Wang Dong: I Can't Tell, I Really Can't

Wang Dong: I Can't Tell, I Really Can't

The instant Wang Dong saw Huo Yuhao in the washroom, she froze.

She had never imagined that she would happen to catch Huo Yuhao washing himself when she had only come to fetch some water.

She even forgot to scream.

Huo Yuhao did not mind. "You came to wash up too?"

"I-I-I... I..." Wang Dong stammered, unable to get out a single coherent sentence. In the end, she could only force out, "You pervert!"

Huo Yuhao raised a brow. "We're both boys. Are you afraid of seeing a body? Or are you not a boy?"

At those words, Wang Dong was jolted in alarm. Had Huo Yuhao discovered her true identity?

That couldn't be possible. After all, she had always concealed herself well.

"Enough. Fill your water and go wash in the dorm," Huo Yuhao said.

Wang Dong relaxed slightly. It seemed Huo Yuhao had not discovered her true identity.

But then, inexplicably, she felt embarrassed and irritated. If Huo Yuhao truly had not discovered who she was, what would he think when she stopped concealing herself in the future?

No, no, Yuhao told me to fetch water and wash in the dorm? Wang Dong suddenly realized this and could not help looking at Huo Yuhao again.

"What? You want to see my body that badly?" Huo Yuhao's casual remark made Wang Dong flush crimson. She hurriedly filled her water and rushed back to the dorm.

After returning to the dorm, Wang Dong still kept replaying the scene from earlier in her mind.

His body did not look particularly muscular, yet it gave off an incomparably powerful feeling.

And lower down, that...

Wang Dong could not help tensing her body.

"Mm, the wind is so cold. Close the window, close the window. It must be the wind."

Having been immersed in her thoughts, she only came back to herself now. The heavy stench of grime immediately assailed her nose.

However, after Huo Yuhao's earlier training, Wang Dong was now able to overcome her cleanliness obsession and get to work.

Wang Dong slowly removed her school uniform. The freshly drawn hot water sent waves of steam rising into the air.

After a bath, he felt refreshed from head to toe. Even Huo Yuhao could not help feeling invigorated.

His original physique had not been too poor to begin with. After the marrow-cleansing transformation of the Profound Water Pill, he had surpassed ordinary Soul Masters and reached the level of an average genius.

His Soul Power had also risen by two ranks.

Next came his Second Martial Soul.

Just as in his previous life, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voluntary sacrifice had granted him an empty Martial Soul slot of the Ice Attribute.

Looking across thirty thousand years of history, apart from gods, only Tian Meng had been capable of such a thing.

Even the Million-Year Soul Beast from ten thousand years ago, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, had not been able to grant Tang San a third Martial Soul of the water attribute.[1]

Likewise, Electrolux had not truly become his third Martial Soul in his previous life.

Because of his limited perspective, Tian Meng had mistakenly regarded Electrolux and Tang San's Divine Sense within Wang Dong's Spiritual Sea as Martial Souls.

A one-hundred-percent fusion of three Martial Souls? Heh.

However, Huo Yuhao had no other thoughts regarding the choice of his Second Martial Soul.

The Ice Jade Empress Scorpion was already one of the most powerful Martial Souls in this world, and it was also the Martial Soul best suited to him.

After all, he had used this Martial Soul for a long time and was already thoroughly familiar with it.

Only, this time, he could not place all his hopes on Tian Meng.

The Eye of Eternity was his greatest reliance.

Inside the dorm, Wang Dong was bathing leisurely when Huo Yuhao's voice sounded from outside the door. "If you're not done soon, I'm coming in~"

Wang Dong immediately panicked. "I... you... Don't come in yet."

With that, she stopped caring about anything else and hastened her movements.

Spurred on by Huo Yuhao's urging, Wang Dong finished washing before long. She quickly dried herself, put on her clothes, and only then opened the dorm door to let Huo Yuhao in.

Her damp hair hung loose against her forehead, carrying a faint fragrance. Wrapped in an oversized school uniform, Wang Dong had a unique charm instead.

At that moment, she was filled with regret. She had hung her chest bindings to the side while bathing, and because she had washed in such a rush, she had completely forgotten about them. She had not even put on her undergarments properly.

There was no doubt that her identity had been exposed.

Huo Yuhao raised a brow. "You don't plan on hiding anymore? Or did you just not have time to hide it?"

"Huh?" Wang Dong raised her head, utterly astonished. "You... you already knew I wasn't..."

Naturally, Huo Yuhao would not say that he had known Wang Dong's identity from the start. He merely nodded noncommittally.

"Then you... I..." Wang Dong spoke incoherently, like a wronged little wife.

"So? Are you still going to keep hiding?" Huo Yuhao asked.

Yet to Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao's question sounded more like a fatal temptation.

Am I really going to keep hiding? No, why did I want to hide my identity in the first place?

Wang Dong suddenly began to feel confused.

No matter how hard she searched, she could not find the original reason—or rather, the original thought—that had led her to conceal her identity.

It was as though that thought had simply popped into her head one day, never having truly been part of her own consideration.

Huo Yuhao carefully watched Wang Dong's expression, keenly sensing her complicated emotions.

Good. Wang Dong had begun to doubt.

Wang Dong, with her head lowered, did not see the somewhat dangerous smile on Huo Yuhao's face.

How could it be so easy to remove Tang San's Divine Sense from Wang Dong's Spiritual Sea?

After all, it was the Divine Sense of a God King, far beyond what the current Huo Yuhao could remove.

But if it were weakened under various preconditions, then with the power of the Eye of Eternity, Huo Yuhao could suppress Tang San's Divine Sense within the Eye of Eternity and slowly deal with it.

Of course, he would have to pay a certain price.

But if the price paid was far less than what he gained, then it was negligible.

"All right, you should move aside. Or are you planning to offer yourself to me like this?"

Huo Yuhao's voice startled Wang Dong from her self-doubt. Wang Dong quickly stepped away from the doorway, her face flushed with shy red.

W-What is he saying... offering myself, what does that even mean... He really has no shame. Wang Dong curled her toes and slowly shut the dorm door.

But when she turned around, she found that Huo Yuhao had already begun tidying the bedding.

Wang Dong silently walked over, suddenly feeling that her life had become a complete mess.

Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, her classmates, her academy life, and most importantly, her memories.

Why had she changed her identity to come to Shrek Academy? Why had her memories of childhood suddenly become somewhat blurry?

What was real, and what was false?

She could not tell. She really could not tell.

Yet amid this mess, who else could she rely on?

Note [1]: The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was a Million-Year Soul Beast in Douluo Dalu 1, briefly became a non-Million-Year Soul Beast in Douluo Dalu 2, then became a Million-Year Soul Beast again in Douluo Dalu 3. The Million-Year Soul Beast setting takes precedence.