Agreeing to the Trade, Heading to the Underground World

"Young Master, this is the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill I found. It's seventh-tier. Do you want to take it?"

"No. I would never be reduced to that state. Throw it away."

"Young Master, this is the Three Thousand Lightning Movement battle skill. Don't you want it?"

"I have battle skills of my own. I don't need it."

"Young Master, I already have two Heavenly Flames. It pains me to see that I can't absorb them, and they keep scurrying around the space I created."

A massive Phantom Black Dragon hovered above the two Heavenly Flames. The Green Lotus Core Flame and Sea Heart Flame did not even dare to move, terrified that the Soul Dragon would devour them.

"See? They don't dare move anymore."

Hun Miesheng: "..."

He suddenly felt that Young Master was becoming more and more monstrous!

Jia Nan Academy, Inner Academy.

A little girl who looked only twelve or thirteen wore white robes. Her light-purple hair fell to her waist, and her cheeks were fair and tender, as delicate as if carved from jade. Her large, bright black eyes blinked as she gazed up at the sky, seeming to possess a strange magic power.

The little girl continued staring into the distant sky, unwilling to leave, until Su Qian, the Inner Academy's First Elder, came to her side.

"Ziyan, you little troublemaker, I heard you've caused quite a few problems again."

"Old man, I think I sensed something." Rarely, Ziyan did not bicker with Su Qian. Instead, she stared seriously in the direction of the Black Corner Region.

"What did you sense?" Su Qian was a Dou Zong, yet he did not possess Ziyan's special ability.

"I don't know, but I heard a dragon's roar coming from the distant horizon." Ziyan clenched her little hands uneasily. "It feels as though this dragon's roar could take something away from me. It makes me feel very uneasy."

Just as Su Qian was about to say something, the space ahead suddenly rippled, spreading wave after wave of distortions. A handsome young man in white stepped out from within.

"A Dou Zong expert?!" Su Qian's expression changed. He hurriedly shielded Ziyan behind him. "What is your purpose in trespassing into Jia Nan Academy, sir?"

Hun Tianchen's heterochromatic eyes swept toward Ziyan behind Su Qian, and he raised a finger to point at her.

"Ziyan, I've come to take you home."

Ziyan's delicate body trembled, and she abruptly raised her head to look at the white-robed youth.

"You know who I am?"

"Not only do I know your identity, I also know where your home is." Hun Tianchen smiled gently. "The purpose of my visit is to take you home."

"Take me... home." Ziyan blinked. Her instincts told her that the young man before her was dangerous, that he could definitely take away something very important from her.

"Are you... one of Ziyan's family?" Su Qian suddenly asked from the side.

"I am not." Hun Tianchen shook his head and said slowly, "How about this? Let us use peaceful means to achieve our respective goals. What do you think?"

"What do you want?" Su Qian's face darkened, and the dou qi in his body was ready to erupt for battle at any moment.

"I will take the Fallen Heart Flame from the deepest level of your Burning Heaven Refining Qi Tower. In exchange, I will give you a Fallen Heart Flame that will obey you completely. How about it?"

"Your goal is the Fallen Heart Flame?" Su Qian looked at him gravely. If the other's strength had not far surpassed his own, he would have already attacked. "Sorry, we cannot agree. Without the Fallen Heart Flame, the Burning Heaven Refining Qi Tower would lose its most important function for Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy."

"Elder Su Qian, as far as I know, the Fallen Heart Flame within the Burning Heaven Refining Qi Tower may erupt at any time. Once it breaks through the seal, all of Jia Nan Academy will be destroyed. In that case, would you consider a Fallen Heart Flame that obeys you completely?" Hun Tianchen gave a mysterious smile. "I can give you a safe and obedient Fallen Heart Flame, but the price is that I take away this dangerous, disobedient Fallen Heart Flame that could erupt at any time."

"Don't rush to answer. I will give you time to consider it."

Su Qian fell silent for a while before finally speaking.

"Fine. I will convene a meeting. If it passes, we can let you take the Fallen Heart Flame, but you must give us a safe and obedient Fallen Heart Flame."

"Naturally."

After Su Qian left, Ziyan stared intently at him.

"Do you really know where my home is?"

Hun Tianchen flicked his sleeve and said slowly, "Not only do I know where your home is, I also know that you became like this after accidentally eating Transformation Grass, and that Su Qian found you and brought you back."

"Why does it feel like you know everything?" Ziyan looked at him in surprise.

"I know why you're afraid of me." Hun Tianchen stretched out his hand, and a tiny Soul Dragon appeared in his palm. "You're afraid of this, aren't you?"

Ziyan nodded and took a small step back in lingering fear.

"Yes, that's it."

"Don't worry. I won't use this to hurt you." Hun Tianchen put away the Soul Dragon, then took several high-quality medicinal ingredients from his Storage Ring and directly fused them together, slowly forming a pill.

A fragrant medicinal aroma spread through the air, and Ziyan's stomach instantly growled with hunger. She looked at the pill in Hun Tianchen's hand and wanted to reach out for it, but then remembered that he was not a student of Jia Nan Academy, so she could only give up.

"Hehe, it's for you." Hun Tianchen tossed the pill into Ziyan's hand. "Whenever you're hungry in the future, you can give me medicinal ingredients, and I'll refine them into pills for you. The pills I make taste even better—they aren't like those dry, tough medicinal ingredients."

Although his dou qi was not fire-attributed, and his fire attribute did not contain even a trace of wood attribute, the Sacred Body Demonic Heart physique was enough to disregard all limitations and shatter the conventions of alchemists.

Ziyan tossed the pill into her mouth. It crunched crisply, and she said with great satisfaction, "Delicious! It's much tastier than eating those medicinal ingredients raw, and this pill has an even more fragrant flavor!"

Hun Tianchen reached out and rubbed Ziyan's little head, smiling faintly.

"I'll help you cultivate faster, then take you home."

"Thank you," Ziyan said earnestly, completely lacking her earlier childish demeanor.

However, before she could react, the medicinal pill she had just swallowed erupted with immense energy from within her body. Ziyan's face suddenly lit up with wild joy; such vast energy was enough to propel her to the strength of a Dou Emperor.

Ziyan immediately sat down cross-legged, while Hun Tianchen stood guard beside her.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Qian came rushing over and saw this scene. Just as he was about to speak, Hun Tianchen stopped him.

"Ziyan is breaking through. Let's talk over there."

"We agree to give it to you, but you must first produce a Fallen Heart Flame capable of making us comply," Su Qian said solemnly.

"No problem." Hun Tianchen beckoned with his hand, and Hun Miesheng immediately arrived at his side.

"Young Master, what are your orders?" Hun Miesheng smiled amiably, completely devoid of the sinister aura he had displayed in the Hall of Souls.

"We're heading into the underground world to seize the Fallen Heart Flame and fulfill our agreement with Jia Nan Academy." Hun Tianchen glanced at Su Qian and found him staring dumbfoundedly at Hun Miesheng. Clearly, he could not sense Hun Miesheng's strength at all.

A mere Dou Zong dared to dream of probing the depths of a Dou Saint? Hun Miesheng frowned slightly. If Young Master had not been standing nearby, he might have slapped this man to death.

"Hall Master, let's go." Hun Tianchen chuckled as he looked at Su Qian. "We need to head to the birthplace of the Fallen Heart Flame, so it will be enough for you to maintain the seal."