Afterward, she stepped back and stood in place, her head lowered without a word.
She had already expressed what she wanted to say through her actions.
At that moment, her heart was racing, and the tension and fear within her grew ever stronger.
This woman has some nerve.
Gu Yunxiao had not expected this to be what Zi JI wanted to tell him, either.
A "subordinate" openly teasing her "superior"?
Such behavior demanded a thorough punishment to demonstrate his authority as young master.
"Zi JI, you're very bold," Gu Yunxiao said calmly.
"..."
Zi JI lowered her head even further. Panic stirred within her, and her fear began to outweigh her nervousness.
"Raise your head."
Gu Yunxiao watched Zi JI quietly.
Zi JI's heart trembled slightly. Her body instinctively obeyed Gu Yunxiao's command, and she raised her head to meet his gaze fearfully.
Gu Yunxiao stepped forward, reached out to lift Zi JI's chin, and chuckled. "Do you know the consequences of teasing me in the dead of night?"
"N-no... I don't."
Zi JI blushed, her gaze darting away.
Despite the fear in her heart, every time she saw Gu Yunxiao's eyes, she could not help feeling bashful.
"You'll find out soon enough."
Gu Yunxiao smiled, scooped Zi JI up in his arms, and walked toward the soft, large bed Bi Ji had made herself.
"!!!"
Zi JI instinctively wrapped her arms around Gu Yunxiao's neck. An inexplicable emotion shattered the tension and fear in her heart.
For some reason, she felt delighted.
She eagerly awaited what would happen next, and Gu Yunxiao's... "punishment."
"Young master, I was wrong..."
"Then accept your punishment."
"I'll do it again next time~"
"Heh."
Gu Yunxiao chuckled and fell onto the bed with Zi JI in his arms.
And after that, there was nothing more to tell.
Zi JI finally got her wish and shared the same experience Gu Yuena once had, becoming especially enamored with the aura surrounding Gu Yunxiao.
As a fellow member of the Dragon Clan, Gu Yunxiao was the deadliest poison to women like Gu Yuena and Zi JI.
Their affection for Gu Yunxiao would only grow stronger with every passing second.
Meanwhile, Bi Ji returned with the late-night snacks she had bought.
However, she soon froze, standing rooted to the spot as her face instantly turned red.
"Zi JI!"
Bi Ji was furious, yet she also felt a strange little pang of hurt. "Young master, that... that's the bed I made for you."
For a moment, Bi Ji could neither bring herself to enter nor stay away.
In the end, she chose to remain in the shadows, quietly guarding Gu Yunxiao.
Elsewhere.
Over Sea God Lake, several streaks of light flew in from every direction, all landing in the Golden Ancient Tree at the center of Sea God Island.
There stood a pavilion carved and constructed from the branches and trunk of the Golden Ancient Tree-the Sea God Pavilion!
Once Mu En and Yan Shaozhe deduced that Gu Yunxiao was a "successor of the Clear Sky Sect," they immediately called a Sea God Pavilion Meeting.
The meeting was scheduled for late at night, when the academy's affairs were less demanding.
Inside the quiet room, Mu En remained reclining in a lounge chair at the far end of the long oval table rather than sitting upright like the other Elders.
There were ten seats in total along the two sides.
In the first seat to Mu En's left sat an unkempt old man with a slovenly air.
This old man was not to be underestimated. Despite his unimpressive appearance, he was indisputably Shrek Academy's second-strongest expert, surpassed only by Mu En.
Even across the entire continent, he enjoyed considerable renown.
A level 98 Super Douluo.
The Taotie Douluo, Xuan Zi!
In the first seat to Mu En's right sat an elderly woman with graying temples, a level 97 Super Douluo whose title was "Azure Shadow."
She was not only the mother of Xian Lin'er, dean of Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department, but also one of the Sea God Pavilion Elders, Elder Song.
Farther down the seats on either side sat Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er, representing the Martial Soul Department, and Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo, representing the Soul Tool Department.
Of the four, Yan Shaozhe had the highest cultivation: a level 95 Super Douluo.
Xian Lin'er, Cai Mei'er, and Qian Duoduo were all stuck at the level of a level 94 Titled Douluo.
Among them, Xian Lin'er's aura was somewhat stronger, clearly indicating that she was not far from becoming a level 95 Super Douluo.
Although only seven people were present, that did not mean there were only seven Sea God Pavilion Elders.
Several other Elders were either away on missions or cultivating in seclusion and could not attend.
"Let's begin."
Mu En's voice sounded slowly.
The Elders assumed respectful expressions. Xuan Zi hurriedly put away his chicken drumstick and wine gourd, then wiped his grease-covered hands on his sleeves.
"Yes, Teacher."
Yan Shaozhe rose and bowed to Mu En before turning to the others. "Everyone, this Sea God Pavilion Meeting was called because of a major matter concerning the academy's future for the next ten thousand years."
As Shrek Academy's highest-level meeting, a Sea God Pavilion Meeting was generally convened in only two ways.
The first was a regularly scheduled meeting.
The second was an emergency meeting.
This was an instance of the second kind: an emergency meeting.
"It concerns the academy's next ten thousand years?" Xuan Zi was slightly startled.
Elder Song and the others also looked at Yan Shaozhe, their expressions growing increasingly solemn.
No one doubted the truth of Yan Shaozhe's words, because once a Sea God Pavilion Meeting was convened, the matter was no longer something to joke about.
"I have a dossier here. You'll understand once you read it."
Yan Shaozhe had prepared the meeting dossiers in advance and handed them to Xuan Zi and the other four.
Then he sat down and waited quietly.
The five immediately leafed through their dossiers. As they read the contents, their expressions grew increasingly shocked, until disbelief took over.
Finally, their gazes settled on the words "suspected successor of the Clear Sky Sect."
"Suspected?"
Xuan Zi frowned and looked at Yan Shaozhe. "Yan Shaozhe, how much uncertainty does 'suspected' mean? How confident are you?"
"It's almost certain."
Yan Shaozhe spoke.
Everyone nodded, their gazes dimming slightly with a measure of regret.
Rather than a successor of the Clear Sky Sect, they would have preferred Gu Yunxiao to be an unaffiliated monstrous prodigy, with no tangled web of connections or background behind him.
Unfortunately, that was almost impossible.
A level 37 Soul Elder possessed three ten thousand year soul rings.
Two Super Douluos guarded him in secret, one suspected to be level 98 and the other level 97.
That alone was enough for anyone with a brain to guess that Gu Yunxiao had a powerful force backing him.
What no one had expected was that it would actually be the Clear Sky Sect, which had remained secluded for ten thousand years.
Of course, there was good news as well.
Shrek Academy had historical ties with the Clear Sky Sect. They were not enemies, but rather "friends" on good terms.
"Mu En, what were those two Super Douluos' auras like? Are they really from the Clear Sky Sect?" Xuan Zi still had some doubts.
"I couldn't sense them."
Mu En shook his head, delivering a startling answer.
Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.
Mu En was an Ultimate Douluo, yet he could not see through two Super Douluos?
How was that possible!
"If they hadn't voluntarily released a trace of their auras, I wouldn't even have noticed them." Mu En revealed another shocking piece of information.
Xuan Zi and the others felt their hearts tremble.
Two unfamiliar Super Douluos were hidden within the academy. One wrong turn could lead to a major incident.
They had to take precautions.
Even if the two were suspected to be from the Clear Sky Sect, they could not leave themselves completely unguarded.
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