Suppressing the Evil Fire—She Thought He Meant "Suppressing the Evil Fire"

Ma Xiaotao and Bai Luo had first met two years ago.

In order to come into contact with more people blessed with great fortune and receive better feedback, Bai Luo had come to Shrek City and opened a small clinic.

Thanks to his miraculous medical skills, stunning looks, and the reputation he had built over the previous few years while traveling the continent and saving lives,

rumors of a genius young miracle doctor soon spread throughout Shrek City.

Back then, Ma Xiaotao had been tormented terribly by the Evil Fire of her Evil Fire Phoenix.

She had been searching everywhere for a way to suppress it.

But none of the methods had produced any real results.

Then she happened to hear Bai Luo's story.

At first, Ma Xiaotao had been rather disdainful of this so-called genius young miracle doctor.

She thought everyone was making a fuss over nothing.

After all, Ma Xiaotao's status was far from ordinary.

As the disciple of Mingfeng Douluo, the dean of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department, Ma Xiaotao had seen far too many powerful healing-type Soul Masters.

So she instinctively believed

that even if a child so young had some talent in medicine, how capable could he possibly be?

Still, with the mindset of treating a dead horse as if it were alive,

Ma Xiaotao had come to Bai Luo for a consultation.

Once Bai Luo had learned the details of her condition, he immediately guessed her identity.

Naturally, Bai Luo had no reason to refuse such feedback delivered right to his door.

Ma Xiaotao's condition was different from any patient Bai Luo had encountered before.

Strictly speaking, Evil Fire could not be considered an illness at all.

It was a characteristic of her Martial Soul.

Therefore, Bai Luo's first soul skill, Absolute Healing, did not actually have the ability to eradicate Ma Xiaotao's condition.

It could only use the unreasonable higher-level power of his Medicine King Martial Soul to forcibly suppress the Evil Fire within Ma Xiaotao's body.

Even so,

it was already an unexpected delight for Ma Xiaotao.

After all, Bai Luo's ability to suppress her Evil Fire far surpassed every method she had used before.

And while the suppression remained in effect,

she could cultivate without any restraint at all!

Once the effect wore off, she only needed to come back to Bai Luo for another treatment.

For that very reason,

Ma Xiaotao became a frequent visitor to Bai Luo's clinic.

Bai Luo was more than happy to accept this.

Although Evil Fire was not truly an illness,

the feedback from each suppression was still given in full.

With feedback that was practically free, why would Bai Luo refuse?

Later, even when she did not need her Evil Fire suppressed, Ma Xiaotao would still come to the clinic to find Bai Luo.

She gradually came to regard Bai Luo's place as her own safe haven.

Anything she found difficult to say at Shrek Academy, she would pour out all at once in front of Bai Luo.

This included, but was not limited to, muttered complaints like, "That ice woman Ling Luochan deliberately targeted me again," and, "That hypocrite Dai Yueheng is putting on an act again."

As they spent more and more time together,

Ma Xiaotao's feelings for Bai Luo gradually changed from simple gratitude into something else.

Ma Xiaotao herself, however, did not feel burdened by it.

She only wanted Bai Luo to suppress her Evil Fire in a different way. What bad intentions could she possibly have?

She liked Bai Luo's gentleness.

But she did not like him being gentle toward anyone else.

Who told me to be this selfish? I only want your gentleness to belong to me.

A faint, barely noticeable possessiveness flashed through Ma Xiaotao's gaze as she looked at Bai Luo.

"Is Sister Xiaotao's Evil Fire acting up again?"

"Strange. It shouldn't be this soon..."

Bai Luo sensed the Evil Fire inside Ma Xiaotao already growing frenzied.

He was somewhat puzzled.

Normally, after his last suppression, the Evil Fire should not have started acting up again so quickly.

Could the Evil Fire within Ma Xiaotao have become stronger again?

Hearing Bai Luo's quiet mutter,

Ma Xiaotao's expression became slightly unnatural.

Normally, after Bai Luo's previous suppression, her Evil Fire really should not have started acting up again so soon.

But unfortunately...

On every quiet, lonely night, she would always fantasize about the young man before her relieving her emptiness.

Thinking of him day and night, yet unable to have him,

the Evil Fire within Ma Xiaotao naturally began to stir.

After all, aside from the nature of Evil Fire itself,

it also had a great deal to do with her mental state.

To put it simply,

Ma Xiaotao was repressed.

But there was no way Ma Xiaotao could tell Bai Luo that.

It sounded far too much like something a lovesick pervert would say!

She did not want Bai Luo's impression of her to become that of some unspeakable freak!

So Ma Xiaotao only said guiltily,

"I don't know what happened either."

"Maybe I've been cultivating a little too frequently lately and triggered the Evil Fire."

Frequent was indeed frequent.

But whether it was cultivation or something else, no one could say.

"Maybe that's it."

Bai Luo did not suspect anything.

"Sister Xiaotao, there's no need to worry. We just need to suppress it again."

He did not mind.

As Ma Xiaotao's cultivation increased, her Evil Fire would indeed grow stronger as well.

But the thing was, Bai Luo would grow stronger too!

Two years ago, there had still been a gap between his cultivation and Ma Xiaotao's.

Now, both he and Ma Xiaotao were Soul Emperors.

He had even nearly reached the Soul Sage realm, overtaking her in cultivation.

Thus, although Ma Xiaotao's cultivation had increased, suppressing her Evil Fire had actually become easier for Bai Luo.

As for whether it would become difficult later on,

it was possible.

But not very likely.

Unless Ma Xiaotao's rate of progress could surpass Bai Luo's.

But judging from the current situation, the odds of that happening were no different from a fantasy.

Ma Xiaotao's talent was indeed among the best of the younger generation.

But Bai Luo had cheats.

"Then I'll have to trouble Xiao Luo to suppress Sister's Evil Fire~"

Ma Xiaotao seemed to think of something, and the look in her crimson eyes gradually became soft and sultry.

"Mm."

"Sister Xiaotao, come with me."

Bai Luo led her to the second floor of the clinic.

This was where he rested every day.

Although it was not Ma Xiaotao's first time in Bai Luo's bedroom, her eyes still could not help wandering around the room.

It was as though she were searching for something special.

Unfortunately,

Bai Luo had excellent living habits.

Ma Xiaotao did not see what she had hoped to find.

"Sister Xiaotao, get on the bed."

"Ah?" Ma Xiaotao's entire face turned red.

She stammered, with a hint of indescribable anticipation in her voice.

"Isn't this a little too fast?"

"Fast?" Bai Luo was completely bewildered.

"Fast what?"

He tilted his head in confusion.

"How am I supposed to suppress it if we don't get on the bed?"

"If Sister Xiaotao doesn't want to, I can bring over two meditation cushions instead."

"Ah, so that's what you meant."

Realizing she had made a ridiculous misunderstanding, Ma Xiaotao wanted to die from shame.

At the same time, she could not help feeling disappointed.

So it was just suppressing the Evil Fire.

She had thought it meant "suppressing the Evil Fire."

"Then what did Sister Xiaotao think I meant?"

"N-No, that's what I thought too!"

Ma Xiaotao hurriedly denied it. There was no way she could admit to her wild thoughts!

The two got onto the bed and sat cross-legged.

"Sister Xiaotao, I'm starting."

"Mm..."