Flying Fire Transmission covered a hundred li in an instant. It was one of the Great Xia Dynasty's methods for sending urgent messages.
A special Mystic Artifact turned a brief message into a streak of fire and launched it in a designated direction. Every city's Guardian Formation along its path replenished its energy, and anyone who had reached the Return to the Natural State or a higher realm could hear the message within the flames.
This method was extremely fast, covered a vast area, and was highly efficient. Its only drawback was that it offered no secrecy—anyone with sufficient cultivation could hear the message, whether or not they served Great Xia.
That was why it was generally used for important messages that were not confidential.
Like this one.
At the news, Pan Long put on a look of shock. Lu Xi'an was genuinely shocked.
"Um... Wind-Observing Envoy Pan, did you hear that?" he could not help asking.
Pan Long feigned confusion. "The Flying Fire Transmission? Of course I heard it. Were you thinking about something else just now, General Lu, and missed part of it? I can repeat it for you."
"No, no, I heard it clearly..." Lu Xi'an paused, then said with little confidence, "Maybe I really did hear it wrong. What I heard was that the Martial World hero from Yi Province known as the One-Coin Hero attacked Zeng Family Manor, and of its two True Person Grandmasters, one died and the other fled... What did you hear, Wind-Observing Envoy Pan?"
"The same as you. Zeng Yingqi died, and Zeng Xiaoqiang ran."
Lu Xi'an fell silent for a moment. "Let them take their time wrapping up this minor matter here. How about you and I go to Zeng Family Manor and see what happened?"
"Good!"
As they spoke,