Snip, snip!
The clicking of scissors rang out one after another.
Huo Yuhao was sitting on a wooden stump.
Wu Liuqi darted and weaved around him, the scissors in his hand clicking nonstop.
The scissors moved so fast that even their afterimages were almost impossible to see.
"Wu Liuqi is the strongest hairstylist around, you know. Back on that street, he single-handedly brought every barbershop on the whole street to its knees."
Yang Lin told the story with animated delight.
"Then what did you do, Brother Yang?"
Tang Ya asked, trying to get closer to him.
After learning about the strength and talent of this outrageously handsome boy and the barber cutting hair over there,
her eyes had lit up. Fate-this was absolutely fate!
To think she had met two such geniuses in the Star Dou Great Forest, and they were also heading to Shrek to enroll.
Geniuses like these belonged in their Tang Sect.
"Me? I was the muscle, of course. After we stole all the customers on the whole street, people came looking for trouble every day."
Yang Lin spoke as though it were nothing.
"Wow, you two are incredible!"
Tang Ya kept showering him with praise, hoping to win the boy over.
Bei Bei, standing nearby, could not help feeling a little jealous.
Tang Ya had never been that attentive to him...
But he knew what Xiao Ya was trying to do, so he said nothing.
"Qi-Controlled Scissors!"
Wu Liuqi split the scissors into two halves and controlled them, making them spin at high speed on either side of Huo Yuhao.
His aim was to blow-dry Huo Yuhao's wet hair.
"Done!"
Wu Liuqi flashed a confident smile, took a mirror from the Storage Room, and handed it to Huo Yuhao.
"How does it look, little brother Huo?"
Looking at himself in the mirror, Huo Yuhao could not help rubbing his eyes.
"Is... is that me?"
The person in the mirror had a clean face and neatly defined eyebrows.
His hair no longer looked like a tangle of weeds. It was neatly arranged instead, complementing his face so well that everything looked just right.
It was as though the hairstyle had been designed specifically for his face.
"Handsome, your eyebrows were a bit messy, so I trimmed them for you. Looks like it worked pretty well... You've actually got a great foundation. You just don't know how to look after yourself."
Wu Liuqi stroked his chin, thoroughly pleased with his masterpiece.
"Wow! Little Yuhao, you look like a completely different person! Can a hairstyle really change someone this much? That's amazing!"
This time, Tang Ya was not merely being polite. She genuinely thought Huo Yuhao looked much better.
If Huo Yuhao had originally scored only sixty, then after Wu Liuqi's grooming and this perfectly suited hairstyle, he could now score seventy-five.
All the praise left Huo Yuhao a little embarrassed, but as he looked at his delicate features in the mirror, a little more confidence appeared in his eyes.
An improvement in appearance really could help someone regain their confidence.
Huo Yuhao, who had felt somewhat ashamed of himself beside Yang Lin's outstanding looks, slowly began to set aside his inferiority.
There was still a huge difference between their appearances, like the gap between a firefly and the bright moon.
But this was already enough for Huo Yuhao. At least it was no longer the difference between clouds and mud.
Bei Bei paid no attention to any of that. Instead, he watched the two scissor halves spinning rapidly nearby.
Such tiny scissors, yet their spinning alone can produce a small wind... Just how fast are they rotating...? And he's doing it by remotely controlling an object... Is this guy a monster?
Bei Bei did a quick calculation in his head, and shock spread across his face.
Imagine fighting a duel, only for this Wu Liuqi fellow to pin you down from a distance with a pair of scissors.
Just thinking about it was frustrating.
And the scissors were not something you could afford to ignore. With that incredible rotation speed, a moment of carelessness could easily get you hurt.
Yet defending against them would place a tremendous drain on both soul power and concentration. His opponent might barely have spent any soul power before Bei Bei himself was already finished.
The only way to deal with an opponent like this is close combat. If I get in close, a blast of Thunderous Might, followed by my Thunder Dragon Claw, should do the trick...
At that thought, Bei Bei smiled again.
[Host gained Bei Bei's Emotional Value +555] [Host gained Bei Bei's Emotional Value +444] [Host gained Bei Bei's Emotional Value +333]
Yang Lin turned to look at Bei Bei's inexplicable smile, feeling a little puzzled. What was this guy thinking about? Why did his Emotional Value keep pouring out?
Of course, if he had heard Bei Bei's thoughts, he would probably have laughed himself silly. Fight Wu Liuqi at close range?
That would be walking straight into a trap. His greatest strengths were his beastlike combat instincts and top-tier physical capabilities.
Especially before switching to his main account-his alternate account's health pool was absurdly deep.
"Little brother Wu, you make other people's hair look so good, so why do you keep those three little tufts? And why do you wear smoky eye makeup?"
Tang Ya asked curiously.
He clearly had quite a good-looking face, yet he dressed like a street punk from Shrek City.
"Hey, pretty lady, you don't get it, do you? This is the latest trend! And this isn't smoky eye makeup. They're dark circles!"
Wu Liuqi touched the three little tufts on his head and spoke with considerable pride.
"Hey, pretty lady, are you getting a haircut or not?"
Tang Ya hesitated, then took another look at Huo Yuhao's astonishing transformation.
She nodded and handed Wu Liuqi a Gold Soul Coin. That was right-Wu Liuqi charged one Gold Soul Coin per haircut.
"Then give me one. But if you make me ugly, I'm going to teach you a lesson."
Tang Ya clenched her little fist and spoke fiercely.
Wu Liuqi took out his equipment again. "All right! Just watch. No charge if the cut's bad! Oh, Senior Bei Bei, would you like a haircut too?"
Bei Bei paused, then nodded and said gently, "Sure. Consider it supporting my junior's business."
Huo Yuhao cleaned up the fish bones and other rubbish on the ground, then said to everyone,
"Thank you for looking after me, big brothers and Sister Xiao Ya. I'll go hunt a soul beast now."
Bei Bei spoke with some concern. "Little brother Huo, the Star Dou Forest is dangerous. Are you sure you don't need us to help you hunt a soul beast?"
"Thank you, Brother Bei, but I'd like to challenge myself this once."
Huo Yuhao waved goodbye.
Yang Lin watched Huo Yuhao's retreating figure, deep in thought.
He should be about to meet the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, right? If I run over and give them a scare while they're fusing, I'm sure I can get loads of Emotional Value.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was also a major character in the original story, so the Emotional Value he could gain from him should be substantial.
While Wu Liuqi was still hard at work cutting hair, Yang Lin grew bored and began checking the information from his other clones.
If I remember correctly, Li Bai was also heading to Shrek with Ning Tian and Wu Feng around this time...
So Yang Lin switched his view to Li Bai to see how far the fellow had gotten.
Although he could find out with a single thought, that was nowhere near as good as seeing it directly.
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