Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 76 Freshman Assessment
A bizarre scene thus formed in front of Huo Yuhao's grilled fish stall.

Ye Xixuan and Xu Sanshi were eating grilled fish, while a certain Tang princess was sulking alone on the side.

Xu Sanshi found it more and more interesting, and with a wicked grin, he leaned close to Ye Xixuan's ear and whispered, "Xixuan, did you do something to her before? Otherwise, why would she keep chasing after you?"

"What can I do to her? She's the one who's been pestering me," Ye Xixuan said calmly.

Tang Wutong immediately became displeased and retorted righteously and sternly, "What do you mean by 'clinging to you'?! We are the same kind of people, and only I can guide you onto the right path!"

"Who do you think you are? Do I need your guidance?" Ye Xixuan stared coldly at Tang Wutong, showing her no respect whatsoever.

Tang Wutong pursed her lips, glaring at Ye Xixuan with a stubborn yet aggrieved expression.

She was there to guide him, so why did Ye Xixuan always ignore her efforts? But there were some things she couldn't say outright.

The way the two were entangled in this way really made them look like a young couple who had just had a fight.

"You'll understand during the upcoming freshman assessment!" Tang Wutong took a deep breath, calming her emotions, and then got up and ran away after saying this.

Watching Tang Wutong's departing figure, Xu Sanshi couldn't help but smile, feeling a sense of pleasure as if he had just watched a good show.

At that moment, he noticed Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan walking towards him from Shrek Academy. The two girls passed by Tang Wutong.

Feeling Tang Ya's icy gaze, Xu Sanshi immediately sat up straight, feeling guilty, and coughed lightly.

"Xi Xuan, I have some things to attend to later, so I'll be leaving now."

As he spoke, he flicked a gold soul coin to Huo Yuhao with his thumb, saying, "Little Huo, from now on, all of Xi Xuan and the others' expenses will be on my tab, so keep the change."

"Thank you, Brother Xu." Huo Yuhao happily accepted the glittering gold soul coin. His grilled fish only cost five copper soul coins, so Xu Sanshi's gold soul coin was practically equivalent to buying the whole place for himself.

While everyone was talking, Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan arrived hand in hand in front of Huo Yuhao's grilled fish stall.

Tang Yahan questioned Xu Sanshi with a cold face and annoyance.

"Xu Sanshi, have you done something wicked again?"

"No, what immoral thing could I do?" Xu Sanshi chuckled dryly.

"I just happened to run into Xi Xuan here, so I treated him to some grilled fish."

"Then how come I saw that Tang Wutong walk from here?!" Tang Ya glared at Xu Sanshi with a cold look.

"I do not know."

Xu Sanshi feigned ignorance and walked past Tang Ya, but the next moment, he stumbled. A thick, dark purple vine had somehow wrapped around his ankle. His previously vigorous blood and energy rapidly drained away, his legs gave way, and he almost fell to the ground, immediately letting out an exaggerated cry.

"Damn it, why do I suddenly feel so weak? Tang Ya, what did you do to me?!"

"It's nothing, at most it'll just make you weak for a couple of days. You won't have the energy to think about those dirty things and corrupt Xi Xuan." Tang Ya smiled smugly, then pulled Jiang Nannan to sit next to Ye Xi Xuan and said to Huo Yuhao.

"Since you're treating, we don't need to be polite. Xiao Yuhao, give us two more grilled fish!"

"Oh, okay," Huo Yuhao quickly replied.

Xu Sanshi was furious but dared not speak out. He had witnessed Tang Ya's strange abilities with her mutated martial soul during the fourth-grade advancement assessment. Already feeling guilty, he could only slink away.

Huo Yuhao was busy grilling fish, while Ye Xixuan looked at Tang Ya's beautiful face so close to his own in surprise.

"Sister Xiaoya, your martial soul has such an effect?" "When your qi and blood are weak, you naturally won't have those kinds of thoughts." Tang Ya chuckled and glanced at Ye Xixuan with a charming look.

"Don't worry, I definitely won't use this ability on you again. Otherwise, I'll be the one who suffers!"

“Xiaoya…” Hearing Tang Ya’s blunt words, Jiang Nannan’s cheeks flushed slightly, and she gently reminded her.

"It's okay, there are no outsiders here."

The reason why Ye Xixuan did not refuse Xu Sanshi's invitation earlier was mainly because he and Tang Ya had arranged to meet at Huo Yuhao's grilled fish stall that evening.

With Jiang Nannan joining them at the last minute, the three of them thoroughly enjoyed the meal.

After eating and drinking her fill, Tang Ya leaned lazily against Ye Xixuan, finally remembering the important matter at hand.

"Xiao Yuhao, are you freshmen going to start your freshman assessment tomorrow?"

"Yes!" Huo Yuhao nodded eagerly. Although his soul power cultivation hadn't improved much in the past three months of training, he had gained a deeper understanding of the power of mental attribute soul skills during the previous practice sessions with his two teammates.

If you catch your opponent off guard, you can definitely inflict a huge loss on them.

He is quite confident in passing this upgrade assessment.

Tang Ya's next sentence directly revealed her truest thoughts.

"Then you must do your best and don't get eliminated, otherwise I won't be able to eat such delicious grilled fish again."

"Sister Xiaoya." Ye Xixuan shook his head helplessly and placed his hand on Tang Ya's smooth, fragrant shoulder.

Tang Ya then belatedly realized that she had spoken too directly, and playfully stuck out her pink tongue at Ye Xixuan.

Seeing her actions warmed Ye Xixuan's heart. As if possessed, he pinched Tang Ya's smooth little tongue with his right index finger and thumb, which made Tang Ya blush again. She playfully put her fists against his chest.

As an observer, Jiang Nannan watched the intimate interaction between Ye Xixuan and Tang Ya and suddenly felt a faint sense of envy.

No matter what Tang Ya does, at least she has Ye Xixuan to rely on, while she has had to rely entirely on herself all these years. No matter how strong and independent a girl is, her psychological and physiological instincts are not so easy to overcome.

After the event ended, everyone returned to their respective dormitories.

Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan have to attend classes tomorrow, while Ye Xixuan and Huo Yuhao need to prepare for tomorrow's upgrade assessment.

Nothing was said that night; the night was spent in cultivation.

Registration is in the morning, and the formal assessment begins in the afternoon.

To help the freshmen adapt to the freshman assessment format, only one match was scheduled on the first afternoon. The opponent was randomly determined by drawing lots, and the freshmen would avoid meeting teams from their own class.

Among the new students, only a very small number of teams are truly powerful. The opponents that Ye Xixuan and his two companions drew in the afternoon were all only at the first level of cultivation.

He didn't even need to lift a finger; the Lan sisters, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, easily defeated their opponent.

As Ye Xixuan was preparing to leave after the competition, he spotted two familiar faces in the assessment area.

One of them was Huo Yuhao, and the other was a blond boy who looked seven or eight parts similar to Dai Yueheng, but he looked a bit young, so he also called him an 'acquaintance'.

(End of this chapter)