The Vermilion Bird Stirs Up Trouble

Rewind time to the battle between the limits.

Xu Xingyu, focused on the demonstration by the Golden Ancient Tree, was completely unaware of the battle taking place outside. She concentrated on using the remnant soul of the Vermilion Bird to reshape Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul.

Finally, thanks to Xu Xingyu's tireless efforts, Ma Xiaotao's Vermilion Bird Martial Soul was completed, and Ma Xiaotao was finally out of danger.

The afterimage of the Vermilion Bird beside him also began to fade, prompting the Vermilion Bird to sigh, "It seems my time has finally come. Starry, no, it should be Xingyu, right? Meeting you is the happiest thing in my life. If fate allows, let us meet again."

Hearing this, Xu Xingyu smiled, panting slightly, and said, "It's my blessing as the Starry Dragon Emperor to have such subordinates and friends."

"To receive such praise from you is a great honor. Choosing you as my lord was indeed the right decision. Farewell."

After she finished speaking, the afterimage of Vermilion Bird finally began to dissipate. But before it vanished, she put on a teasing expression and said, "By the way, you can handle the rest of the benefits yourself. Consider it the consequence you deserve for all the romantic entanglements you've caused."

Upon hearing Xu Xingyu was somewhat confused, but at that moment, Ma Xiaotao seemed to be half-controlled by something, slowly standing up and walking towards Xu Xingyu.

Looking at Ma Xiaotao's lifeless eyes, Xu Xingyu sensed a very familiar aura—the aura of Evil Fire!

Did Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire not dissipate during the process of transforming her Martial Soul?!

No! The Evil Fire has indeed dissipated, but some residual Evil Fire instinctively hides itself deep within Ma Xiaotao's body.

In that case, theoretically, Ma Xiaotao only needs to circulate her Soul Power once to eliminate the remaining Evil Fire.

However, Ma Xiaotao is still unconscious, and this is the last offensive of the Evil Fire!

Upon seeing this, Xu Xingyu immediately recalled the scene of being trapped by the Evil Fire before. Fortunately, she was able to resolve it with Gu Yuena that time, but it was clear that this time it wouldn't work.

Xu Xingyu immediately tried to use his Soul Power to Ice Seal Ma Xiaotao with Ultimate Ice, as he didn't want to have any relations with Ma Xiaotao at this time.

You should know that Xu Xingyu currently only considers the other person a friend, or at most a senior who needs help. Although she has taken advantage of the other person many times, she has never taken the initiative.

His favorability rating isn't that easy to raise; you know, he already has enough girls already. (Gu Yuena: Really? It seems like your favorability rating isn't that hard to raise either?)

Besides, if he really falls in love with every girl he meets, then he's a beast, even worse than a scumbag.

Xu Xingyu is the kind of person who firmly believes that love requires mutual support, a certain understanding of each other, and the ability to tolerate each other's flaws.

Xu Xingyu didn't think he could tolerate Ma Xiaotao's fiery temper now. If she could change in the future, that would be fine, but if she always had that tigress-like temper, then no matter how good-looking she was or how curvy she was, they could only be friends at best.

And Ma Xiaotao must feel the same way, right? It's impossible that she'd become infatuated with him just because of a few treatments. Is Xu Xingyu really that charming?

If Ma Xiaotao were conscious now, she would definitely answer that his charm is just that great. Ever since she met Xu Xingyu, Ma Xiaotao has been troubled about how to get her best friend Jiang Nannan into Xu Xingyu's clique without hurting her.

After all, someone as outstanding as Xu Xingyu is the type you'll never see again once you miss her.

The other boys she knew were all cowards; they treated her like a plague, avoiding her whenever possible.

Every time she participated in the Sea God's Fate held by the Shrek Academy, no one would choose her Ma Xiaotao. Those who were chosen by Ma Xiaotao would almost always jump into the water immediately, eliminating themselves.

So when Ma Xiaotao met Xu Xingyu, someone who matched her aesthetic standards, she didn't want to give up.

Although she felt slightly dissatisfied that Xu Xingyu couldn't possibly only love her, it was precisely because of this that she was able to join the competition.

Back in the present, Xu Xingyu attempted to use her Soul Power to Ice Seal Ma Xiaotao with Ultimate Ice, but Ma Xiaotao, who had recently obtained the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul, instinctively retaliated.

The golden and black flames instantly melted Xu Xingyu's ice; this was the power of the Ultimate Yang Fire and the Ultimate Yin Fire.

Xu Xingyu was originally capable of suppressing the Ultimate Twin Fires with his combat power, but now, because he helped Ma Xiaotao rebuild her Martial Soul, he has very little Soul Power left.

Soon, Xu Xingyu's Soul Power was completely exhausted, and she could only wait for what was to come, like a fish on a chopping board.

That day, Xu Xingyu had a dream where he was rowing a small boat on the sea.

After an unknown amount of time, a red mountain appeared in front of Xu Xingyu. Upon seeing Xu Xingyu immediately decided to turn around and glide around the mountain.

However, at that very moment a storm was about to break, and with the approach of the storm, the waves on the sea became as fierce as tigers.

Xu Xingyu tried to control the small boat to prevent it from crashing into the red mountain, but as fate would have it, the boat eventually headed towards the mountain under the guidance of the waves.

Just as they were about to collide, Xu Xingyu accidentally ignited the explosives on the ship, so she had to hurriedly discard them, which ended up landing on Red Mountain.

With a loud crash, a cave suddenly appeared in front of Xu Xingyu! It turned out that the mountain wall behind it was hollow!

At this Xu Xingyu noticed that it had started to rain, so he had no choice but to enter the cave to take shelter from the rain.

After entering the cave by boat, Xu Xingyu was pushed by the waves and continued to move deeper into the cave. During this process, Xu Xingyu did not know how many times the boat was almost capsized or hit the rocks.

Finally, as if it were predestined, Xu Xingyu's boat crashed into the rock wall, and Xu Xingyu fell into the water, where she was forcibly filled with an unknown amount of extremely salty seawater.

Xu Xingyu was swept away by the sea to the depths of the mountains after an unknown period of time, and finally regained consciousness after hitting a rock.

After vomiting all the seawater out of her stomach, Xu Xingyu began to observe where she was.

To his surprise, he found himself deep within the mountains, which turned out to be a basin-like area.

The scenery inside the mountains is like a paradise, beautiful and full of a unique natural atmosphere.

What surprised Xu Xingyu the most was that there were countless fruit trees in this place, including peaches, cherries, grapes and so on.

Curious, Xu Xingyu Xu Xingyu tasted the fruit from every tree, and could only describe it as a heavenly delicacy.

Xu Xingyu was so engrossed in the fruits produced in this idyllic paradise that he didn't know how much time had passed. Finally, when he could no longer eat, he found a place to sleep.

That was the moment the dream ended, and it was time to face the realities of the world.