"The toilets?! They moved out of the dormitory over a toilet problem?! And now they're missing!" Yan Shaozhe roared. "These new students can't endure the slightest hardship!"
"Didn't I get through the same thing back in my day? A mere eight hundred people fighting over two toilets-what's that worth mentioning?!" Yan Shaozhe kept bellowing, nearly spraying spittle into Du Weilun's face, looking every bit like an impotent husband.
"Dean, shouting at me won't help! Our priority is to find those two youngsters." Du Weilun raised a hand to wipe the spittle Yan Shaozhe had sprayed onto his face and spoke with a helpless smile.
Honestly, Du Weilun was finding Yan Shaozhe a little unbearable. Why did he keep shouting at him? He wasn't the one who had lost them.
"Those two little bastards." Yan Shaozhe panted heavily, struggling to settle his turbulent emotions.
Had ordinary students gone missing, Yan Shaozhe wouldn't even have bothered to intervene, much less spare them a glance. But Lin Xuanchen and Wang Dong'er were different!
Both possessed twin martial souls, and Wang Dong'er was also the young sect master of the Clear Sky Sect. Their standing far exceeded that of ordinary students. Even setting aside their value to the academy, Wang Dong'er's identity as the Clear Sky Sect's young sect master alone was enough to give Yan Shaozhe a headache.
If the Clear Sky Sect held them responsible, it would mean serious trouble for Shrek Academy.
"Weilun, keep expanding the search. You must find those two youngsters." After pondering briefly, Yan Shaozhe said, "If you really can't find them, then let it go."
"Lin Xuanchen listed himself as an orphan in his enrollment records. Even if we never find him, the most our academy will lose is a peerless genius. But Wang Dong'er is different."
"Wang Dong'er is the young sect master of the Clear Sky Sect. If we really can't find her, suppress the news for now. Try to hold it back until the semester break. That way, we'll have grounds to say she disappeared after leaving the academy, and we can absolve Shrek Academy of any involvement," Yan Shaozhe said slowly.
Yan Shaozhe had to prepare for the worst. If something really had happened to Lin Xuanchen and Wang Dong'er out there, he would have no choice but to distance the academy from the matter this way to avoid being dragged into trouble by the Clear Sky Sect.
"All right." Du Weilun nodded at his words. "Dean, I understand."
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the Far North.
"Xuanchen, aren't we there yet? I've walked such a long way." Wang Dong'er looked up at the vast expanse of white snow around them and asked.
"What do you mean, you've walked a long way? Haven't you been on my back the whole time?" Lin Xuanchen turned his head to glance at Wang Dong'er on his back, the corner of his mouth twitching.
"Ever since we left the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave, you've been on my back without getting down once. You even took a nap along the way and drooled all over my back," Lin Xuanchen said, rather speechless.
"Mm..." Wang Dong'er's delicate, fair face instantly flushed. She raised a hand and lightly thumped the top of Lin Xuanchen's head, saying indignantly, "Isn't that all your fault?"
"Yesterday, you promised you'd stop after a few more times, but you ended up keeping at it until dawn. Now I don't have any strength left, and I'm sore and weak all over," Wang Dong'er said irritably.
"My fault?" A mischievous smile curled Lin Xuanchen's lips. "Who was clinging to me like an octopus yesterday? How has it suddenly become my fault now?"
"Y-you're making things up!" Wang Dong'er's already flushed face grew even redder at his teasing. "You're the one who was being awful!"
"All right, all right. I was awful. Happy now?" Lin Xuanchen smiled affectionately and continued deeper into the Far North with Wang Dong'er on his back.
The temperature around Lin Xuanchen was already extremely low, but with the Life Spirit Flame, he could naturally ignore the cold. Besides, it wasn't even as cold here as it had been in the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave.
As for why Lin Xuanchen dared to travel through the core region of the Far North as though no one else were there, without fearing encounters with high-level soul beasts, the answer was simple.
It was, of course, the senior from another world residing in his Sea of Consciousness-Electrolux, the Scourge of the Undead and the Holy Necromancer.
With Senior Electrolux around, Lin Xuanchen didn't have to worry about encountering any high-level soul beasts at all.
Whenever a high-level soul beast approached, Electrolux would warn him, and he would activate Three Thousand Lightning Movement to circle around it.
It was no different from having a see-through cheat enabled.
Electrolux could certainly be called the greatest contributor to this journey into the Far North. Lin Xuanchen had already secretly resolved to resurrect him when he became a god, as a small repayment to Senior Electrolux.
Only after carrying Wang Dong'er for another two to four hours did Lin Xuanchen finally reach the core region of the Far North.
"Dong'er, get off my back for now. It's time to get down to business." Lin Xuanchen stopped and turned his head to speak to Wang Dong'er, who had fallen asleep on his back.
"We're here already?" Wang Dong'er lifted her head groggily. The Life Spirit Flame was so warm, and with Lin Xuanchen carrying her, she had quickly drifted off in comfort. Now that he had woken her, her brain still hadn't booted up.
"Yes. Get off my back first." Lin Xuanchen shrugged.
"Mm. All right." Wang Dong'er nodded her little head and obediently slid off Lin Xuanchen's back, planting her feet on the snow-covered ground.
"Dong'er, what happens next will be a little shocking. Be ready for it." Lin Xuanchen raised a hand to ruffle her hair and smiled.
"A little shocking?" Wang Dong'er rubbed her eyes and murmured.
"Mm-hmm." Lin Xuanchen nodded, lightly flicked a finger against his Storage Ring, and took out a length of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow.
"Elder Yi, sorry for the trouble, but could you spread the aura of this ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow? And could I trouble you to release the aura of your divine sense as well?" After taking out the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, Lin Xuanchen called to Electrolux within his Sea of Consciousness.
"No problem. Leave it to me." Before long, Electrolux gave Lin Xuanchen an affirmative reply within his Sea of Consciousness.
The next moment, a layer of gray light enveloped the length of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow in Lin Xuanchen's palm. It slowly rose into the air before coming to a halt four or five meters above the ground.
Bzzz!
Then a ring of ice-blue energy swept out from the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow suspended in midair, stirring up a gust of bone-piercing cold.
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