The story that had to be told between Shrek Outer Court Freshman Class One squad leader Yin Chen and Inner Court's legendary senior sister Ma Xiaotao began to spread quietly throughout Outer Court at an alarming speed.
At the core of Sea God Lake, Shrek Academy, the lake sparkles in the afternoon sun, like a huge sapphire.
However, Yin Chen is not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery of this famous continent at this moment.
His wrist was tightly grasped by a warm, soft, yet explosive hand.
The scorching heat kept coming through his sleeves, as if it was going to ignite his blood.
Ma Xiaotao's pace is very fast, with a sense of urgency.
She did not take the ordinary stone road, but directly pulled Yin Chen and plunged into a dense forest near the lake that was rarely visited by people.
The trees in the forest are tall and have lush branches and leaves, effectively blocking the outside world's sight and forming a natural and private space.
It wasn't until he went deep into the woods and confirmed that there was no one else around that Ma Xiaotao suddenly stopped and let go of his hand.
"Huh..."
Yin Chen was finally able to breathe, and he shook his numb wrist, which still had heat left on it.
He raised his head and looked at the senior student in red with her back to him and her chest rising and falling slightly due to breathing, with a helpless wry smile on her face.
"Sister Xiaotao, you should tell me now, right?"
His voice was not loud, with a hint of the clearness unique to a young man, but the calmness in his words was inconsistent with his age.
"Do you know that what you did in the classroom just now has made me completely famous in Outer Court. I guess now the whole Outer Court has begun to spread the stories that senior sister Inner Court and I have to tell."
Hearing Yin Chen's complaint, Ma Xiaotao turned around.
Her face had a healthy blush due to the quick walk and the excitement in her heart, and the flames seemed to be beating in her beautiful phoenix eyes.
She looked Yin Chen up and down, as if assessing something.
Then, she crossed her arms across her chest. This action made her already proud curves even more thrilling.
She raised her chin slightly, narrowed her eyes, and a sense of oppression belonging to a strong person naturally emanated.
"Oh? You're not happy to have something to do with me, Ma Xiaotao?"
Her voice was lazily hoarse, like a lioness patrolling her territory, full of dominance.
'Here we come, giving me the proposition.'
Silver Chen Xin said secretly.
He knew very well that the character of the woman in front of him was the same as her Martial Soul, the kind that would catch fire on ignition.
If she is not happy with the answer, she may get angry on the spot. If she is happy with the answer, then Ma Xiaotao is probably not happy either.
So, Yin Chen wisely chose to change the topic.
He spread his hands, with the gentle and harmless smile still on his face.
"Sister Xiaotao, let's get down to business. You dragged me here in such a hurry, maybe it's not just for fun, right?"
His attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, which not only gave the other party ample face, but also cleverly brought the topic back on track.
Sure enough, when it came to business, Ma Xiaotao's momentum immediately calmed down a lot.
Her sharp phoenix eyes looked at the young man in front of her seriously and carefully again.
He has silver hair, different eyes, one golden eye on the left and green on the other as deep as the starry sky. There is no flaw in his handsome facial features. His body is slender and tall, and his temperament is calm and mysterious.
'This guy... is really good-looking...'
A thought emerged from Ma Xiaotao's heart uncontrollably.
Then, she remembered what teacher Yan Shaozhe said last night.
"... It would be better if you two could be together."
"... If you want to completely eradicate your Evil Fire, you and him must go one step further."
"Boom--"
A wave of heat rushed straight to her forehead, and Ma Xiaotao felt her cheeks instantly become frighteningly hot, even hotter than when she activated Soul Power herself.
Her pretty face turned red after being brushed.
'I was thinking about something random.'
She cursed herself secretly in embarrassment and shook her head vigorously, getting rid of all the unnecessary and disturbing thoughts from her mind.
When she raised her head again, although the blush on her face had not completely faded, her eyes had become serious and serious again.
"Humph."
She snorted softly to cover up her gaffe.
"You kid, you hid it deep enough. Is it Twin Martial Souls? It was so hard to hide it from me."
Her tone was filled with familiar complaints, as if she was blaming a friend she had known for a long time.
Yin Chen raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
'The news has indeed reached her. It seems that Dean Yan Shaozhe is really concerned about her affairs.'
He knew it in his heart, but his face remained calm.
"I have never deliberately concealed what sister Xiaotao said."
He met Ma Xiaotao's gaze calmly and smiled.
"I just don't think it's necessary, so I just spread it everywhere."
"Same."
Ma Xiaotao nodded and agreed with his statement.
"Well, I won't beat around the bush with you."
She took a step forward and approached Yin Chen, and the distance between the two instantly shortened.
She stared hard into Yin Chen's eyes, her voice was low but full of affirmation.
"Your Second Martial Soul is of ice type, right?"
She paused, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth, full of endless desire.
"And, it's...Ultimate Ice."
The air seemed to freeze at this moment.
The only sound in the forest was the rustling of the leaves in the wind.
Yin Chen didn't speak, just looked at her quietly.
From the depths of Ma Xiaotao's burning eyes, he could see the pain and unwillingness that had been suppressed for too long, as well as the desperate hope at this moment like a drowning man grabbing onto driftwood.
He didn't sell out anymore.
"That's right."
He admitted it frankly.
"Indeed, it's Ultimate Ice."
Before he finished speaking, he slowly stretched out his right hand.
As he thought, a bone-chilling chill invisible to the naked eye instantly spread from his palm to the surroundings.
The water vapor in the air is instantly frozen.
A crystal clear hexagonal ice crystal with a perfect structure like a work of art quietly condensed and formed in the palm of his hand.
The ice crystal exudes a faint blue halo, and it contains the purest and most original power of the ice element.
The surrounding temperature suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees.
The air that seemed a little hot a moment ago due to Ma Xiaotao suddenly became crisp and refreshing.
"Great."
Although she had already received a positive answer from the teacher, when Yin Chen actually showed the legendary Ultimate Ice in front of her, and when the extreme cold air hit her face that made every pore of her body feel comfortable and made the restless Evil Fire in her body calm down, Ma Xiaotao still couldn't help but let out a cheer of surprise.