Young People's Business!

Seeing that they were getting farther and farther from where Tang San had been buried, Xiao Wu stopped the Titan Giant Ape from running any farther.

She knew Er Ming wanted to take her back to the Lake of Life, but even for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, traveling from the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest to its central region would take quite a while.

The scene of Tang San being buried was still fresh in her mind. She had to hurry back and check on him.

"Sister Xiao Wu, did those humans bully you?"

Er Ming cupped Xiao Wu in his palm. Looking at the dried tear tracks on her face, he was full of concern.

"If you're unhappy in the human world, come back to the Lake of Life."

"My big brother and I will protect you!"

His words touched Xiao Wu, bringing back memories of the three of them living together at the Lake of Life when they were younger.

Her anger toward Tang San and Meng Yiran faded somewhat.

Of course. The people who'd lived with you your whole life were the ones who knew how to comfort you.

The first thing Er Ming had asked when he saw her was whether she'd been bullied...

"Thank you, Er Ming!"

"How's Da Ming?"

"Big brother's fine. He still talks about you all the time..."

A smile returned to Xiao Wu's face, and she once again regained her old, big-sisterly air!

"I've been doing all right in the human world, and I've even met an interesting person."

"With that person's help, I'll be able to carry out my revenge plan soon."

As she spoke, a determined look appeared on her delicate little face.

She met the Titan Giant Ape's gaze.

"You and Da Ming should keep cultivating at the Lake of Life. Wait for me to come back!"

"All right, I have to go."

"I've been gone too long. My friends must be worried about me."

With Er Ming watching her anxiously, Xiao Wu retraced her steps.

As she searched for the place where Tang San had been buried, she also condensed her third Soul Ring.

Her purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring pulsed slowly, and Xiao Wu's body grew a little more mature.

Her distinctly feminine charm blossomed.

She still didn't have Zhu Zhuqing's curvaceous figure, but her long, jade-like legs and pair of rabbit ears gave her a more lively, charming air.

Unlike the fuller beauty of someone voluptuous, Xiao Wu gave people a slender, supple impression.

(Attached: A beautiful photo of Xiao Wu the author secretly took after traveling to Douluo years ago!)

After searching for quite a while, Xiao Wu finally reached the patch of woods where she'd buried Tang San.

It took a great deal of effort to drag him out, and she found that Tang San was unconscious.

That was only to be expected. A two-ring Soul Grandmaster had been sent flying by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Just surviving was lucky enough.

"Brother! Brother! Wake up!"

Xiao Wu crouched down and kept patting Tang San's face.

She'd nearly slapped his face swollen before the man on the ground finally showed signs of awareness.

In a daze, Tang San heard Xiao Wu's voice. He tried to wake up, but found that he couldn't open his eyes no matter how hard he tried.

Before long, visions of his previous life, when he'd jumped off a cliff to prove his resolve, began to appear in his mind.

Luckily, at the last moment, for some unknown reason, a cool energy spread from between his brows into his mind, pulling him through.

"Xiao Wu..."

A blurry pink figure gradually came into focus. Lying on the ground, he was looking up at her long, jade-like legs.

Before he could feel happy, a sudden, searing pain shot through his lower body!

"Ah! It hurts!"

His weak, shrill cry startled Xiao Wu. She cleared the branches off him and only then noticed that blood had begun seeping through the fabric around his lower body.

"Xiao Wu... What happened to me?"

Tang San felt as if every bone in his body had been smashed apart. He couldn't muster any strength, so he could only ask Xiao Wu what had happened.

But when the girl looked between Tang San's legs, her expression turned increasingly horrified. Her eyes widened and she let out a scream. Then, without a thought for the man still lying on the ground, she ran into the woods...

Young People's Business!

Over on Xia Ran's side, Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai looked ready to face off. Everyone watched the center of the clearing with shining eyes.

Just as the tension reached its peak, leaves rustled in the woods.

They looked over and saw Xiao Wu, who had "run away" earlier.

"Xiao Wu? Weren't you taken by the Titan Giant Ape?"

