Mo Family.
Mo Chen was wielding his brush when his hand suddenly froze, a drop of ink falling from the tip onto the paper.
All the attendants were startled and looked at Mo Chen.
Mo Chen tossed the brush onto the paper and strode away from the desk, stopping only at the doorway.
"Fire... fire... it's..."
One of the retainers said, "The Patriarch has always remained calm in the face of danger. Even when the grand formation became unstable, he stood firm as Mount Tai. Why is he acting like this today...?"
Mo Chen looked at him. "Yellow Emperor's Scarring Fire! It has appeared in this world!"
Every member of the Mo Family instantly changed expression.
They could hardly believe what they had heard. Their minds could no longer process it.
At that moment, the Mo Family's great bell began to ring.
Five minutes later.
All the Mo Family elders had arrived.
Mo Chen sat in the seat of honor. "Seniors, elders, I assume you have all sensed it?"
The First Elder was already nearly a hundred years old. He opened his eyes, and a sharp glint shot from the narrow slits between his drooping lids.
"Who would have thought... who would have thought... that the prophecy from all those years ago had come true."
The Third Elder said, "Yellow Emperor's Scarring Fire... a thing from beyond the heavens. We must find it, we must! That is the sacred flame our Mo Family lost a hundred years ago!"
The Seventh Elder said, "Calm down, everyone. Why not first consider what we should do after finding it? Seize the Fire Seed, or recruit them through marriage according to the ancient prophecy?"
The Second Elder lowered his head. "Since the ancient prophecy has already come true, we should recruit them through marriage