Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 36 An indescribable delicious food is invading Shrek

"The restaurant business is indeed a grueling one."

Huo Yuhao shook his head, looking helplessly at the crowded stalls. He had come out at the crack of dawn, and even if he had been delayed by getting the barbecue grill or something, it shouldn't have been this crowded.

After walking along the crowd for a while, I finally saw a gap at the corner. There weren't many vendors here yet, perhaps because it was too far from the school gate, and the vendors who arrived early didn't like to come here.

Without wasting too much time, Huo Yuhao quickly arranged the metal oven, iron rack, various seasonings, and the cleaned and gutted bluefish that he had specially commissioned a craftsman to make. Starting a fire was a piece of cake for Huo Yuhao, and in no time, there were several pieces of glowing red charcoal in the oven.

The oven was quite large, capable of holding six fish at a time. He started baking them right away.

In no time, a rich aroma wafted out. This was more effective than any other drug. Not only the students from the academy, but even the surrounding vendors couldn't help but cast curious glances in his direction.

This is also why Huo Yuhao is confident in finding a slightly remote location to set up his stall. Good wine needs no bush, and his grilled fish can lure the old man who can't be poisoned to death from several miles away, so he is naturally not worried about whether he can attract students who are only a few hundred meters away from the school gate.

"Young man, how much is your grilled fish?" a male student in a yellow school uniform asked as he walked over.

Huo Yuhao said enthusiastically, "Senior, our grilled fish here is five silver for one and three gold for one. Everyone who has tried it says it's good, and everyone who has bought it says it's wonderful. Men eat it to strengthen their bodies, women eat it to nourish their skin and beautify their complexion, and children linger after eating it. If you want to know if this little grilled fish is really that good, just come and have one and you'll know."

Huo Yuhao's catchy phrase amused the senior in the yellow shirt, who readily paid five silver coins to try one. Other students nearby also gathered around to watch the interesting new stall, eager to see what kind of evaluation this brave first-timer would give.

This was exactly the effect Huo Yuhao wanted. Yesterday, when he and Huo Yun'er were strolling through the snack street, he specifically summarized the characteristics of those snack stalls that were doing particularly well. Among them, the method of hawking one's wares was clearly much more effective in attracting customers.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao paid special attention to the prices of these foods and came up with a slightly more expensive price, but with discounts for buying in bulk, and subtly conveyed this in his sales pitch.

People like to get a bargain. A grilled fish costs five silver coins, and many students, even those who are not short of money, still feel that this price is a bit expensive.

But when Huo Yuhao added "one gold for three fish," everyone felt that the price of the grilled fish was completely reasonable and acceptable. Although the cost price of each fish was only one copper coin, there was a discount for buying more grilled fish!

After receiving the five silver coins from the senior in the yellow school uniform, Huo Yuhao became even more serious about grilling the fish. He even used his newly recovered soul power to activate the illusory vertical pupil between his eyebrows to observe the cooking temperature of the fish.

Soon, after Huo Yuhao handed a grilled bluefish to the student in yellow, everyone else's eyes couldn't help but fall on that student.

The golden-brown grilled fish still had a faint sheen of oil, and a rich aroma wafted from its belly. A layer of light pink chili powder on top of the fish added an irresistible allure to the entire grilled fish.

When your teeth touch the grilled fish, it even makes a slight crunching sound. The fish skin is completely crispy but not burnt at all. Beneath the crispy skin is tender, juicy, and fully flavorful fish meat.

With just one bite, the yellow-clad student's eyes widened.

The tenderness of the fish meat, the crispness of the fish skin, the aroma of perilla, all mixed with the wonderful flavor of the secret sauce, and the thin layer of chili powder—the perfect taste of the fish meat and skin itself, combined with the extremely impactful and unprecedented aroma of various spices, exploded in the students' mouths like a fixed-position soul-guided cannonball.

Without bothering to offer praise, the student in yellow tossed out a gold soul coin, reserved three grilled fish, and then opened his blood-red mouth wide, completely disregarding manners, and began to wolf them down.

The other students who had been observing the area for a while immediately understood what was going on. Huo Yuhao's first batch of grilled bluefish was instantly sold out. However, there were more monks than porridge, and the explosive performance of the first grilled fish suddenly attracted a huge flow of customers to Huo Yuhao. Even though it was several hundred meters away from the school gate, it was still surrounded by students who loved the food.

One after another, the grilled fish came out of the oven. Huo Yuhao grilled them with great care, not compromising the quality despite the large number of people. Every student who received a grilled fish was extremely satisfied, and some even asked to reserve fish for tomorrow. After weighing the options, Huo Yuhao decided to proceed with the queue.

After all, grilled fish tastes best when it's fresh out of the oven; if someone arrives late, it won't taste as good.

Huo Yuhao didn't grill many fish each day, only preparing two hundred bluefish. Although the grilling speed was quite good, it still took him a whole morning to finish grilling them all.

"Hey bro, coming back this afternoon? Seriously, bro, your grilled fish is fucking amazing, I'm totally addicted."

A senior student dressed in purple bought six grilled fish from Huo Yuhao and ate them to his heart's content. He was now helping Huo Yuhao pack up his stall.

"I'm not coming. This afternoon I plan to find a second-hand soul tool repair shop to become an apprentice and learn more about soul tools so that it will be easier for me to take the special soul tool admission exam for our school in the future. However, in the future, I will probably sell some other things besides grilled fish, and I will probably change the time when I set up my stall to start after school in the afternoon."

Huo Yuhao's clear and logical future plan made the senior in purple give him a thumbs up, and then he volunteered, "I just finished my entrance exams yesterday, and I have nothing to do all day today, so I'll go with you for a walk."

"I know the owner of a second-hand soul tool repair shop. He's my childhood friend and also a senior from our school. His skills are top-notch. The soul tools he repairs are practically brand new. I heard that some people even tried to sell the soul tools he repaired as if they were 99% new. Damn, just imagine how good that brand is."

The senior in purple was muscular and strong, over 1.8 meters tall, with a muscular build. His facial features revealed him to be an excellent young man, and it was obvious at a glance that he was a kind-hearted person.

He has his hair in a bun and wears gold jewelry on his wrists and neck. He looks like the kind of kid who grew up on the streets. He might be a little vulgar in his speech and actions, but once he treats you like a brother, he'll definitely be the kind of person who would take a knife for you.

(End of this chapter)