Can You Fly?!

Ma Xiaotao had already said so.

So Bai Luo did not say anything further.

He glanced at Sea God Lake before him, his brows knitting slightly.

"Xiaotao, I remember hearing rumors that boats would ferry students across Sea God Lake to the inner court?"

Not every inner court student could fly.

Nor did every one of them possess the cultivation of a Soul Saint, allowing them to walk through the air.

Thus, some means of crossing Sea God Lake was necessary.

Yet Bai Luo looked around.

There was not the slightest trace of a boat upon the vast Sea God Lake.

"Uh..."

"Maybe they were sent off for repairs."

Ma Xiaotao somewhat unnaturally twirled a loose strand of crimson hair by her cheek around her finger.

Her gaze darted away.

Of course, she knew what had happened.

This was her teacher's handiwork.

The boats on Sea God Lake had deliberately been gathered up and sent for "safety inspections."

All to create more opportunities for her.

Pear blossoms drifted before your window~

"How about I take you across..."

Ma Xiaotao asked in a deliberately casual tone.

Yet anticipation was suppressed within her voice.

She remembered that Bai Luo's martial soul did not grant him the ability to fly.

Like her, he was a Soul Emperor. Logically, he should not have been capable of flying through the air.

But that did not matter!

It suited her wishes perfectly.

Bai Luo could not fly.

But she, who possessed the Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul, could!

She could take him across Sea God Lake.

A little intimate physical contact during the process would be perfectly normal, right?

She refused to believe that even this would not make Bai Luo's heart race!

Once she stirred up some special thoughts in Bai Luo.

Wouldn't it be easy for her to make a few more moves and completely win him over?

Ma Xiaotao's master plan was online!

Just as she began considering how to create even more intimate contact "by accident."

Bai Luo spoke up and refused.

"No need, Xiaotao."

"Don't mind it. After all..."

"Huh?!"

Ma Xiaotao, who had only gotten halfway through her words, suddenly realized what he had said.

She looked at Bai Luo in astonishment.

That was not the right answer, was it?

Shouldn't Bai Luo have reluctantly agreed, felt embarrassed, then had her tell him not to mind it, after which everything would naturally proceed according to her plan?

Why had Bai Luo refused?

That was not how the script went!

Ma Xiaotao thought Bai Luo had refused because he felt awkward, so she comforted him.

"Xiao Luo, do we need to be so polite with each other?"

"There's nothing awkward about it."

"What's awkward?"

Bai Luo tilted his head in confusion.

"I just think I can cross Sea God Lake on my own, so there's no need to trouble you, Xiaotao."

"How could that be? Xiao Luo, don't you lack the ability to fl...y?!"

Ma Xiaotao's voice rose sharply, and her eyes widened.

Bai Luo stepped straight onto Sea God Lake.

Yet he did not fall into the water.

Instead, he floated eerily above its surface.

As though walking on solid ground!

"Xiaotao?"

Bai Luo turned back and called to Ma Xiaotao.

Only then did Ma Xiaotao come back to herself.

Her throat felt dry.

"Xiao Luo, did you break through to Soul Saint?!"

Flying through the air.

That was an ability only Soul Saints and above possessed!

"No."

Bai Luo shook his head.

He was indeed not far from becoming a Soul Saint, but he had not reached that level yet.

"Then why?"

Ma Xiaotao pointed at his feet.

If Bai Luo had not broken through to Soul Saint, why could he fly through the air like this?

"It's simple."

"Just a tiny bit of Soul Power application."

Bai Luo answered indifferently.

Why could Soul Saints fly without relying on their martial souls' abilities?

It was nothing more than control and application of Soul Power.

So long as one's control over and application of Soul Power reached the level of an ordinary Soul Saint, one could do the same.

Though Bai Luo had yet to become a true Soul Saint.

Both his total amount of Soul Power and his application of it had long surpassed those of an ordinary Soul Saint.

Naturally, something like this posed no difficulty to him.

"Just a tiny bit of Soul Power application..."

Seeing Bai Luo's calm, unconcerned expression, Ma Xiaotao no longer had the strength to complain.

If it were truly that simple, then the ability to fly without relying on a martial soul only after reaching Soul Saint would not have become common knowledge in the soul master world.

But what Ma Xiaotao cared about more was something else.

If Bai Luo could fly, then her plan had completely gone bankrupt!

Damn it, it had died before it had even begun!

"Xiaotao, what's wrong?"

Seeing Ma Xiaotao standing there blankly, Bai Luo asked in confusion.

He had the feeling that Ma Xiaotao had been acting very strangely today.

"It's nothing."

Ma Xiaotao forced out a smile that looked more like she wanted to cry.

Inner court.

Ling Luochan had been waiting there early.

She wore a loose, snow-white hoodie.

A pair of denim shorts covered her lower half.

Her fair, long, shapely legs were exposed, especially eye-catching.

The fluffy white stockings were the finishing touch, decorating those art-like long legs to perfection.

Her arms were crossed before her chest.

Ling Luochan wore a cold smile.

Today, she would absolutely expose Ma Xiaotao's lies.

Could that hot-tempered volcano of a woman really get herself a boyfriend?

And it was that little divine physician those lovestruck girls could not stop talking about?

Ling Luochan would never believe it.

She had heard those lovestruck girls say that the little divine physician did not have a girlfriend.

She was certain Ma Xiaotao was merely stubbornly refusing to admit defeat.

Once she exposed her lies on the spot, she would see how this woman could keep throwing her weight around in front of her!

Very soon.

She noticed the fiery-red figure on Sea God Lake.

The eyesight of a Soul King allowed Ling Luochan to clearly make out that fiery-red figure.

It was none other than Ma Xiaotao.

However...

When Ling Luochan noticed another figure beside Ma Xiaotao, she froze.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Could Ma Xiaotao have actually been telling the truth?

While Ling Luochan was lost in thought.

Ma Xiaotao noticed her as well.

Seeing Ling Luochan appear here, Ma Xiaotao sneered inwardly.

This ice woman really had come to seize this chance to mock her.

Luckily, she had still successfully invited Xiao Luo.

Otherwise, this woman truly would have gotten her way.

"Ling Luochan."

Ma Xiaotao led Bai Luo over to Ling Luochan and took the initiative to greet her.

Then, smiling, she introduced Ling Luochan to Bai Luo.

"This is Ling Luochan, a student of the inner court and one of this generation's Shrek Seven Monsters."

She then introduced Bai Luo to Ling Luochan.

"This is Bai Luo, my boyfriend."

Ma Xiaotao's tone brimmed with smug pride.

Bai Luo's expression did not change upon hearing Ma Xiaotao's introduction.

Because Ma Xiaotao had already discussed it with him on the way there.

To prevent what had just happened from occurring again, she would play the role of Bai Luo's girlfriend and make those women back off in the face of the difficulty.

In truth, this was also an excuse Ma Xiaotao had come up with on the spot.

She really had to thank those lovestruck girls from the outer court.

Otherwise, she truly would have been troubled over how to avoid exposing herself before Ling Luochan.

The trouble those lovestruck girls from the outer court had caused happened to give her a perfectly justified reason to pretend to be Bai Luo's girlfriend.

Heaven was truly helping Ma Xiaotao!