Although Tang Ya said that, everyone still searched through the place, hoping to find something that had belonged to her from her childhood.
Unfortunately, the Ironblood Sect had occupied this place for a long time, and nothing had been left behind.
For Tang Ya, this place held both the happiest memories of her childhood and the most painful ones.
Tang Ya sighed.
"Stop looking."
"The important inheritances of the Tang Sect had already been lost when the sect declined. What we're cultivating now is only the backup Elder Mu possesses."
"The Tang Sect's Poison Manual and Medicine Manual were already lost long ago. I remember they recorded all kinds of immortal herbs and poisonous plants, along with many of the Tang Sect's lost poison techniques."
Only then did everyone stop searching.
Tang Ya had just avenged her parents and cried her heart out, releasing the emotions she had suppressed for so long.
Now she had once again returned to her usual bright, lively self.
Su Yunlin nodded.
"If that's the case, then let's return to the academy. Wutong and I won't be heading back with everyone though—we still have some things to take care of."
The others had long since grown used to it.
As the two strongest members among the Shrek Seven Monsters, their strength was terrifying.
If the two of them used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill together, anyone below the level of a Titled Douluo would likely be instantly killed.
Su Yunlin looked up at the sky.
"Dad, can you escort everyone back to the academy? Wutong and I need to head somewhere else first."
"You brat, what secret are you hiding? You're even keeping it from your own father?" Su Jinming suddenly appeared before Su Yunlin.
Looking at his son, who had already grown almost as tall as himself, Su Jinming couldn't help feeling emotional.
This kid had been absurdly talented since childhood.
He learned everything incredibly quickly and had already reached the Spirit Sage level at only fifteen years old.
Su Yunlin smiled.
"If it's a secret, then it wouldn't really be a secret if I told you, would it?"
"Anyway, it won't harm Wutong or me in any way. And when I get back, there'll definitely be a surprise waiting for everyone."
"If nothing unexpected happens, it might take some time, but don't worry."
Su Jinming didn't say anything further.
Instead, he took out two thin metal sheets from his storage soul tool.
The metal discs were circular and as thin as paper, emitting a dark cyan glow. Intricate and orderly soul tool formations were engraved across their surfaces.
"I made these by imitating the Class 9 soul tool Merciful Red Dust."
"I call them Protection of Night."
"Their quality is roughly on the same level as the Judgment Sword—peak Class 8 soul tools."
"Take them for self-defense."
Su Jinming handed the two defensive soul tools to Su Yunlin and Tang Wutong.
The two accepted the Protection of Night and attached them to their bodies.
The rest of the Shrek Seven Monsters watched with envy.
The Blacknight Duke truly was generous.
Those two soul tools alone could practically serve as treasured artifacts of Shrek Academy.
If auctioned off, they would probably be worth tens of millions of gold soul coins.
"Dad, then Wutong and I are leaving."
Su Yunlin grabbed Tang Wutong's hand before rising into the air and flying toward the northeast.
Watching his son disappear into the distance, Su Jinming shook his head helplessly.
"This brat... the older he gets, the more secrets he has."
"Though I can roughly guess what it is."
"Alright, children, let's head back to the academy."
"Yes."
Su Jinming then led the rest of the Tang Sect group back toward Shrek City.
...
Meanwhile, Su Yunlin and Tang Wutong headed toward the Sunset Forest.
The Sunset Forest was located roughly a hundred li east of Heaven Dou City.
Their destination was the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
Tang Wutong held a map while leading the way northeast.
After all, the shortest distance between two points was a straight line.
Upon entering the Sunset Forest, they found that this place had once been a flourishing Spirit Beast forest.
However, as time passed—and with its close proximity to Heaven Dou City—the number of Spirit Beasts had drastically declined.
Even high-quality Spirit Beasts had become scarce.
"I never thought Sunset Forest would end up like this."
"Even thousand-year Spirit Beasts have become this rare."
"It seems that, sooner or later, even massive Spirit Beast forests like these will eventually disappear with the passage of time."
Su Yunlin and Tang Wutong continued deeper into the Sunset Forest.
