Those old geezers in the Sea God Pavilion excelled at fighting for power and profit, so naturally, they were also masters of scheming.
Ye Qing had not done much to conceal his actions, either. Anyone paying attention only needed to give it a little thought to understand what those actions meant.
The reason the old geezers had yet to do anything drastic lay entirely with Mu En. As long as Ye Qing and Mu En remained master and disciple, Ye Qing was still one of Shrek's people. And with Mu En restored to his prime, they did not dare play too many little tricks.
But they were certainly dissatisfied.
Nurturing Huo Yuhao was their answer. Ye Qing, whose wings had grown strong enough to fly on his own, had greatly displeased them, so they wanted to raise an even more gifted child to take his place.
He had enormous potential and a promising future. More importantly, he was obedient!
As for Mu En?
What else could he do but lie in the sun and watch it all unfold? Did they really think an Ultimate Attribute could be obtained just by absorbing Soul Rings? That was far too naive.
If the Martial Soul itself was not strong enough, even absorbing Soul Rings until you died could not transform your own attribute into an ultimate one. You could figure that out with your knees. Otherwise, why had there been only three Ultimate Attributes in ten thousand years, apart from Ye Qing's?
Why not take another look at Mu En himself?
Wasn't his Soul Ring Configuration of two yellow, one purple, three black, and three red impressive enough? Wasn't his Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul powerful enough? Wasn't his Level 99 Limit Douluo cultivation high enough? Now look again-had Mu En's attribute transformed