Our Martial Souls are Both Phoenixes!

Faced with Shui Yuehua's doubt, Lin Xiao said nothing. He merely bent his bow, nocked an arrow, attached Evil Fire to the shaft, and shot it at a large tree.

The tree burst into flames in an instant.

Very quickly, it turned to charcoal.

Shui Yuehua revealed a startled look. "This flame is so hot, and extremely strange too. It's almost sticky. A mutated Martial Soul?"

Only a mutated Martial Soul could be this bizarre.

It possessed all kinds of unusual traits.

Lin Xiao lowered the bow and arrow, then said frankly:

"I don't have a Teacher, nor do I have any Soul Master elders."

"That's exactly how I killed this Fire Cauterizing Bird just now."

Shui Yuehua looked over Lin Xiao's clothing and appearance. He had no Soul Tool on him, and the clothes he wore were relatively cheap commoner garments. He was probably not lying.

"With talent like yours, how could you not have a Teacher?"

The Fire Phoenix Martial Soul was a top-tier Beast Martial Soul.

Just from how powerful Lin Xiao's Evil Fire was, she could tell that his Innate Soul Power level would not be low either. A genius like this would be in high demand no matter where he went.

How had he ended up hunting Spirit Beasts alone?

Lin Xiao sighed and said:

"I'm an orphan. As for why I have no Teacher, it's because my Martial Soul has a flaw. I have to vent the Evil Fire, or I'll suffer Explosion to Death."

"I'm unwilling to vent the Evil Fire, and even less willing to be controlled by the Evil Fire like a wild beast. The only ending waiting for me is death, so of course I was abandoned."

"No one would think of taking a dead man as a disciple, would they?"

Everything Lin Xiao said was true.

But he had also hidden a lot of information, such as things related to the method of resolving the Evil Fire. Lin Xiao did not mention a single word of it.

When Shui Yuehua heard "vent the Evil Fire," a strange expression appeared on her face. Later, when she heard that Lin Xiao was unwilling to accept such a method, she looked at him with some pity and admiration.

"You... really do have a stubborn personality."

She had originally wanted to say Lin Xiao was foolish.

But after thinking about it carefully, a Youth who held fast to his principles like this was far rarer than a genius.

A phoenix was supposed to be noble and pure to begin with. If it lived in a chicken coop, ate chaff, and drank filthy water, what would that even be?

"Water Granny, what does this little brother mean by venting Evil Fire?"

Shui Yuehua hemmed and hawed, unable to answer for a while.

"Will the little brother die?"

Shui Bing'er was only six years old and kindhearted.

She was at precisely the age where she could not bear to see suffering in the world.

Not to mention that Lin Xiao's first impression on her had been very warm.

Shui Bing'er's eyes reddened, and a wave of sadness rose in her heart. She shook Shui Yuehua's arm and pleaded:

"Water Granny, I don't want the little brother to die."

"Can we help him, please?"

Shui Yuehua: "..."

Help?

How were they supposed to help? Was she to help, or was Shui Bing'er to help?

Shui Yuehua sighed and looked at Lin Xiao.

"Fine. I'll protect you. Absorb this Soul Ring first."

"Don't let the Soul Ring dissipate."

"As for anything else, we'll talk after you finish absorbing the Soul Ring."

Lin Xiao cupped his hands toward Shui Yuehua.

"Many thanks, Old Woman."

Lin Xiao then looked at Shui Bing'er. Seeing the little girl's eyes wet and red for the sake of someone she had never met before, he felt somewhat sorry in his heart.

"My name is Lin Xiao. What's yours?"

When Shui Bing'er heard Shui Yuehua say she was willing to help Lin Xiao, the sadness in her heart quickly dispersed, and she gave Lin Xiao a sweet smile.

"Brother Lin Xiao, my name is Shui Bing'er!"

Shui Bing'er?

This was the future captain of the Skywater Team, the girl who possessed the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul?

Shui Bing'er's Martial Soul was the Ice Phoenix, and she had Innate Full Soul Power, so her attribute was definitely Ultimate Ice. It was just that the continent still did not have the concept of an Extreme Attribute right now.

Lin Xiao's expression turned a little strange.

After all, in Douluo 2, when Ma Xiaotao suffered an Evil Fire Outbreak, it was Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice that suppressed the evil fire.

Thinking about it another way, could Shui Bing'er also help him suppress his evil fire?

