Tang Wulin Lays His Cards on the Table

Watching Cai Yue'er leave in a disheveled state, Xiong Jun snorted disdainfully and returned to the top floor.

When Xiong Jun looked at them, Tang Wulin immediately straightened his back, his eyes shining as he gazed at Xiong Jun, his face full of "My master is the most powerful" expression, which pleased Xiong Jun greatly. He stepped forward and patted Tang Wulin's head, saying, "You are my disciple. On this continent, there are few who can harm my disciple, Xiong Jun."

Tang Wulin suddenly felt a lump in his throat, nodded vigorously, and said in a slightly choked voice, "Thank you, teacher."

He was genuinely terrified when Cai Yue'er unleashed her final aura.

Seeing this, Xiong Jun gently patted his shoulder with his rough hand before turning to look at the others, his gaze lingering on Gu Yuena for a moment longer. "You little ones are also under my protection since you're my disciple's friends."

Xie Xie was so excited he almost jumped up, but Luo Yanglu grabbed his shoulder to keep him from losing his composure. The latter let out a long sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "Thank you, Pagoda Master Xiong Jun, for your help."

"Let's skip the formalities. That's enough, everyone disperse. Leave the negotiations with the Shrek Academy to me." Xiong Jun waved his hand. "I'll wait here for them and see if the next one dares to be so arrogant."

Upon hearing this, Luo Yanglu looked around at the rooms, which were in terrible condition, and said with a wry smile, "Then we'll take our leave."

This is probably going to blow up today.

Ignoring Shen Yi, who was sweating profusely in the corner of the room, the group left directly.

But after a moment, Gu Yuena came back in after Shen Yi had "escaped" from there.

"My Master."

Xiong Jun, who had remained there, bowed to Gu Yuena.

"Um."

Gu Yuena nodded calmly and said, "There's something I need to remind you about, it concerns Tang Wulin..."

Upon hearing the information provided by Gu Yuena, Xiong Jun's expression changed slightly, but he quickly thought of something else and asked with a strange look, "My Master, may I know the source of this information?"

This intelligence contains obvious subjective conjecture; if he couldn't deduce it himself, then it's clear that the Master couldn't deduce it either... cough cough, we can't think of it that way.

Gu Yuena frowned slightly. "I will tell you when the time is right."

The Master has a secret.

This was Xiong Jun's first thought. His second thought was that it was best not to delve too deeply into it, so he nodded and said:

"I see."

Gu Yuena nodded in satisfaction.

She knew it; she, the Silver Dragon King, exuded majesty.

Seeing Gu Yuena nod softly, Xiong Jun seemed to see her being taught and cared for as a child, learning common sense about humans. He subconsciously took out a Storage Ring.

"My Master, are you short of money? How have you been eating lately? I have all sorts of local Specialty Product from Star Dou."

"Very good..."

Gu Yuena answered instinctively, then realized what she had done, and her cold expression crumbled.

His authority crumbled in an instant.

While Gu Yuena and Xiong Jun were exchanging information, Tang Wulin approached Huo Yuhao and, amidst the latter's puzzled expression, revealed a look of reminiscence.

"Dad and Mom are doing well, Spirit Pagoda is taking good care of us. Don't worry about us, just go to the competition and try your best to get good results. Our Wulin is a renowned genius in forging."

The gentle words spoken by parents before their departure.

"Boss, why are you always so biased towards Sister Na and Wulin? You can't just prepare food for them because they're big eaters. I want some too!"

The scenes of the students in Class Zero playing and eating together are always joyful and heartwarming.

"Wulin, your cultivation speed is impressive! You've advanced eight levels in a year, reaching level 19 already."

Without the care and guidance of Teacher Luo and the Spirit Pagoda, how could he have increased his Soul Power by eight levels in just one year, given his cultivation speed?

"You are my disciple. On this continent, there are few who can harm my disciple, Xiong Jun."

Teacher Xiong Jun's protectiveness.

Tang Wulin recalled all his recent experiences, and finally the scales tipped to one side. He said solemnly, "Yuhao, there was a voice in my head that kept trying to turn me into a bad person. It even taught me Shrek Academy's motto."

Although his parents said that he shouldn't generalize from an individual's perspective to the collective, Wulin didn't have a good impression of the Shrek Academy's recent behavior, not to mention his feelings about the school motto.

Huo Yuhao, who had been thinking Tang Wulin wanted food and was about to grab it, thought, "..."

Is it not the one he's imagining?

Tang Wulin felt much relieved after speaking the first sentence, his expression complicated, "I roughly know who that person is, but he helped me before, and I didn't know whether I should tell anyone."

"But if he's a bad guy, I feel like I'm a ticking time bomb, potentially harming everyone someday, so I wanted to talk to you about it."

He knew it was wrong to judge Old Tang's character based on mere guesswork, and that he might have misunderstood him, but he always hesitated. What should he do when the problem finally surfaced?

Moreover, even if "Old Tang" isn't a bad person, the fact that he can teach him in his sleep suggests that there's another entity within him.

"When it's time to make a decision, make a decision" is a principle that Teacher Luo taught him; one cannot keep waiting for a crisis to erupt.

Of course, this was also driven by his own selfish motives. He had a strange premonition that if he kept this matter hidden and didn't resolve it, his current happy life would gradually slip away from him...

Thinking it over, Tang Wulin recounted the story of the Golden Dragon King Seal in detail.

"..."

Tang San, you've been betrayed.

Huo Yuhao tried his best to keep a straight face, lest he show a strange expression.

"You've been spending all your time looking at the Soul Guidance Screen, except when you're eating, and that's what you've been thinking about, right? You're talking to me today because Shrek Academy's recent actions have made you increasingly wary of them?"

"Hmm," Tang Wulin nodded, his expression grave, "If Old Tang is a good person, it means there's a bad person inside me. If Old Tang is a bad person..."

At this point, Tang Wulin paused, sighed, and didn't continue. He just stared at Huo Yuhao, wanting to know his advice.

He's been very anxious lately ever since he had that suspicion...

Huo Yuhao: "... You shouldn't have asked me. Do you think I can handle this?"

"I just want to hear your opinion Yuhao."

Seeing Tang Wulin's somewhat nervous expression, Huo Yuhao remained silent for a moment before saying, "The answer is in your heart, not in mine..."

A moment later, Tang Wulin approached Xiong Jun was also feeling conflicted.

He didn't know how to solve it before, after all, that kind of thing was too incredible and not something an ordinary person could solve.

But things are different now.

The top expert on the mainland, Teacher Xiong Jun, took him as his disciple. If even he couldn't solve this problem, then no one else could.

This was also a key reason why he confronted the issue.

Teachers are like fathers; if even the teachers at the Spirit Pagoda cannot be trusted, then there are few people in this world who can be trusted.

Today—the showdown.

(Tang San's Divine Sense: "Wulin, you don't want to!")