"Grandfather Yuhao! Boohoo... You're so strong! You're so great!"
After watching the Sky Screen Plot through Huo Yuhao's eyes, Tian Meng rolled around in the Sea of Consciousness, screaming and twisting like a worm.
"Brother Sky Dream, cut it out..." Huo Yuhao smiled bashfully. "Without your and the Ice Empress's help, I couldn't have succeeded in the Heavenly Screen Plot either. Thank you, Brother Sky Dream."
"Hehehe, I'm absolutely certain now that choosing you was the best decision I ever made!" Tian Meng chuckled, then suddenly grew serious. "Yuhao, don't worry. Now that we know what's going to happen, we can definitely change this tragedy!"
"Don't worry. We'll bring your mother over, then give that Dai Huabin a good beating to avenge you! With me around, I won't let you carelessly lose your mother this time!"
The smile on Huo Yuhao's face stiffened slightly.
Tian Meng meant well, but was that really the right thing to say?!
Did he say it on purpose, or was it an accident?
Was he asking for a Nine Revolutions Intestine?
"Yuhao, Yuhao, you've had it so hard..." Just as Huo Yuhao silently made a note to get back at Tian Meng, Tang Ya wiped her tears and rushed over to hug him.
Bei Bei watched as the person he liked threw her arms around Huo Yuhao. It felt a little strange, but he couldn't very well say anything. Instead, he silently berated himself for having impure thoughts.
Yuhao had suffered so much. What was wrong with Xiao Ya hugging him when she was emotional? It was the pure affection between a Senior Sister and her junior.
In fact, they had already stopped moving.
Earlier, after the Heavenly Screen revealed Sea God Tang San scheming against Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya had been so devastated that she broke down on the spot.
Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei spent a long time comforting her before she could come to terms with the cruel truth: the Sea God she had admired since childhood had schemed against her and used her as a tool to put a leash on Huo Yuhao.
Of course, it also helped that after watching the Heavenly Screen, Huo Yuhao had said, "The Sea God is the Sea God, and Sister Xiao Ya is Sister Xiao Ya. At least Sister Xiao Ya herself never meant me any harm. She was even worried about my safety. The Sea God Tang San just took advantage of her kindness. She's a victim too."
Huo Yuhao's thoughtfulness deeply moved Tang Ya, whose faith had crumbled after the shocking revelation. Once she had managed to collect herself, she immediately declared that she would stand with Huo Yuhao from then on.
She also announced that once they had avenged their deceased loved ones, she would dissolve the Tang Sect and put an end to this legacy of the Sea God!
If she got the chance, she would even take revenge on Sea God Tang San and make him understand the fury of mortals!
After all this, Tang Ya's affection for Huo Yuhao shot straight up, leaving Bei Bei standing awkwardly off to the side like an outsider, unsure what to do.
Just then, a figure piloting a Soul Tool at high speed swept past not far above their heads, then looped around and flew back.
"Hahahaha, Yuhao, you truly are a Shrek Prodigy! Well done! Your filial devotion is admirable, and your will is unwavering..."
Xuan Zi laughed heartily as he descended from the sky. But before he could finish praising Huo Yuhao, he saw Tang Ya holding him tightly in her arms.
His expression immediately changed, and he snapped, "You Innately Evil Tang Sect brat! Even now, you're still stubbornly refusing to see reason, trying to seduce Shrek's Prodigy! You've chosen the Path to Death!"
"It's a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding!" Bei Bei finally had a chance to be useful. He hurried over to stop Xuan Zi and explain that Tang Ya was also part of Shrek, and that after seeing the true face of Sea God Tang San, she had decisively cut ties with him.
He emphasized that Tang Ya was also a victim of Tang San's scheme, and that she had already decided to dissolve the Tang Sect after avenging her family.
Only then did Xuan Zi, who had been glaring and bristling with anger, gradually calm down. Even so, he still looked displeased with Tang Ya. "Let's say it's as you claim. She was still arranged by that Evil God Tang San to get close to Yuhao. It'd be best to keep the two of them apart!"
"You're right!" Although Bei Bei believed that, now that Tang Ya knew the truth, Tang San could no longer manipulate her fate to harm Yuhao, he also thought that keeping the two apart was the right and sensible thing to do.
"You're the legendary Titled Douluo?!" Huo Yuhao had managed to slip free of Tang Ya's embrace and catch his breath. He stared wide-eyed at the unkempt Xuan Zi, his expression a mixture of admiration and awe.
"Heh heh, Yuhao, my good boy, I am indeed a Titled Douluo—and a Rank 98 Peak Douluo, at that! Just call me Old Man Xuan."
Seeing Huo Yuhao's look of admiration, Xuan Zi changed his tune in an instant. He laughed and shoved Bei Bei aside, then said warmly, "I heard you were coming to register at Shrek, so Dean Mu En specifically sent me to meet you... Come, let me show you what it's like to fly!"
Xuan Zi knew that flying through the air on your own felt different from riding a Flying Soul Tool. So he put away his Rank 8 Flying Soul Tool, used his Soul Power to lift the three of them into the air, and flew toward Shrek.
As they flew, he said to Huo Yuhao, "Don't worry, child. I don't know what other tricks Tang San might have up his sleeve, but with me around, I'll make sure nothing happens to you!"
Behind Xuan Zi, Bei Bei thought of Senior Sister's past experience. He opened his mouth, then hesitated.
"When we reach the academy, just go ahead and register. I'll arrange for people to bring your mother safely to Shrek City. And you don't need to worry about the White Tiger Duke Mansion either..."
Xuan Zi was in high spirits as he talked at Huo Yuhao, who only needed to nod and act obedient.
Meanwhile, discussions about the scene from the Heavenly Screen had only just begun across the Douluo Continent.
At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Xiao Hongchen had been deeply struck by Huo Yuhao's sincerity and determination on the Heavenly Screen. After marveling to himself that Xiao Huo was a real man, he turned to his younger sister, Meng Hongchen.
"Meng, what are you thinking about so intently? Did you notice just now? Xiao Huo is incredible. When ice formed over his body..."
Meng Hongchen's clear eyes shifted as her delicate brows furrowed slightly. She pondered for a moment, then said, "I need to figure out how to make that man marry me!"
Xiao Hongchen's words cut off abruptly. He stuck a finger in his ear and asked, confused, "What did you say? I didn't hear you."
Meng Hongchen shot her brother, who doted on his little sister, a sidelong glance, then turned her eyes back to the Heavenly Screen and said seriously, "Now that I've seen such a handsome, outstanding boy, I'm afraid I'll never be able to like anyone else... I need to figure out how to marry him!"
Xiao Hongchen, who had been praising Huo Yuhao just a moment ago, immediately panicked. "Meng! You're still so young! What do you know about love or marriage?"
"You've only seen a little of him on the Heavenly Screen, and now you want to marry him? Do you even know what he's like? I won't let you fall for some guy you haven't even met so rashly!"
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