The Old Man's Attitude Wasn't Bad

The moment Mu En spoke within the Prince's Residence, Zhang Lexuan knew who had arrived.

She knew perfectly well that as long as she showed herself, no matter what had happened before or what the reason was, so long as she expressed her wishes, Mu En would definitely take her back to Shrek Academy.

But the problem was...

She did not want to leave the Sun Moon Empire yet.

More precisely, she did not want to leave Xu Tianming's side.

Although that brat had plenty of bad intentions, he actually treated her quite well. On top of that, the resonance between their martial souls had grown stronger with time. Asking her to leave Xu Tianming's side now was practically as difficult as asking her to quit... that.

Thus, she simply chose to hide in her room and not show herself, while doing her utmost to conceal her aura. Unless Mu En deliberately searched for her, he probably would not notice her presence.

Yet she had barely finished hiding when she heard Mu En declare his decision to bring that little brat she both loved and hated to Shrek Academy.

Wasn't that killing two birds with one stone?

This way, she could return to Shrek Academy without having to part from that little brat. But could Mu En really make it happen?

The moment that thought surfaced, she sensed several more powerful auras.

The Sun-Moon Imperial Family had arrived!

As she listened to the increasingly heated argument outside, Zhang Lexuan had initially worried that the two sides might start fighting. Yet, to her surprise, amid the argument, she suddenly heard that little brat's voice, demanding that she come out of the bedroom!

Though he had not called her by name, there were only three Shrek Academy students in the Prince's Residence, and the other two were currently unable to move. There was no difference between that and calling her out directly.

Although she did not want to go out, she could not defy that little brat's command...

So, after taking a deep breath, she slowly walked out of the bedroom and appeared before the gathered experts.

When he sensed that familiar aura within the bedroom, Mu En could scarcely believe it. But when Zhang Lexuan entered his sight, he was still inevitably stunned.

"Lexuan, lass? It really is you! How are you here? That old fellow Xuanzi told me you had gone missing... Could it be that these people imprisoned you?"

At those words, anger immediately surged within Mu En.

They dared to secretly imprison someone from Shrek Academy? What audacity! They clearly had no regard for Shrek Academy at all!

However, before his anger had even fully risen and before he could question them, Xu Tianming poured a bucket of cold water over him.

"Old man, aren't you getting ahead of yourself?"

"What did you say, boy?"

"I said, aren't you old man getting ahead of yourself?"

Seeing Xu Tianming's mocking expression, Mu En's eyelids twitched wildly, but he temporarily suppressed his temper.

"What exactly do you mean? Didn't you ask this old man to give you an explanation? Why did you have Lexuan come out?"

At that, Xu Tianming smiled faintly without answering directly. Instead, he cast a meaningful glance at Zhang Lexuan.

"Tell this old man why I kept you in the Prince's Residence."

The moment those words fell, Zhang Lexuan felt her mind buzz.

She was a little unable to grasp the situation.

What exactly did that little brat mean?

He wanted her to tell Elder Mu why she had been kept here?

Wasn't he afraid that she would deliberately say some bad things about him and have Elder Mu seek justice for her?

After staring into Xu Tianming's eyes for a long while, Zhang Lexuan slowly exhaled. Then, from an entirely objective perspective, she recounted her experience in the Evil Demon Forest that day to Mu En, without adding or exaggerating anything.

When Mu En heard that Zhang Lexuan and several of her junior brothers and sisters had been besieged by evil soul masters, yet had not received Xuanzi's timely rescue, he immediately clenched his fists. He dearly wished to return to Shrek Academy at once and slap Xuanzi around a few times.

Because what Xuanzi had said in the Sea God Pavilion a few days ago was completely different from what Zhang Lexuan was saying now!

He would put this debt on Xuanzi's tab for now and settle it after returning!

Once Zhang Lexuan finished explaining what had happened and why she had been kept here, Mu En did not know what to say for a moment.

At the end of the day, this brat who looked like he needed a beating had saved Lexuan's life.

But putting himself in the boy's shoes, there was nothing wrong with his thinking either...

After all, under those circumstances, misunderstandings were indeed very easy to arise.

After pondering for a moment, Mu En's gentle smile returned.

"Young friend, this old man must first thank you for saving Lexuan's life. And I can vouch for Lexuan here that she absolutely had no intention of harming you at the time. Shrek Academy owes you a debt of gratitude for this matter..."

As he spoke, Mu En took out a plaque engraved with the two golden words "Sea God" from his storage soul tool, then solemnly handed it to Xu Tianming.

"This is the Sea God Token. Whoever holds this token may make one unconditional request of Shrek Academy, so long as it does not violate public order or good morals. So long as Shrek Academy stands upon this continent, this token shall remain valid forever."

Seeing that the old man's attitude was fairly sincere, Xu Tianming did not continue pressing the matter.

"Fine. Since that is the case, let us set this matter aside for now..."

Hearing this, Mu En breathed a sigh of relief. But before he could fully catch his breath, Xu Tianming's next words followed.

"Let's discuss the next matter."

There was another matter?

Noticing the confusion in Mu En's eyes, Xu Tianming was in no hurry. He merely looked at Zhang Lexuan.

"Go bring that junior who admires you over. It is time to demand an explanation for his actions as well."

Zhang Lexuan said nothing more. After giving Mu En a complicated look, she turned and left.

Taking this opportunity, Xu Tianming did not waste any words. He directly took an image soul tool from his storage soul tool, activated its projection function, and showed Mu En the complete recording of Dai Yueheng stopping their group in the street that day and spouting arrogant nonsense.

By the time the recording reached its midpoint, Zhang Lexuan had already led Dai Yueheng over. However, his five senses were still sealed by various little tools, and he could only stumble along behind Zhang Lexuan.

Had he not seen this recording, Mu En might have flown into a great rage upon seeing Dai Yueheng in such a state.

But now, Mu En merely frowned and said nothing.

On the streets of an enemy nation's capital, Dai Yueheng had publicly said something as outrageous as, "I'll destroy your country," to a prince, and had even attempted to assassinate him in public...

The fact that Dai Yueheng had not been chopped into mincemeat on the spot was likely only because the Sun Moon Empire had shown consideration for Shrek Academy...

"This matter was due to Shrek Academy's failure to properly educate our student. But I believe he acted on impulse at the time. I will first apologize to you on his behalf, young friend."