Yu Xiaogang: Go to Shrek Academy

The story of the infatuated Saintess kept many people awake all night.

Bibi Dong was one of them, and Qian Renxue was another.

Learning about a hidden chapter of the Pope's past seemed to give people a deeper understanding of her.

It even made her seem not so distant.

They were all living people, people of flesh and blood and emotions.

The Pope of the past had even been very innocent, completely unlike her current image of lofty authority and awe-inspiring power.

At Nuoding Academy, Xiao Wu felt uneasy.

The Grandmaster was actually a scumbag!

What shocked her even more was that he had even wronged the current Pope.

It felt unbelievable!

Could someone like him really teach Tang San well?

No, it should be said that Tang San did not need his teaching in the first place.

With the soul of an adult, he had long since formed his own way of thinking.

After a sleepless night, something the next day filled Xiao Wu with dread.

Yu Xiaogang had come looking for them!

He had come for only one reason: he had already rejected invitations from every other academy.

"Little San, Xiao Wu, after graduation, you will go to Shrek Academy!"

Yu Xiaogang's stiff face showed no expression.

Only the melancholy aura around him remained as obvious as ever.

"Yes, Teacher."

Tang San respected Yu Xiaogang greatly, so naturally he had no intention of refusing.

Teacher's arrangements were absolutely for the best!

Yet when Xiao Wu heard the name Shrek Academy, she was utterly startled.

Wasn't that the Shilaike Academy mentioned in the Storybook?

"Grandmaster, can we go to another academy?"

Xiao Wu asked timidly, already beginning to panic inside.

"Why?"

Yu Xiaogang frowned. Xiao Wu was actually opposing his arrangement?

That was a first in six years!

"I've never heard of Shrek Academy. Didn't Advanced Soul Master Academies invite us? They even waive the tuition."

Xiao Wu came up with an excuse.

Advanced Soul Master Academy—this was a decent reason.

Yet the Grandmaster's answer plunged her into despair.

"No. Shrek Academy is the best. It is the academy most suitable for you. You are going there!"

"This matter is settled!"

"But..."

"No buts!"

Yu Xiaogang refused firmly. She was just a twelve-year-old child; where did all these objections come from?

After saying that, he left directly.

No one was allowed to defy anything he had arranged!

Not even Tang San, his most cherished disciple!

"Xiao Wu, what's wrong with you today?"

Tang San was rather puzzled.

Why was Xiao Wu so opposed to Shrek Academy?

And she had even defied Teacher today. That was truly inappropriate!

"Nothing. I just don't want to go."

Tang San thought for a moment before saying, "Teacher must have our best interests at heart. Shrek Academy is definitely the most suitable place for us!"

"You have opposed Teacher repeatedly today. That was wrong, and you should apologize to him."

"What?"

Xiao Wu abruptly turned her head. He wanted her to apologize?

Tang San did not think there was anything wrong with that and instead said, "Teacher has worked very hard for our growth. There definitely can't be a problem with his arrangements."

"You were too rash today. You shouldn't have talked back to Teacher."

Tang San's words inevitably carried a hint of reproach.

Although he did not know why Xiao Wu was so resistant, wrong was wrong!

However...

"He's your teacher, not mine!"

Xiao Wu's pretty face turned cold.

He had never blamed her all these years, yet today he was scolding her just because she had argued back a few times?

"Xiao Wu, you... are being utterly unreasonable!"

Tang San frowned deeply, unable to understand why Xiao Wu was being so unruly today.

Did she not understand respecting one's teacher?

Xiao Wu could not be bothered to say anything more and turned to leave.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to clear my head. Don't follow me."

Xiao Wu left in a huff. There was one thing she had said correctly.

Yu Xiaogang had only one disciple: Tang San!

She was not Yu Xiaogang's disciple, and Yu Xiaogang had never been her teacher.

Behind her, Tang San's brows remained tightly furrowed.

Xiao Wu seemed very off today, as if something were weighing on her mind.

But no matter what, talking back to Teacher was still wrong.

With his sect-slave mentality, he had zero tolerance for such matters.

Yet for some reason, watching Xiao Wu leave made him feel inexplicably panicked.

He always felt as though he was about to lose something important.

He could not explain that feeling.

Xiao Wu, having left, wandered aimlessly through Nuoding City in a daze.

Yu Xiaogang's decision today had made her fully realize that the Storybook's contents were real.

And the later events described within it should be what would happen in the future.

Therefore, Tang San had very likely seen through her identity long ago.

And Tang San's father should have investigated her long ago and known that she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form.

The reason he had not killed her and had allowed her to remain by Tang San's side...

Was to let Tang San deepen his feelings for her.

Then, someday in the future, they would arrange for her to sacrifice herself for Tang San.

That way, Tang San could easily obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, along with a Spirit Bone!

Based on some of the information revealed in the Storybook, Tang San's father also possessed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, and it had been obtained through Tang San's mother's sacrifice.

Why had she sacrificed herself?

It had also been a scheme!

In other words, from beginning to end, she had been thoroughly manipulated by Tang San and his father.

The Soul Master Tournament would be the turning point of her fate, the beginning of her path toward death.

They knew her identity, yet for Yu Xiaogang's so-called reputation, they still wanted her to follow them to Spirit City to compete.

In Tang San's heart, she was not even as important as Yu Xiaogang, his teacher.

What protection for a lifetime?

What an absolute joke!

Thinking it over carefully, one reason was Yu Xiaogang.

The other reason should have been her Spirit Ring!

Because by then, Tang San had already fully known her identity.

He knew there was danger, yet he still wanted her to go to Spirit City. He was clearly sending her to her death.

If she had not known the Storybook's contents, she probably never would have considered this possibility.

What was she supposed to do now?

She walked all the way out of the city, found a quiet place, and sat down.

She felt utterly lost about the future.

Should she follow Tang San to Shrek Academy, or return to the Star Dou Great Forest?

If she returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, she should be safe.

There, no one could hurt her.

But she was unwilling to accept it.

During these six years in the human world, she had formed some bonds.

Why should her sincerity be trampled on by others?

She also wanted to know what would happen in the future, to know whether she really would sacrifice herself.

"The Storybook's author knows. He must know the truth!"

Xiao Wu muttered to herself, and the thought of finding the Storybook's author arose within her.

But amid the vast sea of people and across the enormous Douluo Continent, where could she look?

She had no leads at all right now. She truly did not know what to do.

Just then, the Storybook suddenly appeared.

Its pages opened, stopping at the chapter about the Double-Standard Hammer King and the Idiot Beast King.

Just like before, it could be commented on.

But a new window appeared at the very bottom of the page.

"Request an update?"