Shock in the Sea God Pavilion

Shrek Academy, Sea God Pavilion Meeting Hall.

As in previous meetings, Mu En reclined weakly in the lounge chair at the head of the table. The other elders and Sea God Pavilion members sat around the long table, with only the seats at the head of the left side and the ends of both sides left vacant.

Those three seats respectively belonged to Xuan Zi, Ye Chen, and Fan Yu.

No one found the three men's absence surprising. What surprised them was why Mu En had summoned them at this time, only to give no indication of the reason.

It was easy to imagine that whenever a Sea God Pavilion Meeting was convened, it meant a major issue had arisen. Yet what that issue was, likely no one present knew apart from Mu En.

Mu En sat quietly in his lounge chair. Though everyone was filled with doubts, no one spoke to disturb him. As they waited for him to speak, they were also showing him their respect.

After a long while, Mu En opened his eyes. His seemingly clouded gaze immediately brightened. "You must all be wondering why I gathered you here at this time."

Before he had even finished speaking, everyone's attention focused on him.

Mu En paused, then said unhurriedly, "Because Xuanzi has returned. Xiao Chen and the others have returned to the academy with him."

"Chen'er is back?" Xian Lin'er was the first to react. Although she had devoted herself to researching Rank Nine Soul Tools lately, she was not only the dean of Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department—she was also a mother.

Ye Chen had ventured deep into the Sun Moon Empire's capital, caught in such a political whirlpool where danger could arise at any moment. How could Xian Lin'er not worry about him?

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