164: Chapter 164 First Encounter with Fire Child! Is this the script for the villain's taunt being slapped in the face?

"Is this Han Feng!?"

Xiao Yan was about to launch into a long speech, but halfway through, he saw Xiao Ting take out a strange jade bottle containing a compressed energy body.

"Xiao Ting!" Having seen the light of day again, Han Feng's soul immediately began to roar, "Let me out at once! Otherwise, when the people from the Hall of Souls come looking for me, I'll make sure you suffer a fate worse than death!"

"Let me tell you, my backer is Mu Gu Old Man, an Elder Zun of the Hall of Souls and a Grade 8 Alchemist!"

Han Feng brought up Mu Gu Old Man, attempting to intimidate Xiao Ting.

"Heh." Xiao Ting folded his arms across his chest and spoke indifferently, "Han Feng, why don't you look behind you first?"

Doubt rose in Han Feng's heart, but he still turned around and looked up.

What met his eyes was Yao Chen's icy expression, devoid of any emotion.

"Old fellow!?" Han Feng was so terrified his soul nearly collapsed. He said in disbelief, "You're actually not dead? You're still alive!"

"It's you! You made Xiao Ting attack me to take revenge for you?"

"I should have known... Xiao Ting knew so much about what happened back then, he must have known you."

"..."

Han Feng became somewhat incoherent for a moment.

"Rebellious disciple, you never expected this day would come, did you!" Yao Lao raised his hand and released the Bone Chilling Flame, enveloping the jade bottle containing Han Feng and storing it inside his bone flame ring.

After finishing this, he looked up and met Xiao Ting's gaze. "Little Ting, this old man owes you a favor."

Xiao Ting had shown gratitude and helped him clean house many years earlier than expected.

This was far more devastating and heart-wrenching than if he had found Han Feng for revenge himself.

"Senior, are you really saying this to me?" Xiao Ting smiled and shook his head as he stood up. "You see, I'm not being polite with you either. Just remember to refine an emperor breaking pill for me; I'm in a hurry to use it."

He was currently practicing the triple cultivation of essence, qi, and spirit, with his cultivation level actually being his weakest aspect.

His physical body and soul, when taken individually, could both rival a Dou Zong.

Therefore, no matter how quickly his cultivation level rose, it would remain extremely stable!

"Fine, I'll use the Black Demon Cauldron to refine the pill for you in a moment," Yao Lao agreed readily.

Using a medicine cauldron to refine a Grade 6 pill could mask the energy fluctuations of the world during the pill's formation, preventing others from discovering it.

"I'll come back after dinner."

Xiao Ting arrived quickly and left even faster.

After handing Han Feng's soul to Yao Chen and asking him to refine the emperor breaking pill, he headed to Xun'er's residence.

"Xun'er." Xiao Ting didn't push the door open directly but called out from outside.

"Brother Xiao Ting!" A moment later, Xun'er hurried out with a look of pleasant surprise. "You're finally out of seclusion."

"I'm only out temporarily." Xiao Ting stepped forward and naturally took Xun'er's soft hand, looking at her with a gentle gaze. "I'm preparing to break through to Dou Huang and need Senior Yao Lao to refine a pill. I just happened to have some time to come see you."

"Brother Xiao Ting, you don't have to work so hard." A hint of heartache flashed in Xun'er's eyes. "Didn't we agree that I would be the one protecting you?"

"I believe you will eventually become a peerless powerhouse, Brother Xiao Ting, so there's no need to rush."

"I have to rush," Xiao Ting said with a firm gaze. "Your clan won't let me grow slowly."

The two of them were intimate as they slowly walked into the small, private courtyard.

When they reached the backyard, Xiao Ting subconsciously looked toward a woman in a fiery red dress and a red veil sitting in the gazebo.

Her features were like a painting, her skin as white as snow, and her temperament was ethereal. She was like a solitary red fire lotus in a Lava World, with a perfect figure.

