Chapter 267 Oops
But the elders couldn't say anything because the other party hadn't done anything illegal; he was just taking advantage of the loopholes here.
What loophole is this? Before entering, it was written in the Divine Fire Alliance Rules issued by Qiyun Valley that this is a grand event in the weapon refining world, and everyone is a weapon refiner. After entering the Divine Fire Domain, everyone should not do evil and reckless things, and should compete fairly based on their abilities.
This is not the only way it is written this way this year, it has probably been the same in all previous years. This is the normal routine and we cannot say it publicly that after our weapon refining world enters the Divine Fire Realm, we will kill each other and grab whatever we can.
Although this is the fact, it is impossible to express it in this way. On the surface, one has to put in some words that appear solemn, nice to the ear and sound good.
The writer knows it's fake, and the reader also knows it's fake. Both the writer and the reader sneer at it behind the writer's back, but the writer still has to write it.
As for the results, no one has ever investigated them, because those who dared to kill and rob were mostly bullies, and most of them were from powerful sects. And those who were qualified to enforce the law were also from those powerful sects.
For example, the elders sent here to take charge are all from the leading sects.
So everyone knows that the real rules are one set of rules on the surface and another set behind the scenes.
But no one can tear off this fig leaf in front of the ten elders. If one really violates the rules in front of the ten elders, it would be a slap in the face of the ten elders.
Two consecutive groups of assassins chased here and ran away. The ten elders wanted to ask those assassins what was going on. Since they had the ability to suppress the enemy, how could they always let people escape here?
The key point is that not only did this big guy take advantage of the loophole, but he even had the nerve to ask them to be fair. If you can play, then play. If you can't play, then get out of the way. Who invited you in?
The key point was that they got the divine fire, which made the ten elders feel even more annoyed.
There's no point being unhappy, because they're not a small sect that can be bullied at will. Those who can make exceptions and come in clearly have someone behind them.
An elder said in a deep voice: "We didn't see any cause and effect, it's just your family's words."
"Alas!" Wu Jinliang sighed towards the sky, looking as if he hated the blindness of heaven.
You Mu, who was standing aside, didn't say a word from beginning to end. Just now, when he heard Wu Jinliang asking the ten elders to make the decision, he wanted to pull Wu Jinliang's sleeve, wanting to tell him not to make trouble for no reason, and it was inappropriate to take advantage of others and put on such a show.
Anyway, he was a little uneasy because of what he said, and now seeing that this guy was acting like he hated injustice, he was really afraid of causing trouble.
Fortunately, Wu Jinliang still bowed to the ten elders, then turned around and said to Tong Mingshan: "Let's go and find a place to absorb the divine fire."
He didn't go anywhere else. Under the watchful eyes of the ten elders, he ran back to Lao Changtai, where there was a cave that had just been dug.
Seeing Tong Mingshan coming back with the divine fire, Lao Changtai was curious, "Brother Wu, what's going on?"
"Don't ask, it's annoying." Wu Jinliang shook his head and didn't reveal the secret for the time being.
Seeing him like this, You Mu also did not tell his accomplices.
Anyway, after Tong Mingshan entered the cave, he immediately put away the fire in his hands and asked in the cave: "When are we leaving?"
He was very anxious, as he was thinking about the sacred fire in the Iron Forest. The people from Hongyun Castle had already been lured away from the Iron Forest. Knowing that the sacred fire in the Iron Forest had been taken away, they probably wouldn't go back and waste their precious time.
Of course, he also knew that the next divine fire might not be his, but people are a bit greedy, and who doesn't want as much as possible? If he went, there would still be a chance.
Wu Jinliang pressed his hands, signaling him to stay calm, and turned back to You Mu and said, "We have to be careful of the people from Hongyun Fort who are hiding around. You send a signal to the people over there. If there is no response, it is safe and we can leave."
You Mu was somewhat surprised. Although this guy looked bold, he was actually quite careful. He was quite organized in handling things and did not seem as reckless as he thought.
Since what he said made sense, he nodded and did it immediately.
