After they parted last time, Chu Feng had secretly left a Mental Imprint on Ma Xiaotao, mainly to track her location.
After all, Ma Xiaotao was an Inner Court student and a member of the Shrek Inspection Team. Aside from cultivating, she often had to go out on missions, where the chances of encountering an Evil Soul Master were extremely high—and so was the mortality rate.
Entering the Inner Court meant access to abundant resources, but it also came with extreme danger. Most of the time, there wouldn't be any powerful experts from the Academy nearby to protect them. They had to rely on themselves.
Chu Feng had done it as an extra precaution. He hadn't expected it to actually come in handy.
Clearly, after her Evil Fire problem had been resolved, Ma Xiaotao had gotten a little carried away. Given her combative nature, she was bound to go looking for trouble with Evil Soul Masters—but she wasn't very clever, and there was a good chance she'd been ambushed...
"Ugh, what a hassle..."
Chu Feng was deeply troubled, but he had no choice but to go rescue her.
If he arrived too late and Ma Xiaotao released the Dark Phoenix in a desperate bid to survive, evolving directly into an Evil Soul Master, that would be disastrous. He currently had no way to turn an Evil Soul Master back into a normal person. "Thousand Illusions" might work, but Chu Feng had never tried it.
Besides, Ma Xiaotao's bloodline was simply too powerful. If she truly unleashed her Dark Phoenix bloodline, nothing would help unless it was Ultimate Ice. No matter who came, Ma Xiaotao was certain to turn dark.
Meanwhile.
The Hengduan Mountain Range, Star Luo Empire.
This place lay on the border between the Star Luo Empire and