Entering Shrek Academy! Tang San: You Are Seeking Death!

After a long while, their lips parted.

A hint of haziness lingered in the young girl's beautiful eyes.

Seeing this, Lin Yan smiled and said, "How about we don't sleep tonight?"

As soon as these words left his mouth, Ye Lingling's delicate, pretty face turned as red as an apple.

"What... what are you saying?"

She was, after all, the daughter raised personally by Ye Rou'er.

Ye Lingling had a gentle personality and conservative values; she was not as open as Dugu Yan.

Although she was several years older than Lin Yan, she became incredibly shy every time she faced such suggestive remarks.

Watching the young girl's bashful appearance, Lin Yan tightened his embrace slightly without a word.

Just then, Dugu Yan walked out of the bathroom, having finished washing up. She kicked off her slippers and climbed onto the bed, asking, "What secret whispers are you two sharing?"

Lin Yan chuckled. "I was discussing with Sister Lingling that we don't plan on sleeping tonight, haha."

As he finished speaking, Dugu Yan squeezed into Lin Yan's arms as well.

She arched her neck and scolded him with a laugh, "You little rascal, are you trying to wear us both out? 'Not sleeping tonight'—you really dare to think it~"

"Hehe~ It's just that I can't bear to part with you and Sister Lingling! It'll be a long time before I come back."

Standing over 1.9 meters tall, Lin Yan was no longer the little boy he once was; holding a girl in each arm felt completely natural.

And Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling seemed to have long grown accustomed to sharing Lin Yan.

A cool breeze blew by, and the lights went out.

Whispers drifted through the bedchamber, followed by sounds that stirred the imagination.

"Right! Don't go flirting with other women while you're out. If you have that Evil Fire, you'd better hold it in—you are not allowed to find other women, you hear me?"

"In that case, before I leave, I'd better clear out the Evil Fire I've built up over these past two days."

"Get lost, when have we ever let you build it up?"

The next day.

As the morning sun rose, Ye Lingling was the first to wake from her slumber.

She instinctively reached out to embrace the person beside her, but her arms met only empty space.

"Hmm? Lin Yan..."

The young girl slowly opened her sleepy eyes, only to realize that at some point, only a lingering warmth remained on the side of the bed.

"This guy..."

"Has he already left?"

Seeing that only Dugu Yan remained on the bed, still emitting soft snores, a flash of disappointment crossed Ye Lingling's eyes.

On the other side, outside Heaven Dou City.

Lin Yan retracted his Dragon Wings and landed on the ground, calling out softly into the void.

"Elder Ci Xue."

As his voice fell, a shadow suddenly appeared before him, gradually solidifying into the form of an old man.

"Young Master!"

Ci Xue bowed slightly to Lin Yan, his attitude extremely respectful.

Clearly, the importance Qian Renxue had placed on Lin Yan over these past six years was unparalleled, to the point that even he, as a guardian, had to maintain a certain level of deference.

Lin Yan didn't say much about this; he was already used to it.

"Elder Ci Xue, you should know about the situation regarding the Great High Priest."

"This trip might be somewhat dangerous for me. You don't need to follow, Elder, so that you won't find it difficult to explain if we run into our own people."

"But..."

"Rest assured, I will explain it to Sister Xue'er."

Ci Xue wanted to object, but was interrupted by Lin Yan. With that, he had no choice but to agree for the time being and return to seek a final decision from Qian Renxue.

"Very well, then Young Master, take care on your journey."

With that, Ci Xue stopped arguing, turned into a black shadow, and vanished instantly.

It wasn't that he truly didn't care about Lin Yan, but rather that he had returned to seek instructions from Qian Renxue.

After all, when it came down to it, Qian Renxue was his Young Mistress.

With Ci Xue's departure, the surroundings quickly fell into silence, leaving only the sound of the wind and the rustling of leaves.

At this point, Lin Yan let out a long sigh of relief.

The reason he didn't want Ci Xue to keep following him was out of fear that Tang Hao, who was guarding Tang San, would discover his identity.

