The Story of Huo Yuhao and Ju Zi

He turned his head toward Ye Moyong mechanically, lightning flashing in his cold eyes.

"You're not joking with me?"

"Haha..." Ye Moyong laughed awkwardly and took two steps back.

"Senior."

"I know you're in a hurry, but please don't rush."

"These construction-site container dormitories, um... well... are indeed the freshman dorms."

After saying that, afraid Di Tian would fly into a rage, he immediately explained.

"Most of the construction budget was used elsewhere, so the dormitory area had to be slightly neglected."

"But please rest assured, Senior."

"Although the living conditions are a little poor, the cultivation environment is not."

"Please look over there."

"A Life Ancient Tree."

"The Federation found a Life Ancient Tree seed on another life-bearing planet, but failed to discover any other use for it."

"Then, by coincidence, the Elf Branch Academy was being established, and Senior had taken human form and entered the human world. So the Federation transplanted the Life Ancient Tree seed, for which it had found no other use, to the Elf Branch Academy."

"It has only been six years, however."

"The Life Ancient Tree has not grown large enough to develop cultivation dormitories, so the dormitories could only be arranged in construction containers near the Life Ancient Tree."

"If you feel the containers are still not close enough to the Life Ancient Tree, the academy can apply to have your container dormitory lifted onto one of the Life Ancient Tree's branches by crane."

"Lift it up, huh?"

"So I can cosplay a sunshine doll?" Di Tian's facial muscles twitched nonstop as he rarely picked up the conversation.

He really couldn't hold it in.

Every generation of Shrek always managed to come up with bizarre nonsense that tied people's brains into knots.

He gave the Life Ancient Tree several extra glances, but said nothing more and did not bring up the subject of the Life Ancient Tree.

He merely asked:

"If the construction budget wasn't spent on the dormitory area, then where exactly did it go?"

"Please."

Ye Moyong made an inviting gesture.

They walked out of the container dormitory area, passed by the Life Ancient Tree, and arrived at the lakeside plaza on the other side.

Buildings stood in clusters, ancient and elegant.

They were resplendent in gold and jade, with painted beams and carved rafters.

Compared to the slum-like container dormitory area they had just seen, the lakeside plaza complex was practically the Douluo Continent version of Epang Palace.

One word—lavish!

Two words—extravagantly luxurious!

Three words—Sea God Lake!

Six words—the Sea God's Fate matchmaking event!

With a proud expression, Ye Moyong introduced, "The Sea God's Fate matchmaking event lakeside plaza complex is the result of six years of the academy's efforts."

"It was all overseen by master architects. Every cloud pattern was personally drawn by master engravers..."

Di Tian no longer wanted to listen.

He roughly understood now.

The Sea God's Fate matchmaking event lakeside plaza complex, built over six years, was probably a special weapon Shrek and the Tang Sect had prepared specifically to target him.

It was truly unbearable to look at.

Rubbing his swollen temples in despair, he stopped responding to Ye Moyong and headed straight back to the container dormitory area.

He should seize the time to cultivate.

After all, there was nothing he absolutely needed to waste time on right now.

The Federation's Neural Bridge Synaesthesia Technology, the piloting of the giant mecha Universe Pioneer, and the thought-sharing, Ecological Warship swarm combat proposed by Shrek and the Tang Sect.

Neither side had argued their way to a conclusion yet.

No one would come to disturb him, either.

Hurrying to cultivate was the main quest.

"Creak—"

Di Tian pushed open the door to the container dormitory.

"Heh heh..."

He laughed in anger.

There wasn't even a toilet inside the dorm!

Truly exiled to the Shrek branch academy—fighting eight hundred people for a toilet.

The only piece of good news was this.

Although the living conditions were atrocious, the cultivation environment was indeed quite good.

It was perfectly adequate as a temporary cultivation room.

As for living there?

Of course, absolutely, definitely... he had to return to the Soul Beast Forest to live!

