"Nonsense!"
Mu En looked at Ye Qing sternly.
"The academy's legacy has never been something a single tree could determine. Even without the Golden Tree, Shrek would still be Shrek!"
"True, you could abandon the Golden Tree and turn around to fight that evil god, prepared to die. But have you considered what happens if you don't win? If the other side wins, do you think anyone else on our Douluo Continent could stand up against him?"
Ye Qing fell silent.
In truth, however, he was inwardly scoffing.
He did indeed admire Mu En's character, and for his sake, he was willing to preserve one last thread of connection with Shrek rather than sever it completely.
But what Mu En had said was a little comical.
In Mu En's eyes, even without the Golden Tree, Shrek would remain the continent's foremost academy, with an impressive teaching staff and a wealth of knowledge in ancient texts.
As long as those things remained, Shrek Academy would always be Shrek Academy.
But to Ye Qing, if Shrek lost the Golden Tree, its current situation probably wouldn't be much better than the Tang Sect's.
Both were powers passed down from ten thousand years ago, and both followed Tang San's lead. After Spirit Hall's destruction ten thousand years ago, the books and information they obtained were probably six of one and half a dozen of the other.
The Tang Sect even had the Tang Sect Secret Arts and hidden weapons Tang San had brought from another world.
Why had the Tang Sect declined while Shrek remained the continent's foremost academy?
When it came down to it, wasn't it all because of the Golden Tree?
Without the Golden Tree continually nurturing powerhouses for Shrek, given Shrek's shitty teaching methods, it probably would have declined even earlier