The Inherently Evil Spirit Hall!

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao opened the lunchbox. He was not worried that Ju Zi would drug him at a time like this and carry out some seed-stealing scheme.

After all, he was now one of the Sun Moon People, unlike the original Huo Gua in terms of allegiance. That meant Ju Zi had plenty of time to win him over, so there was no need for her to resort to any seed-stealing scheme.

His gaze fell on the food in the lunchbox. The dishes looked, smelled, and tasted excellent, so he picked up the utensils included in the box and began sampling them.

A moment later, he raised his head and looked at Ju Zi nearby.

"How is it?" Ju Zi asked nervously. Honestly, the last time she had been this nervous was when she had once saved Xu Tianran. After all, if her plan to save Xu Tianran had failed, she would have lost the support she needed for revenge.

"It tastes good. I think your cooking has improved a lot, Senior Ju Zi!" Huo Yuhao praised.

"That's good." Ju Zi let out a sigh of relief, a smile appearing on her face. "If you like it, I'll take care of all your meals from now on. In exchange, though, you have to grill more fish for me."

"Senior Ju Zi, if I have the time, I can grill you more fish. But I still need to eat the cafeteria's special meals every day," Huo Yuhao said.

Because of how highly the Sun Moon Empire regarded him, his meal standards had improved considerably. He was now on the same level as Xiao Hongchen and the others. Naturally, those specially provided meals benefited one's Soul Power Level without harming one's potential. Otherwise, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would not have dared to give them to him.

"I see..." Ju Zi still wore a smile.

The two talked for a while longer before Huo Yuhao turned and left.

Ju Zi watched Huo Yuhao's departing back until he disappeared around the corner.

"Ju Zi! He's already long gone, so what are you still staring at? Why do I feel like there's something off about your attitude toward Huo Yuhao? Zi Mu chased you for so long, yet he never got treatment this good!" Ke Ke teased from the side.

"His cooking is delicious. It reminded me of my father." Ju Zi did not hide it.

Ke Ke's eyes darted about. "So, are you planning to make a move on this junior?"

"This..." Ju Zi hesitated. Some things could stay hidden in her heart, but saying them aloud was still rather inappropriate.

"Looks like someone doesn't have that idea." Ke Ke crossed her arms and deliberately said, "Since you don't have any such intentions, Ju Zi, then I'll make my move. Huo Yuhao is highly valued by the Dean and Teacher Xuan, and he chats and laughs with the Hongchen siblings every day. You could say his future is boundless.

"Besides, he's still young and doesn't have much romantic experience. As long as an older big sister like me makes a move, I'll definitely have him in the palm of my hand!"

Ju Zi grew anxious, her red lips parting slightly. "Ke Ke, what are you thinking? How old is he this year? And how old are you? You're robbing the cradle!"

"What? Afraid your dream lover will be snatched away? I remember you said that you wanted to marry the greatest chef in the world. Your cooking is already very good, yet Huo Yuhao's cooking can earn your approval. Doesn't that mean..." Ke Ke wore a wicked grin and did not continue.

"Ke Ke! Don't make wild claims about things that don't exist!" Ju Zi's face reddened slightly as she guiltily looked away.

"Wild claims? How could I possibly— Ow, Ju Zi, you pinched my waist again! Damn it! I'm fighting back. I'll pinch you there first!"

"Ke Ke, don't do that! Not there!"

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Grand Auditorium.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen led Huo Yuhao to three empty seats. The three sat in the same row, preparing to watch a play performed by the students.

Although Huo Yuhao wanted to grow stronger, he did not want to keep his nerves constantly taut. In the original story, Huo Gua had spent a period with his nerves perpetually strained, leaving him with the tendency to nearly break down.

A person's energy was limited. Even Xuan Ziwen, the research fanatic from the original story, understood the importance of balancing work and rest.

Soon, a specially made Soul Tool slowly drew back the curtain on the stage, and the play began.

When Huo Yuhao saw a man holding a black hammer and displaying a Blue Silver Grass martial soul appear onstage, he froze for a moment. That combination was simply too iconic.

Of course, that black hammer was definitely not the Clear Sky Hammer. It was likely some hammer-shaped Soul Tool. The people of the Clear Sky Sect would not come to the Sun Moon Empire to perform in a play, while Soul Masters with Blue Silver Grass martial souls were easy enough to find.

He turned to Meng Hongchen beside him. "Senior Meng, is today's play about Tang San's story?"

"Mhm!" Meng Hongchen nodded. "This was a play painstakingly developed by a Shrek Academy Dean seven thousand years ago. It has always been widely acclaimed and can be considered one of the most classic plays on the Douluo Continent. It is said that all the famous scholars of the continent praise this play without end!"

"Tch! That's only because they stand on Tang San's side, so they rate this play so highly. If you ask me, it would have been much better if Spirit Hall had defeated Tang San. Then the Douluo Continent could have been unified. If it had been unified, the people of the continent would at least not have suffered through the wars between the two nations," Xiao Hongchen said.

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's thoughts churned. To be honest, Tang San really did seem to enjoy obstructing the unification of the Douluo Continent, which was rather strange.

In the first Douluo story, after Tang San defeated Spirit Hall, he still allowed the two great empires to remain in opposition. In Peerless Tang Sect, Tang San even intervened personally, descending like a deus ex machina to prevent the Sun Moon Empire from unifying Douluo. As for the third Douluo story... by then, God King Tang San had already been swept away with the God Realm by the Space-Time Turbulence, leaving him powerless to stop the Sun Moon Empire from unifying the Douluo Continent.

Who knew what mentality God King Tang San had that made him hate the unification of the Douluo Continent so much? It could not be that he found the God Realm too boring and wanted to watch different empires fight on the Douluo Continent for his own amusement, could it?

At that moment, a heart-wrenching voice came from the stage. "You inherently evil Spirit Hall! You're the ones who forced Xiao Wu to sacrifice herself for me! Thankfully, Heaven never seals off every path. I can finally bring Xiao Wu back. Revive, my beloved!"

The moment Huo Yuhao heard those words, he understood what kind of play this was. Although Spirit Hall had indeed done evil things, it was hardly inherently evil. This was probably something that particular Shrek Academy Dean had created to demean Spirit Hall. History was written by the victors, and that still held true on the Douluo Continent.

It was not strange for Shrek Academy to produce something like this. After all, following ten thousand years of development, Shrek Academy had long since become a networking platform for the powerful and privileged.

To enroll at Shrek Academy, one needed more than sufficient strength. One also needed a letter of recommendation from a city lord, something that was actually very difficult for commoner Soul Masters to obtain.

As for the children of the powerful and privileged from the Douluo Three Kingdoms, entering Shrek Academy was largely about accumulating connections and resources. After all, most of them would return home to inherit their family businesses rather than remain at Shrek Academy and devote their lives to serving it.