A ray of morning sunlight shone through the specially made glass in Ma Xiaotao's room, falling on the two people on the ice bed.
Feeling the warmth of the sunlight, Ma Xiaotao slowly opened her eyes, the evil fire within her suppressed.
Once she took in the scene before her, Ma Xiaotao's face flushed bright red.
Though they had been sitting cross-legged the night before, the two had somehow ended up embracing. Huo Yuhao's rather youthful face was now pressed tightly against her chest.
"Um, Xiaotao, could you let me go?"
Huo Yuhao's somewhat muffled voice came from Ma Xiaotao's embrace.
Hearing this, Ma Xiaotao fumbled as she pushed Huo Yuhao away. Then she sprang off the bed like a rabbit.
Huo Yuhao, who had been held in her arms, took the opportunity to sit up as well. He had woken a little earlier than Ma Xiaotao, but their position had been far too awkward. Unsure what to do, he had simply closed his eyes again and pretended to still be asleep.
Faced with such an awkward situation, Huo Yuhao could only change the subject.
"Xiaotao, how's the suppression of your evil fire?"
Only then did Ma Xiaotao notice that the evil fire, which had always been like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment, now seemed to have been soothed.
No longer needing to divert soul power to suppress the evil fire, Ma Xiaotao felt light and relaxed all over. She tried circulating her soul power and felt clearheaded and refreshed.
"I feel great! Huh? What's this?"
After circulating her soul power through her meridians once, Ma Xiaotao suddenly discovered that after their night of refinement together, not only had her evil fire been suppressed, but her soul power had increased as well.
As though realizing something, Ma