Zhang Lexuan's Matter

This time, Tang Ya had planned to return to the Heaven Dou Empire alone to take revenge.

At this point, as she watched the gap between herself and Bei Bei's group grow ever wider, she had completely given up suppressing her devouring ability and begun using it to cultivate.

However, unlike ordinary Evil Soul Masters, Tang Ya had not lost her sanity because of it.

Unfortunately, Tang Ya's journey of revenge was spotted by a passing Evil Soul Master. In the end, she was captured and taken back to the Holy Spirit Cult, an organization formed by Evil Soul Masters. From then on, she lost her original memories and became the Holy Spirit Cult's Blue Silver Saintess.

Douluo 2 Ye Xishui Livestream: "Blue Silver Saintess?"

"Tang Ya, would you like to join our Holy Spirit Cult? I guarantee you'll have a brighter future than you would at Shrek Academy."

Douluo 2 Tang Ya Livestream: "Not interested."

If this had been before, Tang Ya might have been tempted for the sake of revenge. But now that she had the rewards from the Diary Copy, she no longer wanted to walk the path of an Evil Soul Master.

Douluo 2 Ye Xishui Livestream: "All right."

As fellow holders of Diary Copies, Ye Xishui could more or less guess Tang Ya's thoughts, so she naturally knew that she could not force her.

To be honest, I can't say whether Tang Ya being captured by the Holy Spirit Cult was ultimately good or bad.

Within the Holy Spirit Cult, Tang Ya reached the Soul Sage realm in only about five years. And if not for the help of the person who had captured her and brought her to the Holy Spirit Cult, her attempt at revenge would not have succeeded. Instead, it would have ended with her death.

Let me make an aside here.

I sincerely think Tang Ya's boyfriend, Bei Bei, was unreliable.

Given the strength of the Iron Blood Sect, Tang Ya's enemy, Shrek Academy could have sent any elder over, and they would have wiped them out with a single move.

And asking an elder of Shrek Academy for help would have taken Bei Bei no more than a word.

Yet Bei Bei clearly knew that Tang Ya had always wanted to seek revenge against the Iron Blood Sect. He also had the ability to help her take that revenge, but he simply refused to lend her a hand.

That makes me wonder whether Bei Bei pursued Tang Ya out of true love, or for some other reason.

Wait.

I remembered something.

If I remembered correctly, the reason Bei Bei approached Tang Ya in the beginning seemed to have been because he was acting on orders from Shrek's highest ranks.

Then it all made sense. Bei Bei abandoned such a fine fiancée as Zhang Lexuan and insisted on pursuing Tang Ya. It was probably to cooperate with and carry out Tang San's plan.

Douluo 2 Zhang Lexuan: ".."

Douluo 2 Tang Ya: ".."

Still, that was understandable.

Bei Bei was Yu Xiaogang's descendant. No matter what he did, I wouldn't find it surprising.

After all, that shameless bloodline was right there. It was inherited; there was simply no changing it.

Douluo 2 Zhang Lexuan: "What grudge do you have against them?"

Just like Bei Bei's great ancestor, Mu En—the famed Dragon God Douluo of Douluo 2—he was no good either.

He told Zhang Lexuan that he had already avenged her.

I had twelve parts doubt about that.

Back then, the family Zhang Lexuan belonged to had been ambushed by an unidentified force. The attackers had been able to find and kill every single expert at least at the Soul King level, leaving none alive. How could they possibly have failed to notice a child like Zhang Lexuan alone?

Also, Mu En had arrived far too quickly, and far too conveniently.

In fact, I was more inclined to believe that the so-called unidentified force that destroyed Zhang Lexuan's family had been people from Shrek.

To put it more plainly, Mu En had sent that force.

The reason was simple.

Shrek had begun to suffer from a shortage of talent between generations.

At the time, Mu En did not have long to live, yet Shrek had not produced anyone capable of replacing him as the pillar protecting Shrek. Then Zhang Lexuan, a peerless genius seen only once in a century, caught Mu En's eye.

The rest was easy to explain.

If the Zhang family still existed, Zhang Lexuan could not possibly devote herself wholeheartedly to Shrek.

Only by making the Zhang family disappear, and then having Shrek Academy bestow upon Zhang Lexuan a debt of gratitude she could never repay, could they make her protect Shrek with absolute loyalty.

Douluo 2 Xian Lin'er Livestream: "Lexuan, calm down first. This is only Shen Fan's speculation."

Douluo 2 Cai Meier Livestream: "Yes, Lexuan, calm down first."

Douluo 2 Zhang Lexuan: "I know."

Though she said that, Zhang Lexuan began carefully recalling the events of that year.

Perhaps someone would say that even if Mu En was gone, there was still Gluttony Douluo Xuanzi.

Heh.

Would Mu En, of all people, not know that this guy was useless trash who could never amount to anything?

Xuanzi was fine for bullying the weak, but if he were made Shrek's highest decision-maker, Shrek might be gone within ten years.

After all, this Gluttony Douluo Xuanzi was respectfully called the Holy Spirit Cult's Supreme Elder.

The women of Douluo 2's Shrek Academy: "What?"

Of course, that was just a joke.

The main reason Xuan Zi had earned that title was that the number of Shrek Academy elites killed by his unreliability was several times greater than those slaughtered by the Holy Spirit Cult.

The women of Douluo 2's Shrek Academy Inner Courtyard: "Got it."

Alright, that was enough for today's diary.

Tonight, I still had to go to Shrek Academy to get Xiao Wu's wooden comb. While it was still light out, I needed to find where Xiao Wu's dormitory was first.

With that, Shen Fan put away his diary and looked at Ah Yin, who stood motionless beside him.

Meanwhile.

In a dormitory at Shrek Academy in Douluo 1.

"That bastard."

"He wasn't just talking—he really intends to come take my wooden comb."

Xiao Wu's face was flushed red, whether from embarrassment or anger, even she did not know.

"Doesn't that mean he really likes you?"

Since Ning Rongrong had failed to catch up with Shen Fan that morning, she spoke with noticeably low spirits.

"Who wants a pervert like him to like me?"

Xiao Wu punched Ning Rongrong's shoulder, her face reddening even more.

"So what are you going to do?"

"Will you obediently leave the wooden comb somewhere obvious for Shen Fan to take, or are you planning to hide it?"

Zhu Zhuqing asked.

"Sigh."

"Of course I'll just leave it somewhere obvious and let him take it."

"I'm afraid that if he can't find it elsewhere, he'll come search around me."

"After all, that guy is a pervert."

Xiao Wu sounded rather gloomy.

"Looks like you trust this Shen Fan quite a bit?"

Zhu Zhuqing was somewhat surprised.

Through the diary, Zhu Zhuqing had learned how important that wooden comb was to Xiao Wu. She had not expected Xiao Wu to be willing to let Shen Fan keep it for her.