On the main peak of Fire Melt mountain, in the centre of the magnificent, scarlet-red palace was a place that resembled a small flower. The divine wutong tree was planted there. Its bark was red like fire, and its leaves were like flowers, overlapping and weaving into a huge canopy. Although it was nowhere close to the size of the Banyan Tree King, it was still an extremely magnificent sight, shining with pure, crystalline light.
The scarlet-red branches wove into a huge nest, which was where the phoenix had perched in the past. This noble divine bird had once rested here, sang, nirvanic rebirth, and ascended.
When the phoenix flew away, no one knew whether it had any feelings of nostalgia or not.
The three Fire Devouring Kings sat under the divine wutong tree, each holding a Divine Fire tablet. Their auras were connected, becoming inseparable as they constantly practised and worked together in their seas of consciousness.
Ten days had already passed since the eruption of the volcano. To them, it was almost as short as a split second. Afterwards, this "split second" passed, and they basically felt a shadow envelop their hearts at the same time. They opened their eyes and looked at one another.
What had happened?
Fire devourers were not skilled in divination, but at their level of cultivation, they would obviously develop a profound sense towards fate.
But what they sensed right now was clearly not a good omen.
Before long, a shaman priest in fiery-red robes rushed into the sacred, tiny garden and reported to the three kings that a clansman had died.
"Where did he die?" Zhu Fen frowned. Zhu Zai and Zhu Yan exchanged glances. The death of a clansman was clearly not worth the shaman priest specially disturbing their cultivation.
"Right at the foot of the mountain."
"How did he die? Did something happen to his cultivation, or did he get into a fight with someone? " Zhu Fen's frown deepened. Within the vicinity of Fire Melt mountain, he could not think of a third way apart from these two situations. If it really were one of these two situations, he definitely had to punish this shaman priest who did not know the severity of the situation.
"Neither. It seems like … it seems like a strange disease, or he was poisoned!"
"Even fire devourers can fall ill, so just who can poison Fire Melt mountain? Where's the corpse? "
Under the shaman priest's lead, the three kings arrived in a stone room at the foot of Fire Melt mountain. A young fire devourer lay there.
Zhu Yan knew that this young man was a rather famous genius in the younger generation of the clan. He cultivated at an extremely fast rate by devouring fire spirits, and was already on the verge of breaking through the first heavenly tribulation. Perhaps he would become a king in a thousand years, but now, he had died so mysteriously. Moreover, his face was ashen, and his eyes were wide open, as if he could not believe that such a fate had befallen him. He was filled with fear and despair.
"Something's wrong. He's losing his anger!" Zhu Zai closed the young man's eyes. To fire devourers, anger was not just an emotion, but a never-ending spirit of battle. Even when they faced certain death, they should not have an expression like that.
The youth's partner was called in. She looked to be about the same age as the youth, and she had a bright and beautiful face. However, at this moment, she was filled with sorrow. The youth's death seemed to have taken away all the joy in her life.
"How did he die?" Zhu Yan asked.
"Reporting to my king, a few days ago, he suddenly said that his heart was not feeling well. I thought that he had swallowed too much fire and his body could not bear it, so I let him rest here. Then, he gradually lost his spirit, as if he had become a different person, and quietly died."
"Life and death are decreed by fate. Haven't you seen a dead person before? Why do you look like that? " Zhu Zai stared at the young girl and sharply noticed the ashen complexion that was similar to the youth's, except it was not very obvious. She felt a hint of unease inside.
"I- I just feel unwell!" The young girl could not help but panic a little when the "disaster king" she worshipped questioned her. She felt even more uncomfortable inside.
Zhu Fen suddenly plunged his hand into the youth's chest and dug out a heart. With how unbridled he had always been, his face was filled with surprise. The heart that should have been fiery-red had turned into a greyish-white rock.
The young girl let out a miserable cry, clutching her chest and taking a step back. A vicious wound had appeared on the left side of her chest.
"Move your hand away!" Zhu Zai ordered. She was the one who had suddenly struck out, cutting open the young girl's left chest.
The young girl endured the pain and moved her hand away. Between the jagged bones was a fiery-red heart. Most of the greyish-white colour had devoured it, making it extremely dim.
"Why is it like this!?" Zhu Fen bellowed furiously.
"Apart from them, there are many other clansmen who feel unwell. It seems to have all begun after the volcanic eruption ten days ago."
"Go, find everyone who feels unwell!"
The shaman priest left with the order. Before long, he returned with the fire devourers with similar symptoms. None of them had undergone the heavenly tribulation, but the number was so great that it left the three fire devourers shocked. And this was even after many fire devourers believed their bodies were fine, or the symptoms had not begun acting up yet.
What made them feel even more uneasy was during this time, Zhu Zai had been removing the greyish-white colour from the young girl's heart the entire time. She plunged her right hand into the young girl's chest and gripped the heart firmly, but she was afraid to use too much force, or the heart might directly melt. However, it was basically ineffective.
"This isn't a regular poison. It's more like a disease that humans speak of!"
