The Curtain Rises

Under the inertia of the original story, Dugu Bo still captured Tang San shortly after he arrived in Heaven Dou City.

It was just that without the immortal herbs from the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, Ning Chen did not know whether Tang San still had a way to resolve the toxins in Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan's bodies.

However, Dugu Bo seemed even closer to Tang San than he had been in the original story.

Not only had he become an advisor to the new Shrek Academy, but he also spent most of his time there and rarely returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Xue Xing was deeply puzzled by this. He had paid a hefty price to win Dugu Bo over, yet Dugu Bo had never shown him much of a pleasant face.

What sort of magic did Tang San possess to make Dugu Bo value him so highly?

Not to mention Xue Xing—even Ning Chen was briefly stunned when he heard the news.

Naturally, he had no idea about Tang Hao and Dugu Bo's "friendly exchange" in Sunset Forest.

But he understood that, because of his own influence, certain events from the original story had quietly changed.

Still, he did not pay it much mind. In the original story, Dugu Bo and Tang San had been close despite their age difference, so things turning out this way was only natural.

Dugu Yan, however, was full of resentment toward her grandfather's actions.

She had already held quite a grudge against Tang San because of the battle at the Great Soul Arena, yet her grandfather now valued Tang San so highly.

It was practically as if he had forgotten all about his own granddaughter. Dugu Yan had complained about it more than once in front of the Imperial Fighting Team.

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