The next day, Ning Huan rose unusually early.
After carefully tidying himself up from head to toe and making sure he hadn't left anything behind, he finally walked out of the dormitory and hurried toward the Soul Fighting Arena.
The reason was simple: today was the first day of the Outer Court's Freshman Assessment.
It was also the last day Ning Huan, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng would be studying at Shrek Academy.
That's right. After many days of careful consideration, Ning Huan had ultimately decided to leave Shrek right on schedule.
It would keep him within the rules, leaving no grounds for anyone to accuse him of targeting them.
And it would ensure that no one in his group was detained.
After all, from his perspective, the actions of the Sea God Pavilion's hardliners, led by Yan Shaozhe, had been far too strange.
Three whole months!
Apart from assigning Zhang Lexuan to act as their guide, then abruptly pulling her away in an act of infighting that seemed to pit one side of their brains against the other...
They hadn't made another move since.
Anyone would have to stay on guard.
Perhaps Yan Shaozhe had forgotten they existed.
Or perhaps he'd seen Ning Huan constantly running to the Soul Tool Department's teaching building and dismissed him as unimportant.
Still, there was no harm in being cautious.
Besides, with the Freshman Assessment as its starting point, the wheels of fate would soon be impossible to stop.
Every extra second spent at Shrek was another wager with his own safety.
Ning Huan, who had been careful for more than a decade, naturally wouldn't let his guard down.
"Ning Huan, over here~"
With her delicate, youthful beauty and clear, sweet voice, Ning Tian was undoubtedly the most dazzling sight on the