Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Flender is astonished that Lin Xiao has gained ten Soul Power levels after absorbing two Heaven-Bestowed Soul Rings. Lin Xiao hides that the rings are system rewards and says their appearance is unpredictable.
• Flender assigns the students twenty laps around the village, explaining that physical conditioning is essential for survival, not just a high Soul Power level.
• Ning Rongrong struggles with the run because she is unaccustomed to strenuous exercise and is already tired. Lin Xiao slows down to accompany her and uses Full Attribute Amplification, restoring her energy and helping her catch up with the group.
• Oscar, left far behind, resents that Lin Xiao has not given him the same boost.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Xiao shows leadership and consideration by looking after Ning Rongrong rather than simply running ahead. Flender recognizes his potential as a team leader and asks him to watch the others.
• Ning Rongrong begins confidently but quickly finds the training difficult. With Lin Xiao’s help—and eager to earn his approval—she regains her determination and resolves to keep up.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing offer to help Ning Rongrong, showing solidarity among the girls. They recognize that Lin Xiao’s ability is what enables her to catch up.
• Oscar tries to encourage Ning Rongrong, but she ignores him because she distrusts his lecherous first impression and is more interested in Lin Xiao. He avoids pressing her, wary of Lin Xiao and the academy’s permissive attitude toward fights.
• Flender balances his concern over Lin Xiao’s extraordinary growth with his responsibility to train the rest of the students.

Significant themes

• Physical strength matters alongside Soul Power: Flender’s training emphasizes that a Soul Master needs endurance to survive real danger.
• Support and teamwork: Lin Xiao’s skill enables Ning Rongrong to participate, while the girls’ offers of help reflect mutual care.
• Ambition and attraction: Ning Rongrong’s desire to keep up is strengthened by her admiration for Lin Xiao, while Oscar’s attempts to connect with her fail.

Key plot points and events

• Ning Rongrong completes the twenty-lap run with Lin Xiao’s amplification. Though exhausted, she accepts that she should try running without it next time.
• Lin Xiao explains how synchronizing breathing with precise Soul Power control—especially channeling power into the legs—can reduce fatigue and improve movement. The other students are impressed by his skill.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing ask Lin Xiao to teach them, and he agrees.
• Xiao Wu begins to ask for the same help, but Tang San pulls her back and says teachers are more qualified. His objection comes from jealousy and fear of losing Xiao Wu’s closeness, as well as his hidden plans involving her.
• Xiao Wu is disappointed, and her affection for Tang San drops by three points.
• Flender praises Lin Xiao’s theory and asks him to teach the students, reinforcing Lin Xiao’s standing. Oscar is still running.

Character developments

• Lin Xiao demonstrates exceptional Soul Power control and uses his expertise to build others’ trust and affection, especially Ning Rongrong’s.
• Ning Rongrong shows greater discipline and willingness to improve, while becoming increasingly receptive to Lin Xiao’s guidance.
• Zhu Zhuqing seeks Lin Xiao’s help because she wants to become stronger and change her bleak prospects.
• Tang San grows more possessive and insecure about Xiao Wu’s bond with Lin Xiao; his attempt to control her instead damages their relationship.
• Xiao Wu becomes more attentive to Lin Xiao and more dissatisfied with Tang San’s interference.

Significant themes

• Skill and merit: Lin Xiao’s practical mastery earns respect, even from the headmaster.
• Influence and affection: Lin Xiao’s help strengthens his relationships, while Tang San’s controlling behavior weakens his.
• Rivalry and insecurity: Tang San views Lin Xiao as a threat and fears losing Xiao Wu.
• Agency and survival: Zhu Zhuqing seeks strength as a way to escape the fate she fears.

Character interactions

• Lin Xiao calmly explains his training method and agrees to help Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang San interrupts Xiao Wu’s request and dismisses Lin Xiao’s teaching, creating tension between them.
• Flender’s praise publicly validates Lin Xiao’s abilities and makes Tang San’s criticism look misplaced.

