Chapter 106: Flame Burning Flame

Ma Suxuan froze instantly.

She tried hard to maintain her composure, but her rapidly constricting pupils betrayed her. Finally, she could no longer conceal it, revealing a look of shock, as if this scene were a rarity in the world.

Meng Lingyun, standing to the side, appeared somewhat calm.

He had long realized Li Heng's mystery and unfathomable strength. Previously, he had wondered if he could no longer defeat this kid, Li Heng. Now, that suspicion was only deepened.

He never expected this kid to actually possess such a terrifying flame!

After a long while, Ma Suxuan finally broke the silence.

She smiled bitterly, "It seems I have misjudged."

Li Heng smiled slightly and recounted what had happened at the Sanshan Gathering at the time, while omitting some important details, only mentioning the family of three, Lu Dafu, to resolve Ma Suxuan's doubts.

Upon hearing this, Ma Suxuan felt a wave of melancholy.

"Such a terrifying flame is rare in my life. Watching it from up close, I actually feel as if the Great Sun is before me, infinitely bright; even the Yang Extreme True Flame of the Ma Family cannot compare to even a ten-thousandth of it in essence."

These words left Meng Lingyun feeling extremely astonished.

He was clear about Ma Suxuan's background and what that Yang Extreme True Flame was. It could be said that in the face of the Yang Extreme True Flame, almost all demons and ghosts had to avoid the Ma Family.

The Yang Extreme True Flame was the nemesis of almost all demons and ghosts!

Yet, such a flame was still inferior to the golden flame on Li Heng's finger in Ma Suxuan's words? What kind of fire was this exactly? To have such terrifying power, or origin?

Li Heng felt slightly surprised in his heart.

It seemed the Sun True Fire was indeed very strong in this World; his was merely a weakened version, yet it could receive such a high evaluation?

"I dare not accept, you are truly overpraising."

He spoke modestly.

"There is nothing to dare not accept; I am very clear about the terrifying nature of this flame. I fear that even if the Ma Family's Yang Extreme True Flame and the Bai Family's Burning Heaven Fire were mixed together, they would not be as overbearing and terrifying as this flame."

"This fire is no mortal object; it should belong to the heavens!"

Ma Suxuan did not think so; she concluded thusly.

She looked at Li Heng with profound meaning, various speculations already flashing in her mind. During the day, Meng Lingyun had chatted with her about Li Heng's origins. At the time, she had been dismissive; how could there be so many hidden families in the world? Did he really think this was a storybook novel?

Not to mention that as a clan power, the stronger a family was, the more active they should be; rather, it was only when they were declining that they would hide from the world.

But now it seemed, she was the one who had thought wrong.

Of course, Meng Lingyun had also thought wrong.

This Li Heng's origin must be even more terrifying!

How could this be covered by a mere family? If a family truly had the bloodline for such a terrifying flame, would they still be suppressed by various demons and ghosts, not daring to counterattack after losing their territory?

She thought of various hidden places.

The thoughts in her heart could not calm down for a long time...

Li Heng's expression was subtle; in a sense, Ma Suxuan's words were truly not wrong—not a mortal object, should belong to the heavens. Isn't the Sun True Fire from the Sun hanging high in the sky?

Beside him, Meng Lingyun was secretly shocked. Is it really that mysterious?

It's not a mortal object?

Could it be that this kid Li Heng is an exiled immortal descended from the Nine Heavens? Although he is indeed handsome, he doesn't look like one...

As her thoughts returned to calm, Ma Suxuan spoke slowly.

"I know this request of mine is a bit abrupt, but I hope you can consider it. Could you... lend me a wisp of the golden flame? Rest assured, just a wisp."

She hesitated for a moment before saying this.

Although she was very unhappy about the Ma Family bloodline flowing through her, it was a fact, and that Yang Extreme True Flame was part of her strength. If she could obtain a wisp of the golden flame, perhaps it could improve her, or even cause the Yang Extreme True Flame to evolve...

"I won't take it for nothing; if you have any requirements, feel free to state them. I will absolutely satisfy them within my capabilities. Of course, if this is inappropriate, you may also refuse."

She hurriedly added another sentence, wanting to ensure she didn't seem like she was bullying others with her status.

Li Heng pondered slightly; giving a wisp was not impossible. Anyway, this was a costless business for him; let alone a wisp, giving a whole cluster would not consume anything for him.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have left a Fire Seed for that child back then.

He also didn't think Ma Suxuan could condense the Sun True Fire.

The Sun True Fire on his body was obtained through the Visualization Divine Ability by visualizing the Great Sun. Unless Ma Suxuan also had this cheat, it was absolutely impossible. The essence and status of the Sun were extremely high; even if one touched the Innate Level of the extraordinary, it was absolutely impossible to touch it.

"If Aunt Xuan wants it, I naturally will not refuse."

With a thought from Li Heng, a wisp of flame flew out from the Sun True Fire on his finger and arrived in front of Ma Suxuan, floating and flickering. It was merely a wisp, yet it could bloom with boundless light.

Ma Suxuan's expression turned joyful. She hurriedly summoned her own Yang Extreme True Flame, and a cluster of fire-red flames appeared in the Void. This flame was no different from ordinary fire, but the feeling it gave off was one of a certain charm, as if it could destroy evil and walk the Righteous Dao.

This is the Ma Family's Yang Extreme True Flame?

It's a bit weak... Li Heng raised his eyebrows.

Controlling the Yang Extreme True Flame to fly beside that wisp of Sun True Fire, Ma Suxuan wanted to use the Yang Extreme True Flame to wrap around the Sun True Fire to see if she could analyze some of its essence and complete the evolution of the Yang Extreme True Flame.