Wu Jinliang then instructed Lao Changtai and two disciples of the Siding Sect to keep watch, while he threw a pill into his mouth and sat cross-legged in meditation to recover.
Just now, he used up all his power to activate the Wind Scales to escape, which consumed a lot of mana. If he really wanted to escape for a long distance, he would definitely not be able to handle it. After a long time, he would definitely be caught up by others. He had to recover the consumed mana as soon as possible...
In the Iron Forest, a disciple from the Siding Sect riding a wind scale fell from the sky and found Xu Anchang to report: "Brother, I just searched in the air and found something strange. It seems that all the people from the Mingshan Sect are missing, and Shi Chun is also missing."
Gone? How could it be gone? Xu Anchang didn't believe it, so he also took the wind scale and lifted him up into the air, and began to search in the air. However, when he saw the many holes on the ground, he probably knew what was going on.
With Feng Lin's speed, he quickly circled the area of about ten miles several times, but indeed did not see any trace of anyone from the Mingshan Sect.
After that, he didn't take it too seriously. After landing, he reminded: "Okay, they won't run away if they can't find the sacred fire. There are no people on the ground, so they must have gone into the cave to search. You should continue searching, and search deeper when you find a cave."
The fellow disciple asked, "Could it be that they have found the sacred fire and not told us?"
Xu Anchang shook his head, "You think too much. The divine fire is for them. Shi Chun and I know it very well. Why should he do that?"
After hearing this, the fellow student smiled awkwardly, thinking that he was indeed overthinking, and hurriedly continued to look for it.
Inside the cave, after being gathered together, the scattered search personnel, including Shi Chun, have gathered on the route found by Haoji.
I don’t know if it’s because of the good name, but Haoji was the first spy to come back and report the trace of the sacred fire. He also found the target in the maze under the iron forest.
A group of people gathered cautiously in front of a hole. Even the lighting was turned off, but a white light came out of the hole.
The six people knelt on one knee in a circle in front of the hole, taking turns lying on the ground and looking into the fist-sized hole below.
I saw a white flame, a kind of indescribable white, coupled with its elegant shape, exuding a kind of nobility, like a candle flame, floating on the top of a metal pillar. The pillar was surrounded by emptiness, and on the wall of the cave that wrapped the empty space, there were various patterns and holes flowing naturally, and the bottom of the pillar was pitch black, like an abyss, seemingly bottomless. In all directions, there were dreamlike and sparse starlight-like substances, floating towards the white flame, or being absorbed by it.
There seemed to be a mouth in the white flame, opening and closing, and after a closer look, it was found that it was not a mouth, but an eye, a vertical eye, slightly opening and closing.
Shi Chun tried to ask softly, "Why do you have eyes?"
After saying that, he lay down and took another look, afraid of startling it. Seeing that there was no reaction, he felt relieved.
Chu Jingtang replied softly: "That should be the orifice. All things have spirits. They must first open their orifices and grow eyes to observe. Only then will they take shape according to what they see and think. This divine fire is already between opening the orifice and taking shape."
Shi Chun: "Can we take it down without help from the Siding Sect?"
Chu Jingtang whispered, "Master, the burning power of the divine fire is terrifying, otherwise it would not be worthy of being called a divine fire. Anyone who has absorbed the divine fire will be as powerful as a divine weapon in the outside world, and will be extremely lethal to ordinary cultivators. The two cultivators from the Four Ding Sect who practiced fire-based techniques were burned like that. People who have not practiced fire-based techniques have no way of touching it, especially those of us who have low cultivation levels."
In the white light coming out of the hole, Haoji and Chen Wuji nodded repeatedly.
An Wuzhi said: "It's okay, Zhu Xiangxin and I will go."
The fact that he could say this meant that he acknowledged what Chu Jingtang and the others said.
Shi Chun was a little worried, "Can you guys do it?"
Zhu Xiangxin said: "It hasn't transformed yet, so its power should be limited. We should be able to do it together."
An Wuzhi nodded in agreement.
Seeing that both of them were confident, Shi Chun didn't say anything. After all, people who practiced fire-based skills must know more about it than an amateur like him, and no one would seek death.
