He swam past the enormous statues of Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong and reached the small hill near the northern shore of the Heavenly Spring Pool.
Long Yue leaped from the water like a fierce dragon bursting from the depths, startling countless young couples.
With his Second Soul Skill, River, the water drained from Long Yue's clothes. He bounded up the steps and arrived at the Dean's Office.
"Old man, I'm back!" Long Yue plopped himself onto the desk with carefree familiarity, as though he were home.
"Did you gain anything on this trip to the Douluo Continent?" En Ci sat at ease, stroking his beard, a gossipy gleam in his eyes. "I heard you're dating Dugu Yan?"
"Yes." Long Yue admitted it openly. "And Dugu Yan wasn't my only gain."
"But she's an ancestor from twenty thousand years ago..." Upon learning that the rumor was true, En Ci nearly tore out his beard in shock. "Long Yue, you're really..."
"Dugu Yan isn't my direct ancestor," Long Yue said nonchalantly. "Besides, twenty thousand years have passed."
En Ci thought about it and agreed. He was being too old-fashioned. "I heard you brought Tang San back, too?"
Long Yue shook his head. "I didn't bring him. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang boarded the ship on their own initiative. Sima Lanxiao took their soul bone bribe and let them aboard."
"Achoo! Why do I feel like someone's out to get me..." Far away in the government building, Sima Lanxiao rubbed his nose.
"His Majesty the Emperor isn't exactly welcoming Tang San and Dai Mubai's arrival."
En Ci went on to discuss some of the developments in the Divine Realm Empire's court and officialdom over the past few months.
"You'll have to be careful from now on, too. Our relationship with