Cultivating while tainted with human aura was the necessary part.

Living in a fucking container dorm without a toilet? Don't even think about it!

Cultivation disregarded the passage of time.

When he emerged from his cultivation state, the sun was already setting.

"Creak—"

He pushed open the door and stepped out once more.

A Soul Tool sedan had long been parked outside.

Zi Ji was the driver, and another passenger was already seated inside.

"Di Tian."

"Someone is looking for you."

The moment he got into the car, Zi Ji spoke.

"She's at the rest area beside the boundary marker between the Soul Beast World and the human world."

"She's a human woman."

"She says she's your female best friend."

"Female best friend?" Di Tian's first reaction was confusion. "I don't have any human female best friends."

"Maybe she's one of your romantic debts from the human world." Zi Ji pouted.

"Don't mess around."

"Be more specific."

"Let me explain," Bi Ji added from the side. "The hundred-thousand-year Beast King guarding the boundary marker said that the girl carries a dense angel bloodline."

"She should be that Yue Family girl who often communicated with you by satellite phone."

"Her." Di Tian understood.

They had been in contact for six years. It was impossible for his identity to remain hidden forever.

Le Qingling already knew who he was.

She had probably learned that he had successfully taken human form and enrolled in the Elf Academy, which was why she had rushed over.

The fact that she had not openly revealed her identity.

Was also his fault.

He did not want Tang Wulin near Elf Planet, so Le Qingling naturally had to come to Elf Planet in secret and conceal her identity.

And according to his agreement with Le Qingling.

There were only two reasons for Le Qingling to come looking for him on her own initiative.

First, something concerning Tang Wulin that Le Qingling could not handle.

Second, Le Qingling had toured the major administrative planets, attended major auctions, and bought a divine artifact.

"Which reason could it be?"

Di Tian could not determine it through speculation alone.

For the first possibility, before Tang Le recovered his memories and returned to being Tang Wulin in the original timeline, he had been fairly obedient and listened to Le Qingling.

For the second, divine artifacts were priceless and unavailable on the market.

Whether one could encounter one depended entirely on luck.

With those doubts in mind, they arrived at the service area on the border between the Soul Beast World and the human world.

To ensure the secrecy of the meeting.

Le Qingling had directly waved her hand and rented out Service Hall No. 6.

She wore a casual summer dress.

Yet her head was wrapped up tightly, and even her sunglasses were the largest size available.

As the sole manager of Tang Le, the Federation's hottest superstar, and someone who often had fake dating-rumor news released about her and Tang Le, Le Qingling was genuinely half a public figure herself.

She was extremely worried about being followed by paparazzi.

Only when she saw Di Tian enter did she snap back to her senses.

She sprang to her feet and immediately ran toward Di Tian in excitement.

However.

Zi Ji stopped her as though guarding her food.

A slender jade finger pressed against the center of Le Qingling's brow as Zi Ji said coldly, "If you have something to say, say it."

"Don't get so close."

"Big Sister Zi Ji, don't be so distant. I'm the number one employee and ace general under Boss Di Tian. When you marry the boss someday, I might even get to be a bridesmaid."

Worthy of being the manager of a heavenly superstar for six years, her public-relations skills were extraordinary.

One sentence was enough to coax Zi Ji into feeling better.

Le Qingling then said to Di Tian:

"I was just excited to see the boss."

"If it weren't for you, Boss, how could I have my current net worth of a hundred billion?"

As she reached for her Soul Tool, she said:

"I specifically gathered two important matters before making the trip to find you, Boss."

"The second concerns Tang Le and me."

"And the first is the divine artifact you've always been concerned about."

With that said.

She had already taken out an object.

It was not a complete divine artifact, but a fragment of one.

It was dark purple throughout, engraved with incomplete spiraling cloud patterns.

Yet this incomplete divine artifact fragment made Di Tian's golden eyes narrow.