Chapter 196: Reunion of the Group

The next day.

"Dad, are you sure you aren't going back? Mom has already calmed down, really, I'm not lying to you." Su Yu looked at Su Xinyuan, who was sitting on the hotel rooftop, and said quite helplessly.

Su Xinyuan gave Su Yu a disdainful look and said, "Now you know how to come and persuade your old man? Why didn't you persuade your mother when you were catching me back then? Now you're persuading me to go back? Too late! Your old man isn't going back today no matter what! Absolutely not!"

Su Xinyuan rolled his eyes at Su Yu and spat at him fiercely; if Su Yu hadn't dodged quickly, that spit could have landed right on his face.

It's not that I don't want to persuade Mom, but the outcome of doing so might just be the two of us kneeling on a Soul Guidance Controller together. As the saying goes, let the fellow Daoist die rather than the poor Daoist; this really isn't my fault.

"Dad, don't be like this. Mom said that as long as you go back this time, she won't hold it against you anymore. I'm not lying to you, really, I swear to the heavens I'm not lying!"

Looking at Su Xinyuan's dejected appearance, Su Yu couldn't help but feel some sympathy for him. Su Yu had flipped through all the family records, and ever since his old man got married, life seemed to have always been like this.

It wasn't that his old man's strength was inferior to others, but that his old man couldn't bring himself to strike, nor did he know how to. Otherwise, with his strength as a Seven-ring Soul Saint, how could he possibly not be a match for Mu Hanyan, a Five-ring Soul King?

You just keep indulging my mother...

"How many times has your word been accurate, you brat? Besides pitting your father, you're always pitting your father. Can't you do something proper, you scoundrel? If I had known you didn't want to stay in Shrek at all, I should have sent you to the Sun Moon Empire back then, to save us from encountering so many messy things. It's all because of the rotten ideas you came up with, you little rascal!"

The more Su Xinyuan spoke, the angrier he became, and finally, he kicked Su Yu off the rooftop.

Su Yu stood on a piece of floating mirror fragment, looking at his old man who was getting angrier as he spoke, "Can you blame me for this? Who agreed to my plan back then, and who organized its implementation? Fine, fine, fine, you just stay here then. I'm going back now to tell Mom that you aren't coming back."

"You little brat, you stop right there!"

"Impossible! Go kneel on the Soul Guidance Controller yourself, Dad, you're on your own!"

"You scoundrel, if you have the guts, don't run!"

"Sorry, Dad, I've decided to be this unfilial son today. No matter what, I have to make you go back to sleep on the sofa and kneel on the washboard!"

"Come back! You get back here for me!"

Su Xinyuan looked at the departing figure in a fit of rage and was just about to get up to chase him when he discovered that a figure had appeared behind him at some point.

"Why, do you really want to go back and sleep on the sofa and kneel on the washboard?" The person who arrived looked at Su Xinyuan with interest and nodded with great satisfaction.

Su Xinyuan smiled bitterly in resignation, "Yan'er, if I have to kneel, then I'll kneel. Who told me to love it so much? Hahaha..."

The person who arrived was none other than Mu Hanyan.

"In view of your good attitude in admitting your mistake, I'll let it slide this time. Let's go, let's go see the Hall Master; it's been at least several years since we last saw them."

Mu Hanyan took Su Xinyuan's arm and smiled as she looked in the direction of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Guidance Academy.

"Let's go, let's go see the Hall Master. As for the Star Luo Empire, we won't be going back there anymore." Su Xinyuan looked at the direction Su Yu had left in with a rather complex expression, and there was no longer any of the decadence or lingering attachment of the past in his eyes.

The two figures gradually disappeared on the street. Watching this scene, Su Yu smiled knowingly, "As expected, the Hall Master is still a reliable and honest person!"

Mingdu, Mingyue Hotel.

At this moment, in this lobby spanning several thousand square meters, quite a few people had gathered. As soon as Huo Yuhao and the others entered, a young girl wearing a long silver dress immediately walked up to them.

"Greetings, honored guests. May I ask, are you here to participate in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament?" The girl was tall and slender with a beautiful appearance. Her silver dress was perfectly fitted, hanging down past her calves, making her look very elegant and noble. A faint smile played on her pretty face, which easily gave people a sense of intimacy.

After a series of procedures, Huo Yuhao habitually used his Spirit Detection, but here, they didn't encounter Xu Jiujiu, but rather the Shrek Battle Team led by Wang Qiu Er.

"Huo Yuhao? Is Su Yu not with you?" Wang Qiu Er walked up to the group, and the members of the Tang Sect looked at Wang Qiu Er with curiosity.

"Wang Dong? How can there be two Wang Dongs!" Xu Sanshi looked at Wang Qiu Er in surprise, pointing his finger at Wang Dong'er and then at Wang Qiu Er.

Wang Dong'er looked at Wang Qiu Er calmly, her eyes without a ripple, "Su Yu is not with us. I thought he would have come with you."

"Since that's the case, then I've disturbed you. If you find him, please be sure to tell me." Wang Qiu Er scanned the group and then left the place.

