Does the newcomer possess the Ancient Jade?

Elder Huo was stunned too!

"She was just here a moment ago, wasn't she?"

Su Qian's face turned pale.

"Search quickly! We absolutely cannot let this young miss come to any harm! Otherwise, our Jia Nan Academy might be in for a disaster!"

"Right, right, let's split up and search!"

Just at that moment.

A shout rang out from the herb storage room!

"Hey! Who are you? How dare you steal from our herb storage!"

Oh no!

The two men's hearts tightened.

They rushed inside immediately.

A student in the herb storage room was glaring indignantly at Zi Yan, who stood before the shelves!

Zi Yan blinked her innocent, wide eyes at the student.

In her left hand, she clutched a seven-colored medicinal herb, and in her right, she held a Diamond Bodhi Fruit!

Then, she raised the Diamond Bodhi Fruit and began to crunch away at it!

This scene scared Elder Huo silly!

The Diamond Bodhi Fruit was as hard as iron; even ordinary flames couldn't do anything to it.

Yet this girl could actually bite into it!

Were her teeth made of iron?

"Elder Huo, look, we have a little thief here!"

Seeing Elder Huo arrive, the student immediately lodged a complaint.

Seeing that Zi Yan was unharmed.

Elder Huo immediately scolded the student: "What nonsense are you spouting? She was hungry, so what if she ate a little? There's so much here, it would be a waste just sitting around; let her eat!"

"?" The student was completely bewildered!

Was this really the Elder Huo he knew?

In the past, getting him to part with a single precious herb was harder than ascending to heaven.

Why was he being so generous today?

Thinking this, he prepared to seize the opportunity to take one for himself.

But he was met with a brutal beating from Elder Huo!

In the end, he was kicked out of the herb storage room and forbidden from ever stepping foot inside again!

Meanwhile.

Beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower!

Deep within the vast, endless magma.

Xiao Xuan was shrouded in a layer of invisible flames!

His figure flickered continuously through the world of magma.

The magma, which ordinary people would avoid at all costs, seemed to encounter something terrifying.

It actually parted on its own!

Two minutes later!

Xiao Xuan discovered a faint, transparent circle of light within the magma!

Vaguely visible within that circle was a skeleton that had long since turned to bone.

The skeleton emitted a faint glow, and a transparent, invisible flame drifted above it!

Xiao Xuan darted into the light barrier.

He saw the infant Fallen Heart Flame floating above the remains.

Xiao Xuan beckoned with his palm!

The Fallen Heart Flame drifted toward him!

"Come out!"

Xiao Xuan put away the Fallen Heart Flame and spoke in a nonchalant tone.

With his Emperor-realm soul.

Trying to hide from his detection was... undoubtedly a pipe dream!

Seeing that the other party still refused to show themselves.

Xiao Xuan emphasized his tone.

"Do I need to invite you personally?!"

As the words fell, a white light diffused from the skeleton, transforming into the illusory figure of an old man.

The old man looked at Xiao Xuan.

"I hid so well, yet I was still discovered by you."

The old man's voice carried a hint of helplessness.

From the moment Xiao Xuan appeared, he had sensed the other party's terrifying power!

Therefore, while Xiao Xuan was collecting the Fallen Heart Flame, he dared not make the slightest movement.

He acted as if he were truly dead!

However, he had not expected the other party's perception to be so terrifying.

Xiao Xuan had originally intended to devour Sky Fire Venerable.

But, Sky Fire Venerable's current state was simply too wretched!

Devouring him probably wouldn't even increase his physical recovery progress by zero point one percent.

After some thought, he gave up.

Considering that in the original story, Sky Fire Venerable's character was decent, Xiao Xuan decided to recruit him instead.

Having Yao Chen refine a body for him to serve as a guardian for the Xiao Family would be a decent arrangement.

"Are you willing to come to my family and serve as a guardian?"

"I... may I?"

