A figure darted wildly in every direction like a monkey... the excitement in his eyes made it look as if he had spotted peaches!
Xiao Yan followed the mercenary at a light jog toward the north for a few minutes. He saw a large crowd gathered in a slightly sunken patch of sandy ground, whispering among themselves.
"Make way, make way!"
The mercenary leading the way shouted at the top of his lungs and cleared a path. Xiao Yan followed him in. With a glance, he was somewhat pleasantly surprised to discover that the sunken ground here had already been dug open by the mercenaries, revealing a hole about half a meter wide. He looked into it. It was pitch-black inside, and faint wisps of heat were rising from within.
"Is it here?" Xiao Yan pointed at the black hole and asked, looking around.
Xiao Yi Xian and the others also stepped through the dusty sand and arrived. Looking at the cave, she sighed with some emotion. "The plot has finally reached the most important part for the protagonist."
She knew better than anyone how important this "Green Lotus Core Flame" was to Xiao Yan. Without these Heavenly Flames, leaping ranks would still be far too difficult.
For someone cultivating the Flame Mantra, what they needed most was Heavenly Flames. With Xiao Yan's cultivation, absorbing this flame ranked nineteenth was just about right.
"Hehe, yes. The entrance here was originally blocked by yellow sand. If Qing Lin hadn't sensed some unusual aura remaining here, we probably really would have had a hard time finding it," a mercenary replied with a laugh.
Hearing this, Xiao Yan's gaze swept toward Qing Lin opposite him. He discovered that the little girl was covered in yellow sand, yet her delicate little face held a