The two exchanged a glance, and both saw the shock in each other's eyes.
"Could this be the power of true fire that Big Brother mentioned, something now nearly impossible to find in the outside world?"
"It certainly looks like it. To suppress the fire arts of both of us at their very source—if it isn't true fire, then it must have no small connection to it."
Yang Yuanzhao nodded, then turned his attention back to the enormous rock wall. "For a rock wall to contain fire breath of this level within itself while keeping the heat from leaking out, it is no ordinary thing. There must be profound mysteries within it."
As he spoke, he turned to Xuan Youli and asked, "Senior Sister Xuan, if my guess is correct, your conflict with those four from Meishan began because of this extraordinary rock wall, didn't it?"
"This stone can contain a wondrous true-fire treasure within it while maintaining such a stable state. One cannot even detect the hidden fire breath without drawing close enough, which shows just how exceptional its quality is."
"There is a mutually reinforcing and compatible connection between the Dao of stone and the Dao of metal. Those four from Meishan are all sword cultivators; upon encountering such an extraordinary stone, whether for forging artifacts or tempering sword bodies, they would surely be greatly tempted."
Yang Yuanzhao's analysis was logical and well-founded, and his sister nodded repeatedly with a smile as she listened.
It seemed that after the trials of the Fire Dao Secret Realm, her younger brother had changed and grown considerably.
"You are correct."
After hearing Yang Yuanzhao's analysis, Xuan Youli nodded slightly. She then walked to the fissure and told the group, "Those four from Meishan and I arrived here one after another. Upon