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for Advance Chapter"How... how is this done?" Huo Wu couldn't help but ask.
"Control," Mo Bai said. "It's not about using soul power to forcibly suppress the flame, but understanding it, guiding it, making it a part of your body and an extension of your will."
He closed his hand, and the flame vanished.
"Your martial soul is the Fire Shadow—the shadow of fire. This means your affinity with fire is very high, but your direction of cultivation is wrong. You've always treated fire as a weapon, a tool. But fire... can also be a part of you, an extension of your emotions, an expression of your desires."
Huo Wu listened, somewhat dazed.
She had never heard her teachers say these words. What Blazing Academy taught was how to make flames more violent, how to make the temperature higher, how to make the explosive power stronger.
But what Mo Bai spoke of... was another realm entirely.
"You..." Huo Wu bit her lip. "Can you teach me?"
"I can," Mo Bai nodded. "But the price is high."
"What price?"
Mo Bai looked at her, his eyes so deep they seemed ready to suck her in.
"Your flames need to be reforged. This process... will be painful. And it requires you to completely open your mind and body; you cannot have any resistance. Because I must enter your soul power core to reorganize the source of your martial soul."
Huo Wu's heart quickened again.
Completely open her mind and body? Let a man enter her soul power core?
This was practically equivalent to handing her life over to the other party.
"I... I need to think about it," Huo Wu said.
"Fine," Mo Bai wasn't surprised. "But I remind you, there is only one chance. Tonight, I happen to have time. Tomorrow... I might not be free."
He turned around and walked toward the platform.
"Decide for yourself. If you want to learn, stay. If you don't dare, please leave."
Huo Wu stood at the door, her hands tightly clutching her skirt.
Two voices were fighting in her head.
One said: Leave quickly, this person definitely has problems, he's lying to you.
The other said: Stay; this is the only chance to become stronger. Look at Ning Rongrong and the others—they all became stronger, they all stayed.
Flames... true flames...
Huo Wu closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
When she opened her eyes again, her gaze was firm.
"I'll learn."
Mo Bai's back was to her, the corner of his mouth curving.
"Then come over."
Huo Wu walked to the center of the platform. Mo Bai had her sit cross-legged, and he sat opposite her.
"Close your eyes and relax your mind," Mo Bai said. "Slowly release your soul power; do not resist my guidance."
Huo Wu did as told.
She closed her eyes and circulated her soul power. Scarlet flames rose from her body, and the temperature began to rise.
Then she felt a warm force probe into her body.
That force was very gentle yet powerful. It flowed along her meridians, bit by bit penetrating her soul power core. Huo Wu's body instinctively wanted to resist, but she gritted her teeth and held back.
"Very good," Mo Bai's voice echoed in her ear. "Now, feel my soul power. Follow it."
That force began to guide the circulation of her soul power. It wasn't following the manual of Blazing Academy, but another, more complex and exquisite route.
Huo Wu was surprised to find that by following this route, her soul power became more condensed; the temperature of the flames didn't drop, but they became much easier to control.
"Your fire lacks a soft touch," Mo Bai said. "Fire isn't just about explosion; it can be lingering, it can be penetrating, it can... tease."
Following his words, the force probing into Huo Wu's body began to change.
It was no longer just a gentle guidance, but... it started to tease.
Yes, tease.
That force seemed to have a life of its own, wandering through her meridians, occasionally lightly touching sensitive spots or slowly rubbing against them. Huo Wu's body began to heat up—not the heat of flames, but another... an internal, dry heat.
"Mmh..." she couldn't help but let out a light moan.
"Relax," Mo Bai's voice carried a sort of magic. "The essence of fire is energy. Energy can burn, or it can warm. Your body... is the best fuel."
That force began to probe deeper.
Huo Wu felt a surge of heat in her lower abdomen, and it began to get wet between her legs. She snapped her eyes open, wanting to say something, but when she met Mo Bai's deep eyes, all her words were stuck in her throat.
Those eyes... seemed to be glowing. A pinkish-purple light, very faint, but looking at it for long made her feel dizzy.
"Continue," Mo Bai said, placing his hand on Huo Wu's shoulder.
An even more intense surge of heat poured into Huo Wu's body. This time it wasn't soul power, but... some kind of medicinal power.
Huo Wu remembered—when she entered the door just now, Xiao Wu had handed her a glass of water, and she hadn't thought much of it when she drank it. Thinking about it now, there must have been something added to that water.
"You... what did you give me to drink?" Huo Wu's voice began to tremble.
"Just a bit of auxiliary medicinal herbs," Mo Bai's hand slid down from her shoulder, landing on her chest. "It can help you better feel the flames, feel... yourself."
Huo Wu wanted to push him away, but her body had already gone soft.
That medicinal power exploded inside her like a ball of fire, burning from her stomach to her four limbs. Her skin began to flush a deep rosy red, her full, sun-kissed breasts heaving with rapid breaths, the nipples hardening into tight peaks under the fabric. Her breathing became rapid, and the two soft mounds on her chest became incredibly sensitive in Mo Bai's hands, sending jolts of electric pleasure straight to her core.
"No... it can't be like this..." Huo Wu said with difficulty.
"Why not?" Mo Bai leaned down and whispered in her ear. "You want power, don't you? Then accept it. Fire shouldn't just be a weapon; it can be desire, pleasure... submission."
His hand untied Huo Wu's dress belt.
The deep red dress slid off, revealing the red underwear beneath. Huo Wu's figure was excellent; years of training gave her a tight, athletic waist, long powerful legs, full and firm D-cup breasts with smooth sun-kissed golden skin that glowed under the soul-tool lights, and a perfectly toned abdomen marked by a faint flame tattoo—the mark of her Fire Shadow martial soul.
Mo Bai's hand stroked her waist, where there was a flame tattoo—the mark of her Fire Shadow martial soul.
"Truly beautiful," Mo Bai said, his fingers slowly sliding along the lines.