The three fire devourers smelled the scent of a scheme at the same time. There was something wrong with the volcanic eruption this time. Someone had tampered with the fire. Just who was it? Merfolk? The King of Yue
That was not the problem they had to consider right now. Their priority right now was to cure this strange disease. If the infected clansmen all died like the young man, it would basically be an unimaginable disaster for Fire Melt mountain.
Let alone attacking Savage mountain, they had even forgotten about the war with the Merfolk. A shrill horn rang out from the main peak of Fire Melt mountain, gathering all of the middle and upper echelon!
"It's about time for it to erupt! Father, do you see it? You don't blame me, do you? "
Ru Xin spent a few days recuperating in her dwelling before arriving at the top of the mountain alone. Gazing in the direction of Fire Melt mountain, the face brimming with enthusiasm appeared in her head. As she endured the pain and torment of the conflict between fire and water, he would always think of ways to make her laugh. Even after they had been captured and brought to Fire Melt mountain, watching helplessly as his wife was burned to death, he would still smile, as if it was just a vicious joke.
Back then, she hated him so madly, even more so than her hatred for Zhu Yan. This continued until he used the opportunity when Zhu Yan was in secluded cultivation to charge out of Fire Melt mountain with her. No one expected a fire devourer to be so patient. He successfully fooled everyone, leaving her with a smile in the end.
"Daughter, now that everything has happened, I have to tell you a huge secret. Actually, your mother and I picked you up!"
"Huh?!"
"Haha, you've fallen for it! Head north, the further the better. My good daughter, I'll come find you as soon as I lure away the pursuers! "
In the end, she had fallen for it again! In the end, she did not even have the time to apologise, but even if she did, she would definitely be laughed at!
"Hmph, I don't care if you blame me or not. I did it anyway. I've always been this willful. I'm not obedient at all!" Ru Xin mumbled to herself and rubbed her chest. Her heart that belonged to a fire devourer had already become as cold as stone.
In order to refine this virus that specifically targeted fire devourers, she had always been the best test subject. It was all thanks to the Heavenly Tome of Cloud Furnace that she could turn her heart into stone and refine stone into jade, so she did not have to pay with her life.
She could not help but thank her master, Hua Ci. That little, dark-skinned old man insisted on saving that annoying Chu Tian, and he generously gave all of this favour to her. However, there was no need for her to be deeply grateful. It was not the first time he had saved her life anyway.
"I've really come across a lot of gentle people! Compared to Li Qingshan, that pitiful man who grew up without any love from his parents, bullied by his brother and sister-in-law, running into a horde of enemies no matter where he went, my life is still very good. " Ru Xin found a balance with the "pitiful" Li Qingshan in satisfaction. Then she muttered with "malice", "He's going to clash with the Merpeople again in the Crystal palace this time, right? Gongyuan, oh Gongyuan, running into a sex fiend like him really is your misfortune!"
At the same time, thousands of kilometers away, Li Qingshan rubbed his nose and gazed at the sea map in his hand. He said to Little Ann, "The Crystal palace is probably right below. The Merpeople sure are rude. They don't even have anyone to welcome me. I did save their queen's life after all."
"If you didn't use that method, the Merpeople would probably be even more grateful to you." Little Ann smiled. When it came to understanding people's minds, she completely surpassed Li Qingshan. In the sky above Giant Ship island, he and Gongyuan had fended off powerful enemies together through a method that was almost akin to dual cultivation.
Back then, Gongyuan might have thanked him for saving her life. When her mind was one-sidedly suppressed and controlled by him, she might have even instinctively relied on and obeyed him. However, now that the person in question was involved, it was a completely different attitude.
She was the mighty Merfolk Queen, so noble and cold and proud, yet she was actually embraced by a human man in front of everyone. That was already enough to make her feel humiliated and furious. However, compared to the humiliation of having her mind invaded and controlled, this was nothing. And, this man had ignored her dignity right from the very beginning. When he saved her, he had done it through a transaction. He could not be regarded as acting bravely for a just cause. Towards the end, he acted like nothing had happened at all, discussing the conditions of the alliance with her.
If it were not for the sake of dealing with the Divine Fire tablets of the fire devourers, if it were not for the sake of finding a way to deal with her inner demons, she would probably be willing to never see him again for the rest of her life, or even directly kill him.
Little Ann analysed these principles for Li Qingshan and smiled. "That's why don't you think you can do whatever you want in the Crystal palace just because you've hugged her? She probably won't treat you well this time!"
Li Qingshan smiled as well. "You sure have a good grasp of people's minds. Now that you've said that, I do regret it a little. If I had known earlier, I would have acted a little more righteous, and perhaps this Gongyuan might have secretly fallen in love with me. Cough cough, why am I telling you all this?"
"Hmph, even if you don't say it, I can still guess it!"
Suddenly, a pillar of water sprayed up from the ocean. A blue whale swam over and floated to the surface. With a leap, it burst out of the water and turned into a large, burly man in the air. He clasped his hands at Li Qingshan. "I've been waiting here for a very long time, King of Savages. I left in a hurry last time, so I haven't been able to thank you for saving my life. Please accept a bow from me!"
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