''Brother Shun... how did you manage to get your hands on an earth flame?'' Bai Longtian was the first one to break the silence as he asked Shun Long in a voice filled with curiosity.
Bai Longtian wasn't the only one who was astonished by this scene in front of him, as Liu Mei, Xingyi, and Jiang Chen all stared at the purple-colored earth flame with stunned looks in their eyes.
After all, even powers like the Holy sect only had 1 or 2 earth flames at most, and they protected those earth flames with countless defensive formations and they even had powerful experts stand guard in case something went wrong.
And yet, Shun Long actually managed to find an earth flame after leaving the 'Northern Sovereign's city' for just 2 months?
Nodding his head, Shun Long smiled and said calmly
''I got it from the patriarch of the Murong family.''
As he finished speaking, Shun Long stood up and walked out of the room without explaining anything else, before Jiang Chen and the others followed after him.
''The patriarch of the Murong family?'' Jiang Chen who knew a few more things about the central region asked as he stared at Shun Long's back.
Although Jiang Chen didn't know who the patriarch of the Murong family was, he knew that he was an extremely influential figure in the northern part of the central region, an expert who was on par with the patriarch of the Jiang family, where his father, Jiang Tianfang came from.
How could such an expert possibly give an earth flame to Shun Long?
Putting aside how valuable an earth flame was, even if the Murong family really was that rich that they had a handful of earth flames at their disposal, it was still unlikely that they would give one of their earth flames.
Once they were out of the room, Shun Long stood in front of Jiang Chen, Bai Longtian, and Xingyi, and said with a serious look on his face
''Jiang Chen, Longtian, since you guys are my brothers and Xingyi is my woman, it's time for me to share something with you.''
As soon as he finished speaking, Shun Long suddenly waved his right hand, before the figure of a massive black dragon that was more than 30 meters (100ft) tall appeared inside the courtyard.
Little Black flapped his gigantic black wings as he hovered in the sky above Shun Long, staring at the 4 people in front of him with a profound look in his deep azure eyes.
Liu Mei wasn't surprised in the slightest as she stared at Little Black whom she had seen quite a few times in the past, but Jiang Chen, Bai Longtian, and Xingyi, were all utterly stunned as they looked at the figure of the massive black dragon in front of them.
''Brother... this...'' Whether it was Jiang Chen, Xingyi, or Bai Longtian, none of them could believe this scene in front of their eyes.
Little Black's aura that was clearly at the middle of rank 7 along with the cold, uncaring look inside his eyes, made the 3 of them shiver momentarily.
Shun Long smiled and patted the black dragon's head, before he said to Bai Longtian and the others
''This is my partner who is also like a brother to me. His name is Little Black.''
Naturally, Shun Long understood the implications of revealing one of his biggest secrets, which was Little Black's existence to Jiang Chen and the others.
But just like he had said, Xingyi was now his woman just like Liu Mei, while Jiang Chen and Bai Longtian were both like brothers to him.
Besides, Shun Long had never intended to keep Little Black's existence a secret from those who were close to him.
Although dragons were extremely rare, nearly nonexistent beasts in the cultivation world, they actually existed in the Immortal Dimension and nobody dared to mess with them.
At the same time, practically every single person in the Immortal Dimension knew that the lord of the 'Heaven Trampling city' had a black dragon under his wing.
Of course, it was also thanks to Shun Long's strength in the past that nobody dared to mess with him or Little Black back then, but Shun Long wasn't going to keep Little Black hidden forever.
Once there was nobody who could truly threaten him in the central region, Shun Long wouldn't mind revealing Little Black's existence to everyone else.
But for now, he would only let those who were close to him learn about it.
''Brother, is this really a dragon...?'' Jiang Chen asked in a voice that was filled with disbelief, as he stared at the massive creature in front of him.
Although Jiang Chen knew that Little Black fitted perfectly the description of that legendary magic beast, he still had trouble believing that Shun Long actually had a dragon.
How many Dao Kings, no... how many people in this cultivation world had even seen a dragon?
Most likely, even the experts of the biggest powers in the central part of the central region wouldn't claim that they had seen a dragon in their lives, let alone have one themselves.
Jiang Chen guessed that Shun Long was probably the only one who could claim to have a dragon in this world.
Shun Long nodded his head and said
''It's also thanks to Little Black that I could obtain this earth flame from the patriarch of the Murong family.''
Shun Long then had Little Black return back to the foggy space in the 'Stone of Time', before he walked back to the room and proceeded to explain to Jiang Chen and the others most of what had happened in the past 2 months.
Other than a few details about the 'Stone of Time', Shun Long told them everything, including how he obtained the earth flame from Murong Tian, and how he escaped the pursuit of the old ancestor of the Murong family who was probably still looking for him right now.