The night before the purge.
The Sea God Pavilion meeting was held.
All the elders were gathered, the deans and vice deans of the two academies, Elder Gong, and a few white-haired elders who were not Sea God Pavilion elders but held high positions also sat on both sides.
The atmosphere of the meeting was extremely heavy and solemn.
Even Gong Changlong quietly sat at the end, curiously looking around.
"Old Cheng, what's going on here?" He glanced at the old man next to him and gestured with his lip, "Why does it look like a storm is brewing? Could it be that the Sun Moon Empire has declared war?"
"Hmph~" The white-haired old man who was actually in charge of the western part of Shrek City snorted coldly and ignored him.
Gong Changlong was dumbfounded. Damn it, what did I do to offend you?
He then pouted and obediently sat down in his seat.
A few minutes later.
"I believe everyone knows the reason why I convened this Sea God Pavilion meeting."
Mu En coughed lightly, and his gentle voice spread throughout the hall.
The whole hall was silent.
"That's right, the corrupt elements in Shrek Academy are so numerous that even my old eyes can hardly distinguish them.
Therefore, we will take action tomorrow—please take a look at this list."
As he spoke, Yan Shaozhe hurriedly bent down and distributed a stack of lists to everyone present.
The names on the black paper seemed to be marked with red X's in the eyes of the elders.
"Gulp."
Gong Changlong was shocked.
The list included teachers from both the inner and outer academies, and there were also people from the Treasure Pavilion and the Great Beast Arena on the list, though only a handful, just one or two.
The most numerous on the list were—the managers of the territory in western Shrek City assigned to Cheng Ju's jurisdiction.
No wonder the atmosphere in the meeting room was so heavy; something big was about to happen.
"The Shrek Supervisory Team has confirmed that those on the list have shown signs of abusing their power to amass wealth, installing their own people in positions of power, and forming gangs.
Those involved in amounts less than 100,000 gold soul coins and whose offenses are minor are not on this list and will only receive warnings," Yan Shaozhe said with a smile.
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"But those on the list are basically all found to be involved in huge sums of gold soul coins.
Although the west side of the city is not as prosperous as the east side, it still has at least several hundred million in revenue every year.
And according to the investigation team, the west side has the most people on the list. Elder Cheng, could you explain this?"
"Hmph! What's there to explain?"
Elder Cheng raised his head arrogantly.
"You said you would only investigate the outer academy, but now you've extended your reach to the entire Shrek City, trying to pull a fast one on me. Yan Shaozhe, what exactly are you trying to do?"
As he spoke, he waved his sleeve.
"We can endure any hardship for the academy, but I just don't understand why the more we do, the more we suffer.
Where does our money go in the end? It's all the academy!! Why are you so fixated on this little bit of extra gold soul coins?"
"That's a little bit?" Elder Gong also recovered and said disdainfully.
"The funding for my Great Colosseum has always been provided by the Treasure Pavilion.
If you ask me, although Lin Huiqun is stingy, he's far better than you, a parasite on the academy who embezzles everything."
"You think you have the right to lecture me?" Elder Cheng roared angrily, "Back then, for the sake of the academy, I traveled thousands of miles to hunt down evil soul masters, almost losing my left leg!"
"That wasn't because you were weak."
Elder Gong muttered under his breath.
"Elder Cheng, now is not the time to discuss merits. If we're really talking about achievements, every elder here is no less than you."
Yan Shaozhe still stared at him with a smile. "
Let's talk about the facts.
The fact is that the common people and soul masters of the entire West City live under your oppression.
Every profession has to pay fees. If you don't pay, you'll be beaten up by your men at best, and at worst, your family will be ruined. I don't need to give you examples, do I?"
Since the West City was handed over to you, it has declined day by day. The reason is not just that the East City is closer to Shrek Academy."
I wonder what Elder Cheng's opinion is?" Yan Shaozhe narrowed his eyes.
"Hmph! The entire population of 1.32 million in the West City is supported by my shoulders.
Corruption and embezzlement are none of your business!" Old Cheng sneered.
He then looked at Old Mu, who was sitting in the main seat with his eyes closed, resting.
"Elder Mu, the villains have already shown themselves!"
He pointed at Yan Shaozhe: "Yan Shaozhe is one!"
"And Gong Changlong!"
Gong Changlong:
"..."
Gong Changlong, who was enjoying the show, was suddenly dumbfounded.
His smile shifted to Elder Lin and the other elders.
He really didn't expect the fire to spread to him.
"No, buddy."
Gong Changlong's face darkened.
You take at least a third of the entire academy's revenue every year, tens of millions of gold soul coins, and you only built a dilapidated arena.
I don't believe that with those dozens of ten-thousand-year soul beasts and hundreds of thousand-year soul beasts, you can eat up so many gold soul coins a year!" Elder Cheng said righteously.
"Every year, probably half of the money goes into his pocket. This guy is clearly even more greedy than me, why don't we deal with him!"
"Damn it!"
Gong Changlong was furious, but he was bad at talking and couldn't say anything for a moment.
He rolled up his sleeves, ready to start a fight.
"Silence!"
Mu En finally spoke.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked around with a warm gaze.
An invisible aura pressed down on everyone, causing them to lower their heads.
"Gong Changlong has not embezzled a single penny; in fact, he contributes nearly a million gold soul coins annually.
The academy has already investigated this.
Cheng Ju, stop rambling and confusing everyone. How many fools are sitting here?"
Mu En's voice remained gentle.
"Alright, Cheng Ju is stripped of all his positions and sent to the Sea God Pavilion's prison for three years to reflect on his actions."
He said calmly.
"Hmph!"
Cheng Ju was somewhat unconvinced, but he obediently followed Yan Shaozhe out of the Sea God Pavilion meeting.
Only now did Gong Changlong realize what was happening.
This Sea God Pavilion meeting wasn't about eliminating the small fry on the list; it was clearly aimed at Cheng Ju, the big fish!
It also had a sense of making an example of him.
However, Cheng Ju had gone too far. This guy had turned the once thriving West City into a chaotic mess, even Gong Changlong couldn't stand it anymore.
He hadn't expected Elder Mu to actually intervene.
…
Sea God Pavilion.
Yhe spacious meeting room.
Yan Shaozhe pushed Mu En's wheelchair outside the meeting room.
A gentle breeze blew as the master and apprentice gazed at the distant academy.
"Teacher, what about Elder Cheng."
Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but voice his concern.
He's a sharp blade of the academy.
You can use him as a weapon, but you yourself must be the sheath, keeping him firmly under control.
It's only because I've rarely appeared these past few years that he's gradually lost control.
There's no need to worry about him defecting.
His loyalty to the academy is as he says, heaven and earth can attest," Mu En said with a smile.
"The Sea God Pavilion's cage might not be able to confine him, but he'll draw a cage in his own heart to bind himself.
(His strength is only level ninety-six, but the Sea God Pavilion's cage is only for serious criminals; reaching the level of a Title Douluo is already the limit, let alone a Super Douluo.)"
l"Because of you?" Yan Shaozhe suddenly understood.
"That's right, because I can subdue him, because in his heart, I represent the will of the academy."
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