Chapter 111: The Bao Family’s Visit

Chapter 111: Chapter 111: The Bao Family’s Visit

"Alright! I’ll head out for a bit tomorrow."

To reassure his parents, Li Heng planned to go out the next day. He called it "heading out," but it was also a perfect opportunity to visit the Soul Energy Store and exchange the medicinal herbs inside his medium-sized Space Stone.

Among those herbs, besides the Earth Rock Spirit Flower, which was helpful for elemental affinity, Li Heng had briefly looked over the others and felt they weren’t of much use to him for the time being.

"Hengzi. Even though your mother and I didn’t misunderstand, when you have time in the future, you should still invite your classmates and friends over for a meal or something. Otherwise, people will think our family is stingy."

Zhang Yu Yao agreed, chiming in, "I agree with your father on this. In this society, another friend is another path. You should make more friends. Otherwise, it’s not like people can just show up at our door, right?"

KNOCK~ KNOCK~

The moment Zhang Yu Yao said that, a series of soft knocks came from outside.

The instant the knocking sounded, the expressions of the family of three turned a little awkward, especially Zhang Yu Yao’s. But she quickly composed herself and stood up. "I’ll get the door."

"Hello! Excuse me, is this student Li Heng’s home?"

"Yes... And you are?"

As soon as Zhang Yu Yao opened the door, she saw a well-maintained couple and a young girl with a fantastic figure. It looked like a family of three.

From their question, Zhang Yu Yao guessed they were here to see her son. Looking at the young girl, she seemed to be about the same age as Hengzi. ’Is she one of Hengzi’s classmates?’

Puzzled, Zhang Yu Yao didn’t beat around the bush and asked directly who they were.

"I am Bao Yongyan. This is my daughter, Bao Yaoyao, and this is my wife."

Bao Yaoyao?!

!!!

’That foodie with the huge rack, why is she here all of a sudden!’

’It’s so late, and she came straight to my house, with her parents?!’

’Wait... are they here to hold me accountable?!’

While the introductions were happening at the door, Li Heng, sitting in the living room, was completely startled.

He quickly racked his brain, trying to remember if he had done anything improper to the girl, Bao Yaoyao, in the Secret Realm.

Other than occasionally staring at her D-towers, Li Heng really couldn’t think of anything he had done to wrong Bao Yaoyao in the Secret Realm.

And as for staring at her D-towers, Li Heng felt he couldn’t be entirely blamed.

After all, Bao Yaoyao’s figure was just too good. Even during a normal conversation, his gaze would wander unconsciously, let alone during certain special situations where his focus might have been even more... concentrated.

He really hadn’t expected her to bring her parents along. ’This is tough!’

Li Heng was a bit dazed now, with no idea what to do or what kind of expression to wear when facing Bao Yaoyao.

But on second thought, they had already found his house; there was no escaping. And their tone didn’t sound accusatory. So he graciously stood up and walked to the door.

"Hello, Uncle, Auntie! Hello, classmate Bao Yaoyao!"

’What a fine young man!’

The moment Li Heng appeared at the door, Bao Yongyan’s gaze sharpened. Sensing Li Heng’s qi and blood status, as well as his physical constitution, he couldn’t help but feel this way.

Because with just that first glance, Bao Yongyan could tell that in terms of physical constitution alone, this Li Heng had already reached the threshold of a Soul Warrior!

A third-year high school student, no older than eighteen or nineteen, already had the physique of a Soul Warrior. He was probably only a month or two away from the true Soul Warrior realm.

Or maybe even less time!

’A future prodigy of the Heavenly Ranking!’

For a Soul Energy Grandmaster like Bao Yongyan, seeing through the physical constitution of someone in the Soul Pupil Realm took no effort at all—it was a matter of a single glance.

Generally speaking, eighty to ninety percent of the prodigies on the Heavenly Ranking came from established families with legacies of Soul Energy, and even then, they had to be exceptionally talented.

