In the square at Shrek Academy,
Tian Chen walked with the girls as they shared their feelings.
"Sister Tang Ya! Did you succeed this time?" Ning Tian and Wang Dong'er asked, considerately holding Tang Ya's hands.
They felt somewhat guilty about Tang Ya's situation. They had heard about the Tang Sect since childhood and naturally knew of their own sects' ties to it.
Yet when the Tang Sect had been destroyed, their sects had failed to lend a helping hand in time. That regret and remorse had lingered in their hearts ever since.
They had actually considered helping Tang Ya take revenge, but she had politely declined outright.
"Of course! Don't you know how strong I am?" Tang Ya said, clenching her fists.
"But I've already turned the Tang Sect's headquarters into the Soul Hall! It's inside the Map of Mountains and Rivers now!"
Wang Dong'er and Ning Tian froze for a moment upon hearing this. They had not expected Tang Ya to be so willing to let it go!
"I still have some regrets, but I also know how difficult it would be to develop hidden weapons now! I might as well hand it over to Xiao Chen and count it as my dowry!"
"Hmph! Then you must have bullied Sister Xiao Ya terribly these past few days!" At the word "dowry," Wang Dong'er caught the lingering scent on Tang Ya and shot Tian Chen beside her a thoroughly jealous look.
She needed to hold Tian Chen to fall asleep almost every night, so she could detect his scent no matter how faint it was.
"What, jealous? Could it be that you want a little bullying too?" Tian Chen smiled and pulled Wang Dong'er into his arms.
"Hmph! Go ahead! I'm not afraid of you!" Wang Dong'er answered with