Chapter 278 Revealing the True Colors
It sounds as if there really are six divine fires.
Everyone in Shudao Mountain was on guard against this liar. They all knew that his words could not be trusted, especially Gu Lianni and Yuan Yao.
But at this moment, everyone is trying to convince themselves that there is nothing to lose by giving it a try.
So Gu Lianni said: "As long as you can produce six sacred fires, I will agree to your terms."
Shi Chun said: "I said, we have agreed, you will be able to see the divine fire naturally, and you will be able to see it immediately."
Chu Jingtang and An Wuzhi also realized that the boss was going with the flow and really wanted to cooperate with Shu Daoshan. Their eyes lit up. With such a powerful sect as their partner, the rest of the journey would naturally be much more stable, not to mention they would also get a share of the divine fire.
They were not stupid and saw the wisdom of this decision.
Shu Daoshan and his gang looked at each other in bewilderment. With words like "immediately" and "right away" already mentioned, the possibility of deception became even smaller.
However, looking at their bodies, it doesn't seem like they are hiding the divine fire. You must know that the divine fire has an impact on space and the like. This is why the Xun Gate cannot be built in the Divine Fire Domain, so the divine fire cannot be stored in things like the Qiankun Bag.
Gu Lianni said, "If I give you a verbal promise, can you let me see the six divine flames?"
If that was the case, then she had nothing to refuse and could just agree to it first, but she felt that things wouldn't be that simple.
Shi Chun said: "That's right, as long as you agree verbally. But this verbal promise is very particular, you must swear an oath."
Gu Lianni thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I can swear a poisonous oath, but if you can't produce six sacred flames, you know the consequences."
Shi Chun: "I will naturally be responsible for my words. However, I don't want you to swear an oath on your own safety."
Gu Lianni was puzzled, "What do you mean?"
Others were also confused, including An Wuzhi and Chu Jingtang, and they had no idea what the boss was doing.
Shi Chun: "It's nothing. Some people don't care about their own life or death. I won't believe this kind of oath even if the head of your sect comes to swear it in person."
Seeing her father being insulted, Gu Lianni instantly flew into a rage, and the faces of all the Shudaoshan disciples also changed drastically.
This is exactly what Shi Chun wanted to see. Seeing that it really worked, he raised his hand to stop Gu Lianni before she could get angry, saying, "Hey, I don't mean anything else. I said this because I am really taking this cooperation seriously. You swore a poisonous oath on your own safety, but I don't believe it.
I heard that the leader of your sect is your father. If you can swear an oath on the safety of your sect leader in front of all the fellow disciples of Shu Daoshan, for example, you swear that if Shu Daoshan breaks this oath, the leader of your sect will not have a good death.
As long as you swear this, I will immediately believe you. Even if you break the promise in the future, I will accept my fate! I wonder if what I said is clear and simple enough?"
The expressions of the disciples of Shudao Mountain became a little strange again, and they all watched Gu Lianni's reaction secretly.
Gu Lianni stared coldly at Shi Chun. After a long moment, she slowly asked, "Are you sure you can produce six divine flames now?"
Shi Chun: "What good would it be for me to lie to you like this?"
Gu Lianni: "Can you take it out right now?"
Shi Chun nodded, "That's right, as long as the conditions are agreed upon, the outcome will be clear in a moment."
Gu Lianni: "According to your conditions, if you can't find the divine fire later, even if I find enough divine fire by my own ability after I leave Shudao Mountain, won't I be unable to compete for first place after I leave?"
Shi Chun: "Miss Gu is worrying too much. If Mingshan Sect cannot find the sacred fire in the future, how can it compete for the first place? My condition is that Shudao Mountain cannot compete with Mingshan Sect for the first place, but I did not say that it cannot compete with other sects for the first place. If Mingshan Sect does not have the qualifications to compete for the first place, how can Shudao Mountain compete with Mingshan Sect for the first place?"
Since the other party asked this question, he knew that the matter was almost settled.
Gu Lianni turned her head and looked at Yuan Yao beside her, "What do you think?"
Yuan Yao suddenly became panic-stricken, thinking, how can I decide whether to swear an oath for the safety of the Sect Leader? The Sect Leader is not my father, and if anything unexpected happens, I really cannot take the responsibility.
For disciples like them, some things are more serious than facing fighting and killing.
He hurriedly shirked the responsibility, saying, "Master uncle has the final say here. It's all up to Master uncle to make the decision."
Gu Lianni understood him. The fact that she did not raise any objections was actually an indication of her attitude.
After looking around at the other disciples of Shudao Mountain, she finally made a decision and pointed at Shi Chun, "Okay, Shi Chun, I can agree to your terms, but remember, if you dare to lie to me, I will make you regret coming to this world!"
Shi Chun: "If you say even a single lie, I will punish you as you wish!"
Gu Lianni asked back: "What if you break the contract midway?"
