Wu Ming: Going All In Is a Kind of Wisdom!

Wu Ming stood at the door for a while, then her face flushed red.

Although she had never eaten pork, the scene wasn't hard to guess.

Wu Ming shook her head, forcibly suppressing the flames burning in her heart. She raised her hand and gently knocked three times on the door frame.

Ma Xiaotao didn't open her eyes. "Who?"

"I."

Ma Xiaotao recognized Wu Ming's voice, then lazily rolled over and half-propped herself up. "Come in."

Wu Ming pushed open the door and entered, casually turning on the Soul Guidance Lamp.

The light shone on her, making Ma Xiaotao's condition even clearer. She looked radiant, with fair skin and a healthy glow, emanating a sense of inner and outer comfort.

"Oh, so you've been fed?" Wu Ming pulled up a chair and sat down without any hesitation.

Ma Xiaotao rolled her eyes at her and didn't reply.

Wu Ming didn't mind and went straight to the point. "What about the Evil Fire? Has it been resolved?"

Ma Xiaotao sat up straight, her red hair sliding down her shoulders. She raised her right hand, and a cluster of flames appeared in her palm.

It wasn't the dark red, sinister flame of before.

Golden red.

Pure, fiery, and bright.

Even from a distance of two meters, Wu Ming could feel the intense heat of that Ultimate Fire.

It's on the same level as her Golden Crow True Fire.

Wu Ming's breathing quickened.

"Sister Wu Ming." Ma Xiaotao extinguished the flames, a smile playing on her lips.

"Huabin really helped me evolve to the Ultimate Fire. The Evil Fire is completely gone."

Wu Ming stared at Ma Xiaotao's palm for several seconds. The flames were gone, but the residual warmth still lingered in the air.

Real.

It's true.

Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix evolved into Ultimate Fire.

This is a living example right in front of us.

Dai Huabin did indeed possess something that could transform Soul Master's Martial Soul.

Wu Ming fell silent.

If Dai Huabin can help her Golden Crow Martial Soul Evolution to the Ultimate Fire, then...

"Are you tempted too?" Ma Xiaotao saw through her thoughts and looked her up and down, resting her chin on her hand.

Wu Ming did not deny it.

"Then you'll have to wait in line."

Ma Xiaotao rolled over and lay back down, her voice muffled.

"Huabin said he has limited resources and has to do things one by one."

"I know." Wu Ming stood up. "I just came to check on the situation."

Ma Xiaotao waved her hand with her eyes closed. "Let's go after you've confirmed it, I'm so sleepy."

Wu Ming took two steps toward the door, then suddenly stopped. "Xiaotao."

"Um?"

How does he treat you?

Ma Xiaotao opened one eye to look at her.

"What's the meaning?"

"Well..." Wu Ming paused, feeling a little awkward for the first time in front of Ma Xiaotao, "Is he serious?"

Ma Xiaotao paused for a moment, then laughed.

She sat up and looked at Wu Ming intently. "Sister Wu Ming, are you testing me?"

"I'm asking you a question."

"He has a fiancée," Ma Xiaotao said, shrugging. "Zhu Lu, you know that too."

"So what?"

"So he has more than one woman in his life, and I'm not the only one."

Ma Xiaotao shrugged, her tone quite nonchalant.

"But he's serious about me. He's given me all the benefits and put in all the effort. As for other things, Dai Huabin is the future heir to the White Tiger Duke Mansion. Do you really expect him to only have one woman?"

Wu Ming remained silent.

Ma Xiaotao tilted her head and sized her up for two seconds, then suddenly laughed:

"Oh, Sister Wu Ming, are you serious now? Didn't you just tell me a couple of days ago that you only wanted the chance to obtain the Ultimate Fire?"

"Shut up."

"Okay, okay, I won't say anymore."

Ma Xiaotao lay back down and waved her hand.

"If you really have this idea, go talk to him yourself. He doesn't like beating around the bush. He'll be more receptive to directness."

Then, Ma Xiaotao spoke again:

"And Huabin seems to really like the older sister type."

Wu Ming stood at the doorway, moonlight illuminating her profile.

After a long pause, she softly hummed in agreement.

I'll go see him tomorrow.

Ma Xiaotao had already closed her eyes, her voice growing softer and softer. "Whatever... just don't bother me in the middle of the night..."

Wu Ming walked out of the courtyard and closed the door behind her.

A night breeze blew by, and she took a deep breath.

Go all in, go all in.

When has Wu Ming ever backed down?

The following morning.

In the corridor on the first floor of the dormitory building of the Outer Academy, Dai Huabin had just pushed open the door when he saw Ning Tian standing at the end of the corridor.

He had short, silver-gray hair, wore his Shrek school uniform neatly, stood up straight, and was carrying a file folder in his hand. He looked energetic and clearly had gotten up early to wait for him.

"Ning Tian."

"Huabin." Ning Tian walked over quickly and stopped two steps away from him. "I need to talk to you. Is this convenient?"

"Is it convenient? Shall we talk outside?"

"Um."

The two left the dormitory building and walked along the stone path of the Outer Academy towards the training ground. The morning air was still cool, and there weren't many students on the road.

Ning Tian walked on his left, his pace quicker than usual.

Dai Huabin glanced at her. The girl's ear tips were a little red.

What message did your mother ask you to deliver?

Ning Tian breathed a sigh of relief when he got straight to the point. She handed him the file folder:

"This is something my mother asked me to pass on. It's a collection of notes from someone who came before me about the terrain around the ruins of Jialing Pass. My mother heard that you were planning to go there for training, so she arranged for someone to collect it in advance."

Dai Huabin took the file folder and weighed it in his hand.

Ning Qiushui is indeed very thorough in her work.

"Please thank your aunt for me."

Ning Tian shook his head:

"No need to thank me. We're all family. From now on, everything in the sect is yours."

Dai Huabin nodded and put the file folder away.

Ning Tian hesitated for a moment, then said, "There's one more thing."

"Um?"

"My mother asked, 'When can we expect to arrange the Aromatic Silk Beauty matter?'"

Immediately, fearing that Dai Huabin might overthink things, Ning Tian quickly said:

"Huabin, it's not that your mother doesn't believe in you, it's just that she desperately wants to restore the glory of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect."

The Aromatic Silk Beauty are Youyou watched over by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

He had already told Youyou that he would take Ning Tian to retrieve it when the time was right. But for now, his plan was to break through to level 60 first.

Dai Huabin nodded and gently rubbed Ning Tian's head.

"Yes, I know. Don't worry, I won't go back on my word."

"I'll take you there myself once I've finished what I'm doing here."

Ning Tian's expression visibly relaxed.

The two chatted for a few more minutes about the course schedule after the start of the semester. As they walked to the edge of the training field, Ning Tian suddenly asked:

"Huabin, what's going on with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen? I heard from Wu Feng that a group of exchange students from the Sun Moon Empire came to the Outer Academy."

I ran into them last night; they're in Class One 1, Grade 3.

Ning Tian frowned. "Soul King level cultivation level, placed in Class One?"

"It was probably arranged by Mu En."

Ning Tian didn't ask any further questions.

Mu En's decision was not something she could judge.

But she felt somewhat uncomfortable.

She knew the name Meng Hongchen; she was the granddaughter of the head of the Mingde Hall and a genius from the Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. The fact that someone like her was placed next to Dai Huabin suggested she was no ordinary person.