Douluo: Starting from Source Castle, I am invincible

Chapter 644: Gu Yuena Arrives in Dou Ling Continent

"Your Majesty."

At this moment, Li Xiaochou proposed to Xue Zhonggao: "The cultivation of the Oxer army, and even the research on the Zombie Virus, all require a lot of funds and Soul Master data for research."

"With the foundation of our Dou Ling Empire, funding is not a problem, but we may have some deficiencies in terms of Soul Master data. If we can have an ally, our research will be much simpler."

"Ally?"

Hearing this, Xue Zhonggao pondered for a moment and asked, "Since Prime Minister, you have raised this question, you must already have a candidate in mind, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. I believe the Spirit Transfer Pagoda is a good ally."

"Spirit Transfer Pagoda?"

Xue Zhonggao frowned subconsciously, "But haven't they been rumored to be colluding with evil Soul Masters? Won't there be any problems cooperating with them?"

Li Xiaochou narrowed his vulture-like eyes, revealing a sinister smile, and said:

"Precisely because of the rumors of collusion with evil Soul Masters, we should express our attitude even more. Let the Spirit Transfer Pagoda rest assured, after all, we will need a lot of Soul Spirits after we turn those ordinary people into Soul Masters in the future."

"And the Spirit Transfer Pagoda has always tightly controlled the Soul Spirit aspect. After cooperating with them, our Oxer manufacturing plan will naturally be easier."

"As for communication with the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, Your Majesty, you don't have to worry. I will have Apophis talk to them about this matter, ensuring everything is foolproof."

Xue Zhonggao nodded, "Since the Prime Minister has said so, then I can rest assured and leave this matter to you to handle."

"Your Majesty, rest assured."

Li Xiaochou bowed slightly again, his expression still respectful, but deep in his eyes, a trace of imperceptible smugness and contempt flashed. Then, he and Apophis quietly left the hall.

"Heh heh, the progress of the plan is easier than I imagined."

After leaving the hall, Li Xiaochou turned his head slightly, glanced back at the still solemn palace, and a sinister and ambitious smile appeared on his face.

Xue Zhonggao is just a puppet. Once his Oxer plan succeeds, the role of this puppet will not be great.

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Lingbo City, this once prosperous city, is now in an atmosphere of tension and chaos due to the collapse of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda's sub-tower headquarters.

The Spirit Transfer Pagoda's sub-tower headquarters, once the core of Soul Spirit transactions, is now just a pile of ruins, exuding an atmosphere of loneliness and decline under the setting sun.

However, the Spirit Transfer Pagoda has not been discouraged by this. At the moment, they are vigorously carrying out the reconstruction of the headquarters.

Although many low-level Soul Masters were killed by Tang Wulin, who transformed into a Blood Dragon, in the previous battle, fortunately, the casualties of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda's high-level personnel were not serious, so the Spirit Transfer Pagoda has not yet experienced a chaotic and out-of-control situation at the management level.

At this moment, in the temporary residence set up by the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, the atmosphere is so heavy that it seems like water can be wrung out. A group of high-level Spirit Transfer Pagoda personnel are discussing future policies.

Hua Tao, the person in charge of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda in Dou Ling Continent, asked a staff member in charge of statistics on casualties: "What is the situation of the Lingbo City branch now? What are the personnel casualties? Can it operate normally?"

"In addition, our crucial Spirit Ascension Platform equipment was also completely destroyed in that battle, and the damage has reached the point where it cannot be repaired. Now, we can only hope that the headquarters will transport new equipment over as soon as possible so that the Spirit Ascension Platform can be restored to operation."

"If we want to ensure that the sub-tower can resume normal operation, according to the current situation, the existing manpower of our branch is probably far from enough. What's even more troublesome is that Tang Sect has been suppressing us in all aspects, both overtly and covertly, during this period."

"In terms of material procurement, they have maliciously raised the prices of many key materials, which has put us under tremendous cost pressure in reconstruction work and daily operations."

Listening to the staff member's detailed report, the faces of the high-level Spirit Transfer Pagoda personnel around him instantly became extremely ugly.

