What had happened yesterday had truly terrified the entire Shrek Academy.
Shrek's treasury had been breached, and quite a few of its resources had been stolen.
For Shrek Academy, this was a calamity of monumental proportions.
Looking at Shrek City, which was now on the highest alert, Li Mu walked calmly inside.
When the soldiers at the gate stepped forward to stop him, he showed them proof that he was a Shrek Academy student.
Although suspicion filled the soldiers' eyes at Li Mu's sudden return from outside Shrek Academy, they still bowed slightly in greeting before clearing the way.
Seeing the surprised expressions on these soldiers' faces, Li Mu felt rather strange.
If these soldiers knew that he had returned to infiltrate the White Tiger Duke's Mansion...
And then plunder the entire White Tiger Duke's Mansion, he wondered what they would think.
One had to understand just how exalted the White Tiger Duke's Mansion was. In the Star Luo Empire, the Xu family held power on the surface.
Behind the scenes, however, rumors of two emperors had persisted.
It was only because Dai Hao himself was relatively loyal, and was not embroiled in much controversy, that the Xu family had continued to employ him.
Even so, many things remained difficult to explain clearly.
As for these two guards, Li Mu naturally had nothing to say.
His return did not cause much of a stir at Shrek, either.
After all, Li Mu was not the only one who had fled. Almost every student of any standing had run away.
Only some of the commoner students had remained here.
After all, the pressure displayed above Shrek Academy at that moment had been far too powerful.
When two top-tier experts fought, ordinary people were simply not qualified to take part.
They naturally knew their own limits and did not dare get involved rashly.
Seeing these people's expressions, Li Mu shook his head as well.
He remained fairly composed-or rather, calm.
Returning to his dorm room, Li Mu stretched. There were two reasons he had come back again.
The first was to see these people one last time. After all, as a transmigrator...
He still harbored some curiosity about everyone here, or rather, some of the famous people.
The second was to kill Zhou Yi. There was no way he would let her live.
She had definitely already developed the intent to kill him. If he left now...
Once Zhou Yi reported that he had failed to return for two days and declared that he had defected from Shrek Academy...
Then, regardless of whether this matter had anything to do with him, Zhou Yi, Fan Yu, and Xian Lin'er could very likely work together to dump the blame on his head.
At present, it would take him at least fifteen to twenty days or so to reach the Sun Moon Empire.
That was also why he had told Huo Yutong to cultivate for a month before heading over.
Without the cultivation of a Level 2 Soul Engineer and the god-level Martial Soul, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion...
It would be difficult for her even to reach the Sun Moon Empire, let alone join it.
Back in his room, Li Mu yawned as he looked at the empty bed.
As his mental perception reached inside, only Wang Dong remained there apart from the Snow Empress.
Wang Dong had already awakened, but his expression was wary to the extreme.
Naturally, Li Mu had no intention of releasing Tang San's biological daughter.
Tang San would not discover his daughter's disappearance anytime soon. Keeping her by his side for a while before finally taking her away was the best option.
After all, they could see the outside world through the Silver Dragon Space. Learning a few things when the time came would also make it easier to take them away.
As he thought, Li Mu raised his hand, and the enormous sphere of ice melted.
Some of the treasures belonging to Shrek were revealed inside.
The Snow Empress had not stolen much this time. Mu En had discovered her the instant she reached the treasury, then struck and gravely wounded her.
Thus, what she had stolen was actually quite limited. Even so, there were still quite a few treasures.
There were roughly twelve wooden boxes in all, along with two boxes made of glass and metal.
The two glass-and-metal boxes each contained a Soul Bone.
One was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, a left arm bone whose exact effects could not be discerned.
Judging by its power, however, this Soul Bone did not come from a dragon and was not compatible with Li Mu.
But the other Soul Bone was different. It was a genuine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
Moreover, it was most likely a Soul Bone left behind by a lesser dragon or a false dragon.
It was a left leg bone, dark gold throughout, with a deep, rich hue.
This left leg bone's specific attribute was earth, and it should have contained two abilities.
Under normal circumstances, Soul Masters at their stage naturally could not fuse with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
But to Li Mu, who possessed the Lan Xuanyu Template, these so-called restrictions amounted to nothing.
After examining the Soul Bone for a while, he casually broke its seal, then entered the Silver Dragon Space himself.
Running his fingers over the left leg bone, he felt the terrifying, dense sensation within it, like the earth itself.
Li Mu's eyes flickered briefly before he set the Soul Bone aside.
As the other boxes were opened, every item inside was revealed to be at least a thousand-year spirit herb. There were even two ten-thousand-year spirit herbs among them.
One was a small, emerald-green blade of grass that gave off rich power. It should have been related to spiritual power.
Li Mu did not recognize it, however, while the other was a ten-thousand-year Infernal Delicate Apricot.
A ten-thousand-year infernal delicate apricot naturally could not compare to a hundred-thousand-year one.
Even so, it was still quite good.
"This is a supreme treasure for a Soul Master with the fire element, and my second attribute happens to be fire. It's a perfect fit."
As he spoke, Li Mu toyed with it briefly, then put away the other thousand-year spirit herbs, setting them to one side.
Looking at his haul this time, Li Mu was actually quite satisfied.
The White Tiger Duke's Mansion had held plenty of resources, and he had obtained a large portion of its ores and such.
Although these were the only resources he had obtained here, a single Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was already a rare sight.
Or rather, calling it a rare sight did not begin to describe it. It was practically impossible to obtain.
Outside Shrek Academy, the Body Sect, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, obtaining one elsewhere was extremely difficult.
Only at some top-tier auction houses might a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone appear.
Such an item, which had a price but no sellers, could fetch an astronomical sum at auction. Yet a casual robbery had yielded one, and the only price was that the Snow Empress's injuries were somewhat worse.
To Li Mu, this was an extremely worthwhile trade.
As for whether he would be discovered after using it, Li Mu cared even less.
No one would suspect that a Two-Ring Soul Master could use a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
After all, anyone would consider that impossible.
Thus, Li Mu had nothing to hesitate over. He gently raised his hand.
Then he stuffed the ten-thousand-year infernal delicate apricot straight into his mouth and calmly began to chew.
Normally, refining it into a pill would have been best, but the problem was that he had never studied alchemy at all. Naturally, he would have to settle down and study it in the time ahead.
But this opportunity to improve his fire element could not be wasted, either.
As he felt the fire element within his body begin to surge continuously, faint flames ignited over his Second Soul Ring.
Li Mu calmly looked at the left leg bone and raised his hand without hesitation.
In the blink of an eye, the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone turned into a shadowy gleam, and Li Mu pressed it into his leg in an instant.