Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations

Canaan Academy.

At the peak of the lush back mountain, a young girl in a pale blue dress stood gracefully. A purple sash was lightly tied around her slender waist, outlining its alluring curves.

She faced the vast sea of white mist beyond the mountain peak. Her three thousand strands of soft black hair cascaded down her fragrant shoulders, stopping only at her willow-slender waist.

The girl stood with her hands behind her back. Against the faint white mist around her, her tall, slender figure resembled a green lotus blooming amid the mortal world—unworldly and brimming with spiritual grace.

Such a woman seemed to have been born from the gathered Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, so outstanding that she was almost dazzling.

For some reason, she had felt restless over the past few days, as though something was about to happen.

"Brother Xiao Yan, did something happen to you?"

At that moment, a patch of shadow behind Gu Xun'er suddenly began to squirm. As the darkness shifted, Ling Ying emerged and respectfully said to Gu Xun'er, "Miss."

"Old Ling, what happened to your arm?"

Looking at his empty sleeve, Ling Ying said, "Sigh, Miss sent me to protect Young Master Xiao Yan. At first, everything was fine. During the Three-Year Agreement, Young Master Xiao Yan successfully defeated Nalan Yanran. But afterward, Young Master Xiao Yan actually challenged Huo Xuan. He was no match for him, and Huo Xuan even wanted to kill him. I did my utmost to protect Young Master Xiao Yan, but that angered Huo Xuan. In his fury, he crippled this arm of mine on the spot."

"Then how is Brother Xiao Yan!?" Gu Xun'er hurriedly asked.

"Young Master Xiao Yan should be all right. Huo Xuan asked me to tell Miss that if she wants Young Master Xiao Yan to live, she should prepare the ransom and go to the Yan World in two years to redeem him."

Hearing this, Gu Xun'er let out a sigh of relief. Xiao Yan had not been killed—this was truly a blessing amid misfortune.

"Old Ling, you may leave."

"Your subordinate takes his leave."

"Brother Xiao Yan, you must be all right. Xun'er will definitely save you. Huo Xuan, if anything happens to Brother Xiao Yan, I will kill you with my own hands!"

Gu Xun'er's face was filled with intense killing intent.

In Gu Xun'er's heart, Xiao Yan was the person she cared about most. If anyone dared harm Xiao Yan, she would make them pay the price!

Even if that person was the Young Clan Leader of the Flame Clan!

Jia Ma Empire.

Huo Xuan finished cultivating. After devouring the Wind Fury Dragon Flame left behind by Xiao Yan, he had broken through the barrier of Dou Emperor and reached One Star Dou Zong. However, the Flame Mantra had not evolved further.

"Brother Huo Xuan, congratulations!" Huo Zhi said, though she immediately felt somewhat dejected when she thought of her current cultivation.

"Girl, don't be discouraged. Your talent is already very good," Huo Xuan comforted her.

"Brother Huo Xuan, what if the Gu Clan comes to cause you trouble over Xiao Yan?" Huo Zhi suddenly asked.

"Don't worry, girl. What is Xiao Yan worth? The Gu Clan would never become enemies with the Flame Clan over Xiao Yan."

Thinking of Xiao Yan, Huo Xuan took out a broken jade fragment from his Storage Ring. He had snatched this jade fragment from Xiao Yan earlier.

Huo Xuan looked at the utterly ordinary jade fragment. He had already tried all kinds of methods, yet he still had not discovered what use it had.

"Hmph, it's just an ordinary jade fragment. Brother Huo Xuan, it's probably useless. Why not burn it?" Huo Zhi said.

Upon hearing this, Huo Xuan suddenly remembered that in the original story, whenever one encountered strange things like this, burning them with Strange Fire would solve the problem.

With that thought, under Huo Zhi's curious gaze, Huo Xuan summoned the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame within his body. Then, he tossed the jade fragment into the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame and began burning it with Strange Fire.

The seemingly fragile broken jade fragment erupted with faint flames across its surface the moment it entered the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame. To Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi's surprise, this inconspicuous jade fragment actually began to change under the scorching of the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame.

As the temperature of the flames rose higher and higher, the broken jade fragment actually began to melt. Once melted, it turned into a pool of crystalline green liquid that slowly flowed within the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame like a living creature, quite extraordinary.

At a certain moment, the flowing liquid abruptly stopped. Its surface bulged as though something was about to burst out.

The green liquid continued to swell for over ten seconds. Then, at a certain moment, a dazzling green light suddenly shot out from within it.

Bathed in the blinding green light, Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi both closed their eyes. The instant the green light appeared, countless streams of textual information suddenly poured from the liquid, automatically arranging themselves in midair to form a special diagram of words.

Their gazes swept across the light screen in the air before finally stopping on the large characters at the very top.

"Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations!"

The Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations was a battle skill created by Xiao Xuan of the Xiao Clan. Later, Xiao Xuan gifted it to Burning Flame Valley, where it became one of the valley's treasured inheritances. Although it was practically a useless secret art to some people, to those who possessed a certain kind of strange flame, it was undoubtedly a treasure beyond price.

To cultivate this secret art, the first requirement was that the cultivator had to possess a fire affinity. Second, they had to possess at least one kind of strange flame. If someone who met these conditions cultivated the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, they could temporarily increase their strength.

"Sigh, so it's the Xiao Clan's Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations—and an incomplete version at that. It isn't of much use to us," Huo Zhi said.

The Flame Clan also possessed secret arts that could enhance one's strength. It could be said that the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations was of no use to them at all.

"All right, girl. Having one more secret art is still a good thing. I heard that back then, it was known as a secret art never passed down by the Xiao Clan. Even if other clans wanted to cultivate it, they might not have been given the chance."

The Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations also had an unknown use: it could be used to cultivate the Xiao Clan's clan mark. The Xiao Clan's clan mark differed from those of the other clans. It was not bestowed by others, but cultivated through one's own efforts.

However, only those few Xiao Clan members in Canaan Academy remained now. Huo Xuan had no interest in dealing with those fish that had slipped through the net. After all, Xiao Yan, the greatest threat within the Xiao Clan, had already fallen into his hands.

Xiao Yan's soul was being continuously refined by the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame. As time passed, his Soul Power would steadily weaken. At most, it would take two or three years for his soul to be completely burned away by the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame.

As for Gu Xun'er, Huo Xuan was not worried about her. The ransom required to save Xiao Yan was extremely costly, and she simply could not afford it. Even if she could afford the ransom, the Gu Clan would not let Xiao Yan go.

Next, he should head to Canaan Academy.