After hearing the crowd's discussion, Shrek's three Senior Elders were dumbfounded.
The people of the Sun-Moon Empire were dumbfounded. The people of the Body Sect were dumbfounded. Even Zhongli Wu was dumbfounded.
When Shrek's three Senior Elders heard the crowd lay out their reasoning, they froze for a moment. Then they found themselves agreeing.
It did seem to fit. Still, they forced themselves not to believe it.
As for the people of the Sun-Moon Empire, they had not believed it at first.
But as the three appeared one after another, they gradually came around.
Ma Xiaotao, in particular, had gone berserk. She had truly looked like an Evil Soul Master.
Now they could not help wondering: had Shrek really rotted to this extent?
They dealt with the Holy Spirit Cult all the time, yet nothing this absurd had happened to them.
But Shrek had always stood for justice and proclaimed that it upheld fairness across the continent. And it had this many moles within its ranks.
Still, they discussed that only briefly. What concerned them more was Shrek Academy's situation.
Four Senior Elders had already died. Counting the four before them, only Mu En remained.
With Shrek sending forces to the Extreme North, its defenses would grow even thinner.
If the Sun-Moon Empire seized the chance to launch a fierce assault on Shrek Academy,
it stood a good chance of taking the legendary Golden Ancient Tree for itself.
They had to find a way to tell Crown Prince Xu Tianran in the Sun-Moon Imperial Palace that four of Shrek's Senior Elders had died.
Then Xu Tianran could arrange to seize the Golden Ancient Tree while the opportunity lasted.
Of course, if they could think of it, the other factions surely could too.
Meanwhile...
Du Busi was thinking as well. He,