Gu Yuena gave a soft "Mm" and did not press the matter further.
The two walked along the boardwalk toward the outskirts of Sea God Island.
The afternoon sunlight poured down from above, stretching their side-by-side shadows long and straight across the boardwalk. One tall and one short, their silhouettes slowly moved forward within the golden glow.
After Tang Wulin had sorted out these matters, he informed those classmates of the news.
The next step was to take part in a major competition. After all, they had to prove to everyone that they were qualified!
And the requirement for entering that competition was to become Core Disciples!
There was only one fatal problem: Huo Yuhao seemed not to have returned yet!
Logically speaking, he should have been back by now, especially since the Ice Empress and Snow Empress were gone now...
Absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring should not have taken that long.
Tang Wulin was deeply puzzled, but he soon stopped caring about it.
Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy at dusk.
When he pushed open the dormitory door, his shoulders were still dusted with frost brought back from the Far North. Several patches of dried mud stained the hem of his old, faded outer robe. He had briefly scrubbed it with snowmelt earlier, and faint damp marks still lingered along its edges.
He tossed his bundle onto the bed without sitting down or changing clothes. He simply stood in the middle of the room and took a deep breath, as though he wanted to completely expel the chill of that journey from his chest. Then he turned and hurried out toward Sea God Island.
He moved so quickly that, as he rounded the corridor corner, he nearly collided with Xie Mu, who had just come out of