However, these people had also come for the Heavenly Flame. It seemed she had guessed correctly: word had already spread, but not that many people knew yet.
That state of affairs probably would not last long.
Sometimes, the more people tried to keep news under wraps, the more it found unexpected ways to spread. Besides, this matter could not be concealed at all. After all, that place was right there; it was hardly a secret.
The next day, Xue Fuyao rose and left at daybreak, putting away the Spirit-Mind Purifying Flame as she went. By then, the ground had been baked completely dry, and cracks had even appeared across its parched surface.
Without the Spirit-Mind Purifying Flame baking it, however, the earth soon grew damp again.
So far, all the rumors circulating outside had concerned a Heavenly Flame. Why, then, had the news she heard in her previous life been about a Vermilion Bird?
Had it been exaggerated?
Xue Fuyao considered this for a moment, then felt that it was unlikely.
Although rumors often became unrecognizable as they spread, a rumor about a Divine Beast could not turn a Heavenly Flame into a Divine Beast, however outlandish it became.
Something she did not know about must have happened along the way.
Xue Fuyao wiped the sweat beading on her forehead and frowned at the path ahead.
At some point, the surrounding temperature had begun to climb rapidly, and even the air warped in the intense heat. A gentle breeze circled Xue Fuyao, carrying away most of the heat, but she still felt hot.
It seemed she was already very close to the place recorded on the scroll.
Even though she had prepared herself, the temperature here far exceeded her expectations. Even her Late Golden Core Realm cultivation could not withstand