After class, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong left the classroom together.
They came to the shore of Sea God Lake, but instead of immediately crossing it to Sea God Island, they took a walk around the lake.
For a while, neither of them spoke. Silence settled in the air, yet it was not unpleasant. Instead, it made them both feel at ease.
They both knew what the other wanted to say. Precisely because of that, neither could bring themselves to speak.
In the end, Tang Wulin was the first to break the silence.
"When are you leaving?"
Unlike Huo Yutong, Tang Wulin had absolutely nowhere to go in this era, so he would be staying at Shrek Academy during this break.
Huo Yutong said softly,
"I'm leaving this afternoon."
Over the past year, while they had not been inseparable, they had spent nearly every day together. Thinking of being apart from him for a month, she could not help feeling reluctant to leave.
Yet this parting was necessary. In her mind, she had always been the weakest link in their team. The only reason she had never been targeted was because Tang Wulin was simply too outstanding and had borne all the pressure for her.
She was unwilling to remain this way. She did not want to keep dragging everyone down. She wanted to be able to help him, to fight at his side, rather than merely stand behind him and watch his back.
Therefore, no matter how unbearable the separation might be, she had to travel alone to the Extreme North and obtain her Second Martial Soul as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had instructed.
"I see..."
A trace of loneliness seeped into Tang Wulin's voice.
Huo Yutong was not the only one leaving during this break. Nearly all the