"Boy, if you keep standing there in a daze, can you really endure the cold from this key invading your body?"
At those words, Huang Xiao's heart jolted.
Only then did he realize that the cold from the key was still pouring into his body without end.
With a clack, Huang Xiao hastily tossed the key onto the ground, then immediately ignited his heart fire and began using the Hell Origin Flame to dispel the cold inside him.
"Hm?" The moment Huang Xiao ignited his heart fire, the middle-aged man opposite him abruptly changed expression.
He said nothing, looking Huang Xiao up and down.
Huang Xiao could feel the man's gaze sweeping over him.
Will he see through my secrets? Huang Xiao wondered, secretly alarmed.
As for his heart fire, it had been ignited inside his body, so the man should still have difficulty detecting it, shouldn't he?
Even if he sensed something strange about his aura, he would most likely just think Huang Xiao's cultivation method was rather unusual.
Still, igniting his heart fire had been rather like drawing legs on a snake. He was no longer frozen in ice; consuming a little Hell Origin Flame directly would have been no problem.
It was just that he had been frozen for so long that, when faced with this cold, his first reaction was to ignite his heart fire, strengthen the Hell Origin Flame with it, and then dispel the cold.
Besides that, Huang Xiao was also worried that the Supreme Ghost Stele he carried would be discovered.
After all, the aura of the Hell Origin Flame was very distinctive and easily detected. If that happened, he would have difficulty explaining where his Hell Origin Flame had come from.
Unfortunately, this was his only way to dispel the cold. He