Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 807 Ma Xiaotao, a Culinary Novice (6K)

As the flames subsided, Ma Xiaotao stared blankly at her hands, her eyes filled with disbelief and surprise.

"Cool!"

As soon as Ma Xiaotao opened her mouth, a burst of scorching black-red phoenix fire shot out, which she hurriedly covered up. However, the black-red flame was extremely sticky, and in an instant, Ma Xiaotao's hands, the walls, and the floor were all covered with burning phoenix flames.

Instantly, chaos erupted within the training room.

After frantically extinguishing the flames with her smooth, white feet, Ma Xiaotao finally breathed a sigh of relief, took out a change of clothes, changed, and opened the door to the secret room before walking out.

When Yan Shaozhe saw Ma Xiaotao come out, he immediately stood up: "How did it go?"

Ma Xiaotao stretched her muscles a little and said excitedly, "Great! I feel like I can easily defeat my former self now."

"Although my soul power level dropped by a little more than one or two levels, my combat strength and foundation have greatly improved."

"I have a feeling that within a month at most, I will not only be able to cultivate my weakened soul power back to its original level, but I will also be able to make another breakthrough!"

"Originally, Ma Rulong's Judgment Sword cut down the evil energy contained in the evil fire in my body by a level, which helped me a lot. With the addition of Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower, the evil energy in my body has been almost completely eliminated."

"Yuhao is right. If I absorb that piece of red glue now, my martial soul will probably undergo another transformation. But it's not good to leave no evil energy at all. The matter of the Holy Spirit Cult is not over yet, so it's better to leave some evil energy."

As she spoke, Ma Xiaotao extended her index finger, and a ball of black and red flame appeared at her fingertip. The terrifyingly high temperature made Yan Shaozhe's eyes widen.

Even now, Ma Xiaotao's flames are probably already at the level of extreme fire.

With a triumphant flick of her hand, Ma Xiaotao found that the black and red flames on her fingertips were as clinging to her smooth index finger as a malignant infection. After a few more vigorous flicks, the flames on Ma Xiaotao's fingertips scattered into clumps, even burning a hole in Yan Shaozhe's pants before finally extinguishing the small flame.

Yan Shaozhe was immediately speechless: "You think you can easily defeat your previous self with this? You girl, hurry back and consolidate your realm and familiarize yourself with your new abilities, so you don't end up dizzy and disoriented when you're fighting."

Looking at this somewhat eccentric and unruly girl, he felt that Ma Xiaotao getting rid of the torment of evil fire might not be entirely a good thing.

"Hehe, no rush. To celebrate my great improvement in strength and no longer being troubled by the evil fire, I suggest, junior brother, that we cook a big meal?"

Huo Yuhao suddenly looked up. This girl had just finished messing with Yan Shaozhe, and now she was messing with him?

"I brought the food, which means I told you about it. Now why am I supposed to cook too? I want to eat ready-made food this time, with my senior sister cooking."

Huo Yuhao was furious, but Yan Shaozhe nervously grabbed Huo Yuhao's sleeve and shook his head in fear.

Ma Xiaotao immediately fell into deep thought, seemingly very interested in Huo Yuhao's suggestion.

Yan Shaozhe silently took out a piece of black charcoal from his storage soul tool and handed it to Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao touched it and was immediately terrified.

This isn't grilled fish, so why does it feel like a piece of charcoal?

"Is this... Senior Sister's grilled fish?"

Huo Yuhao's mental fluctuations resounded, and he asked Yan Shaozhe in a trembling voice.

"Otherwise, after this girl ate your grilled fish a few years ago, she thought she could make it herself. Look, you can see this piece of charcoal, it's your senior sister's masterpiece."

"what?"

Huo Yuhao's pupils dilated in shock. Ma Xiaotao, a fire-attribute soul master, could understand if her grilled fish didn't taste good, but how did she manage to char the fish?

Even if you closed your eyes and used your feet to grill the fish, you couldn't grill it like this!

"So what if you're a fire-attribute soul master? The timing for fighting an enemy is different from the timing for grilling fish. You have to believe me, there are people in this world who are terrible at cooking. This time, I'm begging you, I really don't want to keep eating grilled fish."

Yan Shaozhe's tone revealed deep despair, clearly indicating that he had suffered greatly from Ma Xiaotao's impulsive grilled fish.

Besides grilled fish, Ma Xiaotao also tried other dishes. Well, in the end, what she made was either charcoal or pills that were still glowing red, just like pebbles that broke out of lava.

"Alright, it's settled then. It'll be perfect for you to give me some pointers, Junior Brother."

Before Ma Xiaotao could even open her mouth, Huo Yuhao, his mind racing, interrupted her: "I've heard that the private chefs at the Body Sect are quite skilled. Why don't we skip all the hassle and go try them out?"

Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's words, a hint of disappointment flashed in Ma Xiaotao's eyes.

Although my cooking skills are slightly inferior to my junior apprentice's, with his guidance, I'm sure my skills will improve by leaps and bounds!

Yan Shaozhe nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, I've been eating it for several days now. The noodle-making skills of the Body Sect are truly superb, and their pasta-making skills are quite excellent."

After finishing their meal, Huo Yuhao and Yan Shaozhe were secretly glad that they hadn't gotten to eat Ma Xiaotao's charcoal-grilled Golden Elixir feast. Just then, Du Busi came over mysteriously and called him over.

"An introductory test?"

"That's right," Du Bu Si nodded, "Our Body Sect's cultivation is about pushing ourselves to the limit, then stimulating the body's deeper potential, and thoroughly exploring the secrets of the human body."

"The Body Sect has many cultivation methods, but they all lead to the same goal: to stimulate one's own potential. But don't worry, with me here, you're pretty resilient, I'll give you a good beating."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao immediately became proud.

No matter how scary this thing is, it's not as scary as my senior sister's charcoal-grilled golden pill set meal.

Right at the dinner table, Ma Xiaotao said that since they hadn't seen each other for so long, she absolutely had to cook a meal for him and Yan Shaozhe.

Poison Undying's arrival was definitely a rescue from his misery.

It's just a pity for Yan Shaozhe. I wish him good luck.

Huo Yuhao nodded and continued, "This must be the way the Body Sect stimulates the second awakening of the Body Martial Soul, right?"

Poison Undying nodded: "I heard from Xuanzi that your martial soul has evolved more than once, but those are all evolutions, not awakenings. These are two different concepts."

"Martial Soul evolution is similar to martial soul mutation; it's a change in the quality of the martial soul, such as the Golden Crocodile martial soul evolving into the Golden Crocodile King martial soul."

"The second awakening of a martial soul is to fully develop the martial soul's inherent abilities, allowing the awakened Golden Crocodile martial soul to unleash even more terrifying power than the unawakened Golden Crocodile King."

"I can tell you with certainty that it's not just the original martial soul that can undergo a second awakening. According to our research, any martial soul has the potential for a second awakening; it's just a matter of probability."

(End of this chapter)