Chapter 58 Ma Xiaotao’s thoughts

"Hum..." The woman in red moved her body, subconsciously covering her chest with her right hand, and sat up from the bed, mumbling, "So cold, so uncomfortable... Hmm?"

Gradually, she opened her eyes. Her pupils were a light pink, the original blood color had faded away, and there was a hint of doubt in her eyes. "Strange, why aren't you hot anymore?"

She suddenly turned over and sat up, and subconsciously looked down at herself. The clothes on her body that were originally soaked by the cold air were now dry.

She jumped off the bed, and the sunlight was shining on her face, revealing a slightly pale oval face. She looked to be about twenty years old, with cold facial lines, but it still couldn't hide her stunning beauty and her plump and breathtaking figure, like a ripe peach.

"You're awake." An old voice sounded, followed by a long sigh. "Xiao Tao, I'm afraid Shrek is going to face a major crisis this time. Among the inner academy that went on the mission this time, only you and Dai Yuheng survived. Shaozhe and Lin'er..."

Ma Xiaotao's eyes became clearer when she heard the old man's words, but the following words made her face change drastically: "Mr. Mu, could it be that the teacher and Dean Lin'er are also..."

On a recliner nearby, Mu Lao half-closed his eyes and looked up at the translucent ceiling of the Sea God Pavilion: "Shaozhe and Lin'er are no longer in danger of death, but Shaozhe's soul power is completely wasted, and Xian Lin'er has also dropped 1 level."

“What…” Ma Xiaotao felt as if the sky had fallen down. “Mr. Mu… what happened at that time? I only remember that a dark figure suddenly fell from the sky next to the target of the mission, and I was knocked unconscious by just one sentence…”

Elder Mu shook his head. “It’s called Bella, a newly born… fierce beast. Let’s call it that for now. Anyway, you’ve suffered a huge loss this time. Don’t try to target Huo Yuhao again.”

The tears in Ma Xiaotao's eyes were about to fall: "Mr. Mu... I want to go see the teacher, can I..."

"Are you alright?"

Ma Xiaotao shook her head and jumped twice to express herself, "I'm fine, Elder Mu... It's very strange, even my martial soul has completely calmed down, and... I always feel that there is still a lingering chill in my body, as if it has suppressed the evil fire of my martial soul..."

After a moment of silence, Mu Lao replied, "Xuan Zi reported to me that when you were captured by Bella and used as a hostage, the other party used an ice elemental move on you to interrogate Xuan Zi. It seems that by some coincidence, Bella's cold air was able to suppress your evil fire."

"Hehe... this is a blessing in disguise." Ma Xiaotao scratched his head and laughed naively: "Oh, by the way, Mr. Mu, what about Dai Yuheng..."

Mu Lao said calmly: "The child's injury is not as serious as yours. He is in the bed next to Xuan Zi. After leaving here, turn left and you will find Shaozhe and the others. Go ahead."

"Okay, Mr. Mu!" Ma Xiaotao bowed to Mr. Mu again, then quickly left the room and went to visit Yan Shaozhe.

Elder Mu watched her leave the room for a long time, then asked himself again: "Will this old man harm Xiao Tao by doing this... What kind of power is that? Just a little bit of it is more than a hundred times stronger than the soul power of a soul master. Bella... Dragon, God..."

"Alas, I have no choice. If it happens again, I'm afraid... Xiaotao, I hope your feeling is right. If something really happens to you in the future, I will regret it for the rest of my life."

Da da da.

Ma Xiaotao walked slowly in the corridor of Poseidon Pavilion. It was only twenty meters away from the room that Mr. Mu mentioned, but it took her almost a minute to walk there.

From time to time, he raised his hand and touched his neck, which was the part that Bella had pinched before.

It’s cold, but other than that it’s comfortable.

No matter how he mobilized the evil fire soul power, he could not dispel it, and even felt a stinging pain. But on the contrary, as long as he circulated the soul power as usual, he would no longer feel the blockage and backlash that he had felt before, as if all the strange energy in his body had been unblocked.

"Is this good or bad?"

Ma Xiaotao struggled a little. She had a strange power inexplicably in her body, which could benefit her cultivation, but if she tried to expel it, it would reverse. She didn't know what to do. Who knew if this was a time bomb?

"Didn't Mr. Mu find out..."

With mixed feelings, the door of the infirmary was pushed open. Ma Xiaotao looked up and saw Yan Shaozhe lying on the hospital bed with lifeless eyes. Next to him, Xian Lin'er seemed to be still taking a nap.

"teacher!"

Yan Shaozhe turned his head with some difficulty. His usually rosy and youthful face now seemed to have aged by dozens of years.

"Xiao Tao...it looks like you're okay now."

He tried hard to force a smile, but he hissed twice as if in pain due to the twitching of his facial muscles.

Ma Xiaotao sat at the head of the bed, holding Yan Shaozhe's arm with concern, her voice choked with sobs: "Teacher, you and Dean Xian..."

Yan Shaozhe smiled bitterly, full of apology: "Teacher is not dead yet, but I can no longer teach you with this body. I'm sorry, Xiaotao, I shouldn't have asked you to go on the mission with me. Gong Yangmo, Yao Haoxuan, and Chen Zimo... they have all..."

Ma Xiaotao remained silent, but Yan Shaozhe could clearly see that his disciple's fists were clenched.

He could only lament and comfort Ma Xiaotao: "Xiaotao... that kind of enemy is far beyond your ability to deal with... If it weren't for Elder Mu, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to see your teacher and Dean Xian..."

“I…” Ma Xiaotao struggled again. After a long while, she finally asked, “Teacher, have you and Dean Xian’s soul powers been eroded by something?”

Yan Shaozhe nodded heavily: "Did Elder Mu tell you? Indeed, at that time, Elder Mu used the Light of the Sea God to forcibly dispel the ghost thing in me, Elder Xuan, and Lin'er's body."

"What a terrifying power! That beast that calls itself Bella... Could it be that, as Elder Mu said, it is a true beast god walking in the world?"

The light of Poseidon?

Ma Xiaotao heard the key point and asked, "Teacher, are you saying that it was only when Mr. Mu used the Light of the Sea God that he dispelled that power?"

Yan Shaozhe patiently explained: "Yes, using the Light of the Sea God also consumes Mu Lao's body, but no matter what, in order to save the lives of the three of us, Mu Lao still did it. To him, we are the future of Shrek, a future that must be preserved!"

The future of Shrek...then what am I?
Ma Xiaotao subconsciously touched the back of her neck again, and her mood became complicated again.

Yan Shaozhe waved his hand and said, "Xiao Tao, the teacher needs to take a break. If you are not tired, you can go see Dai Yuheng first."

"Okay..." Ma Xiaotao responded in a low voice, then stood up and left the room.

After Ma Xiaotao left, Yan Shaozhe stared at the ceiling in a daze again, or rather, he was thinking.

He always felt that he had seen the strange power that Bella used that day somewhere before...

(End of this chapter)