Peerless: The Starry Sky Revival Plan of the Auspicious Beasts

"Pa!" Her words were slapped back.

Yan Shaozhe's face turned pale, "What nonsense are you talking about? You are under house arrest! I can't figure out what you did wrong, so don't even think about leaving Poseidon Island!"

Well, that's about it for Ma Xiaotao. My interpretation of this character is probably different from the mainstream reading. I don't know if my characterization in these chapters reflects this.

But I have to admit that I really like her.

Ma Xiaotao is proud, complacent, impulsive and overbearing, but she is indeed daring and self-righteous and protects her shortcomings.

The most controversial part is about being too aggressive in cultivation. If I put myself in her shoes, I would be more aggressive than her if I had her talent...

As for the death in the competition, why is the referee a Titled Douluo...

The main thing is that there is a detail in the original work. When the seven monsters were practicing, Huo Yuhao released the Ice Emperor simulation, and everyone including Xuan Zi was scared. Ma Xiaotao jumped out to protect everyone.

When I saw this detail, my liking for her went up

This woman is really aggressive when she has something to do.

...If you really can't accept it, you can actually think of it as an original character with Ma Xiaotao's name...But after seeing this, I guess you don't feel particularly disgusted.

114. Chapter 112 Three Options

114.

2023-10-19

Ma Xiaotao opened her eyes again.

Just a second ago, she was arguing with her teacher, and now she appeared at the shore of Poseidon Lake again, surrounded by thick pearly white water vapor, and beneath her was the scorched earth with residual heat from the Phoenix Evil Fire.

The current scene was almost a replica of that incident, and a young red-haired boy stood in front of her, staring at her coldly - Ma Xiaotao almost thought he was a wronged ghost coming to claim her life.

"I'm sorry!!! It's all my fault! My power got out of control and that caused you to lose your life... I know there's no use apologizing now, but I will do everything I can to make it up to your family--" These words, which she had considered countless times, rolled out from the tip of her tongue almost without going through her brain.

Then she realized something was wrong.

The red-haired boy was wearing the white school uniform of Shrek Academy's freshmen. His facial features were very handsome, but not the tough style that Ma Xiaotao appreciated. Instead, he had a light literary air and looked very kind.

There was even a fluffy bird standing on his shoulder. The bird's black feathers cast a gorgeous halo under the sunlight. From light golden green to purple, it kept changing with the angle. Its belly was cream yellow, its tail was pointed, and its pair of black bean-like eyes stared at Ma Xiaotao.

It should be a swallow, right? Ma Xiaotao recognized the bird.

She found it a bit strange. Swallows were not birds that were particularly close to humans. She had never heard of any human being able to tame swallows. There was even a legend that these birds never landed on the ground. They would rest on treetops or eaves, but would never land on human shoulders.

And that young man... his eyes like molten gold carried a kind of... majestic scrutiny and evaluation.

Ma Xiaotao felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. Even when Yan Shaozhe was angry, he had never brought her such sharp pressure.

That was a terrifying thing, and it was impossible for a boy of eleven or twelve to possess it.

What was even more strange was that behind the red-haired boy, neither the ground nor the vegetation showed any signs of being burned, forming a clear boundary with the scorched earth beneath him.

It was as if his own phoenix flame had stopped in awe at the young man's feet.

Ma Xiaotao stared at him closely and slowly stood up. She was still at a loss, but her instinct made her movements a little wary.

Wang Rui looked at her reaction and smiled happily. Intuitive creatures are easy to deal with. If you know how to be afraid, things will go much more smoothly.

Bai Chenxiang looked at him like this and smacked her lips in disdain. He was clearly a cat, but how could he suddenly become like a fox wagging its tail?

"Ma Xiaotao, you're lucky this time. Nothing bad happened to you because you met me." Wang Rui ignored Secretary Bai's disdain and said meaningfully, "If someone else were in this position, you would see a charred corpse when you opened your eyes."

Even if Ma Xiaotao was slow to react, she had now realized that everything that had just happened was just an extremely real dream, and the present was reality.

Hearing Wang Rui's words, she looked at him in doubt: "It was you just now——"

"Your martial spirit has a serious problem." Wang Rui interrupted her in a brisk tone, "A friend of mine asked me to help you. For her sake, I have a way to help you practice normally. Do you want to listen to it?"

Ma Xiaotao was stunned for a moment, then said with a desperate attitude: "Listen."

"What I am about to say is rather special. It involves some secrets of the forces behind me. I need you to swear not to reveal what happened today to anyone."