Shi Chun sighed, "What I want is Shu Dao Mountain's help. Why should I break the contract? If I break the contract, doesn't that mean that you, Shu Dao Mountain, can break the contract? I also want to swear, but I have no father or mother. Even if I swear to my sect master, I guess you won't believe it."
Gu Lianni: "Then use something as collateral."
Shi Chun paused and tried to ask, "I don't think the things we have are enough. What do you want to pledge?"
Gu Lianni raised her finger and pointed at An Wuzhi, "I want him and the divine fire in his hand as collateral."
Upon hearing this, many of the Shudao Mountain disciples nodded secretly, and they all agreed with it. They thought this was a good idea. Holding a hostage was secondary. Holding the divine fire was the most practical. If the other party broke the agreement or cheated, it would not be a loss. Getting a divine fire was better than anything else.
So far, they have not obtained any divine fire.
Shi Chun thought for a moment, turned his head and looked at An Wuzhi and said, "It's actually safer to be a hostage. You don't have to take risks anymore. Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly when I find the Divine Fire later. In addition, I really want to cooperate with Shu Daoshan. My method, plus Shu Daoshan's strength, will not let you down."
An Wuzhi wanted to ask him, do I have a choice now? If he didn't agree, the two sides would probably go to war, and he would not have the chance to swallow the divine fire in his hand.
I regret it a lot and blame myself for being obsessed and not giving up in time, otherwise I wouldn't have been in such a predicament.
Of course, we also know that the boss can indeed display six divine fires.
Regardless of whether it was for forgiveness or not, at least he knew that safety should not be a big problem, so he nodded and agreed: "Boss, there is no need to say anything more. I am willing to be a hostage."
Upon hearing this, Chu Jingtang raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder. Everything was said without words. Looking at this matter, he forgave the other party for his previous two mistakes.
So Shi Chun shouted to the other side, "Okay, I agree!"
So Gu Lianni raised her hand in public and swore: "I, Gu Lianni, swear hereby to agree to the cooperation conditions proposed by Shi Chun and cooperate with him sincerely. If I break this oath, I, the head of Shudao Mountain, will not... die!"
There was indeed a pause when I said the last word, and I felt a little nervous. I hope I can bring back good grades, otherwise I will be scolded, with so many of my classmates watching me.
As soon as she finished speaking, Yuan Yao immediately pointed at An Wuzhi and said, "Bring the divine fire here!"
An Wuzhi glanced at Shi Chun, who nodded slightly, and he went over with the divine fire. As soon as the person came over, Gu Lianni immediately took control of the divine fire in her own hands. When she felt it, her eyes lit up. This was the real divine fire.
"Ahem." Yuan Yao coughed beside her, indicating that she had other important things to do.
Gu Lianni, who had come to her senses, immediately gave him the divine fire for safekeeping and had someone take An Wuzhi to her own men for custody. Then she asked Shi Chun, "Where are your six divine fires?"
Shi Chun took the wind scale from Chu Jingtang's hand. Seeing that this had aroused the vigilance of the people of Shu Daoshan, he immediately spoke to comfort them, "Don't worry, I won't run away. The place where the sacred fire is stored is just a little way away. I will definitely arrive in a moment and I will never break my promise. If you are worried, you can surround me and fly together."
Gu Lianni smiled and said, "You're right. Before I could see the six divine flames, I was really worried about you. It's your reputation." She turned around and said, "Just do as our partners say and surround us to fly with us."
Shi Chun was willing to cooperate sincerely, so it didn't matter to him. He immediately rode the Wind Scales and carried Chu Jingtang into the air. As soon as they were in the air, they were surrounded by dozens of people guarding in the air, and they really flew away like this.
Gu Lianni and others on the ground also rose up on the wind scales, and everyone still looked at the divine fire in Yuan Yao's hand from time to time.
After flying in the air for a while, at Shi Chun's signal, most of the group landed in front of the huge ice pillar, while a small number of them were still in the air, suppressing their defenses.
Seeing Shi Chun staring at the icicle, Gu Lianni walked up to him this time and asked, "What do you mean?"
Shi Chun pointed to the huge ice pillar and said, "The remaining five divine fires are hidden in this ice pillar."
Gu Lianni frowned, "How is this possible?"
She had previously thought that Shi Chun had already been captured. It was illogical for the five divine fires that had not been captured to be gathered together. She had never heard of this before.
Shi Chun said: "The Divine Fire Domain is so vast that nothing is impossible. I'll be frank with you. I can only guarantee that there are indeed five Divine Fires here. As for whether you can catch them all, that's your business. If you can't catch them, you can't blame me for breaking my promise, and it won't affect our subsequent cooperation."
Gu Lianni asked in surprise, "Are there really five divine fires in here?"
Shi Chun: "What good will it be for me to lie to you? Just smash this icicle and you'll know." After saying that, he looked at the icicle, raised his hands slightly, and was about to use all his strength to destroy the icicle.
