Chapter 21: The Opposite Situation
At this moment, in Shrek Academy, the Sea God Pavilion meeting was being held under the golden ancient tree on Sea God Island.
Except for the old man still busy running the Jubao Pavilion, almost everyone was present.
The atmosphere in the room was very depressing. No one spoke, only staring at a sloppy-dressed white-haired old man.
"I am guilty, willing to accept all punishments, and resign all rights and identities."
The white-haired old man choked as he spoke, before taking a sip of wine.
This man was undoubtedly Taotie Douluo, Xuanzi.
A few days ago, he led a group of inner courtyard students to the Xingdou Great Forest to hunt for soul rings. Among them was Zhang Lexuan, Shrek Academy's most talented student. But when they returned, no one had brought anything back.
Xuanzi felt both sad and depressed. He had been digging for a bird egg, but was suddenly attacked by a 200,000-year-old bird soul beast.
After escaping the soul beast, when he returned to the camp, he found everything destroyed, with only the broken bodies of the students left behind.
"This is the body of the student I brought back. I will go to each family to apologize."
Seeing that no one was speaking, Xuanzi took out a ring and handed it to Mu En, who was sitting in the first seat.
Mu En's expression was terrifyingly calm as he took the ring, but his hand was shaking slightly. He glanced inside, but quickly averted his gaze, and an unnatural blush appeared on his old cheeks.
After carefully storing the ring, Mu En slammed the table in front of him.
Instantly, everyone in the room felt a clear tremor. Had the table not been made from the golden ancient tree material, it likely would have collapsed.
"Why is there one missing? Where is Le Xuan's body?!"
Mu En's eyes were bloodshot. He stood up suddenly, glaring at Xuanzi.
Xuanzi was somewhat intimidated by Mu En's gaze, avoiding eye contact.
"Don't play dumb! I'm asking you, where is Zhang Lexuan?!"
"After I returned to the scene, the tragedy had already occurred. I was confused for a moment, and just wanted to collect the bodies of the students."
At this point, Xuanzi hesitated, but under the threat of Mu En's gaze, he continued.
"After realizing that Zhang Lexuan was missing, I immediately went out to search for her, but I soon found a large pool of blood with Zhang Lexuan's scent nearby. I think there was no body left."
Xuanzi finally buried his head in shame.
"You didn't continue to look for her, but chose to return to the academy directly?!"
When Mu En heard Xuanzi's words, it felt like his heart was bleeding.
Zhang Lexuan had been raised by Mu En since she was a child, and he had almost raised her as the heir to the Sea God Pavilion. In his heart, she was like a granddaughter.
Now, because of Xuanzi's momentary negligence, not only had Shrek lost many inner courtyard students, but the future of the Sea God Pavilion had also been ruined!
"Xuanzi! Listen to the punishment!"
Mu En stared fiercely at Xuanzi. If it weren't for his own lack of time, after his departure, Shrek Academy would lack top-level combat power, and he might have already taken more drastic action.
"From now on, all your privileges in Shrek Academy will be revoked, including the entire Shrek City."
"Not only will you have to apologize and compensate each family, but you will also be the only one responsible for capturing soul beasts in the Colosseum."
"Finally, you are forbidden from drinking and eating meat in the future. You will have to endure the effects of your martial soul on your own and can only eat the meals provided by the academy."
"Mr. Mu, about the last part...wine and meat," Xuanzi tried to protest. He didn't want to lose his wine and meat.
"Shut up! If it weren't for our past friendship, I would have abolished your martial soul right now!"
Mu En's furious words silenced Xuanzi, who dared not speak again.
"Get out!" Mu En's anger was overwhelming, and he didn't even say a polite word, showing no respect for Xuanzi in front of everyone.
Xuanzi could only leave the Sea God Pavilion in disgrace.
"Let's adjourn the meeting." Without waiting for anyone to express their opinions, Mu En directly announced the end of the Sea God Pavilion meeting.
After everyone left, Mu En sat dejectedly in his wheelchair, and his figure seemed even more hunched.
At this time, Lin Qinghan and Zhang Lexuan arrived.
With the help of Lin Qinghan's spiritual stance, Zhang Lexuan's flying speed was almost as fast as an ordinary Title Douluo's.
This drastically shortened the time needed to reach their destination, but the surrounding airflow was fierce, and Lin Qinghan was somewhat uncomfortable.
Though Lin Qinghan used his spiritual stance to protect himself from the impact of the high-speed wind, it consumed a lot of energy, and he couldn't maintain it the entire way.
Zhang Lexuan, however, didn't seem to notice and didn't slow down at all.
Zhang Lexuan was afraid that if she showed discomfort, it might be noticed, so she stopped looking at Lin Qinghan altogether, even refusing his spiritual stance link.
Though Lin Qinghan was a bit helpless, he didn't feel too uncomfortable. He simply protected his hair with his spiritual stance and made no attempt to remind Zhang Lexuan.
At her current speed, in less than two hours, they saw the towering city walls of Shrek City.
They had arrived.
Lin Qinghan retracted his spiritual stance in time. There were many strong people here, and if he detected randomly in someone else's territory, it could be bad if a Title Douluo proficient in spiritual power noticed.
He had done so before and was confident that no one would detect him.
Zhang Lexuan landed near the main gate of Shrek City.
Seeing the four big characters "Shrek City" written on the city gate, Zhang Lexuan thought of her classmates who had died tragically. The peace Lin Qinghan had given her earlier now faded, replaced by sadness.
After showing the formalities to the city guards, Zhang Lexuan led Lin Qinghan into Shrek City.
"You don't want to go to Shrek Academy right now. I'll take you to the Treasure Pavilion first."
As a peerless genius focused on by Shrek Academy, Zhang Lexuan had taken many things from the Treasure Pavilion in the past.
Now, as a candidate member of the Sea God Pavilion, she knew the significance of the Treasure Pavilion to the academy.
With her level of access, tens of millions of gold soul coins should be no problem.
However, Zhang Lexuan seemed to purposely take a detour through a commercial street, enjoying herself as she stopped at shops to eat, drink, and have fun along the way.
Now, she excitedly pushed Lin Qinghan towards a clothing store.
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