Xiao Wu's words fell.
Everyone present was stunned once again.
Every face was filled with astonishment.
It was understandable that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing would leave.
But Xiao Wu and Tang San were inseparable.
They had been childhood companions for six years. How could she suddenly say she wanted to withdraw too?
Tang San looked as though lightning had struck him. He whipped around to stare at Xiao Wu, his pupils contracting sharply:
"Xiao Wu! What nonsense are you talking about? Why would you withdraw?!"
Xiao Wu pressed her lips together and asked tentatively:
"There's nothing good about this place. I don't want to stay anymore. Would you leave with me?"
Tang San froze, glanced at Yu Xiaogang beside him, and said hesitantly:
"But my teacher is here?"
Before he even finished speaking.
An exceedingly faint, bitter smile had already tugged at Xiao Wu's lips.
She had known it.
In his heart, she would never measure up to this sham Grandmaster.
Then she remembered that Tang San's father was a Titled Douluo who would see through her identity.
Then she remembered how, on the Sky Screen, Da Ming and Er Ming would become his Soul Rings, and that chill swept over her.
Xiao Wu withdrew her gaze, her voice so calm it hardly sounded like her:
"Then there's nothing left to say. I'm leaving."
With that, she turned and headed out of the academy without pausing for even half a step.
Tang San reached out, just about to chase after her and stop her.
But Dai Mubai beside him sneered, casting him a sidelong glance:
"Tang San, can't you see? She's doing this on purpose!"
"She's deliberately using withdrawal to pressure you, trying to put you in a difficult position between her and Grandmaster Yu. She's throwing a tantrum!"
That bitch Zhu Zhuqing had just dumped him, so naturally, he could not stand to see things going well for Tang San either.
Ma Hongjun, never one to mind making a spectacle worse, hurriedly chimed in:
"Exactly! Women are just so fussy. Show her what's what, and she'll behave!!"
Terrified that Tang San might leave too, Yu Xiaogang assumed the air of an experienced elder and snorted coldly:
"Xiao San, you've spoiled her rotten. She doesn't know how high the heavens are or how deep the earth is. Leave a woman unbeaten for three days, and she'll climb onto the roof and tear off the tiles. Unless you teach her a lesson, she'll never know who's in charge!"
"Let her go! Once she's battered her head bloody outside with nobody to protect her, she'll come crawling back to beg you!!"
Tang San watched Xiao Wu's retreating figure grow farther and farther away.
Listening to everyone around him, the little worry and reluctance in his heart gradually gave way to irritation.
Teacher was right! Xiao Wu was being far too unreasonable! Once she regretted it, she would naturally come back!
At that thought, Tang San immediately shouted after Xiao Wu with anger in his voice:
"I will never leave Shrek, much less my teacher!"
"If you really want to leave, then get lost! Don't try to threaten me with something like this!"
The moment the words left his mouth, even he felt he had gone a little too far.
But anger still simmered inside him, and he waited for Xiao Wu to stop and apologize to him with reddened eyes.
Yet the petite figure ahead did not pause in the slightest.
Rather than slowing, Xiao Wu quickened her pace.
There was not the slightest thought of throwing a tantrum in her heart. All that remained was overwhelming panic.
The Sky Screen had already exposed Tang San's identity. If his father came looking for him, she would be exposed!
Was she supposed to stay at Shrek, wait for Tang Hao to discover her, and then be captured to become Tang San's Soul Ring?!
No, she had to leave! The sooner, the better!
She would return to Star Dou Great Forest. With Da Ming and Er Ming there, nobody could hurt her.
"Xiao Wu!"
Ning Rongrong hurried after her:
"If you have nowhere to go, why don't you come back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with us?"
Xiao Wu shook her head:
"No, Rongrong. Thank you. I have somewhere to go."
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had two Titled Douluo, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
How would going there be any different from walking straight into a net?
Returning to Star Dou Great Forest was still the safest choice!
