Azure Ice Flame!

"What exactly is going on with you, kid?"

Ye Zhong watched Ye Yan's complexion gradually turn rosy, his expression turning grave as he could not help but ask.

In all these years, this was the first time he had seen Ye Yan like this.

Especially just now, when Ye Yan's face had turned deathly pale, he had inexplicably sensed a threat of death deep in his bones, making his hair stand on end.

At that moment, he had felt a threat rush straight to his head.

"It's a good thing!"

Feeling the Dou Qi within his body become even more solid, Ye Yan smiled.

Ye Zhong still felt lingering fear and did not quite believe Ye Yan's words.

But before he could speak, Ye Yan's next words made Ye Zhong's eyes widen in utter disbelief.

"Old Master, do you believe that there's a Heavenly Flame inside my body?"

As Ye Yan explained, he also considered how to deal with the Azure Ice Flame.

After what had just happened, he knew that if the family gave the Azure Ice Flame to Ye Zhong to absorb, Ye Zhong would likely be reduced to ashes the instant he touched it.

Moreover, he had discovered that the Azure Ice Flame possessed powerful spirituality. The system had also made it acknowledge him as its master, and there was a faint connection between him and that Azure Ice Flame in his mind.

That was why, as a Dou Zhe, he could endure the power of the Azure Ice Flame.

The moment his soul perception entered the Entry Space, the Azure Ice Flame had already restrained itself considerably.

So he could probably only find a way to make the Azure Ice Flame split off a Child Fire.

"A Heavenly Flame? Impossible."

Ye Zhong's face was full of doubt.

Over the past eight years, how could he not know whether this kid had a Heavenly Flame in his body?

He would sooner believe that the kid suffered from some serious illness than believe he possessed a Heavenly Flame.

"How could a Dou Zhe like you possibly have—"

Just as his words fell, Ye Yan used the system to open part of the Entry Space.

A palm-sized pitch-black rift appeared before them.

'Crack...'

In an instant, a chill nearly comparable to that of a peak Dou Zong emerged. Deliberately avoiding Ye Yan and Ye Zhong, it spread through half the room in the blink of an eye.

Frost instantly formed across the floor, and the temperature plummeted.

Just as Ye Zhong felt the circulation of his Dou Qi becoming obstructed, that chill abruptly vanished.

Less than a second had passed from the chill's appearance to its disappearance, yet more than half the room had already become filled with ice crystals.

"Well? Old Master, do you believe me now?"

As the master of the Azure Ice Flame, and since he had not faced the chill directly, Ye Yan merely brushed away the lingering threads of cold and quickly returned to normal.

"You brat, if you wanted to talk, then talk. Why release it? You nearly scared me to death!"

Ye Zhong was still shaken as he lightly smacked the back of Ye Yan's head.

"You didn't believe me when you looked like that just now!"

Ye Yan rubbed the back of his head.

"Is your Heavenly Flame the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, ranked eleventh on the Heavenly Flame Ranking?"

After calming down, Ye Zhong's voice brimmed with overwhelming excitement.

He did not care why Ye Yan possessed a Heavenly Flame at such a young age.

All he knew was that it was a Heavenly Flame—an actual Heavenly Flame!

A naturally formed treasure of heaven and earth, with only twenty-three in the entire Dou Qi Continent.

Although the Ye Family possessed the Sun Fire Ancient Altar, the Yang Fire it produced had begun to decrease over the years.

And more importantly—

The Sun Fire Ancient Altar only attracted experts at the Dou Zong level.

Yet even the lowest-ranked Mystic Yellow Flame could attract Dou Zong experts.

Not to mention the Bone Spirit Cold Flame in Ye Yan's hands.

"It isn't the Bone Spirit Cold Flame."

Ye Yan shook his head slightly.

Although the entry's description said it could disguise itself as the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, there was no need to keep up the disguise before his own people.

"It isn't? Impossible! According to the legends, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame is an intertwining of extreme cold and extreme heat, capable of freezing the flesh and the soul."

Ye Zhong was completely baffled. "What your Heavenly Flame showed was exactly the same."

