Chapter 1072 - 157: Fire, Scorching Hot Fire (4 Updates)

Chapter 1072: Chapter 157: Fire, Scorching Hot Fire (4 Updates)

"It’s here?" Mu Qingge looked at the stretch of barren land before her, a bit surprised.

Qian Shui nodded.

He raised his hand, pointing to the distant hills, and said to Mu Qingge, "Strictly speaking, it should be behind that mountain."

Mu Qingge, Tong Teng, and Yin Chen followed the direction of his finger with their eyes. Over there, aside from the endless mountain ridges, there wasn’t anything that looked special at all.

"Once we walk over, we’ll know." Qian Shui said.

Mu Qingge nodded slightly, and the four continued forward.

"Actually, this place looks very ordinary. But the strange thing is, Exotic Treasures are very easy to appear here. Some are rare flowers, some are Spiritual Objects, and some are Magic Artifacts that vanished long ago." Qian Shui explained to the group.

"That strange?" Tong Teng asked curiously.

Qian Shui nodded. "As for the reason, no one knows. It’s just how it is." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

"Is there any danger here?" Tong Teng asked again.

"Danger?" Qian Shui thought for a moment, then suddenly laughed. When he laughed, the dimples at his cheeks deepened, making his baby face even more delicate and cute. Only, his smile was different from usual—at this moment, it carried a hint of mockery. "The danger comes from people’s hearts."

"Danger comes from people’s hearts?" Tong Teng was a bit puzzled.

Yin Chen, however, looked at Qian Shui, then slowly lowered his gaze and said, "The human heart is inherently sinister. Under the lure of profit, people will do anything. Compared to perilous lands and hidden mechanisms, it’s countless times more dangerous."

Qian Shui looked at Yin Chen, a smile appearing at the corner of his lips.

Tong Teng gathered up his smile, carefully pondering the words of Qian Shui and Yin Chen, then nodded. He sighed, "That’s true. Most of the danger does come from people."

The three chatted as they walked. Suddenly, Tong Teng noticed that Mu Qingge had been silent the whole way.

He asked curiously, "Boss, what are you thinking about?"

Mu Qingge’s lips curved faintly. "I’m thinking, why do so many Exotic Treasures appear here?"

Tong Teng scratched his head. "This question has been around for countless years, and no one’s ever figured out the answer. Boss, why bother? Anyway, if we run into good treasures, we just grab them all."

"You sure have ambition—’grab them all’, huh." Mu Qingge said with a half-laugh, half-curse.

Getting just one Exotic Treasure was already considered a stroke of great fortune. Yet Tong Teng still dreamed of sweeping them all up. Did he really think this nameless place was littered with Exotic Treasures you could pick up like rocks on the roadside?

Tong Teng chuckled, "Dreams are still necessary. What if they come true?"

The four bantered as they drew closer to that nameless place. Along the way, many people were rushing in from outside. When they saw the group, they only glanced over hurriedly, then sped up.

They looked as if they’d spotted competitors and wanted to hurry a few steps to seize the advantage.

"Why is everyone walking so fast?" Tong Teng gradually caught on and grew annoyed. He muttered under his breath, then looked at those people hurrying past and said to Mu Qingge, "Boss, let’s speed up too!"

Faced with Tong Teng’s urging, Mu Qingge remained perfectly calm. "What’s the rush? What belongs to you won’t run away. What doesn’t, even if you camp there from the start, it’ll still slip through your fingers."

Uh...

After hearing this, Tong Teng felt it was very reasonable and nodded repeatedly.

All of a sudden, he realized that someone seemed to have vanished from his side without him noticing. He looked around and exclaimed in surprise, "Boss, where’s Yin Chen? How’d he suddenly disappear?"

More importantly, he honestly hadn’t sensed at all when Yin Chen slipped away.

"Mm, he went ahead to scout the road and feel out the situation." Mu Qingge said with complete composure.

Hearing that, Tong Teng almost tripped and fell. He jerked his head up to look at the unruffled Mu Qingge, utterly speechless. "..."

But inwardly, he was ranting like crazy. ’Boss! You just said what’s yours won’t run away. Then what’s Yin Chen doing scouting anything!’

So that was why his boss had been walking so unhurriedly—turns out she’d long since sent Yin Chen ahead.

Just as Tong Teng was stewing, a streak of silver light dropped in front of them, condensing into Yin Chen’s figure.

Mu Qingge’s eyes lit up. She looked at him, waiting for his report.

Yin Chen’s blood-red eyes were as calm as ever; only when he met Mu Qingge’s gaze did a trace of genuine emotion show. "I scouted a stretch ahead. For now, there’s no particular discovery, just that it feels very hot over there."

Hot?

Mu Qingge’s brow arched.

At this moment, Yuanyuan’s voice sounded in Mu Qingge’s mind. ’Boss, I smell Abnormal Fire!’

Abnormal Fire!

Mu Qingge’s eyes narrowed sharply, suddenly burning with heat.

Even though Yuanyuan was no longer a Fire Spirit, he still maintained a natural sensitivity to Abnormal Fire. So Mu Qingge had no reason to doubt him.

Boom——!

All of a sudden, the ground trembled violently.

A fierce and savage aura erupted from the center and rapidly spread outward, rippling like waves.

The aura was blisteringly hot. Wherever it washed over, it destroyed countless trees, turning the previously green foliage into instant torches, then Black Coal, then fine ash, sprinkling onto the ground.

Flames surged from the center like a tidal wave, one layer after another, stacking higher and higher, constantly rolling outward.

The temperature around them also spiked, becoming so hot it was almost unbearable.

"Run!"

"Ah—!"

"So hot, so hot!"

"Hurry, run!"

The Divine experts who had passed Mu Qingge’s group earlier were now desperately fleeing, throwing the scene into chaos. Behind them, the fire-tide kept surging forward, as if it wouldn’t stop until it had swallowed them all.

Mu Qingge’s group’s eyes sharpened. They didn’t panic or bolt. Instead, Qian Shui quickly raised a wall of water in front of them to block the impact of the flames.

Yet when the flames reached them, countless tongues of fire savagely licked at the water wall. After white steam billowed up, those tongues of fire actually retreated quickly, as if they possessed a strange intelligence.

With the retreat of the fire-tide and fire tongues, the air around them suddenly felt much cooler.

Qian Shui dispelled the water wall, saying in surprise, "What’s going on? It actually retreated on its own."

"It doesn’t feel as hot as just now either." Tong Teng tugged at his collar and spoke to Mu Qingge.

"It’s Abnormal Fire." Mu Qingge said in a deep voice.

"Abnormal Fire!"

"Abnormal Fire."

Tong Teng and Qian Shui exclaimed in unison.

Mu Qingge pressed her lips together without speaking, but inside her mind she was communicating with Yuanyuan.

"Yuanyuan, do you know what kind of Abnormal Fire it is?" she asked.

"Too far. We’ll have to get closer before I can sense it." Yuanyuan replied.

Mu Qingge’s eyes narrowed slightly as she asked again, "Can I devour Abnormal Fire?" Originally, devouring Abnormal Fire and using it for himself was Yuanyuan’s ability.

But now, Yuanyuan had become an Artifact Spirit. He no longer needed to devour Abnormal Fire to strengthen himself. Instead, he used Abnormal Fire to stimulate Mu Qingge’s latent Fire Spirit Root. As for whether this Fire Spirit Root would carry the power of Mixed Element Heavenly Extreme Flame, that was still unknown.

"You can try." Yuanyuan gave an answer that wasn’t entirely certain.

But even that uncertain answer was enough to stir Mu Qingge’s heart, making it itch with restless excitement...