When Qin Ming entered the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team's quarters, everyone from Shrek was sitting around a long table, eating breakfast.
Flender sat at the head of the table, holding a steamed bun in one hand and leafing through the match schedule with the other. Beside him, Zhao Wuji noisily slurped his porridge, while Liu Erlong sat next to Yu Xiaogang, eating in a rare moment of silence.
The Shrek Seven Monsters occupied the other half of the table. Tang San and Xiao Wu sat side by side, Dai Mubai had a corner to himself, and Zhu Zhuqing sat farthest inside. Ning Rongrong and Oscar were chatting quietly, while Ma Hongjun was stuffing his fourth steamed bun into his mouth.
Qin Ming walked over and sat beside Flender, his expression somewhat grave.
Seeing his expression, Flender put down his bun and asked quietly, "What's wrong?"
"Dean, there's something I need to tell you." Keeping his voice low, Qin Ming briefly recounted how a boy named Huang Yun had defeated Yu Tianheng with a single kick the previous night, and how he had met the boy at the Imperial Fighting Team's quarters that morning.
He added at the end, "That boy claimed his martial soul was the Thunder Kunpeng, and that he was a Seven-Ring Soul Sage."
Flender's hand paused.
Zhao Wuji stopped slurping his porridge too.
Liu Erlong set down her chopsticks, and Yu Xiaogang adjusted the glasses on his nose. Everyone's eyes turned toward Qin Ming.
In the corner, Zhu Zhuqing's fingers tightened slightly around her bowl of porridge.
Huang Yun.
She kept her head lowered, her expression barely changing, but her heartbeat quickened noticeably.
He's here.
After so long, she had finally heard that familiar name again.
But the words Qin Ming added immediately afterward made her