"Want to try one?" Song Mu offered Wang Dong'er a grilled fish.
Wang Dong'er raised her head and mumbled, "Hold this for me first."
Song Mu saw that Wang Dong'er's hands were full and realized she really couldn't take the fish, so he had no choice but to pull his hand back.
Song Mu tried his own grilled fish first.
He tore off a small piece with his teeth and chewed it a few times. Song Mu was instantly amazed.
The grilled fish looked no different from the ones he'd eaten before, so how could it be this delicious?
Could this be what they called the protagonist halo? Song Mu wondered as he ate.
Before long, a crowd had gathered in front of Huo Yuhao's grilled fish stall.
Just then, a young woman stepped out of the crowd. The students passing by instinctively made way for her.
She was very beautiful.
She walked straight up to Huo Yuhao's stall and spoke with him about something. They were too far away for Song Mu to hear.
The young woman turned to leave. Then a young man burst out of the crowd and shouted, "You brat, you dare refuse to sell it!"
His voice was so loud that everyone around them looked toward its source.
Song Mu understood what was happening.
Oh, so it was Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi.
He remembered Xu Sanshi causing trouble at Huo Yuhao's stall, but he hadn't known when it happened. So it was on the very first day of school.
Wang Dong'er had heard the commotion too. She looked up toward Huo Yuhao and saw that the two of them were already fighting. "What happened?"
"The blue-haired boy is Huo Yuhao. The one in the black uniform, the big, burly one, is Xu Sanshi. And the girl who's almost as pretty as you is Jiang Nannan," Song Mu replied.
"Jiang Nannan wanted to buy grilled fish, but thought it was too expensive and didn't buy any. Xu Sanshi got worked up, rushed over, and tried to snatch a few."
Wang Dong'er looked at Song Mu, puzzled. "How do you know all that?"
Song Mu didn't explain. "Why do you need to know? Just watch."
Song Mu wasn't willing to say, so Wang Dong'er didn't press him. She continued, "If Jiang Nannan didn't want to buy any, what does that have to do with Xu Sanshi?"
"Xu Sanshi is Jiang Nannan's simp."
"A simp? What does that mean?" Wang Dong'er asked.
"It means Jiang Nannan doesn't like Xu Sanshi, but he keeps throwing himself at her anyway. Even doing something like this—that's what you call a simp."
He pointed over there again. "Hey, look. The blue-haired boy who just showed up and went up against Xu Sanshi is Beibei. And the girl behind him who caught Huo Yuhao after Xu Sanshi sent him flying is Tang Ya."
Seeing Tang Ya reminded Song Mu that, in the original story, when Wang Dong learned Tang Ya was the sect master of the Tang Sect, she'd been eager to join. He wondered what Wang Dong'er thought now.
"That Tang Ya is the sect master of the Tang Sect," Song Mu said.
After saying that, Song Mu looked at Wang Dong'er, curious to see how she'd react to hearing about the Tang Sect.
Wang Dong'er looked a little surprised. "The sect master of the Tang Sect? She looks only about fourteen."
"That's right. The Tang Sect was destroyed, and she's the only one left."
"The entire sect was wiped out?" Wang Dong'er asked in surprise.
Then she thought it over. "I suppose that's only natural. Ever since Soul Tools made their way to Douluo Continent, the Tang Sect has gradually declined. But they still had their wealth, so it's quite possible someone plundered it."
"Oh? You know quite a lot about this," Song Mu said.
"When I was in the Clear Sky Sect, they taught me about these things. Oh, and they also told me to resolutely resist Soul Tools."
"Really? Then what do you think of Soul Tools?" Song Mu asked.
"I'm pretty interested in them. They seem like they'd be fun."
Hearing that, Song Mu fell into thought.
It seemed that Tang San's influence over Wang Dong'er's consciousness had only lasted while her soul was still inside that body. He hadn't directly altered her soul.
That made sense. How could Tang San possibly have the power to tamper with someone else's soul?
Meanwhile, things had finally settled down on Huo Yuhao's side. Just like in the original story, Beibei challenged Xu Sanshi to settle things with a bet in the Soul Fighting Arena.
"They're going to the Soul Fighting Arena to fight. Want to go watch?" Song Mu asked.
Wang Dong'er nodded. "Sure."
The two of them got up and followed along, then watched the entire Soul Fighting match.
Just like in the original story, Beibei won thanks to Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing Soul Skill.
After watching, the two of them returned to their dormitory.
Back in the dorm, Wang Dong'er prepared to return to the King Ball.
Before leaving, Wang Dong'er looked at Song Mu. "I had a lot of fun today. Thank you. Tomorrow, I want to go check out the Soul Fighting Zone. Is that okay?"
"Gladly," Song Mu said with a smile.
Wang Dong'er waved, and in a flash, she disappeared from the dormitory.
It was still fairly early, but Song Mu was starting to feel sleepy. Maybe it was because he'd exercised today.
After washing up, he got ready for bed.
Outside the new students' dormitory, Beibei and Tang Ya walked Huo Yuhao there.
Beibei looked at Huo Yuhao, took a pill from a jade bottle, and said, "Little Yuhao, open your mouth."
Huo Yuhao didn't know why Beibei had said that, but he did as he was told and opened his mouth.
A small round pill was tossed inside. Huo Yuhao swallowed it without thinking.
Beibei patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder. "See you, Little Yuhao."
Tang Ya smiled and waved goodbye to him as well.
After seeing the two of them off, Huo Yuhao turned and walked into the dormitory building. He opened the dorm room door and saw that Wang Dong wasn't there.
Wang Dong hadn't come back after classes that afternoon, and he still wasn't in the dorm now. Huo Yuhao had no idea where he'd gone. He'd wanted to invite Wang Dong to cultivate together, too.
It seemed he'd have to wait until Wang Dong came back. Huo Yuhao could only cultivate by himself for now.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Huo Yuhao circulated his Soul Power and sank into cultivation. A thin veil of water appeared around him.
Huo Yuhao didn't know the veil of water had appeared. He only knew that this time, cultivating felt exceptionally comfortable.
The night passed in cultivation. The next morning, sunlight streamed through the window and fell on Huo Yuhao.
He slowly opened his eyes and emerged from cultivation.
"Why does it smell so bad?"
Huo Yuhao sniffed and realized the stench was coming from his own body. He looked down and saw that the uniform he'd only worn for a few days had turned pitch-black, its original color completely obscured.
Huo Yuhao hurriedly opened the window to air out the room, grabbed a change of clothes, and rushed to the bathroom at the end of the corridor.
After washing for quite a while, Huo Yuhao finally came out. When he returned to the dorm, he found that Wang Dong was back.
Without thinking, he reached out and felt his upper body. He was dressed.
Wang Dong saw Huo Yuhao and said coolly, "I haven't had breakfast yet. Let's go together."
Huo Yuhao instinctively thought Wang Dong was going to make him buy food again. When he came to his senses and understood what Wang Dong had said, he looked at him in disbelief. "What did you say?"
"Let's go eat in the cafeteria. Are you deaf?" Wang Dong said.
Huo Yuhao quickly answered, "Oh, okay, okay. Let's go."
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