Fusion of Purple Fire, Origin Ice Martial Soul

Xiao Xiao, with her light green hair, sniffed. The aroma of barbecue rushed into her nose, utterly irresistible and making her mouth water.

Wang Dong walked beside Xiao Xiao with her hands in her pockets, chin raised and chest out, looking down on everyone around her. She had quite the personality.

Hearing what Xiao Xiao said, she looked toward the Barbecue Stall Xiao Xiao had pointed at.

"Eh? Aren't you the young man who added sugar for me this morning? I didn't expect us to be so fated. We've met again."

Wang Dong quietly pulled her hands from her pockets, her haughty manner softening somewhat as she walked over with Xiao Xiao.

"You can even grill fish." Wang Dong leaned forward and sniffed the Grilled Skewers. Her pinkish-blue eyes lit up. "Young man, your skewers smell pretty good..."

Huo Yuhao smiled and asked, "Smells good, right? Want to buy a few skewers?"

"Lots of students have already come over and are lining up behind you. If you don't buy any now, there might not be any left later."

Wang Dong turned to look, and sure enough, before long, groups of students had followed the scent over.

Xiao Xiao looked at the amiable Wang Dong, then at the smiling Huo Yuhao. Hmm... her first impression was that his eyes were beautiful.

"Wang Dong, do you two know each other?"

A strange look appeared in Xiao Xiao's light green eyes. She felt that Wang Dong's attitude toward Huo Yuhao was inexplicably much gentler.

As Wang Dong's classmate, Xiao Xiao had once had her heart flutter because of Wang Dong's looks.

She knew very well that Wang Dong's attitude toward the other students in their class could be described as utter disdain.

The girls all dared not approach Wang Dong because of her handsome yet cold exterior.

Thus, Xiao Xiao, who was pretty and charming, had some looks, and knew her talent was not bad, had become the only person pursuing Wang Dong in the eyes of their classmates.

Wang Dong's attitude toward Huo Yuhao surprised Xiao Xiao, but it was only surprise. After all, Huo Yuhao was a boy, and Wang Dong was also a boy. Love was simply impossible, so Xiao Xiao did not feel the slightest sense of crisis. She merely thought the two might have known each other before.

"Mm, we do! I saw him this morning while listening to storytelling." Wang Dong nodded.

"Oh, so that's how it is."

Xiao Xiao looked as though she understood. Then, looking at the skewers on the grill, her face lit up with joy. "Wang Dong, they smell so good. Let's buy some."

Wang Dong took out several Gold Soul Coins and thought for a moment.

"Give us thirty beef skewers, forty lamb skewers, and five Grilled Fish."

Huo Yuhao turned the skewers and asked, "Want them spicy?"

Before Wang Dong could answer, Xiao Xiao said, "A little, but not too much."

Wang Dong's gaze wandered aimlessly over the grill as she seemingly casually asked, "Hey, young man, what's your name?"

Huo Yuhao was counting the skewers with his Mental Power and preparing to pack them for Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao when Wang Dong's question caught him off guard.

Just as he was considering whether to make up a name, two calls came from nearby.

"Little Yuhao! So you were selling Grilled Skewers here."

"Little Brother Huo! I thought you'd left."

Well, there was no need to think about it anymore.

One called his given name, the other called his surname. Why would he need to make up a name? Anyone could figure it out with a little thought.

Without even looking up, Huo Yuhao knew that Tang Ya and Bei Bei, the Tang Sect Mandarin Ducks, had arrived.

He had realized that perhaps as long as he grilled fish, he would attract these people over.

Sure enough, Wang Dong pinched her delicate chin and pondered, muttering, "Little Yuhao... Little Brother Huo..."

Huo Yuhao saw Wang Dong's thoughtful expression.

He felt the risk level shoot up at once.

Wang Dong chuckled softly. "So your name is Huo Yuhao."

"Mm." Huo Yuhao nodded. There was no real need to hide his name anyway. He handed over the packed skewers and Grilled Fish.

Wang Dong reached out and took them. "My name is Wang Dong."

"I'm Xiao Xiao." Xiao Xiao suddenly added from the side.

"Your skewers really smell good." Xiao Xiao impatiently took several lamb skewers from the bag in Wang Dong's hand and began eating.

Wang Dong looked Huo Yuhao over. His clothes were fairly plain, and he was not wearing a school uniform either. "Hey, Huo Yuhao, you're a Soul Master, right? Aren't you attending school?"

"I've got some things to deal with recently. I'll consider school after I'm done."

Huo Yuhao answered casually, then glanced at the Gold Soul Coins Wang Dong had given him. "You gave me too much."

Wang Dong waved her little hand, putting on the airs of a wealthy young master.

"It's fine. When I eat out, I always pay according to my mood. However many Gold Soul Coins I grab from my pocket, that's how many I give."

Xiao Xiao, who was nibbling on a skewer, paused upon hearing that and quietly said,

"But when the two of us ate out before, you specifically picked out a dozen or so Copper Soul Coins from a huge pile of Gold Soul Coins to pay the bill."

Wang Dong froze slightly, then shot Xiao Xiao, who had exposed her, a faint glare. "That's because I wasn't in such a good mood when we ate together before."

Xiao Xiao thought for a moment, and her tone immediately turned plaintive. "Wang Dong, so you were unhappy whenever we ate together? Had I known, I might as well have eaten alone in the school Cafeteria. Why did I keep tagging along with you? I was only being sentimental for nothing."

Wang Dong: ???

Seeing that she was about to lose her dining companion, Wang Dong could only say, "Xiao Xiao, from now on, when we eat breakfast, I'll take the initiative to go to your dorm and eat with you. Is that enough?"

"That's a promise, then."

Xiao Xiao's light green eyes brightened at once, and she happily continued eating her skewers.

Afterward, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao stood to the side of the cart so they would not obstruct the students behind them from buying Grilled Skewers.

Tang Ya and Bei Bei also came over to Huo Yuhao. With his permission, they helped manage the Barbecue Stall while taking whichever skewers they wanted to eat.

"Give me twenty lamb skewers."

"I want thirty beef skewers."

"I'll take ten Grilled Fish."

A few hours later, Huo Yuhao felt that he had saved up enough travel funds, so he prepared to close up.

He gave the remaining skewers to Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, as well as Tang Ya and Bei Bei, so they could bring them back to their dorms for dinner.

After Huo Yuhao packed up the stall and bid everyone farewell, Wang Dong watched his departing back. In the end, she never asked whether he would come set up his stall again tomorrow.

Night fell outside Shrek City.

Huo Yuhao took out the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, Ice Heart Pill, Naling, and other items that had previously been rewarded to him to aid in fusing the strange flames.

At that moment, Electrolux's voice sounded in his mind. "Yuhao, when absorbing the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and Purple Fire, you can first activate the Mark of Life and let the flames enter through it."

"That way, while absorbing them, the Mark of Life can heal any injuries that might occur at any time."

"Mm, I understand, Old Yi." Huo Yuhao nodded. Purple light flashed from the Ring of Holding, and a wisp of purple flame floated before his brow.

Huo Yuhao used a little Ice Spirit Cold Spring. Immediately afterward, Purple Fire entered through his brow.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suddenly sensed that something was wrong. "Yuhao, the vacant position for your second Martial Soul seems to be merging with the cold energy of the Ice Spirit Cold Spring."

"It seems like it's about to form a special ice Martial Soul."