"You are qualified."

Qualified?

Sky Fire Venerable's mouth twitched!

Back in his day, he was a genuine Dou Venerable powerhouse; to think he was now being invited to serve as a guardian!

"Why, are you unwilling?"

"Sky Fire is willing."

"Rest assured, as long as you protect them wholeheartedly, I will have someone refine a body for you to help you resurrect!"

Upon hearing that there was a chance for resurrection, Sky Fire Venerable smiled as brightly as a chrysanthemum!

At this moment, he suddenly noticed that Xiao Xuan had actually swallowed the infant Fallen Heart Flame!

"Swallowing a Heavenly Flame raw! Even in its infant stage, even at my peak, I wouldn't dare!"

Sky Fire Venerable was secretly shocked.

He was also very curious about what kind of terrifying strength Xiao Xuan possessed!

Just as Xiao Xuan had expected, this infant Fallen Heart Flame did not provide him with much physical recovery progress.

Xiao Xuan exited the light barrier and continued downward!

Sky Fire Venerable was startled.

"Senior, you mustn't! There are some strange creatures down here that are extremely terrifying. Back then, I was besieged and killed by them!"

Recalling the scene from back then, a look of terror surged onto Sky Fire Venerable's face once again.

"What a coincidence, they are exactly who I am looking for."

Xiao Xuan said indifferently.

For some reason, Xiao Xuan had been descending for a long time, yet he had not encountered those strange Lizardmen.

It made him very curious!

Finally!

After descending for another two and a half hours, dense red figures finally appeared ahead!

"Heavens! They are... they are actually Dou Venerable-level Lizardmen! Senior, be careful!"

Sky Fire Venerable's face turned green.

He had finally seen a glimmer of hope for resurrection!

He prayed they wouldn't die here!

"Chi-chi!"

Those Lizardmen stared at Xiao Xuan with sinister gazes.

From mouths filled with sharp, jagged teeth, they emitted a series of chattering sounds.

Their broad palms waved wildly in front of them.

The rest of the Lizardmen also clamored ferociously.

"Noisy!"

Xiao Xuan flicked his sleeve.

BOOM!

A surge of soul power transformed into ripples, sweeping out in all directions.

"Chi-chi!"

Seeing this, the Lizardmen roared and lunged toward Xiao Xuan.

However.

The moment they touched those ripples of soul power!

Bang, bang, bang...

In an instant, those Lizardmen were reduced to crimson-red beads.

"Th-th-this..."

Sky Fire Venerable's eyes were about to pop out of their sockets!

Such a casual attack!

It had effortlessly killed the monsters he had once feared and avoided at all costs?!

He realized that Xiao Xuan's true strength was even more terrifying than he had imagined.

Xiao Xuan continued his descent, killing every Lizardman he encountered.

Along the way, he harvested thousands of red beads, each containing an incredibly vast amount of energy.

Once he got out of here, he would swallow every single one of them!

Gradually, Lizardmen at the Ban-Sheng and Dou-Sheng levels began to appear, and Sky Fire Venerable's mouth hung open wide enough to fit several red beads at once!

Shocking!

Simply too shocking!

He no longer dared to guess at Xiao Xuan's true strength!

He also had no idea how deep Xiao Xuan intended to descend before finally stopping.

Just then.

He noticed that Xiao Xuan had come to a halt.

Was he going back?

However, Xiao Xuan reached out his hand and probed forward!

Swoosh!

A suction force pulled Xiao Xuan inside.

The surroundings were no longer an endless expanse of crimson magma. In its place was a pitch-black space!

Sky Fire Venerable's nerves tightened; he constantly felt as though something mysterious in this place was watching him.

Yet Xiao Xuan looked around as if he were strolling through his own back garden!

It was then that an incredibly terrifying aura, wrapped around a voice, resounded throughout the pitch-black space!

"Visitor, do you possess the Ancient Jade!"