The next moment, *pop*, the Yang Extreme True Flame extinguished.

Hmm? Ma Suxuan was dumbfounded. What happened? She hadn't let the Yang Extreme True Flame extinguish just now. She immediately moved her mind, mobilizing her bloodline, wanting to make the Yang Extreme True Flame appear again to wrap around this wisp of Sun True Fire.

It turned out to be the same as before.

Just as it arrived next to this wisp of Sun True Fire...

With a *pop*, it extinguished.

The corners of Li Heng's mouth twitched. Good grief. He finally understood why Ma Suxuan's reaction was so big. So the essence of the Sun True Fire was so high that even a single wisp could suppress the Yang Extreme True Flame?

Ma Suxuan's expression appeared somewhat embarrassed.

Although her Yang Extreme True Flame was neglected in training, she was at least at the Innate Level; such a scene made her lose face. However, this also proved from the side that the essence of the golden flame was very high!

She gasped in her heart, shocked once again.

"Aunt Xuan, would you like me to reduce the intensity a bit?"

Li Heng hesitated for a moment, cautiously probing.

"No, no, no, no need, no need."

Ma Suxuan hurriedly refused; if she couldn't even subdue this wisp of flame, then what kind of Innate Level expert was she? She might as well just roll back to the Ma Family and inherit the family business.

If the essence isn't as high as yours, then I will win by quantity!

She gritted her teeth in her heart and went for real.

Channeling her Innate Level cultivation, with a mere thought, a fire cloud covering the entire courtyard emerged from the Void, directly turning the courtyard into an oven, incomparably scorching.

This was the power of an Innate Level expert.

By manipulating Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, the lethality increased explosively.

Meng Lingyun watched with his heart pounding, feeling flustered.

Suxuan's temperament hadn't changed a bit! With such a massive display, what would happen if she burned down his courtyard?

Then he wouldn't have a place to live!

The next moment, the fire cloud shifted.

It moved to envelop that wisp of Sun True Fire.

Finally, winning by quantity, she successfully enveloped the Sun True Fire.

However, Ma Suxuan still didn't show the slightest joy; instead, she was terrified. Because her Yang Extreme True Flame was like snow meeting the Sun at this moment, dissolving without a single pause.

In other words.

This wisp of flame was burning her Sun True Fire!

Fire can burn fire?

Ma Suxuan felt it was utterly absurd, yet this very thing was happening to her. She smiled bitterly in her heart; could it be that she was fated to have no connection with this Terror-inducing golden flame?

Her Innate Power could naturally forcibly extinguish her own flames. But if she extinguished them, she would have no way to comprehend or evolve. Yet if she didn't extinguish this wisp of Sun True Fire, it would keep burning her Yang Extreme True Flame, and even with her Innate Power, she couldn't hold on for long.

Feeling disheartened, Ma Suxuan gave up injecting power.

Soon, that wisp of Sun True Fire burned through the massive fire cloud, and gradually, even extinguished the fire cloud entirely.

"It seems I am not fated for this golden flame."

Ma Suxuan smiled bitterly, saying it with some embarrassment.

Beside her, Meng Lingyun was also somewhat dumbfounded. When he was young, he had once fought alongside Ma Suxuan and knew just how terrifying that Yang Extreme True Flame was. A Weird army had been wiped out in an instant!

Yet even that couldn't do anything to this wisp of golden flame?

And this was merely a single wisp!

Li Heng hesitated for a moment.

This wouldn't do; a business with no capital investment was a huge profit for him, and he could gain the favor of an Innate Level expert for nothing, so he couldn't let it fall through just like that. Not to mention that Ma Suxuan could be considered one of his own.

"How about... I gift Aunt Xuan a Fire Seed?"

"This way, the flame remains in a dormant state; unless it encounters excessive stimulation, such as a Weird attack, it will absolutely not erupt."

He smiled slightly.

Whether it was a wisp of Sun True Fire or a Fire Seed of the Sun True Fire, for him with his profound origin, there was no consumption at all, so there was no difference between the two.

A Fire Seed? Ma Suxuan was slightly stunned; this could work?

"Will this cause you any consumption? I have heard that condensing a Fire Seed consumes a great deal, and may even damage one's origin, causing great injury to one's Original Qi, so there is no need for this."

She shook her head, refusing the matter.

To obtain it is my fortune; to lose it is my fate.

Ma Suxuan was not a person who would take things by force, not to mention that Ling Yun treated Li Heng like his own, which indirectly gave her a special feeling toward Li Heng, like a junior she favored from her own family.

How could she do such a thing that benefits herself at the expense of others?

"No matter, this is easy for me."

With a thought, a Light Orb appeared in Li Heng's hand, within which a wisp of hazy Sun True Fire was hidden, emitting a mysterious fluctuation; it was precisely a Fire Seed of the Sun True Fire.

With a gentle push of his palm, the Fire Seed drifted in front of Ma Suxuan.

"Aunt Xuan, please accept it for now; let this count as my investment."

"How about it?" Li Heng smiled slightly.

Ma Suxuan's expression was complex; how could she not know that Li Heng was giving her a way out? She looked at the floating Fire Seed in front of her, slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and her mind was filled with a thousand thoughts.

Finally, she made her decision.

"Since it has no impact on you, then I will shamelessly accept it..."

"I owe you a great favor. In the future, if you need anything or want to do anything, just call me, and Aunt Xuan will definitely step in to help."

"Even if it means handing over my position as Second Division Chief to you!"

She promised with a solemn expression.