Sikong Jing's calm and composure took the few people before him by surprise.
But Shentu Cong immediately sneered again and again...
"Little devil, it seems you're ready to be sold off to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family by us, aren't you?"
"You're taking it quite calmly."
"Heh heh, the headmaster hadn't planned to act personally, but who told you to make up nonsense before leaving? Now, many people are suspecting that the headmaster has secret dealings with both the Shentu Clan and the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family."
"He is furious, so naturally he wants to torture you with his own hands."
The truth was exactly as Shentu Cong had said. After Jing Chuiguang returned to the Ninth Drum, he discovered...
Damn it, quite a few people in Heaven Seal Academy were secretly discussing this matter.
They said he had personal ties with the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family, even secretly colluded with them, and had deliberately halted the Overlord Seal Trial. This sent him into a towering rage.
That was why he had decided to come personally and teach Sikong Jing a brutal lesson.
As for Shentu Cong, he was tremendously excited right now.
As the family guarding the sea region on the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family's side, they naturally had dealings with the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family. And those dealings were not merely what they appeared to be on the surface—not just exchanges across a negotiating table.
They ran far deeper than that.
It could be said that the Shentu Clan already had one foot pledged to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
Shentu Cong had originally thought they would need to capture Chai Jiu and notify Ling Dongwei before proceeding. He had never imagined that a powerful figure from the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family would happen to arrive just then, much less that Heaven Seal Academy's headmaster,