Invitation

"Xiaotao, it's over."

"Mm, it's over~"

Ma Xiaotao's voice was weak and sticky.

Her crimson hair was scattered across her snow-white cheeks.

Dampened by the sweat on her face, it clung tightly to her cheeks.

She lay limply on the bed.

Her beautiful, alluring face was filled with the relief of having her Evil Fire suppressed.

That felt so good!

No matter how many times it had been suppressed, that feeling of relief was still so intoxicating!

Ma Xiaotao did not want to speak at all right now.

She only wanted to savor the pleasure of having her Evil Fire suppressed.

Bai Luo did not rush her.

This was not his first time suppressing Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire. He had long grown used to her reaction afterward.

He merely glanced at the bed, which had been thoroughly soaked.

Then he quietly sighed to himself.

Fortunately, he had prepared extra sheets beforehand. Otherwise, they might have had to sleep directly on the mattress tonight.

After a long while.

Ma Xiaotao gradually came back to herself.

When she recalled her performance just now, a blush involuntarily rose on her fair, lovely face.

However, since this was not the first time, Ma Xiaotao did not act too strangely.

She quickly regained her composure.

She patted her slightly burning cheeks and said:

"Xiao Luo, you should be free tomorrow, right?"

Ma Xiaotao remembered Bai Luo's routine.

He only saw patients in the afternoons.

He only worked five days a week, leaving two extra days free to arrange as he pleased.

After all, Bai Luo had finally transmigrated and even had a God King sister looking after him. Naturally, he had to enjoy himself properly.

He could not possibly throw all his energy into endless busywork.

Otherwise, he had been a workhorse before transmigrating and would still be a workhorse afterward. Wouldn't that mean he had transmigrated for nothing?

"Mm, I am."

Bai Luo nodded.

He had nothing going on lately.

Under normal circumstances, during the coming weekend, he would either wander around or stay on the second floor of his Clinic, drinking tea and basking in the sun.

Though he was not particularly old, Bai Luo had already grown fond of such a leisurely life.

Perhaps his previous life as an overworked medical worker had been too torturous, making him enter his psychological old age ahead of schedule.

At that, Ma Xiaotao's eyes lit up.

A rare trace of bashfulness appeared on her usually radiant face.

"Then, Xiao Luo, would you like to come to Shrek Academy tomorrow?"

Ma Xiaotao extended an invitation.

Bai Luo did not agree immediately.

Instead, he asked with some wariness and helplessness:

"Xiaotao, don't tell me Dean Yan asked you to say this again?"

Ever since learning Bai Luo's age and cultivation level.

Yan Shaozhe had developed an appreciation for his talent.

He could not wait to recruit this monstrous genius into Shrek Academy.

He had repeatedly invited Bai Luo.

But Bai Luo had refused every time.

He had no interest whatsoever in joining Shrek Academy.

After all, he had no need to study all that miscellaneous knowledge.

Given Bai Luo's unique circumstances, all he needed to do was continue healing people as he was now, occasionally appearing at certain special critical junctures.

By harvesting Fortune Feedback, he could grow smoothly all the way.

There was simply no need for him to attend a Soul Master Academy to learn anything.

As for the conditions Yan Shaozhe had offered, they might indeed have been irresistible temptations to others.

But for Bai Luo, who had a God King sister backing him, they were not particularly competitive.

For example, one of the conditions Yan Shaozhe had once promised Bai Luo was helping him hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

That was an incredibly generous offer.

It would definitely be enough to make ninety-nine percent of the Soul Master world unable to refuse.

Unfortunately, Bai Luo was not among them.

He did not need to hunt Soul Beasts to break through bottlenecks.

He only needed to call out to his sister.

A God-Given Spirit Ring would solve every problem for him.

Since he could withstand the pressure of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, the God-Given Spirit Ring could naturally reach the Hundred-Thousand-Year level as well.

So, the conditions Yan Shaozhe considered incomparably generous held no attraction for Bai Luo at all.

Yet perhaps Yan Shaozhe truly valued talent too greatly. He was exceptionally persistent about recruiting Bai Luo.

That was why Bai Luo's first reaction upon hearing Ma Xiaotao's invitation was that Yan Shaozhe had sent her to persuade him.

"No, no, my teacher didn't send me."

Noticing Bai Luo's wary gaze, Ma Xiaotao repeatedly waved her hands in denial.

She explained:

"It's just that tomorrow happens to be Shrek Academy's admissions day, so it should be quite lively."

"So I wanted to invite you over to take a look."

"After all, Xiao Luo, on weekends you either drink tea and read on the second floor of the Clinic or wander around. You must get bored at least sometimes."

"So I invited you. It absolutely wasn't my teacher's idea."

Ma Xiaotao did not really understand why Bai Luo was so resistant to joining Shrek Academy.

But she merely did not understand. She did not have any other opinion on the matter.

After all, it was Bai Luo's freedom.

Everything she said was true.

She had merely deliberately concealed one tiny matter.

The reason Ma Xiaotao had taken the initiative to invite Bai Luo to Shrek Academy.

Was not solely because Shrek Academy happened to be holding admissions.

There was another reason: Ling Luochen.

She had gotten into a small verbal dispute with that ice woman in the inner courtyard.

It had not really been anything serious.

After all, everyone in the inner courtyard knew that the Ice and Fire Twin Stars did not get along particularly well.

It was perfectly normal for them to trade barbs in their daily lives.

But this time was somewhat different.

When Ling Luochen mocked Ma Xiaotao, she deliberately seized upon Ma Xiaotao's temper, which was as explosive as a volcano.

She sneered that no one would ever like a living volcano.

How could Ma Xiaotao possibly endure that?

In a fit of hotheadedness, she immediately dragged Bai Luo into it.

She solemnly told that woman Ling Luochen that Bai Luo was her boyfriend.

But how could Ling Luochen possibly believe Ma Xiaotao's one-sided claim so easily?

Bai Luo's reputation had long spread throughout all of Shrek City.

Although Ling Luochen had never met Bai Luo, she had heard somewhat of the name of that succubus-like young physician.

She did not believe that Ma Xiaotao, that hot-tempered woman, could win over such a tempting man, the one countless noble ladies thought of late into the night and murmured about in soft longing.

So she crossed her arms and expressed her doubts.

She also stated that unless Ma Xiaotao brought Bai Luo to Shrek Academy, everything Ma Xiaotao said was a lie.

At the time, Ma Xiaotao's blood was up.

And before Ling Luochen, her lifelong rival, she could not possibly back down.

With no way out, she could only stubbornly declare:

"Then I'll bring him! Who's afraid of who!"

That was how Ma Xiaotao's invitation came about.

When she thought back on it, Ma Xiaotao felt somewhat guilty.

Worried about embarrassing herself, she had not yet told Bai Luo about it.

Bai Luo did not know what had happened between Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen.

When he heard that it was not Yan Shaozhe's instruction, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He was not afraid of Yan Shaozhe, but it would still be troublesome if Yan Shaozhe kept pestering him.

Since that was not the case, things were simple.

"Sure. I'll come tomorrow."

Bai Luo agreed at once.

He happened to have nothing to do.

And judging by the timing, this should also be when all the members of the protagonist group appeared.

He could take a look while he was there.

"Mm-hm!"

Ma Xiaotao was delighted inside.

What she feared most was Bai Luo refusing.

If that happened, she would lose all face before Ling Luochen.

If Bai Luo agreed, at least the first step had been successfully taken.

As for the rest, if she handled things properly, it probably would not be exposed.

Probably...