"Du Busi?!"
At the sound of that voice, Xuan Zi looked up and finally spotted Du Busi "hiding" in the tree.
Du Busi stood on a branch, leaning against the trunk. His posture was utterly casual, but that very ease told Xuan Zi something was wrong.
Was this some supreme infiltration art of the Body Sect?
Xuan Zi's pupils contracted. He found that he could not gauge Du Busi's cultivation, and he could only detect the man's presence with his eyes.
When he swept the area with his spiritual power, he sensed nothing at all.
"What are you doing here, you old monster? Were you the one who led Huo Yuhao astray?"
Xuan Zi shouted at Du Busi, his face dark with anger. To him, Huo Yuhao had clearly been swayed by Du Busi. Why else would a student who had spent so long at Shrek Academy leave Shrek?
What happened to Shrek's glory?! Did he feed it to the dogs?!
The dogs: ???
"Hmph. Xuan Zi, you'd best leave now. I won't hold this matter against Shrek."
Du Busi dropped from the tree and looked at Xuan Zi. He felt as though Xuan Zi's intelligence had fallen again. The man had never been particularly bright, and now he seemed even stupider.
But his cultivation had improved? Had Xuan Zi traded his brains for it?
Huo Yuhao had plainly said those things of his own accord. What did any of it have to do with Du Busi?
And Du Busi had no intention of holding Shrek responsible for being hunted by those two beasts. If he was going to settle accounts, it would be with the Clear Sky Sect.
Then Du Busi glanced at Jing Hongchen, who was watching from a short distance away, and asked casually,
"You're Jing Hongchen,