Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong left.
Shrek Academy had just been attacked by a Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell. Yan Shaozhe could not guarantee that the Sun Moon Empire would not "launch another attack." As a Titled Douluo, he could protect himself, but he had no way to keep an eye on Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong.
The three of them were already Shrek's only remaining seedlings. For safety's sake, Yan Shaozhe definitely did not want the two of them to stay behind.
Moreover, the current Shrek could no longer offer them much help. It would be better to let them travel the continent and grow.
Yan Shaozhe knew Tang Wutong's background. The Clear Sky Sect was now more suitable for the two of them to develop in. Under normal circumstances, Yan Shaozhe would certainly have preferred for them to receive more benefits from Shrek and become more tightly bound to it.
But in the current situation, the faster Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong grew, the more benefits and assistance they could bring to Shrek.
Keeping them tied to Shrek would instead be a foolish move.
Shrek... lacked time most of all.
Outside the city, Lin Yun ate Ice Empress's ice cream—no, a fruit-flavored popsicle made by Ice Empress—while watching the Golden Tree.
As soon as the explosion faded, Lin Yun had seen Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong beside the Golden Tree. It was entirely within his expectations that the two of them had not died.
Even if Ah Yin within the Golden Tree had not acted to protect her granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Tang San's divine consciousness would definitely have intervened. He would never allow his ten-thousand-year freeloader to run into trouble. He had to keep a firm grip on Huo Yuhao, this Child of Fortune. If Huo