Old Yao's Thoughts

"Brother Xiao Yan, let's go in too!" Lin Ming said after watching Elder Hai and the others go in.

After hearing Lin Ming's words, Xiao Yan nodded. Then, led by Lin Ming, Xiao Yan followed Lin Ming into the Mittel Auction House.

Walking through the auction hall, Lin Ming looked at Xiao Yan who was following behind and said, "Xiao Yan brother Xiao Elder Hai and the other elders for many years. They'll probably have a long chat. We won't disturb them. Let me show you around!"

"With Brother Lin's guidance, Xiao Yan is already very honored," Xiao Yan replied after Lin Ming finished speaking.

"Haha, Xiao Yan, no need to be so polite. Let's go for a stroll." Lin Ming said with a smile immediately after Xiao Yan finished speaking.

After showing Xiao Yan around the auction house, Xiao Yan said, "Brother Lin, the Lotus Pedestal you lent me can be returned to you now."

"Haha, alright! Let's go, let's find a quiet place to chat some more." Lin Ming said with a smile after Xiao Yan finished speaking.

After Lin Ming finished speaking, he led Xiao Yan to an empty room. Then, after the door closed, Lin Ming looked at Xiao Yan and said with a smile, "Xiao Yan, let your teacher, Old Yao, come out too!"

As Lin Ming finished speaking, a white stream of air drifted out from the Storage Ring in Xiao Yan's hand, and then, Old Yao's illusory figure floated up in mid-air.

In the original novel, Xiao Yan went to rescue Qing Lin because of Qing Lin, which led to a great battle. At that time, Xiao Yan was facing Dou Emperor Expert when he suddenly had a brilliant idea to fuse the two Heavenly Flames together and develop the most frequently used technique in his life - Buddha Flame Fury Lotus.

Although Xiao Yan's development of the Buddha Flame Fury Lotus intimidated several Dou Emperors, including Elder Hai, the fact that it was newly developed and immature led to Xiao Yan upon a large portion of Old Yao's Soul Power, causing Old Yao to fall into a deep sleep.

However, because of Lin Ming, Qing Lin was taken away early on, so Xiao Yan didn't have the chance to meet Qing Lin, and the subsequent events didn't happen. Therefore, Xiao Yan hasn't developed the Buddha Flame Fury Lotus Dou Technique, and Old Yao hasn't fallen into a deep sleep due to the Buddha Flame Fury Lotus drawing a large amount of Soul Power from him.

"Young Lin, you... eh, the aura of Heavenly Flames. Lin Ming, you also have Heavenly Flames on you?" When Old Yao came out, he was smiling as he spoke, but after a moment, Old Yao asked in surprise and shock.

While Lin Ming was inside the ring, Old Yao didn't sense the aura of the Heavenly Flames fire on Lin Ming body because Lin Ming's own Soul Power was extremely strong. But now that he's out, at such close range, Old Yao immediately sensed the aura of an unfamiliar Heavenly Flames, which is why he was so shocked at the end.

Such a unique product as Heavenly Flames is extremely rare. So much so that even with the title of the Number One Alchemist of the Continent at the time, Old Yao had only found one kind of Heavenly Flames: the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

Imagine, back then, Old Yao's cultivation had reached the Dou Venerate realm, and he also had the title of the Number One Alchemist of the Continent, yet he only managed to find one kind of Heavenly Flames.

At that time, Han Feng was Old Yao Lao's disciple, whom he treated like his own son, and Yao Lao was quite satisfied with his Alchemy Talent. Although Old Yao did not teach Han Feng the Flame Mantra Technique, he passed on all his other skills to Han Feng without keeping them secret. Therefore, if Old Yao knew anything about other Heavenly Flames, he would definitely have obtained Heavenly Flames for Han Feng as well.

In the original story, when Old Yao learned that Han Feng had obtained a Heavenly Flames, he was surprised and knew that Han Feng had found Heavenly Flames himself, and that Old Yao had nothing to do with it.

Therefore, even someone of Old Yao's level and reputation at that time could only find one Heavenly Flames in his entire life. But now, in this small Jia Ma Empire, although Lin Ming has the cultivation of Dou Wang, compared to Old Yao's Dou Venerate cultivation at that time, Old Yao could seriously injure Lin Ming with just a sneeze.

It was Old Yao that Lin Ming, a man of little renown and whose cultivation was far inferior to his own at the time, was able to find two Heavenly Flames.

In that instant, Old Yao spontaneously understood why Lin Ming had exchanged information about the Green Lotus Core Flame.

After all, under normal circumstances, each person can only refine one kind of Heavenly Flames. However, since the aura of Heavenly Flames could be sensed from Lin Ming at this moment, Old Yao believed that Lin Ming had obtained information about two Heavenly Flames. The difficulty of obtaining Heavenly Flames from the Green Lotus Core Flame was obviously much greater, which is why Lin Ming took out the information about the Green Lotus Core Flame to exchange for what he needed.

The rare and precious Heavenly Flames is something every Alchemist desires, as evidenced by Gu He's request to seek out Queen Medusa in the original story.

At that time, the Old Yao assessed that even if Lin Ming hadn't reached the 6th Grade Alchemist, he was still at the Fifth Grade Peak Alchemist. Furthermore, if Lin Ming had truly refined the Heavenly Flames, he would definitely have been able to further improve his alchemy skills in a very short time.

The difficulty of improving one's alchemy skills is something only Alchemist truly understand, especially at higher levels where the challenges become even greater. Therefore, the Old Yao found it quite strange that Lin Ming used information about Heavenly Flames to exchange for pill formulas and other items.

After all, if Lin Ming were in his place, when faced with such a situation, Old Yao would definitely not think of exchanging information about the Heavenly Flames for something; instead, he would try every means to obtain the Heavenly Flames.

At that time, Lin Ming Fifth Grade Peak or even 6th Grade Alchemist, and he could definitely find some people to help him seize the Heavenly Flames. Although this would require Lin Ming to pay a huge price, it would all be worth it for the sake of the Heavenly Flames.

However, Lin Ming came to exchange with him right then and there, which puzzled Old Yao at the time, but now Old Yao fully understands.

After all, Lin Ming also possesses the aura of Heavenly Flames, which means that Lin Ming has refined Heavenly Flames during this period.

Given the rarity of Heavenly Flames, Old Yao didn't believe that Lin Ming had found a new Heavenly Flames in the time since they exchanged information. Although it was true, no one who didn't know the facts would believe it.

Therefore, the only explanation for others is that Lin Ming knew about these two Heavenly Flames at the time, which is why he took out the difficult-to-obtain Green Lotus Core Flame to exchange for something useful to him, and after the exchange, he went to refine the other Heavenly Flames, which was much easier to obtain.

After all, in this world, apart from those who cultivate the Flame Mantra and those with extremely high strength, everyone else can only refine one type of Heavenly Flames. Lin Ming obviously doesn't fit into either of those categories, so trading away the information about that extremely difficult-to-obtain Heavenly Flames is the most correct choice.