99: Chapter 97 As You Wish

After finishing all this, he set a monstrous fire, completely burning this filthy blood pool that had devoured tens of thousands of human lives into a wasteland.

Returning to the ground afterwards, Lin Yan quickly searched the entire branch ruins once, then stopped lingering, unfurled his Thunder-Fire Wings, and flew back toward the north.

As for the harvest, aside from the batch of people directly vaporized by the Buddha Wrath Fire Lotus at the very beginning, the rest of the people, including the storage spirit tools of those two Evil Soul Saints, were intentionally preserved.

Adding all the things together, discarding the corpses, organs, and disgusting Materials directly incinerated by him, the gold coins alone amounted to over five million.

As for other supplies such as rare metals and precious medicinal herbs, he did not calculate their specific value in detail, but roughly estimated, they were worth at least several million gold coins.

Overall, the family fortune accumulated by this group of Evil Soul Masters over the years had now been completely wiped out in one sweep by Lin Yan.

...

When Lin Yan quietly returned to the military camp again, the edge of the sky was already beginning to grow faintly bright.

At this moment, the people of Shrek were still immersed in dreamland, and naturally no one knew that he had made a thousand-li raid overnight to slaughter a Holy Spirit Cult branch.

After a long while, the golden rooster broke the dawn, and everyone woke up one after another. After tidying up slightly, their group directly set off on their journey, heading toward Star Luo City.

...

On the other side, at Shrek Academy, after learning the whole process of the matter from the waking Yao Haoxuan, the Sea God Pavilion meeting was convened once again.

"Elder Xuan, speak!"

"What good deed have you done this time!"

Sitting at the head, Elder Mu En's once-kind face was full of gloom at this moment, resembling the suffocating leaden clouds before a storm.

After fully understanding the true situation of this incident, if Shrek couldn't do without Elder Xuan right now, Elder Mu En truly wanted to slap him down to meet his Senior Brother.

"Yes, Junior Martial Uncle."

Elder Xuan squeezed out a trace of grief on his face and stood up dejectedly.

"This time, due to my negligence, three members of the current starting team were heavily injured."

"If I had been following them all along back then, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened. Everything is my fault."

"This is not the first time a problem has occurred under my leadership. As the leader, I am duty-bound, and I should rightfully bear the consequences."

"Therefore, I have decided to resign from the position of deputy head of the Shrek Supervisory Team, and quit the Sea God Pavilion, only acting as an idle person in the academy from now on."

Hearing this, Principal Yan Shaozhe, who already knew that Ma Xiaotao was in no serious condition, instantly blurted out to persuade: "Elder Xuan, why go so far!"

"Who can guarantee they will never make a mistake?"

"Who could have imagined that a mere Spirit King could burst out with a full-power strike at the Spirit Saint level."

"The responsibility this time doesn't entirely lie with you, and it was an unintentional mistake on your part."

"Elder Xuan, you are the backbone of the academy; the academy cannot do without you!"

Hearing this, the veteran elders present successively voiced their agreement and retention, persuading him eagerly in chatter, hoping Elder Xuan would change his mind.

In fact, most of them in their hearts at this moment didn't treat this matter as any big deal.

Anyway, no one died.

As for whoever was heavily injured, wouldn't giving a bit more compensation suffice.

Elder Mu En on the recliner, with those dim, yellowed eyes watching the performance of this group of people below, only felt an unprecedented exhaustion surging up from the bottom of his heart.

If he handed Shrek over to these people after his death, he truly did not know to what extent Shrek could eventually go.

Fortunately... he had now seen new hope.

"Quiet!"

Elder Mu En's voice was not loud, yet it carried mighty Soul Power, clearly smashing into the ears of everyone present.

Feeling the undisguised anger in that tone, the crowd that had been clamoring endlessly just moments before immediately quieted down.

Elder Mu En, half-reclining on the chair, slowly straightened his body, a majesty that allowed no questioning surging anew from those dim, yellowed eyes, sweeping across every single person present like a blade's edge.