Every word used to describe a fairy could be applied to this woman.

With just one look, Xiao Ting knew her background was not simple.

"Red Lotus Karma Fire?"

Xiao Ting received feedback from the Purple Heaven Flame within his body.

That woman in the red dress possessed a strange fire—the Red Lotus Karma Fire, ranked eighth on the strange fire ranking list.

Even so, after sensing the presence of the Purple Heaven Flame, the Red Lotus Karma Fire still conveyed a sense of submission.

"Hmm!?" Huo Zhi met Xiao Ting's gaze and felt her heart race.

For some reason, the Red Lotus Karma Fire within her became active, stirring the emotions she had sealed within the fire.

"It seems this person is Huo Zhi." Xiao Ting immediately had an idea.

The Yan Clan possessed a Red Lotus Karma Fire, ranked eighth on the strange fire ranking list. It had been subdued and refined by Huo Zhi, whose Dou Di Bloodline was only Grade 4, which allowed her to keep up with the cultivation speed of other geniuses of her generation from the Emperor Clans.

It seemed this woman also had a journal copy, which was why she appeared here.

"I wonder what kind of script Xun'er arranged for Huo Zhi," Xiao Ting speculated with interest.

"Xun'er, who is this?" Xiao Ting withdrew his gaze from Huo Zhi and looked down to meet Xun'er's eyes.

"Brother Xiao Ting, this is Sister Huo Zhi, a new friend I just made." Xun'er pulled Xiao Ting's hand toward the gazebo and introduced her with a smile, "Sister Huo Zhi's family has been friends with mine for generations. Her clan possesses several types of strange fires."

"She is currently traveling across the Fighting Qi Continent. Hearing that Jia Nan Academy had a Fallen Heart Flame, she came to take a look and unexpectedly ran into my guards. One thing led to another, and we became acquainted."

I see, the 'best friend' identity.

He didn't know whether it was Xun'er's or Huo Zhi's idea.

"I see." Xiao Ting nodded and, after entering the gazebo, cupped his hands to Huo Zhi. "Miss Huo Zhi, hello."

Huo Zhi deliberately scrutinized Xiao Ting from head to toe before uttering five words: "You are not worthy of her!""

Xiao Ting: "..."

You guys really dared to write this script.

They had even given Huo Zhi the persona of a mocking villain who would later have her face slapped in a plot twist.

"Whether I'm worthy or not isn't for you to decide." Xiao Ting frowned slightly and straightened up, his tone no longer polite. "It's not for me to decide either. Only Xun'er can decide for herself. The person she deems right and the person she wants is her choice."

[I really didn't expect to meet Huo Zhi at Jia Nan Academy. She's here to see the Fallen Heart Flame and became friends with Xun'er by chance. This is something I didn't know, but it makes sense when I think about it.]

[One is the daughter of the Ancient Clan's Patriarch, and the other is the daughter of the Yan Clan's Patriarch. Both were suspected of having poor talent when they were young. Xun'er was sent to the Xiao Family to grow up, and Huo Zhi grew up under the disdainful gazes of many geniuses in her clan.]

[It's only natural for the two of them to meet at Jia Nan Academy and become friends, feeling like they've known each other forever.]

[It's just that she immediately said I wasn't worthy of Xun'er, which leaves me speechless.]

[This fits my stereotype of the arrogant disciples of the Emperor Clans.]

Huo Zhi: !

I'm not Yao Ling.

"Ignorant of the heights of heaven and the depths of the earth." Huo Zhi released a hint of her Dou Zun aura, enveloping Xiao Ting as she spoke calmly, as if stating a simple fact: "Your cultivation talent is indeed a rare genius among ordinary people."

"But in the Emperor Clans where we come from, it's merely average, only fit for a guard position."

"This lady is not much older than you, yet I am already a Dou Zun."

"How will you be with Xun'er in the future!?"

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