Out of Control!

(A beautiful picture of Ma Xiaotao)

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

Evil Fire, huh? Then I'll help you release it!

After all, a thousand years ago, her ancestor Ma Hongjun had a unique way of venting his Evil Fire!

Ma Xiaotao, however, had always chosen to suppress her Evil Fire. When she couldn't hold it back, she lost control and ran wild all over the academy.

Ma Xiaotao looked at the man before her and was dazed for a moment.

His eyes seemed to hold starlight—clear and bright, as though they could see straight into a person's heart.

But her body was still burning with heat. Her Evil Fire poured uncontrollably out of her, wave after wave, as if it would set everything around her ablaze.

Lin Ye clenched his teeth and activated the Fire Control Technique, forcibly guiding the flames within Ma Xiaotao outward to dissipate.

Although the gap in their cultivation was enormous, he was only guiding and dissipating the flames, not confronting them head-on. He could just barely hold on.

Ma Xiaotao's collar had come undone in the struggle, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin. Her full curves were faintly visible beneath her red clothes,

like a ripe peach, trembling slightly in the scorching waves of heat.

After that brief moment of daze, Ma Xiaotao went wild again.

Her pale-pink eyes were swallowed by the Evil Fire once more, turning hollow and violent.

Powerful Soul Power surged from her body, and scorching waves of heat blasted in every direction. The trees within a hundred meters withered instantly; the birds, beasts, insects, and ants had already fled.

She straddled Lin Ye, pressed both hands down on his shoulders, and spread her flaming wings again. Like a furious phoenix, she looked down at him from above.

Lin Ye's shoulders were pinned down so hard he couldn't move. His back sank into the dirt, and he let out a muffled groan.

"Damn it! If I can't vent this young lady's Evil Fire today, I'm afraid I'll die right here!"

Still, although his shoulders were pinned down and he couldn't move, at least his hands were free to do their thing!

Lin Ye endured the searing pain across his body, gritted his teeth, and began guiding the flames outward.

He felt like he was a doufu now.

He didn't dare stop, and he couldn't stop.

If he stopped, the Evil Fire would turn on them, and they'd both be finished.

At the same time, he enthusiastically began making milk tea.

At last, the milk tea was ready: a delicious cup of Black Peach Bobo Thick Tea.

No one knew how much time had passed.

It was like the stillness after a volcano finally erupted.

The scorching waves of heat died away, and the charred air turned cool again. In the lifeless forest around them, the first insect finally began to chirp.

Ma Xiaotao collapsed limply into Lin Ye's arms, as if all her strength had left her.

Her flaming wings vanished, and her scorching body finally returned to a normal temperature.

Lin Ye gasped for breath, drenched in sweat as though someone had hauled him out of the water.

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

He had survived by the skin of his teeth.

Could this count as... a blessing in disguise?

After all that wild exertion, the Soul Power inside Lin Ye had been completely drained.

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

Holding Ma Xiaotao, the two of them lay in the forest and fell into a deep sleep.

No one knew how much time had passed.

Ma Xiaotao woke first.

She opened her eyes groggily. The scorching, frenzied aura that had enveloped her was completely gone,

replaced by a sense of ease she hadn't felt in a long time.

Although she had lost her reason earlier, vague memories of Lin Ye helping her remained in her mind.

Her scorching Soul Power had been guided outward and dissipated, like a river blocked for ages finally flowing freely again.

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

Was it him... who helped me?

She hurriedly looked down to check her clothes.

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

Her face turned even redder.

She quickly pulled her collar closed, smoothed her skirt, then hastily gathered her tousled hair.

Then she closed her eyes and sensed the Soul Power within her body.

It wasn't depleted.

In fact... her Evil Fire seemed a little purer?

What was going on?

She opened her eyes and looked at Lin Ye, shock and confusion in her gaze.

Was it this boy's Martial Soul that had caused it?

If that was the case...

She bit her lip, her heart beginning to race.

If she did this with the boy a few more times, perhaps her Evil Fire could be completely transformed into Ultimate Fire!

Ma Xiaotao sat on the ground, looking at Lin Ye as he slept, her thoughts in a tangle.

At first, she had even wondered whether she should destroy the evidence and get rid of the body.

After all, this was deeply humiliating for her. Even her stockings had been torn. If word got out, how could she ever show her face in the Inner Court again?

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

Maybe... he really could help me?

Teacher Yan Shaozhe had always told her to find a man with an ice attribute and be with him, saying that would suppress her Evil Fire.

But she didn't want to.

Why did it have to be suppressed?

She'd suppressed it for so many years, and still lost control again and again.

Again and again, she'd run around like a madwoman.

Today, she seemed to have found a breakthrough.

Her Evil Fire didn't have to be suppressed. It could evolve; it could be purified!

And the key to all of it lay with this boy.

Ma Xiaotao stood up, dusted the dirt off herself, and glanced back at Lin Ye.

Her pale-pink eyes held something more now, something she couldn't quite name.

Lin Ye had a dream while sleeping.

He dreamed that he could see inside his own body.

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

That battle with Ma Xiaotao had somehow awakened the Kidney Minister Fire within him.

In other words, it was the Medium-Flavor Essence Fire within the Samadhi True Fire.

He couldn't tell whether he was dreaming or awake.

That wisp of Medium-Flavor Essence Fire burned quietly in his kidneys. Unlike Ma Xiaotao's violent Evil Fire, it was gentle as water, warm and soothing.

But the effects of this flame were anything but gentle.

It made the circulation of fire within Lin Ye's body more intense, like installing a turbocharger on a once-tranquil river.

The speed at which his Soul Power circulated visibly increased, rushing and roaring through his meridians, round after round.

And this accelerating Soul Power was tempering the meridians and muscles throughout his body.

Like an invisible hammer, it pounded and forged his body inch by inch.

Comfortable...

Lin Ye's lips curved upward unconsciously in his dream.

No one knew how much time had passed.

Lin Ye groggily opened his eyes.

The first thing he saw was a beautiful pair of pink-and-blue eyes, staring at him from inches away.

"Lin Ye, you're finally awake."

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

Lin Ye looked around and found himself lying on his dormitory bed, a blanket still covering him.

Wang Dong'er was wearing a white camisole nightdress and sitting beside his bed. Her short pink-and-blue hair was a little messy, and it was obvious she'd been keeping watch for a long time.

"What happened to you? You didn't go to class today. When I got back, I found you lying outside the dormitory building, fast asleep. I couldn't wake you no matter what I tried."

Lin Ye froze for a moment. "I ran into a monster..."