Sea God Pavilion conference hall.
By now, it was already filled with Shrek Academy's elder members.
Yun Ming sat at the head of the table, with Ya Li seated quietly beside him. Long Yeyue, Zhuoshi, and several other elder members sat on either side.
Of course, there was one empty seat among them.
It belonged to Silver Moon Douluo Cai Yue'er, who was currently recovering from her injuries—and would be confined by Yun Ming after she recovered.
Everyone's spiritual power was highly focused as they sensed every change in the Golden Tree.
Just moments ago, an enormous amount of ancient tree essence had begun converging deep underground at an unprecedented speed.
Its destination was the sealed chamber where Xu Yue was undergoing the origin baptism.
"Buzz..."
A faint tremor came from the enormous Golden Tree. As time passed, the elder members could clearly sense that the vast ancient tree essence was diminishing at a visible rate.
"How is this possible?"
One elder member could not help crying out.
"How long has it been? How could the energy be draining this quickly?"
Long Yeyue's already grim expression turned even uglier.
She slammed her palm onto the table and rose to her feet, her voice agitated. "Yun Ming! Do you feel it? In such a short time, the ancient tree essence has already decreased by ten percent, and it's still continuing!"
"This is the foundation Shrek has accumulated over ten thousand years, yet it's being freely drained by someone from the Spirit Pagoda?"
Her words immediately resonated with quite a few elder members.
Especially the old people who valued the academy's honor more than their own lives; pain and dissatisfaction appeared on their faces.
Yun Ming's brows were tightly furrowed.
The rate of energy loss had indeed far exceeded expectations. Just as