Their eyes were vacant as they stood rooted to the spot like puppets on strings, waiting for someone else to control their bodies.
The moment Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, he saw two living, breathing people standing motionless before him. They gave him quite a fright.
Anyone who didn't know better might have thought he'd killed them.
Huo Yuhao stretched out a hand and waved it awkwardly in front of their eyes. "Hey, hey, hey, you're not dead, are you? If you are, fall over backward."
Just then, the light returned to Bei Bei and Tang Ya's vacant eyes.
Bei Bei came to first.
Bei Bei stood there in a daze for a moment, looking first at Tang Ya beside him and then at Huo Yuhao in front of him, pride in his eyes.
Tang Ya came to next.
Tang Ya exchanged a glance with Bei Bei, confirming that they both possessed memories of the future, then looked at Huo Yuhao again.
Huo Yuhao could clearly see unfamiliar feelings in Tang Ya's gaze: gratitude, longing, desire...
Huo Yuhao spoke first. "Senior Bei, Sister Xiao Ya, if there's nothing else, I'll be going."
Just as Huo Yuhao was about to take a step, Tang Ya and Bei Bei reacted.
Wait, no!
What was going on?
Was Huo Yuhao just going to leave?
That wasn't how the story was supposed to go.
"Wait, little Yuhao!" Tang Ya reached out, trying to stop Huo Yuhao.
He was the hope for restoring the Tang Sect to its place as the continent's number one sect. She couldn't let Huo Yuhao leave.
Huo Yuhao stopped and looked back at Bei Bei and Tang Ya.
Seeing Huo Yuhao turn back toward shore, Bei Bei hurriedly extended an invitation to the sect. "Yuhao, would you like to join our Tang Sect?"
Huo Yuhao heard this and murmured with feigned hesitation, "The Tang Sect..."
"Yes, yes, yes, the Tang Sect!" Tang Ya nodded frantically. "If you join our Tang Sect, you can not only learn the top-tier cultivation method, the Mysterious Heaven Skill, but also master all kinds of hidden weapons."
"Most, most, most importantly, you can also join the best academy in the whole world, Shrek Academy!"
"Well? Doesn't that tempt you? Do you want to join the Tang Sect right now?"
Huo Yuhao closed his eyes and pretended to think. "Those terms really are tempting..."
In the Sea of Consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had a bad feeling as soon as he heard Tang Ya and Bei Bei invite Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged him anxiously, "Huo Yuhao, hurry the fuck up and turn them down, then get the hell out of there."
"Someone with a Body Martial Soul should go to the Body Sect to develop. Fuck their damn Tang Sect! (Silkworm swearing)"
Huo Yuhao: ...Tian Meng, you really talk too much.
"Daga... kotowaru! (But I refuse!)"
In an instant, sharp Araki lines appeared on Huo Yuhao's face. His gaze was piercing, and his words brooked no argument.
Bei Bei and Tang Ya stood there like wooden chickens.
Huh?
Was that even the same art style as theirs?!
Wait, no, Huo Yuhao had actually refused!
That wasn't the future they'd seen!
Tang Ya tried to make Huo Yuhao reconsider. "Wait, little Yuhao, you're refusing already?!"
"Can't you think it over a little more?"
Huo Yuhao shook his head and said frankly, "My mind is made up, Brother Bei, Sister Xiao Ya. I know you mean well."
"My Martial Soul is the Spirit Eyes, a Body Martial Soul. The Body Sect is where I should go."
"They are the ultimate goal for the development of Body Martial Souls."
At those words, Bei Bei and Tang Ya's brains crashed. Was that something Huo Yuhao would say?
Tian Meng: "Go, go! I've already immobilized them."
"Run, quick! Don't look back!"
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao fled at once, heading north through the Star Dou Great Forest in the direction of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
The system's voice, which should have disappeared, sounded in his mind.
[Ding!] [Detected that the host stole Huo Yuhao's opportunity, joined the Tang Sect, and established relationships with Bei Bei and Tang Ya] [Reward obtained: Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record (Tang San's advanced version)] [The host stole Huo Yuhao's Tang Sect and Shrek admission qualifications. Special character Du Busi of the Body Sect obtains memories of the future ahead of time]
The sudden appearance of the system left Huo Yuhao utterly speechless, as if struck by lightning.
Well, that settled it. He didn't need to go to Heaven Dou City to scrounge up the Tang Sect Secret Arts now; the system came with them.
They were even more advanced than Tang San's.
Heavenly Soul Empire, Land of Heavenly Punishment.
The Body Sect.
Inside the sect's great hall, a tall old man sat upright on a throne reserved for sect elders.
His long, dark green hair hung loose behind him, though the top of his head was bare. His complexion was as rosy as a baby's, and his dark green eyes gleamed.
Just now, Du Busi seemed to have had a very, very distant dream.
He had dreamed of a future and a genius Soul Master whose Martial Soul was his eyes, called the Spirit Eyes: Huo Yuhao!
In his dream, the fellow belonged to Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, yet he had comprehended the Golden Second Awakening of his Body Martial Soul, something even the Body Sect's most outstanding genius, Long Aotian, couldn't achieve!
The Gold-Rank Second Awakening was something only the Body Sect's successive sect masters had ever been able to achieve.
Afterward, Huo Yuhao had even gone on to become the God of Emotion, the only god besides Sea God Tang San to reveal himself in the mortal world!
Du Busi shot to his feet and roared three times, "Jin Peng! Jin Peng! Jin Peng! Get your ass over here, now!"
Golden Body Douluo Jin Peng rushed in from outside without stopping. "Sect master, stop shouting, stop shouting! Any more of that and the whole of Heaven Dou City will hear you."
Du Busi glanced at Jin Peng and headed for the door. "Follow me. We're going to the Star Dou Great Forest!"
Jin Peng was utterly baffled.
What? Going to the Star Dou Great Forest? Had he gone mad, or had the sect master?
Seeing Jin Peng still standing there, Du Busi said coldly, "If I tell you to follow me, then follow me. What's with all the nonsense?!"
"Yes, yes, yes."
Jin Peng dared not say more. He followed Du Busi toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
Clear Sky Sect, Clear Sky Castle.
Wang Dong'er lay faceup on a pink princess bed, her long pink-and-blue hair cascading behind her like a waterfall. Her delicate face was as breathtakingly beautiful as ever.
Her near-dazzling golden eyes were vacant as she stared at the ceiling, the skin around them red.
Her eyes were moist, as though she had just cried her heart out.
"Yuhao..." Wang Dong'er murmured.
When she spoke that name, a stabbing pain went through her heart.
How dearly that boy loved her.
And how dearly she loved that boy.
Si Dong Fist, thoughts gushing like a spring!
Nian Dong Sword, never forgotten!!
Hao Dong Palm, life after life!!!
Those names, born for her, were etched deep in Wang Dong'er's mind, constantly bearing witness to Huo Yuhao's love for her.
Yet the one who ended up with Huo Yuhao was an incongruous thing formed by merging her soul, the auspicious beast's soul, and the soul of Tang Wutong of the Divine Realm in Tang San's hands into one: Tang Wutong.
Even after reaching the Divine Realm, when Huo Yuhao used those moves, he did not rename them Si Tong Fist, thoughts gushing like a spring! Nian Tong Sword, never forgotten!! Hao Tong Palm, life after life!!!