Huo Yuhao broke off a branch, sharpened one end to make a simple harpoon, and precisely controlled it with his Spirit Eye Martial Soul, stabbing out a bluefish, sprinkling it with salt, and grilling it with simple seasonings.
During the days when he and his mother depended on each other in the Duke's mansion, he often went to the stream outside the mansion to catch some grilled fish, so his skills were superb.
Soon, wisps of smoke rose.
The aroma wafted far away.
"Ah, it smells so good."
Just as the boy swallowed his first bite of fish, a voice rang out from afar.
He looked up and saw a man and a woman in front of him, who were older, about fourteen or fifteen years old.
They seemed to be a couple, quite intimate. Behind them, there was a man and two women who also seemed to be a couple.
All of them were extremely good-looking, and just by looking at their clothes, he, who had grown up in the Duke's mansion, knew that they were not cheap goods, no different in quality from those of Dai Huabin, the eldest son of the Duke's mansion.
"Hey, little brother, is this your grilled fish?" Tang Ya leaned closer, making Huo Yuhao blush.
It was the first time he'd been so close to such a beautiful older sister.
"Yes."
He subtly clenched his sleeve, feeling a little self-conscious.
"Eat if you're hungry, there's more if you want."
Tang Ya thanked him and unceremoniously picked up the grilled fish to try it.
"Hey, it tastes good."
Tang Ya's eyes lit up.
"My name is Bei Bei, her name is Tang Ya, and this is Su Wen, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng." Bei Bei used her social skills.
"Oh, my name is Huo Yuhao" the boy replied somewhat reservedly.
Huo Yuhao's grilled fish was a must-try delicacy in Douyu II.
Su Wen silently looked at Ning Tian, who nodded obediently, her beautiful eyes indicating that Su Wen should make the decision.
Wu Feng grumbled, wanting a skewer too.
"Ding~"
Huo Yuhao blankly accepted a gold soul coin, which gleamed in the sunlight, exuding an aura of wealth.
"What is this" The boy's throat bobbed.
Even though he lived in the Duke's mansion, this was the first time he had ever encountered a gold soul coin.
In the past, the Duke's mansion only gave his mother two silver soul coins a month, so he couldn't bring himself to say anything like "Don't underestimate a young man's potential" when faced with this gold soul coin.
"I won't take it for free."
Su Wen chuckled, his gaze warm.
He snapped his fingers lightly. With a soft rustling, the ancient tree beside him trembled twice, and several purple-striped black fish fell to the ground.
They were three or four times the size of the blue fish.
Even with Huo Yuhao's eyesight, he could only barely make out a faint white afterimage flashing by.
"Could you grill these fish for me too?"
"Gulp" Huo Yuhao, who didn't yet have much understanding of the power of soul masters in this world, was filled with shock.
Su Wen was about the same age as him, but her composed aura and mysterious, powerful strength made him feel increasingly inferior.
"It's fine."
He hesitated for a moment, then carefully put the gold soul coin into his pocket.
Then he focused on grilling.
The aroma was irresistible.
Su Wen handed the grilled fish to Ning Tian and Wu Feng before tasting it himself.
The skin was crispy, and the meat inside was tender.
The technique was indeed excellent.
The only pity was that there wasn't enough seasoning, but it was still quite good.
No wonder in the original story, when Huo Gua set up a stall outside the school for a silver soul coin, there were crowds of people scrambling for it.
Ning Tian stopped after tasting half a fish.
As the young lady of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, unlike Tang Ya, who was poor, Su Wen had a unique way of tasting.
She had tried all kinds of delicacies, and her skills were not bad, but only not bad.
Then he smoothed his hair, fed the remaining half of the fish to Su Wen, and used a towel in one hand to wipe the latter's mouth.
Huo Yuhao glanced at it with envy and turned his head away.
With his mother's death looming, he had no time to think about anything else.
"Want to team up?" Bei Bei invited him to join her team.
But Huo Yuhao shook his head, resolutely embarking on his solitary journey.
Of course, this was also because his mother had warned him to always be cautious when traveling alone…
"What a pity, I was planning to recruit him into the Tang Clan," Tang Ya said regretfully.
"The Tang Clan is still around?" Wu Feng asked in surprise.
"What are you talking about! Of course the Tang Clan is still around!" Tang Ya bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"Wu Feng!" Ning Tian whispered.
"Oh, wasn't that sect wiped out a few years ago?" Wu Feng said nonchalantly, "Who would have thought there would still be people..."
Everyone:
"..."
Su Wen shook his head.
This girl's mouth is really sharp, but compared to Tang Ya's reaction in the original story when Huo Yuhao said that he was the only one left in his family, "That's great," the two are about the same.
The group continued on their way.
And on an ancient tree behind them, Hurricane climbed the branches, watching the direction Huo Yuhao had left in.
...
"Huff... It's so hot."
Huo Yuhao scooped up some cool stream water and splashed it on his face, which made him feel much more awake.
The White Tiger Dagger he was holding tightly in his hand relaxed a little.
After spending a day on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest without encountering much danger, and seeing no soul beasts in sight, the young man sat down against an ancient tree.
He unconsciously took out the gold soul coin and placed it in the sunlight; it was dazzling and radiant.
Images of Su Wen, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya flashed through his mind.
Their composed demeanor, compared to his own near-flight, was starkly contrasting.
"Whoosh!"
Just as the young man was lost in thought,a white light flashed.
"Something's wrong!" A sense of unease immediately arose.
"Danger!"
...
"The hurricane is gone, but the Wind Baboon is going to kill a god?" Su Wen pondered.
The data panel showed that the Wind Baboon's fate was rather ordinary, far less extravagant than the hurricane's, with potential barely reaching one.
However, it seems the Chosen One receives the treatment of a Chosen One.
Tian Meng's appearance must have a reasonable explanation, and even more coincidentally, from a god's-eye view, Bei Bei and Tang Ya's paths were slowly converging on Huo Yuhao's location.
"Wait for the rabbit to run into the tree stump,"
Su Wen instructed.
His target was clear: not the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, but its molted body.
Once its main body was completely integrated with Huo Yuhao, this molted body would be a portion of its essence.
The final product, while not necessarily containing 50% of Heavenly Dream's current spiritual essence, would definitely have 30-40%.
Although Heavenly Dream had been exploited by the Star Dou Great Forest for a long time, being used as a power bank, even so, the remaining essence within its body was still considerable.
Coincidentally, the three pet beasts were short of resources, and this molted body would probably be enough for them to absorb for several years.
Huo Yuhao, relying on the White Tiger Dagger, barely managed to kill the Wind Baboon, and then Heavenly Dream appeared.
"It's a pity I can't shed tears, otherwise I would definitely be in tears."
"Who, who's speaking!" Huo Yuhao felt a chill run down his spine.
The ground cracked open, and a huge, pure white worm emerged from the ground, looking down at the thin boy, and sighed.
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