Robbing Bandits Was Nowhere Near as Fast as Scamming Brothers

As the Outer Court Twin Stars, the Soul Fight between Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi quickly became widely known throughout the academy under its promotion.

Liu Yuan and the other three were also invited by Bei Bei to watch the match.

"Brother Liu."

Inside the Soul Fighting Zone's lounge.

Bei Bei led Liu Yuan and the other three inside, then privately revealed some news. "If someone opens betting on the viewing platform later, wager on me to win. I'll help you make a fortune."

Opening bets and gambling—

Such things were nothing unusual anywhere on the Douluo Continent.

So Liu Yuan was not surprised.

What truly made him curious was how Bei Bei could be so confident that he would defeat Xu Sanshi.

Or perhaps...

Suddenly, Liu Yuan thought of a possibility.

So he cautiously asked,

"Senior Bei, you and Senior Xu didn't secretly agree on the outcome of this Soul Fight beforehand, did you?"

As soon as he said this,

Huo Yuhao and the other two were immediately shocked.

Wang Dong'er even blurted out,

"Isn't that match-fixing?!"

"It is match-fixing."

Bei Bei did not hide it and nodded in admission.

He glanced at Xu Sanshi, who was sitting on the sofa. "I'm in a bad mood today. This Soul Fight is just for venting. A certain someone wouldn't have the nerve to beat me, right?"

"Damn it!"

Xu Sanshi could no longer hold back upon hearing that.

"Bei Bei, do I owe you something?!"

"Heh! You really do owe me! Back when Nannan ignored you and you were upset, who was it that..."

Clearly, judging from their conversation, this was far from the first time something like this had happened.

Liu Yuan and the others did not say much about it.

However, with the Soul Fight about to begin, Liu Yuan asked Bei Bei for a favor before leaving—to put him in contact with someone.

"Xu Sanshi?"

"Exactly."

Liu Yuan nodded after leaving the lounge.

"I heard that Senior Xu comes from the Mystic Underworld Sect and has Mystic Water Pills, so I want to buy one from him."

"I see."

Bei Bei was not surprised that Liu Yuan had managed to learn this. Xu Sanshi was famous, and his Martial Soul was highly distinctive, so finding out about this was not particularly difficult.

He looked at Liu Yuan, but after merely giving him a once-over, his gaze fell on Huo Yuhao.

Bei Bei knew that with Liu Yuan's cultivation talent, he had no need for an Elixir like the Mystic Water Pill. Therefore, it could only be intended for Huo Yuhao.

As he considered this, he asked one more question. "Little Huo, exactly how much Innate Soul Power do you have?"

Huo Yuhao was briefly stunned. He looked at Liu Yuan before replying, "My Innate Soul Power is only Rank One."

"Only Rank One?!"

Before anyone else could react, Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, who had been silent until then, were the first to cry out in shock!

They never could have imagined that Huo Yuhao, who had entered Shrek, possessed only Rank One Innate Soul Power!

"Wait..." Wang Dong'er could not help asking, "Yuhao, what rank is your Soul Power now?"

"Rank Fifteen."

"Fifteen..." The words in her mouth suddenly caught.

Rank Fifteen?!

If his Innate Soul Power had only been Rank One, how could he possibly have attained Rank Fifteen cultivation at his age?

Had he been taking pills or something?

When they curiously asked, Huo Yuhao did not hide anything. They learned from him that it was all thanks to the nurturing of Liu Yuan's family.

"Then leave this matter to me."

Regarding the Mystic Water Pill,

Bei Bei ultimately gave Liu Yuan his word.

"Then thank you, Senior Bei."

As for where the money to buy the Mystic Water Pill would come from... they had to thank Dai Huabin for his sponsorship that day.

The full twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins in compensation, together with Bei Bei's connection, was more than enough to purchase one.

But what Liu Yuan did not expect was this—

Just after they left, Bei Bei had barely stepped into the lounge when Xu Sanshi's roar came from inside!

"Five Mystic Water Pills?! Are you robbing me?!"

"No!"

Bei Bei looked suspicious. "Not even one?"

"Not even one!"

Xu Sanshi stubbornly insisted, his neck stiff.

Bei Bei helplessly sighed.

"Then I'll pay for one. Is that all right?"

"How much?"

Bei Bei held up five fingers. Xu Sanshi was just about to nod when he heard him say, "Five thousand Gold Soul Coins."

Xu Sanshi could not hold back again! "Damn it, Bei Bei! Don't push it just because you were dumped! Five thousand Gold Soul Coins?! Are you a bandit?!"

Bei Bei: "..."

A bandit?

Robbing bandits was nowhere near as fast as scamming brothers.

Meanwhile, over by the viewing platform.

Liu Yuan wove through the crowd. He was keeping an eye out for four connected seats with a better view, and with more and more people arriving and the noise growing louder, he did not hear what the three behind him were muttering about.

"Yuhao, your brother treats you really well."

"Yeah, having a brother like him must be wonderful."

Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao's heartfelt words brought a sincere smile to Huo Yuhao's face. "Other than my mother, Brother is the person who treats me best."

"Then why don't you two share a surname?"

In truth, Wang Dong'er had long found this strange. Ever since she learned the day before yesterday that Liu Yuan and Huo Yuhao were brothers, she had noticed that not only did they have different surnames, they did not even resemble each other facially.

They did not look like biological brothers at all.

Huo Yuhao did not avoid the question.

"Because we aren't biological brothers."

As he told the story, Huo Yuhao concealed his origins in the White Tiger Duke Mansion and only said that he was the illegitimate son of a noble. The rest of his experiences were largely no different from the truth. If there was any difference...

It was probably that Liu Yuan's image seemed even more heroic.

"Yuhao, I'm sorry."

"Yuhao, your brother and his family really treat you well."

Different words

came from Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er in succession.

If the former felt guilty for touching on Huo Yuhao's painful past, then the latter was more envious.

After all, for Wang Dong'er,

apart from Big Uncle and Second Uncle, she had neither siblings nor had she ever met her parents. She had no way of knowing the many different forms of familial affection.

She could not help looking at Liu Yuan's back. The curiosity she had already felt toward him grew even stronger.

Just then,

"I found some empty seats."

Liu Yuan had just locked onto a spot when he turned around and discovered that Huo Yuhao and the other two had fallen far behind. "What are you three talking about? Hurry up and follow me. Otherwise, those good seats we finally found will be taken by someone else soon."

His words snapped the three of them out of their reverie.

They hurried after him.

"Coming!" ×3

Not long after the four of them took their seats, with the Soul Fight about to begin, more and more students gathered in the Soul Fighting Zone. At a glance, there were already over four hundred people, and reaching five hundred would not be difficult.

"Hello, may we buy these three seats?" At that moment, a gentle female voice sounded from nearby.

Although she was not speaking to Liu Yuan and the others, it undeniably piqued their curiosity.