Luo Cheng of the Luo Family!

"Where are you planning to train? Is there really any need for you to travel all the way to such a remote place?"

Ye Yan shrugged. "There's someone here who has something I need."

"Someone has arrived outside!"

Ye Lin's gaze sharpened. He did not ask any further questions, merely rose to his feet and walked over to stand before Ye Yan.

The moment Ye Lin spoke, Ye Yan tightly gripped the energy-sealed item Ye Zhong had given him within his sleeve.

Outside!

Luo Cheng, the Luo Family's ancestor, had heard that someone from the Central Plains had arrived in End of the World City and was planning to pay them a visit. Just as he approached, his steps halted, and cold sweat appeared on his back.

He felt as though some colossal beast lurked within the room, merely waiting for him to step closer and bare its fangs.

"Ancestor, what's wrong?"

The Luo Family elder from yesterday looked at Luo Cheng, who had stopped advancing, in confusion.

Luo Cheng's eyes turned solemn as he viciously glared at the elder who lacked all tact.

Then he raised his voice. "I am Luo Cheng of the Luo Family. I have come to visit uninvited. Please forgive the intrusion!"

"Creak!"

The wooden door opened, and Ye Lin led the way out.

"You flatter us! We came to End of the World City by way of that Space Wormhole as well."

"We only emerged from the spatial passage yesterday and were mentally exhausted. I fear we have made this gentleman laugh."

Ye Lin replied.

"You're too modest!"

Seeing how amiable this man of unknown origins was, Luo Cheng's face broke into a smile as well.

His gaze first swept over Ye Lin before falling upon Ye Yan.

"May I ask how the two of you are addressed?"

"I am Lin Ye, and this is my younger brother..."

Ye Lin's face was full of smiles as he introduced himself first.

"Greetings, Lord Luo Cheng. I am Lin Yan!"

Ye Yan spoke up, addressing Luo Cheng.

"Fine names. The two of you are truly outstanding talents."

Luo Cheng's eyes shifted as he shamelessly lied through his teeth!

With Ye Lin's appearance, he truly could not be called an outstanding talent.

Only Ye Yan had removed his disguise after arriving on the Northwest Continent.

He had merely used the Thousand Illusion Bead to alter his displayed cultivation to that of a one-star Dou Zhe!

Though he was still young, his features had already begun to take on a handsome shape. Even "outstanding talent" was insufficient to fully describe him.

"You have both come from afar. As the host, I would like to treat you to a meal. I wonder... do you have the time?"

Luo Cheng smiled, the corner of his eye constantly watching Ye Yan.

He felt that between these two, the one called Lin Yan seemed to hold the higher status.

He was young, so perhaps his tongue would be looser. Luo Cheng might be able to learn some information from him.

Yet after the meal ended, Luo Cheng changed his mind.

This boy was difficult to deal with as well. Whenever Luo Cheng probed for information, he merely gave vague answers, never allowing Luo Cheng the chance to pursue the matter further.

"Ancestor, their names are probably fake too!"

"When traveling outside, isn't that perfectly normal?"

Luo Cheng watched the direction in which Ye Yan and Ye Lin had departed, then instructed the elder:

"During this period, keep an eye on those overbearing disciples. They absolutely must not provoke them."

"It does not matter if we do not know their origins. We have met them once, and perhaps that connection will prove useful someday!"

"Understood. I'll go notify them right away." The Luo Family elder nodded.

"Oh, right. Those two asked about the route to the Black Corner Region. Should we gather some information about the Black Corner Region in the future?"

"Gather some."

Luo Cheng considered it for a moment. "But we must not spread news of these two far and wide."

"Alright!"

On the other side.

"Now that we've found out where to rent Griffins, let's leave in a day or two."

"Otherwise, Luo Cheng will probably keep watching us in End of the World City."

Ye Yan sounded helpless.

"Alright!" Although Ye Lin felt that Ye Yan was very purpose-driven, he did not refuse.

