Chapter 128. The Light of the Seagod's Pavillion
The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy’s Illustrious Virtue Hall.
This was a spacious great hall, and every decoration was styled with metal, and were mainly pale-gold in color. The ornaments weren’t extravagant, but they were full of tactile qualities. A horizontal inscribed board hung from the top of the great hall’s entrance, and the enormous pale-gold characters had an intimidating feeling about them – Illustrious Virtue Hall.
“Stand up.” There was a person sitting in a chair in the center of the great hall’s inner regions. He looked not more than forty years of age, and he wasn’t tall, yet he was robust. A simpler way of explaining his appearance would be that he was short and plump.
Long hair wasn’t suitable for a person with a short and plump build, but he had a flowing lock of long reddish-brown hair that draped behind his head, and this made his short and thick neck even more obscure.
There was a person prostrate on the ground, and he stood up at this moment as if he had just received great amnesty.
“Please punish me, Hallmaster. I failed to lead the team to success.” This person’s appearance became apparent once he stood up; it was the teacher that had led the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy’s students into the finals. However, his face was overcome with a haze of terror, and it appeared as if he was as frightened as he could possibly be.
The short and plump middle-aged man was actually the Illustrious Virtue Hall’s famous Hallmaster, and that meant he was also Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen’s grandfather. One wouldn’t be able to tell his age purely from his appearance.
“You didn’t do anything wrong. There were many coincidences and unforeseen circumstances that you couldn’t control. Furthermore, you and your students’ takeaways have been relatively fruitful even though a few people perished. As for the Judgment Sword, I will personally visit Shrek Academy, as we can’t let it end up in their hands. The grand competition’s results actually turned out to be disappointing, but I cannot be bothered with defeating Shrek Academy when they are having some internal issues.”
The Hallmaster’s magnanimity and mercy took the teacher in charge by surprise, as the Hallmaster’s temper wasn’t so mellow if memory served. He raised his head and stole a glimpse, and he realized that there was a faint smile on the Hallmaster’s pudgy face, as if he wasn’t furious at all.