Chapter 125: Stunned Xian Lin'er
In the high skies, a man and a woman advanced side by side. The man, with two pairs of wings on his back, cut through the air at a speed so fast it nearly left afterimages. The woman, with her delicate feet lightly touching the void, created ripples in the air. It looked like she was just walking normally, yet her speed was no less than the man's.
"So you're just leaving with me like this, won't there be problems in the far north?" Du Qianjue tilted his head to look at the Xue LingLong, smiling as he asked.
The Xue Linglong shook her head, her expression serene. "No, A-Tai has successfully passed his 300,000-year heavenly tribulation, and with my help, Bingr's Ice Scorpion tribe has also added a beast king level Ice Emperor Scorpion. With them there, the far north is safe."
"How many ten-thousand-year-old Mystic Ice Marrows did you use?" Du Qianjue asked curiously.
The Xue Linglong held up two fingers. Two, that's not bad.
Du Qianjue glanced at the ice crystal bracelet on the Xue LingLong wrist; indeed, two ice flowers were missing. "Thank you, Xue'er," the Ice Emperor's chilly voice arose, expressing gratitude to the Xue LingLong.
"No need to thank me. After all, I am the ruler of the far north. It's necessary to nurture the next generation of leaders for the north," the Xue Linglong said with a slight smile.
"Mom, what about my tribe?" the Ice Bear King Xiaobai asked eagerly. Since the Xue Linglong and Du Qianjue had confirmed their relationship, Xiaobai had started calling the Xue Linglong 'mom,' and it had become more and more natural. After all, being raised by the Xue Linglong for 300,000 years after she found him, it was reasonable to think of her as a mother.
The Xue Linglong let it pass. After all, Du Qianjue didn't mind, and he was quite intrigued by having a 300,000-year-old son, as long as Xiaobai didn't start calling him 'stepfather.' Otherwise, Du Qianjue might worry that Xiaobai could suddenly come out with something like, 'A man born between heaven and earth should not live under others' indefinitely.'
"Your tribe has no one else close to their tribulation; the ten-thousand-year-old Mystic Ice Marrow wouldn't be useful for them," the Xue Linglong glanced at Xiaobai's phantom and said helplessly. The number of Mystic Ice Marrows was limited, better used for crossing tribulations than boosting cultivation levels.
Xiaobai understood this and sighed regretfully, returning to Du Qianjue's sea of spirit. Among the ice bear tribe, Xiaobai was a rare exception of strength; apart from him, there were no other beast king level ice bears, and although he was the king of the ice bears, he also felt helpless.
Du Qianjue didn't interject; this was an internal matter of the far north, and the Xue Linglong had her own considerations.
After staying a few days with the Xue Linglong in the far north, Du Qianjue became a bit restless. While the northern scenery also had its unique appeal, watching the endless snow day after day, which always looked the same, could become quite monotonous. He was already restless after just a couple of days, wondering how the Xue Linglong had managed to live here for hundreds of thousands of years.
Thus, Du Qianjue decided to take the Xue Linglong with him to travel across the continent. Traveling the continent alone wouldn't be fun; it was better to have the Xue Linglong with him for a true sense of adventure. In Du Qianjue's eyes, traveling the continent was no different from a leisurely tour. True trials involved facing various dangers, but with his current strength, where he could match Xuan Zi evenly, there would be no danger unless he encountered an ultimate Douluo.
How could such travels be considered real training? But before setting off, they had to make a trip back to the sect. The gold coins exploded from Shrek Lake's body had to be returned for Jin Peng's breakthrough.
Speaking of Shrek Lake, Shrek Academy was in a dismal state now. As Du Qianjue departed from the far north back to the sect, Dai Yueheng and others also returned to Shrek Academy. This story starts from a day earlier.
Xuan Zi had been crippled by Du Bu Si first, then locked up by Mu En in the lowest level of the Golden Tree to pedal a sewing machine. Yan Shaozhe, changed by his new mindset, had gone into seclusion, and other old residents of Sea God's Pavilion weren't suitable to take action. Thus, Xian Lin'er, the vice dean of the soul guide department at Shrek Lake, ended up welcoming this session's team.
When this vice dean of Shrek saw the team returning from the tournament, she was utterly dumbfounded, her jaw almost hitting the floor. She knew that only five from the main team had returned, which was normal given that the cause of the main team's one death, one severe injury, and five minor injuries was Xuan Zi, who had attempted to resign at the Sea God's Pavilion meeting.
So, the main team returning with five members was expected. But why were there only five from the reserve team as well?
Did they die on the fighting stage?
"Where are the people?!" Xian Lin'er's lips trembled.
"What people?" Wang Yan, still immersed in the sorrow of losing the championship, crashed for a moment, not understanding what Xian Lin'er was asking.
"I'm talking about the reserve team! Why only five returned? Where are the other two?" Xian Lin'er's voice suddenly rose.
Wang Yan opened his mouth, unsure of what to say.
Xu San Shi's situation was easier to explain; after all, he was disabled, and once he knew he'd be impotent for life, his spirit was crushed, and he followed the people from Dou Ling Royal Academy back to Dou Ling City. His reason for coming to Shrek Academy was largely to pursue Jiang Nannan, and he even stayed back a year to be in the same class as her.
Now that he was impotent, how could he face returning to Shrek Lake?
So, the despondent Xu San Shi withdrew from the school.
But what about Xiao Xiao?
Xiao Xiao's withdrawal was because of him, Wang Yan!
"Let me explain." Bei Bei forced a smile and then roughly recounted what had happened during the tournament to Xian Lin'er.
Xian Lin'er fell silent, her expression darkening.
She understood Mu En's intentions, and only Yan Shaozhe, hypocritical and self-important, couldn't see the old man's purpose.
She had been prepared for the possibility of not winning the championship in this tournament and had even prepared a follow-up plan for dealing with the instability among many students in Shrek due to the loss.
But Wang Yan, this fool, for the sake of winning the championship, pulled off a series of stunts that truly fried Xian Lin'er's CPU.
The championship was lost, and so it was.
But this team leader managed to drive away the only twin-spirit soul in the academy because of his tactics?
Xian Lin'er's look at Wang Yan was very ominous; the intent to stab someone with her eyes couldn't be hidden.
Being stared down by a titled Douluo made Wang Yan's scalp tingle, but he really had no way to defend himself, as the tactical orders indeed had been issued by him, the team leader.
"Let's go back to the academy," Xian Lin'er took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to slap Wang Yan to death, and told everyone.
After speaking, Xian Lin'er didn't care about the others' reactions and turned to fly back to Shrek City.
(End of Chapter)