The campfire crackled, and sparks flew across the night sky.
Toji squinted, her fingers unconsciously stroking her chin.
The "short figure" mentioned by the Titled Douluo made his heart skip a beat.
"Could it be... Huo Yuhao?" Di Qiu'er voiced the speculation in everyone's mind.
"That's unlikely, isn't he at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion?"
Ye Guyi said subconsciously.
"How did you end up associating with people from the Clear Sky Sect?"
Jing Ziyan replied:
"Our battle at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion razed the entire place to the ground; Huo Yuhao might even be dead."
"Unlikely."
Toji shook his head.
"If the chosen ones were this easy to die, that would be ridiculous."
"If the chosen one dies like this, it means his luck wasn't good enough."
Di Qiu'er joked.
Toji couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Will the chosen one have bad luck?
Happy.
"Alright, we still don't know what the Clear Sky Sect's team is targeting."
Toji said.
"What else could it be? Their target is us, isn't it?" Ye Guyi said. "They've discovered us."
"If they discover us, it won't just be the Clear Sky Sect making moves," Du Busi said, pointing towards Shrek City.
"Those Shrek students haven't made a single move."
"That's right. They seem completely unaware of our arrival and are still foolishly guarding the place," Toji agreed.
I'm more inclined to believe they were just passing by.
"Just passing by?"
Everyone was completely dumbfounded by Toji's statement.
"This young lady who controls destiny, please explain to them." Toji raised his hand and reached out to Di Qiu'er.
Di Qiu'er immediately put on a stern face. "... Why me?"
"Because it will be more approachable for you to explain it in person," Toji said with a smile.
"All right."
Hearing them say that only fueled everyone's curiosity.
"Cough cough."
This was the first time Di Qiu'er had been stared at by so many eyes, and she felt a little uncomfortable.
"According to the future I see in the trajectory of destiny, this current timeline is the time when the daughter of the Clear Sky Sect will come to the Shrek Academy to study."
"So, according to Toji's meaning, and considering that His Majesty said the leader of the group is someone whose cultivation level is unfathomable..."
"It must be their sect leader's daughter; she's taking her child to school. It's that simple."
"..."
After hearing what Di Qiu'er said, everyone present was petrified.
"Taking... taking the child to school?"
The first person to feel disbelief was the Titled Douluo who had detected the Clear Sky Sect's team.
"Even if it's to take the kids to school, it's impossible to send out so many people, right?"
Toji stood in front of Di Qiu'er and explained on her behalf:
"Then how do you explain the short figure you saw?"
"This..." The titled Titled Douluo frowned, "Never mind, I don't know either. In the end, I'll leave the decision to you, Sect Master and Young Sect Master."
Instead of Du Busi, he looked at Toji, urging him to make up his mind.
"Alright, I'll do the reconnaissance."
Toji spoke again.
"Let me see what this Clear Sky Sect team is up to."
"Bullshit! You just escaped death, and you want to jump into the fire again?" Du Busi's forehead veins bulged. "That's the Clear Sky Sect! The leader of the team is very likely the sect master of the Clear Sky Sect, who is also Limit Douluo. Even if your teacher and I went up together, we wouldn't be enough to defeat them."
"You want to go investigate? You're just sending yourself to your death!"
Di Qiu'er also stood in front of Toji:
"No, absolutely not. Anyone can go and investigate, but you absolutely cannot."
" The Clear Sky Sect is connected to that place. Wouldn't you be walking into the lion's den if you went there?"
Toji calmly pushed the two apart.
"Hey you guys, calm down."
Both Du Busi and Di Qiu'er were stunned by what he said.
"Right now, the people of the Clear Sky Sect have no idea what I look like."
Even when they exchange information with people from the Shrek Academy, they still don't know my exact appearance.
"Besides, I can also do this..."
As she spoke, Toji began to manipulate her perfect body, following the same principles as the Bone Shrinking Technique as the one Du Busi had taught her, shrinking her body into the shape of a thin man.
"More importantly," Toji reached out again, stopping Di Qiu'er from speaking, "My special constitution makes me undetectable to anyone."
"In other words, barring any unforeseen circumstances, I should be able to successfully gather the intelligence and information I need, and return safely."
This left Di Qiu'er speechless.
After all, what he said did make sense.
That's irrefutable.
"... never mind."
Du Busi sighed.
"Go ahead."
"If they find out it's you, just make a scene."
We'll come to rescue you.
"No problem."
As everyone watched his figure disappear into the night, Du Busi spat fiercely:
"That little bastard is even crazier than me!"
Then, he turned to his disciples and called out:
"Dig harder, everyone!"
"Receive!!!"
On the moonlit mountain path, Niu Tian's tall figure resembled a moving iron tower.
He deliberately slowed his pace, glancing back every now and then at the petite figure in the middle of the group.
" Dong'er, do you really not need to rest?"
The child whom Niu Tian called Dong'er was, at first glance, a handsome young man.
Her fair skin was as pure as fresh snow, and she had a pair of light pinkish-blue eyes. She had also deliberately cut her pinkish-blue short hair extremely short, with the ends sticking up unruly.
Dressed in a white, fitted outfit, he exuded a youthful air of heroism.
It was Wang Dong'er, disguised as a man.
"No need, I'm not tired yet."
Wang Dong'er stubbornly shook her head and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Now, Toji crouched high on a treetop, observing the slowly advancing procession from afar through the dense foliage.
When his gaze fell upon the boy with short, light blue hair, a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips.
"It really was her..."
He muttered to himself. Looking at Wang Dong'er's appearance, a wicked thought suddenly popped into his mind.
"Alright, Tang San Tang San, you've messed with me so many times, it's not too much for me to mess with you once, is it?"
As the saying goes, you reciprocate; if you give me a gift, I'll give you one in return.
Toji he remembered what Di Qiu'er had said.
"Your constitution is very special, defying all fate; even the gods in the heavens cannot affect you."
Thinking of this, Toji burst out laughing.
"Then let's go, let's play along."
"Let me see if Wang Dong'er has truly been influenced by Tang San."
As he spoke, Toji found a direction in which the Clear Sky Sect was heading, then curled up in a mud puddle by the roadside, pressed the back of the Blade of Life's Watch against his ribs, gritted his teeth and pressed down hard.
"Snap!"