Ma Xiaotao's expression changed abruptly, and a trace of fear rose in her heart.
The Pain of Ten Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart could actually trigger her Evil Fire to run wild?
W-what kind of joke was this?!
The unbearable pain, mixed with her restless Evil Fire, made Ma Xiaotao roll back and forth on the ground uncontrollably. In only three seconds, she had grown visibly weaker.
At this rate, she would definitely die!
Realizing this, Ma Xiaotao didn't dare hesitate. She quickly gave up on the idea of teaching Ao Yao a lesson and forced a few words through clenched teeth. "I'm sorry... I shouldn't have thought that. I'm sorry..."
As if it had heard Ma Xiaotao's apology, the unbearable pain slowly faded. With the Pain of Ten Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart no longer provoking it, the raging Evil Fire in her body was soon forcibly suppressed.
But after going through all that, Ma Xiaotao was utterly exhausted. She lay helplessly on the ground, limbs spread out, her body's curves plainly exposed.
Still, the way she looked now made it seem as if she'd been taken advantage of...
Meanwhile, Tang Ya, who had been eagerly watching the spectacle, finally couldn't sit still.
She wanted her name to appear in the diary so she could get its rewards, but not in this way!
An Evil Soul Master... She was actually going to become one in the future?
Tang Ya's face went pale.
She knew her own situation best. She understood better than anyone what sort of qualities her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul possessed. In the eyes of the public, a Martial Soul capable of consuming the life force of other creatures was no different from an Evil Soul Master.
She had been holding back from using this fast route to power, which was why she hadn't become an Evil Soul Master hated by everyone.
Could it be that, in the future, for the sake of reviving the Tang Sect and avenging her parents, she would ultimately be unable to resist the temptation of power and take this irreversible path to rapid advancement?
In the end... would she really fall and become an Evil Soul Master?
Every cell in Tang Ya's body resisted the thought.
If she weren't the Tang Sect's sect master, if she were just an ordinary person, perhaps she wouldn't have resisted so fiercely. But she was the Tang Sect's sect master!
If the Tang Sect's sect master became an Evil Soul Master... she wouldn't just fail to revive the Tang Sect. Her very existence would nail the sect to a pillar of shame, and even the reputation of their ancestor Tang San would be affected!
No... She absolutely couldn't fall and become an Evil Soul Master!
Tang Ya shook her head forcefully, making herself stop thinking about it.
That's right!
There were other ways for her to grow stronger. With the diary... with the diary and Ao Yao, she could become stronger too!
Seeing Tang Ya's pale face, Bei Bei, walking beside her, turned slightly toward her and asked with concern,
"Xiao Ya, what's wrong?"
At the sound of Bei Bei's voice, Tang Ya shook her head almost reflexively and managed to force a faint smile. "I'm fine... I just feel a little unwell."
"Sorry, Bei Bei. I'm going back to the dorm first."
With that, Tang Ya quickly ran toward the girls' dormitory, leaving Bei Bei behind, full of concern.
"Mu En... Shrek Academy..."
Zhang Lexuan sat in her bedroom, gently rubbing the piece of jade before her as she wore a thoughtful expression.
From the diary, she realized that Shrek Academy, where she had spent so many years, might not be all that great.
But it might not be as bad as Ao Yao made it out to be, either.
At the very least, now that she knew about these things in advance, she could try to keep Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya from ending up in such a situation.
If they learned about this beforehand and took precautions, surely the two of them wouldn't still fall and become Evil Soul Masters?
[Besides, Shrek Academy can't teach me anything. Other than being bound by all its rules and regulations, I can't see any benefits to going there.]
[In Shrek City, I might not even be able to find a place to listen to music!]
[The only thing that might attract my current Martial Soul is the Golden Tree. After all, my Martial Soul has evolved into a spirit pearl with Ultimate Light and Ultimate Holiness attributes. But... that Golden Tree is probably nothing special. Unless it can produce Soul Rings for me to absorb.]
[All things considered, Shrek Academy simply isn't right for me!]
[Sigh... Forget it. I'll just think of myself as a spectator and go see the familiar people and places at Shrek Academy. The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect gave me a comfortable life, and I've never done anything for them. I can at least consider this a way of repaying them, right?]
[Phew... Without a counselor to talk to, I'll just have to comfort myself. Fine, I can use this opportunity to visit the Star Dou Great Forest and see if I can snatch Electrolux's Divine Sense Fragment first.]
[Given the attributes of my Second Martial Soul, there should be a chance I can do it, right? It sounds a little far-fetched... If I can get a reward related to mental strength before heading to the Star Dou Great Forest, things should be much more certain.]
Ao Yao had received the beginner's gift package for keeping a diary and transformed from someone with just two and a half levels of Innate Soul Power into a Soul Master with a Martial Soul possessing Ultimate Light and Ultimate Holiness!
And he even had a Second Martial Soul?
Though she didn't know what Ao Yao's Second Martial Soul was, if he had Twin Martial Souls, the quality of the two couldn't be too different.
Had Ao Yao become a genius now?
Some of the women who had seen the diary were astonished, especially Meng Hongchen, who was far away in the Sun Moon Empire.
Ao Yao had received such generous rewards, which proved that the rewards really existed.
But Meng Hongchen couldn't do anything. She could only passively wait for Ao Yao to write in his diary.
How long would she have to wait before Ao Yao wrote something about her?
By then, the other diary-copy holders would probably have already received plenty of generous rewards!
Meng Hongchen understood the principle that falling behind once meant falling behind at every step.
By the time she could get a reward, the other diary-copy holders might have used their generous rewards to leave her far behind... Just thinking about it made Meng Hongchen feel miserable!
I haven't even gotten on board yet!
What's more, Ao Yao had mentioned several times in the diary that he was very handsome.
Meng Hongchen didn't think he was conceited. She simply wanted to see for herself just how handsome the guy was.
Going by Ao Yao's own description, he must be a handsome, charming, and dashing young man, right?
She had to find a way to get her name into the diary as soon as possible...
Meng Hongchen propped her chin on her hand and began to think it over seriously.
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