The Azure Luan Douluo's Fury, Two Men Undermining Each Other

"Intuition?"

At that, the corner of Xuan Zi's mouth twitched. Clearly, he did not believe it.

No matter how one looked at it, relying on intuition alone was far too absurd.

"May I ask why you came looking for me, Senior?"

Gu Tian looked at Xuan Zi and got straight to the point.

"Kid, you know about Shrek Academy, right?"

Facing Gu Tian's question, Xuan Zi's expression turned serious. "I am the Vice Pavilion Master of Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion, a level 98 Peak Douluo. You can call me Elder Xuan."

"Child, I came specifically to take you back to Shrek Academy."

At this point, Xuan Zi proudly puffed out his chest and tried his best to put on a kindly smile. "After all, you are the future Pavilion Master of Shrek's Sea God Pavilion. How can you continue wandering outside?"

Xuan Zi had completely abandoned his usual domineering style. What he said sounded utterly reasonable and well-founded.

"..."

Hearing this, Gu Tian's expression stiffened slightly. Without hesitation, he politely declined, "Elder Xuan, I'm doing quite well here."

Shrek Academy was Tang San's stronghold. He would have to be out of his mind to walk into that trap himself.

Although he had the Heavenly Dao Substitute as a safeguard, it was not his own power after all. There was no guarantee that something unexpected would not happen.

For instance, underhanded tricks like poisoning.

That was Tang San's usual method.

Besides, Xuan Zi was far too unreliable. Gu Tian felt utterly unsafe around him.

Even if he had means to preserve his life, he still felt that way.

"What do you mean, doing quite well? With the Star Luo Empire's security measures, Evil Soul Masters were actually able to sneak in without anyone noticing."

Xuan Zi was filled with disdain as he said without any regard, "It would be completely different at Shrek Academy. However many Evil Soul Masters came, we'd destroy that many. You would not need to use that armor at all."

"Xuan Zi, you've gone too far!"

Just as Xuan Zi was brazenly trying to poach him, a figure stepped in front of him, his face extremely unpleasant.

The newcomer was none other than the Head of the Hall of Enshrinement of the Star Luo Empire, Azure Luan Douluo Ye Yu.

The moment Xuan Zi appeared, Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu, who had been secretly protecting Gu Tian, promptly stopped the colleague who had wanted to recklessly court death and went to contact him.

The reason was simple.

More than twenty years ago, Huang Jinxu had once fought Xuan Zi.

The result was obvious. Even though Huang Jinxu possessed combat power that surpassed the limits of his rank, he had still been instantly defeated.

Thus, for the first time, Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu—arrogant, solitary, and someone who acted entirely according to his personal likes and dislikes—became deeply wary of someone.

He believed that even if he joined forces with the colleague beside him, they probably would not last long against Xuan Zi. That was why he had immediately summoned the strongest person in the Star Luo Empire, Azure Luan Douluo, whose Soul Power had reached level 97.

As the saying went, when the sky fell, the tall ones held it up.

And in the Star Luo Empire, Azure Luan Douluo was undoubtedly the tall one.

"Just tell me—was what I said the truth or not?"

Xuan Zi asked in return without blushing or skipping a beat.

"You, you..."

Faced with Xuan Zi's shameless behavior, Ye Yu did not know what to say for a moment. In the end, he could only force out, "Those are completely unrelated matters!"

"How are they unrelated?"

Xuan Zi pressed the advantage and said righteously, "If your Star Luo Empire has no way to protect this kid, then let Shrek protect him."

"That was never part of the agreement between us and Shrek."

Hearing that, veins bulged on Ye Yu's forehead as his fists slowly clenched.

If he had not been unable to defeat Xuan Zi, he would have wanted to attack him directly.

Who got caught poaching someone and still acted so self-righteous?

Xuan Zi was simply inhuman.

He truly did not know how someone as steady as Mu En had taught such a martial nephew.

"What agreement? I merely came to bring back the future Pavilion Master of our Sea God Pavilion."

Hearing this, Xuan Zi suddenly remembered Mu En's instructions before he had set out and immediately felt somewhat guilty. Yet his words remained just as forceful. "What does that have to do with your Star Luo Empire?"

He had already regarded Gu Tian as Shrek's hope for continuing its glory for another ten thousand years.

Once that point was clear, let alone offending the Star Luo Empire, even if Tang San himself came down, Xuan Zi would dare to fight him to the death.

Moreover, Xuan Zi believed that all the elders of the Sea God Pavilion would definitely support his decision.

The Star Luo Empire could not even protect a single person properly. Only Shrek Academy was this child's home!

Xuan Zi firmly believed this, which was why his momentum did not weaken in the slightest and he could speak with such confidence.

Gu Tian was utterly speechless.

But when he thought of Xuan Zi's tendency to side with his own people over reason, along with his double standards, it all seemed perfectly normal.

When it came to shamelessness, Xuan Zi definitely ranked among the best throughout the era of the Peerless Tang Sect.

If his future self did anything bad within the Sky Curtain, Xuan Zi would absolutely be the first to make a righteous show of cutting ties with him.

"Looking at the matter objectively, that assassination attempt happened because we let our guard down and gave the culprits an opening."

"But your Shrek might not be safe either. It may even be more dangerous than our Star Luo Empire."

Ye Yu took a deep breath. After calming down, he said coldly, "After all, Shrek Academy is that person's territory."

"He is he, and Shrek is Shrek."

"Besides, he ascended ten thousand years ago. You should know that gods cannot interfere in mortal affairs."

Xuan Zi's face darkened as he defended himself. "Furthermore, Shrek has never been anyone's territory."

Naturally, he knew exactly who Ye Yu meant by "that person."

And this was currently Shrek Academy's biggest headache.

"Is that so?"

Seeing Xuan Zi's dark expression, Ye Yu instead revealed a faint smile. "Then let me ask you this: why is the lake within Shrek Academy called Sea God Lake?"

"Why is Shrek Academy's highest governing body called the Sea God Pavilion?"

"As for gods being unable to interfere in mortal affairs, that is even more ridiculous."

"Who doesn't know by now that Shrek's Ancestor has been plotting on this continent for ten thousand years for some unknown purpose?"

By the end, Ye Yu seemed to be settling the score for what had happened earlier, openly mocking him without restraint.

"Shrek has already formed an alliance with your Star Luo. Do you really not know what that means?"

Xuan Zi gulped down a mouthful of strong liquor and shot back.

As for the two men who had cast aside Gu Tian, the main character, and started arguing with each other, Gu Tian was more than happy to enjoy the peace and returned to the hall without hesitation.

The night was long. Rather than watch two old men trade insults, Gu Tian would rather go back and get a good night's sleep.

Of course, if it were two beauties fighting over him out of jealousy, the situation would be entirely different.

For now, it was only a thought—but in the future, that might not necessarily remain the case.

After all, the scenes shown in the Sky Curtain had revealed quite a few things.