After leaving the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, the two exchanged a glance and headed toward the residential area in unspoken agreement.
Once they returned to the room, Yao Lao's soul drifted out of Xiao Yan's ring. He set up a simple defensive barrier before slowly speaking.
"I never imagined Jia Nan Academy would dare do something like this!"
"Teacher, what do you mean?" Xiao Yan pressed. "What exactly was that Invisible Fire Python?"
Yao Lao shook his head, a cold smile appearing on his face. "That was the fire spirit of the fallen heart flame. I never imagined this heavenly flame had grown to such a degree that it had actually given birth to a fire spirit with intelligence."
"What's more, it seems Jia Nan Academy has imprisoned it here to aid its students' cultivation. They're practically digging their own graves!"
Shock appeared on Xiao Yan's face. After all, he had witnessed the power of heavenly flames firsthand, and he had never imagined Jia Nan Academy would dare imprison one. But then he recalled the folds in space surrounding the black hole and asked:
"But Teacher, with Jia Nan Academy's strength, shouldn't it be all right? From what I saw, that fire spirit couldn't break through the seal Jia Nan Academy had set up at all."
Yao Lao shook his head and was about to speak when Xiao Fan interjected from beside him. "A heavenly flame should be channeled, not dammed up. Jia Nan Academy may seem to have sealed it inside for now, but as the flame grows, those restraints will weaken more and more. The day it breaks free will bring disaster upon the entire academy."
Yao Lao looked at Xiao Fan with approval and nodded. "Exactly. You're right, Fan'er. But although we've found the heavenly flame,