"Your teacher is still the same as before, vigorous and resolute."
Behind Wu Changkong, a graceful figure shook her head helplessly and said euphemistically.
Wu Changkong resumed his expressionless face, but his gaze toward the figure was very gentle.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "Simple persuasion is not enough. We need to think of another way."
Long Bing first nodded, then frowned. "But there is not much time. So far, not a single elder of the Sea God Pavilion has given up. I am afraid they have already reached a consensus internally."
Wu Changkong fell silent.
Few in Shrek Academy probably had deeper feelings for Shrek than those elders. They had lived at Shrek for decades or even centuries.
As the saying goes, it is hard to leave one's homeland. Some elderly people are unwilling to leave their hometowns even in the face of war. Let alone Shrek, the spiritual home for which they had fought their entire lives.
Wu Changkong was not afraid of Zhuoshi being stubborn. He was afraid that behind that stubbornness, he had already harbored a death wish, regarding this city as his inevitable destination and end.
Long Bing keenly sensed his tense mood. She gently took his hand. "Do not think of the worst yet. Perhaps they are not determined to die. Maybe they have another plan. It is just that the plan is too risky. That is why they deliberately use this decisive posture to push those of you who care about them away, to keep you from danger."
"Moreover, your teacher did not have the determined look of someone wanting to perish together with Shrek on his face, did he? I think there is still a turnaround. If it really comes to it, I will go and beg my father."
Her father, Yingfeng Douluo (Dark Hummingbird in the original work), was the third in command of the Dark Department. He was also the reason Wu Changkong could still contact Shrek Academy under the current tense circumstances.
In this situation, without connections to the Federation's high ranking members, ordinary people could not communicate with those inside Shrek Academy.
There were some things the two of them could not accomplish, but her father might not be able to.
However, Wu Changkong was reserved about this.
Thinking of his future father in law's personality and his conflicts with Teacher Zhuoshi, he felt very headache.
If he really asked that man for help, he felt that his teacher would truly prefer death over surrender.
Speaking of the grudge between the two elders, it began with the reason Wu Changkong had left Shrek Academy.
Wu Changkong had once been a genius of Shrek Academy. His talent was the highest of his generation. It could be said that as long as he developed normally, he would become an elder of the Sea God Pavilion in the next generation.
But one day, he met Long Bing.
At that time, Long Bing was a designated member of the Dark Department. Her father had sent her to Shrek as a spy for the Dark Department to infiltrate Shrek Academy and investigate some of its the inside story.
From this perspective, their identities were opposing, with a certain conflict.
But do not forget. This was the Douluo Continent.
They got to know each other, fell in love, and even after Wu Changkong later learned of Long Bing's identity from her, it did not change their feelings.
And then, their elders found out.
When Zhuoshi learned that his precious disciple had been bewitched by someone from the Dark Department, he was furious. He was worried that Wu Changkong would run away with Long Bing, and also worried that Wu Changkong would face criticism at Shrek because of this.
When Yingfeng Douluo saw that his daughter was not properly carrying out her mission but was instead in a relationship with someone from Shrek Academy, he was equally enraged, primarily targeting Wu Changkong.
At first, when both parents learned of it, they still maintained some rationality and dignity. Plus, Long Bing mediated between them, putting out fires on both sides, and with sweet words to appease them, she temporarily calmed the two elders down.
Yes, Wu Changkong had to suffer a bit. Yingfeng did not like him. Zhuoshi was hating iron but not steel. Both sides skillfully ignored Long Bing and concentrated their firepower on him.
Wu Changkong was in pain, yet happy. (Original Wu Changkong said, "This is nothing. If it could bring Long Bing back to life, I would endure a thousand, ten thousand times the hardship.")
Overall, although life had some ups and downs, it was still manageable.
But that was when the two elders did not meet.
One day, when the two collided, they did not look at each other as in laws, but as enemies who had kidnapped their respective children.
With a few words, they provoked contradiction, eventually gradually escalating into an all out fight.
Two Super Douluo, Three Word Battle Armor Masters, fighting there. As the instigators, what could Wu Changkong and Long Bing do?
