Peerless: Tang San, this time Huo Yuhao is the attacker.

Chapter 90 Xu Sanshi: Envy Makes My Eyes Bloodshot

"You, you all—" Wang Dong's lips trembled, his face drained of all color in an instant, and his voice was trembling with sobs.

"Um?"

Hearing the noise, Ling Luochen raised her head and frowned slightly when she saw Wang Dong standing at the door. She then pulled her legs back and used Huo Yuhao's body to block Wang Dong's view.

Huo Yuhao felt Ling Luochen poking his back with her finger. Although she didn't say anything, the meaning was clear.

"Wang Dong, what are you doing standing there like an idiot so late at night instead of sleeping? Look in the mirror, you look so mentally exhausted. Don't faint on the field."

Wang Dong's heartbeat gradually calmed down. When Ling Luochen looked up, she saw the inner armor the latter was wearing, which immediately stopped the tears welling up in her eyes.

She gradually calmed down and realized that even if Huo Yuhao and Ling Luochen wanted to do something special, they wouldn't do it in the living room; they would definitely do it secretly in the room.

The main reason was that the sudden visual impact of the scene was too great, and it startled her.

"What are you doing?"

"Sister Luo Chen is applying medicine to me. We did some training in the battle room and I got a minor injury."

Huo Yuhao looked completely matter-of-fact, and Wang Dong did indeed see several bruises on his exposed arms.

Although he had many questions in his mind, Wang Dong knew it wasn't the right time yet, so he silently retreated to his bedroom and closed the door.

Seeing this, Ling Luochen lowered her legs and tapped Huo Yuhao's nape with her finger. "Your turn."

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Huo Yuhao put down his clothes, turned around and took the ointment, bent down and held Ling Luochen's ankle, placing it on his thigh.

Ling Luochen's body trembled slightly, and if you looked closely, you could still see a hint of unease in her expression.

Clearly, she wasn't as bold as she appeared.

"Relax a bit, Sister Luo Chen, I can't apply the medicine like this."

Huo Yuhao gently patted the raised leg with the back of his hand; the muscles in the thigh were taut, as if about to face a battle.

"it is good."

Ling Luochen tried her best to relax her leg muscles. It was just a simple physical instinct, but it made her breathing become rapid.

Fortunately, after her efforts, she finally succeeded in restoring her tight thighs to normal.

However, the feeling of comfort lasted only a moment.

When Huo Yuhao's fingers, coated with ointment, touched her skin, the cool ointment mixed with the warm fingertips, giving her a completely new sensation.

This felt different from when she applied the medicine herself or when Xixi applied it to her. Unconsciously, her thighs tensed up again.

"Sister Luo Chen, if you tense up your wound like this, it will hurt a lot when we apply the medicine," Huo Yuhao kindly reminded her. Ling Luo Chen turned her head away upon hearing this, her clear and cold voice slightly unsteady.

"It's alright, this is fine."

Does it hurt? Ling Luochen didn't feel it; her heart was already filled with the strange emotions from the touch of skin.

Ling Luochen quietly turned her head and watched Huo Yuhao bending down to carefully apply the medicine. Her eyebrows unconsciously curved, and a gentle smile appeared on her face.

"Which empire does Yuhao come from?"

Ling Luochen wanted to find some topics to talk about, but she was not usually a talkative person. After thinking for a while, she could only start by asking about household registration.

"It's somewhere around Xingluo City."

Huo Yuhao paused as he applied the medicine, the question causing him to subconsciously recall some unpleasant images.

"I really want to visit the place where Yuhao grew up."

Ling Luochen made no attempt to hide her thoughts, and Huo Yuhao was taken aback for a moment before smiling slightly.

"If I have the chance, I'll take Sister Luo Chen to see it. By the way, where is Sister Luo Chen from?"

"Zhongxue City is right next to Tianhun Snowfield. My father is the city lord of Zhongxue City."

"Sister Luo Chen is actually the city lord's daughter? That doesn't match your worth of 600,000 gold soul coins."

Huo Yuhao was somewhat surprised. Although he had never heard of Zhongxue City, even a fallen camel is bigger than a horse, and no matter how remote it was, it was still a genuine city.

With such a status, Ling Luochen only has a few hundred thousand gold soul coins on him, which seems rather shabby.

"Zhongxue City is not far from Tianhun Snowfield, and it is often attacked by soul beasts, so it has never been able to develop well and remains a small city."

Furthermore, the harsh climate there limits the production of only certain crops, making it less attractive for generating income.

"Even so, it still doesn't quite make sense." Huo Yuhao still found it hard to believe.

"The biggest expense is still repairing the city walls. I don't know why, but every year there are several small beast tides in the Tianhun Snowfield."

Although soul beasts are generally not very strong, Zhongxue City is not a large city, and it always suffers considerable damage each time.

"A beast tide every year?" Huo Yuhao's eyes widened in astonishment. Even if they were very close, having several beast tides every year seemed too exaggerated.

This completely violates the normal logic of survival. Low-level soul beasts may not have developed intelligence, but their instincts would not lead them to their deaths.

Moreover, with multiple beast tides every year, over the long term, even a large number of soul beasts cannot withstand such consumption.

Even if you were to send a single auspicious beast into the Heavenly Soul Snowfield, you still couldn't afford such a massive number.

Ling Luochen nodded, her mood involuntarily dropping. If nothing unexpected happened, she would probably inherit the position of City Lord of Zhongxue City in the future.

Her parents taught her the same thing from a young age: to protect Zhongxue City and its people.

"Sister Luo Chen, I think you should understand that repeated accidents are no coincidence."

