Disrespecting the Gods

When Sea Dragon and Sea Spear entered the Back Mountain of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, it was already time for those noble children to get out of class.

Otherwise, dressed like commoners as they were—and with Sea Dragon bare-chested and covered in tattoos—the noble children would definitely have mocked them.

With tattoos like that, you'd never pass the civil service exam!

The two did not deliberately conceal their auras. The Soul Power of Sea Soul Masters surged like a tide, frightening the birds in the forest into scattering through the trees in a flurry of wings.

Sea Dragon walked ahead, carefully observing the surroundings.

How should he put it?

It was a very strange feeling.

It felt as if his very soul had been elevated.

Sea Spear sensed the anomaly as well. The two exchanged a knowing glance and continued onward.

Deep within the bamboo grove stood a stone table. Beside it sat a middle-aged man in green robes and a young man in white.

The young man had his head lowered as he leafed through an old scroll, seemingly unconcerned by their arrival. The middle-aged man in green set down his teacup and smiled faintly at them.

Sea Dragon stopped ten paces away and clasped his fists. "Sea Dragon and Sea Spear of Sea God Island greet you both."

Xie Ru gave a slight nod and gestured toward the empty seats across from the stone table. "Since you are here, it is not too late to sit and have a cup of tea before leaving."

Sea Dragon's gaze fell upon the man in green, and his heart jolted.

The man was like an ancient well, so deep that its bottom could not be seen. If not for the aura he had intentionally revealed, others would have taken him for