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"Pill King Ling, the new Celestial Official is here, but he is not from the Kui Xing Tower. I'll have to ask for your guidance in the future. Please meet me within the month!"
Ling Dong opened the letter from Kui Xing Tower Master. There were only a few lines of words, but they told Ling Dong a very important piece of information — the new Celestial Official was not from the Kui Xing Tower of the Upper Realm.
A playful smile appeared on Ling Dong's face.
It was probably because the new Celestial Official was not from the Kui Xing Tower that Pavilion Master Bai took the initiative to send a letter to Ling Dong in such a humble manner.
If the new Celestial Official was from the Kui Xing Tower, Pavilion Master Bai would never have sent such a letter to Ling Dong. Instead, he would have sat quietly in the Kui Xing Tower and waited for Ling Dong to come knocking on his door. It was clear who had the initiative and who was the passive one!
But now, Ling Dong was not happy about it. The fact that the new Celestial Official was not from the True Dipper Sect or the Kui Xing Tower made things complicated.
"But where did this new Celestial Official come from?" Ling Dong murmured.
With a smile, Ling Dong casually wrote a letter and sent it to the Pavilion Master. For people like Ling Dong and Kui Xing Pavilion Master, it was extremely convenient for them to carry a few small teleportation arrays that were specially used to communicate with specific locations.
Ling Dong did not plan to hide the fact that the new Celestial Official was not from the True Dipper Sect. Even if he did, it would not be long before he found out.
Not long after, the Minor Shift Formation that Ling Dong used to communicate with Pavilion Master Kui Xing lit up again.
"Thank you for your reminder, Pill King Ling. It is not easy to communicate with the Upper Realm, so I'm not too sure myself. Since the new Celestial Official is hard to predict, I hope to meet with you before we head to Heaven Reaching Peak to discuss our plans! "Pavilion Master Kui Xing's reply hinted that he wanted to join forces with Ling Dong.
Ling Dong looked at the letter and started to read it carefully. From Ling Dong's point of view, it was definitely not a good thing to put this new Star Official on the opposite side too early.
"Junior Brother, have you noticed that the surrounding area has suddenly become hot? The temperature seems to be rapidly rising!" When Ling Dong was thinking about this matter, Qiu Qingyi, who was quietly watching Ling Dong, suddenly spoke up.
Now that Qiu Qingyi mentioned it, Ling Dong also noticed the abnormality. He frowned and couldn't help looking around. Somehow, he had a strange feeling.
"Yeah, this is strange. The rising temperature here seems to make me feel like summer again!" With Ling Dong's current cultivation, he was already immune to both heat and cold. For Ling Dong to once again feel like summer, it could be seen how much the temperature here had risen.
"Junior Brother, this is a little strange. This is the top of the mountain!" Qiu Qingyi said again.
Hearing this, Ling Dong was startled. Only then did he realize what was going on. He knew what that strange feeling was. This was the top of the mountain. Even in the extremely hot summer, there was still a cool breeze. In the late spring season, people would only feel cold on the top of the mountain. It was not hot at all.
"What's going on?" Out of caution, Ling Dong quickly put away the Small Transfer Formation Disk he had just set up. Then, he used his eyesight to observe carefully again.
This observation made Ling Dong's expression change greatly.
The originally green Bai Ling Mountain was now quickly covered with a thick layer of white fog. This kind of white fog was not like the other mountain ranges, which only existed in the peaks and valleys. At this time, this kind of white fog rose all over Bai Ling Mountain.
Almost at the same time, Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi exclaimed at the same time and looked at the mountain under their feet.
"This mountain … Is it hot?" Qiu Qingyi squatted down in surprise and touched the mountain with her hand. Then, she moved her hand away like lightning. "It's so hot!"
"Senior Sister, hurry, fly!" Ling Dong shouted in a low voice. Without waiting for her explanation, he pulled Qiu Qingyi down from the sky. Just as the two of them stood still in the air at a low altitude, Qiu Qingyi's expression was already full of shock.
"This … How could this be … How could this mountain be on fire?"
Just as Ling Dong pulled Qiu Qingyi to stand still in the air, the place where Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi were standing just now, which was covered with weeds and a few old pine trees nearby. Suddenly, there was a smell of fresh grass and a pungent burnt smell.
Qiu Qingyi was in a panic and did not see all these changes. However, Ling Dong saw it clearly.
In a very short period of time, the moisture in the old pine trees and weeds on the mountain was evaporated by the extreme heat. The weeds turned into dry grass, and the old pine trees withered. The verdant green color turned into a scorched yellow in an instant.
Then, more than a dozen thin smoke rose from the burnt weeds and old pine trees. In an instant, a mountain fire appeared.
It should be noted that when Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi came here, the Bailing Spirit Mountain was full of green. On the peak, there were even trees. Now, looking as far as the eye could see, the entire Bailing Spirit Mountain had become like this. It seemed that a huge mountain fire was about to spread.
But at this moment, a wave of extremely hot fire rose from the top of the mountain. Even though Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi were standing in the air at a low altitude of dozens of meters, their hands and faces were burnt by the hot fire wave. Qiu Qingyi had to release her Protective Upstanding Qi to protect herself from the hot fire wave.
