173: After refining the spiritual fire, Su Qingtian emerged from seclusion once again.

At this moment.

The Water Heart Fire could be seen swirling in Xiao Yan's hand, pouring out terrifying heat waves, yet Xiao Yan remained completely calm, unaffected by the Water Heart Fire at all.

The Water Heart Fire, as if meeting its natural enemy, was powerless to resist in Xiao Yan's hand.

Gradually, the Water Heart Fire became docile and then drilled directly into Xiao Yan's chest.

In an instant.

Xiao Yan's eyes instantly turned brown, and terrifying heat waves emanated from his body; the temperature alone was enough to keep Cultivators below the Void Refining Stage from daring to approach.

And Xiao Yan's actual combat strength had definitely reached the Void Refining Stage.

A Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator with combat strength comparable to the Void Refining Stage was basically considered a top-tier Genius in the Xuantian Realm.

Of course, if this person was only eight years old, it was even more terrifying.

Once Xiao Yan could fully control these two flames, his strength would become even more terrifying, perhaps even rivaling body integration realm Cultivators while still at the Nascent Soul Stage.

This continued for a good while until Xiao Yan's divine body returned to normal. He stretched out his hands, and a flickering crimson flame appeared on his left hand.

This was his original Heavenly Fire.

Compared to before, the current Heavenly Fire's power was significantly more terrifying.

On his right hand, a brown flame that flowed like water emerged.

It was not hard to see that the Water Heart Fire had been refined by Xiao Yan.

Mu Qingling's eyes widened, watching this scene with some shock. He had actually refined the Water Heart Fire so easily?

One must know that even for a Void Refining Stage expert, attempting to refine such a Spirit Fire could result in falling and being incinerated by the exotic fire if they were the least bit careless.

But Xiao Yan had mastered it so easily, which she truly hadn't expected.

What shocked Mu Qingling the most was that Xiao Yan's refinement didn't involve directly consuming the Water Heart Fire's power, but rather making it his own to use.

Many Alchemists refine Spirit Fires by forcibly absorbing their power for themselves, which causes the Spirit Fire's potency to decrease significantly.

But Xiao Yan was different.

He had essentially directly subdued this Spirit Fire—two completely different results.

Xiao Yan's method was countless times better, but similarly, the difficulty was much higher; at the very least, those who could achieve this level were few and far between.

Watching Xiao Yan control these two flames simultaneously, Su Chen's long-buried memories suddenly flooded back into his mind.

How is this the same path as that 'thirty years east of the river, thirty years west' guy?

Except that person cultivated the Flame Mantra, while Xiao Yan was naturally born with an affinity for all kinds of flames.

Or perhaps it shouldn't be called affinity, but rather that his flame was the strongest.

Xiao Yan's Heavenly Fire was extremely powerful, much like the Bloodline suppression of Yao Beasts, capable of directly suppressing many weaker flames.

After mastering the Water Heart Fire, his Heavenly Fire would become even stronger. By repeating this process, Xiao Yan could continuously grow more powerful.

At that moment, terrifying Qi erupted from within Xiao Yan's body, and his aura began to climb steadily. In just a few short breaths, he made a Breakthrough to the Soul Transformation Early Stage.

This was the power brought by the Water Heart Fire.

Xiao Yan could have continued to break through, but he didn't do so; instead, he suppressed the fluctuations of his cultivation.

Mu Qingling had told him that the Foundation was very important, and that moving steadily was better than moving fast.

Of course, being both fast and steady was the best.

However, Xiao Yan felt he should compress his Realm more, so he did not continue to break through.

Seeing this, Su Chen nodded.

His personality is decent, neither arrogant nor impatient.

Overall, Su Chen was very satisfied with this second Disciple. After all, he was a perfect product of the Heavenly Dao, with excellent Aptitude and Heart-Nature.

Given Xiao Yan's situation, as long as enough flame treasures were provided, he could break through rapidly in a short period.

Su Chen thought for a moment, then waved his hand and tossed out a necklace.

The necklace had three light spheres on it, each containing incredibly terrifying and violent power—these were three types of Spirit Fires.

"Open one of these Spirit Fires every five years. After you have devoured all three, come find me at Mount Wangyun."

After saying that, Su Chen tossed out another spatial ring, which contained many fire-attribute Cultivation Techniques, such as techniques for crafting fire lotuses and the like.

There were also other powerful offensive and self-preservation techniques, like Fire Escape arts, totaling nearly several hundred types.

These techniques were basically what Xiao Yan needed; it just depended on his own needs as to which one he wanted to Cultivate first.

In Su Chen's view, if it really came down to it, he could just Cultivate them all once.

For many people, a Cultivator's time is limited, so they should use their precious time on limited things, like focusing on one thing, which would greatly improve efficiency.

But in Su Chen's view, this mindset only suited those with ordinary Aptitude.

Because their growth ceiling was very low, time could not be wasted.

But for people like Mu Qingling and Xiao Yan, their Aptitude was so good they could easily break through to become Saints. Coupled with Su Chen's help, they were almost guaranteed to become Great Emperor experts in the future.

To them, time was incredibly long, and there was no need to rush anything.

Besides, once they became Immortal Rank Cultivators, their Lifespan would be almost infinite. Would they still need to fear not having enough time?

Of course, the most important thing was that he was there.

As long as he was still alive and the System kept bringing a steady stream of treasures, they could keep taking it easy like this.

Su Chen said calmly, "Qingling, your cultivation is stronger and you have quite some attainment in the path of martial arts. When you have time, guide your Junior Brother more."

Mu Qingling immediately bowed respectfully, "I will obey Master's command."

"Alright, you may all leave. If you are willing to stay at Mount Wangyun or work for the Su Family, go find Su Yuanba."

"Of course, this depends on yourselves."

Hearing this, Mu Qingling pondered slightly.

She liked freedom and didn't have much interest in staying with the Su Family.

Although Xiao Yan was young, his mindset was similar. He had heard his father talk about many of the wonders of this world, so he planned to go see them later.

But staying with the Su Family was clearly not that convenient.

Afterward, the two of them bid farewell to Su Chen and left Mount Wangyun.

Xiao Yan returned to his own Family, while Mu Qingling, having nothing to do and wandering around anyway, followed along.

Watching the two figures leave, a fatherly smile appeared on Su Chen's face.

Treating these two Disciples, he truly felt like he was looking at his own children.

Suddenly, Su Chen began to feel a bit dazed.

Counting it properly, he seemed to be several hundred years old already. If one added the one million years in the System's void space, he was over a million years old.

Time really does pass a bit quickly.

...

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, another twenty-two years had passed.

This year, three incredibly powerful auras were released from Mount Wangyun, shaking the entire Eastern Region and leaving countless people terrified.

Su Qingtian had emerged from seclusion again!

Compared to before, the auras on their bodies were much more terrifying.

Su Chen had previously upgraded them to the Imperial Physique. The strength they displayed now made them absolute standouts even among Saint Venerables.

Su Qingtian's face was full of excitement: "Finally, finally... we can go to the Southern Region."

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