Things on Lin Xiu's side had drawn to a close, while a storm was about to descend on the Peerless Tang Sect side.
Shrek Academy had already selected its reserve team for this year's Soul Master Tournament. Just as in the original timeline, nothing had changed.
Only Beibei, the reserve team captain, looked rather grim. For some reason, something seemed wrong with his martial soul, yet Elder Zhuang's examination a few days earlier had found nothing amiss.
His great-great-grandfather had told him that the light sacred dragon martial soul was merely unstable, throwing his body out of balance, and that he would recover in a few days.
Over the past few days, however, he had felt as miserable as ever, puzzled inwardly. Why exactly was this happening?
He felt certain that his physical imbalance was not caused by the Radiant Sacred Dragon's instability. Something had to be missing.
Yet no matter how he speculated or examined his body, soul power, and martial soul, the results showed nothing wrong.
Those results only made him more uneasy. Noticing Beibei's grim expression, Xu Sanshi reached out and patted him. "Don't overthink it. Problems caused by your martial soul's bloodline are normal. It's much the same as my bloodline situation."
Beibei nodded at Xu Sanshi's encouragement. He, too, hoped that was all it was.
Xuan Zi appeared with the Official Team members. Only after taking a swig of wine did he begin explaining their itinerary: first, they would hunt down the evil soul master who had recently been running rampant in the Ming Dou Mountains, then head to the Star Dou Empire for the Soul Master Tournament.
Reserve Team and Official Team members alike felt their blood boil with excitement after hearing Xuan Zi explain the Shrek Inspection Corps' mission!
"Then why waste any