Lu Heqiu looked at Ma Xiaotao, who had stopped in her tracks.
He wasn't surprised in the least.
The power sealing his body was simply too strong.
Even the power that leaked out was enough to suppress the Evil Fire inside Ma Xiaotao. This wasn't something Lu Heqiu could control. To stop this effect, he would need to undo at least the first layer of the seal.
To be precise,
it wasn't just Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire that was suppressed. Her Martial Soul and Soul Skills were suppressed as well. But Ma Xiaotao had never fought with Lu Heqiu in her arms, so she naturally hadn't noticed any of this.
"You... you're so strange!"
Ma Xiaotao hurried to the bed. When she looked at Lu Heqiu, her eyes held no trace of unfamiliarity—only overwhelming joy.
Cai Mei'er and Yan Shaozhe were always urging her to rein in her temper and find a good husband, so she could release the Evil Fire inside her as much as possible. But Ma Xiaotao wasn't willing. Now, this little one could actually suppress the Evil Fire inside her!
Naturally, Ma Xiaotao was overjoyed.
As long as she kept this little one with her, she wouldn't have to worry about the Evil Fire corroding her anymore, would she?
Ma Xiaotao lifted Lu Heqiu high into the air.
Then she pulled him back into her arms.
She flew toward the Martial Soul Department.
She needed to tell Yan Shaozhe about this at once. She had been troubled by the Evil Fire for so long. Even with it constantly tormenting her, she had become Shrek's greatest genius in a hundred years. If she no longer had to worry about the Evil Fire at all...
Wouldn't that mean...
she might become a Limit Douluo one day!?
A fiery-red figure skimmed low over the academy, flying toward the Martial Soul Department like a phoenix. In her arms, she held a baby drinking beast milk. The sight looked incredibly strange.
Yan Shaozhe was in his office, handling preparations for this year's sixth-year Outer Academy students to graduate.
Although, as the dean, he was in charge of the Inner Academy while Director Du Weilun handled the Outer Academy, the academy's graduation matters and the selection of Inner Academy students still needed his final review and signature.
His pen was just about to touch the page when the office door suddenly slammed open. A scarlet figure rushed in, making Yan Shaozhe freeze for a moment.
For so many years, no one had ever dared to barge into his office like this.
Even the elders of the Sea God Pavilion knocked and made sure he was there before coming in.
Most importantly, the person who had barged in was his favorite disciple—Ma Xiaotao!
"Xiaotao!"
"How many times have I told you?"
"You need to be patient, no matter what you're doing. You can't be so rash."
Yan Shaozhe's voice was full of helplessness. He slowly set down his pen and looked at the fiery-red figure. Ma Xiaotao was wearing the same clothes as yesterday, and Lu Heqiu was still in her arms.
But the irritability that usually lingered on her face had vanished. Only barely restrained joy remained.
"Teacher! I really can't afford to wait this time!"
"This little one..."
"can help suppress the Evil Fire inside me!"
As soon as Ma Xiaotao finished speaking, Yan Shaozhe shot to his feet. He stared at her in disbelief, as if he'd heard something he couldn't begin to understand.
He knew his own disciple.
The Evil Fire inside Ma Xiaotao came from the essence of the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul. Whether it was their ancestor Ma Hongjun a thousand years ago or Ma Xiaotao in her early years, the best solution had been to release it. But because Ma Xiaotao was a woman, releasing it came with far stricter requirements.
That was why even the elders of the Sea God Pavilion had no idea how to resolve the Evil Fire inside Ma Xiaotao.
They could only use Thousand Year Ice Marrow and other things close to Extreme Ice to suppress it as much as possible.
At the same time, they did everything they could to search for the legendary Immortal Herb for Ma Xiaotao.
Only then might they be able to completely solve the problem with Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul.
But now...
Ma Xiaotao had brought a child she'd picked up in the Star Dou Great Forest straight into his office, rushing in like a whirlwind to tell him that the baby in her arms could suppress the Evil Fire inside her?
How could it suppress it?
Surely she hadn't... with someone so small...
"You're telling the truth!?"
Yan Shaozhe looked into Ma Xiaotao's eyes and realized that his reaction just now had been somewhat out of line. He promptly sat back down and said in a serious voice, "Xiaotao, sit down. Tell me everything slowly!"
"Don't leave out a single detail!"
Ma Xiaotao didn't sit. Standing there, she urgently told him everything that had happened that morning. She left out the part about Lu Heqiu clinging to her and focused on explaining what happened when she moved away from him and when she drew close again.
Yan Shaozhe had never seen anything so bizarre. After thinking it over for a moment, he slowly spoke again. "Xiaotao, try it once more."
"Let's see if it was a coincidence."
He was far steadier than Ma Xiaotao.
If it had been him, he would have tested it several times beside Lu Heqiu before coming back. He wouldn't have jumped to a conclusion just because something strange had happened once, the way Ma Xiaotao had.
At his words, Ma Xiaotao came to her senses, too. She had indeed been a little rash. Something that had happened only once wasn't enough to draw a conclusion. She nodded firmly and set Lu Heqiu down beside Yan Shaozhe.
Lu Heqiu seemed to know what Ma Xiaotao wanted to do. He didn't cry or fuss, but crawled toward Yan Shaozhe, trying to snatch the fountain pen from his desk.
Ma Xiaotao hurried toward the door. Just as before, when she was about ten meters away from Lu Heqiu, the Evil Fire that had been firmly suppressed inside her began to surge out from deep within her Martial Soul.
Ma Xiaotao barely had time to react. It was as if something that had been repressed for a long time had finally been released, and it surged toward her Sea of Consciousness, burning wildly.
If Ma Xiaotao hadn't gone only a short distance, the Evil Fire would have completely devoured her sanity.
Frightened, she whipped around and hurried back toward Lu Heqiu.
The instant she drew near him, the terrifying Evil Fire was suppressed. The flush on Ma Xiaotao's face faded a little. She braced herself against the desk, but her condition was clearly beginning to improve.
Yan Shaozhe needed only one look to reach the same conclusion.
It wasn't that Ma Xiaotao had been too rash.
It was that the effect was...
far too obvious!
The moment Ma Xiaotao stepped away, she was like a completely different person. The instant she moved away, the Evil Fire around her flared so fiercely that even Yan Shaozhe was startled. If Ma Xiaotao hadn't come back on her own, he would have rushed out and used his Soul Power to suppress it by force.
That Evil Fire was more terrifying than anything they had seen before.
"Mm, there's no need to test it again."
"The effect is obvious."
"But this isn't Extreme Ice, nor is it Soul Power. How is he doing it?"
Yan Shaozhe's expression was complicated as he looked at Lu Heqiu lying there, clearly puzzled.
How could such a little one possess a sealing power that affected those around him?
And besides...
"I'll go find Xuan Zi!"
"Let's ask Xuan Zi to take a look before we decide what to do."
"You go bring Dai Yueheng here. He used his Martial Soul yesterday, too!"
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