Chapter 262 Our Advantages
Even though he had received Xu Anchang's approval, Tong Mingshan still couldn't believe it. He pointed at the fire crocodile and then at himself, "Give it to me?"
If he continued to talk, he would have to explain a lot of reasons, so Shi Chun was too lazy to say anything more. He turned around with Xu Anchang and looked at the fire crocodile.
The fire crocodile was still breathing, and its body, trapped in the net, was slowly shrinking. Some disciples of the Four Ding Sect were still poking it with swords, but it was getting smaller and smaller.
Led by Xu Anchang and Shi Chun, the Mingshan Sect's group also flew over to watch.
The fire crocodile did not bleed, but red flames like petals continued to float out of the wound. If you touched it with your hand, it would stir, but it was like nothing and was not stained. After it was a few feet away from the body, the color gradually faded until it disappeared into the darkness.
Shi Chun pointed at the long pointed shovel that pierced the fire crocodile's neck and said, "What kind of weapon is this with such a long shovel?"
Xu Anchang looked at him and smiled, "Sure enough, he is not an expert in weapon refining. You can ask him." He gestured to Tong Mingshan.
Shi Chun looked over and saw Tong Mingshan, who was still a little dazed, hurriedly explaining, "It's a fire shovel, one of the things you toss in the fire when refining equipment."
After waiting for a while, the fire crocodile shrank to the size of a table, and suddenly collapsed into countless red flames. The net was left empty, and there seemed to be a flash of blood in the flames.
Xu Anchang waved his sleeves to clear away the flying red flames. At the same time, several people took action to clamp a ball of red flame that was about to fly away in the air.
The flame was only about a foot high, floating in the air, very bright, and the color was an extremely strong red, so red that it felt a little unreal.
Xu Anchang slowly reached out his hand to hold it, signaling everyone to let go. He cast a spell with one hand to lift the ball of strong energy in front of himself and felt it for a while. He exclaimed: "It shouldn't be wrong, it's the divine fire red flame."
The eyes of the group of people who practiced fire-based skills all sparkled, some even showed greed and desire, but no one dared to act rashly as there were so many people guarding them.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Xu Anchang turned his head to look at Tong Mingshan, and also walked towards him holding the ball of intense flame, holding it and handing it over, saying, "Here."
"Ah?" Tong Mingshan looked dumbfounded and shocked, still in doubt, is it true?
He looked at Shi Chun, quite skeptical. We killed their leader, and they gave me the divine fire that they had worked so hard to subdue. This was too unreal.
Shi Chun nodded slightly, "Take it. I'm not kidding you. If I say it's for you, then it's for you."
How is this possible? Tong Mingshan still couldn't believe it and looked around at everyone.
Judging from this reaction, it is impossible to act. Xu Anchang can see that this guy really didn't know that such a good thing would happen to him. It seems that Shi Chun didn't reveal any news to this guy in advance. He is very tight-lipped.
Wu Jinliang suddenly said, "Master, just tell me whether you want it or not. If you don't want it, give it to someone else. That person..."
Stimulated by this, Tong Mingshan quickly said, "Yes, yes, yes, I want it!"
He quickly stretched out his hand, used his fire-based skills, and held the one-foot-long intense divine fire in his palm.
He could feel that there was a spiritual intelligence stirring in the divine fire, as if it wanted to escape control. He would need to expend a considerable amount of mana to restrain it.
Seeing that he had really obtained the divine fire, An Wuzhi and Zhu Xiangxin were so envious, endlessly envious.
Shi Chun asked: "How to absorb it?"
Xu Anchang: "We need to find a place where he can absorb the energy quietly. Let's leave this area while the divine fire is weak and easy to absorb."
They left as soon as they said they would, and the group rode away on the Wind Scales without any unnecessary nostalgia.
This place is not worth their lingering. The sacred fire is the kind that cannot accommodate two tigers in one mountain. It is said that it is impossible for two to exist in one area.
He didn't run far, and returned to a place not too far away from the ten elders. He opened a cave at a location where he could see the top of the mountain from afar.
The ten elders heard the noise of them digging the mountain and watched from afar.
Tong Mingshan, who entered the cave holding the sacred fire, suddenly looked back. The thing he never dreamed of, the thing that countless people prayed for but could not, actually fell into his hands for no reason.
Looking at Shi Chun smiling outside the cave, he really didn't know how to express his gratitude. He bowed deeply, and everything was said without words.
Although he didn't know why the Siding Sect gave the sacred fire to him, he knew it must be the result of the boss's manipulation.
He realized today that the first place in the Sky Rain Meteor Conference was not won by chance. He now firmly believed that he had made the right choice.
Shi Chun smiled and nodded, and then someone sealed the entrance to the cave and trapped Tong Mingshan in the cave so that he could absorb the Red Flame Divine Fire with peace of mind.
Looking at the sealed cave entrance, An Wuzhi and Zhu Xiangxin felt a little sad. After listening to the boss's previous words, they already understood why Tong Mingshan had this opportunity.
The two men felt a little regretful, regretting that they should not have hesitated and backed down when Shi Chun had called upon their generals.
I can only envy the rewards that Tong Mingshan got by risking his life.
"Brother Chun." Xu Anchang extended his hand to Shi Chun to ask him to step aside to talk. After the two flew to the top of a nearby mountain, Xu Anchang looked around, took out the ice sheep and took a sip, and said with infinite emotion: "To be honest, when you said to return to the entrance area, I was actually reluctant. Now I think it was right. I should listen to your opinions, otherwise I would definitely miss it."
