Life Goddess: I Wouldn't Mind Draining Every Last Bit of His Life!

Then she spoke.

Her voice was low, hoarse, and calm to the extreme. "I don't hate you. Why would I hate you? If he hadn't recklessly offended Lord Sea God, and if he hadn't always put on airs and looked down on others, he wouldn't have ended up like this today."

She paused there, a faint swallow rolling through her throat before she continued. "Besides..."

Xian Lin'er raised her head and looked straight at Tang Wulin. Complex emotions churned in her eyes, but what finally settled was an almost resolute determination. "My husband is the deputy dean of the Soul Tool Department, not that fool who doesn't know his place. His cultivation has been crippled—that is his fate. But the Xian Family is still here, and the Soul Tool Department is still here. I know which side I should stand on."

It had to be said that he had licked boots to the very end and gotten nothing for it.

Qian Duoduo was actually pretty miserable.

I was just standing to the side and making sarcastic remarks. As for helping him, that was out of the question.

Tang Wulin listened quietly to everything she said and did not respond at once.

He watched her for a few breaths, as though weighing the value of her words, then turned to sweep his gaze over everyone present.

Yan Shaozhe sat upright, his hands resting flat on his knees. His gaze was proper and clear, carrying the cooperation of someone who had completely cast aside all distracting thoughts.

The elder council members each lowered their eyes. Some stared at the tabletop, while others looked out the window. Not one of them dared meet Tang Wulin's gaze head-on.

Then he looked toward Mu En.

The old man gave him a slight nod. There was gratification in his gaze, as well as emotion, and the clarity that came from years and experience.

He said nothing, but the meaning in those aged eyes was clear enough.

Do whatever you want.

Tang Wulin withdrew his gaze and sat up straight again. He placed both hands on the table, interlaced his fingers, and returned to his gentle, casual tone. "Let me explain what I'm thinking. Zhou Yi will have her martial soul abolished, her cultivation crippled, and be expelled from Shrek Academy, never to be hired again. And..."

His gaze drifted out the window, landing on the Golden Ancient Tree leaves shining brilliantly under the sunlight. "I want the entire continent to know how Zhou Yi left Shrek Academy. At the same time, we will apologize to those students Zhou Yi expelled. If they are willing to send their children here, they may do so without a city lord's recommendation letter, as compensation."

His words were spoken lightly, yet when they fell upon the ears of everyone in the wooden house, they carried immense weight.

The elder council members unconsciously softened their breathing.

Everyone understood what this meant. Zhou Yi would not only be dealt with according to the rules—her reputation would be nailed to the wall as well.

She would become a banner hung out for all to see, letting every teacher at Shrek Academy know that some lines, once crossed, led to eternal damnation.

Xian Lin'er was the first to nod.

Yan Shaozhe followed, then the rest of the elder council members, one after another, even more decisively than before.

Tang Wulin looked at the faces before him, filled with respect and even awe, but his heart remained calm.

He knew that the change in these people's attitudes toward him came less from respect than from fear.

Old Tang's ability to cripple someone's martial soul was too intimidating, powerful enough to make anyone harboring even a trace of wishful thinking shut up completely.

Most importantly, Lord Sea God had personally appeared over a single insult. What they feared was not Old Tang's phantom, but the one above the heavens.

But if they found out that there were two more behind me, wouldn't that be even more shocking?

Of course, those two probably did not exert as much pressure as Sea God Tang San. After all, the Sea God's legend had begun at Shrek Academy.

Judging by their eyes, heh heh, awe was always better than disdain.

Before his strength had completely subdued everyone, there was nothing wrong with borrowing the Sea God's name to make this road easier to travel.

He stood, bowed slightly to Mu En, then turned and walked toward the door.

When he pushed open the wooden door, the afternoon sunlight surged in from outside, scattering golden dust over his shoulders.

He did not look back, leaving behind only a roomful of quietly seated elder council members and the softly closing wooden door.

The moment the door shut, fierce discussion erupted throughout the room.

As for Qian Duoduo, who had fainted from the pain, no one paid him any attention.

Outside, the sea breeze carried the fresh scent of vegetation from the Golden Ancient Tree as it brushed over his face.

Tang Wulin stood on the wooden steps outside, raised a hand to shield his eyes from the somewhat glaring sunlight, narrowed them slightly, then set off at an unhurried pace along the walkway formed by the interwoven branches of the Golden Ancient Tree.

God Realm.

"Huh? That kid really does have the power of the Sea God on him. Little Green, are you sure Tang San and Xiao Wu only had one child back then?"

"I'm quite certain of that. At the time, I only sensed Wu Tong's aura from Xiao Wu." The Life Goddess spoke softly.

"That's good. But since Tang San has taken notice of him and does not seem to intend him harm, we need not interfere. If the other side makes a move..."

"Don't worry. If he dares lay a hand on our son, I wouldn't mind draining every last bit of his life!" The Life Goddess was fierce in defense of her child, and her eyes were now filled with ruthlessness.

"Why don't we leave some of our power on that kid too? If he runs into danger next time, we can't let that bastard Tang San get there first!" Destruction God said with a displeased expression.

Shrek Academy.

Tang Wulin sat in the inner courtyard cafeteria, grabbed a huge pile of food, and began wolfing it down.

It had to be said that the food in the inner courtyard was much better. The outer courtyard's food could not compare at all.

And Old Tang... it seemed he needed to have a proper talk with him.

Old Tang had seemed to glance at the sky back then. Who knew whether he had some connection to the God Realm.

And what did Tang San think of him?

Had he been fooled?

Meanwhile, at the Sea God Temple in the God Realm.

"Xiao Wu, have you sensed the aura of your bloodline in the lower realm?" Tang San asked Xiao Wu somewhat timidly.

"I was about to ask you the same thing. I sensed it too—the child with the Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer martial souls." Xiao Wu twisted Tang San's waist. "Little Seven was sent to the lower realm, but why was this child already there from birth? Tang Little Three!"

As for how many children she herself had given birth to, even Xiao Wu could not say for sure. After all, her true form was a rabbit, so she was not certain either.

Tang San was confused as well, but he absolutely could not have sensed wrongly! That was his own divine sense!

That child was one hundred percent his too. Had his child been stolen right after birth?

And there was also the Golden Dragon King bloodline on that child, along with the auras of the Life Goddess and Destruction God.

Could it be that Destruction God wanted revenge against him?

Tang San thought about it for a long time but could not figure it out.