Douluo Continent: The Butterfly, Starting from the Authority of Death

Xu Jiawei sat in the Imperial Study.

As night deepened outside the window, the palace lanterns swayed, their soft light illuminating his angular face.

On the desk were piles of secret reports from all over the mainland, and at this moment, he held a newly delivered intelligence report in his hand.

The pages trembled slightly.

Xu Jiawei slowly put down the intelligence scroll and remained silent for a long time.

"Someone come here."

"His Majesty."

"Go and invite Princess Jiujiu over."

"Yes."

The guard obeyed and left.

Not long after, light footsteps could be heard outside the Imperial Study.

The door opened, and a young girl in an elegant long dress walked in.

Seeing Xu Jiawei's solemn expression, Xu Jiujiu was slightly taken aback.

"Brother, what happened?"

Xu Jiawei did not answer immediately, but instead handed over the intelligence on the table.

"Take a look for yourself."

After a long while, he took the secret report and glanced at its contents.

next moment.

Her bright eyes suddenly widened.

"This is……"

Xu Jiujiu's eyes were filled with shock.

"News just returned from the Sun Moon Empire's spies."

"Old Wang, you easily defeated Jing Hongchen, the leader of Mingde Hall."

After a long silence, he turned his gaze back to the intelligence scroll and read it carefully.

Princess Xingluo, who oversees a portion of Xingluo's intelligence network, is Emperor Xu Jiawei's deputy.

Xu Jiujiu has a fairly deep understanding of the Sun Moon Empire.

Jing Hongchen's strength has been genuinely demonstrated on the battlefield.

A being who could single-handedly fight against several Super Douluo without being at a disadvantage was easily and completely defeated by the Healer Douluo Wang Xian'er.

If it weren't for the fact that Jing Hongchen's teacher Kong Deming and the Crown Prince of the Sun and Moon pleaded for him at the last minute, Jing Hongchen would probably be dead.

No, not necessarily.

Perhaps Wang Xian'er will still let Jing Hongchen go.

This involves many external factors.

For example, since Wang Xian'er and Xia Die are both in the Sun Moon Empire, they can't go too far.

Moreover, as the capital of the Sun Moon Empire, even if Wang Xian'er's strength greatly increases, she may not be able to leave safely after killing Jing Hongchen.

After a long while, he came to his senses and took a deep breath: "Has Elder Wang broken through again?"

"Defeating Jing Hongchen easily won't be easy!"

"Possibly." Xu Jiawei sighed, his expression complicated. "Xuanzi came back not long ago. Although he had a sour face, he did mention some things about Wang Xian'er's situation."

"He said things like if he hadn't been trapped by the soul tool, he could have killed Zhang Peng and Wang Xian'er."

"However, just take Xuanzi's words with a grain of salt."

Xu Jiawei wasn't particularly fond of Xuanzi; he respected the stabilizing force of Shrek Academy.

"It hasn't been that long!" Xu Jiujiu exclaimed.

"Brother, do you think Old Wang can recite it...?"

"Stop!"

Xu Jiawei waved his hand at Xu Jiujiu, stopping her from continuing.

"Let's leave it at that, Elder Wang. She is not an ungrateful person."

"No matter what the future holds, the Star Crown Sect should be alright."

"Star Crown Sect..."

After a long while, he opened his mouth, as if to say something.

"Alright, we shouldn't be the ones worrying." Xu Jiawei gazed intently out the window. "Who can predict the future?"

"The ones who should be worried now are not us, but Shrek Academy."

"After all, we haven't offended them."

"Speaking of which, it won't be easy for Xuanzi to suppress his reputation as an evil spirit master!"

"I don't know who is so resourceful as to coordinate this so perfectly."

……

Shrek, Seagod's Pavilion.

The heavy wooden door slowly closed, shutting out the noise from the outside world.

The atmosphere inside the pavilion was somber.

Around a huge round table, the elders of Shrek Academy sat in rows.

At the top, it remains Dragon God Douluo Mu En.

