Metal Spirit Flame-Slaying Wheel

"Alright." Lu Heng rose to his feet.

"When do you plan to start?"

"Tonight."

Skyfire Venerable fell silent for a moment.

"Young man, haste is one thing, but don't cut corners where time is needed."

"Don't worry." Lu Heng put the Cold Soul Jade back into his Storage Ring. "I won't skip any steps. I'll first spend half a month refining the structure of the Double-Layer Fire Domain. Once the two flames have adapted to each other, then I'll consider fusion."

"Then this old man will go back to sleep. Call me if you need anything."

The speck of light within the Cold Soul Jade dimmed.

Lu Heng stood beside the stone table and rolled his shoulders twice. From the direction of the kitchen, Zi Yan came over carrying a bowl of candied fruit she had dug up from who knew where, her mouth stuffed full.

"What are you doing? Sitting here spacing out so early in the morning."

"Thinking about life."

"Liar." Zi Yan set the bowl on the stone table with a crisp clink. "You were talking to that lousy rock just now, weren't you?"

"That's the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Soul Jade, not some lousy rock."

"Who cares what it's called? It's still a rock with an old man living inside." Zi Yan popped another candied fruit into her mouth and muttered indistinctly, "Don't let him lead you astray. Last time, he told you to jump into magma. You nearly scared me to death."

"That time wasn't dangerous."

"Liar."

Zi Yan stuffed another candied fruit into her mouth.

Watching the girl finish off every last piece in the bowl, Lu Heng suddenly thought of something.

"When are Han Yue and the others going to the Qi Refining Tower today?"

"They already went." Zi Yan wiped the corner of her