Sea God Island, Golden Tree.
Sea God Pavilion was utterly silent; one could hear a pin drop. Ten people sat around an oval wooden table. Yan Shaozhe, Cai Mei'er, Xian Liner, and Qian Duoduo, the four deans, occupied the lower seats on either side. Besides them, the six seated ahead were all white-haired elders—the true pillars of Shrek Academy.
Whenever Shrek Academy underwent a major upheaval, a meeting would be convened at Sea God Pavilion. Thus, the Sea God Pavilion Meeting was Shrek Academy's highest leadership conference. Only the chief and deputy deans of the two departments, along with the senior elders of the Consecration Hall, were qualified to attend. By a show of hands, they decided the future of the continent's number one academy.
Sea God Pavilion Meetings could be convened in two ways. One was the annual regular meeting, while the other was an emergency meeting. The regular meetings needed no mention, but every emergency meeting meant Shrek Academy was facing a major turning point. Several emergency Sea God Pavilion Meetings had even altered the course of Douluo Continent's development.
At the head of the long table stood a reclining chair. Dragon God Douluo Mu En lay back in it and said gently, "Everyone is here. Let us begin officially. Xuan Zi, as the initiator, come preside over the meeting."
"Yes, Elder Mu."
At this moment, Xuan Zi had shed his usual slovenly appearance of a chicken leg in his left hand and a wine gourd in his right. His rare seriousness made the other senior elders secretly wonder what grave matter could make this Taotie Douluo put aside food and drink.
Xuan Zi said solemnly, "I have gathered everyone for a Sea God Pavilion Meeting today because of a matter that concerns whether the academy can continue