"Do you hate Dragon-Phoenix Hall so much that you can't tolerate them at all, and must destroy them?"
Gu Yuena asked.
She deliberately didn't ask why Shrek wanted to destroy Dragon-Phoenix Hall. Instead she phrased the question this way to prevent Yali from revealing certain truths.
For example, the matter of Dragon-Phoenix Hall abducting Tang Wulin absolutely couldn't be mentioned. If she said that, the lies they had previously told would immediately be exposed.
Yali bit her lip tightly and tried her best to endure, but in the end she couldn't hold back and gave a definite answer.
"Yes."
"Not only did we want to destroy Dragon-Phoenix Hall, we also wanted to destroy the Yun Family behind them and wipe out their entire clan."
"The dignity of Shrek Academy cannot be violated. Since these people dared provoke Shrek, they must pay the price."
Gu Yuena smiled in satisfaction and asked the most crucial question.
"Does the Poison Pill Incident of Dragon-Phoenix Hall have anything to do with Shrek?"
When this question was asked, everyone inside the Sea God Pavilion felt their hearts tighten. People watching the livestream were also waiting for the answer.
Yali bit her lips hard and tried to control herself.
A few seconds later, she still spoke.
"Yes, it does."
"What kind of connection?"
"The person who took the Breakthrough Pill was deliberately arranged by us. After he consumed the pill, we interfered with his cultivation, causing him to make a mistake while cultivating."
"Then we blamed the cultivation failure on Dragon-Phoenix Hall, claiming it was a problem with their pill."
Yali spoke in despair.
As soon as these words came out, many people showed shocked expressions. It was hard to believe that Shrek Academy would do something like this.
Some people immediately believed it, while others remained skeptical, feeling that it was impossible.
Yu Guanzhi, Gu Ming, and the others all appeared thoughtful, their expressions strange.
They felt that Yali's words were probably true. But why she was saying all this was something they were extremely curious about.
Hidden in the shadows, Qiangu Dongfeng actually laughed aloud.
The phrase a man refreshed when good things happen perfectly described his current mood.
The livestream comment sections were now filled with doubts. Many people believed this must be slander and that Shrek Academy would never do such a thing.
Members of the Sea God Pavilion were already contacting people to deal with the situation and requesting that the livestream be cut off.
Some livestreams suddenly shut down, but others continued broadcasting, ignoring Shrek's threats.
Among those that remained open, some wanted the popularity and attention, while others had been arranged by Xu Lin.
"How do we know you didn't control the Holy Spirit Douluo and make her say these things?" a soul master shouted.
"Exactly! What if you're deliberately slandering Shrek Academy?" another person echoed.
Among the crowd were supporters of Shrek Academy. They couldn't believe that the Shrek they admired would do such things.
Gu Yuena glanced at the man who spoke and said calmly,
"The pill we gave her only makes people tell the truth."
"It does not control her consciousness. Later we will prove this to everyone."
"But for now I still need to ask questions. It would be best if you stop interrupting."
"Otherwise, I cannot guarantee that you will be able to leave here alive."
Hearing this, the two people were startled and quickly stepped back several paces.
Angry but frightened, they didn't dare say anything more.
Dragon-Phoenix Hall had already killed so many powerful experts. Killing them—soul masters who weren't even titled Douluo—would be effortless.
Yu Guanzhi, Xia Bin, and the others also remained silent, listening quietly.
They could already foresee that Shrek Academy was about to face an enormous crisis.
More precisely, it was a reputation crisis.
The glorious reputation they had spent twenty thousand years building might collapse today.
After silencing the crowd, Gu Yuena continued questioning Yali.
"So Shrek Academy would really do something like this?"
"We gave that person extremely generous compensation," Yali replied.
"It was enough for him to live comfortably for the rest of his life."
"We also promised that regardless of his child's talent, the child could enter Shrek Academy to study, and the academy would focus on nurturing them."
"With such conditions, exchanging it for a cultivation accident was not a loss for him."
"So we didn't feel we were wronging him."
"Where is that person now? Is he still alive?" Gu Yuena asked.
"He's inside Shrek Academy. For now, we haven't killed him."
"For now? So that means you plan to kill him later? After killing him, will you blame Dragon-Phoenix Hall for it?"
Gu Yuena's question was extremely sharp.
"Yes."
"Only dead people can keep secrets. When the time comes, we'll push his death onto Dragon-Phoenix Hall. Then everything will have nothing to do with Shrek."
Yali was in unbearable agony.
Realizing she could no longer continue speaking, she attempted to bite off her tongue to commit suicide.
But Lin Yi stopped her in time.
Lin Yi struck her with a palm, seriously injuring her. Then, following Yun Ze's instructions, he sealed several of her acupoints.
Once the acupoints were sealed, Yali had no strength left at all. She didn't even have the strength to bite her tongue.
"The time when Dragon-Phoenix Hall people tried to find that person but failed, and were ambushed halfway—was that also arranged by Shrek?" Gu Yuena asked.
Yali's voice had grown extremely faint, as if even speaking had become difficult.
"Yes."
"We deliberately set a trap for Dragon-Phoenix Hall, intending to kill the people who came."
"But we didn't expect those two to be so powerful."
"In the end, not only did we fail to assassinate them, but it also led to the death of a Super Douluo."
"What was your purpose in slandering Dragon-Phoenix Hall like this?"
"To retaliate against Dragon-Phoenix Hall."
"To give them the reputation of selling poisonous pills."
"To use government institutions to seize their pill formulas and drive them out of Bright City."
"As long as they left Bright City, we could attack them without any concerns and make them pay in blood."
"The smear campaigns about Dragon-Phoenix Hall on the Star Network were also your doing, right?"
"Yes."
Gu Yuena stopped questioning and looked toward the camera.
"I believe everyone has heard clearly."
"The so-called poisonous pill incident was a scheme designed by Shrek Academy."
"They caused that person's cultivation to go wrong, then deliberately blamed Dragon-Phoenix Hall and spread slander on the Star Network."
"In reality, Dragon-Phoenix Hall's pills have no problems at all. Most of the rumors about Dragon-Phoenix Hall are false."
"Now the truth has come to light."
"I hope that from today onward, the words 'poisonous pills' will no longer be associated with Dragon-Phoenix Hall."
"Since our founding nearly two years ago, Dragon-Phoenix Hall has sold more than ten thousand pills."
"If there truly were problems with the pills, there would not have been only one cultivation accident."
"But apart from that one case, have you heard of any other problems?"
"I think not."
"That alone already explains a great deal."
"I hope everyone will not continue to be misled."
"The quality of Dragon-Phoenix Hall's pills is guaranteed. If there truly is a problem, you are welcome to come to us."
"If the situation is confirmed, we are willing to compensate one hundred times the value."
Many people chose to believe Dragon-Phoenix Hall.
But there were still those who remained doubtful and unwilling to accept this reality.
"I can testify for Dragon-Phoenix Hall."
"The quality of their pills is indeed trustworthy."
Xu Lin spoke up.