Chapter 267: Wang Dong's Persuasion

At this moment, a "thump thump" knocking sound suddenly rang out.

Yu Huan was stunned for a moment, glanced at Huo Yutong who continued carving the core formation unmoved, then helplessly got up and opened the door.

What came into view was a face so handsome and beautiful that it made people doubt whether it belonged to a girl.

"Senior Wang Dong? Are you here to look for the senior sister?"

Long blue-pink hair naturally fell from behind, already reaching the waist; the soft blue-pink large eyes shimmered with warm light—if he wore female clothing, absolutely no one would doubt he wasn't a girl; the visitor was none other than Wang Dong.

"Mm." Wang Dong nodded, asking concernedly: "Yu Huan, how is Yutong's condition?"

Yu Huan lightly sighed, stepped aside to reveal Huo Yutong's figure, and indicated: "As you can see, it's still the same as before—although it hasn't worsened, it hasn't improved either."

If Huo Yutong is the newly risen goddess of the inner court, then Wang Dong is the newly risen god of the inner court.

Although his strength isn't as exaggerated as Huo Yutong's, at least he has a good appearance, and his personality is passable.

Besides him, Bei Bei already has someone she likes, Xu San Shi persistently pursues Jiang Nan Nan, while Zhou Sichen, although his looks are decent, is far inferior in appearance to the aforementioned few and has also grown a mouth.

In comparison, Wang Dong has a good personality, his appearance is also very handsome, his cultivation is said to be only one step away from Soul Emperor, most importantly he is still single; although he can't compare to Huo Yutong, he is already quite excellent.

However, this newly risen god of the inner court, like Huo Yutong, seems to have no interest in the opposite sex; no matter which girl tries to get close to him, he doesn't really care.

However, Yu Huan recently came up with a bold guess: Could this senior Wang Dong possibly like Senior Yutong? The reason is that he always comes to visit Huo Yutong, and his attitude is clearly different from how he treats other girls, appearing very familiar with Huo Yutong.

Wang Dong's expression grew somewhat dim, he came to Huo Yutong's side and patted her shoulder.

"Hey, Yutong, I have something to say to you."

Huo Yutong's body paused for a moment; in an instant Yu Huan felt as if soul power was surging, but Huo Yutong quickly realized who was speaking to her and did not actually attack.

She put down the engraving knife and core formation in her hands, and looked at Wang Dong with a blank expression.

"Do you need something from me?"

"Mm." Wang Dong nodded and then asked: "Yutong, have you heard of the Sea God Lake Sea God Fate?"

"No."

Yu Huan suddenly felt an urge to cover her face.

Recently, the inner court disciples have been practically going crazy over the Sea God Fate event, but Huo Yutong couldn't care less—she hasn't even heard of it.

One could say, as expected of her……

Wang Dong also twitched the corner of his mouth, explaining: "This is an activity open to single inner court disciples, aimed at letting inner court disciples find their ideal partner during the event, you……"

"No interest."

Before he could finish his words, Huo Yutong coldly interrupted him.

Yu Huan widened her eyes.

She actually sensed strong aversion from those words.

Huo Yutong usually gives the impression of being like a machine, with emotions as if dead; this is a rare display of feeling.

Wang Dong wasn't surprised; apparently he had anticipated this development, and he put on a placating smile.

"Yutong, the Academy sent me to find you, after all, no matter what, you are currently a single student of the Academy, so you must follow the rules anyway."

"I said I have no interest, and besides, I'm not a single student."

Yu Huan clearly felt the aversion in Huo Yutong's words grow stronger.

But that doesn't matter; she widened her eyes in astonishment, pricked up her ears, unwilling to miss a single word of their ensuing conversation. Huo Yutong actually said she isn't a single student—could it be that she has a boyfriend?

This is huge news! Wang Dong showed a somewhat pleading expression, she took Huo Yutong's hand and said somewhat pitifully:

"Please, Yutong, just this once, treat it as a mere formality; after this I promise I won't let you participate in such an activity again—can you? Please."

Huo Yutong remained silent, still expressionless, but Yu Huan, who knows Huo Yutong very well, could see that she was currently considering whether to agree to Wang Dong.

This is also one of the reasons Yu Huan has always felt that the relationship between Wang Dong and Huo Yutong is not ordinary; putting aside other things, if any other guy grabbed Huo Yutong's hand like that, he would have been frozen into an ice sculpture by her long ago, leaving no chance to speak further, let alone sway Huo Yutong.

After waiting a full five minutes, Huo Yutong finally nodded.

"Understood, just this once."

"Thank you!"

Wang Dong showed a delighted expression, gleefully hugged Huo Yutong, then turned and left.

Yu Huan stared blankly at Wang Dong's retreating back, then turned to Huo Yutong and said: "Senior Sister, he hugged you, huh."

"Oh."

Huo Yutong responded lightly, then sat back down and began carving the core formation again.

Yu Huan only felt as if a tiny kitten were scratching deep inside her heart, her curiosity about to overflow.

What exactly is their relationship?! What she didn't know was that, after leaving Huo Yutong's room, Wang Dong's delighted expression vanished instantly, turning cold.

She walked out of Haishen Pavilion, came to a secluded corner of Haishen Island, leaned against a tree, and said lightly:

"I've already persuaded her for you; the rest is up to you."

"Thanks."

A voice came from behind the tree she was leaning against; at some point a youth had already stood there, seeming to have merged with the forest—if not for the sound, nobody would have noticed him standing there.

Wang Dong's voice suddenly became extremely resentful.

"Besides that, do you have anything else to say?"

The youth fell silent for a moment, then finally sighed.

"Sorry."

Wang Dong coldly said: "You shouldn't say that to me; you should say it to her. Moreover, after this matter is over, Yutong might not hold it against you, but I will definitely beat you up."

"I understand." The youth said this, though his face was a bit awkward, "but with my current physical strength, you probably couldn't hurt me no matter what..."

"You!"

Wang Dong turned away in anger and frustration, only to discover that the youth had already disappeared at some point.

She snorted in displeasure, kicked the twig under her foot away in gloom.

Honestly, this guy runs fast enough.

If it weren't because the young man begged her, how could she possibly be willing to tear Huo Yutong's scar just to invite her to that so‑called Sea God Fate?

Hmph, truly unpleasant.

Wang Dong's voice echoed emptily through the forest.

(End of chapter)