Douluo Continent: Heavenly Pill Demon Tiger

Chapter 20 The Lan Sisters, Dai Huabin, and Huo Yuhao's Bet

The next time I saw Huo Yuhao was while eating in the cafeteria.

Shrek Academy's cafeteria was as bustling and noisy as ever. Dai Youheng sat alone at a table on the side, eating slowly and deliberately.

However, he soon discovered that he could only dream of having a quiet meal. That dead sycophant, Youheng, while his behavior was contemptible, had undeniably put effort into cultivating relationships and was quite popular.

He was handsome, talented, and the son of the White Tiger Duke's mansion. Even as a son of a concubine, he was still several classes higher than the daughters of ordinary minor nobles. Moreover, unlike Dai Huabin, he did not already have a clearly defined betrothed, Zhu Lu.

These combined factors made him a desirable partner in the eyes of many female students and even some noblewomen from ordinary families.

Moreover, while sycophants are despicable, this personality trait is often accompanied by labels such as "enthusiastic," "gentle," and "helpful."

Although You Heng, the simp, mainly focused his energy on licking the boots of the main characters like Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, as well as his crush Xu Jiujiu, he was also quite polite and considerate to other classmates, occasionally even offering them small favors. As a result, he was surprisingly popular.

Sure enough, he had barely sat down when two figures carrying trays cheerfully sat down opposite him.

"Brother Youheng! You've been back at the academy for so long, why haven't you come to visit us?" a clear and lively voice asked.

"That's right, that's right, my sister and I miss you so much." The other voice was slightly quieter, but it also carried a clear sense of closeness.

Dai Youheng looked up and saw two almost identical, delicate and lovely faces before her. Both girls had striking long, waist-length blue hair, one with a deeper, ocean-like color, and the other with a more delicate, lake-like color.

Although Dai Youheng recognized the sisters, he didn't know what his relationship with them was. Fortunately, during this time, he obtained a lot of information about Youheng, who used to be a simp, from Zhou Sichen.

In fact, these two sisters were his teammates during last year's freshman assessment—the Lan sisters, Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu.

The sisters possess a rather impressive control-type martial soul fusion skill—Heavenly Net—which provided considerable assistance in last year's freshman competition.

The twin sisters' martial soul is quite unique; it is their hair, which can also be considered a kind of physical martial soul.

Unfortunately, hair is not a particularly important part of the body, so their martial soul quality can only be considered good, far from reaching the level of a top-tier body martial soul.

The strength of a martial soul largely depends on the importance of the part it represents.

However, if they can awaken a second time, the quality of their martial souls should be able to improve further.

At the time, both teachers and students believed that the sisters' future achievements would be limited.

Only when that sycophant Youheng first met the two sisters did he sincerely say, "Her black hair, like a waterfall, is a symbol of a woman's glory and beauty."

He even quoted two lines of sentimental poetry he had copied from his previous life: "Her temples are like black clouds, her hair falls to the ground; her hands are like bamboo shoots, her flesh is like solidified fat" and "Her black hair binds your heart, every inch is filled with longing."

They praised their hair highly, saying that a single strand of hair could convey their feelings and was an extremely important token.

This awkward flattery actually made the two sisters like him much more.

"What a nuisance!" Dai Youheng thought to himself. He had no interest in the two sisters and didn't want to get involved with his predecessor's romantic entanglements. He just wanted to get by as quickly as possible so that they wouldn't see through his act.

He was just about to make up an excuse when, as his gaze wandered, he saw two more groups of people walking into the cafeteria.

One group was led by Dai Huabin, with Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie by his side. The three of them had arrogant expressions and carried the unique sense of superiority of the direct descendants of the White Tiger Duke.

The other group consisted of Huo Yuhao, who had just completed the formalities, and Wang Dong and the quiet Xiao Xiao, who were always by his side.

These two groups were like oil and water, their atmosphere tense from the moment they met. Upon seeing Huo Yuhao, Dai Huabin's old and new grudges resurfaced, and he immediately launched into a sarcastic remark. Huo Yuhao, now much stronger and with Wang Dong's support, naturally wouldn't back down.

The conflict between the two sides escalated rapidly, soon evolving into the bet from the original story. Dai Huabin would compete against Huo Yuhao in the upcoming upgrade assessment, with the prize Huo Yuhao won in the freshman competition as the wager.

The problem is that the prize is a soul bone, which Huo Yuhao had already given to Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Xiao had absorbed it, turning it into part of her left leg bone! We can't really ask that little girl to cut off her leg, can we?

Just as Huo Yuhao was about to say, "The soul bone has been absorbed by Xiao Xiao,"

"etc."

A calm voice broke in, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

Dai Youheng slowly stood up, walked to Huo Yuhao's side, and facing Dai Huabin, said in a calm but clear tone, "Yuhao's prize in the freshman competition was a soul bone. However, to thank me for taking care of him, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao over the past year, he has already given that soul bone to me. Now, the soul bone is in my hands."

He paused, glanced at Dai Huabin whose expression had changed slightly, and continued, "Since you're going to use it as a wager, then I'll be the one to put it up."

As he spoke, to everyone's astonishment, Dai Youheng's hand flashed with light, and he took out a soul bone from his storage soul tool. The bone was entirely dark blue, radiating a chilling energy fluctuation, and shaped like some kind of fang! This was the soul bone he had obtained from the legacy of that unfortunate level nine soul master.

He had already examined it during this period; it was a left arm bone from an ice-type Ice Arrow Boar, dating back approximately 30,000 years.

Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment, and then a deep emotion welled up in his eyes.

Of course he knew that the soul bone from the freshman competition had already been given to Xiao Xiao. What his brother was taking out now was clearly his own private stash! His brother was willing to give up such a precious soul bone in order to help him out of this predicament and to support him in fighting against Dai Huabin!

"Brother..." Huo Yuhao's voice was choked with emotion, and he was about to say something.

Dai Youheng raised his hand to interrupt him, his gaze fixed on Dai Huabin, a seemingly calm but actually sharp smile playing on his lips. "Dai Huabin, since we're going to gamble, your stakes should be on par with ours, right? Here's the deal: if you beat Yuhao, this soul bone in my possession is yours. If Yuhao beats you..."

He deliberately drew out his words, "You'll have to pay me back with another soul bone. After all, I was the one who put up the bet first, so to be fair, your bet should also be a soul bone, shouldn't it?"

Dai Youheng, who was familiar with the original plot, knew very well that Huo Yuhao was bound to win this upgrade test with his powerful second martial soul and ultimate ice!

This is practically a golden opportunity to get a soul bone for free! Why not take it?

It seems that the identity of that sycophantic "good brother Huo Yuhao" does have some use sometimes.