A short while later, Cao Xin returned to Shrek Academy.
Then Cao Xin found Tang Wulin beneath the Golden Ancient Tree.
At that moment, Tang Wulin was sitting on a root, holding a golden orb of light.
It was the Secret Art Tang San had left him.
The very Secret Art that could put him in contact with Tang Hao.
Cao Xin approached him and spoke.
"Do you want to..."
"Get rid of the Tang San in your Sea of Spirit?"
Tang Wulin looked up at Cao Xin's calm face, fell silent for two seconds, then nodded.
"Yes."
And so, some time later.
Tang Wulin sat cross-legged in his room, closed his eyes, and sank into his Sea of Spirit.
That golden ocean unfolded beneath his feet.
Waves surged...
Like a sheet of golden silk rippling in the wind.
Standing on the sea, he looked toward the golden light beginning to glow in the distance.
Tang San appeared once again.
That golden silhouette...
Stepped out of the glowing golden light, still wearing his golden armor and holding his trident.
But his face looked more haggard than on any previous occasion.
Anxiety churned in his eyes.
"My child."
Tang San spoke.
His voice was far more hurried than before.
"Have you used that Secret Art to contact your grandfather?"
"His presence has vanished completely. I've tried every method I could, but there's been no response. This shouldn't happen unless something has gone terribly wrong with the plane itself."
Tang Wulin said nothing.
He simply watched Tang San quietly.
Then he turned his head slightly and looked toward another part of his Sea of Spirit.
Tang San followed his gaze.
Cao Xin appeared there.
Cao Xin emerged within Tang Wulin's Sea of Spirit at an unhurried pace, like a snowflake settling