"I will follow your wishes, True Person."
Though the female True Person's tone sounded somewhat off, Jiang Yang nodded his assent from beside her, readily accepting her advice.
While the two were speaking, rainbow light descended into the hall and appeared over a seat to the side, revealing a man in blue robes. It was the other True Person, Lin Xiuyi.
Lin Xi Yu's eyes brightened at the sight, and she asked:
"You're here, junior brother. How did it go?"
Lin Xiuyi said nothing, merely flicking out a speck of light, white as chalcedony and shining with a pure radiance. The flame seemed to have been restrained by divine powers, compressed to the utmost until it was no larger than a bean-sized flame.
Yet in an instant, the hall became swelteringly hot. The two True Persons seated there were fine, but Jiang Yang could not withstand the pearl flame's scorching heat, and beads of sweat were already threatening to form on his forehead.
If released, it could burn half of Far-Reaching City to ashes in a single night.
Fortunately, the pearl flame was only briefly released before being gathered back in. Lin Xiuyi caught it and tossed it to Lin Xi Yu.
"I have fulfilled the task entrusted to me."
"What a fine spirit fire, what a fine pearl flame!"
Lin Xi Yu swept out her sleeve and reached forward, carefully wrapping it in her divine powers before saying:
"Thank you for your efforts, junior brother."
Lin Xiuyi claimed no credit. Sitting upright, he lifted the Jade Pot and poured himself a cup of tea to drink.
"It was nothing. The Elixir Chamber was built with remarkable skill, and the spirit fire was tightly confined. It took almost no effort to obtain it."
"Warm and lustrous as jade, its luminous