Just as Ning Fengzhi arrived in Heaven Dou City, Yue Guan, Guimei, Hu Liena, and the others also returned to Spirit Hall from Sunset Forest.
Everyone who had not obtained an immortal herb, withdraw.
Go home, find your mothers.
Everyone who had obtained an immortal herb, remain.
There were four in total, all kneeling on one knee.
"Rise..." Inside the hall, Bibi Dong sat atop the only elevated throne. Dressed in Pope's attire, 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 did you return so late? You were a full seventeen days behind schedule."
"Teacher, it was my fault." Faced with such a potentially fatal question, the three men—Yue Guan, Guimei, and Xie Yue—naturally did not dare answer. Fortunately, Hu Liena consciously stepped forward and took most of the blame upon herself. "After we killed the 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..."
Upon hearing that familiar name, Bibi Dong straightened her back. Though one hand still supported her cheek, her attitude had visibly changed. "Did Blue Tyrant Academy encounter an accident while hunting soul beasts?"
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 Bibi Dong to think in that direction.
And from the fact that she had never considered whether Blue Tyrant Academy might have attacked Spirit Hall, it was clear from another angle that Blue Tyrant Academy and Spirit Hall had a good relationship.
"Not at all."
"Blue Tyrant Academy's team was