Chapter 240

Heaven Fighting City, one of the oldest cities on the Douluo Continent.

Ten thousand years ago, it was once one of the two empires on the Douluo Continent, the capital of the Heaven Fighting Empire; later the Heaven Fighting Empire split into the two great empires of Heaven Soul and Fighting Spirit, and it was assigned to the Heaven Soul Empire, and it still remains the capital of that country.

One could say its existence symbolizes the developmental history of the Douluo Continent, and it holds extraordinary significance for the Heaven Soul Empire.

And this ancient city today welcomed a young couple.

"As it turns out, this also happened; no wonder you were so sad back then, Tang Wulin."

Holding tightly to Tang Wulin's hand, Huo Yutong's expression also grew somewhat sad after listening to Old Tang's story.

Tang Wulin reached out and lightly flicked her forehead.

"You still dare to say that? The way you comforted me back then really scared me."

"Hehe, just asking if your comforting was effective."

"Indeed it was."

"But this one, Tang Wulin couldn't deny."

Seeing Tang Wulin not deny it, Huo Yutong, who had posed the counter-question, was slightly taken aback, her face turning a faint red.

Her counter-question was mainly meant as teasing; she hadn't expected Tang Wulin to answer seriously.

"Then how about I comfort you again now?"

Tang Wulin quickly said, "Forget it, let's talk about this back at the inn; we shouldn't do such things out in the street."

Perhaps because they had just established their relationship and then been separated for nine months, Huo Yutong unexpectedly clung to him after their reunion.

This made him happy, yet also somewhat troubled.

He had a strange feeling that since their reunion, Huo Yutong's eyes seemed to see only him, caring little for anything else.

This gave Tang Wulin a vague sense of foreboding.

He changed the subject.

"By the way, Yutong, where is the Body Sect's stronghold?"

This time they came to Tiandou City mainly to follow Old Tang's dying message and search for that herb-filled secret realm here.

At the same time, they also accepted a related mission from Shilake Academy.

According to news from the academy, the Body Sect has become increasingly restless in recent years, showing signs of wanting to reemerge.

Body Sect disciples worldwide have seen unprecedentedly heightened activity; they are not limited by good or evil, acting solely for profit, thereby making the continent's already complex situation even more complicated.

The Body Sect and Huo Yutong are also forces directly relevant to her, so Tang Wulin wanted to take advantage of this trip to Tiandou City to investigate thoroughly what the Body Sect has been up to lately.

Noticing the topic had been diverted, Huo Yutong pouted slightly in dissatisfaction, but she obediently replied, "It's right at the end of this street, a place called Lingyun Inn, about three kilometers from us."

"Three kilometers..."

Tang Wulin made up his mind.

"Let's not get close first; let's use your mental detection to observe the situation."

Over the past two days on the road to Tiandou City, Huo Yutong had already demonstrated to him the limit of her current mental detection, which reaches as high as five kilometers.

For her, detecting a target beyond three kilometers is utterly effortless.

"Okay." The two then went to a restaurant, sat down, ordered some small dishes, and simultaneously used mental detection to shroud the Lingyun Inn.

At first glance, the Lingyun Inn appears no different from an ordinary inn, with passersby showing nothing unusual.

But after observing it a little while, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's gazes became focused.

They could see that inside the inn, some people occasionally moved about, their bodies obviously deformed, with certain parts markedly swollen.

If an ordinary person saw this, they would likely think they had some illness, but Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong understood that this is the symbol of a Body martial soul.

Since a Body martial soul is part of a person's body, the traits of Body martial soul masters are very obvious, just like the two Body Sect members we previously sought in Star Net City—one had an exceptionally large head, the other an exceptionally large arm.

Even Huo Yutong has the trait of very beautiful eyes; when they first met, what most attracted Tang Wulin was her pair of lively, large eyes.

It seems the academy's intelligence was correct; this is one of the Body Sect's strongholds in Tiandou City.

While eating the small dishes, the two used mental detection to monitor the Lingyun Inn's movements, and soon they obtained the result they wanted.

A girl in a goose-yellow long dress entered the inn, quickly bringing out a tall young man; the two left the inn and hurried northward.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong exchanged a glance, rose together, and after paying the bill followed them from a distance of three kilometers.

What shocked them was that, under the girl's guidance, the young man actually walked straight into the imperial palace.

"..."

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong silently stopped in their tracks together.

They could not pursue further, for the imperial palace represents the face of the Heaven Soul Empire; if their investigation of the palace were discovered, unless the academy intervened, they could forget about returning alive.

However, just seeing the young man follow the girl into the palace was already more than enough for them.

They did not know who that girl was, but the young man was clearly a Body Sect member; the fact that he could freely come and go from the Heaven Soul Empire's imperial palace makes Tang Wulin the first to doubt that the Body Sect lacks backing from the Heaven Soul Empire.

Tang Wulin gave a wry smile and said to Huo Yutong:

"These days the world really seems to be on the verge of change—the Ri Yue Di Guo and the Holy Spirit Sect, the Heaven Soul Empire and the Body Sect—these two major organizations actually have state backing behind them; I truly don't know what the future will become."

As far as he knows, the Holy Spirit Sect, as an Evil Soul Master organization, lacks most the materials for cultivation, namely the lives they arbitrarily harvest; whereas the Body Sect, as a reclusive clan, lacks most the funds needed for body-forging.

The Ri Yue Di Guo and the Heaven Soul Empire can each make up those two deficiencies, giving these two originally powerful and terrifying organizations the boost of adding wings to a tiger.

Huo Yutong gave a light nod.

"Mm, fortunately these two forces are not allies; logically speaking, we should have a chance to cooperate with the Body Sect."

"That's true."

Tang Wulin expressed his agreement.

Although most countries regard the Body Sect as a terrorist organization, in truth they are simply profit‑driven; their actions are not distinguished by good or evil, and if given sufficient benefit they would not mind doing good deeds.

But the Holy Spirit Sect is different; it is utterly an evil cult, the enemy of all humanity, and no matter how arrogant or unrestrained the Body Sect may be, it could never tolerate such an organization still existing in the world.

Tang Wulin drew a deep breath.

Let's wait here a while, wait for them both to come out again, then we'll try to talk with them.

Holy Spirit Sect's threat is really too great; relying solely on Shrek is hard to resolve; it's time to seek allies.

(End of chapter)