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

Chapter 380 Matryoshka Dolls! The Cicada, the Mantis, and the Oriole

Shillake Academy, the first day of formal enrollment for new students.

It was still dark at this time.

Tang San got out of bed, glanced at Oscar who was still fast asleep next to him, and then walked out of the dormitory, intending to clean up the hidden weapons he had left on the ground during his fight with Zhao Wuji yesterday.

By the time Tang San arrived at the field and finished collecting the hidden weapons, the sun had already begun to rise.

Tang San glanced at the sky, then quickly jumped onto the roof of a house and began cultivating the Purple Demon Eye.

At this moment, Tang San was unaware that behind a wall not far from him, Huo Yuhao was gazing at him with his Spirit Eye Martial Soul activated.

Seeing Tang San focused on cultivating the Purple Demon Eye, Huo Yuhao blinked before turning around. He used the Ghost Shadow Step to disappear from the spot in a flash. Soon after, he ran to the grove where Tang Hao and Chen Xin had taught Zhao Wuji a lesson the day before, jumped onto a big tree, and faced the rising sun.

He naturally also needed to cultivate the Purple Demon Eye. Before he entered Notting Academy, he would jump onto the roof of a house every morning, just like Tang San. After entering Notting Academy, in order to avoid Tang San discovering that he also knew various Tang Sect secret techniques, including the Mysterious Heaven Skill, he would wait for Tang San to start cultivating before finding another place where Tang San couldn't see him to cultivate the Purple Demon Eye.

At that very moment, Huo Yuhao was also unaware that just as he began to concentrate on cultivating the Purple Demon Eye, the figure of "Ning Rongrong," or rather, Ning Qingyun, appeared not far behind him.

She got up very early today because of the advice of her elders in her previous life and her own knowledge of the six great arts of the Tang Clan through books... well, five great arts. The "Mysterious Heaven Skill" belongs to her Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect, and she doesn't recognize it as some bullshit Tang Clan.

Ning Qingyun anticipated that Tang San might secretly come out to cultivate the Purple Demon Eye this morning, so she left the girls' dormitory early and came to this area to wait and observe Tang San. However, to her surprise, she actually stumbled upon such an interesting scene.

She followed Huo Yuhao to the grove of trees, and when she saw him jump up into a large tree and sit cross-legged, motionless, she stopped as well. She looked at Huo Yuhao's retreating figure in the distance, a hint of interest flashing in her eyes.

In yesterday's practical assessment, the little boy's performance wasn't outstanding, but she hadn't forgotten that his Spirit Sharing Soul Skill had been maintained until the end of the assessment. Finally, facing the aggressive Zhao Wuji, as she took out the Xuan Tie Sword that she had asked Sword Douluo Chen Xin to forge a few years ago from her storage soul tool, she vaguely noticed Huo Yuhao, who seemed to be intentionally showing off.

At that time, she sensed that Huo Yuhao was not simple. Among the young students of Shilake Academy, apart from herself, Tang San, and at most Dai Mubai, who could be considered somewhat special, perhaps Huo Yuhao also possessed some special methods.

The strange scene she stumbled upon today surprised and puzzled Ning Qingyun.

This Huo Yuhao... is he also cultivating the Purple Demon Eye?

Oh right, the movement technique he just used seems to be the Ghost Shadow Tracking technique from the Tang Sect.

Could his situation be similar to Tang San's, perhaps he is a member of the Tang Sect who traveled from that world?

No, um...

Ning Qingyun recalled the scene of Huo Yuhao first spying on Tang San, and then running to this grove of trees alone.

This guy named Huo Yuhao seems to be learning from Tang San.

Wow, this is getting more and more interesting.

Thinking it over, Ning Qingyun silently observed Huo Yuhao for a while, then quietly left the grove using the Free and Easy Steps. She returned to a spot not far from the house where Tang San was cultivating the Purple Demon Eye, observed Tang San for a moment, and then quietly returned to the girls' dormitory while pondering.

As soon as the wooden door to the dormitory was opened, Xiao Wu's voice rang out.

"Ning Rongrong, it's still so early, where did you go?"

As Xiao Wu slowly got out of bed, Ning Qingyun glanced at her. She remembered Rongrong telling her yesterday that she sensed "malicious intent" from Xiao Wu. In addition, Xiao Wu seemed to have come with Tang San and Huo Yuhao, who were suspected to be members of the Tang Sect, so she didn't bother to talk to her.

"……Hello!"

Seeing that Ning Qingyun ignored her and just walked towards the bed on her own, Xiao Wu, who had just gotten up, couldn't help but call out to her with a grim expression.

"What exactly do you mean?"

Ning Qingyun glanced at Xiao Wu, her expression remaining indifferent and unchanged. She simply let out a faint "heh," then took something and left the dormitory again.

"Stop right there! Stop right there! Ah!!!"

Xiao Wu went a little crazy for a moment, shouting and yelling, and now Shillake Academy was in complete chaos.

On a rooftop, Tang San, who was cultivating the Purple Demon Eye, had a slight change in expression. The purple light in his eyes quickly subsided and finally disappeared.

"That's... Xiao Wu's voice?!"

……

On the village road, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Huo Yuhao, who had somehow ended up together again, were walking. During this time, Xiao Wu kept complaining to Tang San and Huo Yuhao, saying things like, "How is Ning Rongrong?" Huo Yuhao looked puzzled, while Tang San's rough face clearly showed anger.

Ning Rongrong, such a minor calamity, actually dared to bully my beloved; she's already courting death!

cough……

Of course, Tang San was thinking that he would keep this "path to death" in mind for now and settle accounts with Ning Rongrong after he became a god. As for before becoming a god, he calmly considered that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was a great weapon for him to deal with the Spirit Hall, and he might need to use Ning Rongrong and Oscar's future divine skill fusion technique "Resurrection Divine Light", so he could not afford to make enemies yet.

Tang San hadn't considered that the "Ning Rongrong" he knew in this life had become a variable, and whether she would truly follow the trajectory of his previous life and end up with Oscar...

"Look, everyone!"

Just then, Huo Yuhao suddenly pointed to a spot not far ahead, where a man and a woman were arguing.

The two looked quite young; the girl appeared to be around fourteen or fifteen years old, with an ordinary appearance but radiating youthful energy. Dressed in simple farm clothes, she was likely a villager's child.

The boy arguing with her looked even younger, about the same age as the trio. He wasn't tall, and he was chubby with short hair, small eyes, and a fleshy face that gave him a sleazy appearance. What was most repulsive was that he had two small mustaches on his lips, which seemed to have just grown after puberty and looked like two rat whiskers.

(End of this chapter)