Castrate Ma Hongjun and Make Him a Eunuch?

Flender looked at Li Xiaoyao with an extremely complicated expression.

"He even knew about the damaged Soul Bone!"

"Li Xiaoyao, oh, Li Xiaoyao!"

"I'm very curious—"

"Just what exactly is your identity and background?"

Li Xiaoyao merely smiled.

"My identity and background aren't things you're qualified to know yet!"

"If..."

Li Xiaoyao paused—then immediately said something else that made Flender lose control of his emotions.

He heard him say—

"Flender, if you hand over everything Nine Emperor Douluo left behind to me, then I'll tell you how to solve Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire."

Boom—

The news made Flender tremble all over.

"Li Xiaoyao, are you sure you're not lying to me?"

"You really have a way to solve Hongjun's Evil Fire?"

No one knew better than him that if Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire could not be completely eradicated, it would only grow more severe as his Soul Power Level rose.

One day, that Evil Fire would completely go out of control and backlash against him. In the end, Ma Hongjun would be burned alive by his own Evil Fire, the kind that would not even leave a corpse behind.

"Flender, don't doubt my eye or my ability."

"Just from the fact that you don't know how to cultivate the Nine Heavens Phoenix Martial Soul, it's not hard to see that Nine Emperor Douluo fell too hastily and didn't pass on the Blazing Sect's top-tier Meditation Method to you."

Before Tang San transmigrated, the Douluo Continent had no so-called internal energy or martial arts. What it had was only the concept of Meditation Methods.

And Meditation Methods were also divided into different grades.

The Meditation Method that Spirit Hall opened to the public for free was, without question, the lowest grade.

As for the Meditation Methods of those Soul Master clans and sect forces, they were basically all mid-tier.

Only Spirit Hall with its long heritage, the two great empires, the upper three sects, and Titled Douluo—existences standing at the top of the Douluo Continent's pyramid—grasped the continent's most top-tier Meditation Methods.

"Uh..."

"The top-tier Meditation Method inherited by the Blazing Sect family?"

Flender looked at Li Xiaoyao with a resentful gaze.

How could he not know something like that?

Nine Emperor Douluo had been able to cultivate the Nine Heavens Phoenix Martial Soul to the level of a ninety-seventh-rank peak Douluo, and without any Evil Fire side effects at that. Naturally, he had possessed the corresponding inheritance.

But the problem was that Nine Emperor Douluo had died too hastily. He had not left those inheritances behind at all.

If he had known those inheritances, would Ma Hongjun be in this damned state now?

Flender let out a deep sigh.

Gritting his teeth, he took a ring-shaped storage Soul Tool from his chest and tossed it to Li Xiaoyao with great reluctance.

"Sigh! Fine, fine!"

"Li Xiaoyao, this is what you wanted. Inside is also included—the compensation for Young Sect Master Ning's Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone."

Between Ma Hongjun and these worldly possessions, he, this "old father," had ultimately chosen Ma Hongjun. Compared with external objects, his disciple's future and life were what weighed heaviest on his heart.

Three damaged Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones—if they were gone, they were gone.

At worst, he could make a few more trips into the soul beast forests in the future and hunt a few more Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts. He would eventually be able to find them again, but Ma Hongjun's safety could not be delayed.

As for those Ancient Soul Tools whose uses he did not know, they could not even be sold. Keeping them was useless, so he might as well hand them over together in exchange for Ma Hongjun's future peace. This deal was not a loss.

"Good! The transaction is complete. There are more than a dozen methods that can solve Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire. Flender, listen carefully!"

"The first method is—castrate Ma Hongjun's root of troubles!"

"The second method is—cripple Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul and soul power!"

"The third method is—make Ma Hongjun stop cultivating from now on!"

"Then there's the City of Slaughter, the Ancient Exotic Beast Inner Core coiled around its Hell Road..."

"After that is the External Soul Bone with phoenix bloodline—Phoenix Wings..."

"And also the Immortal Herb from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, one of the three legendary treasure basins of the Douluo Continent: the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower..."

Li Xiaoyao said all the methods that could solve the Evil Fire in one breath.

Flender: "???"

Castrate him into a eunuch?

Self-mutilate and become a cripple?

Just give up and be a salted fish?

Good grief. Seriously, good grief.

Were those first three methods of yours serious?

Are you sure you weren't taking the chance to get revenge, Li Xiaoyao?

And as for those dozen-plus methods after that—

The more he listened, the more hopeless he felt!

A Fire Attribute Ancient Exotic Beast Inner Core, an External Soul Bone with phoenix bloodline—Phoenix Wings, the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, an Immortal Herb from one of the three great treasure basins...

Just hearing those few things was enough for him to know they were incomparably precious, not something a seven-ring Soul Sage like him could possibly lay a finger on.

Could it be—he really had to use the three methods Li Xiaoyao had mentioned at the start?

"Li Xiaoyao, aside from these, is there really no method I can manage right now?"

Flender still refused to give up and pressed him again.

"There is!"

Li Xiaoyao nodded, his tone firm and decisive.

"Aside from the methods I just mentioned, there really is one you can currently accomplish!"

Speaking of top-tier Meditation Methods—

The Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record Tang San had stolen from the Tang Sect contained the internal skill method Mysterious Heaven Skill. It was comparable to the most top-tier Meditation Methods on the Douluo Continent, and when cultivated, its aura was upright, balanced, and peaceful—perfectly suited to Ma Hongjun's needs.

He had already given the method. As for whether Flender could obtain the Mysterious Heaven Skill from Tang San, that was none of his business.

Li Xiaoyao smiled toward Tang San, who was staring blankly into space.

Ever since this Little Scoundrel had heard about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well just now, he had kept his head lowered, no one knew what he was thinking.

"Uh..."

"Li Xiaoyao, the method you're talking about refers to Tang San?"

Flender had also noticed Li Xiaoyao's gaze.

The moment he said this, everyone looked toward Tang San.

Sensing everyone's gazes, Tang San also came back to himself.

"Hm???"

"What's wrong with everyone?"

"Why are you all looking at me?"

He had been shocked by the information about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well just now, so Tang San had not paid attention to the conversation between Li Xiaoyao and Flender. At this moment, his face was full of confusion, not knowing why he had become the focus of everyone's attention.

"Third Brother! What were you thinking about so intently just now?"

"Li Xiaoyao said you have a way to solve Fatty's Evil Fire problem. Is that true?"

Xiao Wu came to Tang San's side, her tone full of curiosity.

"This..."

"Xiao Wu, I don't know either!"

Tang San first answered Xiao Wu's question.

Then he turned to look at Li Xiaoyao and asked.

"Li Xiaoyao, you just said I have a method?"

"May I ask what method you mean?"

Tang San's brows were tightly furrowed, and unease faintly stirred in his heart.

He kept feeling that Li Xiaoyao had ill intentions.

"Heh heh! Tang San! From what I can see, your aura is relatively upright, balanced, and peaceful, and your spiritual power is also far beyond ordinary people. If I'm not mistaken, you should be cultivating a top-tier Meditation Method, right?"

"You only need to teach the Meditation Method you cultivate to Ma Hongjun. The Evil Fire that has troubled him for many years will naturally be slowly suppressed, and after another three to five years, it can be completely eradicated."

The more Li Xiaoyao spoke, the darker Tang San's expression became.

He only heard—