Sea God Pavilion covered an enormous area, yet this was Li Moxun's first time truly setting foot inside.
Looking around, he saw towering ancient trees all around, greenery stretching as far as the eye could see. To be honest, anyone who wandered in here without knowing better would probably think they had stumbled into some ancient forest.
Several separate cottages were scattered through the woods, quiet and solemn.
Only a few highly respected elders of the Outer Court, or those who possessed special honors, were qualified to have a room of their own within Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion grounds.
The threshold for earning a place here was astonishingly high.
Even Zhuo Shi, an Outer Court elder with such a special status who had now become the head of the Outer Court, found it no easy matter to obtain a room here.
The two walked deeper inside side by side, and before long, they ran into Zhuo Shi.
Or rather, Zhuo Shi had been waiting for them.
After returning last night, he had not gone to the Outer Court. Aside from having Wu Zhangkong notify Shen Yi today, he also had some things he wanted to say privately to his disciple.
But when his gaze fell upon Shen Yi, Zhuo Shi fell silent for a moment.
Shen Yi's face was filled with exhaustion, and her eyes were still faintly red, as though she had cried bitterly.
Zhuo Shi's expression grew complicated, and a trace of guilt appeared on his face, as if he truly felt remorse for dragging Shen Yi into this and even harming his own disciple.
Yet as Li Moxun looked at that expression, he could clearly sense the hypocrisy within it.
It was a very subtle intuition.
He could feel that Zhuo Shi might indeed care about