It wasn't accurate to say that Spirit Beasts here had become pitifully scarce. At the very least, ten-year Spirit Beasts were still fairly common. Hundred-year Spirit Beasts were much fewer, while thousand-year Spirit Beasts were practically impossible to encounter.
There was also another issue—
Who on earth started the rumor that the entire Sunset Forest was covered in poisonous miasma?
Su Yunlin had already ventured deep into the forest and hadn't seen any poisonous miasma at all.
The Sunset Forest was enormous. Who would be so bored as to completely cover an entire forest of that scale with toxic fog?
"Right, Wutong, do you have any way to resist poison?" Su Yunlin suddenly thought of the issue.
He himself wasn't afraid of poison.
But what about Tang Wutong?
"I prepared for that ages ago! Ta-da!"
Tang Wutong proudly pulled out a large jade bottle before pouring out a green pill and swallowing it.
"Big Daddy and Second Daddy specially prepared a batch of antidote pills for me! Even extremely troublesome mixed poisons can be neutralized!"
She then handed the jade bottle over to Su Yunlin.
Su Yunlin shook his head.
"I don't need it. I'm immune to all poisons."
"Ah? Oh..."
Tang Wutong instantly wilted.
Why was it that every time she carefully prepared something, Su Yunlin never needed it?
It made her feel oddly useless.
As they continued inward, they soon arrived before a wall of seven-colored poisonous miasma.
"...This miasma really has a lot of colors," Su Yunlin commented.
Tang Wutong took out another antidote pill and swallowed it. Then she produced a bottle of medicinal liquid and carefully spread it evenly across her body.
"What are you doing?"
Tang Wutong rolled her eyes.
"Dummy, poison can have all sorts of effects. This poisonous miasma obviously has corrosive properties. Applying this medicine prevents it from damaging my skin."
She puffed out her cheeks.
"This young lady's face absolutely cannot be ruined. What if I get disfigured and you stop liking me?"
"As if." Su Yunlin laughed helplessly. "You're making me sound like someone obsessed with appearances."
Tang Wutong glanced at him and crossed her arms.
"Aren't you?"
"Who was it that always liked holding my face and kissing it? And not just kissing—you even like biting my cheeks like some puppy."
Suddenly, the Dark Devilgod Tiger's voice rang out in Su Yunlin's mind.
"Su Yunlin, just activate the Evil God Domain. The Evil God Domain suppresses all elements, and poison counts as an element too. You can keep the poisonous miasma outside the domain."
"Oh? You're awake?" Su Yunlin teased. "You slept for half a year straight. You're just like Tianmeng Iceworm."
"Hmph."
The Dark Devilgod Tiger snorted arrogantly before immediately going back to sleep.
Black light suddenly emerged from Su Yunlin's forehead.
Then his domain unfolded, forming a sphere with a radius of one meter around him.
"Oh?" Tang Wutong blinked. "You activated your domain?"
She could feel the evil aura emanating from Su Yunlin's body.
Normally, the evil aura from anyone else would make her uncomfortable, but Su Yunlin's evil aura strangely had no negative effect on her at all.
"Yeah. The Dark Devilgod Tiger reminded me I could use the Evil God Domain."
"I actually forgot I even had this move."
"So far, nobody has ever managed to force me to use my domain."
"Let's go."
Su Yunlin wrapped an arm around Tang Wutong's waist as they stepped into the poisonous miasma.
Activating his Purple Demon Eyes—which had already reached the Mustard Seed Realm—Su Yunlin could clearly see through the poisonous fog despite being deep inside it.
After advancing farther into the miasma, the two finally saw an expanse of vibrant green.
The area ahead was covered by a vast field of emerald-colored plants.
None of the plants were especially tall, each standing at roughly half a meter high. Every single one possessed nine strangely shaped leaves.
The leaves resembled human hands—
Except they had seven fingers.
Some larger specimens even had nine fingers.
At the very top of each plant bloomed enormous emerald flowers.
The green mist was slowly being emitted from the flowers' stamens.
It gradually spread outward before merging with the surrounding seven-colored poisonous miasma.
"...This is..." Tang Wutong immediately recognized the plant.
"Jade Phosphor Seven Absolute Flower."
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