, Tian Meng couldn't help but stretch out a finger curiously: "Yuhao, I have always wanted to ask a question."
“What?” Huo Yuhao motioned for her to speak directly.
"It seems that your human emperor is not the strongest person in the country. Why would others willingly accept his rule?"
Tian Meng asked doubtfully: "Look at Sister Bingbing and Sister Xue'er, the title of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North was earned through fighting, and no soul beast has any objection."
"But the emperors of your human countries are all average in strength. At most, they are just Titled Douluo. There are many humans who are stronger than them."
After hearing this question, Huo Yuhao was silent for a moment, and then said: "Of course there are many people who are dissatisfied, mainly those sects. Many large sects far away from the capital do not listen to the orders of the royal family. Several dukes on the border of the Sun Moon Empire are also not very content, and it is said that they have had the idea of separatism for a long time."
Tian Meng continued to ask: "What if all those who disobey the emperor stand up?"
Huo Yuhao sneered: "Well, I guess the continent will fall into a chaotic situation of warlord separatism at that time."
Hyotei calmly took over the conversation: "Then in the end the strongest human will defeat the others and become the new emperor."
Huo Yuhao paused and denied Bingdi’s conjecture: “No, there is a great possibility that the emperor is still the same family as before. All the major forces will rush to assist them, and only allow themselves to assist. Other forces are heretics.”
Bingdi was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked: "Why?"
Huo Qiuer replied coldly: "Because the original emperor represents the orthodoxy and the highest authority for interpreting all power. It doesn't matter who the puppet is, as long as he obeys."
"What if you don't obey?"
"Then change him to an obedient one, but the bloodline must not change. At least the names will be like this at the beginning, and any changes will have to wait until the later stage."
Huo Yuhao said with deep emotion: “In fact, most of the time, I don’t really understand the logic behind this matter. Why are the words ‘orthodoxy’ so important?”
After saying that, he smiled freely.
"But it doesn't matter if I don't understand it. I just need to know that these two words can be used for my own benefit."
Snow Queen looked at Huo Yuhao with a smile on her face and said, "Then I would like to congratulate the new emperor of the Sun Moon Empire in advance on his succession to the throne."
Speaking of this, Tian Meng blinked his eyes, and it was unknown what strange thing he was thinking of.
After a long while, she suddenly reminded him seriously: "Yuhao, you can't follow the old path of that human."
“What old road?” Huo Yuhao was completely confused.
"Offspring, offspring! When you become an emperor, you must leave offspring! Otherwise, there will be no one to inherit the throne."
Tian Meng's tone was very serious, and his two golden eyes were filled with curiosity and anticipation, as if he was extremely concerned about who Huo Yuhao planned to leave offspring with.
The corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched slightly, and then his expression gradually turned serious.
"Tian Meng, you are mistaken. I am not becoming the emperor to allow my son to inherit the throne. I am doing this so that no one else can become the emperor."
He gazed at the altar for the last time, his eyes cold as he murmured.
"Xu Tianran..."
Huo Yuhao kept repeating the prince's name. It wouldn't be long before this poor man became a victim.
It would be easy to defeat him, but Huo Yuhao felt that he had a more important role to play. He was the perfect candidate to completely bring down the dignity and sanctity of the royal family.
While Huo Yuhao was lost in thought, Huo Qiuer discovered that the Snow Queen had been staring at her, a feeling that made her feel very uncomfortable.
She asked: "What's wrong?"
Snow Queen narrowed her eyes slightly, smiled and asked: "Do you think the Soul Beast Master is also unquestionably legitimate?"
Huo Qiu'er was about to speak, but hesitated and could only whisper: "I don't know."
Let me explain the subsequent plot and speed up the pace.
After the end of the stolen kingdom, there are only two major plots, the beast tide and becoming a god. Originally there were still some twists and turns, but I thought I had to speed it up. There were supposed to be a lot of daily routines, but I also planned to cut them out.
I have been slack in updating for the past two months because of work at work, and I have to go out to drink during the two days off. I feel that most readers' patience has worn out, and I am embarrassed to continue, so I plan to finish it by the end of this year or early next year.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 452 The Soul's Home
There seems to be a unique charm in watching the process of large-scale machinery operating, which makes people able to watch quietly for a long time without getting bored.
The Sun Moon Temple is expected to become the largest landmark building in Mingdu in the future, and the construction site is unprecedentedly grand. Even Huo Yuhao saw many large soul guides used for the project in operation for the first time, which satisfied his curiosity.
He just hung in the air, watching with interest.
The outer circle of the altar is a large open space, and looking northward is the direction of the center of Mingdu. Now, if you stand on the high-rise building of Mingdu, you can't see the shadow of the altar, but when it rises from the ground, you can even see it from the top of the palace.
Whenever the Sun and Moon Emperors of future generations stand on the imperial city and look south, they will remember the great achievements of the Xu family's ancestors.
Of course, Huo Yuhao would not remember these things that he felt were meaningless. The Sun and Moon Xu family probably would not be able to pass on for eternity and would perish within the second generation.
Since ancient times, the supreme rulers of all civilizations have been keen on building some functional buildings with strong political implications for themselves. Although these buildings have become valuable cultural heritage after the sedimentation of history and time, the construction process inevitably involved a lot of war, labor and money, and Huo Yuhao was quite emotional about this.
