Just as Ning Fengzhi arrived in Heaven Dou City, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Hu Liena, and the others also returned from Sunset Forest to Spirit Hall.
Everyone who had not obtained immortal herbs, leave.
Go home, find your mothers.
Everyone who had obtained immortal herbs, stay.
There were four of them in total, kneeling on one knee.
"Rise..." Inside the hall, Bibidong sat on the only towering throne. Dressed in a Pope Garment, she held an icy scepter in one hand while propping up her cheek with the other, reclining against the throne in a thoroughly improper posture. Her gaze was cold, softening only briefly when it fell upon Hu Liena. "Why are you back so late? You're a full seventeen days behind schedule."
"Teacher, it was my fault." Faced with a question that might cost them their lives, the three men—Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Xie Yue—certainly did not dare answer. Fortunately, Hu Liena stepped forward with considerable self-awareness and took most of the blame upon herself. "After we hunted our first soul beast and waited for my brother to absorb his soul ring, we unexpectedly encountered Blue Tyrant Academy while searching for the second soul beast..."
Hearing that familiar name, Bibidong straightened up. Her figure was curvaceous, and though one hand still supported her cheek, her attitude had visibly changed. "Did Blue Tyrant Academy encounter an accident during their hunt?"
Ninety-nine percent of the soul masters who went to Star Dou Great Forest did so to hunt soul rings.
It was only natural for Bibidong to think in that direction.
And the fact that she had never even considered whether Blue Tyrant Academy might attack Spirit Hall also proved from the side that Blue Tyrant Academy and Spirit Hall had a good relationship.
"Not at all."
"Blue Tyrant