Chapter 67

"I can help you remove the sealing."

A wisp of Black Flame floated from Xiao Yan's fingertip.

Heavenly Flames—even if Void Swallowing Flame was still only a child flame, still just a child—were still Heavenly Flames, flames possessing Shen Mi Li Liang. Especially since this was the second-ranked Void Swallowing Flame.

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King merely used its internal Purple Crystal Flame to block Yun Yun's meridians and seal her Spiritual Qi; as long as Void Swallowing Flame devours the Purple Crystal Flame within her meridians and acupoints, Yun Yun will naturally regain her Dou Huang strength.

Her injuries were nothing—Yun Yun herself had Elixirs to restore them.

Yun Yun's beautiful eyes fixed on the Black Flame at Xiao Yan's fingertip; her delicate brows furrowed as she asked in confusion: "Solidified flame? Only a Fourth-Rank Alchemist or a Dou Ling cultivator can achieve that. Your battle power rivals a Great Dou Shi, but your Cultivation Realm should only be Dou Shi, right?"

Yun Yun was utterly baffled—this boy completely shattered her common sense.

Solidified flame, something only Fourth-Rank Alchemists or Dou Lings could do—he, a Dou Shi, had done it.

Spiritual Qi Wings, something only a Dou Wang could achieve—he'd done that too.

Even the sealing that a Dou Huang like herself couldn't break, he claimed he could remove.

Is this really a Dou Shi? He feels more like a Dou Zong.

"Your black flame is strange—it feels weak, yet gives off an extremely dangerous aura." Yun Yun wasn't an Alchemist; she couldn't know the Heavenly Flame Ranking. She knew Heavenly Flames existed, but Black Flame was too weak, vastly inferior to the ones she knew, so she never considered it might be one.

"Family heirloom. It's a bit weak, but the effect is top-notch." Xiao Yan rubbed his nose, lying without blinking.

"Let me see where the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's sealing is. Fully removing it will take some time."

Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Yun Yun's body visibly trembled; her cheeks instantly flushed crimson.

After a moment's thought, Yun Yun gently unfastened the buttons at her chest. The act of this beauty undoing her attire alone left Xiao Yan parched and breathless.

Finally, a purple rune was imprinted on the hollow beneath her sternum, with many purple threads extending from it—these threads were what blocked her Spiritual Qi.

Xiao Yan glanced at the purple rune. It was large—even the beautiful inner armor couldn't conceal it.

Of course, this referred to the rune.

Xiao Yan took a deep breath, cast aside all distractions, gathered Void Swallowing Flame at his fingertip, and slowly approached the outermost purple thread of the rune, gently touching it to her snow-white skin.

"Ah."

!!!?

Hearing that cry, Xiao Yan instantly retracted his right hand, pupils wide with shock!

What are you screaming for?!

Seeing Yun Yun's face as red as an apple, utterly ashamed, Xiao Yan bit his tongue and said sternly: "Miss Yun Zhi, endure the pain."

Xiao Yan was getting better at lying—just now that cry didn't sound like pain at all. He'd never tried using Void Swallowing Flame to devour a sealing before; he didn't know what it would feel like.

Only Yun Yun herself knew: when Void Swallowing Flame invaded her skin and devoured the Purple Crystal Flame, the collision of the two flames sent a hot stream surging into her body, causing her skin to heat up.

Xiao Yan's palm trembled slightly as Void Swallowing Flame slowly devoured the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's sealing.

Yun Yun slowly closed her beautiful eyes, her long lashes trembling slightly, lips tightly pressed, hands gripping the hem of her skirt tightly, forcing herself to stay silent despite the "pain."

Only after exhausting all his Spiritual Qi did Xiao Yan withdraw his finger and turn away: "Let's continue tomorrow after I've restored my Spiritual Qi."

"Oh." Yun Yun exhaled a warm breath, as if she'd just soaked in a hot bath—her skin flushed, her eyes soft with desire.