But at the moment, Huo Yuhao felt that the construction of the Sun Moon Temple was not bad. After all, there were no laborers in the ordinary sense here. All the people involved in the construction were at least second-level soul engineers, and ordinary people were not qualified to participate.
Huo Yuhao looked at the engineering soul guides running below and said, "Tsk tsk, this is the benefit brought by the development of science and technology. The leap in productivity brought by science and technology benefits all aspects."
Huo Qiuer raised her eyebrows: "For example?"
“For example, Mingdu is full of tall buildings, but Xingluo City doesn’t have so many tall buildings.” Huo Yuhao explained casually.
Tian Meng was a little bored and asked lazily, "Yuhao, is this place so important? I think it's just two weird platforms..."
Xue Di smiled slightly: "It is said to be a sacrifice to the heaven, but in fact this is an important place for humans to worship their ancestors, so the ritual sense naturally needs to be particularly grand."
Tian Meng whispered, "Actually, I just can't understand how important it is to worship our ancestors..."
Huo Yuhao asked: "Do you not understand sacrifice or do you not understand ancestors?"
Tianmeng fell into silence.
Seeing her silent expression, Huo Yuhao nodded: “It seems that none of you understand.”
Bingdi interrupted coldly, "From the perspective of soul beasts like us, it is indeed difficult to understand. Many soul beasts have never seen their parents since they were born. Some soul beasts even have a cannibalistic relationship with their parents, not to mention the ancestors who have no concept of them."
"In my opinion, this is just the spiritual sustenance that humans with short life spans seek for themselves. After all, soul beasts can live for thousands of years, while humans only live for a few hundred years. Whether it is a human or a soul beast, once dead, it is dead. It is meaningless to offer sacrifices to them. That is why we spare no effort and try every possible means to pursue immortality."
Her words touched Huo Yuhao a little, and after a few seconds, he spoke.
"In fact, I thought the same way a long time ago, but now my thoughts have changed."
"Necromancer taught me that the essence of life is the soul, not the body. Even if the soul is broken and there is no possibility of resurrection, we must have the most sincere respect for death."
"As a necromancer, I should respect the act of sacrifice that reveres the dead."
Huo Qiuer snorted: "I didn't see that."
After Huo Yuhao finished praising him, a malicious smile appeared on his face again: “Of course, this is only the professional ethics that a necromancer should have in theory. As for me personally, I will treat those who deserve to die differently.”
Huo Qiu'er muttered again after hearing this: "Maybe the souls of those dead have traveled to some unknown world."
"Who knows? With reincarnation, lucky people like me may not be the only one."
Huo Qiuer looked down and said calmly: "Actually, I'm very confused."
"why?"
"Just like what Alex said, a person's soul is not his body. Does that mean that everyone you have known so far is just a superficial shell, and you have never known his soul?"
Huo Qiuer analyzed very seriously.
Huo Yuhao rolled his eyes at her and said, "Have you forgotten that I am a necromancer? I can see through the body and directly see other people's souls."
Huo Qiu'er's mouth twitched, and she asked unwillingly: "Then let me change the question. Since the soul is where a person is, where does the soul go after he dies?"
Having said that, she paused and asked carefully.
"If there is no such thing as souls, then just like what Bingdi said, when you die, you are dead. But souls do exist in the world. Where do they go after death? Isn't this question more depressing than the fact that when a person dies, the light goes out?"
Huo Yuhao looked at Huo Qiuer speechlessly, wondering if she was worrying about this issue because she couldn't use necromancy magic.
He originally wanted to tell Huo Qiuer the answer to this question from a theoretical perspective, that the soul would naturally dissipate from the world and reincarnate, but suddenly he felt a tremor in his head for no reason.
Huo Yuhao's expression was originally very casual, but after hearing these words, he suddenly became solemn.
He didn't know why, but he felt that this question was somehow related to something extremely important, and even the power of destiny in his sea of spirituality produced special movements.
Huo Yuhao frowned and subconsciously glanced up at the sky.
"Can't answer?" His actions surprised Huo Qiuer.
“No, that’s a really good question.” Huo Yuhao said in a deep voice, “Compared to the complete demise of the known, a road full of unknowns may also lead to a worse situation.”
"I've written this question down. When Mr. Yi wakes up, I'll definitely ask him for advice. Remember to remind me."
"No, no need to remind me."
After saying that, he took out a memo, recorded the question in the book, and then stared coldly at the words on the paper.
Where does the soul go after death?
For ordinary people, this is just a philosophical question to be discussed after dinner, but for the necromancer, the connotation of this question is too profound.
After a moment, Huo Qiuer looked down and asked, "It seems that you, the traitor, are not going to help them continue to offer sacrifices to the heaven. What are you going to do with this Temple of Heaven in the future? Will you tear it down or destroy it?"
Huo Yuhao then put away the banknotes and said as a matter of course: "This kind of precious building left over from the previous dynasty must be well preserved. How can we just tear it down so easily?"
"In the future, we will enclose this piece of land around the Temple of Heaven near Mingdu and develop it into a tourist attraction, so that people from all over the continent can come here to visit. We can also introduce them to the fact that this is the foundation of the Xu family, the former rulers of the Sun-Moon Empire."