Unawares, three days had already passed since the filtering for the top fifty and advancement to the top twenty-five. At this moment, it was precisely noon, and the blazing sun scorched the heart.
"Liu Qing... is something the matter?" Xiao Yan, Yu Renran, and Liu Qing directly traversed the spatial array to return to the residential mountain range. Xiao Yan immediately sent Yu Renran back to the wooden house to rest, and as he and Liu Qing took a leisurely stroll in the courtyard, he spoke up.
"Mn." Liu Qing glanced around in all directions. Seeing that there was nobody else about, she nodded slightly.
"What is it?" Xiao Yan was left somewhat puzzled by Liu Qing's gesture.
"Xiao Yan, I have a question I want to ask you. Please answer me honestly," Liu Qing suddenly shed her previous gentleness and said with utmost solemnity.
"Go ahead. As long as it doesn't involve things touching my bottom line, I'll tell you," Xiao Yan replied with a slight, helpless shrug upon hearing this.
"The thing inside your body... is it truly a holy flame?" Liu Qing's pretty eyes rolled slightly as she looked at Xiao Yan with eager anticipation. Evidently, back on Ice Fire Island, Liu Qing had already perceived it, only she had never dared to be certain.
"Consider it so." Seeing this, Xiao Yan did not refuse either. After all, given Liu Qing's status and experience, coupled with the events that had transpired on Ice Fire Island, she had more or less guessed it.
"It really is a holy flame?" Liu Qing exclaimed.
Though she had long since guessed it in her heart, hearing Xiao Yan's admission still inevitably brought her joy.
"It is the Fire Heart Sky Rock, ranked thirty-fifth on the Sacred Flame Rankings," Xiao Yan said