Aunt Lan had prepared some home-style dishes, like braised tofu, stir-fried pork with chilies, tomato and egg, and winter melon and pork rib soup.
Except for the soup, the rest seemed to have been prepared in advance and just needed to be reheated.
Perhaps it was because of Huo Yuhao's poor attire, or perhaps it was because he had just helped her.
Aunt Lan kept putting food in Huo Yuhao's bowl throughout the meal. Of course, she used another pair of chopsticks to do so, which Huo Yuhao hadn't expected.
Looking at his full bowl, Huo Yuhao didn't refuse, eating as much as he was given. Only those who had been hungry knew how happy it was to have a full meal.
Aunt Lan didn't seem very hungry, just watching Huo Yuhao and Lanmei eat with a gentle expression.
Lanmei ate very demurely, but in her mind, she remembered the secret words Ma Xiaotao had whispered to her earlier.
She wasn't being kind to a stranger for no reason...
"I heard from Lanmei that you're good at grilling, Yuhao?" Aunt Lan asked Huo Yuhao after taking a sip of soup, breaking the silence.
Huo Yuhao's mouth was full. He quickly chewed and swallowed, replying, "I wouldn't say I'm that good. It's just… a way I make a living, I guess."
Aunt Lan nodded with a smile. "Alright then. I'm going out tomorrow, so I'll leave the Grill House duties to you two."
"Huh?" Huo Yuhao was taken aback.
Lanmei's expression also changed, and she quickly looked at her mother. "Mom, why are you letting Yuhao handle the grilling? He's just arrived, and he's not familiar with a lot of things. I was planning to take him to the market tomorrow to get him acquainted with the combat area."
Aunt Lan smiled and said, "If he can make Ma Xiaotao happy with his grilling, his skills must be pretty good. I believe Yuhao can do it."
"You..." Lanmei didn't know how to argue with that.
"How about it, Yuhao? Can you handle what I'm asking you to do?" Aunt Lan looked at Huo Yuhao with an expression that was impossible to refuse.
Huo Yuhao subconsciously looked at Lanmei, who nodded helplessly at him.
Seeing this, Huo Yuhao's expression turned serious. He patted his chest and said, "Aunt Lan, don't worry. I'll handle this, no problem."
"Good." Aunt Lan smiled slightly. "Let's eat."
Lanmei pouted and picked up her chopsticks, starting to eat again.
Huo Yuhao smiled wryly and also began to eat seriously.
After a wonderful dinner, Aunt Lan went to wash the dishes. Huo Yuhao originally planned to help, but was turned down.
Back on the second floor, just as Huo Yuhao was about to enter his cultivation state, Lanmei, who had rushed over, interrupted him.
Lanmei leaned against the door, arms crossed over her chest, "The Grill House is booked tomorrow by a regular customer, so we have to open. Otherwise, I'd just take a day off."
"Yuhao, make some barbecue for me to try tomorrow morning, or else the old customers will be disappointed."
"No problem," Huo Yuhao nodded.
Lanmei teased, "Xiaotao said you're really good at grilling fish. I'll get some Black Carp from the market tomorrow. Right, that Sunlight Blueberry can only be preserved for three hours. You should eat it; don't waste it. Although the effect will be much weaker without sunlight, it's better than nothing."
After saying good night, Lanmei closed the door and left.
The room immediately quieted down. Illuminated by the bright soul guide lamps, Huo Yuhao went to the window and looked up at the bright moon, a trace of confusion in his heart.
The moon's light is also reflected sunlight.
Isn't this the same as sunlight?
Could Aunt Lan's second Soul Skill not be enhanced by moonlight?
Thinking about it, Huo Yuhao immediately sat cross-legged in a place where the moonlight could shine on him. He planned to give it a try. The next moment, a crack split open on his brow, and a faint golden light diffused. The Heavenly Eye was officially activated.
Yes, as early as those few days with Old Chen, Huo Yuhao had been constantly exploring. He eventually discovered that as long as there were no clouds to block it, moonlight could also help him activate the Heavenly Eye.
As long as the Heavenly Eye was directly illuminated by moonlight, it could remain open.
Training while the Heavenly Eye was activated allowed him to circulate his soul power slightly faster. Although the increase was very subtle, it was still better than nothing. He was already using everything he could to help himself.
He put the golden Sunlight Blueberry into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it. The sweetness was intense, and immediately, a warm current spread throughout his body from his throat. Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered. He could feel his body becoming slightly warm. It was the Sunlight Blueberry starting to take effect.
It was at this moment that Huo Yuhao's body suddenly trembled, and a kind of indescribable pain surged through his entire body.
"Ugh." A muffled groan escaped Huo Yuhao's mouth, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins, and the muscles in his body tightened.
He felt as if he was being constantly pricked with needles, like Granny Rong stabbing Ziwei, but this stabbing wasn't on the surface; it was inside his body.
"What's going on?" Huo Yuhao endured the intense pain in his body and began to examine himself. However, a shocking discovery appeared before his eyes.
That was the light released by the moon, and it actually merged onto his body, like moss clinging to a stone.
Strands of silver light swirled around Huo Yuhao, especially at the location of his Heavenly Eye. Soft moonlight continuously began to flow into it, all of which was being actively absorbed by the Heavenly Eye.
And this moonlight flowing into his body was actually constantly stimulating the impurities within his meridians, and that excruciating pain came from this.
At this moment, the moonlight was like it was forging his meridians, widening them, and making them more resilient.
Of course, this feeling was too weak, like having a full experience bar of one hundred million, but only being able to automatically gain one experience point per second.
But this still made Huo Yuhao ecstatic. His meridians were already extremely blocked, making cultivation very slow. But if he could slowly use this opportunity to clear his meridians, expand them, and make them resilient, that would be incredibly beneficial for future cultivation.
However, how exactly did all of this form? He hadn't experienced such a change before when he opened his Heavenly Eye under the moonlight.
Huo Yuhao couldn't figure it out. His whole body twitched from time to time, as if he had been electrocuted. There was nothing he could do; the moonlight was stimulating his meridians.
Pain, so much pain!
"It's the Sunlight Blueberry."
But just then, Huo Yuhao abruptly snapped out of the pain. Yes, this change had started when he ate the Sunlight Blueberry.
"Lanmei said this Soul Skill of the Sunlight Blueberry had almost no auxiliary effect at night, but it doesn't seem that way now," Huo Yuhao mused.
"Could it be that I'm an exception because of the Heavenly Eye? After all, a Soul Skill that can help expand and clear one's meridians is practically a divine skill, but according to Lanmei's description of its Soul Skill effects, the results of my consuming the Sunlight Blueberry seem different from others."
Huo Yuhao kept thinking, and time ticked by. Finally, about an hour later, the stinging pain that had permeated his body began to recede until it vanished completely.
With the pain gone, Huo Yuhao finally regained his clarity. He gasped for breath, his body drenched in sweat.
Outside the window, many people were still moving about, and no one had noticed him.
Clearly, the effect of the Sunlight Blueberry's Soul Skill had ended.
But being able to maintain it for an hour was already quite powerful.
"Continue meditating."
Huo Yuhao eagerly returned to his cultivation state, wanting to see what changes had occurred in his meridians after being continuously impacted by the moonlight.
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