Everyone Got What They Wanted

After Lin Yun left, Mu En sat in a wheelchair made from the Golden Tree, his aged face utterly solemn.

"That feeling just now...?" Mu En's eyes were filled with shock, and stormy waves surged through his heart.

When he had met Lin Yun's gaze just now, even his Light Holy Dragon Martial Soul had trembled, making him feel an urge to bow down in worship before Lin Yun!

How was that possible?!

A soul master's ability to withstand a Martial Soul was limited. The more powerful the Martial Soul, the stronger the body required to bear it. The best example was the situation of Yu Xiaogang, the ancestor of their lineage.

Because Yu Xiaogang's body could not withstand his powerful Martial Soul, when he awakened it at the age of six, it mutated in reverse and devolved into Luo Sanpao, which could only fart. Only by borrowing the strength of Flender and Liu Erlong to form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill could he unleash his Martial Soul's true power.

Mu En's Light Holy Dragon Martial Soul had not reached the ultimate realm, but as a dragon Martial Soul, it essentially represented the limit that human soul masters could endure.

Yet in Mu En's perception, Lin Yun's Martial Soul was far more powerful than his own.

How could a human possibly possess such a Martial Soul?

Under that terrifying pressure from a dragon bloodline, his Light Holy Dragon Martial Soul had actually expressed heartfelt submission.

"It seems Shrek has finally welcomed a true little monster." After his shock faded, Mu En suddenly smiled in relief.

As the current master of the Sea God Pavilion, he knew Shrek's predicament better than anyone.

Xuan Zi was unfit for major responsibility, Yan Shaozhe's personality flaws were difficult to remedy, and no one else was suitable to succeed as master of the Sea God Pavilion and shoulder Shrek's burden.

The only two with that potential, Zhang Lexuan and Beibei, had yet to mature. Heaven knew how anxious Mu En had been at the final stage of his life.

Lin Yun's appearance had undoubtedly brought a dazzling ray of light to this old man whose heart belonged to Shrek.

Everyone got what they wanted. Mu En had gained the talented successor he desired, while Lin Yun had successfully infiltrated Shrek's inner circle.

Lin Yun, already cultivating in his dormitory, naturally had no idea that a single meeting had given Shrek's strongest expert a small shock from someone with cheats.

Mu En had not been wrong, either. Under normal circumstances, Lin Yun would not have been able to bear even the weakened Golden Dragon Martial Soul, much less the Golden Dragon King Martial Soul. But he had someone backing him!

At present, he truly could not bear the complete Golden Dragon King, but with the aid of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, bearing the Golden Dragon Martial Soul was not a problem at all.

He had never been like an ordinary human.

During this meeting with Mu En, Lin Yun had successfully left a deep impression on the master of the Sea God Pavilion. Barring any surprises, he would use this as a stepping stone to enter the sights of Shrek's upper echelon.

With Mu En's appreciation for talent, even Yan Shaozhe would likely have to think twice before using any methods against him.

Such as coercion and temptation, subtle brainwashing, and the like.

Though Lin Yun was not afraid of any of that anyway.

Elsewhere.

In the Star Dou Great Forest, Beibei and Tang Ya had originally intended to find Huo Yuhao and lend him a hand. Yet after traveling a long way—and even settling Tang Ya's Soul Ring—they still had not found Huo Yuhao.

Without Huo Yuhao's shared Spiritual Detection, Beibei had not fought that Mandala Snake as effortlessly as in the Original Work, but he still killed it alone without injury in the end.

After all, he was Mu En's direct descendant and a prodigy of Shrek Academy's outer court. Handling a thousand-year soul beast was not a problem for him.

Yet even after Tang Ya absorbed the Soul Ring and they left the Star Dou Great Forest, they still could not find Huo Yuhao. No matter how unwilling Tang Ya was, they could only return.

The Star Dou Great Forest was simply too vast. There was no way two Soul Elders could explore it all, and finding a single Huo Yuhao in its enormous outer region was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

However, while the two were returning, sharp-eyed Beibei happened to spot Huo Yuhao lying unconscious in the grass by the roadside.

After the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used its once-in-a-lifetime teleportation, perhaps through sheer luck, they had landed right beside the road leading to Shrek. And that road just happened to be the one Beibei and Tang Ya were taking back.

After considering various factors, Beibei and Tang Ya ultimately took the unconscious Huo Yuhao with them. Huo Yuhao also woke up that very night.

Recalling what the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had told him before, Huo Yuhao's eyes brimmed with tears. He impatiently released his Martial Soul, and as he looked at that warm, jade-like white Soul Ring, a soaring sense of pride rose in his heart.

I, Huo Yuhao, started out with a Million Year Soul Ring!

And Brother Sky Dream said that I have limitless potential, that I am a genius destined to become a god in the future!

It had to be said that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's words had served Huo Yuhao a hearty bowl of inspirational soup. Young Huo was now brimming with fighting spirit.

Having used its final method to teleport away from the Star Dou Great Forest, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm—already exhausted from merging into Huo Yuhao's body—fell directly into slumber. No matter how Huo Yuhao called out to it, it did not respond.

If not for the Soul Ring on his body, Huo Yuhao would have suspected that it had all been a dream.

Beibei and Tang Ya looked at each other, unable to understand why Huo Yuhao was so excited over his "ten-year Soul Ring." However, they merely assumed he was excited about finally becoming a soul master.

They did not think too deeply about whether Huo Yuhao's white Soul Ring was truly a ten-year Soul Ring.

Afterward, Tang Ya enthusiastically invited Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect, describing the Tang Sect and the "great" "glorious deeds" of the Tang Sect's ancestor, the Sea God.

After hesitating briefly, Huo Yuhao immediately bowed and became her disciple, receiving the beginner's gift pack Tang Ya offered him.

[Shrek Academy Tang Sect Special Admission Slot] *1

[Technique · Mysterious Heaven Skill] *1

[Manual · Mysterious Jade Hand] *1

[Manual · Purple Demon Eye] *1

[Manual · Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon] *1

[Manual · Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track] *1

Huo Yuhao gained an enrollment slot and the Tang Sect's secret arts, while Tang Ya gained a fine adopted son capable of reviving the Tang Sect.

Everyone got what they wanted, times two!

That night, Beibei also exhausted his Soul Power to help Huo Yuhao circulate the Mysterious Heaven Skill for the first time, opening the major circulation meridians needed for the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

As for his weak, blocked meridians...

There was nothing Beibei could do about those. He could only see whether there would be a chance to help Huo Yuhao improve them a little in the future.

And so, Huo Yuhao followed Tang Ya and Beibei to Shrek Academy, entering through the Tang Sect's special admission slot.

Just as Beibei finished registering Huo Yuhao and was about to bring him into Shrek, the student responsible for new student registration mysteriously leaned close to Beibei and whispered, "Senior Brother Beibei, did you know that our academy got a terrifyingly powerful new student yesterday?"

Beibei involuntarily stopped walking, tilting his head in curiosity. "Terrifyingly powerful?"