Seeing Gu He hand over the invisible flame, Su Qian's expression softened. He accepted the Heavenly Flame and said solemnly, "Master Gu is a man of principle. Su Qian thanks you."
Given Gu He's strength, if he had refined the Fallen Heart Flame and simply opened a Space Channel to leave, they would never have discovered that it had been taken. Only when the Heart Fire within the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower gradually weakened might they have realized something was wrong and gone down to investigate. But by then, every trace in the magma would have vanished, and they would never have found out who had refined the Fallen Heart Flame.
Yet Gu He had not left. Instead, he had given them the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame he had found. Such conduct could truly be called honest and forthright.
"Haha, as long as the Great Elder does not blame me for taking your Fallen Heart Flame and refining it," Gu He said with a smile when he saw that Su Qian bore no resentment.
"You took away a mature Fallen Heart Flame that we could hardly subdue, then returned to us a docile juvenile Heavenly Flame. We are even now; neither side owes the other anything." Since the Heavenly Flame had not been lost and a hidden danger to the Inner Academy had been removed, the atmosphere between them was quite friendly.
Hearing Su Qian say they were even, Gu He also inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. To him now, Jia Nan Academy was not much of a concern, but he could not forget the academy's headmaster, who was very likely already a Half Saint. Moreover, that man was a member of the Lei Clan, one of the Ancient Eight Clans. Offending an Ancient Race over a juvenile