"We've known for a long time that there's something wrong behind the beast tide," Ling Luochen sighed softly, his tone tinged with helplessness.

"My father and his men ventured deep into the Heavenly Soul Snowfield many times in an attempt to find the root cause of the beast tide, but all their attempts ended in failure."

The Tianhun Snowfield is vast, and searching aimlessly is like looking for a needle in a haystack. In the end, we had no choice but to accept the fact that the beast tide was attacking.

All we can do is repair more fortifications to minimize the damage from the beast tide.

Huo Yuhao put himself in Ling Luochen's shoes and realized that what Ling Luochen said was indeed true.

However, he does have a more skill-intensive playstyle: he directly seeks out the leader of the soul beasts in the Heavenly Soul Snowfield.

Just as people search for Emperor Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest and for Snow Emperor in the Far North, the Heavenly Soul Snowfield must also have its own monarch.

This method is a sure-fire solution, guaranteed to cure the disease, but it requires skill and execution.

The Heavenly Soul Snowfield is not comparable to the Star Dou Great Forest and the Far North. Limit Douluo is not needed, but one must at least have the cultivation of a Super Douluo to have the right to negotiate.

"Does Sister Luo Chen want to become the city lord?"

When Ling Luochen talked about Zhongxue City, his tone was filled with emotion, clearly showing that he cared a lot.

"If nothing unexpected happens, I will return to Zhongxue City after I graduate from the Inner Academy, and officially succeed as the city lord after I break through to the Soul Saint level."

Seeing Huo Yuhao's thoughtful expression, Ling Luochen thought for a moment and then said, "Of course, I'm not necessarily going to become the city lord. There are other people in my family who are also quite talented."

However, I still have to go back every year to try and alleviate some of the pressure from the beast tides.

Huo Yuhao's eyes were strange; he felt that Ling Luochen's words seemed to have a hidden meaning.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will inherit the position of city lord. If something unexpected happens, he doesn't have to become the city lord. So, what is this unexpected event?

That's so hard to guess.

"alright."

Huo Yuhao grasped Ling Luochen's wrist, applied ointment to the last bruise, closed the medicine jar, and handed it to her.

"I still have some ointment left, so I'll give you this jar. Remember to apply the ointment yourself next time you get injured, and don't be as careless as before."

Huo Yuhao found it amusing. He had only casually remarked "It's just a minor injury" when he went upstairs, but Ling Luochen had taken it to heart.

However, the Gold of Life must be kept secret, so Huo Yuhao changed his approach.

"Sister Luo Chen promised to help me apply the medicine later, is she going back on her word?"

Ling Luochen paused in turning the doorknob, then walked into the bedroom without turning her head.

"If you get hurt in front of me, you can be careless."

Huo Yuhao paused for a moment, then a faint smile appeared on his lips.

This plot unfolded five years ahead of schedule!

In the bedroom, Ling Luochen leaned against the door, placing her hand on her chest, where her heart was pounding more violently than ever before.

She reached up and touched her face, which was burning hotter than ever before.

Ling Luochen was somewhat annoyed. She had been too bold just now. How could she have said such a thing? Huo Yuhao was only twelve years old!

For some reason, when I was with Huo Yuhao, I subconsciously ignored the fact that he was only twelve years old.

It's strange that the two of them seem to be the same age. Either she's naive, or Huo Yuhao is mature. Ling Luochen chooses to believe the latter.

Early in the morning, Huo Yuhao's biological clock woke him up before his alarm clock.

He has slept and rested for two consecutive nights instead of meditating, so it cannot be said that he is lazy.

The first night was because I was exhausted from traveling at high intensity.

On the second night, which was yesterday, he spent a lot of energy honing his spiritual power while fusing with the Metal of Life, and then he was exhausted under Ling Luochen's guidance.

His two nights of rest were reasonable, but starting today, he will return to his normal meditation routine.

After a quick wash, Huo Yuhao arrived at the restaurant with a puzzled expression, because he saw six familiar faces that shouldn't be there.

Zhu Lu, Jiang Nannan, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, Xu Sanshi, Xie Huanyue.

The six people were clearly a little reserved, and the reason was that Ling Luochen, Ma Xiaotao, and Xixi were at another table.

"What are you doing here?"

Huo Yuhao asked curiously, and to his surprise, Zhu Lu was the first to answer his question.

"We were sent here to observe the competition—Dean Xian told us to stay with you during the day and go back to the hotel over there at night."

Huo Yuhao nodded knowingly. Wasn't this just freeloading?

During the day, I would stay with them at the Xingluo Royal Hotel, and then go back at night to secretly take advantage of them.

Seeing that Huo Yuhao didn't intend to ask any further questions, Zhu Lu wisely kept quiet.

Her relationship with Huo Yuhao is still rather strained; excessive displays of goodwill would only arouse suspicion and have the opposite effect.

Xu Sanshi smiled and was just about to chat with Huo Yuhao about what it was like to be in the reserve team when he saw the latter walk straight past their table toward Ma Xiaotao and the other two.

???

Why not exchange pleasantries with his old friend and instead go to the regular team?

Putting aside Ma Xiaotao, that violent woman, the two next to her looked like they were keeping everyone at arm's length.

Xu Sanshi began to mourn for Huo Yuhao, and then he saw Ma Xiaotao share half of the peeled fruit with Huo Yuhao.

Immediately afterwards, the aloof young woman placed a bowl of red rice porridge in front of Huo Yuhao.

Only the hooded girl remained still. Just as Xu Sanshi breathed a sigh of relief, the hooded girl presented him with a plate of sweet cakes piled up in a pyramid shape.

The three actions of the three people made Xu Sanshi's vision go black and black again.

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