How could a father not be happy when his son is so outstanding?
What's more important is...
He had been away for so many years that his memories of his two sons had already become blurry.
He even forgot that he had two sons most of the time.
A letter from the emperor suddenly reminded him of this.
From another perspective, didn't it mean that he had picked up two Titled Douluo sons for nothing?
Double the happiness!
"Duke, with exceptional talent and such outstanding sons, truly like father, like son, I am envious!"
A war general clad in battle armor raised his glass from afar and then drained the wine in one gulp.
"Hahaha, I consider all my brothers to be like my own limbs; my sons are as much your own. It's all the same, all the same..."
Dai Hao raised his glass in response.
His heart was blooming with joy.
"For Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin, I am willing to call them the Duchy Residence's Twin Stars; in the future, they will continue to extend your glory, Duke."
"A house with two Douluo, no, including the Duke, a house with three Douluo, even His Majesty the Emperor must show you respect... No, three points of respect are not enough, shouldn't it be at least five points?"
"Certainly, the Duke has guarded the border for so many years, how high is his prestige in the military? If there were more powerful figures to support you, hmm hmm..."
"..."
The crowd chimed in one after another, inevitably speaking some treasonous words.
"Brothers, be careful with your words."
"Today we only drink and do not discuss state affairs."
"Tomorrow morning I will set off to return to Xingluo City, and I will have to rely on all you brothers for military matters."
Dai Hao raised his glass, cutting off everyone's desire to continue the topic.
But in his heart, a seed had been planted...
...
Meanwhile.
Xingluo City.
"Uncle Master, where are you going?"
No sooner had Qin Xiao stepped out of the hotel when he was stopped by Meng Hongchen.
"The hotel is too boring. I plan to go for a walk. It's my first time in Xingluo City, and I'm curious."
Qin Xiao casually replied.
In reality, he wanted to see the auction house within the Xingluo Empire.
In the original work, it was in this auction house that Huo Yuhao obtained the Soul Devouring Carving Knife.
Then, with the help of Electrolux, he extracted the Spirit Life Gold inside the knife, and after refining, he gained a third eye on his forehead, which unlocked the abilities of Electrolux.
In the end, this Eye of Life even evolved into a super divine weapon!
It must be said that Qin Xiao had long been fixated on this matter, and now that he had come to Xingluo City, the first thing he wanted to do was to try his luck.
Although in the original work, the Soul Devouring Carving Knife was discovered by Wang Yan, leading the Shrek group to the auction house after the competition had started, just by chance.
But, in all reasonableness, Qin Xiao felt that the knife should be in the auction house at this very moment.
After all, according to rumors, this knife wasn't anything good.
Its owner either died or became an evil Soul Master.
It was so nefarious that many people avoided it.
Moreover, the asking price for this knife in the auction house was not low. If not for Electrolux's discerning eye, it would have gone unsold once again...
On the other hand, after hearing Qin Xiao's words, Meng Hongchen also nodded in agreement, "Uncle Master, you are absolutely right. It's not easy to come to Xingluo City, indeed we should take a good look around. I also want to see which is more bustling, Xingluo City or Ming City."
Hearing this, Qin Xiao couldn't help but take a deep look at Meng Hongchen.
He was no longer a child.
Could he not know what Meng Hongchen was thinking?
However, he did not expose or reject Meng Hongchen's suggestion, "That's fine, then let's go together."
After speaking, he bought a map with a Silver soul coin in front of the hotel, and easily found the location of the auction house on the map.
Then, he walked ahead, with Meng Hongchen closely following behind, gradually disappearing from view.
"Where are those two going?"
"Really, when a girl grows up, she's hard to keep at home. Aren't Meng worried that Qin Xiao will do something inappropriate to her?"
After the two left, Xiao Hongchen quietly walked out from the hotel.
Watching the departing figures of Qin Xiao and Meng Hongchen, he slowly furrowed his brows.
After hesitating a bit, he still decided to follow and see what was happening.
No matter what, he couldn't let his sister be harmed.
...
"Uncle Master, why have you stopped?"
After a long while, Qin Xiao stopped in front of a building.
Meng Hongchen also halted, her gaze following Qin Xiao's line of sight.
There was a somewhat inconspicuous building.
Compared to the surrounding taller structures, it was like a conspicuous bun.
Above the front door, a sign hung with the image of a hammer. Beneath the hammer seemed to be a pattern of a golden platform, which looked very exquisite.
And being a proper noble young lady, despite her youth and broad knowledge, Meng Hongchen immediately recognized that this was an auction house.
After all, only an auction house and a blacksmith shop would use a hammer as a symbol. But the marker for a blacksmith would be rougher and much larger, whereas an auction house's hammer would be much more refined.
Besides.
What place was this?
The heart of Star Luo Imperial City.
What kind of blacksmith would open a shop here?
"Let's go, we just happened to pass by here, let's take a look inside."
At this point, Qin Xiao said to Meng Hongchen with a smile.
"Is it really just 'happened to pass by'?"
Meng Hongchen couldn't help but mutter, "Why do I feel like you came here on purpose?"