Mu Yueye still showed the Heaven Dou City defense forces a little courtesy. After the gong sounded, he stopped fighting and waited quietly.
After the sound of hooves rang out for a while, a tremendous gong sounded, and two figures rushed in.
"Old Tie, what's going on? Did the Evil Soul Master escape?!"
The moment the city defense captain said that, even Tie Li looked surprised.
Mu Yueye burst out laughing, took the academy uniform from Bei Bei and draped it over himself. Pointing to the Shrek Academy emblem on it, he said,
"Who are you planning to arrest as an Evil Soul Master?"
The two city defense captains froze on the spot and exchanged a glance. In the end, it was Tie Li who spoke from the side.
"Captain Jin, Captain Dao, although something unexpected happened in our sect this time, we never reported it to the city defense forces. The commotion wasn't enough to bring the two of you here, was it?"
Tie Li was on the verge of breaking down. In his position, he would rather have let Mu Yueye cripple him than alert Heaven Dou's city defense forces.
Although both captains before him had taken a share when the Tang Sect was swallowed up back then, and even the current Ka Jiang was connected to the matter,
this incident wasn't something the Iron Blood Sect could afford to make a big fuss over.
Against Mu Yueye alone, the Iron Blood Sect might still be able to cling on and fight their way to a settlement. Once the boy tired himself out, there would be room to talk.
They could take a bit of a loss and still carry on.
Shrek Academy's domineering ways were plain for all to see. Things had already gone this far; if someone of an actual teacher's rank at Shrek Academy were alerted,
the entire Iron Blood Sect's mountain gate would be sent flying.
What was more, this young man had already brought up his backer: Mu En, one of the Black and White Twin Holy Dragons of the past.
His Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul was also clearly a Radiant Sacred Dragon of far greater purity than Mu En's. They looked like family.
Captain Dao had also recognized the Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul behind Mu Yueye, and almost immediately guessed his identity.
Captain Dao himself had graduated from the inner court. Though it had been a long time ago, Mu En had already been the Sea God Pavilion Master back then.
He had also met Mu En once at the time.
Captain Dao stopped Captain Jin, who was about to question Mu Yueye, then stepped forward and said,
"Judging by those clothes, are you an inner court disciple too?"
Mu Yueye nodded, then shook his head, before saying,
"Yes, but what happened today has nothing to do with who I am. Today, I'm just an angry ordinary Soul Master whose little brother got beaten up."
"Great-great-grandfather Mu En, my teachers and seniors in the inner court-none of them has anything to do with this."
After Mu Yueye finished, he pointed at Tie Li and said,
"Come on, come on, you three, keep fighting. Let's have some real fun today."
Tie Li's face immediately filled with dismay, and he looked toward Captains Jin and Dao.
The two captains had already exchanged information in whispers. Captain Dao then pointed at Tie Li and said,
"Tie Li, your son Tie Tang filed a false report, accusing Shrek Academy of being Evil Soul Masters. By law, he should be beheaded."
Captain Jin then said,
"However, considering that you've helped us over the years, we'll spare his life. You have three days to leave Heaven Dou City."
Tie Li was stunned. Clearly, he hadn't expected to be abandoned so quickly.
Across from the Iron Blood Sect, Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao, who had been watching all along, set down his teacup and said with a curl of his lips,
"Interesting. I didn't expect it to end like this."
Long Xiaoyao thought, then vanished from the teahouse in a single step. Tie Li looked at Captains Jin and Dao, and only lowered his head after a long while.
"We'll move out right away."
Tie Li clenched his fists. He couldn't accept it, truly couldn't accept it. After years of scheming, he had lost everything in a single day.
Just like the Tang Sect they had destroyed back then.
All because of that unfilial son!
Tie Li thought bitterly, not even daring to resent Mu Yueye.
Captains Jin and Dao looked at Mu Yueye and cleared their throats before saying,
"As for the properties the Iron Blood Sect leaves behind, we in the city defense forces will take possession of them. Once they've been inventoried, they'll be auctioned through the Heaven Dou City marketplace. If you're interested, you can come and take part."
The two captains had spent so many years in Heaven Dou City's defense forces that they were both shrewd operators. They could already tell that Mu Yueye wasn't simply standing up for his little brother.
Most likely, he had taken a fancy to this land for some reason.
As for what that reason was, the two captains didn't know, and they didn't want to know.
It made no difference to them. All they had to do was keep the young master before them happy.
Mu Yueye got dressed properly and said to Bei Bei,
"All right, the rest is up to you."
Bei Bei scratched his head and said awkwardly,
"The properties, well..."
Mu Yueye shrugged, then said lightly to Bei Bei,
"Don't look at me. I'm not paying for this. It won't hurt you to learn how to bow your head."
Just then, Long Xiaoyao's voice suddenly rang out.
"Oh? And would a boy as showy as you know how to bow your head?"
Mu Yueye looked toward the voice. Long Xiaoyao was walking toward him.
"Who are you?! Get back!!!"
At a signal from Captain Jin, the soldiers leveled their spears at Long Xiaoyao.
Long Xiaoyao walked forward step by step, Soul Rings appearing one after another beneath his feet.
Mu Yueye smiled. He pressed his left hand over his right and saluted Long Xiaoyao.
"Of course I do. Greetings... Senior."
Mu Yueye had only just begun to mouth the word "Long" when he met Long Xiaoyao's eyes and realized that the other man didn't want to reveal his identity.
Long Xiaoyao nodded, his eyes full of satisfaction. Stroking his beard, he said,
"You really are quite good. I hope that one day you can stand before this old man."
Before Mu Yueye could reply, Long Xiaoyao vanished from where he stood.
After returning to Shrek Academy, they enjoyed a few more peaceful days. On the morning of the third day, Mu En's voice came from the Sea God Pavilion's meeting room.
It wasn't the tone he used to conduct a Sea God Pavilion Meeting, but the earnest tone of an elder addressing a disappointing descendant.
"Bei Bei, can't you learn a thing or two from your brother? Must you do this?"
Mu Yueye placed a hand on the door handle, took a deep breath, and pushed the door open.
"Great-great-grandfather, what's wrong?"
Mu Yueye asked Mu En. Mu En coughed and pointed at Bei Bei.
"Listen to what he's saying! Going to the outer court would be one thing, but he's clearly strong enough to go straight into the third year, yet he insists on staying with that little Tang Sect girl!"
Mu Yueye coughed. This little drama has started so soon? He rolled his eyes and said,
"Great-great-grandfather, please calm down too."
Mu En was still angry as he said,
"The main thing is that the girl's Martial Soul is too poor. If it were a matter of helping her reclaim the Tang Sect's properties, I wouldn't even mind him taking her as a mistress. With the academy's resources, it wouldn't cost much at all; a word would be enough, but..."