Douluo: Starting from Source Castle, I am invincible

"Your Majesty."

At this moment, Li Xiao Chou proposed to Xue Zhong Gao: "The cultivation of the Ouke Se army, and even the research on the Zangbao virus, all require a large amount of funds and Soul Master data for research."

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

"Ally?"

Hearing this, Xue Zhong Gao thought for a moment and asked, "Since Prime Minister, you have raised this question, you must have already thought of a candidate, right?"

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

"Spirit Transfer Pagoda?"

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

Li Xiao Chou's vulture-like eyes narrowed, revealing a sinister smile, and said:

"It is precisely because of the news that they are colluding with the Evil Soul Masters that we should express our attitude even more. Let the Spirit Transfer Pagoda rest assured, after all, we will need a large number of Soul Spirits after we turn those ordinary people into Soul Masters in the future."

"And in terms of Soul Spirits, the Spirit Transfer Pagoda has always controlled them tightly. After cooperating with them, our Ouke Se manufacturing plan will naturally be easier."

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

Xue Zhong Gao 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 Xiao Chou bowed slightly again, his expression still respectful, but in the depths of his eyes, a trace of imperceptible smugness and contempt flashed. Then, he and Apophis quietly left the hall.

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

After walking out of the hall, Li Xiao Chou turned his head slightly, looked back at the still solemn palace, and showed a sinister and ambitious smile on his face.

Xue Zhong Gao is just a puppet, and once his Ouke Se plan is successful, the role of this puppet will not be great.

… …

Lingbo City, this once prosperous city, is now plunged into an atmosphere of tension and chaos due to the collapse of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda branch headquarters.

The Spirit Transfer Pagoda branch headquarters, which used to be the core of Soul Spirit trading, now only has a pile of ruins left, exuding an atmosphere of loneliness and decline under the setting sun.

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

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

The staff member's body trembled slightly, feeling the pressure contained in Hua Tao's gaze, he quickly straightened his body, and reported truthfully with a hint of tension and worry:

"Branch Master, the casualties caused by the Blood Dragon before were a bit large. Although the high-level personnel suffered little damage, at least half of the middle and low-level staff were killed by the Blood Dragon. Now, the Spirit Transfer Masters in our branch are somewhat uneasy."

"In addition, our most important 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 here as soon as possible, so that it may be possible to restore the operation of the Spirit Ascension Platform."

"To ensure that the branch can resume normal operation, judging from the current situation, the manpower we have in the branch is probably far from enough. What's even more棘手is that the Tang Sect has been suppressing us in an all-round way, 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 and daily operations."

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

Hua Tao listened to the report quietly, his expression still calm as water, without any waves. After a while, he spoke slowly, his voice steady and powerful, like a Hong Zhong, echoing in this temporary residence:

"Give the families of those dead Spirit Transfer Masters the compensation they deserve. At the same time, assure them that if their descendants want to join the Spirit Transfer Pagoda in the future, they will have priority for admission."

"As for the issue of the Spirit Ascension Platform, immediately issue an announcement, clearly stating that the Spirit Ascension Platform is temporarily unavailable due to a sudden and serious malfunction. We need to patiently wait for the headquarters to transport the new equipment in place. 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 special personnel to be responsible for communicating and explaining with customers, and do a good job in appeasement, to 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 from the Spirit Transfer Pagoda branches in the 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 the Tang Sect."

As Hua Tao's words fell, the nerves of the surrounding high-level members of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, which were originally tense to the point of breaking, gradually eased, their faces began to slowly ease, and a glimmer of hope and fighting spirit rekindled in their eyes.

"Branch Master, regarding the provocative behavior of the Tang Sect, has the headquarters given clear instructions? We can't just swallow our anger and swallow this bad breath, right?" A high-level member of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda finally couldn't hold back his breath and said with a face full of indignation.

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

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

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

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

The Spirit Pagoda and Tang Sect have personnel distributed in all walks of life on Douling Continent.

As a large organization spanning three continents, how could they randomly send out soul masters under their command to fight?

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

As for hoping for Qian Gu Dongfeng? Hua Tao hadn't even considered it, after all, there were too many shady things in this branch tower headquarters.

Suddenly, another high-level member of the Spirit Pagoda stood up with a slightly solemn expression, breaking the brief silence, and said, "Branch Master, there is still a tricky problem now, and that is the Douling Empire, how should we respond and deal with it?"

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

"They neither sent official personnel to inquire about the details of this incident, nor did they put any pressure on us.

This lukewarm, inactive, and unenthusiastic attitude is really elusive."