Shui Bing'er gave a playful smile.

"Brother Lin Xiao, there's something you definitely don't know~"

"Bing'er's Martial Soul is a phoenix too!"

As she spoke, Shui Bing'er summoned her Martial Soul.

At the same time, both Lin Xiao's and Shui Bing'er's hearts trembled, and they involuntarily looked at each other.

The Ice Phoenix and the Fire Phoenix both let out cries.

An extremely intimate connection was faintly established between them.

It was as if they could sense each other's current emotions.

Wasn't this Martial Soul affinity a little absurd?!

Shui Bing'er suddenly withdrew her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, her face flushed red as she lowered her head and stopped speaking.

Lin Xiao, meanwhile, pretended nothing had happened.

He walked straight up to the Fire Cauterizing Bird Soul Ring, sat down cross-legged, and began absorbing the Soul Ring.

Shui Yuehua did not notice anything unusual between the two of them. She only sighed with some emotion, "Bing'er, both of your Martial Souls are phoenixes."

"Come to think of it, you really are fated."

Shui Bing'er's face instantly turned scarlet, and her eyes secretly drifted toward Lin Xiao.

He was sitting quietly cross-legged with his eyes closed, his handsome face calm and composed. His Crimson Maple Color long hair set him off like a valiant knight.

Shui Bing'er muttered, "Water Granny, since Lin Xiao doesn't have anywhere to go anyway, why don't our family take him in..."

Shui Yuehua's expression froze, and she looked slightly troubled.

If it were any other time, finding such a genius while out and about would naturally be something Shui Yuehua could only wish for. She would even have eagerly hoped that he would join the Shui Family.

But...

Lin Xiao himself had said that his Martial Soul was flawed!

If he refused to vent the evil fire, his final outcome would be Explosion to Death.

Shui Bing'er said softly, "Water Granny, you're worried about the flaw in Lin Xiao's Martial Soul, aren't you?"

"His Martial Soul and mine are both phoenixes."

"When we summoned our Martial Souls together just now, he and I briefly established a connection. I sensed that there seemed to be an evil aura on his Martial Soul, and it was extremely violent."

"But my Martial Soul should be able to suppress that aura..."

When Shui Yuehua heard this, she looked at Shui Bing'er in pleasant surprise.

"Bing'er, is what you say true?"

Shui Bing'er nodded.

Shui Yuehua was overjoyed. One had to know that a genius like Lin Xiao, as long as he did not die prematurely, would definitely become a powerful Soul Master in the future.

For the Shui Family, that was of course a good thing.

"Then after he finishes absorbing the Soul Ring, we'll ask for his opinion."

A long while later.

Lin Xiao opened his eyes. There seemed to be flames in the shape of maple leaves within them, making him look exceptionally radiant.

Although his clothes were simple, his bearing was indescribably noble.

After absorbing the Soul Ring, his soul power reached rank 12.

"You're awake? A five-hundred-year Fire Cauterizing Bird, and you actually absorbed your first Soul Ring without any obstruction. It seems your Innate Soul Power and physical strength are both quite high."

"Tell me, what is your first soul skill?"

An aged voice sounded beside his ear.

Lin Xiao stood up and cupped his hands toward Shui Yuehua in thanks.

"Thank you, Old Woman, for protecting me."

Then Lin Xiao raised his hand slightly toward an empty patch of ground.

"First Soul Skill: Phoenix Feather Array."

A Fire Phoenix shot into the sky, and countless Crimson Feathers fell from above like a red meteor shower, completely covering the empty ground before him. Bewitching evil fire burned fiercely, and in an instant, not a blade of grass remained on the ground.

But it was not over yet. Countless Evil Fires seemed to possess life, piercing through and linking together to form Crimson Chains made of Evil Fire, sealing off an entire stretch of space.

A Hundred-Year Groundhog Soul Beast suddenly burrowed out of the earth, trying to escape through a gap in the Evil Fire, but the Evil Fire abruptly "came alive" and joined together to strangle it.

The Evil Fire was eerie and cold; the blazing flames roared.

Even the soil was burned charred black.

And even after all the grass and trees had been burned away, the Evil Fire still did not go out. It only gradually died down after Lin Xiao snapped his fingers.

Lin Xiao felt that his Evil Fire seemed to have grown stronger again.

He truly did not know whether it was a blessing or a curse.