It wasn’t that ordinary families never produced such prodigies, but maybe only one would appear in every ten thousand households—a one-in-ten-thousand chance, you could say.

Setting aside what happened in the Desolate Moon Islands Secret Realm, just based on the fact that he was a future Heavenly Ranking prodigy, Bao Yongyan was certain that Li Heng’s future achievements would be anything but low. Perhaps he even had a chance of becoming a Grandmaster in the future!

"Hello, student Li Heng! I am Bao Yaoyao’s mother. Thank you so much for taking care of our Yaoyao in the Secret Realm!"

Mrs. Bao was the first to speak after Li Heng appeared. As she spoke, she also took out the best local cigarettes, liquor, and tea from a spatial item.

In Mrs. Bao’s eyes, this young man Li Heng had a good physique, a fine Spirit, and decent looks and height. Her first impression was quite good.

When Zhang Yu Yao saw the other woman pull items out of thin air, she was stunned for a moment. She quickly recovered and immediately invited them into the house to sit down.

At the same time, hearing the name "Bao Yaoyao," she realized this was the only female teammate her son had mentioned from the Secret Realm college entrance exam.

Being able to pull things out of thin air meant there was a very high probability that they were Soul Masters. In fact, based on their aura alone, Zhang Yu Yao had already suspected they were Soul Masters.

Furthermore, she recognized the items they brought out; they were the highest-grade cigarettes, liquor, and tea available locally. This visitor’s gift was certainly impressive.

Zhang Yu Yao didn’t accept the gifts they offered. She simply ushered them to a seat in the living room and went to make tea.

With Zhang Yu Yao’s departure from the living room, the atmosphere instantly became a little awkward.

Although Father Bao and Mrs. Bao weren’t overtly sizing Li Heng up, their gazes remained fixed on him.

Li Guobin’s eyes, on the other hand, kept darting between the three members of the Bao Family, as if he were lost in thought.

As for Li Heng and Bao Yaoyao, they glanced at each other before quickly averting their eyes.

The atmosphere didn’t return to normal until Zhang Yu Yao came out of the kitchen carrying three half-steeped cups of flower tea.

"Student Li Heng, our Yaoyao’s strength is low, and she’s usually quite lazy about practicing her Soul Energy Skills. She must have caused you a lot of trouble in the Secret Realm. It’s only thanks to your care that Yaoyao was able to pass the exam smoothly."

After accepting the tea from Zhang Yu Yao with both hands, Mrs. Bao was the first to break the silence, her gaze filled with affirmation.

"Not at all, not at all! Auntie, please don’t say that. Classmate Bao Yaoyao is very capable too. She’s a very brave girl!"

As long as they weren’t here to "call him to account," he was fine. Li Heng had just been thinking about it again; although she had given them to him voluntarily, he still felt a bit embarrassed about having swindled her out of her medicinal herbs just by cooking for her.

Besides, it was thanks to Bao Yaoyao that he’d had enough medicinal herbs to upgrade using his soul energy points during those few days. Otherwise, there’s no way he would have reached over four thousand points.

And Li Heng genuinely felt that he hadn’t really helped Bao Yaoyao with much of anything, let alone "taking care of her" as Mrs. Bao had said.

"Yaoyao, thank student Li Heng yourself!"

Throughout the entire exchange, Bao Yaoyao hadn’t said a word. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to speak, but seeing with her own eyes that Li Heng was alive and uninjured made her extremely happy. It was just that her feelings of guilt made it a little difficult for her to speak.

Now, hearing her mother’s prompting, Bao Yaoyao steeled herself, raised her head, and thanked him with great solemnity. "Student Li Heng, I was under your care for the entire Secret Realm college entrance exam! If it weren’t for your help, I would have had to teleport away if two Mountain Spirits had appeared later on! Thank you so much, really!"

"We were just supporting and helping each other! I was under your care as well! Thank you very much!"

While Li Heng exchanged pleasantries with Bao Yaoyao, he couldn’t help but wonder inwardly: ’Mountain Spirits? What Mountain Spirits?’