In the main hall of the Xiao Gate, Xiao Yan sat in the seat of honor, his expression extremely dark. Looking at Qing Lin opposite him, with a trace of shyness still on her face, he could not help twitching the corner of his mouth. This was the most humiliating incident since his rebirth. Had his willpower not been so firm, he might really have been looking at a minimum of three years behind bars...
Yesterday, after refining the Heavenly Flames, he had suffered the aftereffects of fusing them. Just as he was doing everything he could to suppress the Evil Flame within him, Qing Lin had barged in, instantly raising the difficulty to hell mode.
Still, Xiao Yan was a Dou Zong expert, and in his previous life, he had reached Peak Dou Sheng. How could he possibly submit to the Evil Flame? He immediately mobilized all his Dou Qi to fight it. Through his persistent efforts, just as expected... he lost. Clearly, some things could not be resolved through willpower alone.
Xiao Yan could not remember what happened afterward. All he remembered was seeing a fist hurtling toward him just before the Evil Flame tormented him into losing consciousness completely. That clearly was not something Qing Lin would do-it was Zi Yan's style.
As luck would have it, Zi Yan had finished all the pills she had on hand. Sensing that Xiao Yan had just finished his secluded cultivation, she had come over to check on him, only to find him on the verge of losing control to the Evil Flame, tearing at Qing Lin's clothes. Realizing something was wrong with him, she had decisively thrown a punch and knocked him unconscious.
What Zi Yan did not know was that, fortunately, Xiao Yan was still doing his utmost