"What did you just say?"
Chen Xinjie abruptly stood up, his gaze fixed intently on Long Hai in the plaza.
"I said that when Sister Yue left you back then, she was already pregnant with your child. But for certain reasons, the child did not survive." Long Hai's voice was cold.
Since Long Yeyue held no affection for Chen Xinjie, Long Hai naturally had no reason to show him a pleasant face either.
"Why are you only telling me this now?" Chen Xinjie took a deep breath and asked.
He had heard rumors long ago that Long Yeyue had given birth to Tianjuan Douluo's child, but the baby had died due to prenatal complications and congenital weakness.
So that child was his.
"Leng Yaozhu already knows that Sister Yue is in your hands. She won't let her go," Long Hai said grimly.
"You're telling me this now because you're afraid I might succumb to pressure and hand Yeyue over. You want to use my guilt to force me to protect her at all costs, don't you?"
Chen Xinjie's expression turned furious, and he suddenly stood up, roaring, "Since when did Shrek Academy start using human emotions as leverage? Aren't you afraid that the ancestors of the Sea God Pavilion will be disappointed by your actions?"
His voice was thunderous, shaking Long Hai, the current master of Shrek Academy's inner court, to his core. He quickly explained, "We are not trying to blackmail you. We simply felt that, given what you've done for Sister Yue, you had the right to know this."
"Hah! Do you believe that yourself?" Chen Xinjie sneered, looking at Long Hai with eyes full of disappointment.
Long Hai was also enraged. Aside from those with higher seniority in the Sea God Pavilion, no one had the right to look at him that way. He lifted his head and sneered back, "Hanhai Douluo, it's not your place to pass judgment on Shrek Academy. Don't act so righteous. No matter how unworthy Shrek Academy may be, we at least expelled Sister Yue after she made a mistake. But you? You know she did wrong, you know she's now the Federation's most wanted criminal, yet as the Palace Master of the War God Hall and the Commander of the Poseidon Legion, you knowingly break the law to harbor her and provide her protection.
"Ask yourself, does that align with your status? What right do you have to criticize Shrek Academy?"
"You—!"
Chen Xinjie's eyes widened in fury. He had taken in Long Yeyue out of kindness, yet now Shrek Academy was turning it against him.
"Enough! Enough!"
He slumped into his seat as if all his energy had drained away. Waving his hand dismissively, he said, "Leave. Tell Yun Ming that I, Chen Xinjie, am not someone he can manipulate. Don't think that just because of Yeyue, he can lead me by the nose. As for Yeyue, she's no longer part of Shrek Academy. You have no right to interfere with her anymore."
"I will deliver the message."
Long Hai let out a cold laugh before turning to leave.
Bang!
Chen Xinjie slammed his palm onto the table, his eyes turning ice-cold.
"Shrek Academy, is that it? If I find out that Yeyue's child's death had anything to do with you, don't blame me for turning against you!"
With Shrek Academy's capabilities, there was no way they couldn't have protected a single child.
This fact alone made it impossible for Chen Xinjie not to suspect them.
If he were Tianjuan Douluo, he might have done the same—quietly getting rid of Long Yeyue's child and claiming it was a stillbirth.
However, despite his suspicions, Chen Xinjie had no time to investigate right now.
Leng Yaozhu hadn't made her move yet. He needed to act first and resolve Long Yeyue's situation before she did.
He absolutely could not give Leng Yaozhu any leverage against him.
"Leng Yaozhu! Hah! I will make you regret this!"
Clenching his teeth, Chen Xinjie growled, "Now that Yeyue has finally returned to me, no one will touch her! I will make them understand what it means to cross the Poseidon Douluo! Just a newly advanced Half-God, and you think you can challenge me? Do you really think that just because you're the Vice-Tower Master of the Spirit Pagoda, I have no way to deal with you?"
He took a deep breath, steadied his emotions, straightened his clothes, and turned to head inside.
As soon as he saw Long Yeyue again—
Slap!
Before he could even react, Long Yeyue's palm struck his face with immense force.
Even with his peak Quasi-God cultivation, Chen Xinjie staggered and spun in place before finally regaining his balance.
This slap carried unimaginable strength.
"Yeyue…"
Chen Xinjie stared at her in shock, completely clueless about what he had done to anger her again.
"You dared to doubt Shrek Academy?"
Long Yeyue looked at him with disdain, her voice icy cold.
"My husband was once the Master of the Sea God Pavilion! Do you even know what Shrek Academy and the Sea God Pavilion represent? They are symbols of fairness, integrity, and kindness! If you dare to use the heart of a petty man to judge a noble cause—if you dare to suspect my husband—don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Yeyue! I—"
Chen Xinjie opened his mouth, but under Long Yeyue's cold gaze, he found himself unable to say a word.
If it had been before, he never would have doubted Shrek Academy, much less Tianjuan Douluo.
But now, after everything that had happened with Long Yeyue,
He could no longer be certain.
Was Shrek Academy still the same academy where the Sea God once walked?
"Tell me, what do you plan to do?"
Long Yeyue stared at Chen Xinjie. She knew that Leng Yaozhu would make her move soon, and she could no longer stay in Mingdu.
If she didn't leave now, it would be too late.
She had become a rat scorned by the world, despised and hunted.
Anyone associated with her would suffer for it.
She didn't want to drag Shrek Academy down with her any longer.
Chen Xinjie needed to find her a new place to stay, somewhere beyond Leng Yaozhu's reach.
That way, even if Leng Yaozhu wanted to take action, she wouldn't be able to.
As for Leng Yaozhu and Xia Yiliu,
She would not let this go.
Being expelled from Shrek Academy was a debt she would repay in full.
"The Demon Soul Great White Shark King invited us to find her. Pack up—we're going to the sea," Chen Xinjie said in a deep voice.
"Good!"
A flash of killing intent flickered in Long Yeyue's eyes as she coldly declared,
"I'll make her give me an explanation. The students of Shrek Academy did not die in vain!"
The Demon Soul Great White Shark King had killed so many of Shrek Academy's students.
If not for the current circumstances, she would have already stormed into the ocean and exacted her revenge.
Seeing Long Yeyue's overwhelming killing intent,
Chen Xinjie took a deep breath and said, "This might have been a misunderstanding."
"A misunderstanding?"
Long Yeyue sneered.
"So many of Shrek Academy's prodigies have died. Do you think a 'misunderstanding' is enough to settle this?"