Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 154 Difficulties
Compared to Shrek Academy, the cafeteria at Sun Moon Academy is noticeably more normal.

The huge circular hall contained sparsely arranged rows of metal tables and chairs, as well as scattered box-shaped instruments of unknown purpose, which occasionally lit up with blue or red lights.

However, Huo Yuhao was not used to the food here and only cared about filling his stomach.

"The vegetables added are mostly common animals. Vegetarian food is really just wild vegetables and grains, which are nothing special except for providing the most basic nutrition."

Stirring the contents of his bowl, Huo Yuhao showed little interest.

Back when he was at Shrek Academy, he had already discovered other uses of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, including but not limited to improving meridians, nourishing the body, and unlocking potential, among other additional skills.

While it's true that using soul power to stimulate the body can improve digestion and accelerate absorption, the actual results are somewhat unsatisfactory.

If what you eat is the flesh and blood of soul beasts rich in soul power, then it might have some effect. But if it's ordinary food, forget it, you won't get much out of it even after a lot of effort.

"We need to figure out a way to improve the food..."

Picking up a piece of meat that had been soaking for a whole day, Huo Yuhao found it hard to eat. The more he looked at it, the more his brows furrowed: "Hiss~ Is Sun Moon Academy really this focused on efficiency?"

Apart from a few more sophisticated high-end establishments, most other places just install a large metal barrel that looks like it's used for steelmaking, haphazardly pour in a few bowls of food, and then start casting spells...

"Master? Is the food not good?"

Nana glanced at Huo Yuhao's nearly empty plate of food, a hint of suspicion creeping into her eyes: 'You ate so fast... So, did you find it delicious or were you disgusted?'

"Not really~ I just don't really like the food."

Huo Yuhao shook his fork: "—Are all the branches of Sun Moon Academy selling this kind of food that has no soul power?"

Soul power?

Nana puffed out her cheeks, looked down, and slowly swallowed: "Why does food need to contain soul power? Can't those things just be made into medicine and taken directly? It would be absorbed faster and save time."

Snapped.

Huo Yuhao suddenly covered his face, finally understanding why these Soul Masters kept saying how important physical constitution was, yet they couldn't match the physical strength of Soul Masters no matter how hard they tried.

So many rare and precious materials are turned into medicine? Except for the soul power, all the ingredients have been removed... How can eating this replenish the body?

"You eat first! I have something to take care of."

Having figured out the key to it, Huo Yuhao immediately stood up and picked up his plate.

Only Nana, who was still mostly seated, remained in her place, staring blankly: "Sigh—Master..."

'Are you really not waiting for me?'

After glancing at Huo Yuhao's hurried departure, Nana turned her gaze back, her eyes flickering as she stared at the tableware in front of her: 'Returning it later shouldn't count as stealing, right...?'

He glanced left and right like a thief.

Subsequently.

Ten Thousand Year Soul Skill, Ghostly Shadow!
Nana picked up the plate and instantly transformed into a shadow, disappearing into the shadow beneath Huo Yuhao's feet. Under his somewhat helpless gaze, she crept into the Shadow Space.

'Do I really have to follow you around all the time?'

Huo Yuhao sighed inwardly and walked along the familiar path toward Lin Jiayi's office.

"Tuk-tuk-"

Hearing a knock at the door, Lin Jiayi waved his hand to turn off the light screen in front of him and stuffed the hidden soul guidance arrays into his storage soul guidance device: "Please come in."

Although his official title was only that of a dean of students, he also held the position of researcher in Mingde Hall, and had to handle many confidential files and research projects.

"Huo Yuhao?"

Lin Jiayi stood up in astonishment: "How did you get here? Did you run into those damned noble kids at the academy? They wanted to take you in as a guest elder?"

Or……

Lin Jiayi glanced at Huo Yuhao's figure and demeanor, then asked another half-question: "You're not having any relationship problems, are you?" *Pfft~ Cough cough!*

The moment he asked that question, the shadow beneath Huo Yuhao's feet, which had already seemed a little off, suddenly trembled, drawing a sharp gaze that instantly sharpened.

"who is it?"

Lin Jiayi's expression changed, and ten slender spikes, almost entirely composed of crystals, emerged from the wall, pointing at the shadow along with the numerous cannons on his body.

"...No...don't fire!!"

With a deathly pale face, Nana raised her hands high, emerging from the shadows, and slowly rose to the ground. Facing the aim of hundreds of level-seven cannons, even if she could activate her damage immunity ten times in a row, she might not be able to escape: "Teacher... I was wrong..."

'There really is something in the shadows?'

Lin Jiayi put away the soul tool in a daze, and repeatedly confirmed the other party's identity and strength level.

That's right... Wu Huan, and he's a Sun Moon student.

'My Sun Moon Academy actually has such a talent for stealth and assassination? And such a young Soul King at that!'

With a startled look, Lin Jiayi glanced at the gradually closing shadow space, then looked at Nana with eager eyes: "How old are you now?"

"Ten, sixteen."

Nana stood up straight and proper, her eyes still filled with fear.

She never dreamed that Huo Yuhao would bring her to a place like this. If anything had gone wrong just now, she would have been instantly obliterated...

"Excellent! Excellent! A seventeen-year-old Soul King is truly a prodigy!"

For some reason, Lin Jiayi's gaze swept between the two of them, and he suddenly became inexplicably excited, patting Nana's shoulder with a face full of approval.

'The academy is truly full of talented people. She quietly solved a problem that even the headmaster hadn't figured out how to handle…'

A thought flashed through his mind, and Lin Jiayi's smile deepened: "Kid~ Don't worry! As the Dean of Students, I will definitely support you wholeheartedly! The academy will always be your strong backing!"

"Forehead…"

Nana's expression gradually stiffened: "I'm sorry... actually I am—"

"cough!"

Seeing that things were about to spiral out of control, Huo Yuhao quickly interrupted, "Director Lin, I'm actually here about the cafeteria."

"what?"

Lin Jiayi's expression fell.

So he was just guessing randomly?
……

"Tsk~ This kind of thing..."

After hearing the general idea of ​​the problem Huo Yuhao had discovered, Lin Jiayi immediately looked troubled: "It's not that we don't want to use soul beast meat, it's just that it's not a very convenient solution!"

"Is it difficult?"

Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow.

"Otherwise? Don't be fooled by the vast size of the Sun Moon Empire. In reality, the Soul Beast Forest has been almost completely developed. In addition, with the number of Soul Masters and Soul Instructors increasing day by day, Soul Beast resources have become so scarce that we have to restrict hunting them."

Lin Jiayi leaned back in his chair and sighed deeply: "In addition, the rampant evil eyes in the Demon Forest have taken over the living space of other soul beasts. Now, we can only devote all our efforts to potion production."

A medium-sized soul beast, if killed and eaten, can only feed a dozen or twenty people.

They can be brought back, divided and utilized in detail, and then supplied to hundreds of people, or even more.

(End of this chapter)