Little did they know that the two of them were not absolutely sure, after all, they had never come into contact with something of the level of divine fire.
But the two did not want Xu Anchang to interfere, because they did not know about the secret collusion between Xu Anchang and Shi Chun. In their opinion, once the people of the Siding Sect found the divine fire, would it be their turn to absorb it?
In fact, their idea was correct in terms of the result. Even if Xu Anchang gave it to this side, he would not give it to them, but to Tong Mingshan.
There are few people in the world who practice fire-related skills and can resist the temptation of the divine fire. It is an existence that can allow people to cross social classes. Once you have it in your hands, it is like holding a divine weapon.
The people from the Siding Sect would never give in if they were not unable to resist the deterrent power of the evil spirits.
Shi Chun said: "Okay, we can't help you, you can only rely on yourselves."
An Wuzhi: "The problem now is that I don't know where to enter the space below."
This is easy to say. Shi Chun would not sit idly by and said softly, "There are many holes on the cave wall below. There must be a way. Everyone spread out and help find it."
Several people immediately tiptoed forward, and when they saw a fork in the road, they split up to explore, continuing to scatter the half-bag of white ash.
Just as Shi Chun said, they soon found the entrance to the huge space, and not just one, but three.
The burning divine fire was extremely powerful. Shi Chun and the other three did not dare to get close and could only make way for An Wuzhi and the other two. The four of them then avoided the holes and lay down to look inside.
An Wuzhi and Zhu Xiangxin each found a cave entrance and agreed to launch a surprise attack from both the left and right directions at the same time.
Seeing the huge space, the two of them leaned against the wall of the cave as much as possible to avoid revealing their bodies, and occasionally turned their heads to look into the space. When their eyes met from a distance, they nodded while the eyes in the white light on the pillar closed, jumped over the abyss at the same time, and rushed over.
The eye in the white fire on the pillar suddenly opened. The look in its eyes suddenly became as cold as a knife. A power that was almost visible to the naked eye suddenly burst out, and the space seemed to fluctuate, blocking the two people who had already stepped onto the stage.
The swords in the hands of the two men stretched out at the same time, trying to blind the eye, but they stopped half a meter away, trembling as they tried to force their way closer to the eye.
When Shi Chun and the other three who were peeping saw this situation, they thought to themselves that it was bad, these two guys' cultivation was not good enough!
At this moment, the foot-high white fire erupted, and the surging white flames seemed to explode and slammed towards An and Zhu. The swords in their hands broke through on the spot like fire burning candles, and the two swords melted drippingly.
The two people who were engulfed by the flames were shocked and quickly used their fire skills to the extreme to resist. Their bodies were trembling and they were instantly trapped in a difficult situation.
Shi Chun and the other three were also frightened. The terrifying high temperature hit them first, and then the raging flames that followed were all-pervasive, quickly pouring into all the caves.
Wherever the white flames touched, metal juice dripped everywhere, which was truly terrifying.
Shi Chun and the other three had no other ideas and immediately turned around and ran away.
Their speed of dodging was faster than the speed of the flames, but the way ahead was suddenly blocked by flames that came in from nowhere and also came back. The four of them suddenly became a mess and turned around to flee in panic.
The holes and roads here are sometimes big, sometimes small, sometimes narrow, sometimes wide, with forks everywhere, and a dead end if you're not careful. There is no pattern at all. The four of them just went into any hole they saw, got blocked by a dead end twice, and ran around aimlessly until they were all scattered soon.
Shi Chun, who was running around, kept shooting sandalwood and gold lights at the road ahead. Suddenly, the sandalwood lights bounced back, and the firelight coming from behind made the dead end ahead especially clear.
Shi Chun, who had rushed to a dead end, stretched his arms into a hole and scratched it twice. He couldn't tear a way out by casting spells. Hearing a buzzing sound coming from behind him, he turned around quickly and cast a spell to form a protective qi to resist the light coming towards him. However, the protective qi was destroyed the moment it touched the white flame, which scared him to death!
(End of this chapter)
