"What?" Huang Xiao could not help crying out.
Xuan Tu's words were simply too shocking.
In Huang Xiao's view, the Patriarch had merely failed to succeed for the time being.
Given a little more time, the Patriarch would surely be able to awaken his Heart Fire.
He had never expected Xuan Tu to deliver such a verdict on the Patriarch.
"What is your reason?" Huo Lian asked calmly.
"I know a little about it," Xuan Tu said. "Bringing the Longevity and Imperishability Scripture to full mastery has to do with age. Once you grow old, your body has aged, after all, and there is nothing to be done. In fact, Zuo Qiu Yi was still young when he obtained the Longevity and Imperishability Scripture and awakened his Heart Fire. He simply kept it hidden at the time, only revealing his strength once he had nearly mastered the cultivation method, letting the world know that such a wondrous cultivation method existed. Though he was considerably older than Huang Xiao then, he was far younger than you, Huo Lian. At your age, awakening Heart Fire is impossible. These are things Zuo Qiu Yi mentioned. Also, whether someone can awaken Heart Fire seems to depend on the individual. Someone with an extremely high affinity for the Different Flames of the world would probably be more likely to succeed. My guess is that Huang Xiao's success had much to do with that Little Phoenix by his side. Phoenix flames count as a kind of Different Flame, too. Spending every day together should have heightened Huang Xiao's body's affinity for flames, increasing his chances of awakening Heart Fire. Of course, there are other conditions as well. All I can say is that Huang Xiao succeeded. I cannot say exactly how."
Huang Xiao had never expected