According to common sense, regarding the sensational event that the Tang Sect had previously publicized, concerning the Spirit Pagoda's collusion with evil soul masters, regardless of its authenticity, the Douling Empire's officials should never take such a dismissive attitude towards this matter.

After all, this is by no means an ordinary trivial matter.

Once the Spirit Pagoda is really colluding with evil soul masters, it will have an extremely serious and far-reaching impact on the order of the soul master world and even social stability of the entire Douling Continent.

However, since the incident occurred, the Douling Empire's official attitude has always been extremely indifferent, as if they were detached from everything.

Even the staff members that the Spirit Pagoda had previously sent to the Douling royal family for explanation and clarification, after some negotiation, failed to obtain any clear attitude or response from the royal family, like a stone sinking into the sea, without any news.

Hua Tao nodded slightly upon hearing this, a confident and composed look in his eyes, and said calmly, "You don't have to worry about the situation with the Douling royal family.

In fact, I have already conducted in-depth contact and communication with the royal family in private."

"After some negotiation, I can guarantee that as long as we can pay a certain price and bargaining chips 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 hint of firmness and decisiveness flashed in his eyes, and continued, "At present, our primary task should be to concentrate all our energy and attention on the reconstruction of the branch tower."

"At the same time, we must be strictly on guard against a new round of attacks that the 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, you don't need to be distracted by this."

Hearing Hua Tao's determined and clear words, the surrounding high-level personnel showed surprised and admiring expressions, and couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

They had not expected that Hua Tao's speed of action was so fast.

While they were still busy dealing with the shady and tricky affairs within the branch tower, Hua Tao had already taken action and personally went to contact and negotiate with the royal family.

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

"Yes."

Everyone responded in unison.

Since Hua Tao had clearly stated that he had resolved the issue with the Douling officials and demonstrated strong control and decisiveness, they naturally no longer needed to worry about this aspect and only needed to concentrate their energy on the core tasks arranged by Hua Tao.

"Report.

Branch Master.

Envoy has arrived."

At this moment, a staff member of the Spirit Pagoda rushed into this temporary conference room with a hurried expression.

His footsteps were slightly hurried, his breath was slightly disordered, and he respectfully reported to Hua Tao.

"Spirit Envoy?"

Hearing this special title, the surrounding Spirit Pagoda executives instantly looked at each other, a hint of realization and surprise in their eyes.

They did know about this matter before and had prepared a grand welcoming ceremony to receive this Spirit Envoy.

But unfortunately, Tang Wulin's incident happened, causing the entire branch tower to instantly fall into chaos and crisis.

They were so busy dealing with those key issues that could become a handle, that they were overwhelmed.

In this extremely tense and busy state, for a time, they had actually put the important matter of the Spirit Envoy's upcoming arrival behind them.

The identity of this Spirit Envoy is extremely special.

Before she even arrived, their branch had already received a clear notice from Qian Gu Dongfeng.

He repeatedly emphasized that they must take good care of this Spirit Envoy.

It is said that this Spirit Envoy is Qian Gu Dongfeng's long-admired granddaughter-in-law candidate, and will inevitably occupy a pivotal position in the Spirit Pagoda in the future.

They had learned before that she would arrive in Douling Continent in the next few days, but they never expected that she would come so quickly, and it happened to be at this sensitive time when the situation was extremely tense and the branch tower's affairs were in a state of chaos.

"Please come to the conference room."

Hua Tao said with a solemn expression and a steady and forceful tone upon hearing this.

"Yes, Branch Master."

The staff member responded and turned to leave in a hurry.

"Tap, tap, tap."

A series of light and rhythmic footsteps slowly came from outside the conference room, as if carrying a unique rhythm, breaking the originally slightly dull atmosphere in the room.

Immediately afterwards, a peerless beauty with silver hair and purple eyes, like a blooming orchid in the snow, gracefully came into everyone's eyes.

Even the Spirit Pagoda executives present, each of whom had experienced the vicissitudes of time, were nearly a hundred years old, had seen countless people and things, and their minds had long been as firm as a rock.

But the moment they saw this Spirit Envoy, their eyes couldn't help but be deeply attracted, and they couldn't help but be amazed by her exquisite beauty.

Her silver hair fell smoothly behind her like a waterfall, shimmering with a soft luster under the light, like a flowing galaxy.

Those purple eyes, deep and charming, 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 admires her as his granddaughter-in-law, this girl is indeed beautiful!"

Everyone secretly sighed, if they were a few decades younger, they would probably be unable to resist the charm of such a stunning beauty and would definitely be deeply attracted to her.