Xiao Yu first walked to the opening in the middle of the altar and leaned over to look down.
The hole was not particularly deep, only twenty or thirty zhang. At its bottom was a mass of flame radiating dazzling blue light, its tongues blazing fiercely. Within the blue flames, he could vaguely make out a black, cauldron-shaped object slowly rotating.
So this is the Void Sky Cauldron, and what surrounds it is the qianlan ice flame! Xiao Yu thought.
Just then, a bone-piercing chill swept over him, startling him. He had only taken a brief look into the opening, yet the extraordinary cold radiating from the qianlan ice flame could already make him feel chilled despite his modest accomplishments in body refinement.
When he tried to take another look at the flames, a sudden stabbing pain struck his mind. Alarmed, he hastily withdrew his gaze and turned around. The qianlan ice flame certainly lived up to its formidable reputation.
"Impressive, lad! You looked straight at the qianlan ice flame and came away practically unscathed. You're quite capable." Watching Xiao Yu from nearby, Qing Yi could not help casting him a surprised look. Even a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator could suffer upon seeing this flame for the first time.
Xiao Yu's heart tightened. He wondered whether he had seemed too composed and might have aroused their suspicions, so he spoke with some concern:
"Master, your disciple has made some progress in his cultivation arts, but I still feel utterly powerless against this flame. Can these two spiders really...?"
"Don't worry about that. The qianlan ice flame is indeed formidable. If even a Nascent Soul cultivator accidentally touches a little of it, they can easily be refined away. But all things give rise to and restrain one another, and there are