The game of playing house ended here. For Su Yunlin to fight Huo Yuhao was simply a tiger eating bean sprouts—an easy matter.
After staying another night at Tang Sect, by the next day, only Tang Ya remained from the Tang Sect girlfriends' group. The others had all returned to Shrek Academy.
Bei Bei, Su Yunlin, and Xu Sanshi all knew that the Sea God's Fate matchmaking event was about to begin.
As for why Tang Ya was still here? Of course, it was to accompany Bei Bei. Bei Bei's relationship with her and Zhang Lexuan was complicated. Bei Bei was too conflicted of a person, while Tang Ya and Zhang Lexuan were as close as sisters, and Zhang Lexuan was also Bei Bei's child bride.
This love triangle was truly worthy of Love Continent!
In the original timeline, because of Tang Ya's disappearance, Bei Bei also lost his own heart. But here, Tang Ya's fate had been completely changed by Su Yunlin. She had always accompanied Bei Bei, so Bei Bei had lived very happily over these years.
Because of that, his relationship with Eldest Senior Sister was not as terrible as it had been in the original timeline. In the original timeline, because Tang Ya disappeared, Bei Bei constantly thought of Tang Ya in his heart. His heart had been completely lost, unable to accommodate any other woman.
But here, after Su Yunlin's encouragement in earlier years, Bei Bei developed a different kind of feeling toward Zhang Lexuan. However, he also felt that it was not quite right, and he was always unable to face himself honestly.
Even so, he took especially good care of Zhang Lexuan. He often accompanied her, talked and chatted with her, and even stood up for her, driving away some suitors.
In Zhang Lexuan's eyes, her little husband seemed to be becoming more and more qualified. Her broken heart began to heal, and with Tang Ya, that carefree and simple-minded girl, around as well, Zhang Lexuan felt that life was actually rather beautiful.
The hosts responsible for this Sea God's Fate matchmaking event were Bei Bei, Zhang Lexuan, and Tang Ya.
After all, Bei Bei knew he could not participate in Sea God's Fate, as it would easily cause problems, so he volunteered to be a host. Tang Ya accompanied Bei Bei and Zhang Lexuan as a host too, acting as part of the atmosphere team!
Huo Yuhao also learned that the inner courtyard had this kind of event, and his face immediately turned red. Aside from cultivation, he was as blank as a sheet of paper when it came to matters of romance. As for whether he was lustful, he definitely was. After all, that was a man's nature.
There was not a single man who was not lustful. If he was not lustful, then he was not a man!
But Huo Yuhao was very nervous, because he thought of Ma Xiaotao. He recalled that two and a half years ago, he and Ma Xiaotao had parted beside Sea God's Lake, and Ma Xiaotao had forcefully kissed him. Huo Yuhao's first kiss had been taken away.
Recalling the memory of that day, Huo Yuhao felt his old face flush red.
Xu Sanshi leaned over to Huo Yuhao and wrapped an arm around his shoulder. "Yuhao, don't worry. Picking up girls is very simple. Second Senior Brother will teach you three moves—be bold, be attentive, and be thick-skinned.
"Look at Yunlin. That guy relied on being thick-skinned to pursue Little Junior Sister Wutong. Look how inseparable those two are. If they weren't still young, they might already have children.
"In short, whoever you like, just boldly go after her. You can't always let the girl take the initiative, right? I remember Senior Sister Xiaotao seemed to have a good impression of you. Why not go subdue that flame maniac?"
As he reached the end, Xu Sanshi's smile gradually became wretched.
Su Yunlin slapped Xu Sanshi on the head. "Why do you always smile so wretchedly? You should settle things with Third Senior Sister first before talking! Yuhao, there are more male students than female students in the inner courtyard, but the female students' average strength is above the male students'.
"In a certain sense, the inner courtyard is also a place where yin thrives and yang declines. Your opponents won't only be male students, but also those powerful female students. Our inner courtyard has quite a few tyrant flowers."
