"Wait a moment."
Seeing the three of them about to leave, Wang Yan hurriedly called out.
The round-robin matches were over, and Huo Yuhao hadn't once taken the field from beginning to end. Almost every opponent had simply forfeited.
At last, he couldn't hold back any longer and decided to ask outright.
"What is it?" Wang Dong turned around and asked, puzzled.
"Congratulations on your ten victories in ten matches in this year's freshman assessment."
"That's an outstanding record, even among the freshmen. You're all really strong."
"But I'm curious about Huo Yuhao in your group. What exactly is his Martial Soul?"
"Although he hasn't done anything, my instincts tell me Huo Yuhao is very important."
After speaking, Wang Yan looked at Huo Yuhao.
Wang Dong was stunned for a moment. He hadn't expected Wang Yan to glean so much from such small details.
Huo Yuhao, however, smiled. "Didn't we win because they forfeited and went easy on us?"
"There's no real merit to it."
"Besides, I can't tell you what my Martial Soul is."
"Of course, if you can find out, then that's your skill."
Of course, if someone with Wang Yan's status could find out, that would be a miracle!
Mu En had thoroughly sealed off Huo Yuhao's information. The only thing anyone could find was the name Huo Yuhao.
If Wang Yan really did somehow find Huo Yuhao's records, the Sea God Pavilion would naturally step in. Huo Yuhao didn't need to worry about it.
"Ah..." Wang Yan was taken aback by Huo Yuhao's words.
What did he mean, they went easy on you and forfeited? They just didn't dare fight you!
And this had no merit to it?
Your group had the most impressive record in Area Thirty-Three, all right!
And besides, if you don't want to say, then don't. What do you mean, if I can find out, it's my skill?
Wang Yan refused to believe that a senior teacher like him couldn't even find out the Martial Soul of a little student.
"If this student doesn't want to say, I won't force him," Wang Yan said warmly.
"Then you can go. We're heading back." Huo Yuhao waved his hand and turned toward the dormitory.
Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao followed close behind.
"You said it yourself. If I can find out, it's my skill."
Watching the three of them walk away, Wang Yan resolved to investigate Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul thoroughly!
Huo Yuhao looked back at Wang Yan, a little disappointed.
Useless. He didn't even trigger an option!
He'd thought something might pop up, but Wang Yan seemed to have too mild a temper.
That trick hadn't worked at all.
"This is so frustrating!"
"I didn't even get to enjoy myself today. All they did was forfeit. Why are they all such cowards?" Wang Dong muttered in discontent.
Even after all ten round-robin matches, she'd hardly gotten to fight. The groups facing them either forfeited as soon as they took the field or forfeited before they even showed up.
Xiao Xiao pursed her lips. "You should be satisfied. I got to fight even less than you did!"
"All right, all right, enough of that. Come with me to get some grilled fish. You're always complaining that you never get any, aren't you?"
"How about you eat your fill this time?"
Huo Yuhao looked at the two of them, feeling rather helpless.
"You should've said so sooner. We wouldn't have argued if you had."
"Exactly. If you'd said so earlier, we wouldn't have argued."
The two of them wore smug expressions, as if their plan had worked perfectly.
"Fine, fine. So you two were putting on an act together to trick me!" Huo Yuhao couldn't help laughing and crying at the same time.
The three of them set up the grill with practiced ease outside Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao hadn't even started preparing the silver fish when a large crowd had already lined up.
"You all know the rules, right?"
"Anyone past the hundredth spot can go home."
With that, Huo Yuhao started grilling fish with practiced ease.
"Huh? What are you doing here?"
Huo Yuhao stared at Xu Sanshi, who was first in line, in disbelief.
After I'd taken his money, he'd actually come to buy my grilled fish and give me more!
That really surprised Huo Yuhao.
"I waited in line, so don't you dare hit me!" Xu Sanshi said smugly.
He was outrageously cocky!
"Of course." Huo Yuhao didn't bother talking to Xu Sanshi any further and immediately started grilling twenty prepared silver fish at once.
Why fight him?
He was only in his thirties. Even if Huo Yuhao fought him, there was a good chance he wouldn't trigger an option!
Huo Yuhao guessed Xu Sanshi wanted to enter the illusion created by the Spirit Eye Illusion again.
Don't ask how he knew.
Just ask why Xu Sanshi hadn't even tried to get back his Storage Soul Tool the first time!
And the Mystic Water Pill!
He hadn't gotten back a single one of those things!
There was no need to guess. Xu Sanshi had definitely enjoyed himself!
Otherwise, with his personality, how could he have let Huo Yuhao leave so easily?
If they fought this time, Huo Yuhao absolutely wouldn't use the Spirit Eye Illusion!
Once the fish were done, Huo Yuhao split the first four grilled fish into two portions and handed them to Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
"How many do you want?"
"I'll take two." Xu Sanshi paid, grabbed the grilled fish, and ran back.
"Ah, he's hopeless." Huo Yuhao shook his head.
Judging by the way he moved, Huo Yuhao knew exactly what Xu Sanshi was going to do.
Just as Huo Yuhao was getting ready to pack up after selling out, Ma Xiaotao, an Inner Courtyard disciple dressed in red, walked over.
In her hand was Xu Sanshi, who had left just moments earlier.
"Sister Xiaotao, he's right here. Can you let me go now?"
Xu Sanshi pleaded pitifully.
"Go on." Ma Xiaotao waved her hand.
Xu Sanshi immediately sprinted off without looking back, as if he feared Ma Xiaotao might change her mind if he slowed down!
What did she want with him now?
Huo Yuyao was puzzled. He didn't understand.
If he remembered correctly, Huo Yuhao had already filled Ma Xiaotao's body with Ultimate Ice!
Her Evil Fire couldn't possibly flare up again!
Ma Xiaotao simply held out one hand and said, "A first-meeting gift."
Huo Yuhao: "???"
No, there was nothing in your hand!
What kind of first-meeting gift was that?
Were you asking me for a first-meeting gift?!
"You want me to give you one?"
Ma Xiaotao nodded. "Mm-hmm."
Give you what, an egg?!
You're even asking me for a first-meeting gift!
"Isn't the first-meeting gift supposed to come from you?" Huo Yuhao couldn't help asking.
Ma Xiaotao replied seriously, "I'm turning the natural order upside down. What's wrong with that?"
"Fine, fine! Turning the natural order upside down, huh?" Huo Yuhao was so exasperated that he laughed.
After all this time, he'd never seen anyone pull a stunt like this!
He'd never even imagined anyone would.
Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, standing behind Huo Yuhao, both wanted to chase Ma Xiaotao away right then and there!
But Huo Yuhao stopped them.
He wanted to see what sort of tricks Ma Xiaotao could come up with!
"Here. This is a ten-thousand-year Fire Phoenix Left Arm Bone!"
Huo Yuhao took the ten-thousand-year Fire Phoenix Soul Bone—which wasn't much use to him—out of his Storage Space.
Of course, the main reason was that he wanted to see whether Ma Xiaotao could still trigger an option!
After all, she was a Soul Emperor over rank sixty!
She was higher-ranked than Huo Yuhao!
She ought to have the potential to trigger an option!
Ma Xiaotao: "?"
Wait, you're really giving it to me?
For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
She truly hadn't expected this!
She'd originally planned to tease Huo Yuhao, but instead she'd just gotten a ten-thousand-year Fire Phoenix Left Arm Bone for free!
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