After all, strictly speaking, he was merely a protector.

Night fell once more.

Ye Yan sat cross-legged on his bed, circulating the Heaven Burning Flame within his body.

Although the Heaven Burning Flame had absorbed quite a bit of Wood Qi during this period, it still had not grown much stronger. By Ye Yan's estimate, if he did not let it absorb the fires of heaven and earth, or even Heavenly Flames, then it would take at least seven or eight years for the Heaven Burning Flame to reach the level of a Heavenly Flame.

He still had to find a way to obtain some flames to nourish the Heaven Burning Flame.

And didn't he happen to have a Heavenly Flame in his hands right now?

[Your Exotic Fire is Fake]

Ever since he had separated a Child Fire from the Azure Ice Flame a year ago, he had not touched it again for a long time.

The tenuous connection between him and the Azure Ice Flame had gradually deepened after he occasionally extracted pale green flames from the Heaven-Burning Cauldron to feed it.

It should be fine to forcibly separate a small portion of its origin.

As for feeding the entire flame to the Heaven Burning Flame, he had no such plans for now. That would be far too wasteful!

In the future, he could wield the evolved Azure Ice Flame in one hand and the Heaven Burning Flame in the other. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Besides, the Heaven Burning Flame did not have that ability. After all, the current Heaven Burning Flame could not compare to a Heavenly Flame.

Much less an existence like the Azure Ice Flame, which ranked among the best of the Heavenly Flames.

The moment Ye Yan opened the Entry Space, he controlled the Azure Ice Flame and reduced its power to avoid causing too much commotion.

Very soon, a palm-sized black fissure split open before Ye Yan.

Through the fissure, faint dark-blue flames could be seen flickering within.

Ye Yan casually took out a sixth-tier ice-attribute Magic Core from his Storage Ring and tossed it through the fissure.

After waiting for a moment, a dark-blue droplet the size of a mung bean slowly floated out from the fissure.

As though it sensed an attraction, the Heaven Burning Flame within Ye Yan's dantian also conveyed a feeling of longing.

Ye Yan immediately swallowed a Pulse Protecting Pill Ye Zhong had refined earlier and circulated the Heaven-Burning Furnace Fire Art!

A powerful suction force erupted from his mouth, slowly drawing the floating dark-blue droplet into it.

The instant the dark-blue droplet entered his mouth, a bone-piercing chill spread outward from inside Ye Yan's body.

It felt like eating a box of mint candies and then taking a huge gulp of ice water.

The icy chill was so penetrating that Ye Yan's lips trembled slightly, and even his soul seemed to be leaving his body.

At that moment,

the Azure Ice Flame's origin, wrapped in Dou Qi, flowed through numerous meridians before finally entering Ye Yan's dantian.

The Heaven Burning Flame had long been unable to wait. Carrying several dozen strands of Wood Qi, it floated away from the cauldron and rose directly toward the vortex.

It slowly drew that mung-bean-sized origin toward the bottom of the cauldron.

Just lowering that dark-blue droplet took Ye Yan half an hour.

The dark-blue droplet even ignited dark-blue flames using Dou Qi as fuel.

At that moment, the Heaven-Burning Cauldron, which had originally only been trembling slightly, shook even more violently. A stronger fluctuation than usual instantly erupted within Ye Yan's body.

It blasted away all the Dou Qi wrapped around the dark-blue droplet!

The flame that had set off alarm bells in Ye Yan's heart vanished in an instant.

The Azure Ice Flame's origin also scattered from a single droplet into even smaller droplets, surrounding the Heaven Burning Flame.

Each smaller droplet was wrapped by three or four strands of Wood Qi.

As everything came to an end,

the Heaven Burning Flame slowly descended to the center of the cauldron's base.

The Azure Ice Flame's origin beside it surrounded and guarded it.

Even the Heaven-Burning Cauldron flickered with a dark cyan glow, helping the Heaven Burning Flame refine and absorb the origin.

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