Xiao Yan looked at Huo Zhi and Yao Xingji, a faint smile appearing on his face.
"You're not in a very good position right now, so I'll get straight to the point."
"I can save you, but I want your Red Lotus Karmic Fire and Nine Nether Wind Flame as payment!"
Everyone was startled by his words, while Huo Zhi's and Yao Xingji's expressions changed drastically.
"You... you're looting a burning house!" Yao Xingji stammered.
Even Huo Zhi's expression changed. "Xiao Yan, the Red Lotus Karmic Fire is an inherited flame of our Yan Clan. It must never fall into an outsider's hands. Could you ask for something else?" she asked gravely.
"If you agree, once I return to the Yan Clan, I can ask our clan leader to repay your kindness with a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill."
Xiao Yan shook his head after hearing her out.
"You seem to have forgotten who I am. A mere Ninth-grade Pill? I can refine one with a flick of my wrist."
Although Xiao Yan's words were outrageously boastful, no one paid any attention to that now.
The others from the Ancient Eight Clans all turned their eyes toward Huo Zhi and Yao Xingji, waiting to see what they would choose.
Meanwhile, the energy storm was rapidly closing in, already almost upon them.
Huo Zhi lightly clenched her teeth and asked, "What will you do if we refuse?"
Xiao Yan thought for a moment. "I might watch the energy storm tear you apart, then collect the Heavenly Flames from your corpses."
Everyone: ...
In the original story, they had barely escaped even with Xiao Yan's help.
Now, without Xiao Yan, Huo Zhi's Red Lotus Karmic Fire and Yao Xingji's Nine Nether Wind Flame alone could never melt a passage through the Crystal Wall before