Before dawn the next day, Xiao Yan rose early. After tidying his room, he quietly left.
What Xiao Yan did not know was that the moment he stepped out of the clan gates, Xiao Zhan and Xun Er, along with the other girls, watched him leave from somewhere beyond his sight. Xun Er and the others were already crying, while Xiao Zhan's eyes had grown moist as well. The girls silently encouraged themselves: they had to cultivate diligently, so they would not hold Xiao Yan back in the future.
Naturally, Xiao Yan could not have known any of this. He was still considering where he should go. Why had Xiao Yan left home now? Because it was not just his body that limited the growth of his strength—his cultivation method did as well.
Old Yao's Burning Art had begun cultivation when Xiao Yan was six. Due to Xiao Yan's cultivation method, the Burning Art had evolved into a high-grade Yellow-tier technique. Yet it was still not enough. A high-grade Yellow-tier technique should only have allowed one to cultivate up to the Dou Ling realm, but Xiao Yan had forcefully cultivated it to the peak of the Dou Wang realm. That truly had to be considered a miracle.
Thus, Xiao Yan's main purpose in coming out this time was to seek Heavenly Flames. Only Heavenly Flames could evolve the Burning Art. Based on Xiao Yan's knowledge of where the Heavenly Flames were located, the Green Lotus Core Flame was in the desert and was still ownerless. However, there was also a great beauty there. If he took it now, he did not know whether he would miss that beauty, so he decided not to take it for the time being.
As for the Nine Dragon Thunder Flame and Three Thousand Burning