Far away from Wenji Town, all the way to Rainbow city, several elites gathered in a secret room within the Holy Fountain Sect in dismay.
Several hidden guards stood at attention, trying to stop their shivering bodies.
They had reached the entire city and neighboring parts but hadn't even gotten a whiff or aura of the Green Nontal Flame anywhere.
And as the days went by, the more they returned empty-handed with no information, the more their superiors wanted to burn them whole.
Standing before and around them were several important members of the Holy Fountain Sect, as well as several people from the Eminent Light Sect in Bailong Province.
But the most noticeable people in the room were Holy Fountain Sect Leader Taiwo and Elder Shin Kai from the Eminent Light Sect.
Taiwo looked at Shin Kai deeply: "Elder Shin Kai, for such a powerful flame, I have a hunch that the flame isn't around these parts anymore."
Elder Shin Kai nodded in agreement.
So far, only the strongest group of people or those closer or 2 Dan's away from ascension could sense the flame's presence.
Everyone weaker didn't even feel it.
And they, as powerful entities in their sects, had felt the powerful foreign energy of the flame that probably dropped from the Domain above.
Even the powerful people far away in other provinces outside the Tah province sensed the foreign flame entering the Lower Realm.
They didn't know where in the Tah province, but they knew it was there since the aura was strongest around those parts.
And after finding the location, both the Eminent Light sect and the Holy Fountain Sect had teamed up to collect the flame.
But who would've known that it would get stolen?
Even though they no longer felt the presence of the flame in the entire Lower Realm, they still kept hope and searched nonstop.
There were devices that could mask the auras of objects, making these objects drop one or even 4 auras down in value.
So maybe someone made the flame's godly aura drop into a standard high aura here in the Lower realm?
It was impossible to completely mask or remove the flame's glory.
So its aura could only be maxed to a certain extent.
And now, they had been looking for any news on flames.
Be it in the sects, black markets, or any other places provided people mentioned or were selling flames, they would be there to check it out.
Again, it goes without reason that the only places that could have the right tools or capabilities to mask the flames auras would be the sects, the Alchemist associations/Halls, or the Auction Halls.
One of these 3 association types should have the flames.
But so far, after searching for days in Rainbow Capital city and several other powerful regions, they still hadn't found the flame yet.
So that begs the question... Was the flame still in the Tah province?
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Taiwo squinted his eyes coldly at the hidden guards before him.
"Are you sure the Mystical True Force Sect and the Profound Sect aren't hiding it?"
"Yes, Sect Leader Taiwo. Instead, their people are still looking for the flames themselves. Ever since the flames descended, they haven't been successful in getting it at all. The same goes for all 4 Alchemy Halls and the Gluttonous Auction Hall."
"Hmmm... Elder Shin Kai, what do you think?"
Everyone in the room turned to look at Shin Kai silently.
The Bailong Province was far superior to the Tah Province.
Be it in resources or even qi distribution in the land, the Bailong Province was stronger than the Tah region, producing a higher percentage of stronger people or faster breakthroughs yearly.
It was truly a mystery how their sect leader had befriended the Eminent light sect leader far away.
This... They would never know.
With the glory and reputation of Bailong people?
Everyone stayed silent, waiting for Shen Kai's suggestions.
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Shin Kai silently drank his tea deep in thought.
Indeed. While Sect leader Taiwo had sent people to search around, he too had sent his own men to search around as well.
But the results were the same.
They also searched the neighboring regions and any major cities or vicinity with enough wealth to get a device that could decrease or mask the flame's aura, disguising it for some other product.
So he guessed that someone else in Bailong, or even someone else in Yanging, might've already gotten to it.
After all, if he could get here, then why couldn't others?
Dropping his cup down, Elder Shin Kai turned his attention to Taiwo and stood up calmly.
"Sect Leder Taiwo, thank you for your hospitality during this period. Your men should keep searching at all costs while we head back to Bailong province."
"Yes."
Taiwo instantly understood and nodded his head in agreement.
It looked like the Flame had truly left the Tah province, or the masterminds keeping it were just too good at hiding it.
Nonetheless, they would keep searching until they found it.
No matter where it was!
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Elder Shin was just about to leave... when he suddenly remembered something.
"Sect Leader Taiwo, we pulled a lot of strings and were able to get you all 3 Genius student quotas, 8 Golden quotas,15 Silver, and 30 Nominal quotas for the upcoming Provincial Genius Competitions."
Taiwo's eyes lit up.
So the time has come!
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