Douluo Continent: Thunder Roar

Inside the Jing Si Xuan (Quiet Contemplation Pavilion), the aroma of tea wafts through the air.

As Ling Yu followed Jiang Nannan into the pavilion, he immediately felt several gazes fall upon him.

The room was quite spacious, with bamboo mats on the floor and a large low table in the center, around which seven or eight people sat.

Near the head of the table, Zhang Lexuan was looking over with a smile. When she saw Ling Yu, her eyes were filled with a gentle smile.

Beside her sat a woman in a red dress, with stunning beauty and a breathtakingly hot figure. However, her face was flushed with an unnatural redness, and her phoenix eyes seemed to be suppressing two restless flames. Even her breathing was slightly heavier than the others.

In addition, there was a young man with sharp, sword-like eyes, a young man with a calm demeanor and clear, bright eyes, a young woman in a light blue dress with a cool expression, and several other men and women with different temperaments.

The group's auras were deep and their soul power was abundant, clearly indicating that they were all elites of the inner academy.

"Sister Lexuan." Ling Yu walked up and nodded to Zhang Lexuan.

"Xiaoyu's here, please have a seat." Zhang Lexuan greeted him with a smile, then said to everyone present, "This is Junior Brother Lingyu, whom I've mentioned to you before."

The sharp-eyed young man spoke first, his voice clear and bright: "So it's Junior Brother Ling Yu. I'm Chen Zifeng. I've heard from Senior Sister that Junior Brother's medical skills are extraordinary. I'm so glad to finally meet you today." As he spoke, his gaze swept over Ling Yu, with a hint of scrutiny and curiosity.

The composed young man beside him smiled gently: "Dai Yueheng. Welcome, junior."

Ling Yu nodded slightly to the two of them, but his gaze involuntarily fell on the woman in the red dress again.

Her aura was unusual—fiery and violent, like a furnace that could explode at any moment, completely out of place with the elegant aroma of tea around her.

He watched intently, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Xiaoyu?" Zhang Lexuan noticed his expression and asked softly.

Ling Yu withdrew his gaze and looked at Zhang Lexuan, his tone calm yet certain, "Sister Lexuan, forgive my bluntness, but this senior sister's aura is extremely volatile, and her soul power fluctuations seem to be spiraling out of control. Has she encountered some trouble in her cultivation?"

His question was direct and without any beating around the bush.

The room fell silent instantly.

Chen Zifeng and Dai Yueheng exchanged a glance, a hint of surprise flashing in their eyes.

They knew something about Ma Xiaotao's situation, but this freshman was the first one to see through it so clearly and point it out so bluntly.

The woman in the red dress suddenly looked up, her phoenix eyes fixed on Ling Yu, the suppressed pain and agitation almost overflowing within them. Her voice was hoarse from trying so hard to control herself: "You... can tell?"

Her words were tantamount to acknowledging Ling Yu's judgment.

Zhang Lexuan sighed softly and explained, "This is Ma Xiaotao. Her martial soul is the Evil Fire Phoenix. Although it is powerful, the accompanying backlash from the evil fire has always been a problem. Recently, she has been cultivating too hastily, and the evil fire has accumulated too much, which is indeed about to become uncontrollable."

Her tone was tinged with concern and a hint of helplessness. If it weren't for Ling Yu's arrival, which allowed her to call everyone out one by one, Ma Xiaotao would probably have already lost control during her continuous cultivation.

As expected, she is the fiery phoenix Ma Xiaotao.

Ling Yu understood and nodded.

He had just nodded when the young female student beside him, who possessed a slightly aloof air and sat next to a gentle woman, spoke up. Her voice was clear but tinged with skepticism: "Junior Brother Ling Yu has a good eye. However, recognizing it is one thing, but even the elders of the Sea God Pavilion find Senior Sister Xiao Tao's situation troublesome. I wonder if Junior Brother has any brilliant ideas?"

These words carried a subtle barb, as if to say: So what if you figured it out? Can you really solve it?

Wang Dong'er, who was eavesdropping outside Jing Si Xuan, strained her ears and secretly chuckled upon hearing these words.

You arrogant bastard, you got roasted by the upperclassmen in the inner courtyard, didn't you?

Live it!

She could almost picture Ling Yu's awkward silence inside.

Ling Yu's expression remained unchanged, as if he hadn't noticed the barb in her words. He glanced at the female student who had spoken, but didn't answer her. Instead, he looked at Ma Xiaotao, whose breathing was unsteady, and slowly said, "Completely eradicate it. With my current cultivation level, I can't do that for now."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zifeng, Dai Yueheng, and even Wu Ming, who had raised the question, were slightly taken aback, not expecting him to admit it so readily.

Wang Dong'er, standing outside the window, also pursed her lips, thinking to herself: At least she has some self-awareness.

However, Ling Yu did not finish his sentence.

