Shrek Academy was silent at night. Since the children had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts, only Flender's office remained brightly lit; everywhere else was shrouded in darkness.
Flender sat upright with a grave expression. Across from him sat a man in black robes, unkempt and stubbly-faced. Who else could it be but Tang Hao, the man who had wanted to kill Ye Tianxing?
"Flender, are you saying that Little San and the others, along with the master and Zhao Wuji, have gone to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts?" Tang Hao asked calmly.
At the sound of that low voice, Flender shuddered all over. Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, he nodded. "Yes. Little San has improved tremendously—his Soul Power has already reached level thirty. It's truly hard to imagine that a Blue Silver Grass Spirit Master could cultivate so quickly."
"Blue Silver Grass..."
Tang Hao fell silent...
"..."
"Your Excellency Haotian, would you like to..." Flender asked.
"Mm." Tang Hao nodded.
Flender pressed his right hand against the armrest and began to turn it.
With a click, the room began to tremble. Before Flender's desk, a long passageway was revealed, its stairs leading downward with no end in sight.
"Thank you, Flender."
With that, Tang Hao slipped inside, seemingly unable to wait any longer.
"Your Excellency Haotian, I should be the one thanking you. If you hadn't sent Little San and Xiao Wu here back then, it would be hard to say whether my Shrek Academy could have survived until now." Flender smiled smugly. This year was unlike the previous ones. The children who had entered the academy were all extraordinarily gifted, especially Ye Ping'an. That boy had solved the academy's funding problem for him.
Flender wondered whether he