Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Emperor, Unifying the Continent!

Sun and Moon Empire, Ming Capital Imperial Palace.

"Your Highness, the Sixth Prince has won the Shrek Academy freshman assessment!"

A voice came from the shadows, but the person could not be seen.

Xu Tianran, sitting in a wheelchair, slightly raised his eyes and his hand on the wheelchair handle, his fingertips lightly tapping the armrest, making a soft tapping sound.

The palace was silent, but the atmosphere grew increasingly somber, even suffocating, with each tap of fingertips.

After a long while, Xu Tianran slowly nodded and uttered two words.

"good."

Sending Xu Tianming to infiltrate Shrek Academy was a plan he had started several years ago. Although many unexpected things happened along the way, the plan was generally progressing smoothly.

Having made this plan, he must have known a lot about Shrek Academy's freshman assessment.

Winning the championship in the freshman assessment basically means that you will have a very high probability of entering Shrek Academy's inner court in the future.

The inner court disciples are the true foundation that Shrek Academy values!

Or rather, only the inner court disciples can truly be considered Shrek Academy's monster students!

"Let him continue to perform. Keep an eye on his movements. If he has any requests, try to fulfill them, but don't have too much contact with him. After all, Shrek Academy is the number one Soul Master Academy on the continent, and too much contact could easily be discovered."

After Xu Tianran finished speaking, he used his soul power to propel his wheelchair out of the palace.

Even though he is disabled from the waist down, his cultivation level allows him to directly propel his wheelchair with his soul power.

But if one could walk standing up, who would want to walk this way?

He didn't trust the palace maids and guards to push him around!

The main reason he was left with a disability was that he was betrayed and ambushed by someone close to him.

So since then, he has not allowed anyone to get close to him except for those he can truly trust.

After Xu Tianran left, the figure inside the palace also disappeared.

In the years following the assassination attempt, the Crown Prince became increasingly suspicious and distrustful of the Sixth Prince. Fortunately, the Sixth Prince withstood the pressure; otherwise, his cultivation over the years would have been a problem.

Now that His Highness the Crown Prince's emotions have gradually stabilized, and the Sixth Prince has won the championship in the freshman assessment at Shrek Academy, the plan should proceed smoothly from here on out...

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Shrek Academy, by Poseidon Lake.

"What are you going to do?"

Xu Tianming looked at Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao in front of him, a hint of wariness flashing in his eyes.

Even though that incident is in the past, he won't forget the pain once the wound has healed!

That almost killed him!

Yan Shaozhe looked at Xu Tianming's wary expression and felt somewhat helpless, but he could understand.

However, only Xu Tianming can effectively suppress Ma Xiaotao's evil fire. For others, even ice or water attribute soul masters in the academy, the effect is getting worse and worse.

In this situation, finding Xu Tianming is essential if Ma Xiaotao wants to continue her cultivation normally.

"Xu Tianming, I apologize to you again. I came to you this time because I wanted to ask for your help to suppress the evil fire within me."

Ma Xiaotao took a deep breath and apologized to Xu Tianming again.

She desperately needed Xu Tianming's power to suppress the evil fire. Ever since she awakened the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, she had been forcibly suppressing this evil fire for more than ten years!

Each time the evil fire surged up, she either suppressed it by force with her own willpower or by using some external force, such as the soul power of an ice-attribute soul master or the soul power of a water-attribute soul master.

However, this can only solve the immediate problem, and the more drastic the suppression, the more violent the eventual outburst will be!

This is why Ma Xiaotao lost control last time.

But Xu Tianming's power was different. After the last time, she could clearly sense that the evil fire in her body was not forcibly suppressed, but directly dispersed!

Although her martial soul was also quite damaged, the feeling of not being disturbed by the evil fire was so great for her!

She longed for that feeling!

I long for the feeling of being undisturbed by evil fire during the cultivation process!

"Suppressing the evil fire?"

Xu Tianming's eyes narrowed slightly, and the image of the Ultimate Emperor Armor illusory slapping the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul flashed through his mind.

Logically speaking, the evil fire generated by Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul should be suppressed with extreme water or extreme ice, or tempered with extreme fire attributes.

The principle is simple: higher-level purification of the same attribute, or suppression by the element that counters it.

But evil fire, evil fire, evil must be put before fire!

Evil is a perfect match for the Ultimate Emperor Armor!

Even Xu Tianming's Solar Martial Soul, the Ultimate Flame, can purify Ma Xiaotao's flames!

It can be said that Xu Tianming's two martial souls are natural counters to Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Evil Flame.

Ultimate fire suppresses all fire attributes, and ultimate light restrains all evil!

Why should I help you?

Xu Tianming didn't bring up the previous incident. He had received the benefits and accepted the apology, so it was all in the past.

Of course, just because that happened before doesn't mean we have to help this time.

Why would he help if there's no benefit to it?

Even though he is now Elder Mu's personal disciple, and according to seniority Ma Xiaotao should call him Uncle-Master, even close brothers should keep clear accounts, let alone this newly established Uncle-Master relationship.

"I can give you a lot of cultivation resources. The cultivation speed of a martial soul with extreme attributes will be very slow after level 30. Having more resources will reduce your worries in this regard."

Yan Shaozhe, who was standing to the side, spoke up.

Xu Tianming glanced at him and said indifferently, "Dean Yan, you are the dean, and you hold the resources of the entire Martial Soul Department in your hands. Is it not right to use the resources of the Martial Soul Department to handle your disciple's affairs?"

Yan Shaozhe was speechless.

Xu Tianming looked at Ma Xiaotao and said in a deep voice, "It's impossible to help for free. Besides, I think we should solve our own problems. This is between the two of us."

As he spoke, his gaze was fixed on Ma Xiaotao.

"I'm not particularly short of resources right now, nor do I have anything I particularly want, but it's unrealistic to help you suppress your evil fire without any benefits."

"Alright, I can help you suppress your evil fire, but you need to agree to one condition!"

Ma Xiaotao's phoenix eyes narrowed, and she asked, "What are the conditions?"

Xu Tianming said softly, "I haven't decided yet. You can owe me for now, and we'll talk about it when I've thought it through."

Ma Xiaotao wasn't stupid. She frowned and said, "What if you make some unreasonable demands in the future?"

Xu Tianming crossed his arms and said, "Hmm...maybe. So, are you going to agree or not? I don't really care."