There was little to say about what happened next. It was basically no different from the original plot.
Aside from Tang Ya asking about Huo Yuhao's family and blurting out "That's wonderful!" when she learned he could have a family reunion dinner all by himself, which nearly made Ye Qing lose his composure, the whole conversation felt like a few NPCs going through a scripted scene.
Only, what happened afterward seemed to stray a little from the original novel.
In the original, Tang Ya and Bei Bei had rested by the river for a while after eating the grilled fish before catching up to Huo Yuhao, who had already finished fusing with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
But in the events unfolding before Ye Qing now, after Huo Yuhao left, Tang Ya volunteered and dragged Bei Bei along to help him hunt for a Soul Ring.
Huo Yuhao was rather unwilling, but a few words from Bei Bei brought him into line.
Compared to the dog leash with no thoughts of her own, Bei Bei's brain was undoubtedly just that tiny bit more normal. Tang Ya's head was already stuffed full of Huo Yuhao's Succubus Grilled Fish, while Bei Bei still retained a certain clarity of thought.
"Yuhao, I know we've only just met, and you don't really trust Tang Ya and me yet. But that's all right. It's only human nature, and we understand," Bei Bei analyzed calmly. "But your cultivation should only be at rank ten right now. You haven't even obtained your first Soul Ring yet, have you?"
Huo Yuhao froze briefly, then nodded.
"You haven't had much contact with Soul Masters before, so you don't know much about them." Bei Bei smiled faintly and struck his ancestor Yu Xiaogang's standard show-off pose. "Normally, even a Soul