Some things were like that: you knew nothing until someone told you, and then you jumped out of your skin.
The two disciples' report truly shocked the Fengluo Cult's senior leaders. They had considered all sorts of possibilities, even that their disciples might fail to find a single divine fire. But they had never imagined anything like this.
There was nothing to be done if they found no divine fire. That was the norm; the vast majority of the artifact-refining schools found none. Besides, no one from the Fengluo Cult had ever found a divine fire before. They could hardly expect this year's disciples to achieve anything extraordinary.
What was outrageous was that someone had actually offered to give them two divine fires.
And after the exit had already opened, at that.
After hearing the two disciples take turns recounting events, the two impatient elders took the secret letter from the cult leader to read.
The cult leader asked the messengers, "You said there are rumors that Shi Chun and his people found hundreds of divine fires. Is that true?"
Both shook their heads, indicating they did not know. Xie Wantian said, "Everything we heard was rumor. We don't know whether it's true, but judging by what Shi Chun and his people showed us, those two divine fires really were more than they could use."
More divine fires than they could use? Cult Master Tang's teeth ached at the words. The elder who had finished reading the letter was dumbstruck, while the one still reading abruptly looked up, struck speechless as well.
Since when had divine fires, which so many sects struggled to find, become something people had more of than they could use?
The elder surnamed Xu stroked his beard and shook his head, marveling, "The foremost man of