Chapter 90 - The Calm Before the Storm (1/2)

Within a large suite, Wu Zhangkong stood in front of his students with his back straight and a cold expression on his face. His hands were behind his back, as he exuded a frosty aura.

”The tournament has been cancelled.”

Those words stunned the Shrek Academy group into silence. Nonetheless, they all swiftly recovered as their curiosity took hold of them.

”Teacher Wu, why is that though?” Tang Wulin inquired.

A sigh came from Wu Zhangkong's lips. ”You may have heard of the imperial palace of Star Luo being invaded by now correct?”

Several nodding heads gave Wu Zhangkong the reply he needed.

”Apparently, the forces that invaded the imperial palace took advantage of the leaving of the stations of the four men that fought with Huang Yu that day to invade the palace. They took more or less everything, including the spirit bones that were meant to be the prizes of the individual competition.”

”What do you mean 'more or less', Teacher Wu?” Xu Xiaoyan asked in curiosity.

”They took everything other than needles and threads in the castle…”

There was an awkward silence for a few moments before the room suddenly burst out into laughter. None of them could believe that the Star Luo Empire had received their justly deserved karma for their actions that day.

Watching all of them laugh, Wu Zhangkong steeled his expression before it became cold once more. ”What are you all laughing at? This is no laughing matter you know? This was believed to have been done by evil spirit masters and it's being predicted that the evil spirit masters will be doing something big soon!”

At those words, everyone quieted down. A grim expression formed on their faces as they properly thought about the consequences of their actions.

Wu Zhangkong at this moment in time, chose to take a glance at Huang Yu to see if there was anything off about his expression. Wu Zhangkong clearly felt something was wrong about Huang Yu's actions on that day despite himself not wanting to doubt his own student.

The moment Huang Yu caused a scene and made the four men leave their stations, the imperial palace was invaded and everything inside other than needles and threads were taken! Anyone would believe that this wasn't just a coincidence.

Huang Yu was still young, and it was easy for him to be led astray. It was his duty as Huang Yu's teacher to make sure that Huang Yu didn't go on the wrong path.

The consequences of that would be horrible for the entire world.

”Huang Yu, have you joined any organisation recently?” Wu Zhangkong suddenly asked in a cold voice.

Hearing his name called, Huang Yu perked up. ”No, I haven't Teacher Wu.” Huang Yu's answer was curt and perfunctory, with no flaws in his expression at all.

Wu Zhangkong's lips pursed into a thin line. ”In that case, can you explain about your spirit rings? Why were all of them red?”

Tang Wulin and the others all shifted their gazes on Huang Yu at this moment. They were rather curious about this as well.

As Huang Yu opened his mouth to give an excuse that he had made up, Gu Yue suddenly spoke up before him.

”Teacher Wu, isn't it improper etiquette as a teacher to learn about a student's secrets?”

Wu Zhangkong's cold eyes shifted onto Gu Yue. ”As your teacher, I believe I should be privy to anything that may concern the well-being of my student. With Huang Yu's current cultivation, it shouldn't be possible for him to not only be able to handle four hundred-thousand year old spirit rings, but also be in the Spiritual Domain realm.”

Huang Yu scratched the back of his head as he gently squeezed Gu Yue's hand with the other, making her back down. A smile appearing on his face, Huang Yu spoke, ”Teacher Wu, my body is just innately very strong. It isn't really a problem for me to handle these.”

Wu Zhangkong's brows furrowed. ”If you say so then…”

It was unfortunate that Wu Zhangkong at this time didn't notice Huang Yu's skill with words. Huang Yu had specifically chosen to address the part that didn't concern how he had obtained his hundred-thousand year old spirit rings, redirecting the conversation away from it and completely nullified any reason that Wu Zhangkong would have to ask about it.

Gu Yue however, noticed this. A soft hum emerged from her lips as she noticed that Huang Yu's way with words still hadn't changed at all.

A sigh emerged from Wu Zhangkong's lips as he sat down on the sofa in the suite. ”Well, that's all I have to say for now. You all can leave now. You're all free to do whatever you want in Star Luo for the next few days since we don't have anything to do after the tournament has been cancelled. However, don't cause trouble.” His gaze was specifically focused on Huang Yu as he said those words.

”Teacher Wu,” Tang Wulin suddenly interrupted.

”Hm?”

”I have a mission that I need to do from the Tang Sect. I want to inform you first so that you know why I'm gone.”

Hearing this, Wu Zhangkong nodded his head in affirmation.

Tang Wulin continued on. ”The mission is about—”

Before Tang Wulin could finish, he was stopped by Wu Zhangkong who raised a palm. ”Don't discuss the Tang Sect's secret mission, even if it's with us.”

An expression of surprise filled Tang Wulin's face before it turned serious once more. ”Okay, Teacher Wu.”

As the Shrek Academy group left the suite, Huang Yu and Gu Yue walked side by side.

”Gu Yue.” Huang Yu said.

The aforementioned person shifted her gaze to Huang Yu. ”Yes?”

”I have something to do for the next few days. I might not be able to meet up with you during that time…” Huang Yu spoke softly.

An expression of loss appeared on Gu Yue's face, causing Huang Yu to feel that a knife was stabbing into his heart. Nevertheless, he couldn't go and delay his own private business.

A man had to continue moving onwards. Facing this new threat that he wasn't confident against, Huang Yu knew he needed to speed up with his gathering of strength.

Gu Yue quickly hid the expression of loss on her face, not wanting to make Huang Yu feel guilty. She smiled a little stiffly, ”Don't worry about it. I don't mind waiting for you here.”

Although she really wanted to spend more time with Huang Yu since she was going to be very busy herself soon, she didn't want to use that as a reason to stop Huang Yu from doing his own things. She wanted him to be happy, not feel constrained as a result of her own selfishness.

Hearing this, pain flashed in Huang Yu's eyes. He pulled her into his arms as he gave a soft kiss on her forehead. ”I'm sorry... for now, why don't we just go enjoy ourselves first? Let's go on a date.” Huang yu said with a soft smile.

Gu Yue nodded her head as she gave a quiet ”mm” in reply. The two of them left together hand-in-hand as they left the luxurious hotel together.