"It's not that I can't tell you." Yue Shen spread his hands helplessly. "I just think you wouldn't believe me even if I did."
Long Haochen: "..."
Cai'er: "..."
"...Of course I believe you, Brother Yue," Long Haochen said, as though affirming his trust in Yue Shen. "As long as you don't say something like Dream Paradise is already under your control."
Yue Shen: "..."
There was no keeping this conversation going.
"Screee-"
Suddenly, a piercing cry rang out from the Heartflame Spirit Furnace in the sky, drawing the attention of everyone below.
Then a Fire Phoenix formed entirely of azure flames appeared before their eyes, and a scorching wave of heat washed over them.
Although the Heartflame Spirit Furnace itself could neither help fire Mages cultivate spiritual power nor assist their cultivation, and possessed no skills before evolving, it could raise the quality of the flames they released to an extremely high level. For Lin Xin, who was halfway to being a Potion Master, it could hardly have been more suitable.
Moreover, the Heartflame Spirit Furnace ranked among the top five spirit furnaces a Mage could absorb. Its ability to stand out among the many spirit furnaces the Temple Alliance had discovered was enough to show how greatly it could strengthen a Mage, and how powerful it would become once fully developed.
"Screee-"
This Bluefire Phoenix, spontaneously generated by the Heartflame Spirit Furnace, was clearly its Guardian Elemental Beast.
Upon sensing Yue Shen and the others entering its territory and confirming their intention to take the spirit furnace, it had immediately emerged to drive away these people, who plainly carried no fire-element aura yet still coveted the Heartflame Spirit Furnace.
Another piercing phoenix cry rang out. A great mass of deep-blue flames poured from the Bluefire Phoenix's mouth and