Hua Tao listened quietly to the report, his expression still calm as water, without the slightest ripple. After a long while, he spoke slowly, his voice steady and powerful, like a great bell echoing in the temporary residence:

"For the families of those deceased Spirit Transfer Masters, give the due compensation. At the same time, assure them that if their descendants want to join the Spirit Transfer Pagoda in the future, they will have priority admission."

"As for the Spirit Ascension Platform issue, immediately issue a public announcement, clearly stating that the Spirit Ascension Platform is temporarily unavailable due to a sudden serious malfunction. We need to patiently wait for the headquarters to transport the new equipment to the site. After the equipment is installed and debugged, the Spirit Ascension Platform of the Lingbo City branch will hold a grand ceremony on another day to officially reopen."

"During this period, arrange someone to be responsible for communicating and explaining to customers, do a good job in appeasement, and minimize the negative impact and losses on business caused by the shutdown of the Spirit Ascension Platform."

"As for the problem of insufficient personnel? Temporarily transfer them from the Spirit Transfer Pagoda branches in surrounding cities to ensure that the Soul Spirit business can be opened normally. Also, be sure to strengthen vigilance during this period and pay attention to the movements of Tang Sect."

With Hua Tao's words, orders were issued in an orderly manner. The originally tense nerves of the surrounding Spirit Transfer Pagoda high-level personnel gradually eased, their faces began to slowly relax, and a glimmer of hope and fighting spirit rekindled in their eyes.

"Sub-Tower Master, regarding Tang Sect's provocative behavior, has the headquarters given clear instructions? We can't just swallow our anger and endure this, can we?" A high-level Spirit Transfer Pagoda personnel, after all, couldn't hold back his anger and said with a face full of indignation.

Hua Tao nodded slightly and said: "Of course it is impossible to swallow this anger. I have already reported the situation here to the headquarters, but the Pagoda Master has not yet given a reply."

"But since Tang Sect dares to openly kill our people and formally declare war on us, if we do not give a strong counterattack, outsiders will think that our Spirit Transfer Pagoda is weak and can be bullied, and thus despise us."

"Pass down the order, from today onwards, our Spirit Transfer Pagoda branch will also officially declare war on Tang Sect. Launch our industries to attack all industries related to Tang Sect."

The so-called declaration of war is a commercial war.

The Spirit Transfer Pagoda and Tang Sect have personnel distribution in all walks of life in Dou Ling Continent. As large organizations spanning three continents, how could they randomly send out Soul Masters to kill each other?

If they really did that, wouldn't they be no different from a cult?

As for expecting Qian Gu Dongfeng? Hua Tao never even thought about this, after all, there were really too many things in this sub-tower headquarters that couldn't see the light of day.

Suddenly, another high-level Spirit Transfer Pagoda personnel stood up with a slightly solemn expression, breaking the brief silence and said: "Sub-Tower Master, there is still a tricky problem now, that is, how should we respond to and deal with the Dou Ling Empire?"

"Since Tang Sect openly declared war on the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, the Dou Ling Empire's attitude towards us has become extremely strange and peculiar."

"They have neither sent official personnel to inquire about the details of this incident, nor have they put any pressure on us. This lukewarm, inactive attitude is really confusing."

According to common sense, given Tang Sect's previous widespread publicity of the important event concerning the Spirit Transfer Pagoda's collusion with evil Soul Masters, regardless of its authenticity, the Dou Ling Empire's officialdom should never take such a dismissive attitude towards this matter.

After all, this is by no means an ordinary trivial matter. Once the Spirit Transfer Pagoda really colludes with evil Soul Masters, it will have an extremely serious and far-reaching impact on the order of the Soul Master world and even the social stability of the entire Dou Ling Continent.

However, since the incident occurred, the Dou Ling Empire's official attitude has always been extremely indifferent, as if they were staying out of it all.

Even the staff members who were specially sent by the Spirit Transfer Pagoda to the Dou Ling royal family for explanation and clarification failed to obtain any clear attitude and response from the royal family after some maneuvering, like a stone sinking into the sea without any news.

Hearing this, Hua Tao nodded slightly, revealing a kind of confident and calm look in his eyes, and said steadily: "You don't have to worry about the situation of the Dou Ling royal family. In fact, I have already had in-depth contact and communication with the royal family in private before."

