Leaving

"Tang Wulin has disappeared."

"WHAT?!"

"HOW COULD THAT BE?!"

Shouts of shock emerged from the lips of those in the Shrek Academy group as they heard Wu Zhangkong's words.

Xie Xie's face turned pale as he took a step back, not believing what Wu Zhangkong had said.

He was the first among all of them to have contact with Tang Wulin so naturally their bond would be the deepest among them.

The others weren't doing much better as bitter expressions appeared on their faces.

Although they only knew Tang Wulin later on, his position in their hearts was very heavy.

The only two who didn't really care were Huang Yu and Gu Yue.

Gu Yue by this time had already shifted back into her black-haired form.

Her true form looked exactly the same as Na'er and if she revealed herself like that, others would inevitably ask questions.

Nonetheless, they played along with this little charade just so they didn't look a bit out of place.

They naturally knew where Tang Wulin was at the moment, and they knew that he wasn't in much danger at all.

Gu Yue had actually wanted to reap Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King bloodline back then, but Huang Yu stopped her.

With a combination of the King's Wisdom, his powerful mental power and his three heaven-defying treasures, he could sense something from Tang Wulin.

It was that same strange energy he had felt from the Dragon God.

When he had asked Gu Yue about it, she had informed him that it was apparently divine energy, which raised his eyebrows.

Nonetheless, Huang Yu wasn't too surprised about it.

He had suspicions that Tang Wulin was somehow connected to Tang San anyways and this was just the cherry on top.

Since he could sense divine energy from Tang Wulin, and the bad feeling he got from it, there was definitely something akin to a protector within him.

This was something that was far too common in Xianxias afterall.

The powerful father had no choice but to send their child to a lower plane to save their life.

Despite this, they would be left a powerful inheritance along with some Godly protection that only worked a few times.

Huang Yu had struggled immensely fighting against a Third-Class God in the form of the will of the Dragon God.

He wasn't willing to provoke another potentially greater God-level existence when Gu Yue was there.

"It's unfortunate, but he disappeared during a mission for the Tang Sect. We don't know whether he's alive or dead, but we can't delay our schedule because of him."

"However, we'll still be in the Star Luo Continent for at least a few more months. While we continue on with our schedule, we'll wait for any information about Tang Wulin."

Hearing this, the students of Shrek Academy went silent.

There was nothing they could do other than wait after all.

Throwing a tantrum would be completely useless.

As of this moment, the students of Shrek Academy came to a realisation of how fragile life actually was.

At this moment, Huang Yu suddenly spoke.

"Teacher Wu"

Wu Zhangkong turned his gaze to Huang Yu before he raised an eyebrow.

"What is it Huang Yu?"

"I am leaving Shrek Academy."

At those words, the expression of everyone in the room other than Gu Yue shifted into shock once more.

"Huang Yu, what do you mean?"

Wu Zhangkong's voice held hints of disbelief.

He was already deeply hurt that Tang Wulin may already have passed on but now one of his students wanted to leave Shrek as well?

A wry smile appeared on Huang Yu's face as he scratched the back of his head. "Well, it means exactly what I said."

"You…"

"Teacher Wu, I'm leaving as well."

Gu Yue's voice suddenly rang out at this time.

Her words dug the knife deeper into the hearts of everyone else there.

Everyone, Wu Zhangkong included, were speechless at this.

They continuously shifted their gazes between Huang Yu and Gu Yue, but not a word could leave their lips.

"Absolutely not!"

Suddenly, a bright light flashed in the room before the visage of a woman appeared in the high-class suite.

This woman was a person that every student of Shrek Academy was extremely familiar with.

It was Elder Cai.

"Do you think that Shrek is a place that you can just come in and go out as you wish? There is no way we can allow you to tarnish the reputation of the academy like that!"

Huang Yu raised an eyebrow.

"I distinctly remember that you guys were the ones that begged us to join though?"

That made Elder Cai paused briefly.

Nonetheless, she didn't care as she spoke up once more in an arrogant tone.

"Nevertheless, you just can't leave. You won't even be known as graduates of Shrek Academy should you do so."

Huang Yu smiled.

"We're fine with that."

Gu Yue nodded her head in affirmation.

Elder Cai's expression instantly turned ugly. "You're wasting your potential like this. There's no other place on this planet that provides better resources than Shrek."

"And Huang Yu, what about your sword intent? What if something goes wrong with that? You won't have anyone to help you with it!"

Gu Yue spoke up at this time.

"Elder Cai, we've already given a lot of thought to this."

"We're not asking for permission to leave. We're just informing you on our decision."

Her voice held extreme confidence, not willing to give in the slightest.

Hearing this, Elder Cai's expression further darkened as a sneer appeared on her face.

She opened her mouth to speak once more, but soon closed them again before she finally sighed.

"You… just do whatever you want…"

Elder Cai turned her back on them.

"However, don't come running back to Shrek begging for mercy once you leave."

In another bright flash, Elder Cai was gone from the suite.

