"Teacher?!"
Feeling a familiar presence, Ma Xiaotao stopped and turned around. Though her breathing was still unsteady, she cried out in delight.
Huo Yuhao also looked toward his senior brother and let out a breath of relief.
Thank goodness it wasn't Xuan Zi.
Huo Yuhao knew that on his first trip outside the academy, someone would definitely be sent to follow them in secret, apart from Ma Xiaotao.
After all, as two of the Inner Academy's promising students, neither he nor Ma Xiaotao could afford to get into trouble. Shrek Academy wouldn't accept that.
Huo Yuhao had no idea that Mu En had confined Xuan Zi to the academy.
He had been a little worried earlier that if Xuan Zi showed up, something might go wrong again.
But thankfully, it was Yan Shaozhe.
Although Yan Shaozhe was nowhere near as powerful as Xuan Zi, seeing him here was far more reassuring than seeing Xuan Zi.
In the sky, Yan Shaozhe shielded Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao beneath his radiance, his expression grim.
He hadn't expected anything to actually go wrong.
Normally, he would never have been chosen to accompany them in secret this time.
After all, compared with the other Sea God Pavilion Elders, Yan Shaozhe, as the dean of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department, was undoubtedly the busiest.
His departure would, to some extent, disrupt the Martial Soul Department's operations.
But Yan Shaozhe hadn't cared about that.
He had proposed that Huo Yuhao join the Shrek Inspectorate, and he was Huo Yuhao's senior brother. On top of that, his own disciple, whom he regarded as a daughter, was here too.
With all those factors combined,
if Yan Shaozhe hadn't gone along himself, he would never have felt at ease.
So he had temporarily handed the Martial Soul Department over