Not long after Mu En finished speaking, Zhang Lexuan arrived belatedly with the other women.
Because of her angle, Zhang Lexuan did not initially see Yan Shaozhe lying on the ground. As soon as she approached, she could not help but complain:
"Elder Mu, why did you walk so fast just now? We were clearly so close."
Zhang Lexuan's attention was focused on Mu En and Xu Tianming, while Ma Xiaotao absentmindedly headed toward the city.
She had planned to return to the academy first and find a quiet corner to calm herself down.
Unexpectedly, after taking only two steps, she spotted a somewhat familiar figure lying beside the soul-powered motorcycle.
Filled with confusion, she moved closer to take a look. Ma Xiaotao's mouth immediately fell open in shock:
"Master! What happened to you?"
When Yan Shaozhe did not respond after she called out to him, Ma Xiaotao immediately crouched down and frantically shook his body.
"Master! Wake up! Don't scare me!"
Yan Shaozhe had merely been knocked unconscious by Mu En. After Ma Xiaotao shook him around like that, he quickly regained consciousness.
"Hiss—ah, that hurts! Stop shaking me! I'm not dead yet!"
Hearing Yan Shaozhe speak, Ma Xiaotao finally breathed a sigh of relief. She hurriedly stopped shaking him, helped him up from the ground, and asked with concern:
"Master, who injured you like this? To dare attack you in Shrek City, they clearly have no regard for Shrek Academy!"
At her words, Yan Shaozhe, who had not even caught his breath yet, immediately coughed violently twice. Then, looking somewhat aggrieved, he glanced in Mu En's direction.
"It's nothing. No one attacked your master. Your master is simply getting old. I wasn't watching where I was going and accidentally fell down."
The moment he said that, Ma Xiaotao