Nominating Chu Ye for the Inner Court?

This time, Chu Ye was going to play the part of a "guileless and reliable" senior, then pull off another spectacular stunt for everyone.

As for how to use this windfall of Fate Points, he had long since decided: he would create a [Wei Goat] clone and upgrade the Sheep Talisman at the same time.

He had entrusted the [Wei Goat] clone with a major task. He planned to use it to establish the Spirit Pagoda, an important part of his plans.

But it was inconvenient to do so while he was at Shrek Academy. He needed to find a chance to leave for a while.

Meanwhile, the battle had just ended, and the Sea God Pavilion was holding an emergency meeting.

Mu En sat at the head, with Torch Dragon Douluo and Xuan Zi seated on either side.

Shrek Academy had not caught the slightest hint of the Zodiac Temple's attack.

In the end, it had been wiped out by the Sea God's Power, but Mu En was still furious.

The academy's defenses were like a sieve.

He did not have much time left, and seeing the younger generation still like this left him struggling to keep his composure.

Only when he looked at Zhulong did his expression show a little relief.

"Speak. What are your thoughts on this invasion by the Zodiac Temple?"

Everyone remained silent.

After all, Shrek Academy had hardly covered itself in glory this time. If not for the Sea God's protection, they would have suffered a crushing loss.

Zhulong suddenly stood up and was the first to speak, pointing the spearhead straight at Xuan Zi.

"I think someone is occupying a post and drawing a salary while doing nothing."

"As a level 98 Titled Douluo, he should be shouldering heavy responsibilities."

"Every time a certain someone leads a team out, there are always losses. We don't know how many core disciples from the inner and outer courts have been lost."

"Even so, all a certain someone knows how to do is eat chicken legs and drink wine every day. I wonder how he still has the face to stay in the Sea God Pavilion?"

Hearing Zhulong's barbed remarks, Xuan Zi could not help but say angrily:

"Zhulong, if I hadn't stopped Mao Rabbit, how could you have held your own against You Rooster?"

Zhulong sneered.

"You? Stopped Mao Rabbit?"

"Even though I arrived late, I know you were clearly sent flying with one kick."

Xuan Zi's face turned green, then white.

He was just about to retort when Mu En burst out angrily, "Enough!"

Mu En looked at Xuan Zi. "Xuan Zi, it's time you settled down for good and thought carefully about the responsibilities you bear."

But he smiled at Zhulong. "Zhulong, you performed very well this time. I hope you can step forward as you did today in the future."

Seeing this, Xuan Zi could not help but curl his lip. In his view, Mu En was simply overlooking his contributions.

Seeing that Xuan Zi was still unconvinced, Mu En sighed.

"During the Zodiac Temple's attack this time, I felt powerless for the first time."

"I'm afraid I don't have many years left."

"You must shoulder these responsibilities in the future."

At these words, Yan Shaozhe and the others, who had remained silent all this time, turned pale with shock.

"Elder Mu, you're joking, aren't you?"

Mu En said solemnly:

"When have I ever joked about this?"

"So you must learn to hold your own like Zhulong, especially you, Shaozhe. The academy's future will depend on you all."

Though Yan Shaozhe was grieved to hear this, he also felt a trace of delight. It seemed that, in Elder Mu's heart, his standing was second only to Zhulong and Senior Taotie Douluo.

And the only one who could compete with him should be Senior Zhulong.

But Senior Zhulong's greatest problem was that he had joined the academy more recently than anyone else.

Strength was not the same as seniority.

Meanwhile, Mu En was watching Zhulong's expression.

Seeing no change in Zhulong's expression, Mu En admired him all the more.

In his view, Zhulong was strong enough.

But he lacked seniority and needed time and support.

Moreover, after this battle, the doubts he had harbored about Zhulong had been dispelled. After all, Zhulong had joined Shrek Academy as an independent cultivator a few years ago.

In this battle, Zhulong had indeed fought You Rooster and Mao Rabbit with every intention of killing them.

If Zhulong were truly suspected of being an undercover agent, then, had he joined forces with You Rooster and Mao Rabbit, Mu En believed Shrek's side would surely have suffered tremendous losses.

Although he had not said much about Zhulong this time, he had already placed him among the candidates for his successor.

As for Yan Shaozhe, however, he shook his head inwardly.

Whether in strength or judgment, he fell a little short.

His temperament in particular was far from suited to the role of Shrek Academy's helmsman.

Just as he was pondering this, Zhulong spoke again.

"Elder Mu, when the enemy invaded earlier, you didn't act immediately. You must have been observing as well."

"I wonder what promising talents you found this time?"

"As for the students who showed cowardice during the battle, I think the resources allocated to training them should be reduced."

"And those students with courage and a sense of responsibility should be commended."

Mu En nodded. "That goes without saying."

He smiled. "Since you brought it up, you must have a child in mind. Who might it be?"

Everyone else's eyes also turned to Zhulong. They too wanted to know who had caught his eye.

Zhulong calmly uttered two words:

"Chu Ye."

"I propose that he be admitted to the inner court!"

Hearing that name, everyone struggled to keep their composure.

They had thought Zhulong would name an inner-court disciple. They had never expected it to be Chu Ye, who was famous throughout the outer court.

After all, he was a devil pill among devil pills.

Although Shrek held that "those who dare not stir up trouble are mediocre," this fellow was a little too good at stirring up trouble.

Leave him undisciplined for a few days, and he would dare tear down the academy.

He was even more defiant toward his teachers.

Some teachers with weaker combat abilities had even been beaten up by Chu Ye.

There were countless such incidents.

But the most important reason was that Chu Ye's aptitude had long since been sufficient for him to enter the inner court.

Yet Chu Ye had refused.

His reason was that he did not want to join the Shrek Inspection Corps.

At first, everyone had thought Chu Ye was afraid of taking on the responsibility of monitoring Evil Soul Masters.

After all, the Shrek Inspection Corps suffered heavy casualties. Even among the inner-court disciples, no one knew how many had been killed or injured.

But the reason Chu Ye gave was that Xuan Zi was the leader of the Shrek Inspection Corps, and accidents always occurred when Xuan Zi led a team. He suspected that Xuan Zi was an undercover agent for an outside evil cult, the Holy Spirit Cult.

Those words had infuriated Xuan Zi, and the academy had investigated, only to find that Xuan Zi was innocent. Those accidents really had been nothing more than accidents.

As a result, Xuan Zi vehemently opposed Chu Ye entering the inner court.

Chu Ye himself was unwilling, and Xuan Zi could not simply step down as leader of the Shrek Inspection Corps.

So the proposal to admit Chu Ye to the inner court had remained deadlocked.

Mu En was helpless too.

He could hardly cripple Xuan Zi, could he?

Having Xuan Zi step down as leader of the Shrek Inspection Corps would also be a major blow to him.

As compensation, the academy could only clean up more of Chu Ye's messes behind the scenes.

That had also led to Chu Ye becoming nothing short of a tyrant in the outer court.

Xuan Zi immediately jumped out to object.

"Chu Ye is an outer-court disciple who defies discipline and is afraid to monitor Evil Soul Masters. How can he be promoted?"

"Elder Mu, as I see it, Zhulong is clearly trying to use Chu Ye to get under my skin."

Hearing this, Mu En frowned.

At first, Xuan Zi had indeed made a reasonable point, but he had immediately dragged a personal grudge into it, leaving Mu En sighing inwardly.