Not for Sale, Just Here to Tease You

Smack!

"Ow! Yu Tong, you hit me! Boohoo..." Wang Qiu'er said aggrievedly.

"I told you, we'll eat together once everyone gets here. Besides, this one isn't even cooked yet!" Huo Yuhao did not know how many times he had slapped away Wang Qiu'er's restless little hand. "Good food tastes even better when everyone shares it."

"One! Just one!" Wang Qiu'er had practically been driven stupid by the smell. How could it smell this good?

"No!"

"Half!"

"No, and it's not cooked yet."

Wang Dong'er covered her face at the sight. Wang Qiu'er had utterly disgraced transmigrators everywhere!

Just then, a tall male student dressed in yellow, clearly an upperclassman, was drawn over by the aroma.

"Junior, how much are you selling this for?"

"Not for sale, just here to tease you." Huo Yuhao was busy stopping Wang Qiu'er and answered without thinking. Only afterward did he realize what he had said and explain, "We're eating these ourselves. They're not for sale."

The students nearby who had been lured over by the scent left unwillingly after hearing that. Yet whenever new students came out through the city gate and caught the aroma, they still came over to ask the price.

Wang Qiu'er stared pitifully at the grill, looking utterly miserable.

"Huh? Sister Nannan, what smells so good?"

Nannan?

Huo Yuhao followed the voice with his eyes, catching Wang Qiu'er's little hand again as she tried to use the distraction to snatch a grilled fish.

Several people at the east gate surrounded an incomparably beautiful girl dressed in purple. Seeing her long, wavy golden hair, Huo Yuhao immediately guessed who she was.

Jiang Nannan.

It had to be said that Jiang Nannan truly possessed beauty capable of toppling kingdoms. She was the classic cold and melancholy beauty, so it was no wonder Xu Sanshi was so persistent about her.

Then Huo Yuhao stopped looking. Setting aside the fact that she was Xu Sanshi's woman, after spending the past two days with Dong'er and Qiu'er, he had developed some resistance to pretty girls. He would not be conquered at first sight like he had been on his first day at the academy. Pay attention to this. It'll be on the test later.

"Junior, how much are your grilled fish?" the stunning girl asked softly.

"Not for sale, just here to tease—" Before Huo Yuhao could finish, a deep, thick voice full of anger rang out.

"Brat, you dare refuse to sell?" As he spoke, a flash of golden light shot toward Huo Yuhao's grill, so fast that no one could stop it.

Clang— A Gold Soul Coin embedded itself precisely in the grill, making Huo Yuhao's heart ache. This was a brand-new grill! Then a figure strode over, swiftly passing the stunning girl and reaching toward Huo Yuhao's grilled fish.

Ha!

The previously pitiful Wang Qiu'er immediately bared her teeth. Activating her soul skill, she threw a punch at the newcomer on the spot.

Thud!

The newcomer had not activated his martial soul, yet he still ended up at a disadvantage from that punch. Huo Yuhao finally got a clear look at him. It was Xu Sanshi, the man who liked Jiang Nannan.

"Courting death!"

"What are you doing?"

"Stop!"

Wang Qiu'er had already been about to grab the Golden Dragon Spear and go all out against Xu Sanshi, but Bei Bei and Tang Ya beat her to it. Tang Ya fired a streak of golden light first. Xu Sanshi released Soul Power to stop it, but to no avail, and Bei Bei, who had rushed over, struck him with a palm.

Forced into it, Xu Sanshi activated his martial soul. His skin darkened, and a large black tortoiseshell shield appeared in his hand. His muscles swelled into hard knots, while his soul rings displayed the optimal configuration of two yellow and one purple. His aura was imposing.

Huo Yuhao calmly packed the grilled fish into a large food box. Going by the plot, Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei would definitely head to the Soul Arena District to settle things soon. Their fight would make the perfect dinner show.

By the time they finished arguing, he had already cleaned up and was ready to go.

"Come on, let's go watch the show."

