Out of Control!

Lin Ye stared into those scorching pink eyes, a thought flashing through his mind.

So it's evil fire, is it? Then I'll help you vent it!

After all, ten thousand years ago, her ancestor Ma Hongjun had a unique way of venting his evil fire!

It was just that Ma Xiaotao had always chosen to suppress the evil fire herself; whenever she couldn't suppress it, she would lose control and go rampaging through the academy.

Ma Xiaotao looked at the man before her, momentarily dazed.

There seemed to be starlight in his eyes—clear, bright, as if he could see straight into one's heart.

But her body was still burning intensely, the evil fire releasing uncontrollably in wave after wave, as if it wanted to ignite everything in the vicinity.

Lin Ye gritted his teeth and activated his Fire Control Technique, forcibly guiding the flames within Ma Xiaotao's body to vent outward.

Although there was a massive gap in their cultivation levels, he was merely guiding and venting, not clashing head-on, so he could barely manage to hold on.

Ma Xiaotao's collar had come undone during her struggle, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin, her full curves looming beneath the red clothing.

She looked like a ripe peach, trembling slightly amidst the scorching heat waves.

After a brief moment of distraction, Ma Xiaotao went wild again.

Those pale pink eyes were once again swallowed by the evil fire, becoming hollow and violent.

Powerful soul power surged from her body, and scorching heat waves exploded in all directions; trees within a hundred-meter radius withered instantly, and birds, beasts, and insects had long since fled.

She straddled Lin Ye, pinning his shoulders down with her hands, her flaming wings spreading wide behind her back. She looked down at him like an enraged phoenix.

Lin Ye's shoulders were pressed down so hard he couldn't move, his back sinking into the dirt as he let out a muffled groan.

"Damn it! If I can't vent this lady's evil fire today, I'm afraid I'm going to kick the bucket right here!"

However, although his shoulders were pinned and immobile, fortunately, his hands were still free to act!

Enduring the burning pain radiating from his body, Lin Ye gritted his teeth and began the motions to guide the fire's dissipation.

He felt like he was a fool right now.

He dared not stop, nor could he.

Once he stopped, the evil fire would backlash, and both of them would be finished.

At the same time, he also actively began to make milk tea.

Finally, the milk tea was finished: a delicious cup of Black Peach Bobo Thick Tea.

I don't know how much time had passed.

It was like the silence after a volcano had finally erupted.

The scorching heat waves dissipated, the charred air turned cool once more, and in the deathly silent woods, the first chirp of an insect finally rang out.

Ma Xiaotao collapsed limply into Lin Ye's arms, completely drained of strength.

The flaming wings vanished, and that searing body finally returned to a normal temperature.

Lin Ye gasped for air, his entire body drenched in sweat as if he had been fished out of water.

He gently held Ma Xiaotao, feeling her steady breathing, and finally let out a sigh of relief.

He had managed to escape death after all.

Could this be considered... a blessing in disguise?

After this bout of frantic exertion, the soul power in Lin Ye's body had completely bottomed out.

He didn't even have the strength to move a finger.

He held Ma Xiaotao, and the two of them lay there in the woods, falling into a deep sleep.

I don't know how much time had passed.

Ma Xiaotao woke up first.

She opened her eyes groggily; the scorching, manic aura on her body had vanished completely.

In its place was a long-lost sense of ease.

Although she had lost her reason earlier, she still retained some vague memories of the process where Lin Ye helped her.

The searing soul power had been guided and vented, like a riverbed that had been blocked for a long time finally being cleared.

She climbed off Lin Ye and looked down at the boy who was still fast asleep.

Was it him... who helped me?

She hurriedly lowered her head to check her clothes.

Her collar was wide open, and her skirt was crumpled into a ball.

Her face turned even redder.

She quickly pulled her collar shut, smoothed out her skirt, and messily tidied her disheveled hair.

She closed her eyes and sensed the soul power within her body.

There was no depletion.

On the contrary... had the evil fire become a fraction more refined?

What was going on?

She opened her eyes, her gaze landing on Lin Ye with a mix of shock and confusion.

Was this caused by this youth's martial soul?

If that were the case...

She bit her lip, her heartbeat quickening.

If she were to do this a few more times with this youth, her evil fire might be completely evolved into the Ultimate Fire!

Ma Xiaotao sat on the ground, looking at the still-unconscious Lin Ye, her mind in a chaotic mess.

Initially, she had considered whether she should destroy the evidence.

After all, this matter was truly too humiliating for her; even her stockings had been torn to shreds. If word got out, how could she, Ma Xiaotao, continue to hold her head high in the Inner Court?

But looking at that handsome face on the ground, she couldn't bring herself to do it.

Perhaps... he really could help her?

Teacher Yan Shaozhe had always told her to find a man with an ice-attribute to unite with, saying that it would suppress the evil fire.

But she was unwilling.

Why must it be suppressed?

She had suppressed it for so many years, yet hadn't she lost control time and time again?

Hadn't she run wild like a madwoman over and over?

Today, she seemed to have found a breakthrough to the problem.

Her evil fire didn't have to be suppressed; it could evolve, it could be purified!

And the key to all of this rested on this youth.

Ma Xiaotao stood up, brushed the dirt off her body, and looked back at Lin Ye one last time.

In those pale pink eyes, there was now a hint of something indescribable.

Lin Ye had a dream while he was unconscious.

He dreamed that he could see through the inside of his own body.

His internal organs, meridians, and blood vessels all appeared clearly before his eyes.

This battle with Ma Xiaotao had actually triggered the Kidney Minister Fire within him.

It was the Medium-Flavor Essence Fire, one of the Samadhi True Fire.

He couldn't tell if this was a dream or reality.

That cluster of Medium-Flavor Essence Fire was burning quietly in his kidneys. Unlike the violent nature of Ma Xiaotao's evil fire, it was gentle as water, warm and soothing.

However, the effect brought about by this fire was anything but gentle.

It made the fire-attribute execution within Lin Ye's body become even more intense, as if a turbocharger had been installed on a previously calm river.

The circulation speed of his soul power accelerated visibly, surging and roaring through his meridians in cycle after cycle.

And this rapidly circulating soul power was tempering his meridians and muscles throughout his entire body.

It was like an invisible hammer, striking and forging his body inch by inch.

Comfortable...

Lin Ye's mouth curled upward unconsciously in his dream.

He did not know how much time had passed.

Lin Ye opened his eyes in a daze.

What met his gaze was a pair of beautiful powder-blue eyes staring at him from mere inches away.

"Lin Ye, you're finally awake."

"Dong'er? Wasn't I..."

Lin Ye looked left and right, discovering that he was lying on his bed in the dormitory, covered by a quilt.

Wang Dong'er was wearing a white spaghetti-strap pajama dress, sitting by his bedside. Her short powder-blue hair was still a bit messy, clearly indicating she had been watching over him for a long time.

"What happened to you? You didn't go to class today. When I came back, I found you lying at the entrance of the dormitory building, sleeping so soundly that no matter how I called you, you wouldn't wake up."

Lin Ye was stunned for a moment: "I encountered a monster..."