"Stay in the Cave for now. I'll keep watch outside tonight."

Watching Xiao Yan's retreating back, Yun Yun smiled: "Thank you."

After running far away, Xiao Yan exhaled deeply, recalling the feel of her skin—it left him restless and distracted.

He couldn't help comparing it to Xun Er's skin.

"At over thirty, her skin is still this perfect." It showed just how important Xun Er was to Xiao Yan—he compared everything to her.

In the deep silence of night, Xiao Yan sat cross-legged to begin Cultivation.

"Huh? What is this pure energy cluster beside my Nai Ling?" Xiao Yan suddenly noticed a new cluster of pure energy beside his Nai Ling.

Void Swallowing Flame could devour anything, but it never returned anything to Xiao Yan—it only grew stronger itself, making his Black Flame stronger, but never increasing his Cultivation Realm.

"This extra pure energy… is it Yun Yun's?!"

The sudden thought made his heart leap—he never imagined that when Void Swallowing Flame devoured the sealing, it had drawn back even a tiny bit of Yun Yun's Spiritual Qi energy.

Yun Yun was a Dou Huang powerhouse—even a tiny leak of her energy could benefit Xiao Yan immensely!

After a long while, he calmed down, pondered deeply, and quietly smiled with a thief's delight—consider it payment for the procedure. Once something was in Xiao Yan's hands, how could he let it slip away?

Xiao Yan sank his spirit, used his Soul Force to control the energy cluster, and began circulating it along the Fire Decree's Cultivation Method route; until finally, it grew slightly viscous, then he channeled it into his Qi vortex, transforming it into his own Spiritual Qi Cultivation Realm.

Xiao Yan couldn't help licking his lips—if he got one or two more of these energy clusters, he could break from Third-Star Dou Shi to Fourth-Star. He'd only just reached Third-Star not long ago—yet now fortune had fallen from the sky.

This made him even more eager for tomorrow's sealing removal.

Why "even more"? Only Xiao Yan knew.

Three days later, Yun Yun's purple rune had shrunk by more than half; all the purple flame threads had been erased. Xiao Yan's finger, like an eraser, slowly traced downward along the rune's patterns.

His finger gradually felt an extraordinary elasticity; Xiao Yan gritted his teeth, murmuring inwardly: "Hold on, Xiao Yan—you can't lose to beauty. If you move wrong, Yun Yun will wake up and slap you to death—then you'd die for nothing."

"My life matters! Xun Er is still waiting for me at Jia Nan Academy! I can't let her become a widow!"

Just as Xiao Yan battled his own mind, a powerful aura suddenly awakened. Xiao Yan looked toward Yun Yun, still with closed eyes—the terrifying aura erupted from within her.

Xiao Yan hastily withdrew his finger and stepped back; a surge of cyan Spiritual Qi burst from Yun Yun, forcibly shattering the last remnants of the sealing.

Whoosh—a pair of cyan wings resembling phoenix wings appeared behind Yun Yun, proving she had fully revived!

Looking at the majestic Yun Yun before him, Xiao Yan knew this childish game was over—it was time to face the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

Before the sealing was removed, Xiao Yan had treated it like a game—but now that battle was near, he became an entirely different person.

Yun Yun's Jade Hand slowly reached out and lightly pressed against Xiao Yan's back, pouring a torrent of Spiritual Qi into the Zi Yun Wings.

A pair of cyan Zi Yun Wings appeared on Xiao Yan's back.

"This much Spiritual Qi will last you one hour with your Flying Dou Technique. If anything uncontrollable happens, leave immediately!"

Xiao Yan nodded coolly; his expression instantly turned cold, his gaze sharp as he stared toward the cave where the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King dwelled—the past days' tender moments vanished as if forgotten.

Xiao Yan's primary concern now remained the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame.

Boom—boom! Two whistling sounds, two emerald glows streaked with long trails of flame shot straight toward the Lion King's cave.