"Marquis Yao!" The man with a tall hat stood above the water city and greeted Ji Hao mildly.
"You are?" Ji Hao drove the golden bridge again and squeezed out of the iceberg with difficulty. A while later, Ji Hao stood in front of the man with a tall hat and politely bowed to him.
Ji Hao had seen men with tall hats like this around Emperor Shun quite a few times. The first time Ji Hao joined the great war between the humankind and the non-humankind, a man with a tall hat showed up around Emperor Shun.
Last time, in the Town Hall, twelve men with tall hats showed up together and suppressed a large number of leaders of the alliance of human clans, forcing them to join hands and help Emperor Shun control the flood with all their powers.
Ji Hao clearly understood that these people might be the last treasures of the humankind, or more likely, the famous saints in the ancient legends. Therefore, Ji Hao couldn't help but be extra respectful towards them.
"Suiren!" The anger on the face of the man with a tall hat faded instantly, showing an ordinary-looking, yet especially kind face. Suiren didn't have an outstanding appearance, but his pair of eyes were especially deep. Looking straight into his eyes, one would find that his eyes were as dazzling as the stars in the sky.
Ji Hao's scalp was numbed. Not far away, Feng Xing, Yi Di, and the other few commanders had already kneeled on the ice.
Suiren was an ancient human emperor. Back when human beings were still ignorant, like animals in the woods, Suiren ignited the fire of the humankind.
Since Suiren, the humankind had broken away from the most primitive, muddle-headed state, gained wisdom, and understood the difference between human beings and beasts. Therefore, human beings officially appeared in Pan Gu world under the name of 'humankind'.
"Are you Emperor Suiren? Aren't you … "Ji Hao thought of countless legends about Suiren, including where he died, where he was buried, and so on. By now, human Maguspriests were still offering offerings in front of Suiren's grave every year, and the incense had never stopped burning.
"I am nothing but a clone. The real me left Pan Gu world long ago." Suiren solemnly nodded to Ji Hao. The anger that had been spreading out from his face disappeared again, covering his face as he said, "Enough with the small talk. Save these boys first. I have something to tell you!"
Ji Hao took a few steps back and curiously looked at Suiren.
He had many great treasures with him, and he had mastered the great Dao of Sun. He had even inherited the Eastern Emperor Divine Seal, and was quickly merging all of Eastern Emperor Taiyi's understandings of the great Dao of Sun. Even with such a great power, he couldn't do anything to this iceberg created by the Flood Dragon King. He truly wanted to see how Suiren would solve this crisis.
"That old ice worm has improved again!" Suiren lowered his head and looked at the iceberg for a while, then sighed and said, "Back then, when he had just occupied the North Ice Sea, there was a group of ice demons under his command that loved to eat humans. It was us who joined hands and fought against that old ice worm, forcing him to kill all the ice demons with his own hands."
"That old ice worm cared a lot about his reputation. After we injured him, he hid in the ice sea, never showing up again." Said Suiren blandly, "Therefore, you kids don't know him well! This iceberg of his isn't hard to deal with, but it depends on whether you can grasp the 'true meaning' of his cold power. "
'True meaning'? Ji Hao's heart skipped a beat. Suiren's words seemed to contain too many meanings.
"I've seen you release the essence sun fire, and I've also seen you release the Gold Crow fire from a long distance away. But, your fire is' dead '. You only have the power of fire, but not the heart of fire. Therefore, you can't boost the power of your essence sun fire or Gold Crow fire to the maximum. "
Suiren raised a finger and continued with a deep voice, "My fire is actually ordinary. It's not a natural spirit fire, neither is it a pre-world divine fire. Back then, I created it by rubbing two pieces of firewood together. It's the most ordinary fire in the world!"
A fire spot lit up on Suiren's finger. The faintly yellow fire was gentle and weak, swaying in the strong gale.
Just as Suirenshi said, this was the most ordinary flame. It was the firewood that rural women used to cook rice.
This fire could only burn firewood and dry grasses at most. It was already difficult to melt ores with this fire, not to mention burn the world and shatter the space. The essence sun fire released by Ji Hao was at least ten-thousand times hotter than this fire spot, and the destructive power was a hundred thousand times, even a million times greater than this fire spot.
This fire spot held in Suiren's hand was truly harmless, but what about Ji Hao's essence sun fire? It was a terrifying fire that could vaporize all kinds of metals within a moment.
However, when Ji Hao saw this fire spot, he sensed an indescribable warmth filling up his entire body, from the deepest part of his soul to every cell, filling him up with strength.
It was just like when he was young in this life, when he opened his eyes early in the morning and saw Qing Fu kneeling by the fire pit, gently grilling meat and potato pieces. The warm fire wasn't dazzling at all, but along with the aroma of meat and potato pieces, Ji Hao sensed an incomparably strong life-force.
Suddenly, Ji Hao understood what the so-called 'true intent' meant.
It was like the spirit of a tool or the soul of a human being. Without a spirit, a tool was a dead thing, while without a soul, a human being was a walking corpse. Without a true intent, no matter how great a power was, a human being couldn't release its true power.
"Old Ice Worm's True Meaning of Cold Air is a lonely, cold, and self-sealing heart, while my True Meaning of Flame is the longing of endless hope and vitality." Suiren flicked his finger and sent an extremely thin stream of fire down, penetrating the iceberg along with a sizzling noise, diving deep into the iceberg.
Even Ji Hao couldn't penetrate the iceberg with the golden bridge, but Suiren's weak and thin stream of fire broke it like a sharp knife cutting a piece of tofu.
Countless gray-white beams of cold light struck at the fire from all directions. The fire grew weaker and weaker, but on the contrary, it grew brighter and brighter. At last, the fire reached the deepest part of the iceberg and slightly touched a tiny spot.
Followed by a sizzling noise, the flame and a slight bit of cold air extinguished each other. Abruptly, the enormous iceberg quaked intensely, after which, countless streams of steam spurted out from the iceberg, instantly transforming into dense white mist and disappearing without leaving a trace.
"You can't just be strong." Suiren looked at Ji Hao and gently said, "You've almost caught up with me in terms of power. But, why do you need power? Marquis Yao, you're strong indeed, but you don't have a heart. You still owe something. "
In Ji Hao's spiritual space, the mysterious man angrily growled, "Power is power … What do I need a heart for? Clicking his tongue, Suiren continued in a deep voice, "Back then, I … Hm, I was taught a lesson by a young human being. How shameful!"
Sighing slightly, Suiren continued with a deep voice, "But, among the current young generation of human beings, you're the best, in terms of personality, behavior, cultivation, and experience. We have something that we need to do. Do you dare to do it? We've been thinking about it, and now, you're the most suitable one. "
Ji Hao agreed without hesitation.
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