Chapter 15: Classic Grilled Fish

Surrounded by everyone's gaze like that, Zhou Sichen smugly laughed.

"Hehe, everyone stop looking at me like that, keep it low‑key, low‑key."

Tang Wulin only felt an impulsive urge to punch him arise in his heart.

All this time, turns out you're quite strong.

Wang Yan calmly asked Dai Huabin:

"Do you have any more questions now?"

"……"

Dai Huabin silently shook his head and sat down.

However, no one saw that a vicious glint flickered deep within his eyes.

Unlike the other students, Dai Huabin, who comes from the Duke's Mansion, has been subjected to iron‑blooded education since childhood.

In his view, strength is everything, fists are the hard truth; why should his strength be greater than Tang Wulin's and Zhou Sichen's yet still be below them?

At this moment his heart was full of resentment, but he also knew he could not change Wang Yan's old‑fashioned idea.

Since that's the case, he'll endure for a while.

Later, he'll find a chance to casually eliminate Tang Wulin, and won't worry about not being able to rise in rank.

Wang Yan didn't know Dai Huabin's dark thoughts; seeing that the big young master of the Duke's Mansion was no longer looking for trouble, he also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

He picked up a piece of chalk and showed the students a gentle smile.

"Then that's all for the Class Monitor matter; now class begins. This lesson's content is the origin of soul beasts and soul masters."

After speaking, he began writing on the blackboard and narrated the ancient legend.

"Many years ago, there was a mighty deity called the Dragon God..."

Hearing the term Dragon God, Tang Wulin's expression shifted.

He had recently learned from Bei Bei about the origin of the Golden Dragon King, so now the word Dragon God made him extremely sensitive.

He had a feeling that what Wang Yan was lecturing about this class was specifically for his ears.

The legend of the Dragon God, the stories of the Gold and Silver Dragon Kings and the nine dragon offspring, might all be closely related to him.

Therefore, Tang Wulin listened especially attentively.

Time always flies when concentrating; when Wang Yan put down the chalk, the class‑ending bell rang right away.

Wang Yan turned around, looked at the students still lingering, and gave a slight smile.

"Alright, that's all I have for today; everyone go home and digest it, and tomorrow's class I will be asking questions, okay."

Only then did the classmates snap back, hurriedly packing their things to leave the classroom.

Predictably, as soon as class ended, Zhou Sichen hopped up again, grinning mischievously, and asked:

"Wulin, what are you planning to do after school? Can you take me along?"

Tang Wulin was about to answer, when Huo Yutong walked over unexpectedly.

"Wulin, Teacher Xiao Ya and Brother Bei Bei said they want to make money by selling grilled fish; would you like to come take a look? There's free grilled fish to eat."

Tang Wulin's eyes lit up.

"Alright!"

He still hadn't figured out what relationship Huo Yutong and Dai Huabin actually had, so he took this chance to ask.

And even without that, there's still free grilled fish; since the last time he ate it, he felt he could not forget its taste.

Beside them, Zhou Sichen looked at Tang Wulin, then at Huo Yutong, and suddenly his eyes widened as if he suddenly understood something.

He hugged Tang Wulin's shoulder, squeezed his eyebrows together, and whispered in his ear:

"Didn't expect it, Wulin, turns out you like this type; but this girl, upon closer look, is indeed good—she looks like a virtuous wife and kind mother type."

Tang Wulin was stunned for a moment, then quickly recovered, shoved Zhou Sichen away, and said irritably: "Don't twist everything; I'm just going to help Sister Yutong sell grilled fish to make money, nothing like you think."

"Hey? Is that so." Zhou Sichen wore a sly grin, clearly not having taken Tang Wulin's words, "Then I'll take it as such; I won't disturb you two any longer. If there's good news, remember to let the brother know."

Having said that, without waiting for Tang Wulin to explain further, he hummed a tune and left.

After seeing him leave, Tang Wulin apologetically said to Huo Yutong:

"Sorry, Sister Yutong, he seems to have misunderstood the relationship between me and you."

Huo Yutong smiled gently. "It's fine, the pure remain pure, and being misunderstood when interacting with you is quite normal; I've already prepared myself mentally."

Tang Wulin was somewhat puzzled.

"Why is being misunderstood when interacting with me considered normal?"

Huo Yutong's gaze instantly turned strange.

Turns out he hadn't realized it yet.

"Didn't you notice that everyone sitting beside you are girls? Wulin, you're cute, your strength and talent are both strong, and now you're the Class Monitor of our class; I'm sure many girls have their eyes on you—it's strange if there are no rumors."

"... I see."

He said he always felt the girls around him looked at him with ulterior motives.

Turns out they truly had that kind of intention.

He stood up, stretched lazily, and said: "Then let's go, where do we sell grilled fish?"

"According to Teacher Xiao Ya, it seems to be at the Academy entrance."

The two talked while walking toward the Academy entrance.

The teaching building wasn't far from the Academy entrance, and soon they saw Tang Ya and Bei Bei's figures.

Seeing them approach, Tang Ya hurriedly came over.

"You two finally made it; I thought you had forgotten about this."

Tang Wulin suddenly felt guilty.

Sorry, Xiaoya older sister, we've been rushing over here right after class ended.

It's fine, we didn't wait long either, Xiaoya was just teasing you." Bei Bei also walked over and winked at him. "Of course, it's not impossible that she was really anxious to eat; just a moment ago she was so hungry she was practically drooling."

Bei——bei——

Sorry sorry, forgive me, Xiaoya teacher.

Being called out by Bei Bei to her face, Tang Ya, embarrassed and angry, grabbed Bei Bei's ears; Bei Bei didn't resist, just smiling happily while continuously apologizing.

After a while, Tang Ya's anger finally subsided; she snorted and said to Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong:

Yutong, Wulin, let's go; the sect master is hungry.

Having said that, she took the lead and walked toward the outside of the academy.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong looked at each other, then laughed together and followed her out of the academy.

Outside the academy, many stalls were set up, with quite a few students eating and chatting happily here.

I see.

Watching this scene, Tang Wulin nodded thoughtfully.

Huo Yutong asked curiously:

What have you figured out?

Tang Wulin spread his hands, gave a wry smile, and said:

I know why there are so few people in the academy cafeteria; at the very least, most of these stalls still provide seats.

Indeed.

Hearing that, Huo Yutong immediately felt the same.

Sleak canteen really lacks tables and chairs—it's outrageous.

At that moment, Tang Ya's voice came from not far ahead, sounding very urgent.

What are you two dawdling about? Hurry over!

Ah, coming!

Tang Wulin quickly responded and ran over with Huo Yutong.

By the way, Wang Yan's retelling of the Dragon God legend follows the Dou 2 setting, after all, he is a Dou 2 person, so it's impossible for him to have transcendent temporal-spatial cognition.

Moreover, I need to clarify first: this work's Dragon God setting has nothing to do with Dou 4. One, I haven't finished reading Dou 4 (it's too abstract); two, based on what I've seen online, did the gold and silver dragon kings of Dou 4 become useless? I can't accept that. Personally, I still prefer the Dou 2 and God Transmission settings; Dou 3 is also fine, but Dou 4—just treat it as non‑combustible trash and throw it away.

(End of chapter)