Along the way, Tang Ya introduced the rules and fees of the Soul Arena District to them, but Huo Yuhao was not paying attention. As he remembered it, Xu Zihuang was supposed to witness the Huo Yuhao from that original timeline cheating in the Soul Arena District. But he definitely would not be doing that. So where was Xu Zihuang now?

He got his answer immediately.

They had arrived rather early. The Soul Arena where Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei were to fight was still occupied. Huo Yuhao focused his eyes and—hey! He knew both of them!

The ones dueling in the arena were Qian Chaoguang and Xu Zihuang. Their battle had already wrecked the grounds inside the Soul Arena District beyond recognition, and the spectators outside looked thoroughly excited.

"What an incredible match! Totally worth coming! Totally worth it!"

"I heard there were several three-ringed Soul Elders among the new students. Turns out it was true."

"It's hard to imagine these two are new students. The strongest new student might just be one of them."

The spectators' excited remarks reached the group's ears. Of course, if word of Huo Yuhao's fight with Zhou Yi had spread, these spectators would probably have had different opinions.

As for incredible...

Both of their Soul Power reserves had run dry, and the duel had reached its most intense stage. Just how intense was it? They had both abandoned Soul Power and started trading punches, one fist after another.

"They're really going all out... Look, this is what they call raging for a beauty!"

A beauty?

Huo Yuhao's group immediately pricked up their ears to listen to the gossip.

"I heard it's for a girl named Huo Yutong. Oh my, just how beautiful must she be to make these two monstrous geniuses fight so fiercely?"

Damn!

Huo Yuhao nearly choked to death. Qiu'er and Dong'er snickered, while Tang Ya stared at Huo Yutong in shock.

Could her newly accepted disciple actually be a feminine boy?

"Y-you, what nonsense are you talking about?!" Huo Yuhao was frantic. His reputation was about to be ruined!

I'm a boy, damn it!

"Exactly, exactly," a passerby unexpectedly spoke up for Huo Yuhao. Just as Huo Yuhao was about to look at him gratefully, he heard the next sentence. "She isn't merely stunning. She's a genuine monster-level—no, super monster-level genius beauty."

That wasn't the point! I'm a boy!

"Let me tell you, I've got insider information. My younger sister is in First Year Class One, and that Huo Yutong is a student there. Zhou Yi! Everyone knows her, right? That notorious, twisted old hag is their homeroom teacher. Apparently, she had another episode today and wanted to expel students again. But she was unlucky this time, because she ran into someone like Huo Yutong. Not only does she have a noble character, but her methods are brilliant too. When she heard Zhou Yi was going to expel students on a whim again, she challenged Zhou Yi alone in public and even forced out her soul skills! I heard a Soul Sage had to step in and mediate!" The man spoke like a storyteller, his voice rising and falling dramatically. Just so happened that Qian Chaoguang and Xu Zihuang's fight had become less interesting by then, so all the nearby spectators were drawn to him.

"Let go of me! I'm going to beat him until he can't take care of himself!" If Qiu'er and Dong'er had not held Huo Yuhao back, that storyteller would already have been beaten senseless.

"Alright, alright. He didn't say anything bad about you. Isn't this pretty interesting?" Wang Dong'er said with a giggle.

"Kid, are you writing a novel here? By your account, this Huo Yutong has no flaws at all. Her methods are great, her personality is great, and she's beautiful too. Why don't you say she's also the illegitimate son of a noble family? Make up some story about an illegitimate son seeking revenge next. Even novels wouldn't dare write something like that!"

This guy was clever. He had guessed it in one shot.

"Believe it or not! That's just how she is. Don't be jealous."

"I just don't believe it!"

"Listen to you brag. Got the guts to spar in the Soul Arena District?"

"Bring it on! You think I'm scared?"

The spectators grew even more excited. Today, they might get to watch three thrilling Soul Arena matches in a row. What a bargain!

"Qian Chaoguang versus Xu Zihuang: draw." As the referee's voice rang out, everyone's attention immediately shifted back. Both had exhausted their strength and fallen in defeat together.