Chapter 78
The Angry Mu En, Xuanzi Punished
Chapter 78 The Angry Mu En, Xuanzi Punished
A few days later, at Shrek Academy,
Inside the Sea God Pavilion.
"How long has it been? How long has it been?! I'm asking you, how long has it been?!"
The usually calm Mu En stood before Elder Xuan, now filled with immense anger.
His aged body trembled with rage: "It's only been less than a year since what happened with Beibei!"
"You've done it again?" Mu En pointed at Elder Xuan, who was bowing his head and not daring to speak.
With a look of utter disappointment on my face, I said, "If I hadn't noticed you came back alone this time, and none of the other students had returned, and hadn't taken the initiative to call you over for questioning, would you have never told me about this?!"
"Teacher, please don't be angry, please don't be angry. Elder Xuan must not have done this on purpose, it must have been an accident..." Yan Shaozhe, who rarely saw Mu En so angry, quickly stepped forward to comfort his teacher.
Upon hearing this, Moon laughed angrily, "Hahahaha! Not intentional? Accidental? I think he did it on purpose!"
"He lost your direct disciple!!! That's a direct descendant of Ma Hongjun's ancestor!!"
"You're still defending him? Do you think he's still a child?! Xuanzi, you're over a hundred years old!! In the entire Shrek Academy, besides me, you're the strongest!"
"A year ago, I convened a meeting of the Sea God Pavilion and said that something big was about to happen on the mainland, and that we must proceed with extreme caution!!!"
"What exactly did you hear?!"
"Are you just going to ignore what I said?!"
"Those were all inner court disciples!!! More than a dozen geniuses, a full dozen geniuses, all killed by soul beasts because of your dereliction of duty!!"
Elder Xuan lowered his head and remained silent, his face seemingly filled with guilt and regret.
Seeing this, Yan Shaozhe quickly tried to ease the tension:
"Teacher, Elder Xuan has also deeply realized the seriousness of the problem. We should now focus on finding ways to make up for the losses, rather than simply blaming others."
"Make amends? This is a human life! How can you make amends?!"
Upon hearing this, Xuanzi looked up and said, "At worst, I'll resign from all my positions..."
"Fine! You resign from all your positions right now and get out of Shrek Academy! From today onwards, I'll beat you every time I see you!" Upon hearing Xuanzi's words, Mu En agreed without hesitation.
This completely stunned Xuanzi.
How come... even Elder Mu is like this?
Shouldn't they try to persuade him to stay as soon as they hear he's resigning and leaving Shrek?
Why is Ma Xiaotao like this, and why is Mu En like this too...?
Upon hearing this, Yan Shaozhe's pupils contracted, and he immediately sensed something was wrong. He knelt down before Mu En, pleading, "Teacher! Please reconsider! This is absolutely unacceptable!"
"Our Shrek Academy is facing a shortage of top experts. Besides you, the strongest is Elder Xuan. If you expel him, Shrek Academy will truly be left without anyone!"
Seeing Yan Shaozhe begin to plead for him, Xuanzi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Moon noticed this subtle change.
"What? Someone pleaded for you, so you're relieved?" Mu En looked at Xuan Zi with disappointment in his eyes. "Didn't you understand what that reason was?"
"Why did I keep you here? Because the academy is out of options!"
"If the academy had anyone useful, I'd slap you to death right now!" "If there was someone with your cultivation level, even if they were just a dog, I'd choose the dog! Not you!"
"You always use the excuse of a flawed martial soul when something happens, and you never take responsibility. You treat everything I say as if it were nothing. How many more times are you going to disappoint me, Xuanzi!"
Upon hearing this, Xuanzi's face flushed red and then turned pale, but he kept his head down and dared not utter a word.
He was terrified that the Sea God Pavilion Master might actually drive him away in a fit of anger.
If I really get kicked out, based on the things I've done in the past...
He wasn't sure if the old pavilion master would resort to murder to silence him and vent his anger.
Seeing Xuanzi standing motionless and not daring to utter a single word, he took a deep breath.
A golden light slowly descended from above.
It enveloped him.
It barely calmed him down.
"Xuanzi, let me ask you, do you know what Ma Xiaotao and Beibei mean to our Shrek Academy?" Mu En's emotions gradually calmed down, and he asked softly.
Elder Xuan was taken aback: "Uh... two very talented juniors?"
Mu En sighed: "First, there's the issue of bloodline. Bei Bei and I are from the same lineage as Master Yu Xiaogang, while Xiao Tao is a direct descendant of Ma Hongjun's ancestor. The strongest point of our two lineages is that our martial souls have the potential to evolve."
"If Beibei is successful, she can grow into a Holy Light Dragon like me through her own opportunities and efforts. At that time, I can use my last strength to purify her martial soul and, with the help of that trace of the Holy Light Dragon King's bloodline, revert to the ultimate light."
"Even if we fail, our academy will have the Holy Dragon of Light overseeing it, and it will be another Moon."
"As for Ma Xiaotao, her ancestor was the Phoenix God of yesteryear, Ma Hongjun. If the records are correct, as long as the evil fire is completely purified, his flames can transform into the ultimate fire. So no matter what, these two little ones must not be harmed."
At this point, Moon took a deep breath: "And you? What did you do?"
"They're all seriously injured, and one of them is still missing, and you didn't even come to tell me!"
Seeing that Moon was about to lose his temper again,
Xuanzi knelt directly before Mu En: "Elder Mu! I know I was wrong... I really know I was wrong... I will never make this mistake again..."
Seeing this, Yan Shaozhe quickly stepped aside, not daring to continue offering words of comfort.
Mu En glanced at Xuan Zi and sighed helplessly: "Get up. Although my health is not as good as before, I am not blind."
"You're still not convinced; you're just trying to brush it off."
"Xiao Tao has already sent a message. We know where she is, but she's still furious and insists that we punish you before she'll come back."
"This child is just being unreasonable. Elder Xuan is an elder, how could he..." Yan Shaozhe hurriedly stepped forward to mix cement when he heard that his disciple had made such a request.
Moon glanced at him: "Shut up. If I were in this situation, it would be lenient if I didn't make him go over and kowtow to apologize in person."
Yan Shaozhe's breath hitched and he quickly shut his mouth.
"From today onwards, Xuanzi is stripped of all his posts and is forbidden from moving around freely. He is to be confined to the bottom floor of the Sea God Pavilion. Without my order, no one is allowed to communicate with him. Only my order allows him to move."
"Until Xiaotao is willing to forgive him."
(End of this chapter)