His aged body appeared even thinner, his long silver-white hair fell over his shoulders, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to have deepened compared to a few days ago.

His deep eyes were fixed on the only empty chair, and he waited quietly.

"Bang!"

The door to the Sea God Pavilion was pushed open forcefully, and Xuanzi strode in. Compared to before, his robes were clearly new, no longer the tattered gray robe.

only……

The new clothes still had shiny oil stains on them, clearly indicating that they had just eaten something.

Many of the senior scholars twitched slightly at the sight.

Xuanzi, however, didn't care at all and casually sat down in his seat.

Moon glanced at him, and a vein on his forehead twitched almost imperceptibly.

A few seconds later, he looked away.

"This is a message that just came back from the Sun Moon Empire."

Moon raised his hand, and a piece of intelligence was placed in the center of the table.

"Take a look, everyone."

As he spoke, the intelligence began to be passed from his right side.

The elders accepted it one by one.

As they read on, the expressions on everyone's faces grew increasingly solemn.

Some people frowned, some had their pupils constrict, and some gasped.

They were clearly shocked by the contents of the intelligence.

Ultimately, the intelligence reached Xuanzi.

To be precise, it was passed on to him only after the elder went through a long and complicated process.

Everyone knows that Xuanzi has a bad habit.

They often don't wash their hands before eating.

Sure enough, as soon as Xuanzi took the intelligence paper, his greasy hand pressed it directly onto it.

"Crunch"

Several oily fingerprints were pressed onto the paper.

The once neat and tidy secret report was suddenly covered in dirt.

Moon's eye twitched again.

Since the last time I was trapped for many days and almost starved to death.

Xuanzi returned to Shrek Academy, and his obsession with food became noticeably more intense.

Some of them are even pathological.

The reason Mu En made the intelligence go through a roundabout way before giving it to him was that he didn't want the other elders to see a secret report stained with oil, which would lower Xuanzi's psychological rating again.

Xuanzi's eyes, which had bulged out of their sockets from hunger, had not yet recovered, and her somewhat deformed eyes began to read the newsletter in her hand with great concentration.

His face gradually darkened.

"boom--"

A terrifying aura suddenly erupted, and the conference round table shook violently.

The pressure of a level 98 peak Super Douluo instantly swept across the entire Sea God Pavilion.

"Damn it, evil evil spirit master!" Xuanzi's eyes were bloodshot, especially when he saw the name Wang Xian'er, which reminded him of his experience of being trapped and almost starving to death.

However, at the very moment this oppressive force spread...

An even more vast aura descended.

hum-

As if a gentle spring breeze had brought rain, it suppressed Xuanzi's imposing aura.

The entire Sea God Pavilion returned to calm.

"That's enough, sit down!" Moon's voice echoed.

Xuanzi slumped back down like a deflated balloon.

"Elder Mu..."

Mu En looked at Xuan Zi, remained silent for a few seconds, and slowly said, "Xuan Zi, no matter how evil they are, can their reputation be as evil as yours now?"

One sentence silenced the entire conference room.

Many of the elders looked on with strange expressions, and Xuanzi's face instantly turned red.

"Elder Mu!" Xuanzi protested, "I...I fell into a trap!"

"Also, those guys from the Sun Moon Empire plotted against me."

Moon sighed: "A trap?"

"Who cares about traps on the battlefield?"

"Does this mean that before two armies even engage in battle, they have to tell you in advance that it's a trap?"

"Or are you suggesting we talk about martial ethics before the war even begins?"

"A little pretend Soul Master competition?"

Xuanzi opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

He knew he had disappointed Moon this time.

Seeing that Xuanzi did not answer, Mu En's voice became even sterner: "Will the dead be brought back to life just because you fell into a trap? Will Shrek Academy's reputation be restored just because you fell into a trap?"

"Xuanzi".

"In your situation."

"How can I entrust Shrek to you in the future?"

As Mu En's voice grew increasingly heavy, Xuan Zi's face turned completely pale.

"Elder Mu..."