Turns Out You're an Orphan Too? That's So Awesome!

Now this was more like it! As expected of the famed Blue Silver Saintess—hearing that I was an orphan, she actually said, "That's great!" I really had no idea how Thunderbolt Bei Bei's brain worked. This Tang Sect Master was nowhere near as good as the gentle and kind Eldest Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan!

A woman with such low emotional intelligence who called herself quirky and spirited was, sure enough, completely unlikeable no matter how you looked at her. So, Little Ya, I really look forward to the day you become the Blue Silver Saintess and join the glorious evolution!

In the original story, even the exceptionally gifted Wang Dong'er had needed to undergo Tang Ya's test before she would agree to let her join the Tang Sect. Yet I, someone who only became a Soul Master at twelve and whose first Soul Ring she thought came from a ten-year Wind Baboon, was being invited into the Tang Sect by her. If Tang San, that Tang Buddha, hadn't had a hand in this, I wouldn't believe it no matter what!

First, he made an orphan like me feel cared for. Then he had Tang Ya invite me into the Tang Sect. After that, he used the Tang Sect's exemption slot to pull me into Shrek, and finally, he used the already-prepared Wang Dong'er to forge a bond with me. One link after another—what a calculation! But if I refused to take the bait from the very beginning, how would you respond, sir?

Come to think of it, Eldest Senior Sister was quite pitiful too! Her entire family was wiped out overnight. She alone survived because she had been playing hide-and-seek with her mother under the bed. Then Mu En just so happened to pass by and save her, conveniently helping her take revenge by wiping out the other family entirely, leaving not a single survivor! Afterward, he used this to make Zhang Lexuan agree to become Bei Bei's child bride and remain in Shrek forever!

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Not bad at all. This really fit the stereotype I'd always had of Shrek!

Speaking of which, Kong Deming, the master of the Worship Hall in the Sun Moon Empire, seemed to have a Moon Martial Soul too, didn't he? Could the two of them be related somehow? Hmm, that was indeed worth thinking about.

Shrek Academy, Sea God Pavilion.

Zhang Lexuan looked at the newly updated contents in the Diary within her mind. The hand she had raised to knock on the door froze. As she recalled the scene of her family's extermination all those years ago, an anguish and hatred she could not let go of flashed through her eyes.

In fact, after the extermination of her family, Zhang Lexuan had gradually realized that something was wrong.

Her family had only had minor conflicts with that other family, nowhere near enough to warrant extermination. Nor did her family possess any treasure worth the other side taking such a risk for. Yet they had still done it, and after killing everyone, they had strangely left only her alive!

They said she had escaped disaster because she had been hiding beneath the bed while playing hide-and-seek with her mother, but that family had deployed so many Soul Masters. Would they really fail to notice a child under a bed?

What Zhang Lexuan found hardest to understand was exactly what Huo Yuhao had written in the Diary. Why had Mu En, one of Shrek Academy's top powerhouses, happened to appear there at such a perfect time?

After she agreed to those conditions, Mu En had personally exterminated that family at once. His actions had been exceedingly decisive, leaving no survivors whatsoever!

Zhang Lexuan had always been like an ostrich, deliberately refusing to think about these glaring inconsistencies. But now that Huo Yuhao had pointed out all these unreasonable details, she could no longer turn a blind eye to them.

Zhang Lexuan stared deeply at the tightly shut door before her, abandoning her original plan to tell Mu En about her circumstances and ask him to bring Huo Yuhao, the Child of Destiny, into Shrek Academy.

But just as she was about to turn and leave, the door suddenly opened on its own, followed by an aged yet powerful voice.

"Lexuan, is something the matter?"

Zhang Lexuan looked at Mu En, who was hunched over inside the room and watching her with a kindly expression. After hesitating for a moment, she shook her head slightly.

"I suddenly remembered the night my family was exterminated, so I wanted to ask Elder Mu whether anyone from that family is still alive."

Mu En clearly had not expected Zhang Lexuan to seek him out over this matter. After a brief pause, he shook his head.

"No. I confirmed it back then. Not a single person from that family survived."

Mu En mistakenly thought Zhang Lexuan wanted to seek revenge with her own hands, so he let out a long sigh and comforted her.

"Lexuan, so many years have passed. I already avenged your family back then. It is time for you to step out of the shadows of the past and begin a new life."

Zhang Lexuan lowered her head and remained silent. Only after a long while did she finally nod slightly.

"I understand, Elder Mu."

Watching Zhang Lexuan's departing back, Mu En felt rather helpless. Zhang Lexuan was the next successor he had chosen for the Sea God Pavilion Master's position. How could she remain immersed in hatred all the time?

Xuan Zi, who should have become the next Sea God Pavilion Master, only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun all day, which already gave Mu En a terrible headache. He absolutely could not let Zhang Lexuan become unreliable as well!

If he had known this would happen, he should not have allowed Bei Bei to get involved with Tang Ya in the first place. There had been no benefit at all, and even his own great-grandson had been dragged into the Tang Sect.

Otherwise, with Bei Bei, her childhood husband and lover, by her side, Zhang Lexuan would surely have emerged from the shadow of hatred very quickly.

While Mu En pondered how to counsel Zhang Lexuan—

In the Star Dou Great Forest, after hearing Tang Ya say, "That's great," Bei Bei immediately looked speechless and rapped her on the head. "How can you say that?"

Tang Ya also realized she had misspoken. She shot Bei Bei a glare and said, "I didn't mean to. Little Yuhao, since you don't have any plans either, why not join our sect?"

After thinking for a moment, Huo Yuhao asked curiously, "Little Ya, what is your sect called?"

Tang Ya said solemnly, "The Tang Sect! Once the number one sect on the Douluo Continent!"

Seeing the shock on Huo Yuhao's face, Bei Bei timely asked, "Little Brother Huo, have you heard of the Tang Sect?"

Huo Yuhao nodded. "I've heard some legends about the Tang Sect before. I just didn't know where the Tang Sect was."

Tang Ya's eyes suddenly reddened. "The Tang Sect no longer has an estate. Its foundation was taken away. At present, the only ones left in the Tang Sect are Bei Bei and me. I am the current Tang Sect Master, and Bei Bei is my founding senior disciple."

Huo Yuhao did not sympathize with Tang Ya. Given that they had stubbornly adhered to their so-called tradition of making people with Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls their successors, it was already unbelievable that they had lasted until now. That person had not gone along with it.

Not to mention that they still clung to their hidden weapons. Ten thousand years had passed without any progress whatsoever. They had long since become trash that should have been eliminated.

How could Tang Sect Hidden Weapons be mentioned in the same breath as Soul Tools? Did they not understand the advantage of high-tech weapons over cold weapons?

What Huo Yuhao cared about was obviously not that. He blinked in slight confusion and looked at Tang Ya.

"Little Ya, are you the current Tang Sect Master? What about Uncle and Auntie?"

Bei Bei let out a deep sigh, while Tang Ya burst into uncontrollable tears and choked out, "My parents were also killed by those people who took the Tang Sect's foundation."

Imitating Tang Ya's earlier reaction, Huo Yuhao looked overjoyed. He gave her a thumbs-up and cried out, "Turns out you're an orphan too! That's really... so awesome!"