Xiao Yan turned his head instinctively. The young girl who should have been dressed in a plain dress was now draped in the same broad cloak she had worn when the two of them first met, covering her body completely.
At the sight, a faint trace of regret rose uncontrollably in Xiao Yan's heart, but he quickly snuffed it out.
He shook his head, then said with a smile, "The Flame Mantra evolved from Yellow Rank Low Level to Profound Rank Low Level. Not only that, I'm already an Eight Star Dou Zhe now."
Compared to the Flame Mantra, a Qi Method he had learned from Yao Lao at the very beginning could evolve, only to bring him through endless agony before the bitterness finally turned sweet, this cultivation that had soared by four stars for free undoubtedly delighted Xiao Yan even more.
After all, both Yao Lao and Wan Guniang had said that refining a Heavenly Flame at the start could not directly raise one's cultivation.
For an alchemist, a Heavenly Flame was a long-term benefit, not something that could raise one's cultivation after being devoured.
...However, Wan Guniang's situation was a little special. After all, what she had refined was not a complete Heavenly Flame, but the flame seed of the Life Spirit Flame.
The Life Spirit Flame itself was a one-of-a-kind existence even among Heavenly Flames. It did not possess any destructive power or annihilating force that could destroy heaven and earth. What it had was only an endless stream of vitality. Therefore, after Yao Wan refined the Life Spirit Flame, she had not even needed all those strange preparations Xiao Yan had gone through. Instead, she had directly rooted the Life Spirit Flame in her Heart Meridian.
"Four stars... I thought you'd charge straight to nine