Chapter 1164 (2/2)

Wu Siduo couldn't help but burst into sobs again upon hearing this. She was once such a strong woman, yet following the destruction of Shrek Academy, she had been close to suffering a mental breakdown, and she was releasing all of those pent-up emotions now. She couldn't help but throw her arms around Tang Wulin again, but on this occasion, she was a lot more gentle and merely held him in her embrace.

Tang Wulin allowed her to hug him and sob into his chest as he silently patted her back to comfort her.

After a long while, Long Yuxue's eyes were practically shooting flames, and only then did Wu Siduo reluctantly release Tang Wulin. ”Where have you been all this time, Wulin? We've been searching all over for you. If it weren't for Teacher's insistence that you were still alive, we would've given up in our search already.”

”We?” Tang Wulin almost sprang up into the air upon hearing this. He abruptly grabbed onto Wu Siduo's shoulder's, and asked in a fervent manner, ”Did you say we? Are there more survivors aside from you? Is our teacher still alive?”

Wu Siduo nodded firmly as she smiled through her tears, and replied, ”Yes, they're all still alive. Teacher, Xu Yucheng, Luo Guixing, Yang Nianxia, and Zheng Yiran are all still alive. What about you guys?”

Tang Wulin couldn't help but burst into tears after hearing all of those names.

Wu Zhangkong was still alive. He was the teacher whom he had the closest connection with and he was also Tang Wulin's childhood idol.

Furthermore, Yang Xianxia, Zheng Yiran, Luo Guixing, and Xu Yucheng were also alive, along with Wu Siduo, who was standing before him. The most exceptional members of their cla.s.s were all still alive! He still had so many friends and peers!

How could he not be excited to hear this news after such a devastating ordeal?

”They're all still alive as well; the pavilion master protected us seven monsters. This is great!” Tang Wulin was sobbing while laughing like an emotional child, and the envy in Long Yuxue's eyes had already completely faded.

She had never seen Tang Wulin release his emotions like this. In her eyes, he was also so calm and collected, yet looking at him now, it was hard to imagine that there was such a calm and steadfast facet to his personality at all.

She was even feeling rather envious toward them, envious that they had once studied together at Shrek Academy and shared so many valuable experiences. If only she had been one of them.

”Tell me what happened; how did you guys survive?” Tang Wulin urged.

Wu Siduo's expression soured upon hearing this, and a wry smile appeared on her face. ”The academy's formation saved us. At the time, we were with Teacher Wu, helping him instruct the outer court junior disciple brothers and sisters in their cultivation. As you know, the five of us chose to stay at the academy even though we'd already satisfied the graduation criteria. We had already grown accustomed to life in the academy, and we loved the academy with all our hearts, so we chose to stay and become teacher aides to Teacher Wu.

”On that day, disaster suddenly struck, and the academy's teachers instantly reacted, activating the academy's defensive formation. When the G.o.dslayer missile exploded, they bought us a minute of time by sacrificing themselves. Only then were we made aware that the academy had always had an underground sanctuary. It was only a single minute, but almost all of the teachers gave their lives to buy us that minute so the students could live on in their stead. The sanctuary had a limited capacity, and the protective barrier required energy input to be maintained, so we could only look on as one teacher after another ignited their flames of life.

”Even as they were consumed by the flames, all of them wore proud smiles as they urged us to enter the sanctuary. At the time, we wanted to join in on the defensive efforts, but Teacher Wu forced us into the sanctuary, and just as he was about to rush out to help the other teachers, Elder Li kicked him into the sanctuary as well.”

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