"You all go first. I'll stay here and keep watch," Wei Yang said softly.
"This..." Elder Yao hesitated upon hearing this. After pondering for a moment, he said, "How about you take them out? I'll stay behind."
"None of you can withstand the temperature here except me."
Wei Yang gently shook his head, then swiftly stuffed a Storage Ring into Elder Yao's hand and transmitted his voice, "Rest assured, Teacher. I have backup plans sufficient to keep me alive. Inside this Storage Ring is a six-star Northern King puppet. Take it back to Starfall Pavilion. With it guarding the place, it should be enough to deal with some trouble."
Elder Yao clenched the Storage Ring in his hand. After a moment of silence, he nodded and cautioned, "Be careful. If—if things truly cannot be done, you..."
Wei Yang raised a hand to interrupt him. "There are no ifs. Teacher, just leave quickly. Are you still worried about me?"
"Fine."
Elder Yao took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, then turned to Gu Xun'er and said in a deep voice, "Let's leave first. Worrying won't help, and if we stay here, we'll only become Wei Yang's burden. The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint is merely a Remnant Thought, manifesting through Xiao Yan's body. He presumably won't harm him."
Hearing this, Gu Xun'er bit her red lips with pearly teeth, still seeming unable to make up her mind. At last, she looked at Wei Yang, a trace of pleading in her eyes. "Big Brother Wei..."
"Don't worry, sister-in-law. Go ahead," Wei Yang said with a smile and a nod.
Rumble—
At that moment, the milky-white sea of flames in the sky continued to expand.
Eventually, traces of pink began to gradually appear at the heart of the flames.
The pink flames slowly gathered