The Sea God Pavilion.
This golden pavilion stood proudly amid the woods at the heart of Sea God Island.
On its highest floor.
Almost all the Pavilion Elders had gathered.
The wooden windows stood open, filling the hall with the fresh scent of the lake and the fragrance of trees.
Yet everyone seated there wore a deep frown.
"Wang Yan, you led the team this time and only reached the round of sixteen. How do you have the face to stand before the Pavilion Elders?!" Yan Shaozhe slammed the table, launching the first attack.
The other Pavilion Elders remained silent, but there was a trace of disgust in every gaze directed at Wang Yan.
Wang Yan looked around.
Everyone was present except Xuan Zi.
Because they had lost the tournament, the Reserve Team members had no right to enter, even though they had given everything they had for the competition. Not a single member of the main team had come, either.
A wave of desolation inevitably swept through his heart.
The culprit, the very man responsible for this whole affair, wouldn't even show his face, leaving me alone to take the blame. Is this what Shrek is?
"I have no face to show."
Wang Yan shook his head.
"But I have something to report!"
"Speak!" Yan Shaozhe said coldly.
"Xuan Zi... is a spy sent to Shrek Academy by the Holy Spirit Cult!!!"
Whoom-
The entire Sea God Pavilion fell silent.
Yan Shaozhe's eyes widened. His neck turned stiffly as he looked at Wang Yan, who had dropped to his knees with a thud, his gaze resolute, ready to meet death without flinching.
For a long while, he could not utter a word.
The Pavilion Elders were also wide-eyed and tongue-tied, their earlier expressions gone.
*Insulting a Pavilion Elder... did