Eastsea Academy

"..."

Long Yeyue fell silent as well.

What Yun Ming said was indeed what she had been thinking, but she also knew it was unrealistic.

After all, although Cai Yue'er had sent out the Shrek Inspection Corps to kill Cao Xin, they had ultimately failed to kill him.

Yet Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin were determined to tear all pretenses apart with Shrek Academy as if they had gone mad.

If Cao Xin had not taken action himself afterward, it could at least be considered as giving Shrek's elders a bit of face.

That night...

A whole batch of Shrek elders might have died.

There was no helping it. For Shrek's honor...

Even if they did not want to fight, they had no choice but to do so.

And now, it went without saying.

Whether she or Yun Ming acted...

As long as Cao Xin died, neither of them would meet a good end.

Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin joining forces could even contend against gods. That was no exaggeration.

They truly had that strength.

Unless she did not want to live anymore.

Otherwise, Cao Xin could not die.

He could not even suffer the slightest injury.

Thinking of this, though Long Yeyue felt stifled inside, she did not continue clamoring about fighting and killing.

"Fine."

"Since you're speaking up for Cao Dezhi and the others..."

"I'll give them some face."

Yun Ming looked at Long Yeyue with a strange expression.

What did she mean, he was speaking up for the captain and the others?

And besides, outside Shrek, your face had long since ceased to matter.

After all, after Long Yeyue's slap, which top-tier powerhouse still dared approach her now?

Were they not afraid of getting slapped too?

And then ending up like Qian Gu Dieting, forced to resign early from his position as the Spirit Pagoda's master?

There was no helping it. For powerhouses at their level...

Face truly mattered more than life itself.

With Long Yeyue acting like this, who would not be afraid?

If Yun Ming had not become a Peak Quasi-God...

During the period after Old Bei's death, Long Yeyue would have been held accountable long ago.

How could she possibly still be living so freely now?

But Yun Ming did not tell her the truth.

He did not want Long Yeyue to fly into another rage.

"How about this, Sister Yue."

"I'm also deeply upset about Lan Muzi's matter. But both sides were at fault here. Why don't we just let it go? Each side can take a step back."

On one side was his teacher's wife, and on the other was his captain's son...

Yun Ming had no way to favor either side.

In fact, compared to Long Yeyue, his relationship with Cao Dezhi was even better.

One had to know that, many years ago, the Shrek Seven Monsters had already stopped being a fixed group of seven people.

According to the wishes of Shrek's upper echelon back then, they would rather have fewer than seven members than fill the spots with mediocre people and disgrace the title of Shrek Seven Monsters.

There had even been several consecutive generations in which Shrek did not have a single member of the Shrek Seven Monsters.

In Yun Ming's generation, there had only been two Shrek Seven Monsters: himself and Captain Cao Dezhi.

Therefore...

Their relationship was exceptionally close.

As for Long Yeyue...

It could only be said that even the deepest bonds had been exhausted over the years by constantly cleaning up her messes.

Back when the captain went to the Blood God Legion,

Yun Ming had wanted to go too.

After all, who did not want to resist foreign enemies?

But Shrek had Long Yeyue and Cai Yue'er, those two troublemakers. He had been afraid that if he left Shrek...

After some time...

They would run Shrek into the ground.

That was why he had remained in Shrek all this time, feeling stifled.

But he was still young!

He still had more than two hundred years left to live!

He should have been able to live freely and roam the world as he pleased.

Yet he had been confined within Shrek...

Who could accept or endure that?

"What do you mean, both sides were at fault?!"

At that moment, Long Yeyue's temper flared again.

"What did this old woman do?"

"Yun Ming, I know Cao Dezhi is your captain, but I'm also your teacher's wife!"

"How can you be so biased!"

Yun Ming: "..."

He did not want to live anymore.

Please, heavens.

Stop tormenting him like this.

Give him a quick death.

One month later, at the entrance to Eastsea Academy.

"Big brother."

Tang Wulin's eyes lit up when he saw Cao Xin.

He hurried over, unable to hide the excitement in his voice.

"Why are you here too?"

He had thought that after graduating from Red Mountain Junior Academy, he would never see Cao Xin again.

After all, that big brother did not seem like someone who would remain in a small city forever.

He had imagined countless times that Cao Xin had gone somewhere farther away and become someone even more formidable, but he had never expected to reunite with him at the entrance to Eastsea Academy.

"Call me Cao Xin."

After giving it some thought, Cao Xin spoke. He still felt that being called "big brother" was too awkward.

"Okay. Cao Xin."

Tang Wulin's eyes lit up. He carefully repeated the name once, then nodded firmly.

"Are you here to study at Eastsea Academy too?"

Cao Xin nodded slightly. "Yes."

In any case, he intended to seriously experience the life of an ordinary person. It made no difference where he went.

But if he came to Eastsea Academy, he could continue sensing the fluctuations of destiny around Tang Wulin at close range.

Moreover...

Since what had happened before had not been a major turning point from the original story,

the fluctuations of destiny around Tang Wulin had not been particularly obvious. As a result, Cao Xin's understanding of the Destiny Law had not been profound.

But now was the beginning of the story, and the fluctuations of destiny around Tang Wulin had become much more apparent...

It would help his comprehension.

Upon hearing that,

Tang Wulin carefully looked Cao Xin over.

For some reason...

He felt that Cao Xin was different from before.

Though he still spoke very little,

he somehow felt more approachable.

It was as though the former Cao Xin had stood right in front of him, yet seemed separated from him by countless miles, like a god descending into the mortal world...

Making people afraid to approach.

But the current Cao Xin instead felt more like the big brother next door.

Though Tang Wulin did not know what had happened, he was happy too, because he could attend the same academy as Cao Xin again.

But when he thought about how his Soul Spirit, Jin Yu, was defective and not even as good as a ten-year Soul Spirit...

Tang Wulin felt a wave of despondency.

Could he really become as powerful as Cao Xin?

That figure stepping on the breeze, like an exiled immortal, had always remained etched in his heart.

Yet he...

could not even afford a decent Soul Spirit.

At that moment, Cao Xin, who had already walked some distance away, glanced back. His tone was calm, yet carried a trace of patience.

"Keep up."

Tang Wulin froze for a moment, then smiled.

"Okay."

He quickly caught up. The gloom he had felt moments ago was swept away by that simple "keep up," as though as long as he followed this person forward, the road ahead would not be too bad.

A moment later, the student dormitory.

Perhaps because of Cao Xin's arrival, the story had changed slightly from the original.

Their dorm room was 206.

No longer 205.

Thus, they were not roommates with Zhou Changxi and Yun Xiao, so naturally there was no conflict like the one in the original story.

However, for some reason, Xie Xie arrived a little late, and he also came to dormitory 206.

When he pushed the door open and entered, he carried his habitual air of pride, his gaze sweeping over the room.

When he saw Tang Wulin, he raised his chin slightly, then looked toward Cao Xin—

And froze.