Solitary Chamber, Pure Evil Fire

To avoid being assigned to Zhou Yi's class, Su Qing specifically chose the support department when selecting his national development path. Although Mu Jin could hardly believe her eyes when she saw Su Qing appear in her class again, she didn't overthink it; the academy would never ignore a genius like him, and perhaps this was intended to ensure his well-rounded development.

As for whether not choosing the assault department would lead to a lack of relevant knowledge and hinder his future cultivation, Su Qing was not worried. The outer courtyard was still studying the theories of the Grandmaster; although some had been debunked, out of respect for the academy's founder, they had no choice but to repeatedly sift through the dross to find the gold, extracting what was still usable for their lectures.

Of course, the biggest reason he chose to stay in Mu Jin's class was freedom. Mu Jin would not forcibly interfere with a student's ideas; as long as there was a reasonable explanation, she would fight for the maximum degree of freedom within her scope of responsibility.

From the start of the term until now, she had lost count of how many times she had applied for the use of the Soul Fighting Arena so that Su Qing could research his Self-Created Soul Skill. There were few teachers who respected a student's wishes so much, and the more he understood Mu Jin, the more he felt that Fan Yu was blind.

"Student Su, there's an empty seat here."

Su Qing, who had overslept and missed his morning classes, was looking for a seat in the afternoon when Ning Tian called out to him. Ning Tian pointed to the empty seat beside her. Wu Feng, being in the assault department, was naturally in Zhou Yi's class, and Nanmen Yun'er was in the agility-assault department, sharing a class with Zhu Lu. Ning Tian, left on her own, naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip; someone as talented as Su Qing, if she could build a good relationship with him, even if she couldn't pull him into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, could provide a measure of support for the sect's future standing.

"No need, I suspect someone will be coming to that seat in a moment."

Su Qing waved his hand, saying something that left Ning Tian baffled. Hadn't everyone in the class arrived? Why would anyone else be coming to sit next to her?

However, before she could ask, a familiar figure appeared at the classroom door. It was Wu Feng, though she looked rather disheveled now; for some reason, her nose was stuffed with two paper balls, and she was swaying as she walked.

As she passed by Su Qing, she happened to kick a table leg and stumbled, nearly falling to the ground. It was only thanks to Su Qing's support that she didn't end up losing a few teeth when she got back up.

"Xiao Feng? What happened to you?"

Wu Feng's appearance truly gave Ning Tian a fright. Wasn't she perfectly fine when she left this morning? How did she end up like this in just one morning? Wu Feng did not respond, however; she simply walked silently to the seat beside her, slumped over the desk, and began to cry.

"That kid Huo Yuhao really has a heavy hand..."

Recalling the large footprint on Wu Feng's backside as she passed by, and the finger-shaped bloodstain on her chest, Su Qing couldn't help but sigh.

He hadn't even reached the back row when he heard the sound of a window shattering. If he wasn't mistaken, this sound was caused by the little white cat being thrown out of the classroom by Zhou Yi. It had to be said, Zhou Yi's efficiency was truly high; in just this short time, she had expelled all the students with the highest Soul Power Level in the class.

But none of this had anything to do with him. He sat down in his usual spot by the window in the back row, completely immersed in his own world.

In the outer courtyard, the only other person permitted to be absent from class was Huo Yuhao. Ever since he was brought into the Soul Tool department by Zhou Yi, he rarely attended regular classes, spending most of his time in the Soul Tool department researching Soul Tool and learning how to carve core magic arrays...

On a bright and breezy afternoon, Su Qing had just stepped out of the classroom when he was grabbed by an urgent Ma Xiaotao and dragged straight toward the freshman dormitory building.

"Ma Xiaotao, you're going to make people misunderstand."

Su Qing was somewhat helpless. He had agreed to help Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire, but what was the meaning of dragging him away from a crowd in such a rush? He didn't even want to imagine how absurd the rumors would be in two days. Although he didn't care, words spoken without intent could be heard with meaning; what if Zhang Lexuan or Xiao Xiao misunderstood?

"I... I know... but... but I... I can't hold it anymore!"

The evil fire burning within her made it difficult for her to speak clearly. After she hurriedly kicked open the door to Su Qing's dormitory, her body went limp and she collapsed onto his bed, looking at him with pleading eyes:

"Can... can we start now?"

It seemed she was not far from losing her sanity. Considering the urgency of the situation, he didn't dwell on Ma Xiaotao's recent actions. He immediately circulated his soul power, channeling pure, Ultimate Fire-attribute soul power into the meridians of her hands, and guided this energy to circulate throughout her entire body, burning away the evil fire lurking in her meridians one by one.

The sensation of ten thousand ants gnawing at every part of her body caused Ma Xiaotao to subconsciously wrap her arms tightly around Su Qing. Unable to breathe, Su Qing wanted to clean up this mess as quickly as possible, so he increased his soul power input. Unexpectedly, the more intense sensation caused Ma Xiaotao to moan, and the soul-stirring sound made Su Qing's body tremble.

He subconsciously looked down, secretly feeling fortunate that he was wearing pants. However, he was still worried that the sound might accidentally carry outside, so he slowed the speed of his soul power input. Who would have expected that Ma Xiaotao, feeling the rate of the evil fire's removal slow down, would press her entire body against Su Qing and blurt out:

"Don't stop..."

"..."

Su Qing's mouth twitched. He hadn't said he was going to stop, and besides, what was with you making such a loud noise? Fortunately, he had no roommate, otherwise, his reputation would truly be ruined.

Thus, he controlled the soul power input to a suitable speed. Although Ma Xiaotao still moaned occasionally, it was much better than when they started.

"Ha-ah..."

Waves of soft moaning drifted from the room. At the door, Zhang Lexuan stood frozen in place. Her body trembled slightly as she pressed her ear against the door. The sounds from within made her face flush red, and Su Qing's words, "Finally finished," struck her heart like a bolt of lightning. How could this be?

"You really are amazing..."

Hearing the seductive female voice, Zhang Lexuan even considered leaving right then and there. But upon further thought, Su Qing didn't seem like that kind of person, so she decided to see for herself.

"Creak—"

"Who is it!!!"

Hearing the door push open, Ma Xiaotao became instantly alert. Su Qing turned his head subconsciously and saw Zhang Lexuan's unnatural expression. Realizing what she might think, he immediately rushed over to grab her hand and said:

"Sister Lexuan, don't misunderstand. I was just clearing the evil fire for her."

Hearing this, Zhang Lexuan breathed a sigh of relief. She knew it; Xiao Qing was definitely not that kind of person. But this process of clearing the evil fire was just too... After much thought, she decided she needed to discuss it with Su Qing. Next time, she would be present when he cleared the evil fire, otherwise, what if he were seduced by Ma Xiaotao? It wasn't that she had an opinion about Ma Xiaotao, but Yan Shaozhe was truly unpleasant. If he found out that Ma Xiaotao had captured Su Qing, who knew if that favor would go up in smoke.

"It's fine, I only just arrived and didn't hear anything."

Zhang Lexuan pinched Su Qing's cheek and said with a smile.

Seeing this, Ma Xiaotao placed a Gold Soul Coin card on the bed and slipped away tactfully.

"Sister Lexuan, why did you bring so much today?"

Watching Zhang Lexuan take food out of her storage Soul Tool and set it across the entire table, Su Qing asked in astonishment.

"Because today, I want to eat with you."

Hearing this, Zhang Lexuan smiled gently once more and was the first to pick up a piece of Earth Dragon Tendon, feeding it to Su Qing and signaling for him to finish eating before they talked.

"Yay!"