A day and a night later, Tang San remained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, gathering medicinal herbs.
Dugu Bo went to let Shrek know that Tang San was safe, and to bring Xue Xing word as well.
"I see. Sorry for the trouble, old Bo."
Xue Xing and Dugu Bo sat together on a sofa, drinking tea and discussing Shrek and Tang San.
Xue Xing had long been wary of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. If they merely wanted a powerful backer, that was one thing; what he feared was their interference in affairs of state.
Fortunately, Ning Fengzhi was a clever man who had always known where to draw the line.
But in recent years, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's movements had grown somewhat strange. Xue Xing's political instincts immediately sensed something amiss, yet he could find no concrete evidence. Investigating too closely would only expose his own hand.
After all, the outside world knew Xue Xing only as an overbearing prince. Few knew that he had always been dealing with threats to Heaven Dou's imperial family.
Xue Ye only needed to govern the country; Prince Xue Xing had far more to consider.
When Xue Xing noticed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had invested in a peculiar academy with a modest reputation, he began paying special attention to Shrek Academy, only to discover that everyone there possessed extraordinary talents.
A suspected prince of the Star Luo Empire and his fiancée; the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's sole daughter, and that suspicious Soul Tool girl of unknown origins; two boys with unusual Martial Souls.
And the most mysterious of all, the Blue Silver Grass Soul Master, Tang San.
According to intelligence from the Great Soul Arena, the boy's Soul Ring configuration was utterly