In the Holy Spirit Cult, Lin Xiao was no stranger to its operations, whether it was the Holy Emperor, the never-revealed Enshrined, or the industries spread throughout the Sun Moon Empire, yet there were still far too many things he did not understand.
Although he didn't know the specifics, it was definitely not a power that the current him could contend with.
No matter when, the unknown was always the most terrifying. The unknown meant there was no way to prepare countermeasures, but as long as even a single trace could be found, a method to deal with it would eventually emerge.
Lin Xiao did not dare to risk himself, but it seemed others could probe those things he didn't understand on his behalf.
Even if the final result involved the lofty God Realm, Shrek Academy also had its own "backing," unlike him.
With that thought, Lin Xiao withdrew his mind and continued walking forward.
On the other side, Huo Yuhao and He Caitou secretly followed the wandering waiter and returned to the vicinity of the arena.
Huo Yuhao glanced sideways and felt that He Caitou's body was still somewhat stiff.
"Fourth Brother, it's fine now that we're here. Leaving immediately would be too conspicuous. Let's wait a bit and leave with everyone else."
Hearing Huo Yuhao's gentle voice, He Caitou slowly came back to his senses and shook his head slightly.
"Little Brother, it's not because of what just happened…"
He Caitou paused, lowering his voice as much as possible. "That person just now, I think I've seen him before."
Huo Yuhao was slightly stunned.
He seemed to have heard this sentence before. During the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition, He Caitou had recognized someone in the preparation area of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. He hadn't expected to meet someone familiar here as well.
With just this one sentence from He Caitou, Huo Yuhao lost all desire to remain. The match in the arena had just ended. Without waiting for the next pair of contestants to come up, the two blended into the crowd and left.
"Senior Brother He, what exactly is going on with that person just now?"
Once back on the street, after looking around and confirming no one was paying attention to them, Huo Yuhao couldn't wait to ask.
"Sigh, Little Junior Brother, I once told you I escaped from the imperial palace. Didn't you ever wonder how a nine-year-old child like me back then managed to escape from the hands of my second uncle, who had been plotting for so long?"
"Didn't Senior Brother He say you hid in…"
Huo Yuhao spoke halfway before suddenly reacting.
Previously, he hadn't had a clear picture of He Caitou's description, but after personally seeing Mingdu, he now understood just how vast the distance was from the imperial palace to outside the capital.
As the capital of the Sun Moon Empire, Mingdu's area was larger than the combined capitals of the other three great empires. Back then, He Caitou had been able to hide in the shadows and escape the palace through a secret passage.
But in this enormous Mingdu city, how could a nine-year-old child alone evade the pursuit of someone intent on usurping the throne?
"Senior Brother He, he was the one chasing and trying to kill you back then?"
"No, he was the one who took me out of Mingdu." He Caitou, shook his head.
"What?" Huo Yuhao's eyes widened slightly. In his mind, those people just now were clearly the forces behind the underground arena, practically no different from evil soul masters. He hadn't expected…
"Senior Brother He, are you sure?"
"To be honest, I'm not completely certain either, but I have a feeling it was him." While walking forward, He Caitou slowly spoke.
"He was dressed the same as back then, completely in black, wearing a black cloak, his entire face hidden beneath a mask."
"I was too young at the time, so I can't clearly remember the pattern on that mask, but just now, I felt a familiar sensation from that mask, exactly like when he brought me out of Mingdu."
As He Caitou spoke, his tone grew increasingly certain. Memories from his childhood gradually resurfaced, and the mask in his memory became clearer and clearer.
Although there were slight differences in the finer details, the pattern was absolutely identical.
"Then who exactly are they…?"
For a moment, Huo Yuhao couldn't judge the identity of those people either.
At first, after secretly following the Death God Messenger here, combined with the arrangement of the underground arena and the scene on the fighting stage, he had already equated this place with evil soul masters in his heart.
But now, hearing a different story from He Caitou, although he didn't know their exact identity, since they had helped He Caitou escape Mingdu, Huo Yuhao couldn't lump them together with evil soul masters.
Walking along the street, Huo Yuhao suddenly sensed something and looked back toward the sky, but saw nothing except the bright moonlight.
Frowning slightly, he didn't slow his steps in the slightest and quickly left with He Caitou.
A moment later, Lin Xiao stood on the roof of a nearby building, watching the two figures blend into the crowd and head in the direction of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.
It really was them.
Lin Xiao sighed inwardly.
There weren't many people who possessed the ability to evade the perception of a Titled Douluo yet dared not reveal themselves. Although he had already guessed earlier, only now was Lin Xiao completely certain.
Now that Shrek Academy had begun to suspect the existence of the Holy Spirit Cult, it all depended on how big a reaction Shrek would have and whether it would reach the extent he hoped for.
His cloak fluttered, and when Lin Xiao's figure reappeared, he was already inside the building that housed the underground arena.
"Eighth Brother, where did you just go?"
The Third Elder had already returned from the warehouse area.
"I went outside to see if any suspicious people were moving about."
"Did you find anything?"
"Nothing." Lin Xiao shook his head. "How about Third Brother? What's the situation with the warehouse?"
"I didn't find anything either." The Third Elder also shook his head. "Strange to say, according to Second Brother, those two people vanished in the blink of an eye, and nothing is missing from the warehouse. It's as if they didn't come for the things inside at all."
"Could it be that those two sneaked in just to take a look at the setup inside?"
Lin Xiao glanced sideways at the Third Elder.
Although there were some differences in the details, those two who broke in might really have come just to take a look at first.
"Let's go. We should head back and see if Second Brother is missing anything."
The Third Elder stopped dwelling on it, grabbed Lin Xiao, and walked toward Nangong Wan's room.
On the other side, at the entrance of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, a figure kept looking outward.
"Teacher?"
Huo Yuhao and He Caitou had only just returned when they saw Fan Yu's figure.
"I went to look for you two, but you weren't in the dormitory. Where have you been so late at night?" Fan Yu walked toward them with some anxiety.
Huo Yuhao glanced from afar at the guards at the academy gate. "We were just getting a little curious and wandered around Mingdu."
Hearing this, Fan Yu also looked back, then lowered his voice. "The academy people are about to arrive."
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