Key plot points and events

• After Lin Xiao shares techniques for controlling Soul Power, Flender praises his insight and encourages him to teach the academy’s girls. Lin Xiao agrees, but only intends to help Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• The other boys leave rather than accept guidance from Lin Xiao, whom they see as a rival. Lin Xiao then spends over two hours teaching the girls about mental control, meridians, acupoints, and the precise flow of Soul Power.
• At lunch, the academy’s improved food—arranged by Ning Rongrong’s family—draws the students together. Dai Mubai broods over his defeat by Lin Xiao and grows jealous of his apparent closeness with Zhu Zhuqing. Tang San silently ignores Xiao Wu, hoping she will notice his displeasure, but Lin Xiao seats her with her back to Tang San, foiling the gesture.
• With the afternoon free, Lin Xiao sets out for Suotuo City to register at Spirit Hall and seek bounty missions. Ning Rongrong joins him, partly hoping to continue learning from him.
• Near the city, Tang Hao confronts them in the woods, warning Lin Xiao not to pursue certain people. He reveals himself as a Titled Douluo wielding the Clear Sky Hammer, with nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Ring. Lin Xiao steps in front of the frightened Ning Rongrong and identifies him as the Clear Sky Douluo. More than a dozen figures then appear beside them.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Xiao emerges as both a gifted instructor and a socially perceptive tactician. He supports the girls, notices Tang San’s passive-aggressive behavior, and protects Ning Rongrong when Tang Hao’s power becomes apparent.
• Flender increasingly favors Lin Xiao, believing his talent could bring fame and future students to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong eagerly seeks Lin Xiao’s company and instruction, and the two leave the academy together.
• Xiao Wu listens closely to Lin Xiao’s lesson, while Tang San’s attempt to provoke her through silence fails.
• Dai Mubai remains humiliated by Lin Xiao’s victory and jealous of his connection with Zhu Zhuqing; his possessiveness is evident in his belief that their engagement determines her future.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun feel threatened by Lin Xiao’s popularity and leave rather than accept his help.
• Tang Hao enters the story as a powerful and ominous presence, directly challenging Lin Xiao.

Significant themes

• Pride and rivalry: The boys refuse useful instruction because accepting it would mean acknowledging Lin Xiao’s superiority.
• Power, status, and entitlement: Dai Mubai treats Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement as ownership, while Lin Xiao’s strength unsettles the academy’s social hierarchy.
• Perception and manipulation: Lin Xiao recognizes and quietly disrupts Tang San’s attempt to make Xiao Wu feel guilty.
• Mentorship and ambition: Lin Xiao’s teaching and plans to take bounty missions show his drive to improve and help selected classmates.
• Escalating danger: The lighthearted academy rivalries give way to the serious threat posed by Tang Hao’s sudden confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Hao confronts Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong, saying he has come to warn Lin Xiao to stay away from Xiao Wu. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Path Guardians arrive and shield the two, refusing to abandon Lin Xiao.
• Lin Xiao asks the Guardians to take Ning Rongrong to safety, but they choose to remain and hear Tang Hao’s warning instead.
• When Lin Xiao refuses to let Tang Hao dictate whom he may befriend, Tang Hao attacks him. Lin Xiao activates Invincible Golden Body, whose barrier withstands the Titled Douluo’s strike and knocks him back.
• The Guardians surround Lin Xiao and alert their sect for help. Lin Xiao expands the barrier to protect them all, then warns Tang Hao that Spirit Hall forces from nearby Suotuo City may arrive. His enhanced skill should keep them safe long enough.

Character developments

• Lin Xiao remains defiant and composed despite facing a vastly stronger opponent. He protects Ning Rongrong and the Guardians, and uses his unusual defensive ability to turn the confrontation into a standoff.
• Tang Hao reveals that he is willing to use threats and violence to control Lin Xiao’s association with Xiao Wu. Frustrated by the Guardians’ interference and Lin Xiao’s resistance, he escalates from warning to attempted assault.
• Ning Rongrong is alarmed when Lin Xiao tells the Guardians to take her away, while the Path Guardians demonstrate loyalty and courage by standing their ground for both children.