"Okay, I swear." Ma Xiaotao answered decisively. She wanted to hear what this strange red-haired boy had to say to her.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly felt that something invisible was entangled with her.

A thought suddenly popped into her mind: if she broke her oath, she would suffer very severe punishment.

Ma Xiaotao widened her eyes and stared at Wang Rui in surprise.

"Don't look at me like that. Didn't your teacher teach you not to swear at others casually?" Especially don't swear at fate casually, Wang Rui shrugged.

Using the power of fate to link oaths and cause and effect together is really the simplest method.

"No, now I know." Ma Xiaotao muttered.

"Ah!" Wang Rui suddenly screamed in an exaggerated manner, although it seemed more like an act - the swallow standing on his shoulder pulled his hair hard.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore." He waved his hand. "Your problem isn't that difficult to solve, but it's not free either. I can give you three options."

"Option one, I will help you upgrade to the ultimate fire and provide you with a hundred thousand year spirit ring and a hundred thousand year spirit bone that are absolutely suitable for you."

Ma Xiaotao took a breath of cold air. After practicing to her level, she naturally knew how precious a hundred thousand year spirit ring was. But she was in no hurry to speak. After all, there is no free lunch in the world. Behind such precious conditions, the price must be equally high.

As expected, Wang Rui continued, "The condition is that you sell yourself to me directly and work for me from now on. However, I think I am a pretty good boss and never mistreat my subordinates. I strongly suggest that you consider it. The second condition is that I will help you completely purify the evil spirit in your body and convert your Phoenix Evil Fire into ordinary fire that can be used for normal cultivation. The condition is that you work for me for thirty years after you are promoted to Title Douluo."

Wang Rui carefully observed Ma Xiaotao's expression and raised his eyebrows. The latter was obviously waiting for him to say the third option. As far as this level of concentration was concerned, it was not bad.

"Third... I won't help you deal with the Phoenix Evil Fire, but I will show you a clear path. As for whether you can succeed, it all depends on you. But after all, I won't guarantee the sale, so I will sell it half and give it away half. I just need you to do three things for me."

Before Wang Rui finished speaking, Ma Xiaotao said decisively, "I choose three."

"Don't think about it anymore?"

Ma Xiaotao shook her head. "The first two conditions are indeed very generous, but I was raised by my adoptive father until I am now this age. Dean Yan has been very kind to me, and I have to repay him. Naturally, I can't work hard for you."

"Now I have a new respect for you."

In fact, no matter whether Ma Xiaotao can finally meet Wang Rui's requirements, as the descendant of Ma Hongjun and the object of Bai Chenxiang's care, her own value can be used as a chip on the scale, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion will not lose in the end.

"Tell me about your martial soul. Do you know that the evil spirit in your martial soul is much more serious than that of your ancestors?"

"I have been suppressing this for many years..." Ma Xiaotao said hesitantly.

"No." Wang Rui sneered with some disdain, "You have been misled by Shrek Academy - or they themselves have no idea about the situation. Back then, Ma Hongjun, your ancestor, had a completely different problem with the evil fire of his martial soul than you do now. His phoenix evil fire was purple-red, but what color is your fire?"

Dark red or black red, Ma Xiaotao answered in her heart, if what this guy said is true...dark red flames are much more ominous than purple red flames.

"Ma Hongjun's evil fire is manifested in his sexual desires that are beyond ordinary people. If he doesn't vent them, he will be blown up by the power in his body. Do you have the urge to ride on a handsome guy when you see him?" Wang Rui asked expressionlessly.

Ma Xiaotao choked up. She seemed to find it hard to accept that Wang Rui said such... vulgar words with such a gentle face.

"No." She could only say stiffly.

"Your desire is destruction and damage. You won't explode yourself. You will just lose your mind and attack everything around you, destroying everything around you." Wang Rui said softly, "Your power is not mixed with desire, but despair and madness... You want to burn the whole world with black fire, which is completely different from the problem with Ma Hongjun."

"The original evil fire phoenix was indeed a mutation, but the conditions for your ancestors to cultivate have been getting better and better... The bloodline you inherited has gradually become more stable, and the desires in the evil fire are actually getting lighter. So have you ever thought about why your problem is so serious?"

"Let's assume that a person with strong desires keeps enduring and does not vent them. In the end, he will probably just become a perverted erotic maniac. No matter how you think about it, it is unlikely that he will become a madman who wants to destroy the world, right? So the negative factors in your martial spirit are not from your bloodline. There can only be another possibility."

