After seeing Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin off, everyone from Shrek returned to the Wooden Cabin where Liu Erlong had previously lived.
The Shrek Seven Monsters had not seen Tang Xuan in over a year and had all missed him. They crowded around him, chatting all the way. Ma Hongjun and Oscar flanked him on either side, pouring out their admiration.
"Brother Xuan, let me tell you, that sword strike was so cool! You knocked that old man flat in one hit. You were practically overflowing with swagger!"
"Xiao Xuan, when you traded blows with Sword Douluo, my heart leaped into my throat. But you stayed as cool as ever. Nobody holds a candle to you!"
Tang Xuan merely smiled at their extravagant flattery. Life needed a little amusement, after all.
"So you really went out and fought Grandpa Sword, Brother Xuan?" Ning Rongrong asked incredulously.
"That's right!" Tang Xuan answered.
"So those flashes of light and tremors came from your fight with Sword Douluo!" Grandmaster said.
Tang Xuan nodded. "Yes, Teacher."
Everyone looked at Tang Xuan in disbelief. They had all clearly felt those flashes of white light and tremors. They could only imagine how fierce his battle with Sword Douluo had been! That was the continent's foremost attacking Douluo! And how old was Tang Xuan?
Still shaken, everyone entered the cabin. Until now, only Oscar and Ma Hongjun had been clowning around, but Flender could no longer keep his true nature under wraps either. Outside, other students had been watching, so he had been unable to let loose. Now things were different. He stepped forward, pulled Ma Hongjun and Oscar aside, and poured out how much he had missed Tang Xuan during their separation. Ultimately, however, it all boiled down to one particularly practical sentence.
Flender wore a