A Complete Mess

Xiao Yan's murmur was no different from a bolt from the blue to Nalan Yanran at that moment.

She very much wanted to pretend she had not heard it, but the shock to her was simply too enormous. It made it impossible for her to stay calm, and naturally, there was no way she could keep treating it as if it were nothing.

"What... what do you mean?!"

Nalan Yanran panicked, and even her slender and fair legs subconsciously pressed together.

"...I originally thought what you felt might be the same as when you trained inside the Sky Burning Training Qi Tower back then."

Xiao Yan hesitated despite himself, then spoke softly in a tone tinged with faint oddness.

"The Sky Burning Training Qi Tower?"

Nalan Yanran froze, then instantly grew so furious she nearly blacked out. She blurted subconsciously, "What the hell does this thing of yours have to do with the Sky Burning Training Qi Tower!"

"...That doesn't make sense."

Xiao Yan let out a soft sigh, then could not help gently rubbing the space between his brows. He had not expected things to turn out like this either.

He had originally thought the Heavenly Flame he planted would be like the Fallen Heart Flame in Canaan Academy's Sky Burning Training Qi Tower back then. While giving Nalan a slight burning sensation, it should have refined her Dou Qi and Heaven and Earth Energy, and burned away all the cold energy inside her body.

And once Nalan fully adapted to this wisp of his Heavenly Flame, she might even be able to refine and absorb it. Considering that Nalan could now refine even the cold energy of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and temper it into her own sword intent, perhaps she might even be able to refine