Teacher Xuan Zi Catches Up on Sleep, Meng Hongchen is Furious!

The forest returned to silence, as if everything that had just occurred were merely a dream that had never happened.

Zhang Lexuan stood rooted to the spot, only regaining her senses after a long while.

Although she did not know the true identities of that old man and the youth, she was certain of one thing: they harbored no ill intent.

Otherwise, they would never have saved her at such a critical juncture, nor would they have helped her finish off the Silver Moon Divine Wolf.

Not to mention, if they had meant her harm, she would have had no chance of survival.

Furthermore, that senior had deliberately left the Silver Moon Divine Wolf with its final breath.

It was clear that he had intended to bestow this opportunity upon her.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lexuan took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in her heart, and raised the Silver Moon in her hand once more.

"Since that is the case..."

"Lexuan shall not let the senior's kindness go to waste."

She channeled the last of her remaining Soul Power, carrying with it her boundless hatred, as several brilliant silver moons crashed down.

Accompanied by a final mournful cry, the massive body of the Silver Moon Divine Wolf collapsed heavily, its life force extinguished completely.

A strange and magnificent blood-red soul ring rose slowly from its corpse.

The terrifying pressure of a hundred-thousand-year soul ring instantly permeated the entire forest.

Zhang Lexuan gazed at the soul ring with complex eyes; her fallen companions, the mysterious old man, the youth who shared a similar bloodline—all these complicated emotions eventually dissolved into an ambiguous sigh.

On the other side of the forest, atop a towering ancient tree, an unkempt, disheveled old man seemed to have just awakened from his slumber.

Judging by his flushed face and greasy mouth, this old man had clearly just enjoyed a wonderful meal and a good sleep.

"Mmm, ah~" The old man yawned, stretched his limbs, and rubbed his bleary eyes, scanning his surroundings unconsciously.

"Is it dawn? What? It's dawn?"

Xuan Zi remained as authoritative as ever, still in the Star Dou Forest for a snack and a nap.

The old man looked at the striking, glaring sunlight in the sky. He was stunned for a moment, then, as if realizing something, his eyes instantly cleared, and all traces of sleepiness vanished.

"Oh no, how is it already dawn? I slept through the entire night? This is bad, Lexuan and the others!"

A sense of foreboding surged in Xuan Zi's heart. He hurriedly channeled his Soul Power and leaped desperately into mid-air, his terrifying spiritual power scanning the forest in an attempt to locate Zhang Lexuan and her group.

Soon, he found Han Ruoruo and the other two fleeing toward the outer perimeter of the forest.

However, judging by their pale faces and the injuries on their bodies, it seemed that, just as he had feared, they had indeed encountered a grave danger.

Because he was in such a rush, Xuan Zi descended from the sky without any restraint, the resulting shockwave directly blocking the path of Han Ruoruo and the others.

This gave the three of them a massive fright; they had assumed that their senior sister had been defeated and that the Silver Moon Divine Wolf was catching up to them.

When Wu Ming looked closely and realized it was the long-missing Elder Xuan, she let out a sigh of relief, but quickly asked with a face full of fury.

"Elder Xuan? Why are you here? Where have you been all night?"

"Do you have any idea what kind of danger we encountered? Right, go save Senior Sister first, she's behind us."

Wu Ming had been unable to suppress her anger, but the moment she spoke, she remembered that Zhang Lexuan was still struggling behind them, so she hurriedly changed her tone to urge him on.

Xuan Zi looked at the three remaining students, his heart tightening. He had wondered if these were the only ones who had survived.

Especially Zhang Lexuan—she was one of the Sea God Pavilion successors in whom Mu En had placed high hopes, and she was a direct descendant of Shrek. If she had truly perished in this Star Dou Forest, it would be a devastating blow to Shrek Academy, and Mu En would never forgive him.

Fortunately, he had learned from Wu Ming's words that Lexuan was likely still safe and had a chance of survival, so all was not yet lost.

As long as he could bring Lexuan back in one piece, he would have an explanation for Mu En and the academy.

As for the other students, it was a pity; he couldn't even recall their names. He would just have the academy compensate them with some Gold Soul Coins; surely their parents would understand the academy's position.

After all, becoming a Soul Master was never easy, and as students of Shrek, they had to have the strength to face all kinds of dangers at any moment.

Thinking of this, his expression eased significantly, though he still looked at Wu Ming with anxiety and shouted urgently.

"Wu Ming, lead the way! I want to see exactly what kind of beast dares to lay a hand on the students of our Shrek Academy!"

Under Wu Ming's guidance, Xuan Zi activated his Martial Soul Possession, a pair of bull horns sprouting from his head, and flew toward Zhang Lexuan's location with an arrogant aura.

Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.

"Man, finally back. After traveling for months, I'm absolutely exhausted."

As soon as Xu Tianyao returned to his private dormitory, he couldn't wait to collapse onto his soft bed, letting out a blissful sigh.

In his room, the Snow Maiden was currently examining the various facilities.

Although this was not her first time entering the human world, it was her first time seeing a place as industrialized as the Sun Moon Empire, and she couldn't help but find it somewhat novel.

Especially after witnessing the power of those metal devices, she couldn't help but marvel at this kind of human wisdom.

Xu Tianyao sat up from the bed; after spending this time together, he and the Snow Maiden were already quite familiar with each other.

For the sake of daily convenience, Xu Tianyao suggested she simply go by the name Snow Maiden, to which the Snow Empress naturally agreed; to her, a name was nothing more than a form of address.

"By the way, Snow Maiden, would you like to attend school with me, or would you prefer to cultivate on your own?"

"If you come to school with me, I'll go handle your identification papers in a little while."

"If you want to cultivate alone, my private dormitory is quite large—several hundred square meters—and no one usually comes here. You can stay inside, tell me if you need anything, and it's very safe here."

Xu Tianyao walked over to the Snow Maiden's side, poured her a glass of human soda, and asked with some curiosity.

The Snow Maiden took the juice, sipped a little, and was immediately amazed by the sweet and sour sensation.

She thought it over; in truth, she was quite curious about those human Soul Tools and wanted to learn a thing or two about them. Besides, now that she had taken human form, she naturally had to try to integrate into human society.

As for the issue of her aura, there was no need to worry at all; the Ice Soul Necklace she had left behind during her transformation could conceal her soul beast aura.

"I want to enroll. I want to see how you humans cultivate and learn, and as for that thing you call a Soul Tool, I want to learn that too."

Xu Tianyao readily agreed to all of the Snow Maiden's requests.

"Then you stay here for now; I'll go take care of your enrollment procedures."

Xu Tianyao walked toward the door with a smile, still feeling rather pleased with himself about living with a beauty.

Little did he expect that someone was already standing outside the door, and that person was wearing a furious expression, gritting her teeth, and waiting for him in a towering rage.