Brother Sky Dream, Don't Talk Nonsense!

After they had gone a considerable distance, Xiao Wu finally asked again:

"Yuhao, what's wrong with you? You were really off just now."

Huo Yuhao shook his head without saying much.

At that moment, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's mind. "Yuhao, why didn't you say a few more words to your Qiu'er?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head. "She isn't Qiu'er yet. She's only the Imperial Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion."

"Then why didn't you trick her into undergoing Attribute Conduction with you? Don't you love your Qiu'er anymore?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could not understand.

Huo Yuhao sighed and said, "My strength is still too low. If I want to bring Qiu'er out, I need at least some strength first. Otherwise, if we run into another life-or-death crisis, would Qiu'er have to sacrifice herself again?"

"I may have crossed over once, but I won't cross over a second time. If Qiu'er disappears again, then she'll truly be gone."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm nodded. "Yuhao, that makes sense. You've thought it through very thoroughly."

After seeing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Huo Yuhao's excitement over obtaining Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's energy and Molted Shell vanished. His strength was still far too low. He had to keep working hard.

The Titan Giant Ape set Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu down at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, and the two of them left.

On the way back, Xiao Wu held tightly onto Huo Yuhao's hand.

She could sense that Huo Yuhao's heart was in turmoil. She had no other way to help him and could only hope that this would give him strength and help him get through this difficult time.

On the way there, he had felt like a starving man about to sit down to a feast.

On the way back, Huo Yuhao's mood was much calmer. He and Xiao Wu enjoyed the sights along the way, taking a full twenty days to return to Nuoding City.

When Huo Yuhao saw Tang San, a sudden sense of guilt rose in him.

School had only been in session for four months, yet he and Xiao Wu had gone out to have fun for an entire month...

Tang San did not seem to mind, though. Seeing Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu return hand in hand, he even smiled and greeted them.

Huo Yuhao suddenly realized that Tang San seemed to have integrated somewhat into the Work-Study Student group.

Tang San had always kept to himself before, seeming completely out of place. Now, he chatted and laughed with Wang Sheng and the others, and he would even take the initiative to greet Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu.

That was a pretty good improvement.

In the days that followed, Huo Yuhao and Tang San gradually became "familiar" with each other.

Huo Yuhao discovered that Tang San at this time was actually fairly decent and very humble.

He would usually call him "Yuhao" warmly, completely unlike the lofty way he had called him "Little Huo" in his previous life.

Huo Yuhao also discovered that Tang San, like him and Xiao Wu, did not attend classes in the mornings. Instead, he went to study knowledge with Master.

After seeing Tang San study with Master several times and witnessing the bond between teacher and student, a question could not help arising in Huo Yuhao's heart: why had Master not entered the God Realm in his previous life?

Tang San possessed both the Asura God and Sea God Seats, so naturally he could bring quite a few people with him. In Huo Yuhao's previous life, his mother, Huo Yun'er, had entered the God Realm early using one of Tang San's spots. But why had Master not ascended to the God Realm?

Was there some special reason, or had Master simply been unwilling?

Huo Yuhao now lived in the same era as Tang San. Seeing Tang San from another perspective gave him a different feeling.

If Tang San had always treated him with such humility and courtesy, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm probably would not have had so many complaints.

Before long, Huo Yuhao and Tang San became good friends as well.

It was just that Tang San and Xiao Wu's relationship remained lukewarm, while Xiao Wu and Huo Yuhao grew increasingly close...

This was bad news.

Huo Yuhao truly did not want things to continue like this. Xiao Wu was his mother-in-law from his previous life, yet her relationship with him was now better than her relationship with Tang San. What was this supposed to be?

What a headache!

Huo Yuhao wanted to keep some distance from Xiao Wu, but she kept clinging to him. Either she went with him to set up a stall selling Grilled Fish, or she asked him how to use the Soul Tool Propulsion Device.

"Yuhao, let's go! Time to set up our stall and sell Grilled Fish!" Sure enough, Xiao Wu returned to Dorm Seven carrying a bucket of fish and immediately shouted.

"Coming!" Huo Yuhao did not want to go, but the words slipped out of his mouth instinctively. Once he came back to his senses, he wanted to slap himself.

The two arrived at the entrance of Nuoding Academy. As Huo Yuhao grilled the fish, he secretly thought, Next time, I definitely won't come grill fish with Xiao Wu!

"It smells so good!" Xiao Wu sat quietly beside Huo Yuhao. Her little nose twitched from time to time, and her throat bobbed occasionally. One look was enough to tell that she was secretly swallowing her saliva.

"Here." Huo Yuhao handed the grilled fish to Xiao Wu.

After hesitating for a moment, Huo Yuhao said, "Xiao Wu, we shouldn't keep doing this in the future..."

As his relationship with Xiao Wu grew better and better, Huo Yuhao always felt a sense of guilt.

"Shouldn't keep doing what?" Xiao Wu asked as she ate the Grilled Fish.

Huo Yuhao said, "We shouldn't grill fish anymore."

At those words, Xiao Wu's delicate brows immediately furrowed. "You said that as long as I wanted it, you'd give it to me!"

"You've only been grilling fish for me for how long, and you're already tired of it?"

"Tell me, who do you want to grill fish for?"

Huo Yuhao opened his mouth, wanting to explain, but judging from Xiao Wu's expression, she clearly would not listen to any explanation. He swallowed his words and finally said, "Forget I said anything."

Fine, he would just keep grilling!

Xiao Wu gave a smug snort. "That's more like it! Grill me two more. I'll save them for a late-night snack."

Huo Yuhao: "..."

Keep eating and you'll turn into a little fat rabbit...

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's gloating voice sounded in his mind. "Yuhao, there's actually a way to make Xiao Wu stop clinging to you and making you grill fish..."

"What way?" Huo Yuhao perked up and could not help asking.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, "Make your Grilled Fish taste absolutely terrible. Xiao Wu definitely won't eat your Grilled Fish again after that."

Huo Yuhao was immediately speechless. "Brother Sky Dream, what kind of rotten idea is that? Wouldn't that be blatantly telling Xiao Wu that I find her annoying?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chuckled. "The only way to make a woman stop clinging to you is to dislike her. As long as you can do that, Xiao Wu won't cling to you anymore."

Huo Yuhao silently weighed it in his heart before saying, "Then I'd better just keep things as they are. I can't do that..."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm smiled. "Then Brother has no solution."

Huo Yuhao said, "Brother Sky Dream, why do I feel like there isn't the slightest bit of helplessness in your tone? It sounds more like you're enjoying the show."

"Hahaha..." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm laughed. "Of course Brother is enjoying the show! Steal Tang San's wife and take his God Seat—Yuhao, you've already succeeded by a quarter! Work harder and try to make it halfway!"

"I, I, I..." Huo Yuhao suddenly stammered, his face flushing red. "I never wanted to steal my father-in-law's wife! Brother Sky Dream, don't talk nonsense!"