Significant themes

• Protection and responsibility: Lin Xiao puts others’ safety ahead of his own, while the Guardians uphold their duty despite the danger.
• Power versus principle: Tang Hao’s overwhelming strength is challenged by the Guardians’ resolve and Lin Xiao’s extraordinary defense.
• Control and autonomy: Lin Xiao rejects Tang Hao’s attempt to dictate his friendships and choices.

Character interactions

• The Path Guardians respectfully but firmly challenge Tang Hao, balancing their fear of his power with their duty to Ning Rongrong and Lin Xiao.
• Lin Xiao’s refusal to submit provokes Tang Hao into attacking; his successful defense then forces Tang Hao to reconsider the cost of continuing.
• Lin Xiao’s warning about Spirit Hall gives the Guardians hope that outside help may arrive before his protective barrier fails.

Lin Xiao used his enhanced Invincible Golden Body to force Tang Hao to retreat, then discovered Tang Hao was still watching from the woods and protecting the group remained essential. He decided to report Tang Hao to Spirit Hall and use its investigation to drive him away.

• Lin Xiao told Tang Hao his Invincible Golden Body could be recast without a cooldown, and threatened to wait for Spirit Hall's experts to arrive.
• Tang Hao put away his Clear Sky Hammer and withdrew into the grove to avoid being identified and caught by Spirit Hall or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Xiao recast Invincible Golden Body after Tang Hao left, and a Path Guardian spotted Tang Hao watching them from about a kilometer away.
• Lin Xiao reassured Ning Rongrong and the Path Guardians that he could keep protecting them, then led them toward Suotuo City.
• Lin Xiao proposed reporting Tang Hao to Spirit Hall and asking it to investigate why he had appeared nearby.

Lin Xiao accepted a system mission to report Tang Hao and learned that its rewards could help conceal Xiao Wu and reveal the truth about Ah Yin’s past. He reported Tang Hao to Spirit Hall in Suotuo City, where Bishop Tu Ling confirmed the report and discovered Lin Xiao was a twelve-year-old rank-thirty Soul Master.

• The system issued Lin Xiao a mission to report Tang Hao and explained the Phantom God's Heart and the Blue Silver Emperor World Memory Fragment.
• After arriving in Suotuo City, Lin Xiao declined Ning Rongrong’s invitation to the Seven Treasure Restaurant and went to Spirit Hall to report Tang Hao.
• Lin Xiao told Bishop Tu Ling that Tang Hao had appeared outside the city and described the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Path Guardians as witnesses.
• Bishop Tu Ling sent people to verify Lin Xiao’s account, then ordered an investigation and increased patrols near Suotuo City and Shrek.
• Lin Xiao registered to take bounty missions, and Bishop Tu Ling was astonished to learn he was twelve years old and rank thirty.

Lin Xiao proved his level thirty soul power, accepted Spirit Hall's support without agreeing to join, and claimed several bounty tasks. He left for the Seven Treasure Hotel, expecting Sword Douluo to have arrived in Sotuor City.

• Bishop Tu Ling tested Lin Xiao's soul power, confirmed it was level thirty, and invited him to join Spirit Hall Academy.
• Lin Xiao declined to change from Shrek Academy, but accepted a gold soul card worth one million gold soul coins and agreed to consider Spirit Hall after graduation.
• Bishop Tu Ling registered Lin Xiao and gave him a card for claiming and settling bounty tasks.
• Lin Xiao claimed investigations into Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, along with a task for Man Faced Demon Spider parts that could let him intercept Tang San's future encounter.
• Lin Xiao left the Bounty Hall and headed to the Seven Treasure Hotel, where he expected Sword Douluo to be waiting; the system prompt sounded as he reached the entrance.

After completing the mission to report Tang Hao, Lin Xiao received a Phantom God's Heart and an Ah Yin memory fragment, then met Sword Douluo at the Seven Treasure Hotel. He revealed his Four Swords of Zhu Xian, leaving Sword Douluo stunned by the martial soul’s presence.

