[You have to understand, Yan Shaozhe had already broken through to Rank 97 after taking the Qiankun Creation Pill! A Rank 97 Super Douluo!]
[And Ma Xiaotao, who was only a Soul Saint, had fought her way through the encirclement and fallen into the hands of the Holy Spirit Cult!]
[Yan Shaozhe was the Holy Spirit Cult's MVP!]
Staring at the painfully conspicuous words in the diary, Ma Xiaotao clenched her fists, her breathing growing unsteady.
A nameless anger suddenly flared inside her. It wasn't directed at Ao Yao for writing the diary, nor did it seem to be aimed at her teacher.
Although she was deeply disappointed by her teacher's actions as described in the diary, he had still raised her. It was hard for her to feel anything too extreme toward him. At most, she wouldn't know how to face him in the future and would avoid him.
So... that anger could only be directed at those despicable Evil Soul Masters.
Damn the Holy Spirit Cult! I'll never make peace with you!
[Ma Xiaotao naturally met a terrible fate after falling into the hands of the Evil Soul Masters. They gave her the full brainwashing-and-corruption treatment. A future Sea God Pavilion Elder of Shrek Academy was transformed into the Holy Spirit Cult's Phoenix Saintess.]
[Fortunately, she still got a happy ending.]
[Thanks to Huo Yuhao's efforts, Ma Xiaotao was eventually rescued. Her evil Black Phoenix Martial Soul successfully transformed back into the top-tier Fire Phoenix, and she even broke through to the Super Douluo realm. In the future, she would take over from Yan Shaozhe as the dean of the Martial Soul Department.]
[If nothing unexpected happened, Ma Xiaotao would eventually take over as Sea God Pavilion Master as well, continuing to devote her life to Shrek Academy.]
[You have to admit, Shrek Academy did a pretty good job in this regard. The students' sense of belonging was off the charts. As for how they got that sense of belonging, don't ask.]
Ma Xiaotao took a deep breath, her eyes slightly clouded with conflicting emotions.
She finally knew the truth about how she had become an Evil Soul Master.
But after reading it, Ma Xiaotao didn't feel relieved. Instead, her heart grew even heavier.
Even without the Sword of Judgment, or the detestable Mingde Hall and Holy Spirit Cult, there was still a serious problem with her: the Evil Fire within her. Its presence and corrosive influence were like a terrifying time bomb. She might be able to forcibly suppress or endure it for now, but the moment she couldn't keep it under control, everything would explode.
By then, even without the Sword of Judgment, she would completely fall into depravity, plunging into an endless hell.
[Honestly, this Evil Fire setting is really unreasonable and not at all friendly to female Soul Masters. When Evil Fire flared up in a male Soul Master with the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul—like Ma Xiaotao's ancestor, Ma Hongjun—all he had to do was take a quick trip to the brothel and vent it.]
[But what was a female Soul Master supposed to do when her Evil Fire flared up... go hire a male escort? Wait, did this world even have male escorts? Even if it did, Ma Xiaotao was way too proud to do that.]
[If Ma Hongjun did it, he'd get looked down on a little, at most. But if Ma Xiaotao did it, she'd definitely get saddled with a humiliating label.]
[Tsk... could someone take care of this on their own? Like, do some mining by themselves... Seems like it might work?]
[That was careless of me. I nearly forgot that when the Evil Fire took over, you barely had any reason left. In that state, she probably couldn't do the mining alone.]
[Hey! This was where the need for Soul Tool development became obvious. Ma Xiaotao could just ask a Soul Engineer to build her an electric mining machine! Then she wouldn't have to worry about losing control when the Evil Fire flared up and being unable to mine by herself.]
Ma Xiaotao leaned forward slightly, her face flickering with confusion and disbelief.
What... was this guy even talking about?
This... could someone actually think of something like this?
But... it did seem like it might actually work?
Beneath her veil, Ma Xiaotao's cheeks had turned the same pale pink as her eyes. A trace of embarrassment and indignation welled up inside her, though it wasn't because she had pictured herself mining or using an electric Soul Tool to do it. Most of it was directed at Ao Yao for writing those words.
Sitting beside Ao Yao and taking small bites of her meal, Ning Tian looked utterly confused.
Mining?
What was that?
And what was an electric Soul Tool...?
Unlike the bewildered Ning Tian, Wu Feng, seated next to her, had eyes that lit up slightly.
Ao Yao's words were a bit crude, but they really had opened up a whole new world for her. She'd never dreamed that Soul Tools could be used like this!
Using an electric Soul Tool like that would probably be much easier and more comfortable than mining by herself, right?
Maybe... she could try making one?
Wu Feng was tempted, but then she remembered she wasn't a Soul Engineer and would have to ask someone else to build it for her. The thought immediately put her off.
Asking someone to build something like that... was just too embarrassing.
[It would actually be easy for Ma Xiaotao to avoid becoming an Evil Soul Master. She just had to completely eliminate the Evil Fire, or, like Ma Hongjun, completely purify and evolve her Martial Soul.]
[Unfortunately, eliminating her Evil Fire would be rather difficult.]
[Ma Xiaotao had already missed the best opportunity. The Evil Fire had long since taken root in her body, making it almost impossible to eliminate. Even if Huo Yuhao gained a Martial Soul with the Ultimate Ice attribute, he could only suppress it.]
[Evolving her Martial Soul would be even harder. Even Ma Hongjun had only completed his final transformation and evolution with the help of the Immortal Herb Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and the inner core of the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.]
Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower?
An Immortal Herb?
Ma Xiaotao parted her lips, and a sense of helplessness instantly enveloped her.
Where was she supposed to find a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower?
And that inner core of some Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent—she'd never even heard of it!
[I just don't know if my Hunyuan Pearl Martial Soul, after evolving, could completely eliminate the Evil Fire. The Hunyuan Pearl is an ultimate light, ultimate holy top-tier Martial Soul with an essence-refining ability. It should at least be able to suppress the Evil Fire, right?]
[Uh... maybe not, actually.]
[Besides, I don't need to get myself into a mess. Ma Xiaotao may look like a little hottie, but her temper... I think I'll pass.]
Ao Yao's Martial Soul could help suppress her Evil Fire?
Ma Xiaotao raised her head slightly. Her pale pink eyes glimmered, their gaze alluring and captivating.
She was very tempted by the diary's rewards.
And she was even more tempted by the thought that Ao Yao's Martial Soul could help suppress her Evil Fire!
She'd already unconsciously ignored his last sentence.
You don't want to get yourself into a mess? Then I'll make sure you do!
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