The words had barely fallen.
Yao Chen's soul body appeared in the air. The two men met each other's gaze, and only after a long silence did they let out faint sighs.
Both had been Dou Zun experts. Naturally, they lamented having fallen to such a state.
"I am Yao Chen. Greetings, sir. May I ask where you hail from?"
Looking at the Heavenly Fire Venerable, Yao Lao could not help feeling puzzled.
As someone renowned throughout the Central Plains who had also traveled the continent, Yao Lao knew quite a few powerful experts. Yet the man before him was a complete stranger.
Of course, plenty of experts remained in seclusion for years on end, so it was perfectly normal not to recognize him.
"I've been dead for several hundred years. It's only natural that you wouldn't recognize me, Venerable Yao."
The Heavenly Fire Venerable spoke softly in response.
Yao Lao immediately nodded.
"Senior, did you just say that Jia Nan Academy's Fallen Heart Flame belonged to you?"
Suddenly, Xiao Yan posed a question.
Jia Nan Academy had been established several hundred years ago, and he had heard that the Fallen Heart Flame had existed far longer than the academy itself.
"Back when I traveled the continent, I thought I could go anywhere under heaven. Who would have thought I'd capsize in a gutter? One careless mistake, and I died beneath Jia Nan Academy!"
Hearing Xiao Yan's question, the Heavenly Fire Venerable truly wished he did not have to recount that humiliating past.
He died beneath Jia Nan Academy?
Xiao Yan and Yao Lao both froze briefly, unable to understand what had happened.
This time, with neither the Heavenly Fire Venerable's remains nor the Fallen Heart Flame seedling there, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao had paid little attention to the