• The system rewarded Lin Xiao with the Phantom God's Heart and a World Memory Fragment about Ah Yin, which revealed Tang Hao’s plot against her.
• Lin Xiao learned that memory fragments for other people, including Tang San, might also be available through future missions.
• At the Seven Treasure Hotel, Sword Douluo thanked Lin Xiao for protecting Ning Rongrong and declared that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would settle accounts with Tang Hao.
• Sword Douluo questioned Lin Xiao about his sword martial soul and self-created soul skills, and Lin Xiao said his martial soul was the Four Swords of Zhu Xian.
• Lin Xiao summoned all four swords, causing Sword Douluo’s pupils to contract and his Seven Kill Sword to tremble.

Sword Douluo offered to take Lin Xiao as his disciple, but Lin Xiao declined and returned toward Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong. After learning Tang Hao had tried to silence them, Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would retaliate against the Clear Sky Sect before demanding an explanation.

• Sword Douluo praised Lin Xiao’s Four Swords of Zhu Xian and offered to make him his disciple, but Lin Xiao declined, saying he would follow his own path.
• Sword Douluo told Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong that Tang Hao would not dare approach Suotuo City soon and said he would remain there to protect them.
• Lin Xiao returned toward Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong, intending to join Zhao Wuji’s team for the Man Faced Demon Spider mission and prevent Tang San from obtaining a soul ring or external soul bone.
• Sword Douluo sent a letter to Seven Treasure City, where Ning Fengzhi read his account of Tang Hao’s attempt to kill Ning Rongrong and became furious.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Bone Douluo from immediately confronting the Clear Sky Sect and ordered him to investigate Tang Hao’s connections, seize the sect’s businesses, and kill some of its disciples.

Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu that Tang Hao, a Titled Douluo connected to Tang San, had confronted her and Lin Xiao, prompting Xiao Wu to fear her identity had been discovered. Lin Xiao led Xiao Wu somewhere secluded and offered her the Phantom God's Heart, which could conceal her soul-beast aura.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered Bone Douluo to investigate Lin Xiao and consider investing in him, while suspecting Tang San was Tang Hao's son.
• Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek Academy, where Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu about Tang Hao's confrontation and his connection to Tang San.
• Xiao Wu realized Tang Hao might be Tang San's father and worried that he had discovered she was a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast.
• Lin Xiao asked Ning Rongrong to leave, took Xiao Wu to a secluded place, and offered her the Phantom God's Heart to hide her identity.
• Xiao Wu recoiled and watched Lin Xiao warily after he explained what the item could do.

Lin Xiao told Xiao Wu that she was a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast and gave her the Phantom God's Heart to hide her aura. He claimed to come from the future and warned that Tang Hao and Tang San planned to make her sacrifice herself, then revealed that Tang San was a transmigrator from another world.

• Lin Xiao revealed that he knew Xiao Wu's identity and gave her the Phantom God's Heart, assuring her that it would conceal her soul beast aura.
• Xiao Wu questioned Lin Xiao about Tang Hao and why he had not killed her, and Lin Xiao claimed he had traveled from the future to prevent Tang San from destroying Spirit Hall and harming commoner soul masters.
• Lin Xiao said Tang Hao had planned for Tang San to obtain Xiao Wu's soul ring and soul bone through her willing sacrifice, as Tang Hao had once arranged with the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Lin Xiao warned that Tang San already knew Xiao Wu's identity and urged her to test him by asking about Tang Hao.
• Lin Xiao revealed that Tang San was a transmigrator from another plane and that his Tang Sect techniques and hidden weapons came from that world.

Lin Xiao revealed Tang San and Tang Hao’s schemes to Xiao Wu and used a memory fragment about the Blue Silver Emperor to convince her. Xiao Wu’s favorability toward Tang San plunged into negative territory, and Lin Xiao urged her to conceal that she knew the truth while using the Phantom God's Heart to protect herself.

