Ma Hongjun: I Want a Female Ice-Attribute Soul Master; Ye Qingzhou: You Shame Everyone Your Age. You're Asking for a Beating

Ma Hongjun, whom Ye Qingzhou had tossed to the ground, rolled several times before finally crashing into the gate of the Ye Family Clinic and coming to a stop.

"Hongjun!" Seeing Ye Qingzhou throw Ma Hongjun away like a piece of trash, Flender hurried over with a pained expression and helped him to his feet.

After checking Ma Hongjun and confirming that he was not seriously hurt, Flender finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Flender straightened up and challenged Ye Qingzhou. "Who are you? Why did you appear here without a sound?"

Ye Qingzhou looked at Flender as if he were an idiot. Seriously, are you actually deaf, or are you just pretending?

"This is my home. Why can't I be here?"

He was sure he'd just called his grandfather "Grandfather."

Flender eyed Ye Qingzhou warily. "Your home?"

Seeing this, Ye Shuyuan stepped between Flender and Ye Qingzhou, afraid the two of them might come to blows.

"Flender, let me introduce you. This is my grandson, Ye Qingzhou."

Grandson?!

Flender had never expected Ye Shuyuan to have a grandson.

And this grandson was the same age as Ma Hongjun.

Ye Qingzhou glanced at Ma Hongjun and Flender, then asked Ye Shuyuan, feigning ignorance, "Grandfather, who are these two?"

Ignoring Flender's reaction, Ye Shuyuan introduced them to Ye Qingzhou:

"One of the Golden Iron Triangle, the seven-ring Soul Saint Flender. He's come seeking treatment for the Evil Fire in his disciple Ma Hongjun."

Ye Qingzhou pretended to have suddenly understood. "Oh~"

Then he looked at them calmly.

What a mysterious child.

Flender watched Ye Qingzhou with a puzzled expression.

He couldn't sense Ye Qingzhou's cultivation at all.

A monster.

Flender's instincts told him that Ye Qingzhou was definitely a monster.

If he weren't, Flender would have already figured out his cultivation.

There was one other possibility: Ye Qingzhou had no Martial Soul and no Soul Power.

But the way he'd grabbed Ma Hongjun just now didn't look like something someone without a Martial Soul could do.

With Medical Saint Douluo Ye Shuyuan right there, Flender didn't dare let his greedy side show.

Just then, Ma Hongjun came around, still groggy.

Flender turned to Ye Shuyuan and continued asking, "Your Excellency, Medical Saint, please tell me the last resort."

Ye Shuyuan glanced at Flender, then at the dazed Ma Hongjun, and asked once more to be sure. "Are you certain you want me to tell you?"

Flender answered firmly, "I'm certain."

Ye Shuyuan spoke slowly, enunciating every word with utmost seriousness. "The fastest way to suppress it, if all else fails, is to go to the undeveloped Extreme North. It's bitterly cold there, and that makes it the Evil Fire's natural enemy."

The Extreme North—of course Flender knew what kind of place it was.

It was the third-largest Soul Beast habitat, and it had never been explored.

Because of the extreme cold, most Soul Masters wouldn't dare set foot inside. They could only wander around the Ice and Snow Forest on the very outskirts of the Extreme North.

No one knew what lay deeper within.

After all, not a single Soul Master who had entered the Extreme North had ever made it back alive.

At the words "Extreme North," Ma Hongjun instantly perked up. His head cleared, his body no longer felt tired, and his voice filled with resistance.

"What?"

"Go to the Extreme North?!"

"I won't go! Teacher, I won't go somewhere as dangerous as the Extreme North!"

The Extreme North was a one-way trip.

He wasn't about to go and get himself killed.

He was only six.

He didn't want to throw away the best years of his life.

This time, Flender understood Ma Hongjun's feelings. Even as a Soul Saint, he wasn't sure he could stay in the Extreme North for long.

Ye Qingzhou hadn't expected the Extreme North in Douluo I to be such a dangerous place.

But then again, it made sense. The Star Dou Great Forest and the Sunset Forest were both ordinary forests.

They were home to Soul Beasts ranging from ten to ten thousand years old.

A high-ranking Soul Master could pass through them safely, unless they ran into a beast stampede.

But what about the Extreme North?

On top of facing Soul Beasts that could appear at any moment, you also had to endure the freezing temperatures. No one could withstand that.

Ma Hongjun continued, "Teacher, I'd rather find a Soul Master with an ice attribute. That's the safest option. Preferably a female Soul Master."

At these words, Flender was mortified to face Ye Shuyuan.

He slapped Ma Hongjun across the face, his voice awkward. "Your Excellency, Medical Saint, please don't take offense. Ma Hongjun is just a kid talking without thinking."

Ma Hongjun might not care about his own dignity, but Flender still cared about his reputation. If he let Ma Hongjun ruin it, how could he ever ask Ye Shuyuan for help?

The words "female Soul Master" made Ye Shuyuan intensely uncomfortable.

He was growing more and more disgusted with Ma Hongjun.

Other children who matured early did so in their thinking and sense of responsibility. But Ma Hongjun?

All his early maturity had gone into being lecherous.

Perhaps he shouldn't have offered that advice.

The thought of some girl being harmed by Ma Hongjun in the future made him miserable.

He no longer felt like treating Ma Hongjun. He turned to him and Flender and said, "All right, that's enough for today."

Flender fell silent for a moment, then glared furiously at the hopeless Ma Hongjun.

As for Ma Hongjun, he had no idea what the adults were saying in their secret code.

He only knew that his teacher was glaring at him and blaming him for something, and a wave of grievance welled up inside him.

Seeing Ma Hongjun's wounded expression, Ye Qingzhou felt sick. He cursed at him:

"What the hell are you feeling sorry for yourself about?"

He threw a punch that slammed into Ma Hongjun's face.

"I despise you! You're the same age as me, but all you ever think about is this filthy stuff. And a female Soul Master, no less? You sure dream big!"

This was the perfect chance for Ye Qingzhou to see what it felt like to beat an opponent senseless using Soul Power alone, without a Martial Soul.

Ma Hongjun didn't even have time to react before Ye Qingzhou punched him to the ground.

"You—!"

Before Ma Hongjun could finish, Ye Qingzhou rolled up his sleeves and punched him again.

Watching Ye Qingzhou beat Ma Hongjun, Flender couldn't decide whether he should step in. "Well, Your Excellency, Medical Saint, should I stop them?"

Ye Shuyuan answered indifferently, "It's normal for children to roughhouse. Besides, don't you want Ma Hongjun to learn his lesson?"

Flender had nothing more to say.

"Teacher, save me! Teacher, save me..."

Hearing those words made Flender's heart leap into his throat.

A short while later.

After finishing with Ma Hongjun, Ye Qingzhou dusted off his hands and looked at Flender.

"You can take him now."

"Would you be interested in..." Before Flender could finish, Ye Qingzhou cut him off. "I'm not interested. With the kind of thoughts Ma Hongjun's already showing at his age, I'd have to be an idiot to go."

Trying to recruit him into Shrek?

Unless he'd been hit hard enough to make him stupid, Flender could forget it.