"Wait." Gu Lianni raised her hand to stop him, then turned to her fellow disciples and said, "Go with two people, and have the people over there come over as well, and bring our magic weapons over to set up the formation."
"Yes." Two people in the air immediately took the order and left.
Shi Chun was puzzled, "What magic weapon?"
Gu Lianni: "The Locking Formation, after setting up the formation, the divine fire will be trapped and can't escape. It's safer than your hard approach. If it really escapes underground, it will be difficult to catch it in this vast ice field. It's better to be cautious."
So that's how it is. Shi Chun nodded slightly, then asked doubtfully, "Wait until your magic weapon comes. I said I'll let you see it in a moment, but time has passed. You won't blame me for breaking my promise, right?"
Gu Lianni: "As long as you can prove that there are indeed five sacred fires here, it won't count as you breaking your promise."
Since that was the case, Shi Chun had nothing to say.
However, Gu Lianni was still a little curious and asked, "How do you know that there are five sacred fires hidden here?"
Shi Chun: "I have my own way, otherwise how could I track that divine fire here?"
Having said that, Gu Lianni did not doubt it. Being able to track the divine fire here did take some skill. Under this vast ice field, it was difficult for ordinary people to grasp the whereabouts of the divine fire, at least they, the disciples of Shudao Mountain, could not do it.
And there is this big icicle, standing out on this vast ice field. It does look very strange, and I'm afraid it has some origin.
To be honest, she is quite looking forward to it now. For one thing, she is looking forward to the appearance of the five sacred fires, but what she is looking forward to even more is the cooperation with Shi Chun after it is verified.
No matter what methods they used in the Meteor Rain Conference, there is no doubt that they are capable, otherwise the sect would not have asked them to be careful. There is no need for them to be careful about such incompetent people.
Isn't it Gu Lianni's ability to bring such a person into the group, to bring him in to work for Shu Daoshan, and to achieve the success of Shu Daoshan's trip? She could imagine the situation in the sect where she would be praised by the tide.
On the other side, Pang Hou received a message from his fellow disciples. After finding out the situation, he immediately asked the fellow disciples who stayed behind to take out all the magical instruments that had been arranged previously.
After gathering all the magic weapons, the group left quickly.
Wu Jinliang and his gang, who had been hiding in the dark, just showed up. In previous observations, they had not seen Shi Chun and his gang either. No one knew where they had gone. After muttering to each other for a while, they followed Pang Hou and the others, but they did not dare to fly high.
After flying into the plains, I found that there was no shelter at all, so I didn't dare to fly high. I almost flew close to the ground, and I didn't dare to get close even under the cover of night...
As soon as Pang Hou and his men arrived with their magic weapons, Gu Lianni immediately gave orders: "Use the icicle as the center, and set up a formation with a radius of about one mile. Be quick!"
A group of fellow disciples carrying magic weapons carried out the order quickly. Shi Chun even went to broaden his horizons. They saw that they drove iron towers half a meter high into the ice field.
After all preparations were completed, Gu Lianni, who had received the report, took out the metal compass again and began to deduce on it.
Amid the incessant clicking sounds, there was a sudden "click" sound, and Shi Chun clearly felt his eardrums buzzing, as if some mysterious power was released from the metal compass, and then the sky seemed to brighten slightly.
Looking up, I saw a huge inverted bowl-shaped light curtain, rippling and covering the plain within the formation.
Wu Jinliang and others who were lying on the ground in the distance and dared not move forward, stared at it motionlessly, not knowing what the strange phenomenon was.
After the light curtain disappeared, Gu Lianni put away the compass and said, "Shichun, it's up to you now. If there is no divine fire you mentioned, don't blame us."
"I am sincere in my cooperation. If I say yes, then it will happen."
After saying this, Shi Chun turned around, raised his hand and drew the sword from his back with a swish, then suddenly flashed out, holding the sword with both hands, and slashed out with all his strength using the Demon-Free Sword.
Boom! There was a loud noise, as loud as an explosion, which made everyone frown.
The earthquake caused the snow on the pillars to fall off, and the snow was so chaotic that it blinded the eyes.
After the snow stopped falling, everyone realized that the knife that made such a big noise had only created a large gap in the icicle.
No one was interested in the gap, and they quickly looked up at the icicle. They found that it was so white that it didn't look like ice, and it was carved with large scales.
Looking again, it was not an icicle, but a circle of ice sculptures that coiled up like a coiled dragon. It was only when it was covered by snow that it looked like an icicle, and only then did its true form appear.
"What is this?" Gu Lianni asked Shi Chun.
Shi Chun also wanted to know what this was. The next moment, his face changed slightly, as if he saw the huge coiled body move slightly. He suspected it was an illusion, but the snow on the ice sculpture began to fall off again.
(End of this chapter)
