As the old saying went, time flew like an arrow.
For the Elders, time really was quite the "arrow." Over the past fortnight, it had been shafting them.
Another day dawned.
Inside Villa 108, the great Tang Sect Leader, Tang Qi, sat cross-legged on his bed. Wisps of purple energy streamed from the rosy clouds in the east and flowed into his eyes like young swallows returning to their nest.
"Ah-"
After a long while, Tang Qi slowly opened his eyes. A purple gleam flashed in their depths, vanishing in an instant. He could not help sighing.
"Breaking through to Boundless really isn't easy."
Tang Qi murmured inwardly.
Even with the help of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, he had only managed to travel a little farther along the path of the Mustard Seed realm.
He should be here soon, right?
The thought had barely crossed Tang Qi's mind when-
"Thump! Thump, thump!"
FBI! Open the door.
The dull, oppressive knocking seemed to carry the sorrow of the person outside, letting it drift into the dorm room in wisps.
Without a doubt, this was no door-knocking ghost.
"Tang Qi... it's me! Open up." Xuan Zi's hoarse voice rang out, tinged with sorrow.
Tang Qi's sanity recovered slightly. Well accustomed to this by now, he walked over and pulled the dorm room door open.
"Mu En's time has come. Hurry and come with me to see him one last time."
The news that greeted his ears could have struck Shrek like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky. Tang Qi's expression, however, remained unchanged, with only a slight furrow of his brows.
"For real?"
A trace of embarrassment crossed Xuan Zi's face. Tang Qi could hardly be blamed for asking.
Ever since he had returned to Shrek Academy, Mu En