Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 62 The Senior in Red (55 words per day)

"Aunt Huo, fifty skewers each of beef and mutton, two grilled fish, two large glasses of ale, a serving of cold tomato salad, and a serving of grilled lamb spine."

Xu Sanshi leaned against the counter, enthusiastically telling Huo Yun'er about the dishes he wanted to order.

Huo Yuhao wiped his sweat, came out of the kitchen, and greeted Xu Sanshi.

"Brother Xu, rain or shine!"

Because of the favor Huo Yuhao had done for them back then, their initial unpleasantness had long since passed, and they had become quite familiar with each other since seeing each other every day.

After getting to know him better, Huo Yuhao discovered that although Xu Sanshi was not as gentle as Bei Bei and had a somewhat irritable temper, he was passionate and kind-hearted, somewhat similar to Zhuo Jie's personality. However, he was indeed unwilling to think things through when he did things, and seemed to be determined to break through any obstacle he encountered.

Xu Sanshi chuckled and said, "It's because I love your food. I can't sleep well without having some every night. I've eaten a lot of kebabs before, but none of them can control the heat as well as you. Even Nannan raves about your cooking."

"You've become a big star at our school now. Not only do the students in Class 1 of Grade 3 remember you fondly, but you're all the rage around the school now."

With the freshman enrollment season just over, the shop was finally less bustling. Meanwhile, the kitchen helpers under his supervision had mostly mastered their skills and were able to help Huo Yuhao with a lot of the workload. Huo Yuhao no longer had to spend four hours a day cooped up in the kitchen. He picked up a bowl of cold water and gulped it down, saying:

"I just did what I was supposed to do. Besides, if I stood by and did nothing, and that old monster gets assigned to our class next year, I'd be in big trouble."

Huo Yuhao's magnanimous nature made Xu Sanshi grin: "That makes sense, but your little shop will probably be doing very well in a few days, so you'd better be prepared."

Huo Yuhao was taken aback by Xu Sanshi's words: "What do you mean by that?"

"Have you forgotten about the second enrollment?"

Xu Sanshi chuckled: "Those senior students are probably very grateful to you now, and they're probably on their way with gifts."

At this point, Huo Yuhao suddenly realized, "Yes, those senior students who were expelled by Zhou Yi before finally have a chance to come back. However, their feelings when facing Shrek Academy again might be complicated."

"Xiao Xu." Just then, a cold voice suddenly rang out. Upon hearing this voice, Xu Sanshi shivered. Huo Yuhao saw a hint of fear in his eyes, but more than that, he felt helpless.

The other diners who were eating and chatting instantly fell silent.

A woman walked out of the academy gate, her steps slow and deliberate. The crowd naturally parted to make way for her, some even avoiding her gaze and lowering their heads. The effect was clearly greater than when Jiang Nannan had made her entrance.

Huo Yuhao looked up and saw that the person who came was a woman in red. She had a slender and well-proportioned figure. The first thing that would catch one's eye was her slightly exaggerated breasts, which were firm and towering, like clouds formed by the beauty of the world.

The woman's waist was very slender, only widening abruptly at her hips. Her legs were straight and rounded, exuding a strong sense of youth.

She wore a red veil, obscuring her face, but her features alone suggested she was a beauty. Her pale pink eyes possessed a captivating allure. Fortunately, her cold gaze slightly tempered that mesmerizing intensity.

Xu Sanshi clearly recognized her. He turned around with a stiff upper lip, but avoided looking her in the eye. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Sister Xiao Tao."

Huo Yuhao recognized the woman in front of him almost immediately; she was the same woman he had met at the Sea God Lake a dozen days ago, after all, she had a very unique aura.

A few months ago, Huo Yuhao asked Xu Sanshi about the "Little Peach" that Xuan Lao and Wang Yan mentioned, but Xu Sanshi's reaction was hesitant. Seeing this, Huo Yuhao didn't ask any further questions. He never expected that the person in the center of the fog would come to his door today.

The woman in red glanced at the grill in the kitchen behind Huo Yuhao, then slowly walked to Xu Sanshi's side and said, "Little Xu, are you out for barbecue?"

Xu Sanshi nodded and said, "Yes! Yuhao's barbecue is exceptionally delicious. Even Elder Xuan often came here to eat before he went on his business trip."

A hint of curiosity flickered in the red-clad woman's eyes as she said to Huo Yuhao, "Then give me a grilled fish to try first." She wasn't some otherworldly fairy who didn't partake in worldly affairs; she spent most of her time cultivating, so she was naturally interested in seeing new and unusual things.

"OK."

Huo Yuhao didn't say much and turned back to the kitchen. Although he had been a little more relaxed recently, having too many orders piling up was not a good thing.

Huo Yuhao took the ingredients that the kitchen helpers had prepared, activated his Illusionary Eye, and placed the skewers and grilled fish on them to start grilling.

A moment later, the woman in red let out a soft exclamation, "Your control of the heat is so perfect, do you have a fire-attribute martial soul?" She herself was an expert in playing with fire, so she could naturally see that Huo Yuhao's constant adjustments to the position of the grilling fish demonstrated his exquisite control over the fire.

"Perhaps?"

Huo Yuhao gave an ambiguous answer, as he wasn't quite sure whether his martial soul could be considered a mental type now, since nobody absorbs a mental type martial soul at the start.

Huo Yuhao was momentarily at a loss for words to describe his first spirit ring, but even just looking at his first spirit skill, it was a genuine holy/fire attribute spirit skill, which in no way matched a spirit attribute martial soul.

Huo Yuhao's skewers were prepared quickly. Since the woman in red only ordered one grilled fish, Xu Sanshi's skewers and Huo Yuhao's skewers were grilled together, and their skewers came out of the oven at the same time.

Xu Sanshi was clearly uneasy after seeing the woman in red. He wasn't as enthusiastic about eating grilled fish as usual. He gave Huo Yuhao a "good luck" look and then quietly wandered to the side, found a table, and started eating his skewers in silence.

Instead, the woman in red slowly lifted her veil, revealing her stunningly beautiful face, and began to eat slowly.

She ate very carefully and gracefully, but to Huo Yuhao's surprise, the fish bones mysteriously disappeared from her hand after she ate the fish, leaving no trace. She clearly ate it with her hands, but there was no grease left on her hands.

What kind of ability is this?

Huo Yuhao was taken aback. The other party had not released any spirit rings, so this ability did not originate from a spirit skill.

Could it be the power of the soul bone?

(End of this chapter)