Huang Xiao, who had just traveled a dozen or so li away, naturally noticed the unusual change behind him as well. He stared, dumbstruck, at the crimson filling the sky.
"What happened?" Huang Xiao had no idea what was going on.
"That seems to be in the direction of Mist Mountain, and fairly deep inside it, too?" Huang Xiao roughly estimated the location and thought, It really is wondrous. The wonders of Mist Mountain are no mere rumor. Perhaps some rare treasure has emerged? Hmm? Could it be...?
Suddenly, a thought stirred in Huang Xiao's mind. A possibility occurred to him, and he could not help murmuring, "Could it be the Divine Beast Phoenix? Crimson filling the sky-isn't that blazing fire?"
At this thought, Huang Xiao very much wanted to see just what this Divine Beast Phoenix looked like, and whether it resembled the pictures passed down in legend.
However, Huang Xiao restrained that impulse. Such a tremendous disturbance could be seen by anyone within dozens or even a hundred li. Those experts would probably all head over. Wouldn't going there himself be asking for trouble?
The people from the Sword Pavilion certainly would not miss such an opportunity. They would surely have experts there as well. Going there would be walking straight into their net.
"The sky's on fire?"
"What's going on?"
"There must be some treasure. Shall we go?"
Huang Xiao heard voices from some Jianghu people nearby. They, too, stood rooted to the spot, staring toward Mist Mountain.
"Go again? How many people died when we came here for Inugami? We haven't even seen Inugami, and more than half of us are already dead or wounded. If we go there now, who knows what sort of experts will be there? Are we going to throw our