Fire Province was mostly grassland. Strange flames erupted from underground from time to time. Some had no heat at all, as though illusory, while others were terrifying beyond measure, burning everything to ash.
The environment of Fire Province could be said to be extremely harsh, even more so than Demon Continent.
Yet despite its harsh environment, Fire Province was a vast treasure land. Beneath the ground lay mining regions that yielded all manner of metal ores, and some ancient mining regions even produced abundant divine materials.
Many orthodoxies owned extensive mining regions in Fire Province. The Celestial Clan's mines lay along its edge, near Heavenly Immortal Province. Among them were two particularly large divine mining regions that had been excavated for years, yet their divine materials never ran out.
That unusual stone had come from one of those divine mining regions. Unfortunately, a thief had already stolen it.
The unusual stone had been guarded by a True God expert of the Celestial Clan, but even he had failed to stop the thief from escaping.
After leaving Heaven's City, Yun Ying and the others took only a few days to reach the Celestial Clan's mining region in Fire Province.
"Welcome, ancestors!"
Several Celestial Clan True Gods stationed at the divine mining region appeared with their subordinates and called out respectfully. They had already received word that Heavenly Gods would be coming.
The three Heavenly Gods appeared. "After all these days, have you uncovered anything?"
At this, the True Gods all looked troubled. "Reporting to the three ancestors, that thief was extremely slippery. The thief made several great loops around Fire Province before entering Heavenly Immortal Province, leaving no useful clues behind."
"Hmph, you couldn't even catch a thief who hasn't ignited a divine flame," Heavenly God Moro snorted, deeply displeased.
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