"Jiang Yun, what should I do?"
Inside the cave, Xiao Yi Xian looked at the flame burning within it, brimming with vitality, and could not help turning toward Jiang Yun beside her.
As the fifth-ranked flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, the Life Spirit Flame was not something cultivators below Dou Sheng could refine, even though it was ill-suited to combat and instead overflowed with vitality.
That went all the more for Xiao Yi Xian, a mere Dou Zong. Even with an inexplicable affinity between them, it would still be as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Jiang Yun did not immediately answer Xiao Yi Xian's question. Instead, he sank his awareness inward and communicated with Qing Ming.
"Senior Qing Ming, can it be done?"
At Jiang Yun's question, Qing Ming's amused voice rang out. "If it were another flame, it might still hurt Xiao Yi Xian, given her current strength. But this Life Spirit Flame... that will be simple!"
After receiving Qing Ming's assurance, Jiang Yun relaxed. He turned toward Xiao Yi Xian, who was waiting quietly beside him, and said gently, "Go ahead and communicate with it, then refine it. Leave everything else to me."
"Mm!" Seeing the certainty in Jiang Yun's eyes, Xiao Yi Xian felt reassured and nodded. Resolve flashed in her eyes as she walked toward the Life Spirit Flame.
"Wait!"
Just then, Jiang Yun suddenly called Xiao Yi Xian to a halt. She turned back, her eyes filled with confusion.
Seeing this, Jiang Yun chuckled. "This is your first time refining a Heavenly Flame, after all. Let me set up an array to lend you a hand!"
Xiao Yi Xian paused at his words, then gave a gentle smile and nodded.
Jiang Yun wasted no time. With a raised hand, he sent hundreds of Spirit