In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

Cai Yue'er's popularity within the Sea God Pavilion circle was appalling.

It wasn't that these people disliked Cai Yue'er's willful and capricious personality, but rather... Cai Yue'er often used her power to cause them trouble within the rules.

Take Feng Wuyu for example. Once, a distant cousin of his came to stay with him with her son. The little nephew's talent was average, but he had decent forging skills. If he were to enroll through the regular channels, the probability of him being rejected would be nearly 50%.

As the president of the Shrek Academy Blacksmith Association, Feng Wuyu naturally wouldn't refuse his cousin's small request, so he recommended his nephew to Cai Yue'er, hoping to use insider channels to get his nephew admitted.

But Cai Yue'er unexpectedly refused him, insisting that his nephew enroll in school through the proper channels.

Feng Wuyu thought it was just a formality, so he agreed to Cai Yue'er's request.

Who knew... during the entrance exam, his little nephew was used as a typical example by Cai Yue'er, who said things like... "Shrek Academy is absolutely fair, it's not a place you can get in by using connections."

Feng Wuyu completely lost face in front of his cousin.

I don't know how many times he cursed Cai Yue'er in private.

At this point, Shrek Academy is said to be absolutely fair, but when it comes to your enforcement, Cai Yue'er, you completely disregard Shrek Academy's rules and make arbitrary judgments.

If the students are dissatisfied, Cai Yue'er will say things like "big country, small country" and "there is no absolute fairness in this world".

If they still weren't convinced, Cai Yue'er would simply reveal her nine all-powerful soul rings and use her power to intimidate them!

How can someone be so hypocritical?

If Cai Yue'er weren't a favorite of Long Yeyue, the Douluo of Light and Darkness, she would have been beaten to death in just a few days, given her behavior.

After this incident, the entire Sea God Pavilion saw through Cai Yue'er's character, and very few people sent their younger generation to study in the outer academy.

And so, Jiang Yuying, Zhuoshi, and Feng Wuyu watched helplessly as the three Super Douluo beat Cai Yue'er up, without even intervening when the two were moving equipment inside the house.

The two burly men left.

Cai Yue'er remained motionless on the ground, not even removing the burlap sack from her face.

Jiang Yuying and the other two didn't even look at it. They only informed Cai Yue'er's confidants out of humanitarian concern before returning to their respective rooms to rest.

In the evening, Cai Yue'er summoned Jiang Yuying, Zhuoshi, and Feng Wuyu to a large meeting under the pretext of conveying the orders of the Sea God Pavilion Master.

Snapped!

Cai Yue'er slammed her hand on the table, pointed at Jiang Yuying's nose, and roared, "Speak! Why did you lead those two people seeking revenge to my room? Have you already betrayed the Sea God Pavilion?"

"What? I betrayed the Sea God Pavilion?" Jiang Yuying scoffed. "My Jiang family's ancestor was Gu Qingbo from the original Shrek Seven Devils era... a member of the Tianshui Girl Group. To this day, our family has been loyal to the Sea God Pavilion for twenty thousand years. You're saying I, Jiang Yuying, betrayed the Sea God Pavilion? Are you kidding me?"

Cai Yue'er retorted defiantly, "So what? The Silver Moon Family shares the fate of the nation, and I, Cai Yue'er, also left the Sun Moon Federation to join the Sea God Pavilion. Hmph, your reason doesn't hold water with me. Tell me! Why did you lead those two revenge-seeking people to my room? Just the charge of colluding with foreign enemies and persecuting the Dean of the Outer Court of Shrek Academy... is enough to make you suffer!"

Jiang Yuying said coldly, "They specifically asked for you by name. I was just showing them the way. If this act of showing them the way can be considered a betrayal of the Sea God Pavilion, then I have nothing to say!"

Cai Yue'er pressed on, "But... according to my investigation, you clearly knew those two people were here to cause trouble, so why did you openly tell them to come to me, and even lower yourself to guide them? How much did they give you in return?"

"This is all the mess you made, Cai Yue'er. Shouldn't I have sent them to find you?"

As she spoke, Jiang Yuying slammed her hand on the table several times. "As the leader of the Shrek Mission, I knew nothing about your plans. All your actions were done on your own. Now that something has gone wrong, shouldn't I be the one letting those troublemakers contact you?"

"Or is it that... in your eyes, Cai Yue'er, only you can do whatever you want, and everyone else is just there to clean up your messes?"

Jiang Yuying was not afraid of Cai Yue'er's questioning at all. Even if the matter escalated to the Sea God Pavilion, she was not afraid. In the end, her series of "failure to save someone in distress" was merely a moral issue. If anyone was to blame, it was Cai Yue'er for being too impulsive.

Silence, deathly silence!

Cai Yue'er then realized that... merely accusing Jiang Yuying on a moral level would hardly result in any substantial punishment for her.

Does this mean... she's going to swallow this insult?

Are you kidding me!

She can't let this beating go unpunished!

Cai Yue'er decided to try a different approach. "Jiang Yuying, you refused to help me this afternoon. Is it because you dislike me because I'm a traitor to the Silver Moon family?"

Jiang Yuying: ? ? ? ? ?

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Turbid world: (￢_￢)

Feng Wuyu: (⊙ω⊙`)

You keep calling someone a traitor, what, Cai Yue'er, do you think being a traitor is something glorious?

Shameless!

Jiang Yuying pursed her lips, looked at the smug Cai Yue'er in front of her, and said with a solemn expression, "Yes, just as you said, I despise you, Cai Yue'er, because I don't like your identity as a traitor. I don't want to see the members of the Sea God Pavilion follow your example and betray the Sea God Pavilion to join the Sun Moon Empire and the Spirit Pagoda!"

"You, you're being insolent!"

Seeing that she couldn't win the argument with Jiang Yuying, Cai Yue'er could no longer control her emotions and brandished the "Nine Yin White Bone Claw" to grab Jiang Yuying's cheek.

Jiang Yuying grabbed Cai Yue'er's wrist expressionlessly and slammed her to the ground.

"For thousands of years, you, Cai Yue'er, are the first direct descendant of the five great families to join the Sea God Pavilion. The Sea God Pavilion has given you a unique position and the favor of the Light and Dark Douluo, setting you up as a benchmark to attract the Sun Moon Empire, the Spirit Pagoda, and even the high-ranking members of those forces that are not friendly to the Sea God Pavilion."

"But that's not a license for you to act recklessly. You can swagger around in Shrek Academy and even make the local elders suffer... It's not because you, Cai Yue'er, are so powerful, it's just that we don't want to pay attention to you."

"If I, Jiang Yuying, were to challenge you to a duel, do you think Senior Guang'an would side with us, the true members of the Sea God Pavilion, or with you, an outsider?"

"In this turbid world, Feng Wuyu, let's go!"

(P.S.: I plan to write two books simultaneously next. One will still be a Douluo Continent II fanfic, and the other will be an original transmigration novel with a strong female protagonist. Original works are hard to get signed, so I might not post them here.) (End of this chapter)