Ning Tian: Am I Worse Than an Idiot?

Huo Yuhao turned his head and said indifferently, "Something the matter?"

The blonde girl flashed a cute smile, took the red-haired girl's hand, and slowly walked up to Huo Yuhao before saying in a pitiful tone, "Hello, fellow student. You're from Shrek Academy too, right? We're both freshmen this year. My name is Ning Tian, and she is Wu Feng."

"Actually, we saw that piece of Millennium Whale Glue over there earlier and wanted to buy it. My companion here has had a weak constitution since she was young, and it took us a long time to save up enough money to afford that lower-quality piece of Millennium Whale Glue."

"Could you please let us have that piece of Millennium Whale Glue? We're willing to pay double the price—twelve thousand Gold Soul Coins. That means you'd be making a profit of six thousand Gold Soul Coins instantly. Would that be alright?"

As she spoke, Ning Tian pressed her palms together and put on a pathetic expression.

Hearing this, the red-haired girl raised an eyebrow and glanced at the blonde girl in surprise, but ultimately said nothing and stood silently to the side.

If such a cute girl were begging like this in front of someone like Xu Sanshi, that simp might have already agreed.

Unfortunately, Huo Yuhao was not Xu Sanshi.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng—ripples stirred in Huo Yuhao's heart as he thought, So you two are that melodramatic lesbian couple from the Peerless Tang Sect.

Tang Buddha is truly heaven-defying; the couples in Douluo II are more melodramatic than the last.

Teachers and students, child brides, same-sex pairings, brothers turning against each other—the list goes on and on.

There isn't a single normal person among them, Huo Yuhao thought, truly speechless.

He looked Ning Tian up and down. Such a cute girl, and yet Tang Buddha eventually gender-bent her into a man?

That is just too absurd.

Noticing Huo Yuhao's scrutinizing gaze, Wu Feng glared at him with great annoyance.

Huo Yuhao stared at the pair, his eyes full of profound meaning: "Since when can the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect not even afford six thousand Gold Soul Coins? As the young sect master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, you shouldn't be this stingy."

"Also, could you act normal? Stop using that sickeningly sweet, affected voice; it's giving me goosebumps."

Seeing that her usual foolproof trick of acting cute wasn't working and that her identity had been exposed on the spot, an endless sense of shame washed over Ning Tian.

Her face flushed red, and she stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

It wasn't just Ning Tian; even Wu Feng, standing to the side, felt so embarrassed she wanted to dig a hole in the ground.

My lady has seemingly suffered a social death.

After a long while, Ning Tian finally recovered. She suddenly asked in surprise, "How did you know I'm the young sect master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect?"

Huo Yuhao was speechless: "A Shrek student, surnamed Ning, and able to attend the Treasure Pavilion's Treasure Appreciation Meeting—even a fool could guess who you are. I'd like to ask you instead: don't you know that you need at least one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on you just to enter this meeting? And you talk about 'saving up money'."

Ning Tian finally realized this, and for a moment, she was so embarrassed she wanted to crawl into a hole.

But then, she glared at Huo Yuhao indignantly. Even a fool could guess? Does that mean she, Ning Tian, is less than a fool?

"Since you know who I am, shouldn't you tell me your name? How about I buy that piece of Millennium Whale Glue in your hand for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins?" Since her cover was blown, Ning Tian stopped putting on that affected voice and returned to her normal tone.

Her voice was clear and melodious, very pleasant to hear.

"Heh, one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins? Make it ten times that, and I'll consider it," Huo Yuhao chuckled.

"Hey, you bastard, you're really pushing your luck, aren't you? One million Gold Soul Coins right off the bat? Why don't you just go rob someone?" Wu Feng said angrily from the side.

"In that case, there's no need to continue this conversation." Huo Yuhao shook his head, turned around, and left.

"You didn't even tell us your name, you rude jerk!" Wu Feng shouted after him.

"My name is Huo Yuhao."

The voice drifted back, but Huo Yuhao's figure had already slowly disappeared from the stairs of the Treasure Pavilion.

"My lady, that bastard is a total crook. For a mere piece of Millennium Whale Glue, he dared to ask for one million Gold Soul Coins! If we weren't in the Treasure Pavilion, I would have taught him a lesson for you," Wu Feng said, her temper flaring.

She looked at Ning Tian, only to find that there wasn't a trace of anger on her face; instead, she looked thoughtful.

"My lady, why were you so insistent on buying that piece of Millennium Whale Glue? Don't we have plenty of those in our sect?" Wu Feng asked, puzzled.

Actually, she had had this question in her mind earlier, but she couldn't undermine Ning Tian, so she had remained silent.

Ning Tian looked up, sighed softly, and said with deep regret, "Actually, that piece of whale glue wasn't Millennium Whale Glue; it was Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue. It has incredible strengthening effects on a soul master's body. I once saw it in a classic in my father's study, but unfortunately, I didn't recall it when I first saw the item. By the time I remembered, it was already too late."

"That still doesn't justify asking for one million Gold Soul Coins," Wu Feng said, still indignant.

Ning Tian shook her head and said, "That piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue isn't expensive at one million Gold Soul Coins; it's practically priceless. Because the volume of that piece is five times that of ordinary whale glue, its quality must be the best of the best. Unfortunately, I didn't bring that much money with me. Otherwise, let alone one million, I would have bought that Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue for you without hesitation, even for two million."

"I see." Wu Feng was enlightened and felt a bit touched.

So, her lady was trying to buy it for her.

"Does that mean that kid also saw the value of that Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and bought it? Wouldn't he have made a million Gold Soul Coins for nothing?!" Wu Feng realized belatedly, and as the guy's handsome face appeared in her mind, she said in shock.

He is quite handsome, but his personality is really annoying.

"That must be it. I can only say that there is always someone better," Ning Tian nodded.

"So that's how it is, my lady. That is indeed a pity. Seeing you acting cute earlier, I thought you had taken a liking to that kid's face and fallen for him, which is why you were acting like that!"

Wu Feng's tone held a hint of sourness.

It would have been fine if she hadn't mentioned it, but as soon as she brought up what happened earlier, Ning Tian's face, which had finally calmed down, turned bright red again. She snapped angrily, "Don't ever mention this again!"

Thinking about how she had deliberately used that affected voice and pretended to be pitiful, only to be exposed on the spot, Ning Tian felt so embarrassed she was physically uncomfortable.

That said, looking only at his face, the kid is indeed quite handsome.

For some inexplicable reason, a thought surfaced in Ning Tian's mind.

"Huo Yuhao? That name sounds so familiar." Ning Tian knitted her beautiful brows.

"It feels like I've heard it somewhere before."

"Isn't that freshman who's been widely talked about in the outer courtyard lately—the one who used a one-ring cultivation base to defeat a three-ring Soul Venerable—also named Huo Yuhao!" Wu Feng said from the side, looking somewhat shocked.

"Could he be that very freshman?"

Ning Tian and Wu Feng exchanged a glance, both of their eyes filled with disbelief.