Tang San's Scheme! Shrek Was Scared Witless!

At dawn the next morning, before the first rays of sunlight could pierce Shrek Academy's morning mist, the Sea God Pavilion was already shrouded in a heavy, deathly silence.

Elder Song, temporarily wielding authority over the academy, sat stiffly in Mu En's former seat of honor. She clutched two letters whose ink had yet to dry, her knuckles white from the force of her grip. All color had drained from her aged face, and her body trembled uncontrollably. She was on the verge of passing out.

Each piece of news in those two letters was like a thunderclap, enough to drag Shrek Academy—still barely recovering from Mu En's death—back into devastating turmoil.

Elder Song took a deep breath, trying to calm the surging blood and qi in her chest, but her ragged breathing betrayed the panic in her heart.

The seat where she now sat was one Mu En had held for decades. No matter how great the crisis had been, as long as Mu En was there, everyone had someone to rely on.

But now that pillar had fallen, and these two sudden mountains of pressure left her utterly at a loss, with no idea how to respond.

Elder Zhuang, seated below her, was the first to recover from his shock. He lightly tapped the table, breaking the suffocating silence, and suggested hoarsely, "Elder Song, Elder Long's body... Star Luo Empire has already sent it back. Should we go take a look now?"

As soon as he spoke, the atmosphere within the Sea God Pavilion grew even more oppressive, as though the very air had frozen.

The elders present all wore grave expressions. No one spoke, and every gaze converged on Elder Song.

With Mu En dead and Xuan Zi and Yan Shao Zhe confined, the academy's strongest combat