Chapter 86: That Damn Yan Shaozhe
Several days later.
As the bell rang, the day's classes came to an end. Teacher Wang Yan closed his lesson plan, announced the end of class, and immediately looked at Lin Xuan, who was just standing up to leave.
"Lin Xuan, stay behind for a moment. I have something I need to tell you."
Hearing this, Lin Xuan sat back down quite naturally. He was already well-accustomed to this situation; within the past month, he had even started to feel unaccustomed if these teachers didn't keep him behind a few times.
Not long after, once the classroom was empty, Teacher Wang Yan walked up to Lin Xuan with a smile on his face and got straight to the point, "Student Lin Xuan, Xuanzi asked me to pass on a message: go to the Inner Court Soul Dueling Arena tonight. He wants to personally check your progress in mastering Black Flash."
Lin Xuan frowned slightly. Why was that old geezer Xuanzi so impulsive? Why would he suddenly want to check my Black Flash for no reason?
But since Xuanzi had brought it up himself, he couldn't very well refuse. Besides, having a super Douluo as a sparring partner was certainly not a loss.
"I understand."
In the evening, after eating at the cafeteria, Lin Xuan headed straight for the shores of Sea God Lake.
The wings of his Shikigami unfurled behind him, wreathed in lightning, and he sped across the lake, landing within the territory of the Inner Court.
The Inner Court Soul Dueling Arena was nestled within a bamboo forest. As night began to fall, the Soul Guidance lamps on the eaves cast a warm glow.
As soon as Lin Xuan approached, he saw a familiar figure pacing back and forth at the entrance, looking caught in a dilemma.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Xu Sanshi.
"What are you doing here?" Lin Xuan walked over and suddenly spoke up.
Xu Sanshi jumped in fright. When he whirled around and saw it was him, he patted his chest and let out a long sigh of relief, then asked with a puzzled expression, "Lin Xuan? Why are you here too?"
Hearing this, Lin Xuan didn't answer and furrowed his brows. Originally, he had just thought that Xuanzi was bored and looking for some fun, but Xu Sanshi appearing here was very suspicious.
No, there must be something fishy going on here—
He scanned his surroundings; it was silent and deserted, with only the sound of the wind passing through the bamboo.
Immediately, Lin Xuan turned around, ready to leave.
Even if Xuanzi asked about it later, he could just say he was suddenly feeling unwell and needed to rest; no one could find fault with that.
But just then, a female voice, seemingly suppressing something, suddenly came from inside the Soul Dueling Arena, "Xu Sanshi! How much longer are you going to dawdle?!"
This voice—it was Ma Xiaotao! Lin Xuan's footsteps faltered, and he instantly understood what was happening.
He turned back around and saw Ma Xiaotao walking out of the passageway.
Her cheeks were flushed with an unnatural red, her aura was scorching hot, and there was a flare of anger in her eyes; clearly, her Evil Fire was acting up again.
However, the moment her gaze touched Lin Xuan, that rising anger suddenly stalled.
Ma Xiaotao was stunned, her originally fierce aura unconsciously softening, and even her voice grew three parts gentler, "Lin Xuan? You—you, why are you here?"
Seeing Ma Xiaotao like this, Lin Xuan understood completely. All that talk about checking his progress on Black Flash was just a damn setup.
The two old degenerates were waiting for me here, huh—Lin Xuan gritted his teeth in his heart.
He had thought Yan Shaozhe would try to set him up with Ma Xiaotao, but he hadn't expected him to be this shameless, actually teaming up with Xuanzi!
Was there really no one normal in Shrek Academy besides Mu En?
"Just passing by."
Lin Xuan suppressed his displeasure, kept a straight face, and turned to leave again.
"You are not allowed to leave!"
Ma Xiaotao suddenly spoke up, her bright eyes fixed on him.
Under the burning of the Evil Fire, the thoughts usually suppressed by reason had completely broken free; now, she said whatever she wanted!
Xu Sanshi was watching from the side, completely dumbfounded.
Holy crap—this atmosphere doesn't seem right, does it? There's definitely something going on between these two!
Before he could sneakily shrink back, Ma Xiaotao had already looked over.
Xu Sanshi shivered all over, raised his hands, and hurriedly said, "I didn't see anything! No, wait—I never came here tonight!"
Before the words were even out of his mouth, he had already turned into a black shadow and dashed into the depths of the bamboo forest, slipping away faster than the wind.
In the blink of an eye, only the two of them were left outside the Soul Dueling Arena.
The warm light from the Soul Guidance lamps slanted down, stretching their shadows long and thin until they almost overlapped. The night wind brushed through the bamboo leaves, rustling softly.
Ma Xiaotao took two steps forward. Lin Xuan could clearly see the sliver of red flame dancing in her eyes. Finally, she stopped a step away from Lin Xuan, her exhaled breath hot and scorching, "Lin Xuan, tell me the truth—why do you treat me differently than you treat others?"
