No Wonder Little Changsheng Doesn't Want You as His Master—I'd Do the Same

"This can't go on forever!"

Late at night, Li Changsheng opened his eyes. After withdrawing his power, he looked at the beautiful girl before him and softly asked, "Sister Xiaotao, doesn't your teacher have some permanent solution?"

"No."

Ma Xiaotao shook her head. Rising from the ground, she said softly, "The evil fire in my body originates from my martial soul. For now, it can only be suppressed through external means. As for my ancestor, Ma Hong Jun, I suppose he must have obtained some heavenly treasure."

"That doesn't sound right."

Hearing that, Li Changsheng seemed to think of something. He asked in confusion, "As far as I know, not only did your ancestor Ma Hong Jun resolve the evil fire in his body, but his martial soul evolved as well. In that case, shouldn't his descendants' martial souls have evolved along with it? Why are you still like this?"

To be honest, even now, he had not quite figured out how inheritance worked on Douluo Continent.

"Who knows?"

Ma Xiaotao shrugged and said calmly, "For now, we can only take things one step at a time. Anyway, if anything happens, I'll come find you. You wouldn't be so heartless as to watch me suffer under the evil fire, would you?"

Ma Xiaotao blinked playfully and smiled.

"You've already put it that way. How could I refuse?"

Li Changsheng gave a bitter smile and shook his head helplessly. "If there's nothing else, I'll head back first. I still have to take the freshman assessment tomorrow."

"The freshman assessment?"

Ma Xiaotao was first stunned, then suddenly realized. "Right! How did I forget about that? No wonder there were so many fewer people than usual tonight. So that was why."

"Alright, go back. But I think this so-called freshman assessment won't pose the slightest difficulty for you. After all, your Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda can even withstand attacks from Dai Yueheng and me," Ma Xiaotao said.

"Ah, you can't say that. What if some dark horse shows up halfway through?"

Li Changsheng chuckled. After waving to Ma Xiaotao, he headed toward the dormitories.

Watching Li Changsheng's departing back, Ma Xiaotao propped her chin on her hand, the corners of her lips curling upward slightly. She murmured, "Li Changsheng, I'll remember you! Let's see whether I can make you fall in love with me!"

She had always been an exceptionally proud girl. Combined with her talent and status, even Dai Yueheng, despite being a Soul Emperor like her, was beneath her notice.

She had thought she would spend her entire life suffering beneath the ravages of evil fire. Yet unexpectedly, she had encountered Li Changsheng halfway through—a person capable of suppressing her pain.

Early the next morning, Li Changsheng and Wang Dong arrived at the teaching building.

At that moment, Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao were chattering about something up ahead.

When they saw Wang Dong arrive, the two hurried over to her. "Wang Dong, you came at just the right time. We were discussing tactics just now. Come listen and share your thoughts too!"

"Tactics? Thoughts?"

Wang Dong froze briefly before blurting out, "Can't we just fight our way through? Why do we need tactics?"

"This isn't a match between classes!"

Hearing that, Xiao Xiao rolled her eyes dramatically and suggested, "The other classes will definitely have strong students too. And since the class monitor's Soul Power Level and soul ring configuration are a bit lacking, I think we'd better come up with a proper plan and tactics!"

"Tch, they're all trash. No need for that!"

Wang Dong waved her hand dismissively, looking utterly disdainful.

In her eyes, other than the freak beside her, there was basically no one who could defeat her with absolute certainty.

Not to mention that her second soul ring was a thousand-year ring that others did not even dare dream of obtaining. The quality of the Light Goddess Butterfly and the existence of the Light Demon-Breaking Right Arm Bone were not things just anyone could deal with.

"Wang Dong, if you keep this attitude up, I'll go tell Teacher Zhou to replace you!"

Although Wang Dong was stronger than her, Xiao Xiao was right. The students from other classes were certainly no pushovers either.

So if their team had bad luck and ran into one of them, then with Wang Dong's attitude, there was an eighty percent chance they would lose.

"Go ahead. You'd better tell Teacher Zhou to put me with Li Changsheng instead. That way, I attack and he defends—we'll sweep through every freshman team!"

Wang Dong merely snorted, looking completely unconcerned.

She had never wanted to be on a team with Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao in the first place. If she could use this opportunity to have Zhou Yi arrange for her to be with Li Changsheng instead, that would be even better.

If the two of them joined forces, what team could possibly stand against them?

"You..."

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao did not even know what to say.

"Alright, alright!"

Xiao Xiao tried to smooth things over. "Wang Dong, don't blame the class monitor. He just wants to pass the assessment and earn a good ranking. How about this? Let's all talk about our abilities and martial souls."

"You go ahead. I'll look around and see if I recognize anyone."

Li Changsheng was not interested in Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao's abilities. After saying that, he began looking around.

If he remembered correctly, Jiang Nannan had said she would come today.

But where was she? Had she overslept? Or had her teacher not approved her leave request?

Meanwhile, on the other side, Jiang Nannan, who had been stopped, wore a helpless expression across her stunningly beautiful face.

If she had known it would not begin until the afternoon, she should have waited until after lunch to come.

It was not just Jiang Nannan. Even Ma Xiaotao from the Inner Court was deeply puzzled at that moment.

After finding her teacher, Yan Shaozhe, she asked, "Teacher, what are you thinking? With Little Changsheng's strength, does he even need to take the freshman assessment?"

"It's just a formality. We can't have him do nothing and then declare that he passed the assessment. That wouldn't seem very reasonable," Yan Shaozhe replied.

"Teacher, do you know why Little Changsheng doesn't want you as his master?" Ma Xiaotao asked.

"You know?" Yan Shaozhe asked in return.

"I don't."

Ma Xiaotao shook her head, then said with a serious expression, "But I can be certain that it has something to do with the way you handle things. Take this so-called freshman assessment, for example. With Little Changsheng's talent and strength, he could clearly skip it entirely and even become an Inner Court Disciple directly. But what did you do? You insisted on making him go through some process. Let me ask you: in this freshman assessment, who—or which team—could possibly be his opponent?"

"No wonder he doesn't want to. If it were me, I wouldn't want to take a stingy person like you as my master either."

Ma Xiaotao snorted, her pretty face filled with disdain.