In Douluo Continent, the Pope used me as a substitute for my first love.

Chapter 277 Advanced Female Sea King - Xiao Wu

While Huo Yuhao was chatting with Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Xiao Wu was also deep in thought.

A while ago, she found a human village using a special method left by her mother and, unsurprisingly, blended in.

On the day the Spirit Hall deacon went to that village to awaken the spirits of the six-year-old children, she revealed her Soft Bone Rabbit spirit and her innate full spirit power.

Although it's unclear why that guy, who seems to be named Su Yuntao, didn't suspect that she, who appeared in an ordinary village, would awaken such a strange beast spirit as the Soft Bone Rabbit, and why he didn't take any strong measures after asking her if she wanted to join the Spirit Hall and being refused, regarding her innate full spirit power.

This completely overturned Xiao Wu's impression of the Spirit Hall, but she quickly recovered from it.

Perhaps the Spirit Hall is friendly to humans, but for her, who was once a spirit beast...

In that case, there's not much that can be changed.

After all, although she was moved by the prosperity of human society during the three months she was away from the Star Dou Great Forest, she had not forgotten the hatred that the Spirit Hall and the so-called Dragon King Hall had for killing her mother and friends.

However, given Xiao Wu's personality, she usually prefers to keep grudges to herself first, and can still enjoy herself when she wants to, which is somewhat puzzling.

Not long ago, she first met Huo Yuhao behind the gate of Notting Academy. After learning that Huo Yuhao possessed a special martial soul, the Spirit Eye, with innate full soul power, she decided to approach him, hoping to use this promising genius human to help her deal with the two behemoths, the Spirit Hall and the Dragon King Hall.

Although she had mixed feelings when she learned that Huo Yuhao's first spirit ring was white during their conversation, her mood quickly turned to surprise and delight after she persistently asked him about his so-called first spirit skill, "Mental Detection Sharing."

As a former 100,000-year-old soul beast, Xiao Wu may have an eccentric and somewhat impulsive personality, but her knowledge is undoubtedly quite high. She can easily see the power of Huo Yuhao's so-called number one soul skill of the past ten years in terms of its auxiliary function.

As a result, Xiao Wu's desire to win over Huo Yuhao grew even stronger. From her conversation with Huo Yuhao, she could clearly see that Huo Yuhao's personality seemed to be the kind that was easy to manipulate.

For Xiao Wu, this was simply a living treasure of a human boy. Perhaps in the original story, she initially harbored the same feelings for Tang San.

Of course, Xiao Wu thought Huo Yuhao was easy to control, but that was only because she didn't know that Huo Yuhao was so reserved with her because she was once her "mother-in-law".

Otherwise, how could Huo Yuhao, who was once the God of Emotions, be so naive as to give Xiao Wu the illusion that he could be manipulated at will?

In short, Xiao Wu's proactive concern for Huo Yuhao is nothing short of a way of gradually implementing her own plan.

As for Tang San...

Xiao Wu said, "I'd rather not, cough cough, but I can still try to get along with her."

Although she had seemed somewhat disliked Tang San since the beginning, it didn't stop her from recognizing his extraordinary nature. However, what Xiao Wu could see even more clearly was Tang San's affection for her.

Given this, while she wanted to win over Tang San, a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master with innate full soul power, she felt she shouldn't treat him the same way she treated Huo Yuhao.

Instead, you could try making Tang San yearn for her but not be able to have her, thereby deepening Tang San's feelings for her. Thinking this way, Tang San wouldn't refuse any request she makes in the future...

Fortunately, Xiao Wu was at a loss for words, or rather, the Douluo world wasn't that advanced in some aspects. If Wang Zhao knew what Xiao Wu was thinking, he would definitely have immediately blurted out "Holy crap!"

What's the difference between Xiao Wu's actions and Wang Zhao's past life as a female sea queen raising fish? And she's not even the average female sea queen.

A typical female player might "keep her fish in different ponds," keeping them unaware of each other's existence, each believing they are the only one she has; but Xiao Wu's approach is much more sophisticated. Not only does she openly and unabashedly show affection to Huo Yuhao, but she also uses this to cultivate a "simp"-like devotion in Tang San, making him reciprocate her feelings...

Of course, neither Huo Yuhao nor Tang San are really six-year-old children. If Xiao Wu's plan is ultimately successful, it can only mean that Huo Yuhao's feelings towards her identity and Tang San's deep affection for Xiao Wu are the main reasons.

Otherwise, even a high-level female player would find it difficult to create such a situation, so Xiao Wu essentially got a freebie.

Xiao Wu was pondering how she should seduce—no, how to win over—Huo Yuhao so that he would help her no matter what, even if he knew she was going to fight against the two behemoths, the Spirit Hall and the Dragon King Palace. She also considered how to maintain a proper distance from Tang San.

Beside them, Tang San's thoughts were just as complex and dark as those of Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu.

His main concern was Huo Yuhao; he was already considering whether to kill him or spare his life...

And so, the three children, each with their own secrets, followed by a group of work-study "brothers" who were actually a few years older than them but were genuinely little guys, unknowingly arrived at the Notting College cafeteria.

"Hey, isn't this Wang Sheng and his gang of penniless bastards?"

As soon as they entered the cafeteria, a discordant voice rang out. The group looked in the direction of the voice and saw a group of senior students standing on the stairs between the first and second floors, looking down at them with disdain.

"A poor wretch is a poor wretch; he'll probably never be able to eat on the second floor."

Upon hearing this, the work-study students in Dormitory 7 all turned their gazes toward Xiao Wu, but Tang San and Huo Yuhao were not among them.

Back when they were still in Dormitory 7, Wang Sheng had already told Xiao Wu about the rule that the dormitory leader should stand up for the work-study students, and Xiao Wu readily agreed.

So when she saw someone provoking her, she was prepared and immediately stood up boldly, pointed at the group of guys, and shouted loudly.

"Who do you think you are? What's so great about the second floor? You just eat some expensive food and think you're so amazing?"

The older students on the stairs only then noticed Xiao Wu, and their eyes lit up. One of them teased her playfully:

"Wow, among a bunch of poor bastards, there's actually such a pretty little girl..."

(End of this chapter)