The Great Sun Returns

But they did not care. What they cared about was their own interests, their own positions, their own families.

Shrek Academy's recovery would not immediately threaten their interests, but opposing Shrek Academy would. So they chose to play dumb, chose to compromise, chose to bury their heads in the sand and pretend the storm would not come.

That War God Temple, supposedly established as a counterpart to the Sea God Pavilion, also more or less stood by and watched because many of its members had once come from Shrek Academy.

The War God Temple had originally been founded to check and balance Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion, to provide the Sun Moon Federation with an organization capable of standing against Shrek Academy's top combat forces. But from the day this organization was established, it had been destined to be unable to shoulder that mission.

Because most of the War God Temple's core members came from Shrek Academy.

Their roots were in Shrek, their teachers were in Shrek, their feelings were with Shrek. Asking them to oppose Shrek Academy was like asking a son to oppose his father, a disciple to oppose his master. They could not do it, and they were unwilling to do it.

In truth, even now, Situ Xuan still could not understand it.

The War God Temple had clearly been created to check Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion, yet they had actually let the current Sea God Pavilion Master's own junior martial brother serve as the Temple Master.

What kind of decision was that?

What kind of appointment was that?

What kind of political wisdom was that?

Putting an enemy's relative in a position meant to oppose that enemy was either stupidity taken to the extreme, or deliberate intent taken to the extreme.

Situ Xuan said nothing