Chapter 497: Eve of the Beast Tide
Shrek City, Shrek Academy.
The news that the Sun Moon Empire had announced friendly relations with the Star Luo and Tianhun empires had completely spread throughout Shrek City, and those students originally hailing from the Douluo Three Kingdoms instantly felt the hidden burden pressing down upon their shoulders lift away.
They would eventually return to their motherlands after leaving Shrek Academy, and as soul masters, they would inevitably step onto the battlefield whenever their homelands needed them. At least for the foreseeable few decades, no war would break out, and these youngsters, mostly underage, merely felt a surge of joy. For a time, quite a few students in Shrek City were seen pairing up to celebrate and go out for leisure.
Yet this wave of revelry came and went quickly. After experiencing a brief respite, the young Shrek students soon plunged back into their busy cultivation and studies.
Regardless of whether there was a war, they still had to strive in their cultivation for the sake of their own futures. With no battles between nations, the families or sects they belonged to would forever face rivalry and struggle.
Only after returning from their studies with greater talent and strength could they command higher positions within their families or sects, and only then could the factions nurturing them avoid being eliminated in the competition against other forces.
Contradictions never vanished, and struggles always existed. Even without looking to such a distant future, if only to pass the academy's rigorous examinations, they did not dare slack off too much.
Compared to these proud sons and daughters of heaven, the commoners in Shrek City had it much easier, beginning to point fingers at the continent's situation in the streets and alleys after finishing their meals.
Especially