Watching Di Tian's figure vanish like a black meteor beyond the horizon.
Mu En slowly descended to the ground and first briefly explained the follow-up arrangements to Shrek Academy's higher-ups.
These included dealing with the aftermath of the High Priest's death, raising the academy's alert level, and establishing a unified explanation for both internal and external audiences.
Once these administrative matters had been addressed, his gaze locked onto the towering Golden Tree like chains.
The Golden Tree still stood tall, radiating brilliant yet gentle light, like an eternal guardian deity.
Yet Mu En's brow furrowed deeply.
"The Golden Tree... seems to be wrong."
Just now, he had attempted to draw upon the vast ocean-like Life energy within the Golden Tree, only to receive a deathly silent response.
There had not only been no resonance, but not even the slightest feedback.
This was absolutely abnormal.
Having guarded the Sea God Pavilion for a hundred years, Mu En had once believed that he understood the Golden Tree down to its very core.
If that Fairy Herb had not miraculously healed the injuries that had plagued him for so long.
Following the tradition of past pavilion masters, he should have completely merged his soul and cultivation into the Golden Tree in a few years, becoming part of it.
But now...
A sharp glint flashed through Mu En's aged eyes.
"I must find out what exactly happened inside the Golden Tree."
He closed his eyes. Vast spiritual power surged from between his brows, transforming into invisible, intangible tendrils that reached toward the depths of the Golden Tree.
An ordinary Soul Master's spiritual power would suffer a violent backlash even upon touching the Golden Tree's outer barrier, let alone reaching its core.
After all, this was the Life core of the entire plane.
But Mu