Ice Empress seemed very intent on completing the Ice God Trial.
Ao Yao was also looking forward to Ice Empress becoming a god as soon as possible, so he didn't hesitate to apply for leave from Mu Jin.
Requesting leave from Shrek Academy when it wasn't a holiday, especially for a long break, was a rare occurrence. Fortunately, Ao Yao's tongue was usually sweet enough, and he had long since buttered Mu Jin up. Thus, Mu Jin didn't make things difficult for him; after telling him to stay safe, she readily granted the leave.
Once he had his leave, Ao Yao immediately went to find Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Meng Hongchen, Wang Donger, and Tang Ya to briefly explain the situation.
Finding Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Meng Hongchen was purely to keep them from worrying, while telling Tang Ya was entirely because he didn't want her to think he was the type to pull up his pants and act like a stranger.
No matter how one looked at it, Tang Ya was the first one he had "eaten," so there was naturally some sentiment involved.
After handling everything properly, Ao Yao followed Snow Empress and Ice Empress to begin their journey to the Extreme North Land.
That's right, a journey.
On this trip, Ao Yao was purely going for fun. He really couldn't imagine anyone being able to harm him with such a luxurious lineup.
The Heavenly Demon Puppet and Snow Empress, both with the strength of a Titled Douluo, plus Ice Empress, who had the strength of a Super Douluo and had accepted the Ice God Legacy.
Unless Tang San showed up in person, this lineup would be like a father beating his son against anyone else—the advantage was his!
However... before heading to the Extreme North Land, Ao Yao had one more thing to do.
"Crossing the entire Heaven Dou Empire to go to the Dou Ling Empire? Isn't that a detour?"
Ice Empress held a map, looking at Ao Yao with some confusion, completely unable to understand why he would do this.
"I have a bit of a personal grudge to settle. I might need you two to help me out when the time comes."
Ao Yao looked at Snow Empress and Ice Empress with a smile.
Although he could solve his so-called personal grudge just as well by letting the Heavenly Demon Puppet take action, since he had already gained the assistance of The Ice and Snow Two Sovereigns, he might as well take them out for a spin.
"A personal grudge? You mean..."
"A hidden Sect in the Dou Ling Empire called the Xuanming Sect. The Sect's strength shouldn't be weak; they should at least have a Super Douluo as a baseline."
Ao Yao frowned slightly, sounding a bit uncertain.
After all, there wasn't much description of the Xuanming Sect in the original work, only a brief mention when the mysterious water pill was brought up. Therefore, the strength of the Xuanming Sect was truly difficult to estimate.
But the Xuanming Sect definitely didn't have a Limit Douluo. They might not even have Super Douluo at Rank 98 or 97; they likely only possessed someone at the level of a Rank 95 Super Douluo.
After all, a Sect with only a Titled Douluo wouldn't seem capable of forming ties with the Dou Ling Imperial Family and marrying a princess of the Dou Ling Empire.
"The Xuanming Sect... I understand."
Ice Empress nodded, not asking further about what the personal grudge was.
In any case, they had reached an agreement with Ao Yao, and Ao Yao had already shown great sincerity by handing over the Ice God Legacy to them.
Since they had taken the benefits, they naturally had to do the work.
"Exterminate the entire Sect? Or... just kill a few people?"
"Kill everyone above the Spirit Emperor level. Wiping them all out would be too cruel."
The smile on Ao Yao's face remained unchanged.
He never claimed to be a good person. The reason he hadn't acted against Xu Sanshi before was purely because it wasn't necessary and he was too lazy to do so. But since Xu Sanshi had chosen to take the initiative to provoke him and use the Sect's power to assassinate him, he naturally wouldn't be soft-hearted.
However, he still couldn't quite bring himself to do something like exterminating a whole Sect.
Killing every Spirit Master above the Spirit Emperor level was about enough.
As for pulling up the weeds by the roots... if he wrote in the diary a bit more, he would be on the verge of becoming a god in a few days. Even if he didn't pull up the roots, so what?
Leaving a small portion of people alive and conveniently leaking the information to them that the powerful enemy was brought upon them by Xu Sanshi... those who survived wouldn't hate an enemy they were completely powerless against; they would only shift their hatred onto Xu Sanshi.
Ao Yao was looking forward to seeing what kind of reaction Xu Sanshi would have then.
"Only kill those above the Spirit Emperor level? I understand."
Ice Empress nodded, a trace of chilling killing intent revealing itself in her eyes.
Just as she had promised Ao Yao, she would carry out every task he commanded! As long as it allowed Xue'er to successfully break through the 700,000-year Heavenly Tribulation, she was willing to do anything!
Snow Empress looked up, similarly showing little emotional fluctuation.
She was more concerned about Ice Empress's first Ice God Trial.
The eternal frost scepter... and it was located in the Extreme North Land?
Did such a scepter really exist in the Extreme North Land?
It seemed that after returning, she would have to mobilize all the Spirit Beasts in the Extreme North Land to help them search.
Meanwhile.
Gu Yuena, using the pseudonym Yue'er, had already brought Wang Qiuer, who was using the pseudonym Qiu Li, to Shrek Academy.
To be precise, they had already entered Shrek Academy.
Gu Yuena had put in quite a bit of effort to enter Shrek Academy and become a student. But at the thought that she would soon see Ao Yao, she couldn't help but feel a bit excited.
Beside her, the Three-Eyed Golden Lioness, Qiu Li, was also very excited—in all her life, this was the first time she had left the Star Dou Great Forest to come to the outside World.
Everything in the human World felt exceptionally novel to her.
However... the strength of these humans seemed rather mediocre in Qiu Li's eyes.
"Lor... Yue'er."
Halfway through calling her "Lord," Qiu Li remembered the repeated instructions her Lord had given her before they left to call her Yue'er. She quickly reined herself in. "Where are we going to find Ao Yao?"
Hearing this, Gu Yuena slightly raised her chin, her gaze sweeping over the Sea God statue as she spoke in a flat tone, "No rush. We've only just entered Shrek Academy. If we go looking for Ao Yao now, it will easily arouse his suspicion."
"So... for now, we'll live in Shrek Academy as students for a while. When the time is right, we'll consider approaching Ao Yao."
As her voice fell, Ma Xiaotao, who happened to be passing by, suddenly stopped in her tracks.
She couldn't help but turn her head, casting a suspicious glance at Gu Yuena and Qiu Li.
These two... were also here for Ao Yao?
In that case, these two must also be owners of a diary instance?
She just didn't know who the two of them actually were...
Thinking of this, Ma Xiaotao's expression suddenly changed, and an abnormal peach-red flush instantly surfaced on her face.
Damn it... there was no time to worry about these things!
She had to find Ao Yao quickly and ask him to help her suppress the Evil Fire in her body!
She never wanted to experience this feeling of being consumed by the fire of desire again!