[Main Quest Four: Lead Shrek Academy to win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament championship and escape unscathed.]
[Quest Difficulty: Nightmare]
[Quest Reward: Divine-level Soul Tool - Teleportation Talisman.]
At the same time, on the other side, in Spirit City.
Bibi Dong looked with a frosty expression at the Rakshasa God's Eighth Trial that had just appeared before her.
Rakshasa God's Eighth Trial content: Face your inner fear. Within the next six months, "defeat" the unknown divine inheritor Meng Bei in a secret chamber, and imprison him in the chamber for at least one month.
When she saw this trial content, Bibi Dong's entire body trembled, her fists clenching involuntarily.
In the void, the Rakshasa God watched Bibi Dong's current reaction with great interest.
The content of the Eighth Trial had been temporarily modified by the Rakshasa God after seeing Meng Bei.
Because during the previous battle between Meng Bei and Bibi Dong, the domain aura Meng Bei displayed allowed the Rakshasa God to sense a威压 feeling no weaker than that of a deity.
Although this pressure was still very weak, the Rakshasa God could clearly sense its fundamental power.
It was a power from the source of strength itself, dominating all under heaven. Even divine power seemed insignificant in comparison.
The Rakshasa God was extremely interested in this power, but at the same time, she was very wary.
Wary of the unknown existence behind Meng Bei.
Was it a deity?
Or something else?
The Rakshasa God had no way of knowing.
So the Rakshasa God modified the content of the Eighth Trial, having Bibi Dong probe Meng Bei's true situation.
For Bibi Dong, the Rakshasa God's modified Eighth Trial undoubtedly reopened the wound hidden deep in her heart.
A secret chamber...
Perhaps the Rakshasa God was right.
This truly was the fear Bibi Dong couldn't face in her heart.
"Summon the two Elders Ju and Gui..."
Returning to Meng Bei's side.
Another system notification sounded in his mind.
[Ding, side quest triggered!]
[Side Quest: The Rakshasa God's Probe. The Rakshasa God has become interested in your power and decided to probe you. Please overcome your own weakness within the next six months, stay away from dangerous places like secret chambers, and prevent being schemed against!]
[Quest Difficulty: Normal]
[Quest Reward: Heart like clear ice, unmoved even if heaven collapses - obtain the abstinence cultivation method Ice Heart Formula.]
As soon as this quest appeared, Meng Bei, like Bibi Dong, fell into thought.
However, unlike Bibi Dong, Meng Bei's contemplation wasn't self-reflection but rather confusion.
Weakness?
Do I have a weakness?
No!
Meng Bei repeatedly examined himself but truly couldn't find any weakness.
So he went to find Liu Erlong to ask what his weakness was.
At this time, Liu Erlong was wearing strict teacher's attire, conducting special training for Shrek's students. Before Meng Bei arrived, Liu Erlong was completely the image of a stern teacher.
However, after Meng Bei came, Liu Erlong instantly transformed into an infatuated woman.
After arranging for the students to train freely, Liu Erlong's hands somehow quietly slipped into Meng Bei's clothes.
Meng Bei asked Liu Erlong what his weakness was.
Liu Erlong pressed her hands against Meng Bei's firm muscles and answered without hesitation:
"It's all hard, where's any soft spot!"
Hearing this, Meng Bei couldn't help but feel that Liu Erlong made perfect sense.
Several days passed, and soon it was time for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament preliminaries to begin.
The so-called Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament format was very simple.
First, the two great empires would each hold preliminaries and promotion matches, ultimately each determining fifteen victorious teams, then traveling together to Spirit City to participate in the finals.
The final tournament would have a total of thirty-three participating teams: fifteen that advanced from the Heaven Dou Empire, fifteen that advanced from the Star Luo Empire, plus three seeded teams from the three powers.
Thus, this was the entire format of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
Meng Bei's Shrek Academy belonged to the advanced soul master academies within the Heaven Dou Empire's territory, so to advance, they first needed to pass through the preliminaries and promotion matches in Heaven Dou City.
Of course, the so-called preliminaries and promotion matches weren't difficult for the current Shrek Academy. They didn't even need Meng Bei to take action—just his subordinate Tang San alone was enough to sweep through all participating teams.
However, to be cautious, Meng Bei still included himself among the registered members.
It wasn't that he wanted to bully the weak with his strength; he was just afraid Bibi Dong would retaliate.
What if some accident occurred during this period?
So to successfully complete the system quest, Meng Bei shamelessly registered to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament in his capacity as dean.
In the entire history of the Douluo Continent, this was a first.
However, this didn't violate regulations.
Because Meng Bei's age completely met the requirements.
On this point, everyone had nothing to say.
Some academy leaders who registered alongside Meng Bei even showed expressions of despair upon seeing him.
After all, Meng Bei's feats of battling Spirit Hall's Pope Bibi Dong and single-handedly killing the Ghost Leopard Douluo were now known to everyone.
Before the opening ceremony officially began, Meng Bei went to see Grandmaster and Flender, whom he had left aside for many days.
Upon opening the door, Grandmaster and Flender showed two completely different reactions upon seeing Meng Bei.
Flender immediately activated his martial soul, glaring furiously at Meng Bei, ready to attack at the slightest disagreement.
In contrast, Grandmaster was extremely calm and didn't immediately show particularly great hostility toward Meng Bei.
Their reactions were naturally observed by Meng Bei, which made him think more highly of Grandmaster.
Actually, to put it bluntly, Grandmaster deserved his title of Wisdom Corner.
The wisdom here didn't refer to how extensive Grandmaster's knowledge was.
Rather, it meant that Grandmaster himself was sufficiently rational.
This could be demonstrated in many ways.
For example, he could win over the Saintess Bibi Dong, whose status was vastly different from his.
And after obtaining sufficient benefits from Bibi Dong, he could escape unscathed and turn to pursue the equally excellent Liu Erlong.
Even after falling on hard times later, he could still convince Tang San to bow in worship with just a few words.
Throughout this series of operations, Grandmaster paid almost no substantial price.
If Grandmaster's circumstances were replaced with an ordinary person, they might not necessarily do better than him, and might very likely fail at the very first step with Bibi Dong.
And now, even though Meng Bei, who was equivalent to a wife-stealing enemy, stood directly in front of Grandmaster, Grandmaster remained very calm and didn't immediately display much anger.
To Grandmaster, Liu Erlong was very important.
But she wasn't the most important.
After all, if Grandmaster truly loved Liu Erlong to the point of disregarding everything, he wouldn't have fled on their wedding day.
In Grandmaster's eyes, reputation, fame, and others' recognition—these were the most important things to him.
Before these things, Grandmaster could compromise, could give up Bibi Dong, could also give up Liu Erlong, and would even do anything for them.
(End of Chapter)