Mu En took a deep breath, suppressing the raging anger in his heart. His voice was cold and calm, devoid of any emotion.
"Since the incident has already occurred, weeping, blaming yourself, or acting suicidal will not help."
"Who are you putting on this show for right now? Do you want me to pity you, or do you want the Academy to forgive you?"
The cold words, like piercing ice, instantly extinguished the madness and chaos in Xuan Zi's heart.
Xuan Zi choked, his crying stopping abruptly. Still tear-stained and trembling all over, he said:
"Elder Mu... I am certain that this matter was definitely done by those Spirit Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest!"
"It must be Di Tian and the others taking revenge on Shrek! Le Xuan and the others must have fallen into the hands of those Spirit Beasts! You must take action, you must seek justice for Le Xuan and the others!"
In Xuan Zi's view, besides those few Spirit Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, no one else had the strength or the guts to kill so many Shrek Inner Court geniuses at once, and still be able to severely injure him!
Looking at the foolish Xuan Zi before him who still could not see the truth, Mu En felt both angry and amused, which eventually turned into an indescribable disappointment.
He could not be bothered to waste any more breath on this idiot. He directly raised his foot and kicked Xuan Zi away without ceremony, so that Xuan Zi's dirty tears and blood would not stain his clothes.
Xuan Zi was kicked to the ground, but he dared not show the slightest dissatisfaction; he only cowered on the ground, trembling even more in fear.
Mu En did not look at Xuan Zi again, his gaze deep as he looked toward the void of the sky outside the window.
In fact, the moment Xuan Zi had fled back to Shrek in such a sorry state, Mu En had already set off personally and quietly traveled to the scene of the incident in the Star Dou Great Forest, carefully investigating the battlefield.
Some truths could not be hidden from Mu En.
What he saw was far more and far clearer than what the simple-minded Xuan Zi, who only knew how to be blinded by rage, had seen.
Almost the moment he investigated the scene, Mu En completely ruled out the possibility of the Star Dou Great Forest Spirit Beasts committing the crime.
The reason was simple and absolute.
If it had really been Di Tian, Myriad Demon King, Xiong Jun, and that group of Spirit Beasts who did it, given their ferocity and strength,
let alone those Inner Court disciples, even Xuan Zi, a Level 98 Super Douluo, would absolutely not have been able to leave the Star Dou Great Forest alive;
he would have been completely wiped out by those Spirit Beasts, not even leaving behind a corpse!
Although the Spirit Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest were not human and were at odds with humans,
they abided by rules and kept their promises, being far more honorable than some sinister and despicable humans.
Unless their core interests were touched, they would never easily tear off the mask and deal such a ruthless, fatal blow to Shrek disciples.
On the battlefield, Mu En had clearly detected multiple traces.
There were signs of destruction left by a Spirit Beast riot, residual aura of the Hundred Thousand Year Silver Moon Wolf King, and the aftermath of intense Spirit Ability collisions...
Besides that, he had also keenly captured a faint, extremely obscure aura of an Evil Soul Master!
That aura had been deliberately covered and erased by someone using sophisticated methods, and it was mixed into the chaotic energy of the battlefield.
Ordinary experts could not possibly detect it; even a Titled Douluo would easily overlook it.
It had to be said that the methods used by Xu Tianran and his group to handle the scene were indeed clever and hidden enough, skillfully deceiving the perception of the vast majority of people, and even nearly "tricking" Mu En.
Of course, there was also a component of "luck" in this.
Because Mu En had not arrived at the scene immediately.
Before he arrived, the maddened Xuan Zi had already acted out in a rage on the battlefield.
He had unleashed the pressure and spirit power of a Level 98 Super Douluo without restraint, completely disrupting and destroying the original scene, causing a large number of key traces to be inadvertently erased and covered up by Xuan Zi.
It must be said that this series of operations by Xuan Zi, from beginning to end, had inadvertently provided cover for Xu Tianran and the others,
guiding all clues perfectly in the wrong direction.
It must be said that the way Xuan Zi looked and his ability to handle matters were more like an Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult than an actual Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult!
Mu En slowly withdrew his gaze and looked down at Xuan Zi, who was still cowering on the ground in anxiety. A trace of deep exhaustion and helplessness flashed in his eyes.
Having ruled out the Spirit Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, there were still quite a few forces capable of killing or suppressing the Silver Moon Wolf King and taking away Zhang Lexuan.
For example, the Heaven Dragon Sect, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the royal forces of the three major Empires, the Body Sect, the Sun Moon Empire, Evil Soul Masters, and so on.
However, Mu En was not stupid; among them, the most likely ones were undoubtedly the Body Sect, the Sun Moon Empire, and the Evil Soul Masters.
Among these three, the Body Sect could be ruled out first, because there was an agreement between the Body Sect and the group of Spirit Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest that members of the Body Sect were not allowed to step into the Star Dou Great Forest.
Given the character of the Body Sect, they should be able to keep that.
Secondly, it was because of the information passed back by the people he sent to contact the Body Sect;
the Body Sect had been quiet for these few years. Apart from a few walking the continent and collecting Body Martial Souls, almost no one had come out of the mountains.
The Sun Moon Empire side could also be ruled out for the time being. After all, the Star Dou Great Forest was too far from the Sun Moon Empire.
It could not be such a coincidence that the Sun Moon Empire would send people to the Star Dou Great Forest just at this time, right?
Therefore, the Evil Soul Masters had the greatest suspicion in the end. Others might not know, but Mu En knew some inside information.
The current Evil Soul Masters had long since grown strong. That group of Evil Soul Masters had the motive and the ability to strike at Zhang Lexuan and the others.
And then frame the group of Spirit Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, making them—Shrek and the Star Dou Great Forest—kill each other...
No matter how one looked at it, that group of Evil Soul Masters were the prime suspects!
But the Body Sect and the Sun Moon Empire were not ruled out either, as they both had the motive and strength to do so.
But whether it was the Body Sect, the Sun Moon Empire, or the Evil Soul Masters, whichever force it was, it was enough to give Mu En a headache.
Lack of evidence was only one thing; even if there was evidence, the cost of going to war with any of these forces was too great.
Even if it really was the Sun Moon Empire that did it, and Shrek wanted to go to war with the Sun Moon Empire because of it, the other three Empires might not all support them.
The three Empires were united when the Sun Moon Empire launched a massive invasion, but if it were an active declaration of war, absolutely no one would be willing to wade into these muddy waters.
This was reality, this was human nature.
I can give up everything, but I cannot lose it for nothing.
A tangled mess, a complete disaster, just like that, was laid bare before Mu En.
And the culprit behind all of this was still foolishly kneeling on the ground, thinking that everything had been done by the Star Dou Spirit Beasts.
Mu En slowly closed his eyes, his voice so soft it was almost inaudible, yet it carried a heart-palpitating weight.
"Xuan Zi, oh Xuan Zi... what do you want me to say about you."
Inside the hall, it fell into dead silence again, with only Xuan Zi's suppressed breathing remaining.
And a heavier, more suffocating haze slowly shrouded the entire Sea Gods Pavilion and the future of the entire Shrek Academy.