Once they landed in the cave, Shang Hongyu left Zu An’s arms.2

The cave was likely the abandoned nest of a giant bird. Shang Hongyu moved some bones to the side for fear that throwing them out would end up alerting others. This kind of cave was really bad-smelling, but she had somehow made it so that there weren’t any strange smells at all, and the place had a faint delicate fragrance instead. There was a layer of hay piled on the giant rock to the side. It was quite tidy, but the entire cave was too crude. It didn’t match the Mermaid Queen’s identity at all.4

“I’ve shown you a poor side of me. Sit anywhere you like. There's no tea here, so I can't entertain you properly,” Shang Hongyu said, using her messy hair that had been blown all over her face to hide her blush.1

“I have some.” Zu An casually grabbed at empty air, and a tea set quickly appeared. He chose some spiritual tea ingredients, and placed them into a pot before pouring in some spiritual springwater gifted to him from the various sects. His finger produced a small flame, which quickly brought the tea to a boil.3

Shang Hongyu watched with a stupefied expression. A while later, she said, “That seemed to be a true flame just now. If the people of this world knew that you were using such a precious true flame to cook tea, they would curse you for wasting resources recklessly.”0

As the Ocean races' empress, her knowledge was naturally special. True flames were birthed naturally by the world, and each one was extremely powerful. More importantly, they could be used to refine weapons and pills that ordinary flames couldn't. However, true flames were really difficult to control. The slightest mistake and one would end up hurting oneself, and yet Zu An was actually able...0