Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 61 Father-in-law
"Hey! Why do you two look like that? What happened while I was gone?"

Huo Yuhao's first thought upon returning was that these two were hiding some major secret from him.

After all, when they saw him, their first reaction was neither excitement nor relief; instead, their faces suddenly turned tense and fearful.

Their eyes darted away, their faces full of hesitation, and they were still poking each other randomly, aiming for each other's ribs and poking hard.

Want to cover it up!

"What? Did I come back at the wrong time?"

Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow: "Do you need me to go out again to give you enough time to make an excuse?"

"Sigh~"

Upon hearing his question, Wang Dong reached out and pinched him with a look of terror in his eyes.

The latter then suddenly straightened up amidst a series of grimaces, his expression more sincere than ever before: "No need! Absolutely not! It's not true at all!"

"Don't you even think about what kind of relationship the three of us have? How could there be a secret that's only between the two of us?"

Huo Yuhao:......

Wang Dong:......

The moment the words left his mouth, two of the three men guiltily looked away, their eyes darting around.

"cough~"

Xiao Xiao forced a smile and spread her hands, but her expression slowly froze: "Why...why aren't you saying anything?"

What does it mean?
Did you two keep something from me beforehand?
"Hmm... It's been so long since we last met, let's go to the woods for a get-together first... I'll grill some fish for you guys to try..."

Huo Yuhao mumbled incoherently and took the first step.

"Ah...yes...I've been craving it these past few days, really missing that delicious taste...haha..."

Wang Dong forced a few awkward laughs and followed closely behind him, not even daring to look back at Xiao Xiao.

She was afraid that Xiao Xiao would suddenly release a Soul-Suppressing Cauldron that would stick to her face.

"You two—"

Only after the two had walked a long way in fear did Xiao Xiao, who was standing there in a daze, slowly come back to her senses. The heat in her veins surged again, but this time it rushed straight to her brain:
"Stop!"

……

"Calm down~ Take a moment to calm down~"

Wang Dong patted his shoulder with great enthusiasm, smiling ingratiatingly: "Isn't it normal for people to have secrets they can't tell everyone? It's all due to circumstances, we had no choice but to do it~"

"Ah!"

Xiao Xiao couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Of the three people in the team, she was the only one who revealed all her secrets.

The thought of running around naked while these two bastards kept her secret completely covered made her furious.

"Who goes there!"

Xiao Xiao's eyes were filled with sorrow: "Was I an outsider from the very beginning? Was it just between the two of you...?"

"What's in between?"

As Huo Yuhao flipped the grilled fish, he curiously leaned over and listened, completely bewildered by her question: "Me and Wang Dong? What happened between us?"

"No, it's nothing!"

Wang Dong's hand suddenly changed its movement, tightening its grip on Xiao Xiao's throat, not daring to let her make a sound: "She's just joking around~ Don't take it to heart. I don't know where she learned these bad habits from."

is it?

Huo Yuhao glanced at Xiao Xiao, who was on the verge of death, and felt that there was a deeper meaning behind her words just now.

Just like that teacher.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao's face suddenly darkened. First, he only said half of what he wanted to say to pique his interest, and then he simply stopped talking. No matter how much he asked, Huo Yuhao remained silent, at most dismissing him with a "the truth is for you to find out" statement.

"Yuhao? What's wrong?"

Wang Dong leaned forward, observing his expression with some concern.

"I'm wondering what this world is really like."

Huo Yuhao absentmindedly sprinkled the seasonings: "My background isn't very good, and my understanding of Douluo Continent is limited to the fact that there are soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, and that you can obtain soul rings."

"Shrek Academy is the best on the continent, far surpassing other places. Only here can one grow into the world's top powerhouse and achieve the best growth."

That's all I learned about Heaven Dou City from that teacher, heard the name of the Spirit Hall, and learned a little about the story from ten thousand years ago.

"It's very simple~"

Xiao Xiao broke free from the chokehold and continued, "The Douluo Continent is divided into three kingdoms, and overseas, the sun and moon rise. The Northern Heavenly King, the Ice and Snow Demon, and the Star Dou Demon Beast King vie for supremacy. Shrek Academy, the holy land of Soul Masters, is where the Soul Guiding Wind blows..."

Xiao Xiao casually recited a string of doggerel that sounded like a nursery rhyme, then looked at the two of them with a strange expression: "Those wandering soul masters love to recite this kind of thing, don't you know? Have you never left the house since you were little?"

"Wait...don't you teach these things at home?"

While these are common-sense questions that even ordinary people might not know, any reputable Soul Master organization would consciously teach them to prevent their members from becoming illiterate upon leaving home.

Some of the top powers even incorporate some secrets into common sense education.

"..."

Under Xiao Xiao's strange gaze, both of them looked somewhat unnatural.

Living secluded in the Duke's mansion, she worked and was bullied every day. Forget about soul master education; her ability to read and write was the result of her mother squeezing out time every day to teach her slowly.

One of them lived in the Haotian Sect, and his two fathers didn't teach him anything serious. When he reached the age, they released him directly. When he was cultivating, he was completely clueless and relied entirely on his intuition.

What about the current situation on the mainland, the distribution of power, the major conflicts...?

They knew nothing about even publicly available information that was readily available everywhere.

"You two probably need to catch up on your studies..."

Xiao Xiao's eyes suddenly held a hint of pity. Having attended a junior soul master academy for a few years, she had received preschool education in the Douluo Continent and could be considered a cultured person to some extent.

It's truly unbelievable to suddenly encounter an illiterate person.

"no way."

Huo Yuhao shook his head dejectedly: "I don't have such good conditions..."

Without teachers, resources, or conditions, it took him five long years to barely break through to level ten.

The limited knowledge of Soul Masters and their cultivation methods either came from their mothers, or they had to figure it out on their own, or swallow their pride and ask the more patient servants for help.

It's already a miracle that Huo Yuhao has been able to cultivate all the way to this point.

"These things aren't really that important, are they?"

Wang Dong scratched his cheek somewhat awkwardly: "Whether I know it or not, it doesn't hinder my soul power cultivation, right? Can't I just learn it later if I want to? It won't affect anything~"

Previously, at the Clear Sky Sect, her daily task was to maintain her body in order to attach higher-level soul rings in the future.

According to the two fathers, all sorts of nonsense knowledge should be put aside for now; having the biggest fist is the only truth.

"That's true... but..."

Huo Yuhao lowered his eyes, the old man's riddle-like words still echoing in his mind.

There are some things he still needs to learn, otherwise he will always be curious and unable to stop thinking about the meaning behind those words.

　Xiao Xiao does indeed like... yellow jokes ( )
　　The first time he displayed this talent was during the freshman competition, where he directly said that Huo Dong and the other two were... well, you know.

　　Ok……

　　
　
(End of this chapter)