Xiao Yan was something of an expert at playing with fire. No one on the continent today could match his knowledge of Heavenly Flames, so naturally, he knew what a Fire Spirit was.
Heavenly Flames were wonders born of heaven and earth. After existing for long enough, some would develop intelligence of their own. The Fallen Heart Flame and Netherworld Poison Flame he had previously subdued were examples of this.
However, the intelligence within such Heavenly Flames remained at the level of a child, and they acted entirely on instinct. Only certain more powerful Heavenly Flames, after gaining intelligence, could think like ordinary people, such as the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame he had refined in his previous life and the Nihility Devouring Flame in the Hun Clan.
After these Heavenly Flames were devoured and refined, there was a certain chance they would mutate and give rise to a Fire Spirit. However, the odds of a Fire Spirit being born were one in ten thousand. Even the Demon Fury Sage in his previous life had never possessed one, let alone anyone else.
Still, the Fire Spirit Xiao Yan possessed was somewhat unusual. Although several of the Heavenly Flames he had refined had possessed intelligence of their own, he had erased it during the refining process. This Fire Spirit had formed because the flames within his body had fused together.
Xiao Yan ran a few tests and discovered that the Fire Spirit was quite helpful to him. At the very least, he could now condense a Demon Fury Fire Lotus much faster, and its power had increased considerably as well. The appearance of this Fire Spirit had, in short, raised his fighting strength another notch.
What puzzled Xiao Yan, however, was why his Fire Spirit looked like a little girl. *Am I