Zi Yan's eyes were covered by Qin Han, yet she was still flying upward, with the churning lava lake directly beneath her feet.
She twisted her neck and muttered softly, "...Stingy. Let me look one more time."
Qin Han released his hand and glared at her irritably. "What are you looking at?"
"You were obviously looking too!"
Zi Yan craned her neck, sounding completely justified.
Qin Han curled his fingers and mercilessly flicked her smooth forehead.
"Ahhh!"
Zi Yan cried out in pain, clutching her forehead with both hands. Her little face scrunched up like a bun as she hummed in protest.
"What happened down there just now stays in your stomach. If you dare say a single word—"
He deliberately paused.
Zi Yan blinked at him.
"Do you think Xiao Yan will still refine pills for you in the future?"
Qin Han finished the rest of his sentence.
Zi Yan's face instantly fell. She rubbed her forehead pitifully and pouted. "Got it. I won't say anything."
Then, pulling Qin Han along with her, she passed through the scorching invisible energy seal.
The Inner Academy's seal over the Underground Lava World had grown stronger, but Zi Yan had also become far stronger. With her strength before breaking through to Dou Emperor, she definitely could not have passed through the seal so easily.
Once outside, the temperature suddenly became much cooler. The searing sensation from the lava's heat diminished by more than seventy or eighty percent.
Before them was the familiar inner wall at the lowest level of the Burning Heaven Qi Refining Tower. A modest-sized opening marked the entrance through which they had departed.
Their figures descended onto the uneven black stone floor. Qin Han stomped twice, savoring the long-missed feeling of solid ground beneath his feet.
On a stone