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Chapter 385 Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire

"Hey, everyone's here."

Oscar glanced around the cafeteria as he stepped inside and said with a smile.

"Xiao Ao, what's wrong with you...?"

Dai Mubai was the first to notice Oscar, and was taken aback when he saw his handsome face without a beard.

"Hehe, how about it? My unparalleled good looks can easily outshine your one-eyed white tiger, right?"

Oscar ran to Dai Mubai's side, put his hand on his shoulder, and took out a small mirror from somewhere. Looking at himself in the mirror, with his deep-set peach blossom eyes, his handsome and harmonious face, his well-proportioned eyebrows, and his nonchalant smile, he looked like a dashing noble young master. He couldn't help but become more confident and then said to Dai Mubai in a cheeky way.

"Get lost!"

Dai Mubai immediately pushed Oscar away in anger.

Oscar didn't care and scanned the room again. It was then that he vaguely sensed that the atmosphere in the room seemed a bit strange.

"Did something... just happen here?"

Oscar glanced at Ma Hongjun, who was being pulled along by Xiao Huohuo and looked a little off, and then followed the subtle gazes of the people around him to see Ning Rongrong sitting alone in a seat.

Oscar's eyes lit up instinctively, but he quickly felt a little disappointed when he saw that Ning Rongrong hadn't even glanced at him.

At this moment, Xiao Huohuo, as the "elder brother," spoke up. He thought that Ning Rongrong would most likely be one of his future companions, and everyone else in the cafeteria would be the same. Since that was the case, it was necessary for him, as the leader, to mediate the conflict between the classmates.

"This is Ning Rongrong, the chubby guy, the one next to me, his name is Ma Hongjun. He didn't do it on purpose just now; his posture is because his martial soul has a defect..."

After listening to Xiao Huohuo's long speech, Ning Rongrong glanced at Xiao Huohuo, then at Ma Hongjun, and then gave a cold smile.

"Oh, I see. His martial spirit is truly amazing. But now that you mention it, I'm suddenly very curious: did this so-called evil fire affect all aspects of his mind and body, or did he create the evil fire himself?"

"what?"

Xiao Huohuo paused upon hearing this, then said matter-of-factly, "Of course it's the evil fire that's affecting him. If Fatty hadn't been constantly troubled by the evil fire, he definitely wouldn't be like this."

"oh."

Ning Rongrong smiled again, said nothing more, and continued eating her breakfast by herself.

Since her birth, under the subtle influence of her older sister Ning Qingyun, although she occasionally liked to show her "little witch" side, she was always rational and wise at heart, and her spoiled nature was only on the surface.

Now, after listening to Xiao Huohuo tell her about Ma Hongjun's situation, she believes that Ma Hongjun's problem with his "evil fire" is entirely his own doing.

Otherwise, how could an ordinary, wild chicken-like martial soul suddenly mutate into something as strange and unorthodox as evil fire? You must know that, to a certain extent, although martial souls are basically derived from bloodline inheritance, they are also closely related to a person's mind and are a reflection of the mind of every soul master.

This means that Ning Rongrong believes that Ma Hongjun's martial spirit evil fire may have been caused by unexpected factors, but Ma Hongjun's original thoughts are likely not very righteous.

Furthermore, setting aside the ethereal concept of the mind, why did Ma Hongjun resort to indulgence to resolve his daily bouts of "evil fire" after awakening his so-called "Evil Fire Phoenix" martial soul? It's important to understand that no matter what, indulgence only provides temporary relief from the burning desire; it will quickly escalate again. What's the difference between this and actively accelerating the deterioration of one's condition? And even if indulgence is one thing, why did he have to harm innocent women?

Can't I just use my own hands...?

Something wrong.

Judging from Ma Hongjun's appearance, Ning Rongrong could deduce that Ma Hongjun was probably not a person with a firm will.

He himself might have been willing to succumb to the influence of the evil fire, but was this a sign of giving up after failing to find a way to resolve the evil fire, or was it simply that Ma Hongjun had no idea... well, never mind.

Ning Rongrong was too lazy to think about it, but she suddenly brought it up again.

"I have an older brother who is an extremely skilled physician, and his understanding of various martial spirits is probably the best on the continent. Why don't you try to seek his medical advice and treatment?"

"I don't know who your brother is?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Huohuo asked hesitantly, while Ma Hongjun, hearing that his problem with his "evil fire" might be resolved, couldn't help but look at Ning Rongrong with shining eyes. Then, almost instinctively, his gaze turned lewd. Fortunately, given his previous experience, and fearing that Ning Rongrong's words might offend her, Ma Hongjun quickly turned his head away.

Inside the cafeteria, Tang San's expression once again became somewhat strange.

Ning Rongrong's brother, a highly skilled physician, and also the most knowledgeable about martial spirits on the continent?

Ning Rongrong has such an older brother?

How come he didn't know?!

I'm afraid this could be another variable...

Thinking of this, Tang San's expression turned somewhat unpleasant again.

Ning Rongrong glanced at the somewhat docile Ma Hongjun before continuing, "The Dragon King Palace Master, I call him Brother Wang Zhao."

"ah?!"

Upon hearing Ning Rongrong's words, everyone in the cafeteria's expression changed.

Wang Zhao?

What kind of person was he?

He has been famous for a long time and is undoubtedly the number one genius in the mainland!

Even the recently powerful Scourge Lord was narrowly defeated by him not long ago!

Ning Rongrong... Wang Zhao... Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School... Dragon King Palace...

At this moment, Tang San keenly anticipated something, and his expression subtly changed.

While listening to everyone's conversation, Oscar went to the cafeteria window to get his breakfast. He had originally planned to shamelessly try to get closer to Ning Rongrong's seat, but then he seemed to think about something, and a hint of inferiority appeared on his face. He then quietly walked away.

The cafeteria fell silent again for a moment.

Seeing Oscar's actions, Ma Hongjun also went to get breakfast. However, Dai Mubai had already gone ahead, followed by Xiao Wu and her two companions. When Tang San passed by Xiao Huohuo, the two exchanged a glance.

"Senior brother."

Tang San twitched the corner of his mouth. Although he was unwilling, he didn't show it on his face and called out in a somewhat natural way.

"Junior brother, you arrived at Shrek Academy yesterday, right? It's a pity that I was going through a breakthrough yesterday and didn't make it to your assessment test, otherwise you wouldn't have had to face Teacher Zhao."

Xiao Huohuo looked at Tang San and smiled.

"Uh, um..."

Soon, Ma Hongjun brought breakfast and sat down next to Xiao Huohuo, Dai Mubai sat on the other side next to Oscar, and finally Xiao Wu led Tang San and Huo Yuhao, and whether intentionally or unintentionally, they sat behind the three men.

The atmosphere in the cafeteria became a little strange again.

Because Ning Rongrong was surrounded by empty spaces, while Xiao Wu was surrounded by six men, Ning Rongrong seemed to be isolated in comparison.

(End of this chapter)