They could only try to mediate.
But their words intensified the contradiction, making the two elders fight with Zhenhuo. Worried something would happen, Wu Changkong forgot his own weak cultivation and stepped forward to intervene. As a result, he was sent flying like a fallen leaf in a strong wind by the aftermath of the two Super Douluo fighting with real fire.
Even though Zhuoshi and Yingfeng Douluo both instinctively pulled back and redirected their attacks the moment they noticed, the dissipated terror energy was still more than Wu Changkong could bear.
Wu Changkong paid the price of being severely injured to stop the fight.
But the rift had already been deeply planted. Awkwardness and silence replaced the direct conflict.
Afterwards, after saving Wu Changkong's life, Yingfeng chose to take Long Bing away, leaving him with only one sentence.
"When you one day leave Shrek and understand the real reason I stopped you from being together, you can see her again. Until then, I will not agree to you two being together."
This was the grudge between the two elders, and also the cause of Wu Changkong leaving Shrek Academy to teach at Eastsea.
Because of the hurried departure back then, the injuries brought by the two Super Douluo had not fully healed. Added to that, Long Bing's departure and the doubt left by Yingfeng Douluo's words created a heart knot, causing him to somewhat neglect his cultivation over the years.
But in his interactions with those simple children, and in his dealings with the Spirit Transmission Tower, he gradually became aware of certain things. Until now, Wu Changkong completely understood why his "father in law" had been so resistant to him and Long Bing being together back then.
Given the relationship between the Dark Department and the Federation, perhaps they had long known that this day would come. Yingfeng was worried that his existence would affect Long Bing.
But while understanding Yingfeng's thoughts and seeing Long Bing again, Wu Changkong had also become estranged from his teacher, Zhuoshi, because of this. His choice to leave Shrek back then now filled him with guilt facing his teacher.
However, Wu Changkong had no regrets.
After all, if he had not left back then, he would not even have the standing to persuade his teacher to leave now.
Seeing Wu Changkong still frowned deeply, Long Bing propped her chin and also felt that her previous suggestion of asking her father for help was not very reliable.
But if even that would not work, what other way was there to make a stubborn old man leave Shrek?
Finally, Long Bing's gaze fell on Wu Changkong. She blinked, and a smile appeared on her face amidst his confused expression.
...
In Mingdu, Long Bing's father, Yingfeng Douluo, received a communication from his daughter. His brow furrowed.
Once she has a lover, she forgets her father.
From the beginning, he should have been more hardhearted, found a way to stuff Long Bing into the Spirit Transmission Tower, and let her experience the feeling of being frozen in the Extreme North. Then it would not be like this now.
An incompetent father.
Thinking this, he still moved his feet and went to find Duoqing Douluo, who had been arranged to stay in a mansion in Mingdu.
He only had this one daughter. What else could he do?
Spoil her.
Besides, compared to how he was back then, completely marinated by Shrek, Wu Changkong had made some progress.
Moreover, Zhuoshi was a Super Douluo and a Sea God Pavilion elder. If they could make him switch sides, it would further reduce Shrek Academy's desire to resist and deal a blow to the confidence of Shrek's die-hards.
Thinking of scenes like "We were about to fight to the death, but why did the elder surrender first?" and "Zhuoshi was captured without a fight before him," the corner of Yingfeng Douluo's normally cold mouth also curled into a slight arc.
Of course, he was simply happy for the Federation's overall situation, with no intention of simultaneously enjoying an old fellow's misfortune.
...
As the time approached the Federation's limits, the military blocked Shrek Academy further expanded.
And a host of experts from the Spirit Transmission Tower and other forces were invited to come. Huo Yuhao was among them.
Then, outside Shrek City, they saw a strange sight.
An elderly man wanted to turn around and go back to Shrek City, annoyed. A young man and woman behind him were trying to persuade him, while another person stood by coldly sarcastic.
"You have already come out. Do you think you can still go back? If you do not accept our good intentions, then go to prison."
Huo Yuhao looked sideways at Wu Changkong behind Zhuoshi.
What was going on here?
Teacher Wu Changkong.
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