At this moment, anyone swept by his gaze felt that their little thoughts deep in their hearts instantly had nowhere to hide.

Finally, Elder Mu En's gaze slowly stopped on Elder Xuan.

Elder Xuan honestly lowered his head, not daring to make eye contact with him, waiting for Elder Mu En's reprimand as in the past.

"Elder Xuan, that gluttonous desire brought by your Taotie Divine Ox Spirit, is it truly something you cannot overcome, or are you simply unwilling to constrain it yourself? You know better than anyone in your heart!"

"Given the quality of your Spirit, logically speaking, you should have long since broken through to become a Limit Douluo."

"Yet look at what you look like now, how many years have you stagnated at level ninety-eight?!"

"I know, today's words, even if I speak them, will still be equivalent to saying nothing."

"Because for so many years, I don't know how many times I've said it!"

"And every single time, you merely agreed wholeheartedly with your mouth, only to forget it completely a few days later!"

Hearing this, Elder Xuan opened his mouth, meeting Elder Mu En's eyes full of disappointment, and ultimately was too ashamed to speak, lowering his head once more.

Sweeping his gaze around once more, Elder Mu En paused, sighed heavily, and only then continued to speak.

"So... this time I won't scold you anymore."

"Didn't you say you only wish to be an idle person in the academy?"

"Good!"

"Then this time, I will grant your wish!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone inside the Sea God Pavilion was collectively shocked.

"This cannot be, Teacher!"

"Elder Mu, please think twice!"

"Elder Xuan also committed an unintentional mistake; please give him another chance!"

Facing everyone's pleas, Elder Mu En did not waver in the slightest this time.

In the past, he regarded and treated Elder Xuan as the next Sea God Pavilion master while cultivating him.

Therefore, no matter how big a disaster he caused or how heavy a mistake he committed, no matter how helpless Elder Mu En felt, he could only earnestly persuade and teach him time and time again.

Pinning hopes on Elder Xuan being able to suddenly wake up and shoulder the heavy responsibility, because that was the only choice.

But now, Lin Yan's appearance, along with his unreasonably exaggerated speed of strength enhancement, made him see the existence of another path.

And with a new choice, Elder Xuan, who had completely disappointed him to the core, should step aside.

"Alright, my mind is made up, this matter need not be mentioned again!"

Facing Elder Mu En's eyes full of resoluteness at this moment, everyone was in a trance, as if they saw once again that peerless, majestic Dragon God Douluo of that year.

Seeing that Elder Mu En was truly determined this time, those veteran elders looked at each other, and after a moment, they ultimately all fell silent.

While Elder Xuan, who had originally kept his head down all along, thinking that this time would still be like before, where a scolding would turn a big matter into a small one—

hearing this, abruptly raised his head, and his whole person froze instantly.

He looked stiffly toward Elder Mu En, his eyes full of caught-off-guard bewilderment.

And right at this moment, Elder Mu En's solemn and earnest voice sounded once more.

"Elder Xuan, from now on, eat whenever you want to eat, drink whenever you want to drink, I will no longer manage you."

"Likewise, starting from today, your responsibility has only one."

"If you still acknowledge me as your Junior Martial Uncle, and still acknowledge yourself as a member of Shrek, then in the future if a powerful enemy invades, I want you to risk your life, and guard the academy well!"

"This point, can you accomplish it?"

Hearing these words, Elder Xuan finally snapped back to reality.

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the complex emotions surging at the bottom of his heart, and answered solemnly with a somewhat hoarse voice.

"Junior Martial Uncle, I can accomplish it!"

"I will definitely guard Shrek well!"

Seeing this, Elder Mu En slowly nodded, then shifted his gaze, looked at Zhang Lexuan who had been specially called over by him today, and announced in a deep voice.

"Since that is the case, from now on, the Shrek Supervisory Team will be temporarily managed by Lexuan."

"In the future, the day she breaks through to become a Titled Douluo will be the time she officially takes over as the deputy head of the Supervisory Team!"

"Meeting adjourned!"