The Martial Soul Skeleton, in Douluo Continent's Bone-Changing Susanoo

Chapter 59 Black Chicken and Smoked Perch Soup

In the college cafeteria.

All the private rooms on all floors were empty.

After the group of students arrived at the cafeteria, they did not go into the private rooms to eat. Instead, they immediately squeezed towards the kitchen.

At this moment, the first floor of the cafeteria was packed with people, and the chaotic lines of students had blocked the entrance.

Three teachers were managing the order, clearing the crowd stuck in the cafeteria while reminding the students to watch their step.

On the surface, these trainees were focused on Master Xia's changes in appearance, but what they were actually more concerned about was how to make themselves look better.

This is an academy for the elite, where every student is a scion of a wealthy and powerful family. Lacking nothing in return, the only things that can make them perfect are their manners, upbringing, and appearance.

This is precisely why etiquette academies like Yuexuan were created, which help individuals cultivate a more perfect personal image.

"I heard that Master Xia has suffered from a strange illness since childhood. Before the food he eats is fully digested, a lot of nutrients are drawn out by the skeletal martial spirit in his body."

"Most of the nutrients lost by the body are absorbed by the Skeleton Martial Soul. After the Martial Soul's origin nourishes the bones, the body becomes emaciated and the skeleton becomes enormous."

"There was a rumor that Master Xia, as a defensive-type battle spirit master, was willing to work as a chef in the kitchen, precisely so that he could more easily study various foods and accelerate the development of his flesh and blood through special food nutrition, which might solve the defect of his huge skeletal spirit."

After listening to the story told by the female student with long, wavy hair next to her, the gentle and refined female student suddenly remembered something.

"No wonder he bought up so many of the food-type soul skills from his seniors. It turns out he was looking for a way to fix the flaws in his martial soul?"

"Now that his appearance has been restored and his physical condition has returned to normal, doesn't that mean Master Xia has found a solution?"

"I don't know the specifics. But it looks like we've found him. Look at him, his demeanor has changed so much since his face returned to normal. Before, we were just exchanging greetings, and I didn't even dare to stare at his face like that. A battle spirit master who's an amazing cook, good-looking, and knowledgeable about spirit beasts—with such great qualities, should I just take him as my sugar daddy?"

"Anyway, my family is a famous gem family in the Heaven Dou Empire. We have all kinds of gem-type martial souls in our family, so we're not short of money. The only thing we lack is a battle soul master."

"I also heard that Master Xia defeated Senior Sister Yan Yan twice in the Grand Soul Arena, despite being of a higher level. That's enough to show how powerful he is!"

Hearing people discussing her embarrassing history of losing two consecutive battles, Dugu Yan, who was standing with Yu Tianheng and the others, clenched her fists in anger.

She felt she had to quickly learn how to fuse rings and mix toxins outside the body, and then have another round of Soul Fighting with this Master Xia.

If we don't win it back, everyone in the academy will keep bringing it up.

"Senior Yan Yan, there seem to have been rumors circulating in the academy about you and Master Xia, right?"

The female student with long, wavy hair looked at Dugu Yan and asked, "I heard you two were being affectionate in front of many students. If Teacher Qin hadn't stopped you, you would have hugged each other? Is that true?"

Dugu Yan was about to retort when she was drawn to the commotion in the kitchen.

Through the kitchen's transparent window, you can see Xia Liang teaching a chef how to make braised pig's trotters.

Because they had once looked at each other at close range, Xia Liang's withered and haggard appearance was deeply imprinted in Dugu Yan's mind.

Seeing how much better his appearance and demeanor had become, Dugu Yan was naturally more shocked than others. She suddenly had a thought: it seemed quite interesting to have a scandal with a chef who was more capable than her and had such a good appearance, especially since they looked to be around the same age.

Having just finished teaching one chef how to cook a new dish, Xia Liang headed towards the next chef's stove.

Only then did he see through the transparent window that the kitchen was surrounded by students.

If the head chef hadn't received Prince Xuexing's permission to close the kitchen doors, some trainees might have barged in asking all sorts of questions, thus disrupting the kitchen's operations.

Xia Liang wasn't narcissistic. He knew that these students were just curious about how their appearance had changed, not that they actually came to see handsome guys.

Fortunately, my body and appearance had already returned to normal somewhat when I took whale gelatin before. This time, the change in my appearance and temperament is so great that it can be said that I have mastered the food preparation methods that can bring more nutrition to my body.

The method for making this food requires simmering a hundred-year-old black-boned chicken and a thousand-year-old jade lotus smoked perch into a soup. The essence of the two spirit beasts is mixed together and enhanced with special seasonings, which can help supplement nutrition and promote the formation of human fibrous tissue.

Because it is targeted, it can be revealed that the effects of this black-boned chicken smoked perch soup may only be effective for the person making it, and others will not experience significant nourishing effects from drinking it.

Hopefully, when the time comes, the Bone Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, who also looks withered and haggard, won't secretly try to do the same.

The thought of Bone Douluo secretly drinking black-boned chicken and smoked perch soup to improve his image and please Ning Rongrong, only to be caught red-handed by Sword Douluo, is rather funny.

Seeing the various gazes cast at him by the many trainees outside the kitchen, Xia Liang noticed that Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng were among them.

At this moment, Dugu Yan was frowning, as if she was thinking about something.

Her eyes suddenly met Xia Liang's, her nose wrinkled slightly, and she let out a soft "humph".

Xia Liang smiled jokingly.

Immediately afterwards, Dugu Yan raised an index finger at Xia Liang, probably to say that she remembered the previous battle agreement where whoever lost would be at the mercy of the other.

Xia Liang nodded in response, then went to the stove and demonstrated the new dish to a chef.

"Senior Yan Yan, you guys are really gossipy!" The female student with long, wavy hair asked, even more curious.

Dugu Yan simply lowered her head slightly, neither denying nor offering any explanation.

Seeing this, Yu Tianheng gritted his teeth and looked into the kitchen, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart.

He had previously asked Dugu Yan about this gossip, but Dugu Yan denied it outright and made it clear that she didn't even know the name of this Master Xia.

Now, faced with the same question again, Dugu Yan has remained silent. Does this mean she is tacitly agreeing to gossip?

What made Yu Tianheng feel even worse was that the junior student asked Dugu Yan for Master Xia's name in person.

Without hesitation, Dugu Yan replied, "His name is Xia Liang."

Moreover, the two of them seemed to be exchanging glances and gestures that were incomprehensible to others.

He only felt upset for a short while before quickly suppressing all his negative emotions. He knew that Dugu Yan respected him, the captain, very much.

We spent every day in the same classroom for theoretical classes, and then we practiced and honed our skills together in various ways during practical classes.

He and Dugu Yan had opportunities to interact at all times, and even more opportunities to show their abilities.

I've been waiting for Dugu Yan to pursue me, but now I can strike first.

Yu Tianheng was very confident that it wouldn't be long before Dugu Yan's respect for him would turn into admiration, or even adoration.

With his status as the future heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan, there's no woman he can't have as long as he's willing to take the initiative!

(End of this chapter)