The Peerless Tang Sect: Possessing Huo Yuhao at the Start

Chapter 62 Love at First Sight, Love at Second Sight

"Inverse operation, dissolve!"

Huo Zhanji's eyes were filled with red, and a magic circle pattern slowly appeared on his right eye. He then raised his right hand and turned it counterclockwise. This was the Sea God Fairy opposite him. Huo Zhanji randomly pointed at a few girls, and the bamboo hats on the girls' heads instantly turned to ashes. There was a brief pause in the whole scene.

At this moment, not only were the female students stunned, but even the elders and teachers of Shrek Academy in the distance, as well as all the male students, were watching this strange scene like statues. The Sea God Fairies whose hats were melted off by Huo Zhanji were Han Ruoruo, Ling Luochen, Ma Xiaotao, and Ning Tian.

That's four already! The combined number of hats lifted by the previous eleven male trainees doesn't even equal the number lifted by Huo Zhanji alone. They couldn't help but think that if Huo Zhanji wanted to, he could probably remove them all.

Huo Zhanji smiled slightly and bowed slightly to the female students, saying, "Senior sisters, you flatter me."

"Huo Zhanji, right? What exactly happened? Tell us!" Wu Ming couldn't help but ask.

Whether the girl had lifted her straw hat or not, they all looked at Huo Zhanji with hopeful eyes.

Huo Zhanji smiled calmly and said, "My self-created skill." After speaking, he slowly retreated and flashed back to his original water lily leaf.

"Brother He, it's almost your turn. If you can't pass this test, Xiao Xiao might be snatched away by someone else." Huo Zhanji didn't forget to tease He Caitou even after returning.

"Zhanji, I...I...what should I do? I'm a little nervous, I..."

He Caitou, who was already nervous, became even more nervous after Huo Zhanji said that, and his words even became somewhat incoherent.

"Don't worry, I'll cover for you. My mental strength is not to be underestimated." Huo Zhanji patted He Caitou on the shoulder and said.

He Caitou silently cheered himself up. He was a little nervous at first, but with Huo Zhanji as a powerful ally, he felt much more at ease.

"Next, it's He Caitou's turn," Zhang Lexuan reminded the still nervous He Caitou.

"Oh, I understand." With that, He Caitou knelt down on one knee under everyone's gaze, and before anyone could say anything, a huge soul-guided cannon was slung over his shoulder.

"Holy crap, are you sure you're here for a blind date, or to steal someone's bride? We haven't even gotten to the bride-stealing part yet!" one student asked, a question that seemed to come straight to the heart.

"Brother, put away your soul-guided cannon. We're all going to be in trouble if you fire that shot." Huo Zhanji watched as the female students opposite him were also on edge, and for a moment, soul rings and martial souls of various colors appeared one after another, making the Sea God Lake quite lively.

Elder Xuan's lips twitched violently, Xian Lin'er was also barely suppressing her laughter, and Qian Duoduo sighed helplessly, rubbing his forehead. Looking at the scene, Fan Yu's face turned ashen. He abruptly stood up and angrily shouted at He Caitou, "Damn it! This is a matchmaking event, do you think this is a battlefield? Put away the fixed-mount soul-guided cannon!"

"Oh, I understand..." Just as He Caitou obediently put away his soul tool, Huo Zhanji's voice rang in his mind, "Brother He, now's the time."

"Everyone, watch out!" He Caitou's hands moved simultaneously, and a large number of black iron lumps flew out of his hands and fell into the water.

At that moment, almost all the female trainees made the same move: they jumped up. However, nothing changed beneath the water. When they realized they had been tricked, He Caitou chuckled, and then a beam of light slowly fell into the water, followed by more than a dozen soft beams of light.

Of the eighteen female trainees, in addition to the few whose hats had already been lifted, three more had their hats blown off by the airflow emitted from the beam of light.

"I'm sorry, fairies." Having succeeded, He Caitou turned and returned to his water lily.

"You big guy, you actually fooled us." A familiar voice rang out, and everyone immediately knew who the voice belonged to. It was Han Ruoruo, whose cultivation level in the inner courtyard was second only to the senior sister.

Huo Zhanji and He Caitou removed a total of seven bamboo hats. Of the eighteen female trainees, less than a third were still wearing bamboo hats. Of course, Wang Dong's bamboo hat was still firmly on her head.

The pace quickened noticeably in the first segment, with the male students taking the stage one after another, each displaying their unique talents. Some even tried to take shortcuts, resulting in only 36 male students remaining out of the original 39. Among the female students, three were still wearing bamboo hats. After this first segment filled with mutual respect, the emotions of all the inner court students were fully stirred.

Next came the reshuffling. The rankings were recalculated based on the number of female trainees' hats removed in the first round. Huo Zhanji ranked first in the first row with four hats removed.

"Next is the second part."

Beibei announced loudly, "After the first stage of getting to know each other, it's time for the girls to express who they like. So, our second stage is called 'Love at First Sight.' The rules are simple: each female student will receive a switch to control the soul guide lamp beneath her. They will light up the lamps for each male student. Any male student who receives a female student's light can stay and participate in the next stage. But unfortunately, if no female student lights up for him, then, sadly, he will have to leave this event."

In this round, no matter how strong you are or how confident you are, if no female student leaves a light on for you, you will be eliminated immediately. After all, there are significantly more male students than female students. Therefore, this round was designed to simplify the situation, and Huo Zhanji naturally took the first place to accept the Sea Goddess's test.

"Please consider this carefully, ladies. You have one minute. If you do not leave your light on for any of the thirty-six male students, it means you will forfeit this matchmaking event and withdraw from Sea God Lake."

The female trainees each had their own plans. They were all very quiet, about 100 meters apart, but no one knew whether they already had someone they liked.

A minute passed quickly, and at Zhang Lexuan's prompting, Beibei continued hosting.

"Alright, let's begin the second round, 'Love at First Sight.' First, all you sea goddess fairies, please leave your lights on for Huo Zhanji. In this second round, leaving your light on doesn't mean you have to choose him in the end. Just making a good impression gives him a chance, and also gives yourself a chance. I believe he will also pay attention to the girls who leave their lights on for him. Let's begin."

"Three, two, one."

As Beibei counted down, several pale golden lights went out. Due to Huo Zhanji's outstanding performance, he still received sixteen lights. The ones who turned off his lights were none other than Wu Feng and Zhu Lu. Zhu Lu's choice was Dai Huabin, and Wu Feng was simply jealous of Ning Tian's choice of Huo Zhanji.

"Alright, that's it. There were sixteen beams of light in total. Zhanji has made a good start!" Beibei said with a smile.

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(End of this chapter)