There were only so many Title Douluo on the continent; if those two were to cross paths, Tang Hao certainly wouldn't let the matter slide easily.

The best-case scenario would be for Ci Xue to escape from Tang Hao and run back to Spirit Hall to bring reinforcements.

As for the worst-case scenario...

Lin Yan guessed that if Tang Hao deduced Ci Xue's allegiance, it would, to a certain extent, jeopardize Qian Renxue's infiltration plan.

Therefore, no matter what, he could not let Ci Xue continue to follow him.

And as for that malignant tumor, Tang Hao!

Lin Yan planned to confess to Qian Renxue the next time he returned to Heaven Dou City, claiming that he had secretly discovered Tang Hao's tracks.

Once Qian Renxue brought people from Spirit Hall to surround and suppress Tang Hao, he could simply hide for a while and reappear only after Tang Hao had been captured. Wouldn't that crisis be perfectly resolved?

Once the threat of Tang Hao was gone, Tang San and Xiao Wu would be his to manipulate as he pleased.

Thinking of this, Lin Yan looked up toward the distance, a glimmer of curiosity and longing for the future appearing in his eyes.

"Tang San!"

"We are finally going to meet."

"Don't you dare disappoint me too much!"

If he remembered correctly, this great protagonist, favored by both the Asura God and the Sea God, was currently only at level 29.

With such strength, could he really stay ahead of him in the future?

Several days later.

Shrek Academy.

To avoid exposing his External Soul Bone in front of Tang Hao and inviting a fatal disaster upon himself, Lin Yan retracted his Dragon Wings several kilometers away from Shrek Academy and switched to traveling on foot.

Finally, after some time, he arrived at the gates of Shrek.

"Whew~"

"Finally here!"

Lin Yan wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and looked inside the academy.

"Huh? Where is everyone?"

Over the years, Lin Yan had returned to Shrek to visit Wen Ruan every so often, so he was very familiar with the academy.

Seeing that there wasn't a soul to be found inside, he walked in on his own.

Following his memory, he first went to the girls' dormitory where Wen Ruan stayed. Finding it empty, he headed to the playground.

"So that's where they are!"

Watching the icy-blue figure battling several people on the playground, a sweet smile curled at the corners of Lin Yan's lips.

"What a coincidence to arrive just in time for this freshman assessment."

He chose not to greet her immediately; doing so would disrupt the assessment and break the rhythm of Wen Ruan's attacks.

Yes!

Unlike the original story where Zhao Wuji personally stepped in to conduct the assessment, the one currently battling Tang San and the others was none other than the level 52 Power Attack System Soul King, Wen Ruan.

In the arena, Wen Ruan had her Ice Dragon Butterfly Martial Soul Possession active. Her two crystalline dragon wings fluttered as she moved with ease, weaving through the attacks of the others.

Even with the amplification from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Tang San and his group looked incredibly disheveled against her.

"I didn't expect the little senior to be this formidable."

A 17-year-old Soul King—such strength was rare even across the entire Douluo Continent. Not even the Golden Generation of Spirit Hall was as formidable as Wen Ruan.

Watching the genius he had personally "nurtured" display such combat prowess, the smile on Lin Yan's face deepened.

The battle on the playground was drawing to a close; Tang San and his group were nearly out of Soul Power and on the verge of defeat.

However, at that very moment, the second soul ring beneath Xiao Wu's feet suddenly flared bright.

[Second Soul Skill: Charm!]

Xiao Wu, unaware of the gravity of the situation, launched a mental attack against a Soul King. Unsurprisingly, she was instantly knocked unconscious by the backlash.

"No! Xiao Wu!"

Seeing this, Tang San immediately sprinted to Xiao Wu's side.

Seeing Xiao Wu unconscious for reasons unknown, Tang San's eyes turned blood-red, his breathing ragged like an ox, and he let out a roar.

"Daring to hurt Xiao Wu, you have already chosen the path to death!"

The next second, he pulled various hidden weapons from the storage belt at his waist.

"Oh no!"