"Sit down. This has nothing to do with us," Chen Xiangrong said with a smile. In his view, however they investigated, it had nothing to do with him.
Then he said to Huang Xiao, "Hero Huang, is something on your mind? Why do you keep getting distracted?"
Huang Xiao shook his head. "What happened just now was so shocking that I still haven't quite recovered."
As he spoke, Huang Xiao sat back down in his chair.
"It certainly was shocking," Chen Xiangrong said with feeling.
Huang Xiao had already withdrawn his hand from his chest. Had he not been forcing himself to remain composed, both his hands would probably have been trembling. This was simply too astonishing.
Huang Xiao knew perfectly well that what had just happened had something to do with him-or, more precisely, with the Phoenix Egg against his chest.
When the earthflame essence fire erupted, the Phoenix Egg against his chest had released an unusual aura. Huang Xiao could faintly sense it, and this aura was the culprit that had caused the earthflame essence fire to run out of control.
And when the earthflame essence fire gathered in the air before bursting outward again, forcing everyone to close their eyes, its aura had all converged inside the Small Wooden Box against his chest. Clearly, this had something to do with the Phoenix Egg.
Huang Xiao had feared that someone would notice such a disturbance, but now it appeared that these people had clearly failed to detect what had really happened.
The aura into which the earthflame essence fire had finally transformed was evidently difficult to detect. Perhaps it was only because Huang Xiao carried the Phoenix Egg that he could faintly sense all of this.
But now there was trouble. He had not expected the Ou Family