Acquiring the Strange Fire

After successfully obtaining the Bone Chilling Flame from Yao Chen, Huo Xuan returned to his room and prepared to begin his cultivation.

"Young Clan Leader, can this technique really devour every Heavenly Flame in the world?" Yan Yang looked at the Fennel Technique scroll in Huo Xuan's hand and asked doubtfully.

"That's right." Huo Xuan nodded.

Yan Yang stared at the Flame Mantra for a long while before slowly speaking to Huo Xuan. "Young Clan Leader... this subordinate has an improper request."

"Speak."

"Young Clan Leader, could you perhaps let this subordinate examine this technique..." In all his years of life, Yan Yang had never heard of a technique said to be capable of devouring every Heavenly Flame in the world.

Ordinarily, a person could only absorb one Heavenly Flame in their lifetime. To absorb multiple Heavenly Flames, one had to use absolute strength to suppress them. While that could indeed allow one to absorb several Heavenly Flames, the drawbacks were immense; even after absorbing them, one could easily suffer a backlash from the Heavenly Flames.

At present, the only people on the continent capable of absorbing multiple Heavenly Flames were the already deceased Xiao Xuan and Clan Leader Yan Jin.

"Take it." Huo Xuan casually tossed the Flame Mantra to Yan Yang.

Yan Yang caught the Flame Mantra and slowly opened the scroll, reading through it bit by bit. The moment he saw the contents of the Fennel Technique, his pupils suddenly contracted, and a look of shock quickly appeared on his face.

Yan Yang soon finished reading the Fennel Technique. Gently setting it down, he praised, "I never imagined that the Dou Qi Continent possessed such a miraculous technique. I truly admire the knowledge and insight of its creator!"

"Let me see!" Seeing this, Yan Ya snatched the scroll away and slowly read through it.

Before long, Yan Ya had also finished reading the Fennel Technique. "It evolves by devouring Heavenly Flames... this technique is truly bizarre. But could it be a scam?"

"Young Clan Leader, you aren't planning to cultivate this technique, are you?!"

Huo Xuan took the Flame Mantra back from Yan Ya's hand. "Why would I have taken it if I wasn't going to cultivate it?"

"Young Clan Leader, I'd say this thing is probably a fraud. You know how dangerous Heavenly Flames are." Though Yan Ya had been shocked after learning how strange this technique was, evolving by devouring Heavenly Flames was simply far too dangerous.

"That's right! Young Clan Leader, why not forget it?" Yan Yang also tried to dissuade Huo Xuan from the side.

"Both of you, be quiet." Huo Xuan glared at them, leaving Yan Yang and Yan Ya no choice but to obediently shut their mouths.

"Say no more. My mind is made up. There is no need for you to persuade me further."

Huo Xuan sat cross-legged and began switching from the technique he had originally cultivated to the Flame Mantra in his hand. With Huo Xuan's current strength, the conversion was completed in less than an hour. The color of his Dou Qi also changed from the golden hue of a Heaven-tier technique to the pale yellow of a Yellow-tier one.

The defining color of a low-grade Yellow-tier fire-attributed technique was pale yellow. The higher the grade of the Dou Qi technique, the deeper its color.

Huo Xuan took out the Bone Chilling Flame he had obtained from Yao Chen. For the time being, he did not intend to refine it. The Bone Chilling Flame had been refined by Yao Chen for many years; even though its Soul Imprint had now been erased, it would still have considerable resistance toward him. Thus, after planting a Soul Imprint within it, Huo Xuan drew the Bone Chilling Flame into his body to nurture it, intending to fuse it in the future.

After cultivating the Flame Mantra, Huo Xuan discovered that deep within his heart, his desire for Heavenly Flames was gradually growing stronger. He knew the locations of most of the Heavenly Flames on the Heavenly Flame Ranking like the back of his hand.

The Flame Clan possessed five inherited Heavenly Flames, three of which already had owners. The seventh-ranked Nine Nether Golden Ancestral Flame and the seventeenth-ranked Volcanic Rock Flame were with Clan Leader Yan Jin, while the sixteenth-ranked Fire Cloud Water Flame was with Elder Huo Yao. As for the sixth-ranked Eight Desolations Destruction Flame and the eighth-ranked Red Lotus Karma Flame, they would belong to himself and Huo Zhi in the future.

The tenth-ranked Nine Nether Wind Flame and the thirteenth-ranked Turtle Spirit Earth Flame were inherited Heavenly Flames of the Medicine Clan. The fourth-ranked Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame was the Gu Clan's inherited Heavenly Flame and was currently in Gu Xun'er's possession. The second-ranked Void Swallowing Flame was in the Hun Clan.

The ninth-ranked Three Thousand Burning Flame was sealed within the Alchemy Tower. The twelfth-ranked Nine Dragon Lightning Flame was the inherited Heavenly Flame of Burning Flame Valley, while the third-ranked Purifying Lotus Demon Flame was currently sealed in the Demon Flame Plains.

The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame was currently in the Tagor Desert, the Sea Heart Flame was in Han Feng's hands in the Black-Corner Region, and the Fallen Heart Flame was at Canaan Academy.

Huo Xuan now had the urge to go out and subdue every one of these Heavenly Flames, but before that, he still needed to meet Xiao Yan, the child of destiny of the Dou Qi Continent.