Inside the Imperial Study, the candlelight flickered.
Xu Jiawei took the thick dossier from the guard's hands, his Face full of anticipation.
"I want to see exactly where this Liu Yuan came from..."
Xu Jiawei took a deep breath and flipped open the first page of the dossier.
The dossier was recorded in great detail, covering everything from Liu Yuan's birthplace and Spirit Awakening to his performance in the Elementary Spirit Master academy; nothing was omitted.
The initial content was unremarkable, one could even say ordinary.
But when Xu Jiawei flipped to the section about Liu Yuan's experience at Shrek Academy, his pupils suddenly constricted, and the expression on his Face instantly froze.
"This... how is this possible?!"
Xu Jiawei rubbed his eyes, thinking he had misread, and read it again very carefully.
It was written clearly in black and white on the dossier:
[Liu Yuan was once a student of the Shrek Academy Outer Court.]
[However, due to a certain dispute, he was expelled by Shrek Academy's Xuan Zi.]
*Slap!*
Xu Jiawei slammed the dossier shut, slapping it heavily onto the table, a look of disbelief on his Face.
"Crazy... this Xuan Zi is absolutely insane!"
Xu Jiawei couldn't help but curse; his composure as the monarch of a nation vanished instantly.
He stood up and paced back and forth in the room, constantly muttering to himself:
"A Genius like Liu Yuan would be an absolute treasure anywhere!"
"And yet Xuan Zi actually expelled him?!"
"This is simply too ridiculous!"
Xu Jiawei was almost laughing from anger.
What was this?
This was like a beggar finding a piece of legendary jade and, without even glancing at it, throwing it directly into a latrine while cursing it as a 'broken stone'.
"So now Xuan Zi and Shrek Academy must be regretting this to death, right?"
Xu Jiawei shook his head, his Face filled with a strange smile.
No wonder Xuan Zi had acted so abnormally last night.
"Speaking of which..."
Xu Jiawei stroked his chin as a sudden flash of inspiration struck him.
"Xuan Zi went sneakily to find Liu Yuan tonight... could it be that he wasn't there to kill him at all, but rather to... sue for peace?"
Once this thought emerged, it grew wildly like weeds.
The more Xu Jiawei thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
"Think about it, Xuan Zi isn't stupid. Killing someone in a place like the Star Emperor Grand Hotel would make him an enemy of the entire continent and cause a total falling out with our Star Luo Empire. He shouldn't be able to do something that foolish."
"The only explanation is that he regrets it!"
"Seeing how dazzling Liu Yuan is now, outshining Ma Xiaotao and the others, that old fellow Xuan Zi's intestines must be turning green with regret!"
"That's why he wanted to take advantage of the dead of night to sneakily apologize to Liu Yuan, hoping to trick him into coming back!"
Xu Jiawei couldn't help but laugh loudly, laughing until tears almost came out.
A dignified Level 98 Super Douluo and Shrek Sea Gods Pavilion Elder actually had to humbly beg a junior he once treated like trash and discarded like a worn-out shoe?
And then, before even getting through the door, he was caught by Jing Hongchen as an assassin and even given a yellow card!
This plot was a hundred times more exciting than any novel!
"Xuan Zi, oh Xuan Zi, you've truly lost the bait along with the fish this time. You've thrown Shrek's Face all the way back to their ancestral home!"
Xu Jiawei shook his head with a smile and sat back on his dragon throne, his eyes sparkling with sharp light.
"However, for our Star Luo Empire, this is actually good news."
"After all, no matter what, Liu Yuan is still a native of our Douluo Continent. Although he has joined the Sun Moon Royal Academy now, joining an academy isn't the same as changing nationalities. Once he graduates in the future, he will surely return to our Douluo Continent to develop."
"Hmm... do I have a chance to recruit him?"
...
The next morning.
Sunlight spilled over the golden roof of the Star Emperor Grand Hotel; a new day had begun.
However, for the people of Shrek Academy, this morning was not beautiful at all.
As soon as Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and the others walked out of their rooms and arrived at the dining hall, they felt that the surrounding atmosphere was a bit off.
Students from other academies were gathered in small groups, pointing and whispering toward them while eating breakfast, occasionally letting out meaningful laughs.
"Did you hear? That elder leading the Shrek team was caught last night!"
"For real? Who caught him?"
"The tournament organizing committee! I heard he wasn't sleeping in the middle of the night and ran over to the Sun Moon Team's side to cause trouble, apparently trying to ambush that captain named Liu Yuan!"
"Heavens! That's too low, isn't it? The dignified Shrek is actually playing dirty?"
"Isn't it though? I heard they even got a yellow card warning! If it happens again, Shrek will be disqualified!"
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