Sea God Pavilion was deathly silent.
Only after a long while did Mu En speak. "Do you know what you're saying?"
"Of course I do." Long Yaochen nodded.
"Do you know that the Clear Sky Sect is considered an ally of Shrek?" Mu En said evenly.
"I imagine... we're not that close, are we?" Long Yaochen chuckled softly. "Shrek is no longer the Shrek it once was, and the Clear Sky Sect is no longer the Clear Sky Sect it once was."
Mu En said nothing, merely gazing quietly at Long Yaochen.
Long Yaochen returned his gaze with a smile.
Just as the atmosphere gradually solidified, Mu En sighed. "If Bei Bei had even half your... ability or way of handling matters—either would do—then this old man could die without regrets."
He was using Shrek's favor and Shrek's situation to pressure him.
Yet he couldn't say anything about it.
This brat was even more domineering than Long Xiaoyao had been in his youth.
"You never act without reason. Explain it in detail."
"Wang Dong, the young mistress of the Clear Sky Sect, is also my roommate." Long Yaochen began slowly. "When school first started, I sensed that something was off about her. After investigating..."
"I discovered that she actually bore the mark of a god."
Mu En's drooping eyelids flew open, and a sharp gleam flashed through his eyes.
No wonder... Wang Dong had given even him, a Limit Douluo, the feeling that he could not see through her.
He did not speak, waiting for Long Yaochen to continue.
"Huo Yuhao. What happened back then must have reached your ears as well."
"But he and I had no interactions at first. Yet for some reason, his hostility toward me suddenly became extremely intense."
"Not until the Freshman Grand Competition did