Looking at Ma Xiaotao before him, with her scorching aura, crimson cheeks, and the red flame deep in her eyes that was nearly impossible to suppress, Lin Xuan felt extremely helpless.
Facing her straightforward questioning, Lin Xuan gave a very reasonable answer in a calm tone, "I heard that Senior Ma Xiaotao of the Inner Court has a fiery temper and acts—quite directly."
"I am new here and only want to focus on my cultivation and studies. To avoid unnecessary trouble, I naturally chose to keep my distance. That is all."
This answer was reasonable and perfectly standard.
However, at this moment, Ma Xiaotao was at the height of her Evil Fire agitation, when her defenses of reason were at their weakest.
The evaluation, which she usually couldn't be bothered to pay attention to, sounded exceptionally harsh right now.
"Who said that?!"
Ma Xiaotao's voice rose instantly, and a wave of scorching heat surged around her, curling the bamboo leaves at her feet into scorched yellow fragments. The flames in her beautiful eyes burned even brighter, "Which bastard is gossiping behind my back?! I'll tear their mouth apart!"
Lin Xuan didn't speak, just watched her quietly. There was no emotion in his eyes, but they were like a mirror, clearly reflecting her current state.
After shouting, Ma Xiaotao herself was stunned.
Meeting Lin Xuan's calm, waveless gaze, she suddenly realized that her current appearance was the perfect confirmation of what others had said about her.
An unprecedented wave of embarrassment and shame instantly surged into her heart.
The flush on her cheeks deepened, her aura visibly weakened, and she even felt too shy to look Lin Xuan in the eyes, muttering softly, "I—I'm not usually like this—"
Watching her at a loss for what to do, the bit of displeasure Lin Xuan felt from being set up dissipated somewhat.
He stopped dwelling on this topic and instead asked, "You called Xu Sanshi here to help you suppress your Evil Fire, right? He just ran off. Wait here, I'll go catch him and bring him back."
As he spoke, he made a move to turn and chase after that guy who had run off faster than a rabbit.
"Don't!"
Ma Xiaotao panicked. Almost subconsciously, she stepped forward and grabbed Lin Xuan's right wrist, wanting to stop him from leaving.
"Hiss—!"
The moment her fingertips touched the skin of Lin Xuan's wrist, a chill that seeped into the marrow, without any warning, rushed into her body along the point of contact!
For Ma Xiaotao, who was currently being burned by the Evil Fire and felt as if magma was boiling inside her, this sudden aura of Ultimate Ice was no different from sweet rain after a long drought, or finding a clear spring in the desert!
"Nn—!"
A soft moan, filled with extreme comfort and trance, escaped Ma Xiaotao's lips.
That cool, comfortable sensation that instantly swept through every cell in her body was too intense, too wonderful, causing her tense nerves to instantly relax.
However, at the very moment Ma Xiaotao lost her composure, the Evil Fire she had been suppressing with all her might inside her body, like a gunpowder barrel being lit, exploded!
A crimson flame phantom even flashed momentarily around her, the scorching high temperature causing the air to distort.
"Ah!"
Ma Xiaotao let out a startled cry, her body completely out of control, driven by the instinct of the erupting Evil Fire, as she violently pressed against Lin Xuan, the source of that cold aura!
Under the warm yellow light, Ma Xiaotao's tall and hot body instantly pressed almost completely into Lin Xuan's embrace.
She was slightly shorter than Lin Xuan, and now, with her face tilted up, she was within arm's reach.
Due to the Evil Fire and the recent turn of events, her long red hair was somewhat messy, sticking to her sweat-dampened temples and the side of her neck, adding a touch of indescribable temptation.
The combat outfit she wore was now clinging tightly to her body, clearly outlining her breathtakingly curvaceous figure.
Her full, perky breasts heaved violently with her rapid breathing, almost bursting through the fabric. Her slender yet powerful waist could be encircled with one hand, and further down were her suddenly flaring, rounded hips and straight, long legs.
Her pink eyes were now shimmering with moisture, staring intently at Lin Xuan's face, which was mere inches away.
Her scalding breath, as if carrying sparks, washed over Lin Xuan's ear and the side of his neck, bringing waves of numbing itchiness.
"Nn—so, so comfortable—don't go—"
She unconsciously let out a coquettish, soft murmur that was almost a moan. Her breath was orchid-fragrant but carried a high temperature capable of melting a person, and her arms tightened instinctively, as if she wanted to embed herself completely into this body that emitted such an alluring, cool aura.
Lin Xuan: "—"
His body stiffened slightly. Feeling the warm, soft jade in his arms that was enough to make any normal male's blood boil, the unconscious rubbing, and the heart-stirring moans by his ear, even with his firm resolve, he felt his scalp tingle a bit.
Lin Xuan gritted his teeth and cursed endlessly in his heart.
That damn Yan Shaozhe! Using your own direct disciple as bait to lure me in? You are truly—you are a beast!
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