Yongzhou, the Blazing Fire Sect.
As soon as Mo Yun and the others landed, a group approached to greet them, led by an average-built middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties. He wore fiery-red robes and had red hair, red eyebrows, and a flaming-red beard.
Before he reached them, his voice rolled over like muffled thunder.
"Hahaha! Welcome, honored guests from our parent sect, to the Blazing Fire Sect. I am Xiao Jin, the sect master. I have prepared a humble feast to welcome you and wash away the dust of your journey."
Pan Ming stepped forward expressionlessly, an almost imperceptible air of distance about him, and said flatly, "Lead the way."
Xiao Jin, sect master of the Blazing Fire Sect, offered an ingratiating smile. "Please follow me, honored guests."
Pan Ming nodded with the same indifference and led Mo Yun and the others after the Blazing Fire Sect members toward the hall.
Mo Yun discreetly studied the sect master before him, then could not help glancing at Xu Wudi and Pan Ming.
Seemingly noticing Mo Yun's gaze, Xu Wudi drew closer and explained in a low voice:
"The Blazing Fire Sect has ties to our Fire Lineage. Over a thousand years ago, one of our disciples at the peak of Core Condensation, who had no hope of reaching Primordial Unity, returned to Yongzhou and founded it. They've always cultivated our Fire Lineage's Fundamental Method."
"At first, the Blazing Fire Sect was just a small Lineage, but it gradually developed into one of Yongzhou's leading Martial Dao sects. It also became a subordinate sect of our Five Elements Sect and manages some of our properties in Yongzhou."
Understanding dawned on Mo Yun. He glanced at Xu Wudi's red hair and asked quietly, "Is this a distinctive trait of