Bei Bei smiled. "Yuhao, Yunlin is right. The inner courtyard really is a place where yin thrives and yang declines. Among our inner courtyard students, there are four who have reached Spirit Douluo. Yunlin is one of them, and the other three are all women! Senior Sister Xiaotao is one of them."
Huo Yuhao did not know what to say. He suddenly felt a little cowardly. "Eldest Senior Brother, can I not participate?"
Bei Bei shrugged. "I have no objections. But if someone pursues Senior Sister Xiaotao, and Senior Sister Xiaotao agrees, you'd better not cry. Although Senior Sister Xiaotao's temper is a little fiery, there are some fellows who like that kind of personality. Don't regret it later~
"Moreover, as one of the Shrek Seven Monsters, you can't let our name fall. This kind of great opportunity isn't always available. Although the event is held every year, if you don't pursue the girl you like this year, she might become someone else's girl. An opportunity missed will never come again.
"Look at those two bastards, Xu Sanshi and Su Yunlin. They've been itching to go for a long time."
Su Yunlin said irritably, "How are you talking? Be careful, I'll hammer you."
Xu Sanshi chimed in, "Exactly, exactly. Be careful or Yunlin and I will beat you up~ We'll beat you until you can't take care of yourself!"
Bei Bei snorted coldly and ignored Su Yunlin and Xu Sanshi. He looked toward Huo Yuhao.
"Yuhao, let's return to the academy. Sea God's Fate is tomorrow. Tonight is singles' night. The male students of the inner courtyard will all go to the cafeteria to eat. The cafeteria has grape wine secretly brewed by the academy. It tastes pretty good. Let's go try it."
Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Huo Yuhao, and Su Yunlin walked toward Shrek Academy.
"Yuhao!" Just as Huo Yuhao stepped into the cafeteria, a huge figure charged over and directly picked Huo Yuhao up in a hug.
"Yue? Brother Yue!" Huo Yuhao was somewhat surprised. This was his roommate, Xie Huanyue. They had not seen each other for more than two years.
"You still know your Brother Yue? I thought you brat had forgotten me. You heartless fellow. Back then, I treated you to so much good food, yet you didn't write me a single letter for more than two years! Right, when did you come back?"
Huo Yuhao scratched his head. "Just in these past few days. Brother Yue, I'll personally grill fish for you later as an apology."
Xie Huanyue put Huo Yuhao down. "I want twenty... no! Thirty skewers of grilled fish!"
"Deal!"
Su Yunlin, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Huo Yuhao sat at one table. They took two barrels of grape wine and began drinking heartily.
Huo Yuhao was still a little lightweight. He had not drunk much before he started getting dizzy, while Su Yunlin, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi had very good alcohol tolerance. The three of them drank freely there.
"Yuhao, have you finished making your battle armor?" Su Yunlin's face was somewhat flushed as he asked Huo Yuhao.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao's face was already completely red. "It's rea-ready. This battle armor is truly powerful! I made a set of battle armor for myself. After I put it on, I have roughly the strength of a Spirit Sage! Th-that's enough."
For this Spirit Master Tournament, the Shrek Seven Monsters had already made preparations. This also included the extra team sent by the academy!
That preparation was battle armor! Among the Shrek Seven Monsters, aside from Huo Yuhao's battle armor being made by himself, and only he himself knew its level,
the remaining six people, Su Yunlin and Tang Wutong both possessed three-word battle armor. After wearing it, they could erupt with combat strength surpassing ordinary Titled Douluo!
Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya also had battle armor. All of them possessed two-word battle armor. Their battle armor had been rather troublesome to forge. Su Yunlin first prepared the metals for them, letting them nurture them on their own for a period of time. Then Tang Wutong forged the spirit-forged metals, and finally Su Yunlin inscribed the spirit guidance array patterns on them.
With two-word battle armor, combined with their own Spirit Emperor strength, they could erupt with Spirit Douluo-level combat strength. Below Titled Douluo, no one would be their opponent.