Before dawn had even begun to break, Huo Yuhao opened his eyes and got out of bed. Zhu Zhuqing was still asleep in the dormitory, so he slipped out quietly.
Huo Yuhao went outside. The horizon was only faintly bright, but in the distance, Tang San was already sitting cross-legged on the roof of the Boys' Dormitory, facing east in meditation.
Huo Yuhao looked at Tang San, whose back was turned toward him on the roof. He knew these were the preparations Tang San made before cultivating the Purple Demon Eye each day, but he paid them no mind.
If he rashly made a move to test Tang San now, not only would Tang Hao, who was watching from the shadows, come looking for trouble, but more importantly, if there really were gods helping Tang San from behind the scenes, he would have no chance of escaping their attacks. His own death would be secondary then; Elder Yi would also be dragged down with him, and he would be unable to fulfill his promises to Tian Meng and the others. For now, Huo Yuhao simply wandered around Shrek Academy.
Leaving the dormitory area, Huo Yuhao walked through Shrek Academy. He had once wandered like this through the Shrek Academy ten thousand years in the future. Back then, Wang Dong had dragged him to Sea God Lake, where he had encountered Xiaotao after her evil fire went out of control... Now, so many people were gone. Even the present Shrek Academy had nothing left that matched his memories except the name Shrek.
Of course, after taking a careful look at his surroundings, Huo Yuhao had to admit that Shrek's current teaching environment was truly poor. Even without comparing it to the academy ten thousand years later, other academies of the same