The True Mastermind Behind It All

Bi Qing's pupils suddenly contracted, and his body instinctively began to struggle.

But Du Busi's earlier palm strike had already crippled his cultivation. Now, he was little different from an ordinary person, and his struggles were utterly negligible.

Zhang Lexuan took a deep breath and imitated Du Busi, stomping directly on Bi Qing's hand.

She put everything into that stomp. After body tempering and the refinement of Hurricane Cave, Zhang Lexuan's physical condition had improved immensely. As she suddenly exerted force, she actually stomped Bi Qing's hand bones slightly out of shape.

"Three years ago, when the Moonwatch Viscount Family was exterminated... who was the true mastermind behind it all? Answer me!"

The intense pain once again made Bi Qing let out a pig-slaughtering shriek. The agony nearly made him faint, yet Wei Tiance stood nearby, continuously healing him with his Snow Lotus Martial Soul.

His injuries could be eased and healed through treatment, but the pain itself could not be alleviated in the slightest. To Bi Qing, it was nothing short of torture.

However, compared to what Zhang Lexuan had endured three years ago, Bi Qing's suffering was insignificant.

"Looks like you don't want to answer. Heh..."

Du Busi sneered and strode into Earl Xuanye's Estate, clearly intending to make good on his earlier words and kill one of Bi Qing's sons to get things started.

"I'll talk! I'll talk!"

Bi Qing panted heavily, no longer intending to hold out. He seemed to have aged twenty years in an instant, and his voice had become much hoarser.

"Three years ago, Shrek Academy's Inspection Corps came to me and asked me to help them wipe out the Moonwatch Viscount Family. In return, they would let my youngest son enroll without an entrance exam. They also gave me a pill that could help me break through to sixty levels of Soul Power. In addition, all of the Moonwatch Viscount's property could be taken by Earl Xuanye's Estate."

"I thought the Moonwatch Viscount had ties to Evil Soul Masters, which was why he had drawn the attention of the Shrek Inspection Corps. After all, the Shrek Inspection Corps had always been responsible for cracking down on Evil Soul Masters across the continent. So I didn't think much about it and agreed to their demands."

"With the Shrek Inspection Corps' assistance, the Moonwatch Viscount Family was wiped out without a sound. To ensure that no one survived, I specifically asked one of the Shrek Inspection Corps' higher-ups and received his confirmation. He personally told me that no one from the Moonwatch Viscount Family had escaped."

"Looking at it now... I was deceived, and deceived badly! You must be the Moonwatch Viscount Family's only surviving descendant, right?"

Shrek... Inspection Corps!?

Zhang Lexuan froze, her body trembling slightly as she instinctively took two steps back.

Ye An promptly supported Zhang Lexuan from behind, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and patting her twice.

Of everyone present, Ye An was probably the only one who was not particularly shocked by Earl Xuanye's words.

After all, the original account of Zhang Lexuan truly did not hold up under scrutiny.

After Zhang Lexuan's family was exterminated, Mu En took her back to Shrek Academy on the pretext of avenging her and made Zhang Lexuan Bei Bei's child bride. But the key issue was that, years before that, Mu En had fought Du Bisi and been crippled, left half-paralyzed.

A man who could only lie in a wicker chair all day, whose lower body was paralyzed, and who had almost never stepped beyond Shrek Academy for the rest of his life, had somehow appeared in the Heaven Dou Empire and brought Zhang Lexuan back to Shrek Academy. That was inherently unreasonable.

Moreover, in a massacre that wiped out an entire family, the sole surviving descendant just happened to be the family's most talented genius. No matter how one looked at it, it reeked of conspiracy.

"Shrek Academy!? The Shrek Inspection Corps? Bi Qing, do you know what you're saying!?"

Wei Tiance was both shocked and enraged, but Du Busi beside him remained silent. Though a trace of astonishment flashed through his eyes, a cold smile soon appeared on his lips.

"Cough, cough..."

Bi Qing coughed hard twice, a self-mocking smile appearing on his face. "Your Majesty, at this point, I have no reason to lie. Three years ago happened to be when my youngest son enrolled at Shrek Academy. This can be verified easily. I am not lying."

Zhang Lexuan took a deep breath.

She had never imagined, even in her dreams, that the true culprit behind the destruction of the Moonwatch Viscount Family would be Shrek.

The Shrek Academy she had once admired so much, even longed for!

As for the Moonwatch Viscount Family colluding with Evil Soul Masters... that was utter nonsense. It was merely a charge fabricated at random by the Shrek Inspection Corps!

Zhang Lexuan lightly bit her teeth, but what she felt more than anything was helplessness.

Ever since Sea God Tang San attained godhood ten thousand years ago, Shrek Academy, which had cultivated several gods, had gained immense renown. It became the number one academy in the hearts of the continent's people and had remained prosperous throughout its ten-thousand-year legacy.

Even in the Soul Master Tournament, no academy or team had ever been able to defeat Shrek Academy.

If Shrek Academy was the true culprit behind the extermination of the Moonwatch Viscount Family... would she ever have a chance to avenge them in this lifetime?

"Who is this Shrek higher-up you mentioned? Why did they want to destroy the Moonwatch Viscount Family?"

Seeming to notice that Zhang Lexuan was starting to lose control of her emotions, Ye An stepped forward. Looking down at Bi Qing from above, his voice was icy.

"How would I know something like that? My only impression of that higher-up was that he seemed to have trouble moving. He could not even stand upright. As for why they wanted to destroy the Moonwatch Viscount Family... that was not something a small fry like me could know, and I did not dare ask further."

Trouble moving, unable to stand upright...

In all of Shrek Academy, the only person matching that description was Mu En.

Du Busi seemed to have thought of something as well. His gaze flickered slightly, but before Wei Tiance, he said nothing and merely kept his speculation buried in his heart.

Ever since Bi Qing revealed the truth about what had happened, Wei Tiance's expression had been exceptionally grim.

Four thousand years ago, the headmaster of Shrek Academy had raised an arm in a call, receiving responses from the upper ranks of the three great empires and gathering dozens of Titled Douluo. That prestige alone was enough to make the imperial families of the three great empires wary.

And now... Shrek Academy actually dared to interfere in the empire's internal affairs and wipe out the entire family of a viscount of the Heaven Dou Empire! Even more terrifying, another earl of the empire had been so easily persuaded to become a blade at their disposal!

No emperor could easily tolerate such a thing, especially when Shrek Academy was situated within the Heaven Dou Empire's borders.

Wei Tiance only felt as though a bone were lodged in his throat.