Chapter 55: One dares to ask, one dares to answer [Thanks for following and reading]

"There's actually such a strange person."

Ma Xiaotao looked at Tang Wulin in front of her and couldn't help but say somewhat silently. To be precise, her gaze wasn't actually looking at the other, but at the fishing rod held tightly in the other's hand.

No, what kind of good person fishes without bait!

Fishing without bait, how could one catch a proper good fish? It was impossible to even catch a fish.

"This guy is really..."

Ma Xiaotao slowly raised her head, wanting to see what kind of idiot this was. But the next moment, before she could raise her head to look at the other, the figure of the person in front of her had almost instantly arrived before her eyes.

"Eh eh eh?"

Noticing such a scene, Ma Xiaotao was instantly stunned, her face blank, and she subconsciously took a few steps back, immediately maintaining a healthy distance from the other.

"This boy..."

"Why did he suddenly get so close!"

Ma Xiaotao's face carried a trace of unnaturalness, and she couldn't help but say with some annoyance. As the Flame Witch of the Inner Court, she never had any intention of interacting with other boys.

Even the classmates who were also one of the Shrek Seven Monsters had no other contact outside of the same team. If it weren't for the fact that she regarded the other as a student of the academy, she would have long wished to slap him directly.

But the next moment, when her gaze met the other's face, she couldn't help but subconsciously freeze.

"He..."

"So handsome."

A trace of strange color instantly flashed in Ma Xiaotao's eyes, and she couldn't help but subconsciously think.

She knew clearly that she was absolutely not a face-control or a flower-crazy person, but she had to admit that the appearance of this Outer Court student in front of her was truly handsome. Even she couldn't help but be shocked by it.

And just as Ma Xiaotao was looking at him, Tang Wulin's gaze was also looking at her.

【Ma Xiaotao】

【Innate full soul power genius, martial soul Evil Fire Phoenix, 17 years old, level 65 strong attack system battle soul emperor, possesses a huge hidden danger of evil fire in the body. If not eliminated, evil transformation will appear when breaking through to Soul Sage, and the fire in the body will be completely occupied by evil】

【Check-in successful】

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Ultimate Fire】

"It really is her!"

Before he had carefully looked at the ability of that magical fishing rod, Tang Wulin couldn't help but teleport to the other's side. Listening to the sound of a successful check-in in his mind, he instantly couldn't help but feel emotional in his heart.

He didn't pay too much attention to the Ultimate Fire for the moment; his attention was entirely on the woman in front of him—

Ma Xiaotao, it really was her!

As the child of the generation of Shrek Seven Monsters before Huo Yuhao in the original work, and even the second genius girl of this era, his impression of her was not deep.

You have to know, this was a genius who reached Soul Sage at the age of 20 while slowing down her cultivation speed because she was worried that the cultivation speed was too fast and would affect the evil fire.

And at the age of 22, as one of the two holy maidens of the Holy Spirit Cult, she no longer had to slow down her speed and even broke through to the Title Douluo level. It could only be said that it was terrifying.

"As beautiful as in the original work."

Tang Wulin couldn't help but subconsciously evaluate. Ma Xiaotao, it really lived up to its reputation.

The Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya he had seen before also had very high appearances, but in front of the other, they of course couldn't count for much. The cute, simple, youthful, and immature beauty was undoubtedly different from the mature and cold beauty.

"But."

"Why is she here?"

In addition to his emotion, Tang Wulin also couldn't help but think. The other was the top genius of the Inner Court; why would she suddenly appear in the Outer Court now?

"Have you looked enough?!"

At this time, the other's exclamation sounded, which just pulled Tang Wulin out of his contemplation.

In front of him, Ma Xiaotao was undoubtedly embarrassed by him looking at her. Her face turned red, and she couldn't help but shout angrily.

She knew she wasn't hard to look at, and could even be considered a very beautiful woman, but the other couldn't look so intently! Eyes unblinking, what was he trying to do?

"Sorry, because you look a bit like an old friend of mine, I was a bit excited and wanted to look at you just now, I offended you."

Tang Wulin's face carried a trace of embarrassment. Looking at the other in front of him, he spoke nonsense in such a serious manner. "Is that so..."

Hearing this, Ma Xiaotao thought for a moment and nodded lightly, having no intention of arguing with the other about this problem, and nodded.

Even if she looked good, the other didn't need to stare at her. These words made some sense.

"I know."

"But why are you fishing here? Aren't you afraid of delaying your cultivation and not reaching the qualifications to enter higher-grade learning?"

Ma Xiaotao then continued to ask. She hadn't thought about the fishing problem yet.

"Qualifications to enter higher-grade learning..."

"I have no interest in the academy's courses, or rather, my previous homeroom teacher made me lose interest in this aspect. As for the qualifications to enter higher-grade learning."

"My strength is enough."

Tang Wulin smiled slightly. With his level 40 cultivation plus combat power, going to the Inner Court now was undoubtedly more than enough, let alone later.

Moreover, he was now a quasi-Inner Court student.

"Not old, but the tone is not small..."

Ma Xiaotao muttered, thinking subconsciously, only feeling that this little Junior Brother was very arrogant.

Strength is enough, strength to go up a level in the Outer Court is enough, but what about going to the Inner Court? If you don't work hard to cultivate, even if your talent is enough now, you will definitely not be able to join the Inner Court in the future and become an elite of the academy.

"But, your fishing rod doesn't have any bait, can you catch fish like this?"

Ma Xiaotao paused slightly, looked at the youth in front of her, pointed to the fishing rod the other was holding, and asked in confusion again.

She didn't know much about fishing, but she knew very well that fishing required bait. The other didn't even put bait, so how could any silly fish be caught? "Hahaha, no, no."

"I came out this time just to experience the feeling of a fisherman, I didn't think about catching fish at all."

"This time it's about the experience, not the result of really catching a fish."

Tang Wulin heard this, thought for a moment, shook his head, and said seriously. He really had no interest in whether he caught a fish or not.

The fish was indeed not caught, but this did catch a Flame Witch from the Inner Court to come over and talk.

"Hmm?"

"Is it about the experience..."

Hearing these words, Ma Xiaotao was instantly stunned. She had never heard of such a thing as doing things not for the result, but for the experience.

It seemed to make sense. Do people who fish really just want to catch fish to eat? Obviously not. More should be like the person in front of her, experiencing the process in between.

"Interesting guy."

"What's your name?"

Muttering a sentence in her heart, Ma Xiaotao looked at the youth in front of her and asked softly.

"My name is Tang Wulin."

"Outer Court first-year freshman, what about you, Senior Sister?"

Tang Wulin smiled slightly and said indifferently.

"Ha?"

He, is Tang Wulin!?

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Years later, when others asked about the first meeting between Tang Wulin and Ma Xiaotao, Ma Xiaotao deliberated for a moment and said truthfully: "One of us dared to ask."

"One of us dared to answer."

"And that's how we started chatting."

Tang Wulin: Fishing. jpg PS: I've been updating daily these days, I've become a lazy Bai

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