Before she knew it, more than two years had passed since Leng Xiyue left Spirit City.
Yet the city had not changed at all. Everything was so harmonious and stable that Leng Xiyue found almost nothing unfamiliar as she walked through it.
At the thought of seeing Bibi Dong again, Leng Xiyue mostly felt anticipation and worry. Naturally, she looked forward to spending some time bonding with her dear master and picking up Ah Rou's soul fragments along the way. As for her worry, that was, of course, about the Rakshasa God's divine trials.
Leng Xiyue did not know what the Rakshasa God's divine trials entailed, but they certainly could not be anything good. There was even a possibility that they required nurturing the Shrek Seven Devils into her enemies.
Otherwise, why would she have allowed Shrek Academy to develop for another five years afterward?
Passing through Spirit Hall, she made her way back to the Papal Hall with practiced ease. After receiving respectful salutes from the two guards, she headed straight to the Back Garden. Sure enough, Bibi Dong was there.
"Master, I'm back~"
Leng Xiyue flung herself forward and hugged Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong was quite surprised to see Leng Xiyue return. A trace of complexity crossed her face, but she still stroked her head affectionately. "It's good that you're back. I know most of what you've done these past few years. You've done well."
In fact, Leng Xiyue really had accomplished quite a lot during this time.
In terms of strength, reaching level thirty only qualified as a passing grade, but when it came to winning people over, she could be said to have earned full marks.
One only had to look at the people gathered around her. Miho Nishizumi had only just arrived and had little