Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes. A handful of blood-red flames burned in his palm, radiating a terrifying heat.
With his entire attention focused on the task, Xiao Yan guided the heavenly flame into the fourth-rank Medicine Cauldron.
After all, this flame had merely been drawn from the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. Its temperature was slightly lower than that of the original flame seed, but it was still terrifying.
Frank and Otto practically held their breath, afraid of disrupting Xiao Yan's movements.
Xiao Yan was equally cautious. Only after the entire mass of heavenly flame had entered the Medicine Cauldron and completely stabilized did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"Hahaha! Now our Black Rock City Alchemist Guild has a heavenly flame too! It may only be a child flame, but that's enough. Those old fellows in the neighboring cities' Alchemist Guilds will probably turn green with envy!"
A smile spread across Frank's face as he watched the blood-red flames dance inside the Medicine Cauldron.
To other Dou Zhe, heavenly flames were merely terrifying forms of energy born between heaven and earth. Even as weapons, there were plenty of alternatives.
But to an alchemist, a heavenly flame was a cheat that could carry them further along the path of alchemy.
Among alchemists of the same rank, those with heavenly flames overwhelmed those without them in practically every respect. That was what made heavenly flames so fearsome.
"Esteemed seniors, this child flame of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame is extremely weak right now. Even a heavenly flame cannot burn forever.
"The Myriad Beast Spirit Flame draws its power from the bloodlines and spirit essences of various magical beasts. Feeding it the crystal cores of low-level magical beasts will keep it burning.
"And if the guild is willing to spend a fortune