He then raised a finger towards Shi Chun and said with a smile: "This is the first day since we came in. We have obtained a divine fire on the first day. The higher-ups probably never dreamed that we could be so fast."
Shi Chun also smiled and said, "It's just luck."
"Hey." Xu Anchang waved his hand. "This is not just luck. If you hadn't insisted on checking, this wouldn't have happened. I'd like to hear your opinion on what to do next."
Shi Chun asked: "How long will it take Tong Mingshan to absorb this divine fire?"
Xu Anchang: "It won't take long. It depends on the degree of repulsion between the fire-type skills that one practices and the different divine fires, as well as one's comprehension. It is said that it takes one or two days at most, and half a day at least to absorb it."
Shi Chun: "Then leave a few people to protect him, and we will continue to look for other sacred fires."
Xu Anchang was stunned, "Why don't we wait for him to absorb it and leave together?"
Shi Chun: "There are only forty-nine days. If you encounter a divine fire, you have to wait for one or two days, and there is also time to search along the way. How long will this delay last?
I might as well tell you clearly, since the higher-ups have asked me to come here, I must give them a satisfactory answer. It is not my style to just find one or two divine fires to get by.
I would not have come if I had not come, but I came here for the first place. Since there are thirty-six kinds of divine fire, I just want to know if I can find them all within forty-nine days."
As I said, you have to brag, brag as high as you can, if not take advantage of the lucky chance of getting a divine fire to establish your voice, when will you do so?
Regardless of whether it was true or not, the results were clear. Xu Anchang was excited by his confidence that defied all others. He laughed and said, "No wonder the higher-ups sent Brother Chun here. All right, thirty-six is thirty-six. Let's try our best."
Shi Chun: "Don't you have five more people? Where are they?"
Xu Anchang: "They are lurking in the other five sects. In their sects, the higher-ups have put a lot of thought into giving them the opportunity to attend the meeting. What's the matter, Brother Chun, do you feel that there are not enough people right now? I am also planning to recruit them back to serve."
Shi Chun asked back: "In other words, you can contact them at any time?"
Xu Anchang: "Of course, the higher-ups arranged for them to come in to help us. We agreed that starting from the place where we parted, they would leave marks along the way, so that we can find them if needed."
Shi Chun thought for a moment and asked, "Did your superiors give you any action plan before you came in?"
Xu Anchang: "There is no plan. The higher-ups know very little about the situation here. Not to mention the higher-ups, even those experienced big sects can't possibly know the situation of the entire Divine Fire Region.
Every time the Divine Fire Spirit Gate opens to send people in, the locations they are sent to are never the same, and even the experienced big sects cannot understand the situation.
However, I heard that once those experienced big sects come in, they will try to find the place where the older generation collected the divine fire. Due to environmental conditions, the original place where the divine fire was bred may very likely give birth to a new divine fire after two or three hundred years.
That is an absolute secret of all the major sects. After they come in, they fly away directly to find those places. It is unlikely for outsiders to follow them.
In this situation, how do you expect the higher-ups to make plans? Apart from increasing our manpower as much as possible, there is no other solution, and the main thing is for us to adapt to circumstances.”
Shi Chun said slowly: "In this case, there is no need to call them back to help. Instead, we should send them ten more people."
Xu An sighed, "Nine people are missing all of a sudden. We don't have enough manpower to begin with, and if we send ten more to them, this..."
He wanted to ask, what on earth are you trying to do?
Shi Chun patted his arm and said, "Brother Xu, listen to me. It is precisely because we are short of manpower that we need to bring into play the power of the five undercover agents. Once the power of the five undercover agents is brought into play, the people from the five sects will all become our spies."
Xu Anchang said: "I understand what you mean, but I want to remind you that the strength of those five sects is not weak, stronger than the Four Ding Sect. If we want to snatch the meat from their mouths, I'm afraid we don't have enough teeth."
Shi Chun waved his hand. "Whether we can get it or not depends on the situation. If we don't learn anything about them just because they are strong, and we get scared and give up first, then we will never be able to get it. Since we have the opportunity to get to know them, why should we give up on our own initiative?
Having said that, in the fight for the first place, if we don’t rely on people like us who have no advantages at all, and just keep looking hard, do you think you can find the first place?
At present, our advantage is the five undercover agents. Since it is an advantage, we must find a way to maximize it. There is no reason to destroy ourselves."
Xu Anchang was silent after hearing what he said. After digesting it for a while, he said, "Tell me what you plan to do first."
The decision-making power still lies with him. His superiors had also told him before he came here that he should listen to the other party's opinions, but not listen to everything. He should only listen to the opinions that are beneficial.
Shi Chun: "You and I will each send five people, and the ten people will form five groups, and go find the five undercover agents separately. After establishing contact, they will do nothing but follow the five sects.
No matter which sect discovers the trace of the sacred fire, or indirectly discovers that other sects have discovered the trace of the sacred fire, no matter how strong the other sect is, the people following must immediately report the news back.
I don't believe in the power of the five sects. We couldn't find any sign of the divine fire along the way. If we give our family the information from the five sects, we should have a more fulfilling life in these 49 days.
As for the strength of the opponents, they have their strengths and we fight for ours. Everyone relies on their own abilities, and there is nothing to complain about whether we win or lose.
In short, if you can win, then win. If you can’t win, then find a way to win. As long as there is a chance, never give up until there is no chance left.”
(End of this chapter)
