Hearing Gu Yuena's words, Su Yu felt a surge of delight.
"You must store it carefully. It's one of a kind—there's only this one in all of Douluo Continent!"
"It's that precious? Then I'll make sure to keep it safe!"
Su Yu made the Dragon Scale into a pendant and hung it around his neck.
"This way, I won't lose it."
Su Yu raised a hand to touch the Dragon Scale pendant on his chest and smiled at Gu Yuena.
Gu Yuena looked at the striking silver-white gleam on his chest. A trace of softness flashed through her violet eyes as she softly hummed in acknowledgment.
"Then I'm leaving."
"Go on."
Gu Yuena waved her hand and watched his figure vanish through the entrance to the Secret Realm, her silver skirt brushing lightly across the ground.
Lake of Life—
Su Yu appeared before Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Xiao Wu.
"Let's go! We can head back now!"
"Alright!"
Zi Ji returned to her true form and carried the three of them toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The dormitory at Shrek Academy was somewhat dim.
Ning Rongrong sat on the bed with her back ramrod straight, yet an indescribable fragility clung to her.
Her face was as pale as paper, and even her lips had lost all color.
Her once-lively eyes were now as vacant as dusty glass, devoid of the slightest spark.
In the two days and two nights since their hasty return from the Star Dou Great Forest, she had neither eaten nor drunk anything. She simply sat there like a statue that had lost its soul.
Zhu Qing had remained at her side, her slightly cool fingertips tightly clasping Ning Rongrong's icy hand.
The warmth in her palm desperately tried to pass into Ning