"Perhaps my innate flame shares some similarities with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame."

Ye Yan had already come up with a suitable origin story for the Azure Ice Flame.

"Innate?"

Ye Zhong murmured.

This was the first time he had heard of someone possessing an innate Heavenly Flame. If such a thing truly existed, it should belong to a magical beast comparable to an Ancient Sky Phoenix.

But this kid was human through and through.

It was truly strange!

However... no matter what, since this kid was from the Ye Family, there was no need to dwell on it.

"I named this Heavenly Flame the Azure Ice Flame."

"Hahaha, Azure Ice Flame. A fine name! Our Ye Family has a Heavenly Flame now as well."

Ignoring the fleeting worry in his heart, Ye Zhong felt as though the burden he had carried for decades had been lifted the moment he learned of the Heavenly Flame's existence. He laughed freely.

As an alchemist family, no one did not wish to obtain a Heavenly Flame.

It represented the family's combat strength, alchemy standards, and inheritance...

After his laughter subsided, Ye Zhong composed himself and looked at Ye Yan solemnly.

"Remember this: this Heavenly Flame is the Bone Spirit Cold Flame from the Heavenly Flame Ranking, not some innate flame! Do not tell anyone, not even members of the family!"

After all, no one in the Dou Qi Continent had ever heard of a Dou Zhe possessing an innate Heavenly Flame.

If others found out, whether it would be a blessing or disaster for Ye Yan remained unknown!

And the Ye Family did not have the ability to protect Ye Yan.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhong's heart grew heavy, and he became even more determined to send Ye Yan to the Pill Tower to take a master.

"Old Master, if the family had a Heavenly Flame, wouldn't that relieve a lot of pressure?"

Ye Yan was not as nervous as Ye Zhong.

"No. Since this Heavenly Flame is your innate flame, there is no need for that."

Ye Zhong flicked his sleeve and refused firmly, though his eyes revealed satisfaction as he looked at Ye Yan.

This kid had not been raised for nothing!

At that moment, Ye Yan rolled his eyes.

"Even if you wanted it, I couldn't give it to you. I mean a Child Fire!"

"You brat!"

Ye Zhong's face was full of helplessness as he replied irritably.

"To separate a Child Fire, the Heavenly Flame must possess sufficiently powerful origin energy, one must have the cultivation of a Battle Sovereign, and one must have complete control over the Heavenly Flame's origin."

"Judging from what happened to you just now, it doesn't seem like you have complete control over the Heavenly Flame's origin."

"Why not trust me just once?"

Ye Yan's expression remained calm. "Give me some ice-attributed beast cores and Beast Fire!"

In the mortal world, the Azure Ice Flame had originally been a flame capable of evolving. After absorbing the Six-Winged Centipede's origin cold energy, it had once evolved.

Perhaps using cold-attributed items from this world could make it willingly part with a portion of its origin energy.

After all, he was now the Azure Ice Flame's master.

However, by his estimation, to obtain something comparable to the Six-Winged Centipede's origin cold energy, it would have to be at least at the Battle Sovereign level, or eighth rank.

The Ye Family was not yet qualified to obtain such things, so they could only try seventh-rank items at the Dou Zong level.

"Ice-attributed Beast Fire..."

Ye Zhong pondered for a moment before saying, "The family actually does have such Beast Fire. It is Beast Fire from a peak seventh-rank Mystic Ice Cold Bird."

"This Beast Fire was originally prepared by the family long ago for you to refine pills with. But since you already have an innate flame and no longer need it, you may deal with it as you see fit!"

"As for beast cores or seventh-rank cold-attributed resources, the family will do its utmost to find them."

"Thank you for the family's support."

Hearing about that seventh-rank Beast Fire, Ye Yan also felt grateful.

"There is no need for that. You are the hope of our family's rise, and if we can obtain a Child Fire from a Heavenly Flame, these resources are only proper."

Ye Zhong patted Ye Yan on the shoulder, then turned and headed for the family treasury, summoning the other three elders as well.

They discussed purchasing other seventh-rank cold-attributed resources.