With Di Yun'er finished absorbing the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, this soul ring hunt officially came to an end.
As far as the outcome was concerned, Tang Wulin had not gotten a satisfying answer.
There were still many mysteries surrounding Di Yun'er.
Why did she look exactly like him?
How had the Golden Dragon Spear in her hand somehow ended up in his hands?
In the end, what exactly was their relationship? Were they siblings? Grandparent and grandchild? Or simply strangers?
Tang Wulin had failed to figure out any of it.
But did that mean this operation had truly yielded nothing and had been a failure?
Looking at Di Yun'er, whose expression was far gentler than before, Tang Wulin silently gave a negative answer.
It took the Shrek group less than a day to return to Shrek Academy. By then, the sky had just begun to darken.
Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong bid everyone farewell and flew toward Sea God Island.
Yet the moment they arrived on Sea God Island, they ran into someone unexpected.
Upon seeing them, a refined-looking but inexplicably neurotic middle-aged man walked over.
"Huo Yutong."
"Uh..."
For some reason, Tang Wulin felt Huo Yutong's body tense the instant she saw this middle-aged man.
Was she afraid?
The middle-aged man said with a dark expression, "Where is the assignment I told you to hand in?"
Huo Yutong coughed twice and gave a sheepish smile. "Well... Teacher Xuan, could you give me a little more time?"
Teacher Xuan? Xuan Ziwen?
Tang Wulin had also heard about Xuan Ziwen while asking Wang Dong for information. It was said that this Rank 8 Soul Engineer from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was an out-and-out research fanatic, and that he had brought a qualitative leap to Shrek Academy and the