After leaving the cave, Xiao Yan looked around at the identical yellow sands surrounding him and fell into confusion.
"Teacher... are we lost?"
Yao Lao looked left and right. After a moment of silence, he said, "Brat, you relied on your senses to search for Heavenly Flames the entire way and didn't remember the route at all, did you?"
Xiao Yan swallowed, then suddenly said, "Hey, Teacher, I think the desert scenery is quite pleasing to the eye. How about we take a look around?"
Yao Lao raised his hand and rapped Xiao Yan's forehead with his knuckles. "Brat, we really are lost!"
Xiao Yan rubbed his forehead, which had not felt a thing, and smiled. "It was urgent. Wind Fury Dragon Flame only appears during the hottest few days, and no one knows whether it might suddenly disappear."
Yao Lao said helplessly, "Fine, fine. Let's just pick a direction and move forward. We'll be fine as long as we find a city."
"That's a good suggestion. Let's go." Xiao Yan spread his wings and shot off in a randomly chosen direction.
In the sky.
Three Heavenly Flames became trailing streaks, leaving three flowing rainbows across the air.
After flying for a while, Xiao Yan spotted a familiar city.
Desert City.
It was also the city where he had first arrived in the desert.
"What a coincidence. I actually ended up back here by chance..."
"Good. I'll settle Hai Bodong's matter here."
"And I should take the remaining map fragment as well."
Xiao Yan arrived at the city gates and changed into the Alchemist robe he had only worn a few times.
With the robe on, the guards at the gate immediately changed from lax to respectful.
"Master, please enter." One guard bent at the waist and invited him in