Seeing this, Huang Yu let out a sigh.

He shifted his gaze back to Wu Zhangkong.

There was none of the usual coldness that was usually on Wu Zhangkong's face. Instead, his expression was one of deep sorrow.

"Huang Yu, Gu Yue… you two are really leaving?"

An apologetic look appeared on Huang Yu's face before he cupped his hands towards Wu Zhangkong.

"Teacher Wu, I thank you for your tutelage for all these years."

"You're the best teacher I could ever ask for, and the only person I'll acknowledge as my teacher."

"However, I have already hit a plateau here. I have to go out and search for my own path in order to grow further."

Wu Zhangkong opened his mouth in order to retort, but no words could come out.

He swiftly closed it once again before he closed his eyes in sorrow.

"In that case, the two of you should go. I won't force the two of you to stay here. I wish you safe travels."

At those words, both Huang Yu and Gu Yue spoke up.

"Thank you Teacher Wu. We'll leave now."

The two of them got up at this time before they left.

As Huang Yu and Gu Yue left the suite, Wu Zhangkong seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.

He sighed deeply before he waved his hand at the other students.

"You guys should leave as well. I want to rest."

The Shrek Academy group took a few moments after that before they could properly register Wu Zhangkong's words.

They swiftly left, the sheer implications of what had just happened only dawning upon them after the door closed.

"Big Sis Yue is leaving with Huang Yu?" Xu Xiaoyan asked out in a bitter tone.

Yue Zhengyu's expression wasn't much better than Xu Xiaoyan's. "It seems so…"

After that, no more words were exchanged between them.

Even the usually talkative Xie Xie had been completely silenced by the rush of events that had gone on today.

— — — —

A sigh left Gu Yue's lips as she entered Huang Yu's suite with him.

"Why did we have to do that? We could have just told them we were going out to buy milk then never come back…"

Hearing this, Huang Yu laughed wryly before he shook his head.

"It's just a courtesy. Teacher Wu has taught us for so many years so the least I could do was inform him about our departure."

Gu Yue left out a soft hum at those words before she laid on his bed in the suite.

Her hair quickly turned silver as her facial features turned incredibly exquisite.

With there no longer being secrets between the two of them, Gu Yue could rest assured revealing her true looks to him.

While she knew that Huang Yu would still love her no matter how she looked, she didn't like to don a mask.

That was akin to rejecting herself, something she was very uncomfortable with.

With her body sprawled defenselessly on his bed, Huang Yu felt a heat rise up in his body.

Nonetheless, he suppressed it, preferring only to sit next to her on the bed.

The disappointed whimper that emerged from Gu Yue nearly shattered his self-control, but he was a strong man and he could control his urges!

"Gu Yue."

"Hmm?"

"What is the Sage's Body?"

That was a question that had been bothering Huang Yu for quite some time now.

Back then, the Dragon God had spoken of it, yet had no time to elaborate.

Instead, it had just informed him that Gu Yue's had the answer to the question.

With her beside him now, Huang Yu thought that this was a good time to ask this question.

He had a lot to do after this so he may not be able to find the time to ask her.

Hearing Huang Yu's question, Gu Yue's playful expression turned into one of surprise before she sat up straight.

"Sage's Body… how did you find out about that term?"

"The will of the Dragon God told me about it before it faded away. It didn't have time to tell me about it so it told me to ask you."

Gu Yue nodded hearing this as her expression turned into one more serious.

"I see…"

"In any case, the Sage's Body is, very obviously due to its name, a very special physique."

"It's incredibly rare, so much so that even the Dragon God had only heard of it as merely ancient myths. The only reason I know that you have it is because it's obvious when it appears."

Huang Yu raised an eyebrow at this. "So what's so special about it?"

"Well, the most special thing about it is that it gives you a body with unlimited potential…"

Now that does bring a smile to Huang Yu's face.

"But the way it does it causes it to be very sought after by many as a tonic, especially the spirit beasts since they're extremely sensitive to this."

"Oh?"

"It turns each and every cell in your body into a great treasure, which you should have realised by now. Devouring your essence would greatly benefit their cultivation."

Huang Yu pondered briefly about this before he asked, "Then how much would it have helped you?"

A complicated expression appeared on her face.

"It would heal up more or less all of my injuries in an instant."

"I see…"

There was a moment of awkward silence after that.

However, it was dispelled after Gu Yue cleared her throat.

"Anyways, let's continue."

"The way it turns your body into a great treasure is something I'm also quite interested in, as well as the thing that distinguishes it from other types of physiques."

Huang Yu tilted his head to the side.

"What do you mean?"

"It uses the power of creation in order to transform your body…"

Huang Yu's eyes widened involuntarily. His mouth was slightly a jar as it was only now that he had realised how much of a broken character he was.

"And in this day and age, obtaining the power of creation directly is almost impossible, which is also why it has never appeared before this."

"The only way… would be the merger…"

"Of the beginning and the end."