Ning Rongrong could only drop the matter and remind her:
"All right, then. If you ever have nowhere to go, come find me at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect anytime."
Xiao Wu nodded, said nothing more, and jogged away.
Ning Rongrong withdrew her gaze and turned to Zhu Zhuqing.
The two exchanged a look, each seeing the resolve in the other's eyes.
"Let's leave too."
Zhu Zhuqing nodded, and they walked side by side out of Shrek Academy.
Before leaving, Ning Rongrong turned back to glare at Shrek Academy's gates.
She would remember what Shrek had done today!
Once she returned, she would tell Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone and have them come deal with them!
In the square.
Everyone watched the three figures leave one after another, silent as crows and sparrows.
Tang San stood rooted in place, his fists clenched so tightly that his nails dug into his palms.
As he stared in the direction Xiao Wu had disappeared, his heart felt inexplicably empty, as though something were missing.
Dai Mubai spat and cursed:
"Pah! A bunch of filthy, cheap whores! We gave them face, and they spat it back! They're not even as good as the twins at the brothel!!"
Flender's expression was so dark it could have dripped water.
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing leaving was one thing, but Xiao Wu had left too.
If Tang Hao learned that his precious son's childhood companion had left, wouldn't he take his anger out on Shrek?
He turned to Yu Xiaogang and lowered his voice:
"Xiaogang, about this..."
Yu Xiaogang's face was ashen, and his hands trembled beneath his sleeves.
First, Ning Rongrong had publicly refuted his theories today, and then he had watched two students publicly withdraw.
Now even Xiao Wu had left. He had lost every last scrap of face.
At that thought, Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath and forced himself to look composed:
"It's fine. She's just a child throwing a tantrum. Once she's suffered enough, she'll naturally return."
"Let's keep watching the Sky Screen!!"
Hearing this, the others asked no more questions and turned their eyes back to the Sky Screen.
And just then, in the distance.
Atop an ancient tree that towered into the sky.
Tang Hao had seen the Clear Sky Sect of another world win.
Although he was dissatisfied, at least he had learned of Xiao San's future achievements.
Now he watched the dispute below.
And the departures of Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu.
The first two did not interest him, but Xiao Wu was different.
Tang Hao watched Xiao Wu's retreating figure, killing intent churning in his eyes.
He had long since seen through Xiao Wu's identity as a Soul Beast.
The only reason he had not acted was that he planned to save her as a Soul Ring and Soul Bone for Xiao San in the future.
But now, this little Soul Beast actually dared to leave?
Courting death!!
At that thought, Tang Hao was about to strike on the spot.
But a moment later, he slowly unclenched his fists.
No!
Xiao San was so weak right now that even if he captured Xiao Wu, his son could not absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Besides, judging by the conversation below, Grandmaster had said Xiao Wu was merely throwing a childish tantrum.
After running into a few walls outside, she would naturally return obediently to Tang San's side.
Only by casting a long line could he catch a big fish!!
Tang Hao snorted coldly, suppressed his killing intent, and raised his head to the Sky Screen again.
If he kept watching, perhaps he could find clues to his grandfather's whereabouts, along with other useful information!
Meanwhile.
At the Clear Sky Sect, on Snow Mountain Main Peak.
The entire sect was filled with shock.
Although they had lost the comparison, it had revealed one piece of information to them.
"Tang Hao in that other world actually has such an unbelievably gifted son!"
The second elder exclaimed in amazement, and several other elders chimed in.
"Could Tang Hao in our world have one too?!"
"If he really does, and his son can lead the sect to greater heights... it might not be impossible to forgive Tang Hao to some extent!"
As soon as those words were spoken.
Tang Xiao seemed to glimpse hope for Tang Hao's return and said excitedly:
"Elders, actually... I know!!"
As someone who had once traveled and trained alongside Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
Of course he knew that Ah Yin had been pregnant then and had given birth before the pursuit began!
The name they had chosen was none other than-Tang San!!!