Return to the Star Dou Forest

City Lord Li was now considering how to ease relations with Wang Sheng and the others. Otherwise, whether the Li Family could retain the position of City Lord—or even survive—would be a problem.

Three days later, the names of Wang Sheng, Mei Hu, Wu Xiaodong, and Wu Xiao'ai rapidly spread throughout Wind City.

Wherever the four of them went, everyone's eyes followed them closely.

However, they did not care about those gazes in the slightest.

After class today, they were still walking back to Courtyard No. 1 as usual, chatting and laughing.

However, when they arrived at the entrance of Courtyard No. 1, two people were already waiting there.

"City Lord Li, Li Feng?"

Mei Hu, Wu Xiaodong, and Wu Xiao'ai immediately grew tense, watching City Lord Li and Li Feng with wary expressions.

Wu Xiao'ai: "What are you doing here?"

Mei Hu: "Please leave. You are not welcome here."

"You two, this is a misunderstanding. We are not here to cause trouble, but to bring Li Feng here to apologize."

City Lord Li had lowered his posture considerably.

"Li Feng, why aren't you apologizing yet?"

City Lord Li showed Li Feng no kindness, his tone extremely cold. If Li Feng had not been his biological son, he would have wanted to slap him to death.

Li Feng was deeply unwilling, but under City Lord Li's stern gaze, he still stepped forward. "The four of you, I'm sorry. What happened before was merely a misunderstanding. It will absolutely never happen again. Please forgive me."

Wu Xiao'ai: "Heh. If apologies worked, the dead could come back to life."

Mei Hu: "How about I kill you now, then say sorry afterward?"

It was obvious that the two of them still bore a grudge over what had happened last time. The lingering fear remained in their hearts. How could a single apology possibly earn their forgiveness?

More importantly, even a fool could tell from Li Feng's expression that this apology was not sincere.

He was apologizing only because circumstances had forced him to.

Unlike the other three, Wang Sheng remained calm, because he believed that even if they wanted to make a move, they would never do so inside the academy. That would be no different from seeking death.

"Enough, City Lord Li. Let's put this matter behind us. After all, the four of us were not truly harmed."

"Brother Sheng!"

"Brother Sheng, you..."

Mei Hu and Wu Xiao'ai were both stunned. They did not understand why Wang Sheng would say that, since Wang Sheng had been the angriest about this matter before.

The two of them wanted to say more, but Wang Sheng stopped them.

City Lord Li also understood that Wang Sheng was the leader among the four.

So he directly handed the item in his hand to Wang Sheng and said with a smile, "That's wonderful. Still, to express our apology, I have prepared a gift. I hope you will accept it."

Wang Sheng accepted it with a smile as well.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, City Lord Li left with Li Feng.

"Brother Sheng, have you really forgiven him?" After they had left, Mei Hu could not help asking.

Wang Sheng smiled faintly and pinched Mei Hu's cheek. "Forgive him? How could I? I will never forgive anyone who harms Meier."

Mei Hu's face immediately reddened, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Hehehe... I understand now. Brother Sheng means we accept the gift and still settle the grudge! It's just that we are not strong enough right now, so we might as well take the gift. It's free anyway, and we can put their minds at ease."

"Hahahaha!" Wu Xiaodong laughed as well. "It may be a little unscrupulous, but I like it."

"Teacher Xue Yue!"

Mei Hu suddenly called out, then quickly ran over.

Wu Xiaodong, Wu Xiao'ai, and Wang Sheng immediately looked over and indeed saw Xue Yue slowly walking over from the side.

The three of them immediately ran over as well.

"Teacher, where have you been these past few days? We've all missed you!" Wu Xiao'ai held Xue Yue's delicate hand and kept shaking it.

Looking at the four of them, Xue Yue's eyes were full of delight. "You four little ones did well. You brought great honor to your teacher."

Wu Xiao'ai: "Teacher Xue Yue, you still haven't told us where you've been these past few days!"

Xue Yue flicked Wu Xiao'ai's nose. "You little thing, you really are quite the gossip... Fine, I'll tell you! I was already on the verge of breaking through to level sixty, so I went to cultivate intensively."

Mei Hu could not help asking, "Then does that mean Teacher Xue Yue has already broken through to level sixty?"

Wu Xiao'ai: "Isn't that obvious? She must have broken through! Our Teacher Xue Yue is a famous beautiful genius."

Xue Yue: "You really do have sweet mouths... But yes, I have indeed broken through to level sixty."

Wu Xiaodong and Wang Sheng were both filled with shock. Xue Yue's talent truly was formidable.

A Soul Emperor with six Soul Rings in her thirties was truly rare. But why had there never been any storyline about her in Douluo? Could she be an overlooked powerhouse?

"Gather tomorrow. I'll take you to the Star Dou Forest."

Wu Xiao'ai was full of excitement. She was someone who could never sit still, so she immediately asked, "Teacher Xue Yue, you're going to hunt a Soul Ring, right?"

"That's right! So don't play too wildly today! All right, I've notified you. I also need to make some preparations for hunting a Soul Ring."

With that, Xue Yue slowly left.

Watching Xue Yue's departing figure, Wang Sheng narrowed his eyes. A strange expression appeared on his face as he muttered, "Interesting, interesting. Truly interesting."

"Huh? Brother Sheng, what do you mean?" Mei Hu looked utterly confused.

"It's nothing... It's just that this trip to the Star Ash Forest will be very interesting."

That immediately piqued Wu Xiao'ai and Wu Xiaodong's interest as well.

However, seeing that Wang Sheng clearly did not want to explain, they could only suppress their curiosity and refrain from asking.

A week later, Xue Yue had brought Wang Sheng, Mei Hu, Wu Xiao'ai, and Wu Xiaodong out of the academy. They arrived at a small town and checked into an inn that night.

Wang Sheng, Mei Hu, Wu Xiao'ai, and Wu Xiaodong were sitting together, preparing to eat.

Wu Xiao'ai: "Why does Teacher Xue Yue seem so mysterious this time?"

Wu Xiaodong: "I think so too. She must be hiding something from us."

Just as they were discussing it while Xue Yue was away for a moment—

Bang!

The door was suddenly pushed open!

"What kind of soul beast do you think we'll hunt this time? What kind of Soul Ring and soul skill will we get?"

"You? A ten-year Soul Ring, probably!"

"Pah! You're the one who should hunt a ten-year Soul Ring!"

"Hahahaha, Liunian, you little snake! You'd be lucky to get a ten-year Soul Ring!"