Xiao Yan subconsciously turned his head. The girl who should have been wearing a plain skirt was now draped in the oversized cloak she had worn when they first met, covering herself completely.
At the sight, a faint trace of regret involuntarily surfaced in Xiao Yan's heart, only for him to swiftly stamp it out.
He shook his head, then said with a smile, "The Fen Jue has evolved from Yellow Tier Low-grade to Profound Tier Low-grade. Not only that, I'm already an Eight-star Dou Zhe."
Compared to the Fen Jue, whose ability to evolve had been revealed by Old Yao from the start and which had only borne fruit after so much suffering, this sudden four-star leap in cultivation was undoubtedly an even greater surprise to Xiao Yan.
After all, both Old Yao and Miss Wan had said that refining a Heavenly Flame for the first time could not directly raise one's cultivation.
For alchemists, Heavenly Flames were a long-term benefit; swallowing one did not mean one's cultivation would also increase.
...However, Miss Wan's circumstances were somewhat special. After all, what she had refined was not a complete Heavenly Flame, but the flame seed of the Living Flame.
The Living Flame was itself an utterly unique existence even among Heavenly Flames. It possessed neither world-destroying power nor devastating force, only an inexhaustible vitality. Thus, after Yao Wan refined the Living Flame, she did not even need as much bizarre preparatory work as Xiao Yan. Instead, she directly rooted the Living Flame within her heart meridians.
"Four stars... I thought you would shoot straight to nine stars, or even Dou Shi. Looks like I accidentally absorbed a little too much for you just now."
Yao Wan slowly rose to her feet as she spoke.
Upon seeing this scene, both Yao