Chapter 92: Heading to Shrek City
Body Sect, Back Mountain.
Lin Sheng walked in front, the fallen leaves making a faint crackling sound beneath his feet.
Zhang Lexuan followed by his side.
Occasionally, she would turn her head to observe this youth who was far more composed than his peers. When her gaze touched the faintly flowing energy around Lin Sheng...
An irrepressible shock flashed through her beautiful eyes as she felt his Soul Power fluctuations, which were as condensed as steel.
"Rank fifty-seven?"
Zhang Lexuan stopped in her tracks and asked with some disbelief.
"If I remember correctly, when the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament ended..."
"You had only just stepped into the Spirit King Realm not long ago."
Lin Sheng halted, his expression indifferent. Those pitch-black Sharingan eyes seemed capable of swallowing all light.
"The brink of life and death is the best place to temper Soul Power."
"The battle with Sleep Nightmare Douluo, combined with the evolution of the Eternal Eye, forcibly widened my Meridians. Coupled with these past two weeks of settling in, the Breakthrough was only natural."
With Lin Sheng's current rank fifty-seven Soul Power...
Wanting to step into the Spirit Emperor Realm...
He believed it would be in the near future.
He turned his head, seeing Zhang Lexuan's hesitant look, and his tone softened slightly.
"Your body has mostly recovered. What... are your plans for later?"
Zhang Lexuan lowered her eyes.
Her fingers subconsciously toyed with the corner of her clothes, and her originally relaxed brow was tinged with a hint of conflict.
After a long while, she finally spoke in a low voice.
"I... I still have to go back to Shrek."
"Elder Mu has been kind to me, and many people in the academy are worried about me. I can't just disappear without a word."
At the mention of Shrek, a trace of imperceptible gloom flashed deep within Lin Sheng's pupils—an ingrained loathing.
But seeing Zhang Lexuan's slightly apologetic gaze, he ultimately said nothing more.
"Since that's the case, I will send you back."
"What?!"
Zhang Lexuan cried out in surprise, snapping her head up with a face full of disbelief.
"Lin Sheng, you... but your family because of Shrek..."
Zhang Lexuan knew.
Lin Sheng already loathed Shrek, so how could he take the initiative to say he was going there?!
"Heh, you don't need to overthink it."
Lin Sheng interrupted directly, his tone as resolute as a blade.
"I have made up my mind. Although your body is healed, your Spiritual Origin is still fragile. Rather than letting you risk it alone, it's better if I protect you on this trip."
"As for Shrek... I'm not going there to be on good terms with them."
In other words...
It was for her.
Zhang Lexuan opened her mouth, but the words of admonishment died when they met Lin Sheng's unquestionable expression.
They immediately turned into a smile so thick it couldn't be dissolved.
She nodded heavily: "Okay, then we'll go together."
...
After explaining things to Du Busi and packing simply, Lin Sheng and Zhang Lexuan left the Body Sect.
During this two-week journey.
Without the urgency of the competition, it instead became a rare period of tranquility for the two.
Lin Sheng still didn't say much.
But whatever dry rations Zhang Lexuan wanted to eat or mountain spring water she wanted to drink, he would always silently prepare them.
This wordless protection.
Made Zhang Lexuan feel that the road home didn't seem so long after all.
Two weeks later.
That Shrek City, which symbolized the Peak of the continent's Soul Masters, finally appeared on the horizon.
The towering city walls, the bustling crowds—everything was as it used to be.
Stepping onto this land again, Zhang Lexuan's emotions became exceptionally complex.
This place was once her only reliance, but now it had become a chasm between her and Lin Sheng.
"Are you... alright?"
Zhang Lexuan looked at Lin Sheng with concern.
Lin Sheng quietly gazed at the school emblem sculpture in the distance, his Sharingan eyes calm: "Having experienced so much now, I won't be blinded by emotions just because this is Shrek."
"Rest assured, I'm only sending you back, not here to make friends."
The two stepped through the gates of Shrek Academy.
"Senior Sister?!"
A shout of pleasant surprise broke the silence.
The group walking toward them was precisely the Tang Sect members led by Bei Bei.
Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou were all there.
Only Huo Yuhao was missing.
"Senior Sister, you're finally back! Elder Xuan said you were heavily injured and taken away; we've been worried sick these past few days!"
Bei Bei rushed over quickly, his face full of the joy of relief.
However, as he drew near, his footsteps suddenly froze.
He saw Lin Sheng.
Lin Sheng stood there with a cold expression.
"Lin Sheng?!"
Xu Sanshi blurted out, subconsciously summoning his Mysterious Underworld Turtle Shield, his eyes filled with wariness and hostility.
Zhang Lexuan greeted everyone with a smile.
Her demeanor was still generous and proper, but Bei Bei keenly sensed a difference.
The Zhang Lexuan of the past...
Always had a kind of elder-sisterly care and accommodation when facing him.
But now, her body leaned slightly toward Lin Sheng, showing a subconscious sense of reliance and belonging.
Complex emotions immediately surged in Bei Bei's heart.
"Is Senior Sister..."
For some reason, he was actually somewhat happy. He knew of Mu En's plan to have Zhang Lexuan be his child bride.
But from beginning to end, he had always loved Tang Ya.
Now that Zhang Lexuan had someone she cared about...
It was for the best.
"Thank you for your concern, everyone. I am fine now."
After responding politely but with distance, Zhang Lexuan looked at Lin Sheng.
"Let's go. Do you want to come to the Inner Courtyard with me?"
...
Passing through the dense shaded path, the two arrived at the shore of the Sea God Lake and entered the true core of Shrek.
The Inner Courtyard.
Beneath a massive Golden Tree, in front of the Sea God Pavilion filled with a holy aura.
Several elderly figures had already been waiting for a long time.
Yan Shaozhe, Cai Meier, and others looked at the youth walking slowly with complex expressions. If it were any other day...
Such a heretic intruding into the Inner Courtyard would likely have been suppressed long ago.
But now...
They felt the Soul Power on Lin Sheng, which was as heavy as a mountain, as well as that Killing Intent refined after slaying a Titled Douluo.
In the central position.
Mu En sat quietly on a rattan chair.
His cloudy eyes suddenly burst with a sharp light, staring intently at Lin Sheng's eyes.
"You've changed, child."
Mu En's voice was still kind, but it carried an inexplicable pressure.
"That night in Star Luo City, you saved Lexuan."
"We are all very grateful to you, sincerely."
As Mu En said this, Yan Shaozhe and the others also nodded, though Elder Xuan was still not present.
Lin Sheng knew.
Elder Xuan was avoiding him.
In the face of the Limit Douluo who could suppress the world, Lin Sheng's spine remained straight.
He just calmly looked levelly at Mu En.
"Senior Mu En, I came only to see Zhang Lexuan safely returned."
Yan Shaozhe's brow furrowed, and he was about to scold him, but Mu En lightly raised a hand to stop him.
"Since you are back, it is all fate."
"Lexuan, take him to the Inner Courtyard to sit for a while."
Mu En smiled, as if he also saw that Lin Sheng was no longer that youth whose heart was filled and controlled by hatred.
From his willingness to come here again, one could tell.
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