Ma Hongjun Is Pretty Normal

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Watching Zhou Qing and the others board the carriage and, driven by the postman, leave the post station and depart through the North Gate, Flender sighed.

"Teacher, now that we've given up the carriage, how do we get to the Extreme South Volcano?"

Ma Hongjun asked, "Are we going to hunt Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest?"

"Of course, we'll try our luck at the other three stations. If all else fails, I'll take you two to the next city and we'll go check it out there."

Flender sighed, "That kid is right. With the autumn air crisp and the winter approaching, merchants will be coming and going in the city more and more frequently before the end of the year. It won't be easy to rent a carriage... If you two were a bit older and about the same size as those two kids, I wouldn't even need to come here. I could just let you run there!"

Running there?!

Oscar and Ma Hongjun looked at each other, their bodies trembling involuntarily—that would definitely be exhausting!

"Flender!"

At this moment, Yu Xiaogang arrived at the North City Post Station and saw Flender and the others. Seeing that they had not yet set off, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xiaogang, what brings you here?"

Flender hurried to meet him.

"I've thought about it for a while, and I'll go with you anyway, and also impart some knowledge to my disciples."

Yu Xiaogang has already accepted Oscar as his disciple.

At the Nuoding Academy, he gained a profound understanding of the "mercenary" nature of commoner children from Zhou Qing and others. Therefore, after taking Oscar, a disciple with Innate Full Soul Power, he wanted to get as close to him as possible.

Hello, teacher.

Oscar actually had some resistance to Yu Xiaogang.

It wasn't that he felt Yu Xiaogang was unworthy of his reputation, but rather that Yu Xiaogang had been a little too enthusiastic towards him, to the point that the precocious Yu Xiaogang began to suspect that Yu Xiaogang's sexual orientation was somewhat abnormal.

However, Yu Xiaogang was a close friend of Dean Flender and was highly praised by him. As a result, Oscar had no choice but to become Yu Xiaogang's disciple.

However, after spending some time with Yu Xiaogang, Oscar discovered that apart from being a bit too "intimate" with him, as if he had a problem with his sexual orientation, this person was actually quite knowledgeable and knew a lot about Soul Beast and Martial Soul. Therefore, he reluctantly accepted this teacher.

"Um."

Yu Xiaogang forced a smile for Oscar, then said to Flender, "Let's go, let's set off."

"I'm afraid that won't work. The last carriage at the North City post station was driven away first," Flender shook his head and sighed. "I originally planned to take these two children to the nearby city lord's residence to take a look, but now..."

If Yu Xiaogang is included, they will have to walk out of the city.

Yu Xiaogang frowned. He hadn't expected the city's post stations to be so busy during the transition from autumn to winter, making it so difficult to even find an available carriage.

"Let's walk then." After thinking for a moment, Yu Xiaogang finalized the plan. "Perfect timing, children's bodies are in the developmental stage, and more exercise is a good thing."

"Isn't this a bad idea?"

Although Flender believed in Yu Xiaogang, Oscar was only eight years old, and Ma Hongjun was even younger, only six years old. Was long-distance running suitable for them?

"Flender, you have to believe me!"

Yu Xiaogang was somewhat dissatisfied, "Although they are children, they are also Soul Master or Quasi-Soul Master, which is different from ordinary children; moreover, I have the medicinal bath recipe of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Before my Martial Soul awakened, I began to undergo the purification of the medicinal bath. If it weren't for my Martial Soul Mutation..."

At this point, Yu Xiaogang's face was full of resentment.

Flender quickly added, "Xiao Gang, let's not talk about that. Let's do it your way."

"Don't worry, Flender, I will definitely make sure your disciple truly catches up with the disciples of the Upper Three Sects."

Yu Xiaogang confidently Proving the Dao, "There's a huge difference between Commoner Soul Master and sect disciples. Oscar and Ma Hongjun have extremely good talents, and in terms of Innate Soul Power, they are even better than most sect disciples, but their physical foundation is too poor!"

"Not only do disciples of sects have Soul Beast with every meal, but they also receive medicinal baths, which is enough to widen the gap between them and commoner disciples!"

"If they want to catch up, we have to use drastic measures! Children's bodies recover much faster than adults', not to mention they are still developing! It is precisely because they are developing that they have the potential to make up for this gap!"

Flender gritted his teeth and decided to trust Yu Xiaogang. He prepared to lead Oscar and Ma Hongjun to a nearby city so that they could better absorb the medicinal effects when they received the medicinal bath later, thus allowing the two to catch up with the disciples of those major sects.

After all, he himself understood the gap between ordinary commoners and those from sects. If he didn't take drastic measures, he might really not be able to catch up with the sect disciples.

"Good!"

Flender shouted to the two children, "Oscar, Ma Hongjun, set off immediately and walk to the next city!"

"Ah?"

Oscar complained bitterly.

"No way?"

Ma Hongjun was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.

How could someone so fat possibly run?

"No pain, no gain!"

Yu Xiaogang said earnestly, "Also, Hongjun, although I am not your real teacher, I am your teacher's close friend. Take this opportunity to lose some weight. The real Soul Master World is much more dangerous and cruel than the academy. Since your Martial Soul has a tendency to mutate in the direction of a phoenix, then force yourself to make your figure worthy of the name of a phoenix!"

"Xiao Gang is right," Flender agreed. "You're so fat, even if your Martial Soul is really a phoenix, people will still laugh at you for looking like Grass Chicken."

"I'm not Grass Chicken!"

Even if Flender dared to call him Grass Chicken, Ma Hongjun felt a surge of anger for no reason, and even a Sisi purple flame appeared between his clenched fists.

"Good, that's the spirit you need." Flender wasn't angry at all; instead, he laughed heartily. "Then run! Get rid of that fat on you!"

In a fit of pride, Ma Hongjun was the first to run out of the city gate.

Oscar had no choice but to glance at Yu Xiaogang, whose face was serious, and could only follow behind Ma Hongjun.

Flender and Yu Xiaogang followed closely behind.

"Xiao Gang, what do you think of Hongjun's 'Evil Fire'? Ever since he awakened his Martial Soul, he has been tormented by Evil Fire and needs to find a woman to have sex with to release it. Otherwise, his temper will become more and more irritable and he will be unable to control himself." Flender was worried about this matter.

"That purple, viscous, corrosive Evil Fire is the root of his Martial Soul Mutation, and also his advantage. Releasing it would be a waste," Yu Xiaogang said confidently. "I think you've also guessed that the Evil Fire is the key to his Martial Soul truly transforming into a phoenix!"

"But if he doesn't vent his anger, his temper..."

"That's not a problem at all. Just focus on self-cultivation in the future, and that will be enough."

In Yu Xiaogang's view, although Martial Soul have a certain influence on a person's personality, they will never dominate. Ma Hongjun's current situation of being irritable and furious when he doesn't vent his anger is entirely due to his young age, poor self-control, and lack of self-control.

When you get older and understand more about right and wrong, even if you still have a fiery temper, it won't be too serious.

Moreover, Soul Master whose Martial Soul is fire-attribute are often easily angered.

Therefore, in Yu Xiaogang's view, Ma Hongjun's current situation is actually quite normal... If problems arise in the future, he can find more information and prescribe the right remedy.