He paused, then continued, "However, if we can temporarily alleviate the suppression, allowing her to regain her clarity and reduce her pain... we might as well give it a try."

These words, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirred ripples within the pavilion.

Even Ling Luochen, the girl in the blue dress who had been indifferent and seemed to care about nothing, raised her cool eyes and looked at Ling Yu.

"Suppress and alleviate?" Chen Zifeng couldn't help but repeat, his brows furrowed. "Junior Brother Ling Yu, the evil fire is formless, violent, and uncontrollable. How can it be alleviated? Could it be that you are an ice-attribute soul master? But even if you are an ice-attribute soul master, I'm afraid..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear—it was too far-fetched to believe.

Ma Xiaotao, however, seemed to have grasped at a last straw. Ignoring the doubts of those around her, she looked anxiously at Ling Yu: "Do you really have a way? Is there any danger?"

Her voice was filled with pain and longing.

Zhang Lexuan also stared intently at Ling Yu, waiting for his explanation.

She had witnessed Ling Yu's methods before, but she couldn't think of any way he would alleviate Ma Xiaotao's evil fire. As far as she remembered, Ling Yu didn't seem to be an ice-attribute soul master.

Ling Yu glanced at everyone, knowing that without a clear explanation, it would be difficult to gain their trust.

He calmly explained, "I have mastered a special sealing technique. Its principle is not to harmonize or suppress energy, but to construct a temporary channel and barrier to extract the 'evil fire' and guide it into a specially made sealing scroll to seal it. Simply put, it's about creating a 'cage' to lock those disruptive evil fires inside."

"This method only targets the evil fire accumulated within your body, not the essence of your martial spirit, so it can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. However, you need to completely relax and actively cooperate with my guidance without any resistance. In addition, the sealing scroll requires specially made materials."

"What materials do you need?" Zhang Lexuan asked immediately.

"Special animal hides or paper rolls that are tough, have good energy containment and sealing effects, are needed as the base material for the scroll. In addition, an absolutely quiet and undisturbed quiet room is required," Ling Yu replied.

"It's right behind the quiet room." Zhang Lexuan nodded, then looked at the gentle-looking woman, "Ruo Ruo, you should still have the 'Void Beast Hide' there, right?"

Han Ruoruo, who was called Ruoruo, smiled gently: "Yes, Senior Sister. I'll go get it right away." She stood up, nodded to Ling Yu, and quickly left.

The situation has escalated completely beyond the scope of the tea party.

The way Chen Zifeng, Dai Yueheng, Wu Ming, and the others looked at Ling Yu completely changed.

The previous scrutiny and doubts have now transformed into a profound sense of shock and disbelief.

This freshman not only saw through Ma Xiaotao's problem at a glance, but also proposed a solution that they had never heard of before!

Although it sounds incredibly mysterious, judging from the senior sister's reaction, it seems... it wasn't just a baseless claim?

Outside the window, Wang Dong'er was completely stunned by what she heard.

Sealing technique?

An energy cage?

How do you put the evil fire into the scroll?

What on earth is going on? Soul Masters have such methods?

She grew up in the Haotian Sect and had seen many secret techniques, but she had never heard of a way to deal with energy backlash like this!

But looking at the shocked expressions of the inner court elites and Ma Xiaotao's anxious look... could it really be true?

Wang Dong'er's heart began to race involuntarily, a mix of intense curiosity, disbelief, and a strange flutter of excitement welling up inside her.

This annoying roommate who always looks indifferent and ignores her... actually has such an unbelievable skill?

She stared intently into the Jing Si Xuan, watching Han Ruoruo retrieve an antique wooden box and hand it to Zhang Lexuan, and then watching Zhang Lexuan, Ling Yu, and Ma Xiaotao get up and walk towards the back of the pavilion.

They're going to the quiet room!

Wang Dong'er bit her pink lips, a determined and cunning glint in her eyes.

Like a nimble cat, she slipped silently from her hiding place and cautiously made her way towards the back of Jing Si Xuan. Her heart was pounding, both from nervousness and from an irrepressible curiosity.

She had to see with her own eyes how Ling Yu managed to "lock" such terrifying evil fire into a tiny scroll!

Just as she tiptoed around to the side of Jing Si Xuan, preparing to find an angle to peek through the window of the quiet room—

"Junior Wang Dong, since you're all here, why don't you come and sit down with us?"

A gentle and peaceful yet crystal-clear voice, like a spring breeze, came from inside the pavilion and reached her ears with perfect accuracy.

Wang Dong'er froze, as if she had been frozen in place. A look of surprise and unprepared panic flashed in her pinkish-blue eyes.

It's Zhang Lexuan's voice!

She...she already found out? When? I was being so careful!

Wang Dong'er's cheeks flushed instantly, a mixture of embarrassment, anger, and a hint of helplessness at being caught red-handed, making her wish she could disappear into the ground immediately.

Standing frozen in place, unable to move forward or backward, my mind a complete mess.

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