Tang Wutong had grown up. Compared to over two years ago, she had grown much taller and had become even more beautiful. Especially her temperament; sometimes even Xu Sanshi would feel like he was looking at a fairy.
For over two years, the two of them had been working hard to build the new Shrek Academy. Although Xu Sanshi never explicitly mentioned his feelings in his words, everyone was well aware of his feelings for Tang Wutong.
Moreover, what surprised Bei Bei was that over these years, he couldn't feel a trace of his former playboy attitude in Xu Sanshi, only steadiness and strong self-confidence, as if he had completely changed into another person.
Regarding this change in him, Bei Bei actually felt a little strange in his heart. But as soon as he thought of the event that was about to begin, that worry of Bei Bei's naturally dissipated, and a dejected, bitter smile gradually appeared at the corner of his mouth. The day after tomorrow, for the people of Shrek, would surely be a very exciting day...
After a full quarter of an hour, Bei Bei finally finished engraving the core formation in his hand. He quickly got up, returned to the academy's casting room, and handed the level-three soul tool core formation he had engraved to a supervising teacher from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Only then did he let out a long breath.
In this timeline, without Huo Gua to contribute to the Tang Sect, everything had to be done by himself.
Perhaps on the day he perfectly combined soul tools with Tang Sect's hidden weapons, the Tang Sect would rise again with an unstoppable trend.
"Eldest Senior Brother, you're here." Seeing Bei Bei standing there, Tang Wutong hurriedly greeted him.
Bei Bei said with a helpless expression, "I say, little junior sister, you're treating me like thin air! I've been here for a while now. You even answered when I called you just now."
Tang Wutong scratched her head in embarrassment. She had been so focused on being lovey-dovey with Xu Sanshi just now that she had ignored this Tang Sect's eldest senior brother.
"You guys go and have fun. I'm going to wash up and change into some cleaner clothes. I'm heading back to the new Sea God's Pavilion."
"Okay, then you go ahead and get busy." Tang Wutong agreed, and quickly ran towards the door.
Xu Sanshi was already waiting for her at the main gate.
Seeing the fairy-like Tang Wutong walk out, Xu Sanshi couldn't help but whistle and say, "Little junior sister, you're dressed so beautifully today. Which handsome guy are you going to see?"
Tang Wutong's pretty face turned slightly red, and she said with feigned anger, "Third Senior Brother, you're so bad!"
Xu Sanshi chuckled, "So you're looking for me, the big handsome guy. It seems that this time in seclusion, I've grown a lot more handsome!"
Tang Wutong rolled her eyes at him. As if thinking of something, she looked at Xu Sanshi with some curiosity and said, "Third Senior Brother has successfully advanced to Soul Sage?"
Xu Sanshi patted his chest and smiled, "This is a secret. You'll see my skills at the blind date event. However, I think if I'm a little more confident and have a thicker skin, the chances of success will be greater."
Seeing Xu Sanshi's smug look, Tang Wutong couldn't help but let out a laugh. She walked up to him and couldn't help but tease, "Third Senior Brother, don't you know that I already successfully advanced to Soul Sage at the beginning of this year?"
Xu Sanshi's face immediately showed embarrassment, and he said, "How can I compare to you? You are the prodigy of the current Shrek. There's hope for you to surpass Big Sister Xiaotao's record before you're twenty. Let's go, we can talk as we walk, otherwise we won't make it to the Sea God's Pavilion for dinner."
Tang Wutong took Xu Sanshi's arm and walked out of the casting area, heading along the streets of the new Shrek City. Unexpectedly, they ran into Cheng Chang'an's group.
"It's been a long time since we've seen you two." Cheng Chang'an's group had also come to the new Shrek Academy because of Gou Luanshi. They were all already inner court students. As the leaders of the younger generation, they were also very curious about the strength of Xu Sanshi and the others.
Xu Sanshi smiled, "Yo, so it's you young masters. We have to thank you for these past few years. The academy was able to continue because of you."
Cheng Chang'an waved the fan in his hand and smiled, "It's a small matter. How about I treat you two to a meal? In this Rising Sun City, my elders have developed some high-end spending zones."
Based on the principle of not letting a good offer go to waste, Xu Sanshi immediately responded, "No problem!"
"..."
"You all seem to be in a fine mood." Bei Bei suddenly appeared and interrupted their conversation. He had always felt that this group was quite mysterious, to be able to get the attention of his great-grandfather. "The convention is in two days. I wonder if you have anyone you're interested in? I'm the host the day after tomorrow. If you all have my help, the success rate will rise in a straight line."
"Uh..." Cheng Chang'an's group looked at each other. Apart from Cheng Chang'an and Gu Xiaoli who were a couple, the rest were still single.
"Except for a certain someone who crawls on the ground, I'm confident I can help." Bei Bei said leisurely.
"Who are you saying crawls on the ground?" Xu Sanshi was furious.
Bei Bei said, "Of course I'm talking about a certain turtle, not you. Some people pick up gold soul coins, I didn't expect some to pick up insults."
"I'll fight you." Xu Sanshi was about to charge at Bei Bei.
But Bei Bei said to himself without a care, "Sea God's Fate on the Sea God's Lake. I see some people don't want things to go well."
"I..." Xu Sanshi stopped in his tracks resentfully. "Forget it, I'm a magnanimous person. I won't argue with you. But seriously, Bei Bei, you really have to help me tomorrow! If it doesn't work out this time, it'll be difficult for me."
Bei Bei rolled his eyes and said, "With your face that's thicker than a city wall, you're not confident? I don't know who was telling me yesterday that they would never give up until they succeeded through relentless pestering. But I'm really curious, what did you do to Nannan back then? You've been really good to her these past few years, but why can't she accept you? I've also asked her in private, but she won't say anything."
Xu Sanshi said seriously, "Can you not mention this in front of Wutong? Otherwise, we really can't be brothers anymore."
Watching the two of them bicker, the smile on Tang Wutong's face also became more and more strange. Oh right, there seemed to be something between Third Senior Brother and Fourth Senior Sister back then...
Suddenly realizing something, Tang Wutong interjected from the side, "Eldest Senior Brother, what you just said, how many years has Third Senior Brother been chasing Fourth Senior Sister?"
Bei Bei chuckled, "Hehe, that's a long story..."
Xu Sanshi's face immediately turned bitter, and he said, "Bei Bei, can you just shut up!"
Bei Bei gave him a casual glance, then said, "This guy hasn't stopped since he came to the academy!"
"What?" Tang Wutong's eyes widened. "So it's been at least three or four years?"
Xu Sanshi couldn't help but say, "Are you deliberately trying to sabotage me?"
"That long..." Tang Wutong immediately pouted. "Then I'll also need someone to persist for that long!"
"Bei Bei, just kill me—" Hearing Tang Wutong's words, Xu Sanshi couldn't help but cry out to the sky.