Disrupting the Tang Sect Recruitment

Everyone turned toward the voice.

A ten-year-old boy walked toward them. He was dressed in rags and carried a broad, thick, short blade at his waist, resembling a woodcutter's knife.

Bei Bei frowned. "It's you!"

Tang Ya stamped her feet in anger and clenched her fists until her knuckles cracked.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean? What's it to you if my Tang Sect recruits someone?"

"Nothing much. I just wanted to warn him not to get swindled and then help the swindler count the money."

Hui Ye spoke calmly, his gaze falling on the grilled fish.

"How did I swindle him?" Tang Ya demanded.

"All right, let me ask you this: how many disciples does your Tang Sect have left? How strong are they?" Hui Ye asked in return.

Tang Ya was speechless for a moment.

Hearing their conversation, Huo Yuhao finally realized that he might have been swindled.

Oh, heavens! I... I couldn't have fallen for her beauty trap, could I?

Huo Yuhao was so ashamed he wished he could find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

Tang Ya looked back and forth between Huo Yuhao and Hui Ye, her beautiful eyes shifting.

"Wait a moment. What's your relationship with Huo Yuhao?"

"No relationship at all," Hui Ye answered bluntly.

Tang Ya gritted her teeth. "Since you have no relationship, why are you interfering with him joining the Tang Sect?"

Once again, she turned her big, bright eyes on Huo Yuhao.

Stare~

"Little Brother Yuhao, whether you join the Tang Sect is your own choice. No one can force you, so don't let anyone lead you astray~"

"How old are you, acting all cute like some little girl?"

Hui Ye looked at her with contempt, then hooked an arm around Huo Yuhao's shoulders.

"Buddy, we're the ones the same age. Watch out for shady characters tricking you away and cutting out your kidneys to sell. Don't say your brother here didn't warn you."

Huo Yuhao shuddered at once, and his gaze turned wary as he looked at Tang Ya.

"My mom told me that the prettier a woman is, the better she is at lying..."

Fuck!

Clenched.

Tang Ya's fists clenched.

"Ah!!

"You little bastard, I'll teach you a lesson!

"How dare you slander me by saying I sell human organs! Damn it, damn it all!"

Tang Ya rolled up her sleeves and charged over in a fury.

"Can't catch me, nyah nyah nyah..."

Hui Ye kept Huo Yuhao between himself and Tang Ya as he dodged her.

"Stop running! Get back here!"

"Let me ask you: why don't you dare tell him about the Tang Sect's current situation?

"Is there something fishy going on?

"Don't just stand there in silence. Answer me!"

The veins on Tang Ya's forehead throbbed.

Hui Ye pressed on. "Why have you stopped talking? As long as you answer my questions honestly, I absolutely won't interfere with Huo Yuhao's decision."

Tang Ya had no choice but to stop. She sighed and told him the truth.

"All right, I'll tell you..."

As Tang Ya recounted the history of the Tang Sect's decline,

Hui Ye made himself right at home, picked up a grilled fish, and started eating.

He had eaten so much Soft Bone Rabbit these past few days that he was almost sick of it. He had long wanted a change of flavor.

Hui Ye ate his grilled fish as he listened to Tang Ya's account with great interest, even finding that it went especially well with his meal.

The Tang Sect held itself above the rest, developing only Hidden Weapons and refusing to develop Soul Tools.

A force unwilling to accept new things was bound to be swept aside.

Moreover, every Tang Sect master chose only someone with the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul as a successor.

That was where the real problem lay.

The facts had shown that people who awakened Blue Silver Grass generally did not have much Innate Soul Power and found it difficult to achieve anything.

A Tang Sect like that should have been swept aside long ago.

Although Huo Yuhao longed for the Tang Sect, it was the once-glorious Tang Sect he longed for.

Now the Tang Sect's talent had withered away, and it existed in name only. There were only two people in the entire sect, and that included the sect master.

He was no fool. How could he still join the Tang Sect after learning the truth?

"This... I need to think about it..."

Huo Yuhao raised his eyebrows and glanced at everyone, then lowered his head in indecision. In fact, he was asking a question in his mind.

Brother Sky Dream, what should I do? I feel like they're all very strong. If I refuse, will I be in danger?

Yuhao, all the twists and turns between humans are too much trouble.