Ning Rongrong's beautiful eyes widened. She hadn't expected to see Xiao Wu again.

Zhao Wuji hurried forward and caught the figure, who was nearly spent.

"Where's Tang San? Isn't he with you?"

When Xiao Wu saw everyone, her eyes lit up as if she'd found a lifeline.

But after running so hard, she couldn't speak for a while. She could only lean on Zhao Wuji and gasp for breath.

Oscar hurriedly handed her a sausage, while Ning Rongrong gave her two support effects.

It took another two or three minutes for her to catch her breath.

"Third Brother! Hurry and save him!"

"He's covered in blood, and..."

She stopped halfway through. It was as if she'd remembered something she couldn't bring herself to say. The rest of the sentence stayed stuck in her throat, and she never got it out.

Everyone looked anxious. Zhao Wuji furrowed his brows and asked,

"And what?"

"I don't know. Just hurry!"

Tears welled in Xiao Wu's pink eyes. She bit her lip hard, looking utterly terrified and helpless, though no one could tell whether she'd been frightened or if something else had happened.

Then she grabbed Zhao Wuji's sleeve, and big tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Teacher Zhao, please hurry and save Third Brother. I think he's badly hurt."

Seeing her like that, Zhao Wuji didn't waste any more time. He turned and called to the others,

"Xia Ran, stay here and keep an eye on them."

"Xiao Ao, give me a few Big Sausages and Little Sausages. Hurry!"

"Oh, all right!"

Oscar hurriedly used his Soul Skill, but unfortunately, he'd used it far too many times that day.

He'd made sausages for Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu. He'd drained all his Soul Power and could only manage two Big Sausages and one Little Sausage.

"Teacher Zhao! I'm out of Soul Power!"

Zhao Wuji shot him a look, then turned to Xiao Wu.

"Lead the way."

Zhao Wuji had thought that once they ran into the Titan Giant Ape, there'd be no hope of Xiao Wu surviving after being carried off. Tang San had chased after her and vanished without a trace, while that useless Dai Mubai had gone and picked a fight with Xia Ran.

All those rotten things had driven him crazy. He'd already decided to take this bunch of deadweight back and then leave the academy.

He hadn't expected things to take a turn for the better.

Xiao Wu was alive, and Tang San hadn't died either, no matter how badly he was hurt.

After that interruption, Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai probably wouldn't start fighting again at such an inappropriate time.

Once they found Tang San, Zhao Wuji could head straight back to the academy and dump this whole mess on someone else. Then he could spend a few more years lounging around at Shrek.

Things went just as he'd expected. Seeing Zhao Wuji leave the group, Xia Ran stopped Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai from fighting.

The Titan Giant Ape's rampage had frightened many of the powerful Soul Beasts nearby.

If they started fighting now and drew the surrounding Soul Beasts over, Xia Ran wasn't sure he could protect such a large group.

By the time Zhao Wuji reached that patch of woods, Tang San had already been staring blankly at the sky for quite a while.

He could barely turn his head. Not a single part of his body felt right, and the blood below had soaked through his entire pair of pants by now.

"Tang San? How are you...?"

"Hiss..."

Zhao Wuji spotted Tang San lying there from a distance. He'd only just reached him and started to ask a question when the sight before him left him stunned.

Even the area between Zhao Wuji's legs felt a little chilly.

"Teacher Zhao... I..."

Tang San seemed to want to say something, but whether it was because he'd lost too much blood or simply had no strength left, he could barely speak.

He looked so close to death that Zhao Wuji almost gave up on him then and there.

Luckily, Xiao Wu reminded him that he still had Oscar's sausages in his hand.

"Ah, right! Hurry and eat the Big Sausages..."

Fortunately, Oscar's sausages didn't need to be swallowed. Once placed in the mouth, they turned into energy that the body could absorb. Otherwise, Tang San would have been too weak even to eat.

After swallowing two Big Sausages and one Little Sausage, Tang San's condition improved a little.

His face wasn't as pale as before, and he was finally able to speak clearly enough for them to hear.