Because Wang Qiu Er had spent most of her time in the Star Dou Great Forest due to the Soul Beast matter, she had basically not appeared much in the academy, so the only people who knew Wang Qiu Er were basically those few teachers and the Dean.

"Dong'er, wait, I have something I want to ask you?" Xiao Xiao quietly leaned into Wang Dong'er's ear and said.

Although Wang Dong'er had long known Wang Qiu Er's identity, she still felt it was somewhat unbelievable, "You're talking about the matter regarding Wang Qiu Er, right? I'll tell everyone the specifics in a moment."

After everyone had settled down, Wang Dong'er then recounted the matter of Wang Qiu Er, though she omitted Wang Qiu Er's identity.

"Are you sure she really isn't your long-lost sister?" Xu Sanshi was greatly shocked after hearing this; two people without any blood relation could actually look exactly the same.

Wang Dong'er said indifferently: "If she were, then her martial soul would definitely have inherited my family's Clear Sky Hammer, but her martial soul doesn't have the Clear Sky Hammer at all; it is the ancestor of strength, the Golden Dragon Martial Soul."

"Are you really not worried that she..." Jiang Nannan thought for a moment, then silently withdrew the second half of her sentence.

Clearly, she was worried that Su Yu would be snatched away by Wang Qiu Er, but she also felt that this remark was inappropriate, so she withdrew the second half.

He Caitou scratched his head and said, "I actually think there's no need to worry about anything, but I do think the urgent matter now is to find Su Yu first, isn't it?"

Bei Bei also spoke up, "Almost forgot the main business. Wang Dong'er, didn't you say before that Su Yu had already arrived in Mingdu? Then do you have a way to contact Su Yu?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Wang Dong'er, hurry and try!" Huo Yuhao also said hurriedly.

Just as Wang Dong'er was attempting to contact Su Yu, a familiar voice came through. "No need to try, I'm here."

Having not seen him for a long time, Su Yu was still the same as before, only the clothes on his body were no longer the uniform of the Shrek Academy Inner Court.

"Alright, there's no need for small talk. People will always grow up, and it's inevitable that they will experience some things, so don't ask about those past matters anymore." Su Yu walked slowly in front of the group, his expression calm, and there was not the slightest abnormality in his eyes.

Bei Bei stepped forward and patted Su Yu on the shoulder, saying, "Understood. Since you've said so, it means you won't take that matter to heart anymore, so we won't ask."

"Vice Class Monitor, if you're sure you aren't competing, then what should we do?" Xiao Xiao looked at Su Yu and asked with some pleading.

Su Yu smiled, "You don't need to worry about the specifics. This time, Master Bei Bei is the team leader. You must trust Bei Bei, and you must also trust Yu Hao, and at the same time, you must trust yourselves even more. It's not like the Shrek Seven Devils would lose their sense of direction just because I left."

"Su Yu, I have a question I want to ask you. After you left the Star Luo Empire and went to the Sunset Great Forest, where did you go exactly?" Tears welled up in Wang Dong'er's eyes, and she bit her lip, looking at Su Yu with burning intensity.

As their eyes met, Su Yu gently took Wang Dong'er's hand and said slowly, "Do you remember? This pouch is what you gave me back then."

"After I exhausted my efforts and did everything I could to open that pouch, I saw a letter. It was a letter about you."

Saying this, Su Yu handed the opened pouch to Wang Dong'er, and then took out the Lovesick Heartbroken Red, which was stained with his heart's blood, from the Star Light Sapphire Ring on his hand.

"Perhaps I should have told you these things in advance, but you know, too many things happened. I could only choose to reunite with you after I had finished dealing with everything. Dong'er, I'm sorry..."

Su Yu did not recount the difficulties involved; he would leave those things to tell Dong'er in the future.

After reading the contents of the pouch, Wang Dong'er's face changed drastically. She could never have imagined that Su Yu had actually gone to the legendary forbidden land, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, for her sake.

Although Su Yu didn't say it, during those days when Su Yu had lost contact, he must have experienced unimaginable crises and tribulations.

"Su Yu, you..." Holding that stalk of Lovesick Heartbroken Red, Wang Dong'er could no longer hold back; she threw herself into Su Yu's arms and cried until she was a tear-stained mess.

Ma Xiaotao looked at Wang Dong'er with some confusion, "Wang Dong'er, what's wrong with you..."

In fact, it was not just Ma Xiaotao; even the others were somewhat confused, not knowing what had happened.

"Alright, alright, stop crying. Everyone is watching," Su Yu said, gently patting Wang Dong'er on the back and whispering in her ear.

Amidst this silent and strange atmosphere, Su Yu waited quietly for Wang Dong'er to regain her composure before finding a seat and sitting down.

"Let me explain it," Wang Dong'er said, having completely calmed down by now; only then did she briefly recount the contents of that letter to everyone, and only then did they suddenly understand.

"I believe everyone has heard the name of this flower, and you are all familiar with the story behind it," Su Yu said slowly, picking up the flower.

On this flower, there were still traces of bright red bloodstains...

"Could this flower be..." Tang Ya said, her eyes widening in surprise as she looked at the small white flower before her.

Lovesick Heartbroken Red!