The dawn light lifted the night's veil and spilled forth a brilliant morning glow. Ling Bai returned to Shrek Academy beneath the rising sun, and the moment he entered the gates, he spotted someone he knew.
The woman had a tall, graceful, alluring figure, her emerald green eyes charming and bewitching. Every smile and frown carried endless allure.
Jade Phosphorous Serpent, Du Gu Lin.
"What a coincidence."
Ling Bai took the initiative to greet Du Gu Lin. She walked over and replied with a light laugh, "It's only been seven days. You already captured a Ten Thousand Year Medusa alive?"
"Yeah. Did your trip to wipe out the Wolf Bandits go smoothly?"
"They were just a rabble of no consequence, nothing worth mentioning. It was just what they did..."
Du Gu Lin's voice abruptly stopped. Her emerald green eyes faintly seemed on the verge of turning into vertical pupils, exuding a trace of danger.
She had traveled through the night without rest, yet she had still arrived too late. The Wolf Bandits had slaughtered several villages in the Dou Ling Empire, killing all the men for meat and grain while keeping the women to ravage at will.
Though she had killed every Wolf Bandit and avenged the innocent civilians, Du Gu Lin's hatred for them had not diminished in the slightest.
"Do what you can and leave the rest to fate. You've done what you should have done, so don't be too harsh on yourself."
Ling Bai tried to comfort her. Together, they crossed Sea God Lake and headed to the Assessment Hall to submit their freshman tasks.
A hunched figure emerged from deep within the Assessment Hall. It was Old Li, his face marked by a savage scar.
"Why are you back, kid?"
The instant he saw Ling Bai,