"Hey, why fight it so hard? Come with me, and I guarantee you'll live like a king. You might even reach the summit of the continent.
"Even if you escape on your own, other human experts could set their sights on you later. Coming with me is the best choice you've got."
Sensing the Three Thousand Burning Flame's fear of him, Xiao Lin could only speak helplessly.
Why was it acting as though he were some villain guilty of every crime under the sun?
He was a good man!
"Hmph! Humans are treacherous. You only want to erase my intelligence. Dream on!"
On that point, the Three Thousand Burning Flame saw things clearly.
Xiao Lin had no intention of denying it.
In most cases, preserving a Heavenly Flame's intelligence allowed it to unleash greater power.
But with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint as a cautionary tale, Xiao Lin did not dare take that risk.
Besides, if this were another Heavenly Flame, perhaps he could let it be.
But the Three Thousand Burning Flame was different. Whether or not it retained its intelligence, Xiao Lin could draw out its full power!
That was because Xiao Lin had already worked out the principles governing the conversion between Astral Power and the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
If he wished, he could even transform himself into the Three Thousand Burning Flame!
In other words, Xiao Lin could already be considered a human-shaped Three Thousand Burning Flame.
So what need did he have to preserve its intelligence?
Was he supposed to sit around and wait for what had happened to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint to happen to him?
Xiao Lin was not that careless!
He would only consider preserving the Three Thousand Burning Flame's intelligence if it had just been born and remained untouched