Chapter 328: A Chance Encounter with the Fallen Ma Hongjun

Walking on the streets of Tiandou City.

Nan Feihuang discovered that this city was much more developed than it had been several years ago; the smiles on the faces of the commoners living within the city were clearly more numerous, and the clothes they wore were also much better.

In recent years, the health of Great Emperor Xue Ye had been deteriorating, and he was already somewhat unable to cope with governing the world; therefore, many government affairs were being handled by Xue Qinghe.

In fact, this was naturally the work of Qian Renxue; it is estimated that Great Emperor Xue Ye had already begun to suffer from the chronic poison of the Spirit Hall.

Doing this was for the sake of completely controlling the power of Heaven Dou. Of course, although Qian Renxue was outstanding, she originally would not have been able to do it this well, but after all, she had spent several years together with Nan Feihuang, and the two communicated every day.

The methods of governing a country that Xun Yu taught Nan Feihuang, as well as the chapters on governance in the Dunjia Heavenly Book, were all gradually imparted to Qian Renxue by Feihuang during their exchanges, without holding anything back.

In any case, these things would not excessively affect the overall situation. For Nan Feihuang, cultivation techniques were the key; he would not pass on the martial arts of the Dunjia Heavenly Book indiscriminately.

The methods of governing a country did not matter; since it could increase Qian Renxue's favor toward him and also allow the commoners to live a good life, why not do it?

Relying on these, the national strength of the Heaven Dou Empire gradually increased, and in terms of both economy and military, it had already erased the gap with the Star Luo Empire.

The name of Crown Prince Xue Qinghe also spread throughout the world because of this.

"Yo, isn't this the Flying General? Long time no see." A familiar voice suddenly came over, the tone sloppy and lewd, causing Nan Feihuang to frown.

Looking back, it was indeed that guy, "You are... Ma Hongjun, how did you become like this?"

This person was exactly the Evil Fire Phoenix of Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun, only now he had completely changed into a different person compared to the time of the Soul Master Tournament.

He had not changed for the better, but instead had become even worse.

His figure was several circles fatter; he must be two hundred and fifty jin by now, and his aura was even more chaotic.

The Fire Phoenix itself should be a martial soul with extremely heavy Yang energy, but the Yin energy on his body had completely covered the Yang energy, and it was all sorts of different Yin energies; this is a phenomenon that only appears in people who have frequented brothels for years.

Thinking about it, it must be because he did not consume the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, so the evil fire could not be cured, and as he grew older, it became even more serious, so he could only rely on venting to release the fire.

After a long time, Ma Hongjun had completely surrendered to his own Desire, no longer thinking of resisting anything.

Originally, his evil fire might have flared up once every few days, but now it was becoming more and more frequent, turning into several times a day; it could be said that he now almost treated the brothel as his daily job.

However, his cultivation had improved quite a bit. People with evil fire covering their bodies would become a bit like an Evil Spirit Master; as long as they surrendered to their Desire, the evil fire would become stronger and stronger, and even without practicing, their soul power would increase on its own. At this moment, Ma Hongjun's level was already close to a Soul King.

It was just that the soul power increased in this way was very impure. Feihuang guessed that, let alone a Title Douluo, once he reached a Spirit Saint, he would be completely unable to suppress the evil fire and would be burned to death by the evil fire.

"What do you mean 'become like this'? Am I not much better now than I was during the Soul Master Tournament over a year ago?" Ma Hongjun said triumphantly, hugging a beautiful woman he had brought out from a brothel, "Look at the fabric of my clothes, look at the gold chain I'm wearing. Flying General, I'm afraid that even you might not be richer than me at this moment."

Ma Hongjun was right; although his temperament had become increasingly lewd and dirty, what he wore was indeed much better than back then. It would not be an exaggeration to call it silk and satin, and what he carried on his body were all expensive items.

Just in terms of dress, it could be said that he looked more like a Crown Prince than Nan Feihuang.

Feihuang was also a bit strange; how could he have become so wealthy? Shrek was gone, and his teachers Flender and Zhao Wuji were also dead. Could it be that he inherited Flender's estate?

But that wasn't right either; with the little money Flender left behind, at Ma Hongjun's rate of spending, he could have emptied it in less than three days.

Suddenly thinking of something, Feihuang asked, "Did you join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

In this world, only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could afford his kind of spending.

After all, he was a classmate of Ning Rongrong; it would not be difficult for Ma Hongjun to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect through her.

Although this guy's character was not very good and his temperament was even worse, the fact that he possessed a Top-level Spirit was undeniable. Ning Fengzhi could not possibly push such a genius away.

As for his need for money to vent his fire, to Ning Fengzhi, it was not a matter at all; the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was never short of money.

"Haha, that's right, worthy of being the Flying General, you're quite smart. I am now one of the core disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect," Ma Hongjun said proudly.

Although his teacher was dead, he had obtained a better future because of it. Without the constraints of Shrek, after joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he could be said to be eating and drinking well every day.

He didn't even really need to cultivate; as long as he went to the brothel, the evil fire would drive his soul power to rise rapidly.

"Is that so? Congratulations, excuse me." Nan Feihuang was too lazy to pay much attention to him; they were not friends, and he truly loathed the aura on Ma Hongjun's body—it was truly too dirty.

He had even contracted a venereal disease without knowing it, only because a Spirit Master's physique was strong did it not flare up yet.

However, seeing him did remind Nan Feihuang that he still hadn't eaten that Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.

Now that he had passed level seventy, even if his fire attribute evolved into Extreme Fire, it would not affect his cultivation; it would even accelerate it.

Finding a time, he had to consume this Immortal Herb. Although for him now, the soul power level probably wouldn't increase much, the greatest effect of the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower was to purify the fire-attribute power within his body.

Feihuang's ice was inherited from his mother and was already infinitely close to Extreme Ice, so it only needed a catalyst to complete the transformation.

And his fire came from his father; his father's was only an ordinary fire attribute, and without external force support, it was difficult to become an Extreme Fire.

The Blazing Apricot Delicate he had consumed before, plus this Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, should mean he was not far off.

"Hey hey hey, wait, Flying General, don't be in such a hurry to leave. Back then in the Star Dou Great Forest, we could be considered to have shared hardships, right? It's a rare chance encounter, why not chat a bit more? Looking at you, you're planning to go to Yuexuan, right?" Ma Hongjun asked.

Nan Feihuang looked back, puzzled, "How did you know?"

"Because today is the performance day at Yuexuan, don't you know? The beautiful noble young ladies studying at Yuexuan will all take the stage to perform, and there's even the pearl of the Heaven Dou Empire, Princess Xue Ke. I even heard that Lady Yue herself will take the stage. So on this day, all the major nobles and promising young people will gather there. This master has already been there several times," Ma Hongjun said with extreme pride.

Ever since he joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he suddenly felt that he was more like a noble than Nan Feihuang.

This guy didn't know how to enjoy life at all; he hadn't even heard of the most famous performance day at Yuexuan, which all the nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire yearned for.

(End of chapter)