"Huh?"
Elder Yao had originally intended to continue speaking with Xiao Yan, but suddenly, his gaze fixed on Wei Yang.
Just then, he had sensed a strange fluctuation.
After a moment, Elder Yao gave Wei Yang a deep look and said in an unreadable tone, "The aura of a Heavenly Flame. Little Wei, have you come into contact with a Heavenly Flame before? And recently at that?"
Though it was phrased as a question, his tone carried certainty.
"Senior is correct. I did indeed come into contact with a Heavenly Flame not long ago." Wei Yang nodded in admission.
Xiao Yan, meanwhile, looked rather lost, having no idea what a Heavenly Flame was.
"Where?" Elder Yao's eyes lit up as he hurriedly pressed.
Wei Yang merely smiled noncommittally, his tone calm. "Senior, that question puts this junior in a difficult position."
Elder Yao narrowed his eyes and stared at Wei Yang.
Wei Yang smiled back at him, his expression composed.
The old man and the youth simply stared at each other in silence.
Sensing that the atmosphere had become somewhat strange, Xiao Yan quietly edged backward, already prepared to run at any moment.
Even the air atop the mountain seemed to suddenly turn heavy and oppressive.
Elder Yao slowly stroked his white beard, his gaze flickering slightly as though he were deep in thought.
Just then, the Bone Chilling Flame within him had suddenly stirred. Following the source of that fluctuation, Elder Yao had quickly and keenly detected a faint, concealed abnormal aura on Wei Yang.
But that trace of aura had quickly become indistinct.
Still, Elder Yao was certain that abnormal fluctuation had come from a Heavenly Flame!
At close range, Heavenly Flames could sense one another.
The youth opposite him had definitely come into contact with a Heavenly