Ma Xiaotao opened her mouth, wanted to say something, and then closed it again.

"Your situation is closer to an evil spirit master in a narrow sense." Wang Rui touched his chin. "Martial spirits are partly related to bloodlines, and partly to the human soul. The most extreme example is a woman I know. Her original martial spirit had nothing to do with the evil martial spirit, but when the hatred in her heart reached its peak, her martial spirit transformed into a completely evil martial spirit called the 'Spirit of Vengeance'."

"From what I understand, negative emotions will stimulate the negative part of a martial soul. For example, if a person's martial soul has a latent tendency to turn evil, then strong negative emotions will activate that latent tendency. And if a person's martial soul does not have a tendency to turn evil, overly strong negative emotions may also cause the martial soul to mutate."

"Ma Xiaotao." Wang Rui's voice became deeper. "Are you sure you haven't lost any memory?"

Looking at those cold golden eyes, Ma Xiaotao suddenly felt a chill on her back.

That’s right, why hasn’t Yan Shaozhe arrived yet?

Because the auspicious beast's good luck made him become strange, he went in the wrong direction.

115. Chapter 113 The importance of paying attention to mental health

115.

2023-10-20

"No." Ma Xiaotao suppressed the inexplicable coldness and said firmly.

She now looked at Wang Rui as if she was looking at a quack doctor. "My memory has always been clear. I was adopted by a teacher when I was very young, and then grew up in Shrek Academy. I entered the Shrek Outer Court when I was ten, and was promoted to the Inner Court when I was fourteen. I remember everything clearly, and there is no such thing as memory loss."

"Really?" Wang Rui said slowly, "But I just took the opportunity to examine your brain."

He nodded to the side of his head. "There is an obvious blockage in your brain caused by soul power. It's... Never mind. I am too lazy to explain to you how the human brain works. You just need to understand that there is an old injury in the area of ​​your brain responsible for memory, and your memory must have been affected. If you think your recent memories are very clear, then you might as well recall when you were younger."

"Do you still remember your biological parents? What happened before you were adopted by Yan Shaozhe?" Wang Rui asked, his tone sounding a little aggressive.

Ma Xiaotao paused for a moment. She really couldn't remember things from her childhood, but she still insisted: "I was too young at that time. Isn't it normal for children to forget some things?"

"What about when your spirit awakened? You were six years old now, and you can remember things. Do you remember who presided over the spirit awakening ceremony for you? Do you remember the reactions of the people present? No one will forget that day. It is a day that can determine a lifetime."

Ma Xiaotao was stunned.

When did my martial spirit awaken? Who was there? What was the reaction of the people present?

She had no impression.

"Think about it carefully." Wang Rui sneered, "My inference cannot be wrong. The evil of your martial soul does not come from your bloodline, but from your past. The past that you have forgotten must have a very painful past. The past has been temporarily forgotten by you, but it has not disappeared, but it still has a constant negative impact on you. This situation is... well, Shrek doesn't talk about this very much, but I generally call this situation a demon in the heart."

"Or I know another way of saying it, some people describe it as 'skeletons in the closet', which I personally think is a very apt description. Your skeleton may be hidden by the black cloth, but it has not disappeared."

"The skeleton in the cabinet..." Ma Xiaotao murmured.

Wang Rui shrugged.

"If you want to eliminate the negative factors that affect your martial spirit, you need to overcome this past, face it, defeat it, and finally come out of it completely and reconcile with your past. No one can help you in this process, you can only do it yourself. After you defeat the darkness in your heart, you will no longer have to worry about losing control and going berserk. But the most important problem now is that you don't even know what your inner demon is." He spread his hands, "So you have to find a way to regain your memory first."

"Is it that simple?" Ma Xiaotao asked doubtfully.

"Easy?" Wang Rui laughed coldly, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes. "Even if your martial soul has the potential to turn evil, it is easier to be affected by negative emotions. But do you think that the experience that can cause the martial soul to turn evil will be a pleasant experience? Or do you think it is very simple to look directly into your own heart?"

If Ma Xiaotao suddenly regained her memory without any psychological preparation, she would go berserk on the spot, and Wang Rui would eat the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.

The soul masters on Douluo Continent do not focus on cultivating their state of mind, nor do they have so-called tests of inner demons, so they do not pay much attention to mental health... But under this practice system, becoming ten times stronger when darkened is not just a rhetorical device.

The Beast Clan’s White Glove Company has been in business for so long that Wang Rui’s understanding of evil soul masters far exceeds that of anyone at Shrek.