Chapter 313: Niu Tian, Tai Tan: Shrek, Where Is Our Xiao Qi?!
A few days later.
Shrek City had suffered a devastating blow, leaving the entire city in ruins.
News of the incident spread across the continent with astonishing speed.
Among the three Douluo Empires, quite a few noble factions began demanding answers from Shrek Academy.
To enroll in Shrek Academy, a student needed a letter of recommendation.
And those who possessed recommendation letters were generally the children of nobles.
Strictly speaking, Shrek Academy was essentially a noble academy, specializing in accepting students with powerful backgrounds.
Kong Deming had bombarded Shrek Academy with five rank 9 soul tool shells.
Although several Sea God Pavilion elders had sacrificed themselves to intercept them, the aftershocks of the explosions still reached both the outer and inner academies.
A small number of Shrek students had died on the spot, while most of the others had suffered injuries of varying severity.
Under such circumstances, the factions behind the students naturally demanded an explanation from the academy.
We entrusted our descendants to Shrek Academy and even paid you substantial tuition fees.
Yet while they were studying at your academy, our descendants were caught up in a disaster.
Shrek owes us an explanation!
At this moment, inside the Sea God Pavilion of Shrek Academy—
Another Sea God Pavilion meeting had been convened.
However, there were far fewer elders seated inside the pavilion than before.
Sitting at the head was Xuan Zi, who was now the Master of the Sea God Pavilion.
Besides him, only four elders remained in the entire Sea God Pavilion: Yan Shaozhe, Cai Mei'er, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Lin'er.
Mu En had been killed by Zhang Lexuan, while the remaining elders had sacrificed themselves to intercept the rank 9 soul tool shells.
"Elder Xuan, all these noble factions are demanding that Shrek give them an explanation. What should we do?"
Xian Lin'er asked.
"How about Shrek Academy admits its mistake and offers them some compensation? That should count as giving them an explanation."
Qian Duoduo suggested.
Yan Shaozhe frowned slightly, clearly disagreeing.
"I don't think Shrek Academy needs to give them any explanation."
"They entrusted their descendants to us, yes, but didn't we also educate and train those descendants?"
"A few days ago, if our Sea God Pavilion elders hadn't stopped those rank 9 soul tool shells with their lives, the entire Shrek City would have been destroyed."
"Only a small number of students died. The losses could hardly have been smaller. Shrek suffered the greatest losses of all. We haven't demanded an explanation from them, which is already generous enough."
"Besides, Shrek will remember those students who died forever. We will include their names among Shrek's ten-thousand-year glory. In that sense, they can be considered to have brought honor to their families."
Yan Shaozhe went on for quite some time.
But in essence, his position was simple:
Shrek had done nothing wrong.
"This…"
Qian Duoduo had just opened his mouth to argue when Xuan Zi, seated at the head of the table, spoke.
"Shaozhe, I completely agree with you."
"Enough, Duoduo, Lin'er. You should learn from Shaozhe and think more about Shrek."
"Shrek suffered tremendous losses this time, and we have a clear conscience regarding the students. If they want an explanation, they can come to me."
Xuan Zi was completely unconcerned.
The outer academy students were not truly members of Shrek, so he felt no particular grief over their deaths.
As for the inner academy students, they were already members of Shrek. Dying for Shrek's ten-thousand-year glory was only natural.
"Then… all right."
Xian Lin'er still wanted to say something, but Xuan Zi was now the Master of the Sea God Pavilion.
The Master of the Sea God Pavilion held absolute authority.
No matter how much she said, what use would it be?
"By the way, let's talk about that traitor, Zhang Lexuan."
Xuan Zi brought up Zhang Lexuan.
At the mention of her name, all four elders were filled with resentment.
"Shrek treated her so well, yet she actually murdered her own teacher. One day, I will avenge my teacher."
Just then—
A terrifying pressure belonging to a Limit Douluo descended upon the Sea God Pavilion, abruptly interrupting the meeting.
"People of Shrek, come out!"
A furious roar rang out, deep and powerful.
Hearing that voice, the elders and Xuan Zi could not help but inwardly curse their luck.
Why does Shrek Academy always seem to have trouble coming to its doorstep?
"Come. Let's go out and see."
Xuan Zi forced himself to speak calmly.
Judging from this terrifying pressure, the newcomer's strength was probably no weaker than Kong Deming, who had inflicted such devastating damage upon Shrek only a few days ago.
Xuan Zi led the four remaining Sea God Pavilion elders into the sky above Sea God Lake.
Two middle-aged men stood before them.
One was extremely muscular and rugged-looking, his aura no weaker than that of Xuan Zi, a Peak Douluo.
The other had a tall, imposing figure and a calm, dignified appearance. He possessed an innate majesty, and the aura radiating from him was even stronger than that of Mu En at his peak.
It was easy to imagine just how powerful this dignified man was.
"And you are…?"
Xuan Zi stepped forward to speak with them, wanting to know the purpose of their visit.
"We're from the Clear Sky Sect. We've come to see one of our juniors."
"I heard Shrek was bombed a few days ago, and I'm worried something happened to our Xiao Qi. Hurry up and bring our Xiao Qi out so we can see her."
The extremely muscular man spoke impatiently.
His name was Tai Tan, and he was currently the Vice Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect, possessing the strength of a Peak Douluo.
Beside him stood his elder brother, Niu Tian, the current Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect and a Limit Douluo.
They were none other than the Tai Tan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, who had once lived beside the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest ten thousand years ago.
After Tang San became a god, the two of them, who had sacrificed themselves, were resurrected as well.
Their reasons for remaining on the Douluo Continent were twofold.
First, they helped Tang San protect the Clear Sky Sect.
Second, they took care of Tang San and Xiao Wu's daughter, Wang Dong'er.
Upon learning Tai Tan and Niu Tian's purpose, Xuan Zi finally remembered Wang Dong.
The young master of the Clear Sky Sect who had fled Shrek alongside Young Master Wu.
"You're looking for Wang Dong, right? He's no longer at Shrek Academy."
"A while ago, he followed one of our academy's traitors and left Shrek Academy. That traitor even took quite a few of Shrek's treasures with him."
"If you want to find him, go look for him yourselves."
Xuan Zi spoke impatiently.
If Wang Dong hadn't been the young master of the Clear Sky Sect, Xuan Zi would have wanted to issue a wanted order for him already.
Niu Tian's brows furrowed slightly upon hearing this.
Tai Tan, however, was a different matter.
He had always been hot-tempered.
"What did you just say?"
"I entrusted Xiao Qi to your academy, and now that we've come to find her, you're telling us she isn't even here anymore!"
"And you're actually telling us to find her ourselves? What's more, there was a massive explosion in Shrek City a few days ago. How are we supposed to know whether something happened to Xiao Qi at your Shrek Academy and you're simply trying to brush us off with some excuse?"
"Do you really think our Clear Sky Sect is easy to bully?!"
With that, Tai Tan unleashed the full force of his soul power.
His pressure had already faintly approached the level of a Limit Douluo, causing everyone from Shrek present to feel immense pressure.
End of Chapter
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