At this moment, Yi An was utterly shaken by the flames burning over Xiao Yao's body. When he heard that she intended to take him back to the Northwest, he barely thought at all before nodding instinctively.
Just moments ago, he had resolved that no matter what cultivation realm the cultivator who had come knocking possessed, so long as they intended to seize his crystal, he would never yield easily.
Yet this female cultivator, who had directly exposed her flesh-and-blood body within the Furnacefire Grotto-Heaven, had utterly crushed everything Yi An had believed before. He could not muster even the slightest thought of becoming her enemy.
He even suspected that the heat of the grotto-heaven had unknowingly fried his brain, making him hallucinate.
To remain within the Furnacefire Grotto-Heaven in such a state—was this female cultivator truly not an incarnation of the grotto-heaven's spirit?
Seeing him standing there dumbly without replying, Xiao Yao gave a soft laugh. "What, judging by your posture, are you still planning to exchange a few moves with me?"
"Uh... ah! No, no, no!"
Her words jolted Yi An back to his senses. He hurriedly withdrew the techniques he had cast, retaining only the most basic protective effect around his body. "This junior absolutely has no intention of disrespecting you, Senior. It is merely that Senior's cultivation and Dao techniques are far too astonishing, and this junior was momentarily flustered."
Yi An was also a clever man who knew how to read the situation.
Seeing that Xiao Yao could move about freely within the grotto-heaven without needing a Fire-Repelling Crystal, he understood that she had definitely not come to steal his crystal.
After a brief pause, he spoke again. "May I ask what brings Senior here? If there is anything this junior can do, or any