Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 199 Father
'What on earth is this guy talking about?'

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone stood frozen in place as if struck by lightning, their eyes looking at the auspicious beast with an indescribable mix of fear and awe.

Only Huo Yuhao looked up at the sky, a sudden sense of relief washing over him: "I've got—"

"Huo Yuhao!"

Wang Dong roared angrily, unleashing his martial spirit and about to move, but Xiao Xiao grabbed his wrist tightly: "Calm down..."

He said he would provide an explanation.

Xiao Xiao's eyes trembled as she smiled at Huo Yuhao: "Right?"

……

"...After that, we smuggled ourselves across the border using simulation and soul tools. It was around this time that the three senior students were discovered in the Mingdou Mountains."

Huo Yuhao gently patted Xiao Xiao's back with one hand, while using his other hand to turn the fish on the grill. He couldn't help but sigh when he mentioned the auspicious beast:
"As for that girl, her identity is very sensitive, and it's not the time to reveal her secrets yet. However, we have a series of spiritual and soul-level connections, so she can be considered a friend I can trust?"

When he read the last two words, the auspicious beast couldn't help but puff out its puffs and glare at him, forcing Huo Yuhao to look around furtively.

Now, their spiritual communication has even surpassed the level of knowing each other inside and out; they've stuffed everything they should and shouldn't know, everything they've thought about and everything they haven't thought about, into each other's minds.

Humans and animals are destined to be different?
It's alright. Anyway, Huo Yuhao is blessed with good fortune, and with the optimization and transformation of the Life Gold, waiting three to five hundred years is nothing at all.

After everyone else has worn themselves out, it will be time for her to make her appearance.

'Isn't that a bit too extreme...'

Huo Yuhao's eyes were somewhat vacant. He couldn't understand what was so interesting about his chaotic ten-year life. Sharing memories had brought him so much trouble.

"It's all fate's doing..."

The mythical beast sneered and gnashed its teeth at the grilled fish in its hand: "Don't forget you—"

"Alright~ Stealing your power is my fault! Dragging you down is my fault!"

Huo Yuhao couldn't stand her inexplicable chanting any longer. Looking at the darkening sky in the distance, he nuzzled Xiao Xiao's head with his chin: "You've said everything you needed to say. Now you should have hugged me enough, right?"

"not enough."

Xiao Xiao, clinging to him like a koala, hugged him even tighter, as if afraid the person in her arms would run away: "I really thought..."

"You think I've let myself go and have been with two women on either side?"

Huo Yuhao nuzzled her head with his chin, feeling the familiar ahoge (cowlick) rise and fall with his breath. He handed out skewers of grilled fish to the people around him, making Wang Dong, who was eagerly waiting for her meal, look increasingly grim.

"Hey! What do you mean?!"

We promised to save her a portion of grilled fish every time, but everyone else has one, even the three senior students who turned into ghosts have one, and she's the only one missing?
Besides, she was sitting right next to Huo Yuhao, just like the auspicious beast; no matter how much fish he was given, he shouldn't have skipped over her entirely...

"Hmm~"

The mythical beast, munching on its grilled fish, glanced furtively at Huo Yuhao's expression, a hint of sympathy slowly appearing in its eyes: "How about... I share half with you?"

Aside from the things he couldn't say out loud, Huo Yuhao had already laid bare his true self in front of everyone, revealing everything he could share.

Now, only she and Wang Dong are still hiding their information.

This guy is 100% a woman.

The mythical beast's nostrils twitched slightly; even the aura emanating from it made her shake her head: 'It's just that he's taking advantage of someone's lack of experience with girls…'

"Ugh~ I don't want to eat what you've left over."

Wang Dong's face instantly turned disgusted: "And another thing! I haven't settled the score with you for that inexplicable attack back then!"

"What? Want to fight again?"

The auspicious beast's pupils contracted slightly, then gradually widened into vertical pupils in the golden light, a ring of illusory scales appearing around its eye sockets. In terms of configuration, the full array of soul bones within her body was enough to easily defeat anyone except Huo Yuhao. Under these circumstances, even if only a portion of her martial soul power was revealed, the auspicious beast's true strength would surpass that of many Soul Saints.

A single martial soul that solves three major problems simultaneously—spirit, attributes, and physical body—is a configuration that even Huo Yuhao, who has been driving the game from start to finish, is somewhat envious of.

'Tsk... Damn it! How can this guy's martial spirit be so strong!'

Feeling the almost lifeless light element power within his body, Wang Dong's expression turned grim as he gave up.

Under these circumstances, even activating her martial soul would be difficult for her, let alone facing off against a mythical beast head-on.
"after…"

Wang Dong gritted his teeth, somewhat unwilling: "I will get an explanation!"

"Okay. But let's not talk about the future yet."

Huo Yuhao nodded emphatically, then picked up the last grilled fish: "Can you give me an explanation now?"

"Wha...what?"

Wang Dong instinctively sensed something was wrong, and with a cold sweat dripping down his body, he gave him his signature silly grin: "What are you talking about?"

"Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you, Miss, to spend all your time in the same room with me?"

Huo Yuhao let out a long sigh, the grilled fish in his hand dragging her gaze from side to side: "Is it wrong to be so secretive with even your closest people?"

"Gurgle~ Mmm-hmm—"

Wang Dong nodded blankly, following the scent, then his expression suddenly changed: "...Huh?!"

"How...how did you know..."

Wang Dong, pale-faced after his identity was exposed, met the gazes of the crowd, some visibly surprised, others understanding, but his eyes twitched slightly as he said, "You all knew!"

"I can tell."

Ye Guyi, who was well-informed, nodded slightly.

"I have a slight guess, but I'm not sure." The three vengeful spirits looked at each other helplessly.

"I do not know."

Yu Mengdi spoke frankly, gesturing in front of her: "After all, you're not as obvious as the person we met before..."

"Stop right there!"

The first few people were alright, but when it came to Yu Mengdi's words, it really hit a nerve with Miss Wang, and her voice was filled with a hint of grief and indignation: "What do you mean? What did I do!"

"cough~"

Yu Mengdi glanced away, leaving only a fleeting, somewhat awkward look in everyone's eyes before quickly looking elsewhere: "No, no..."

"This is all hidden! Hidden, understand? How can you say it's not there!"

Wang Dong's emotions nearly exploded. He abruptly stood up, slapped his thigh, looked around, and then slowly sat back down: "Let's talk about it when we get back..."

After a moment of silence, she looked at Huo Yuhao with a somewhat downcast expression: "If I said this was my family's request, could you understand me?"

"... "

Huo Yuhao's hand, which was suspended in mid-air, suddenly trembled, and he threw the grilled fish to Wang Dong: "They made you dress up as a man?"

"Correct."

Wang Dong gave a bitter laugh: "It's quite complicated... but I can roughly guess that the one who secretly intervened behind the scenes was most likely—my father."

(End of this chapter)