After the hot fire wave appeared, the Bailing Spirit Mountain under Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi's feet changed again.
After the hot fire wave, the countless grass and trees on the Bailing Spirit Mountain that had just turned into yellow were all turned into black ashes before the fire even started. It could be seen how high the temperature of the fire wave was.
"Screech! Screech! Screech! " Suddenly, from the depths of the Hundred Spirit Mountain, a series of mournful cries resounded. Many fiery red figures seemed to have soared into the sky from afar. After that, Ling Dong couldn't see clearly.
The mixed fog formed by smoke and water vapor all over the mountain had completely blocked Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi's sight. No matter how strong their eyesight was, they could not see through the fog.
However, Ling Dong could be sure that the fire on the Bailing Spirit Mountain seemed to continue to rise crazily, forcing Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi to continue climbing into the air. However, the further they were from the mountain, the more Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi could not see what was happening on the ground.
Faintly, Ling Dong seemed to hear a kind of muffled rumbling sound. This kind of muffled sound came from underground. A large amount of smoke and dust flew straight up, forcing Ling Dong to open his Protective Upstanding Qi. Looking at the white fog in front of him and around him, there was nothing he could do!
"Junior Brother, what exactly happened here?" While waiting, Qiu Qingyi asked in a slightly uneasy manner.
"Just now, this kind of change happened all over the Bailing Spirit Mountain. It should not be something that can be affected by human strength. It is very likely that something strange happened on the Bailing Spirit Mountain and we happened to be here, "Ling Dong said.
Hearing Ling Dong's words, Qiu Qingyi felt a little relieved. "Junior Brother, does that mean that we are very unlucky?"
"Unlucky? Maybe … No!" At this point, Ling Dong's expression suddenly became surprised. "Senior Sister, we should say that we are very lucky. Think about it, Senior Brother Chu said that the Bailing Spirit Mountain has the Flame Sparrow's Feathers. When I first arrived here, I did not believe it, but now, I believe it!"
"That's true. Now, I also believe it!" Qiu Qingyi's voice had a hint of surprise.
As Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi chatted, the heat wave continued, but the smoke and dust that covered the sky quickly dissipated.
"Ah, the Bailing Spirit Mountain, how did it become like this …" After more than an hour, when the smoke and dust dissipated, Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi looked up the mountain together. Although they were mentally prepared, they were still shocked.
At this time, the Bailing Spirit Mountain did not have the beautiful scenery that Ling Dong and the others had when they first arrived. Instead, it was exactly the same as the barren land that Chu Fangyue had described. It was even worse.
The flowers, plants, and trees that covered the entire mountain had all disappeared. The verdant Hundred Spirit Mountain had already become a barren, barren mountain, and black and yellow were all mixed together.
What shocked Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi even more was that there were several large cracks on the Bailing Spirit Mountain. For example, the mountain that Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi had been standing on had a crack that was four to five meters wide. At a glance, they could not see the end of it.
Moreover, looking from afar, there were more than ten large cracks like this on the entire Bailing Spirit Mountain.
"In the blink of an eye, the beautiful Bailing Spirit Mountain has become a barren mountain … Hey, Junior Brother, look, there seems to be a demonic beast fire bird over there!" Qiu Qingyi suddenly pointed into the distance.
Ling Dong also saw it. He silently stared at the fire bird that had suddenly soared into the sky.
The fire bird flapped its wings, and a large amount of fire scattered in all directions. It let out a sharp cry and suddenly swooped down, plunging into the Bailing Spirit Mountain. Under Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi's shocked gazes, it disappeared.
"Hey? It disappeared? Where did the fire bird go? "Qiu Qingyi asked in surprise.
Hearing this, Ling Dong shook his head. "Senior Sister, it didn't disappear. If I'm not wrong, the fire bird should have rushed into a huge crack like the one under our feet."
Speaking of this, Ling Dong looked at the huge crack under his feet. His eyes suddenly flashed, and a bold idea suddenly emerged in his mind.
"Why did it rush into the underground crack?" Qiu Qingyi was very puzzled.
"Maybe there's something that the fire bird needs or likes in this crack?" Speaking of this, Ling Dong's eyes became even more passionate. Ling Dong suddenly had a premonition that there might be some treasure hidden under this crack.
"Senior Sister, why don't we also explore this crack?" Ling Dong suddenly suggested.
"I'll listen to you!" Qiu Qingyi's answer was equivalent to Ling Dong's comfort.
"Let's go, Senior Sister. Be careful. Use your protective energy. This crack is strange. Maybe there's a danger down there!" After reminding them, Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi slowly rose into the air and descended towards the huge crack in the ground.
The deeper they went into the crack, the higher the temperature. When they descended halfway, Qiu Qingyi, who had activated her protective energy, was already sweating profusely.
"Senior Sister, hold on a little longer. We can already see the bottom!"
"Screech!"
Before Ling Dong's voice fell, a huge fire bird suddenly rushed out from the deepest part of the crack. It flew straight up and attacked Ling Dong and Qiu Qingyi!
"Damn it, there's a martial artist who broke in here!"
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PS: With only one monthly vote, Zhu San's heart was cold. He went out to disguise himself and sneaked into the kindergarten to let his daughter watch the fun between the children. He was scared out of his wits again. He really couldn't write anymore!
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