"After some negotiation, I can guarantee that as long as we can pay a certain price and bargaining chip in some key aspects, it is not a difficult thing to appease the royal family and make them maintain a neutral attitude towards us."

He paused slightly, a look of firmness and determination flashed in his eyes, and continued, "At the moment, our primary task should be to concentrate all our energy and attention on the reconstruction of the sub-tower."

"At the same time, we must be on guard against a new round of attacks that Tang Sect may launch at any time. As for the affairs of the royal family, I will continue to follow up and deal with them in the future, and you don't need to be distracted by this anymore."

Hearing Hua Tao's decisive and well-organized words, the surrounding high-level personnel showed surprised and admiring expressions, and couldn't help but look at him sideways.

They hadn't anticipated that Hua Tao's speed of action would be so swift. While they were still busy dealing with the shady and thorny matters within the branch tower, Hua Tao had already taken action, personally going to engage and negotiate with the royal family.

With this ability, no wonder he could sit in the position of branch tower master.

"Yes," the crowd responded in unison.

Now that Hua Tao had clearly indicated that he had resolved the issue with Dou Ling's officials, and demonstrated strong control and decisiveness, they naturally no longer needed to worry about this aspect and could concentrate their efforts on the core tasks arranged by Hua Tao.

"Report. Branch Tower Master. The Spirit Transfer Envoy has arrived." At that moment, a Spirit Transfer Tower staff member, looking hurried, burst into the makeshift conference room. His steps were slightly rushed, his breathing a little disordered, as he respectfully reported to Hua Tao.

"Spirit Transfer Envoy?"

Hearing this special title, the surrounding Spirit Transfer Tower executives instantly exchanged glances, their eyes revealing a hint of realization and surprise. They were indeed aware of this matter beforehand and had prepared a grand welcoming ceremony to receive this Spirit Transfer Envoy.

But unfortunately, Tang Wulin's affair caused the entire branch tower to instantly fall into chaos and crisis. They were overwhelmed with dealing with those key issues that could become handles.

In this extremely tense and busy state, for a time, they had actually put the important matter of the Spirit Transfer Envoy's imminent arrival to the back of their minds.

The identity of this Spirit Transfer Envoy was extremely special. Before she even arrived, their branch had already received a clear notice from Qian Gu Dongfeng, repeatedly emphasizing that they must take good care of this Spirit Transfer Envoy.

It was said that this Spirit Transfer Envoy was Qian Gu Dongfeng's long-admired choice for a granddaughter-in-law, and would surely occupy a pivotal position in the Spirit Transfer Tower in the future.

They had previously learned that she would arrive in Dou Ling Continent in the next few days, but they never expected her to come so quickly, and precisely at this sensitive time when the situation was extremely tense and the branch tower's affairs were in disarray.

"Invite her to the conference room," Hua Tao said, his expression straightening, his tone steady and forceful.

"Yes, Branch Tower Master," the staff member responded, turning and hurrying away.

"Tap, tap, tap." A light and rhythmic sound of footsteps slowly came from outside the conference room, as if carrying a unique rhythm, breaking the originally somewhat dull atmosphere in the room.

Immediately afterward, an unparalleled beauty with silver hair and purple eyes, like a graceful orchid blooming in the ice and snow, entered everyone's eyes.

Even the Spirit Transfer Tower executives present, each of whom had experienced the vicissitudes of time, with ages approaching a hundred years, and had seen countless people and things, their minds as firm as a rock.

But upon seeing this Spirit Transfer Envoy, their gazes were involuntarily deeply attracted, and they couldn't help but be amazed by her exquisite beauty.

Her silver hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall, shimmering with a soft luster under the light, like a flowing Milky Way.

Those purple eyes, deep and captivating, seemed to contain endless mystery and wisdom, like the most dazzling purple gemstones in the night sky, exuding an irresistible charm.

"No wonder Qian Gu Dongfeng favors her as his granddaughter-in-law, this girl is indeed beautiful!" The crowd secretly sighed in their hearts. If they were a few decades younger, they would probably find it difficult to resist the charm of such a stunning appearance and would be deeply attracted to her.