• Lin Xiao explained that Tang San’s unusual skills and knowledge suggested his soul came from another plane, and Xiao Wu recalled the mysteries surrounding him.
• Xiao Wu asked about the Blue Silver Emperor, so Lin Xiao used a World Memory Fragment to show her Ah Yin’s past.
• Xiao Wu learned that Tang Hao had deliberately led Ah Yin into danger, and she concluded that Tang Hao and Tang San had been plotting against her as well.
• Xiao Wu’s favorability toward Tang San fell to -20 after she accepted Lin Xiao’s explanation.
• Lin Xiao told Xiao Wu to hide that she knew the truth and explained that the Phantom God's Heart could conceal her identity and strengthen her spiritual power.

After telling Xiao Wu the truth about her fate, Lin Xiao helped her secure the Phantom God's Heart and received a thirty-thousand-year soul ring and the growth-type External Soul Bone Wind-Thunder Twin Wings. Xiao Wu returned to the dormitory resolved to protect Lin Xiao's identity, while Tang San grew jealous and planned to challenge him; Lin Xiao began absorbing the wings.

• Lin Xiao saw Xiao Wu's favorability rise by ten after he revealed the truth about her fate.
• Xiao Wu bound the Phantom God's Heart, gained protection that concealed her soul beast identity, and promised not to reveal Lin Xiao's identity.
• Tang San saw Xiao Wu return with Lin Xiao, grew jealous, and resolved to craft Hidden Weapons and challenge him.
• Lin Xiao received his mission rewards: a thirty-thousand-year soul ring, an External Soul Bone, and a World Memory Fragment (Xiao Wu Version).
• Lin Xiao took out the growth-type Wind-Thunder Twin Wings and began absorbing them.

Lin Xiao absorbed the Wind-Thunder Twin Wings and kept his third Soul Ring in reserve, then joined the others at Shrek Academy. Xiao Wu's changed attitude toward Tang San left him bewildered, while Oscar's breakthrough prompted Zhao Wuji to announce a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Lin Xiao absorbed the Wind-Thunder Twin Wings, tested his flight, and decided to save his third Soul Ring for a dramatic moment.
• Ning Rongrong took Lin Xiao to breakfast and then to the playground, where Dai Mubai glared at him and Zhu Zhuqing greeted them.
• Xiao Wu arrived and kept her distance from Tang San, refusing the carrots he offered and saying she had already eaten.
• Tang San wondered what had changed Xiao Wu's attitude, while Lin Xiao believed she could not pretend to act as before.
• Oscar announced that he had reached level thirty, so Zhao Wuji prepared to take the students to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Soul Ring.

Lin Xiao tried to win Zhu Zhuqing’s favor by showing her care and friendship, and her appreciation for his kindness made her reconsider leaving Shrek. The chapter ended with Tang San waiting outside Xiao Wu’s dormitory as she came out.

• Oscar resolved to keep trying to win Ning Rongrong’s affection, despite feeling inferior to Lin Xiao.
• Lin Xiao asked Zhu Zhuqing about her clothes and gave Ning Rongrong Gold Soul Coins to take Zhu Zhuqing shopping.
• Zhu Zhuqing was moved by Lin Xiao’s offer of help, and her favorability toward him rose to thirty.
• Lin Xiao realized that Zhu Zhuqing needed care and friendship, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to let Ning Rongrong take her shopping.
• Tang San blocked Xiao Wu outside her dormitory, while Xiao Wu suppressed her urge to attack him to protect Lin Xiao.

Xiao Wu confirmed that Tang San knew she was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and had been deceiving her, so she resolved to seek Lin Xiao’s help against Tang San and Tang Hao. As the group prepared to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest, Ning Rongrong arranged for Lin Xiao to ride with the girls.

• Xiao Wu claimed she missed her mother when Tang San questioned her mood, then asked for his father's name.
• Tang San concealed his father's identity and gave Xiao Wu the name Tang Hao, while privately planning to get Lin Xiao out of Shrek Academy.
• After Tang San walked away, Xiao Wu realized her test had confirmed his connection to Tang Hao and resolved to make Lin Xiao her ally.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhao Wuji that she had arranged comfortable carriages for the group's journey.
• Ning Rongrong suggested that Lin Xiao ride in the girls' carriage, prompting jealousy from the other boys, and Zhao Wuji agreed.