You'd better decide for yourself. But if you want to leave, they can't stop you. Don't worry, I'll step in, Tian Meng replied.

Oh, then will you be exposed?

There's some risk, but it's not a big problem. Fooling the few of them will be easy.

All right, I understand.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's stiff expression, Tang Ya knew this was about to fall through and hurriedly said:

"Little Brother Yuhao, listen to me. Our Tang Sect has self-created Soul Skills like the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Mysterious Jade Hand. Most importantly, we also have Hidden Weapons.

"They're incredibly powerful!

"As long as you want to learn, I can teach you all of them!"

Bei Bei glanced at Hui Ye and sat down beside Tang Ya. Facing Huo Yuhao, he spoke in a gentle voice, like a big brother from next door.

"Counting you, our Tang Sect has three people in total. Whatever we want to do, won't the three of us just discuss it together?"

"Crunch! Crunch!"

The sound of Hui Ye chewing up fish bones was especially grating in the quiet night.

"If those cultivation methods and Hidden Weapons were really so powerful, could the Tang Sect have fallen this far?"

"I think I'd better not join for now," Huo Yuhao said weakly.

Bei Bei turned his stiff neck to look at Hui Ye. "If you don't speak, no one's going to think you're mute!"

"I'm only stating the facts. I haven't said anything else, and I haven't interfered with Huo Yuhao's decision."

Hui Ye went on to eat another grilled fish.

"Fine, fine, fine. Come here and let's exchange a few moves."

Suppressing his anger, Bei Bei sprang to his feet and released his Martial Soul. The illusory figure of a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon appeared behind him.

Three Soul Rings, yellow, yellow, and purple, rose from beneath his feet.

Now he had sufficient reason to act. As long as he stood up for the Tang Sect, he was sure to win Tang Ya's favor.

Tang Ya clapped and cheered from the side. "Bei Bei, teach him a good lesson! Let's see if he still dares to run his mouth!"

Hui Ye spread his hands. "Big Brother, I'm only a One-Ring Soul Master. Isn't this bullying?"

"Since you know your own strength, yet you still dared to provoke us time and again, did you really think we were easy to bully?"

"Oh, heavens! A Shrek Academy student is bullying the weak!"

Hui Ye flung the grilled fish away and hugged his shoulders, trembling.

"What are you yelling for!

"A few days ago, you were trying to kill yourself, and we saved your life. Is this how you repay us?

"You,

"you ungrateful wretch!"

Tang Ya was furious and shouted at him.

"Suicide?"

Huo Yuhao froze, his breathing stopping for a moment.

His life at the Duke's Mansion had been lived in deep water and scorching fire, yet he had never considered killing himself.

Was the fellow beside him really that crazy?

Huo Yuhao felt that he had been drawn into a great deal of trouble.

Hui Ye said, "What suicide? That's a complete fabrication."

Tang Ya said, "How dare you? You actually dare deny it!"

Hui Ye spread his hands. "I was testing a Soul Skill. I hunted a Striped Lizard and absorbed its Soul Ring. Isn't it reasonable to try out my new Soul Skill?"

"You..."

Seeing that Tang Ya was about to attack, Huo Yuhao spoke up at just the right moment.

"Sister Tang Ya, let's talk this over."

"What's there to talk about? My Tang Sect was recruiting someone, and he ruined it. I have to teach him a lesson today!"

Tang Ya burned with anger as Blue Silver Grass rapidly grew and spread over her arm.

Huo Yuhao asked, "Why don't we talk about Shrek Academy instead? You and Brother Bei Bei are both students there. Could you tell me more about it?"

"We can talk about Shrek Academy later, after I teach him a lesson..."

Before Tang Ya finished speaking, she had another thought: first she would coax Huo Yuhao into entering Shrek Academy, then find a way to get him to join the Tang Sect.

As the saying went, an iron pestle could be ground into a needle. As long as she put in enough effort, she would surely make Huo Yuhao yield.

Tang Ya instantly put on a different face and amiably told Huo Yuhao about Shrek Academy.

After listening, Huo Yuhao asked eagerly:

"Can I join Shrek Academy?"

Tang Ya and Bei Bei exchanged a look and had just begun to smile.

But someone suddenly spoke up:

"Ahem, Shrek isn't a place you should go either..."