"Venerable Yao truly had been careless... He had used the Bone Chilling Flame for so long, yet never discovered it."
Xiao Fan shook his head as he spoke. Yao Lao trembled uncontrollably from head to toe. "Impossible! How could that be? You must be lying to me!"
When Yao Lao followed Xiao Fan's method and sensed it carefully, he indeed discovered that faint Soul Seal upon the Bone Chilling Flame.
"Teacher... Teacher, you're still alive..."
Yao Lao had completely cast aside all the bearing of a venerable one. He grinned foolishly like a child, and it was impossible to tell whether he was laughing at his own stupidity or rejoicing that his beloved still had a chance at revival.
Xiao Fan was about to leave when Yao Lao stopped him first. The gloom on his face had vanished, replaced by a look of anticipation.
"Little friend, I have a cultivation method that will definitely interest you."
"Hm? Senior should know that even a high-tier Heaven Rank cultivation method holds no appeal for me."
"No, this cultivation method is not of the Heaven Rank. It is an unranked cultivation method."
"Unranked?"
Xiao Fan became interested. He stopped and waited for Yao Lao to continue.
"The Heavenly Flame in little friend's hand appears somewhat similar to the Green Lotus Core Flame, yet little friend surely knows that Heavenly Flames cannot coexist. Rather than refining another one from scratch, why not try this cultivation method?"
"To be honest, this cultivation method was the direct reason I was betrayed by the disciple I personally raised." The sorrow in Yao Lao's eyes was impossible to conceal when he mentioned this.
Yao Lao seemed to have touched upon the memory he least wished to recall. He slowly began, "Back then... this old man narrowly escaped death...