Xue Xin turned to face Su Tong.
"Su Tong, do you think Shrek will take what we said to Song Yunzhi to heart?"
Su Tong replied, "At least she took it to heart, but whether the Sea God's Pavilion will listen, I have my doubts."
"Judging from my conversation with her just now, she's clearly a dovish elder who advocates peaceful means of handling relations between Shrek and Heaven Dou."
"But the ones in power at Shrek Academy now are clearly the hawkish elders of Xuan Zi's faction."
"So I believe that once Ma Xiaotao returns, they'll inevitably use the Golden Tree's power to forcibly break down the ice sealing her martial soul, all to win the Soul Master Tournament."
Xue Xin nodded.
"If they succeed, it won't matter even if Ma Xiaotao evolves to possess ultimate fire."
Xue Xin looked toward Song Yunzhi in the sky. "The empire has you and Yuhao now. Ma Xiaotao won't be able to stir up so much as a ripple."
"If you could join forces to seal her once, you can seal her a second time."
"But if they fail..."
He did not continue, but Su Tong already understood what Xue Xin meant.
If they failed, Ma Xiaotao, with her evil fire out of control, would become Shrek Academy's greatest stain.
The Heaven Dou Empire had already frozen her martial soul, and even Su Tong, an ultimate-attribute Soul Master with an extremely deep understanding of elemental power, had shared her insights with Ma Xiaotao.
As long as Ma Xiaotao and Shrek Academy knew how to act, they would have a true Fire Phoenix.
But if they stubbornly went their own way and ultimately caused Ma Xiaotao's evil fire to spiral out of control...
"The empire needs an opening."
Xue Xin's gaze was profound.