Red Marks on Xiao Xiao, Dong'er's Interrogation!

If it had merely been normal research, how could he not even have time to send a message?

And there was that laboratory deep on the third floor. It was forbidden ground for the merchant association; even she could not enter it casually.

After Long Wushang and Huo Yuhao went in, they had not emerged until just now. Yet only he had come out, while Huo Yuhao was nowhere to be seen.

All signs pointed to matters being far less simple than they appeared.

But whenever Xiao Xiao tried to think more deeply, a warning from Long Wushang's will would come through the Original Sin Contract, forcibly suppressing her doubts and making her instinctively seek other possible explanations.

Perhaps Huo Yuhao truly had become absorbed in his research and did not want to leave the laboratory.

Perhaps Long Wushang was merely worried that Wang Dong'er would go over and disturb him, which was why he had asked her to deliver the message.

Xiao Xiao bit her lip and quickened her pace. No matter what the truth was, she had already agreed to Long Wushang's request.

Half an hour later, the gates of Shrek Academy appeared ahead.

The students on guard recognized Xiao Xiao. After exchanging a few simple greetings, she entered the academy.

After the celebration ended, the academy had returned to its usual order.

Most Inner Court disciples had already thrown themselves back into cultivation, and the sounds of soul skills colliding drifted from the training grounds from time to time.

The situation across the continent had grown increasingly tense lately.

Friction between the Sun Moon Empire and the three great empires continued without end, while all kinds of Soul Tools frequently appeared along the borders.

Although Shrek Academy had no plans to join the war for the time