Before the night over Black Emperor City had fully faded, Xiao Fan received the second secret letter delivered by Hai Bodong.
The envelope was coated in a faint layer of frost, cool to the touch, and the seal still carried Hai Bodong's distinctive icy Dou Qi. With a light sweep of his fingertip, Xiao Fan melted the frost, revealing the writing inside.
Seven days later.
Han Feng would use Maple City as a gathering point, summoning the Gold and Silver Elders, Fan Lao, Yuan Yi, and other Black-Corner Region experts to head to Jia Nan Academy together.
She Li, the Dou Zong from Heavenly Snake Mansion, was also on the list.
The mission was clear.
She Li would hold back Su Qian, while the Gold and Silver Elders would lead people to break the formation. The others would be responsible for tying down the academy elders.
Han Feng himself would head straight into the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and seize the Fallen Heart Flame.
After reading the letter, Xiao Fan fell silent for a moment.
"Just as expected."
Xiao Yi Xian stood beside him, her voice soft.
"He really thinks the Fallen Heart Flame is still beneath the tower."
"Mm."
Xiao Fan folded the letter, and a wisp of flame appeared in his palm, reducing it to ashes.
The information Han Feng had obtained was not wrong.
The Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower had indeed resumed operation.
But the information was incomplete.
He did not know that the mature Fallen Heart Flame had long since been refined by Xiao Fan. What maintained the tower's operation now was merely an Infant Fallen Heart Flame.
That was Han Feng's greatest misjudgment.
And Xiao Fan's best opportunity.
"Then are we returning to Jia Nan Academy now?"
Zi Yan sat atop the table,