"Let's go. Maple Leaf City."
Du Busi rose with Jiang Bai. He had already made all the arrangements for the Body Sect's affairs, enough to ensure that nothing went wrong even if he stayed away for a year.
Jin Peng would temporarily exercise the sect master's authority. The sect's daily operations would continue as usual, unaffected by Du Busi's departure.
This time, Du Busi intended to see whether he could pull off something big in Mingdu.
They traveled through the air. Given the distance, using spatial power would have been too wasteful; he might as well fly there with Jiang Bai.
When they arrived in Maple Leaf City, they happened to catch the day of Shrek's exchange student program.
Huo Yuhao stood near the front of the group, with He Caitou and several other exchange students selected by the Soul Engineering Department beside him. He wore Shrek's standard school uniform, with a third-level soul engineer badge pinned to his chest.
At fourteen, Huo Yuhao had already reached rank thirty-nine. If Electrolux and Tian Meng had not used their methods to suppress his advancement, he probably would have broken through rank forty already.
"Finally, we can leave Shrek. Damn, that Xuan Zi's expression was so strange."
Tian Meng stretched lazily inside Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea.
Even now, Tian Meng remembered the look on Xuan Zi's face when he suddenly appeared during one of Huo Yuhao's cultivation sessions.
It was exactly the same look Di Tian and those other ferocious beasts used to give him-if anything, even worse. It was far too strange.
"That Xuan Zi really was strange. I nearly made a move."
The Snow Empress spoke. Xuan Zi was so strange that she had almost attacked him several times.
"There's a strange power inside him that clouds his mind and