Ning Rongrong insisted that Lin Xiao ride with her, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, provoking Dai Mubai and Tang San. Zhao Wuji ended the argument by enforcing Ning Rongrong’s seating arrangement, while Lin Xiao worried that the rival group might scheme against him during their journey to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ning Rongrong assigned Lin Xiao to her carriage, but Dai Mubai and Tang San objected because they wanted him separated from the girls.
• Ning Rongrong defended her choice by praising Lin Xiao’s strength and looks, then revealed Dai Mubai’s identity as the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang San considered using Dai Mubai’s identity against Lin Xiao, while Lin Xiao anticipated that Tang San and Dai Mubai might join forces against him.
• Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to board according to Ning Rongrong’s arrangement, sending Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to another carriage.
• Xiao Wu admired the luxurious carriage and joked with Ning Rongrong about buying carrots, while Lin Xiao remained wary of the rival group’s schemes.

Lin Xiao and the girls traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest while Dai Mubai grew jealous of Lin Xiao’s closeness with Zhu Zhuqing and plotted to kill him. The group camped for the night, where Zhu Zhuqing brought Lin Xiao food and water, intensifying Dai Mubai’s anger.

• Xiao Wu asked Lin Xiao about his third heaven-bestowed soul ring, and he told her it might appear soon while keeping its existence secret.
• Lin Xiao urged Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to stay close to him in the Star Dou Great Forest so he could protect them.
• Dai Mubai grew furious as he heard the girls laughing with Lin Xiao and privately resolved to hire stronger soul masters or use his family’s influence to kill him.
• Zhao Wuji arranged the camp and assigned Lin Xiao and Ma Hongjun to the first watch, with Tang San and Dai Mubai taking the second.
• Zhu Zhuqing brought Lin Xiao dry rations and water, and Dai Mubai saw them and left for his tent in a rage.

Lin Xiao kept watch over the camp and used his Sword Immortal Clone to uncover Tang San and Dai Mubai’s plan to lure a ten-thousand-year Dark Cloud Leopard to his tent. After the leopard began chasing Tang San toward camp, Lin Xiao prepared to turn the ambush to his advantage.

• Lin Xiao summoned Sword Immortal Clones to patrol the woods and secretly monitor Tang San while Ma Hongjun stayed on watch.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai took the second watch, and Lin Xiao noticed they had been awake in their tent before the shift change.
• Dai Mubai scattered white powder around Lin Xiao’s tent while Tang San went into the woods to find a Dark Cloud Leopard.
• Tang San stabbed the ten-thousand-year Dark Cloud Leopard and exposed it to white powder, provoking it to chase him toward camp.
• Lin Xiao watched through his clone’s vision, realized Tang San meant for the leopard to attack his tent, and decided to use the situation to his advantage.

Tang San and Dai Mubai lured a Dark Cloud Leopard toward Lin Xiao’s tent, but Lin Xiao killed the ten-thousand-year soul beast with one sword strike. Zhao Wuji found baiting powder near Lin Xiao’s tent and on the leopard, suspected Tang San and Dai Mubai, and left the matter unresolved for lack of proof.

• Tang San led the Dark Cloud Leopard to camp and hid with Dai Mubai, expecting it to attack Lin Xiao.
• Lin Xiao sensed danger, burst from his tent, and killed the Dark Cloud Leopard with a single sword strike.
• Zhao Wuji discovered the leopard’s ten-thousand-year soul ring and questioned Tang San and Dai Mubai about their patrol.
• Lin Xiao pointed out unfamiliar powder by his tent, and Zhao Wuji found matching powder on the leopard and concluded someone had lured it there.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai denied involvement, while Xiao Wu recognized the powder as similar to what Tang San carried.
• Lin Xiao asked Zhao Wuji to leave the matter aside for now, though Zhao Wuji remained suspicious of Tang San and Dai Mubai.