Xuan Zi did not know whether Lu Yi's question had been an offhand remark or the product of careful thought.
Given Lu Yi's age and experience, he guessed it was probably the former.
Either way, it was not a subject worth exploring in depth.
He still instructed Wang Yan to distribute the Inspection Corps' equipment to the Reserve Team: a storage ring that bound itself to its owner with a drop of blood.
Lu Yi and Ning Tian received theirs as usual.
After all, both had earned their places through the formal selection, and Mu En had specifically named Lu Yi as a disciple to watch closely.
One question was not going to get him removed from the Reserve Team.
Even so, the seven Inner Court disciples could not help being surprised.
Xuan Zi had just declared with absolute certainty that anyone who refused to join could return to the Academy. Had he forgotten after only a few words?
The rest of the Reserve Team breathed a sigh of relief. They had genuinely worried that Lu Yi and Ning Tian would be sent back to the Academy.
Once the equipment had been handed out, Ma Xiaotao was assigned to explain their inspection mission.
When they heard that everyone would have to draw blood this time and wipe out a bandit gang called the "Hand of Death," their hearts began to race.
Lu Yi was no exception.
Their destination, the Mingdou Mountain Range, lay far from Shrek. They could not make the entire journey on foot.
Their first stop would therefore be a military camp on the border between Heavenly Soul and the Star Luo Empire. There, Dai Yueheng would borrow Flying Soul Tools so they could fly to a border garrison in the western Star Luo Empire.
Yet even that