Chapter 298 Earth Flame
Without waiting for the two parties pretending to negotiate to speak, Shi Chun approached them, turned his back to Gong Shixi, and whispered to Gu Lianni, "Come with me, let's do something, and the others can continue pretending to talk."
Xu Anchang asked: "What do you want to do?"
Shi Chun: "Don't worry, I won't get you into trouble."
Gu Lianni was getting impatient with her acting, but was also curious about what Shi Chun was going to do, so she asked Yuan Yao to continue talking to Xu Anchang.
Yuan Yao obeyed the order, but when Gu Lianni was taken away, he couldn't help but remind her, "Uncle Master, be careful."
As he spoke, he gave Shi Chun a look.
Gu Lianni understood what he meant. Although they had resumed their cooperation, she still had to be careful of Shi Chun.
She nodded slightly in understanding and followed Shi Chun, wanting to see what Shi Chun was up to.
Seeing that everyone's attention was on the two people who were leaving, Wu Jinliang quickly corrected them and urged the people present, "Don't worry about them, let's continue."
After walking away from here and avoiding everyone's eyes and ears, Gu Lianni finally couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing? Are you trying to plot against me?"
"Why do you always have such a deep prejudice against me?" Shi Chun expressed his dissatisfaction and then looked around.
After making sure no one was watching, he reached into his sleeve and pulled out a compass for her.
Gu Lianni was stunned when she received it. She looked at it and recognized it. Isn’t this the control compass of her own Locking Yuan Array?
Suddenly, he saw a bunch of objects appearing in front of him out of thin air. He looked closely and was stunned again. He saw twelve half-meter-high black iron towers lined up in a row in front of him. They looked so familiar. Then he looked at the compass in his hand. Aren't the complete set of magic tools of the Locking Yuan Array complete?
She touched the tower and checked it out before turning around and asking in surprise, "How did you find it?"
Shi Chun: "How else could they find it? Of course they searched the scene of the incident." He then added, "The Ice Dragon found it before it returned."
Gu Lianni's face showed an unconcealable joy, but she changed her expression quickly and fixed her eyes on the compass in her hand again. Suddenly, she raised her eyes to look at Shi Chun, raised the compass in her hand, and raised her eyebrows and said, "You want this as collateral, are you trying to cheat me out of my complete set of Locking Yuan Array magic weapons?"
Now she finally came to her senses. If the other party hadn't taken it out on her own initiative, she would have almost forgotten to take back her compass. After all, it had become a useless piece of trash, and it didn't matter whether she got it back or not.
Shi Chun: "I have given it all to you. Do you think I want to cheat you? Of course, if you refused to believe it before and insisted that Bing Yuanshang was deceiving you and wanted to kill you, then I would definitely take it away. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, I will not take away your magic weapon no matter how good it is. A gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way!"
It made sense to put it this way, and the other party did return it to her, so the unhappiness on Gu Lianni's face disappeared instantly, and she became happy again. She had to admit that Shi Chun's action really helped her a lot.
She then inspected the twelve iron towers one by one.
After waiting for a while, Shi Chun asked, "Can you set up this Locking Yuan Formation by yourself?"
Gu Lianni replied casually: "Of course, it's just a matter of speed, depending on the scope of deployment."
Shi Chun, who had seen the formation before, guessed that this was the case, so he felt relieved and waited patiently.
When Gu Lianni had finished checking all the twelve iron towers and put them away, Shi Chun asked, "How are they? Are they still usable?"
Gu Lianni: "This isn't scrap metal, it won't break that easily."
Okay, this is what Shi Chun was waiting for. He immediately took out Feng Lin and waved, "Come on, follow me."
Gu Lianni was puzzled, "Where are you going?"
Shi Chun whispered, "I have found where the divine fire that Qianyan Sect is looking for is. Let's go get it quickly."
Gu Lianni's eyes lit up immediately, "Really?"
Shi Chun couldn't help but said in frustration: "Is it that serious? Can you please put aside your prejudice against me?"
Gu Lianni quickly waved her hand and said, "Wait, I'll go call someone."
She turned her head and tried to escape.
"Don't." Shi Chun subconsciously grabbed her wrist and held her hand while explaining, "If I want to call for help, do I have to be so sneaky? Do I have to ask someone to watch the Qianyan Sect? I can find the location of the divine fire, and you can use the Locking Yuan Formation. The cooperation of the two of us, a male and a female, is enough. There is no need to alert others."
"What's the 'male and female'? That's so ugly." Gu Lianni rolled her eyes and spat, then shook off her wrist that was being grabbed.
Shi Chun added, "If we can get the divine fire away quietly, we should do our best to avoid unnecessary trouble. If the noise is too small, we can come by force. Now let the Qianyan Sect stay there quietly. If you mobilize your troops, you will alert the enemy."
He just wanted to take it away quietly. If he could do it quietly, he would teach Gong Shixi a lesson to be a good person. He wanted it so much and even dared to threaten him. He wanted to see how brave Gong Shixi was.
Gu Lianni thought about it and decided that it was the best strategy to avoid conflict and obtain the divine fire. She immediately asked, "Is it far?"
Shi Chun pointed in a direction, "Not far, about ten miles away."
Gu Lianni was immediately relieved. If there really was a trap, she could make a loud noise at this distance and her own people would be able to hear it. She immediately shook her head and signaled, "Let's go!"
Shi Chun immediately rode up on the wind scales and took her away with him.
There was actually no need to use wind scales at this distance; Shi Chun just wanted to search and confirm the location from the air.
After finding the location and seeing that the suspected divine fire object he had discovered before was still there, Shi Chun went down. Then he took out a stick of incense and lit it in front of Gu Lianni.
Gu Lianni quickly raised her hands to cover her mouth and nose. Even though the gas in the Divine Fire Domain was poisonous and could not be inhaled, and she had already cast a spell to hold her breath, she still had a subconscious reaction of vigilance and asked cautiously, "What do you want to do?"
Seeing that she seemed to distrust him, Shi Chun rolled his eyes at her. He was too lazy to explain and raised his hand to cast a spell. He made a gesture of drawing a talisman in the air towards the incense in his hand. Under the effect of his spell, the smoke that was rising and dispersing began to turn and descend, falling straight down for a distance before dissipating.
Shi Chunka used his index finger and thumb to indicate the distance the smoke was falling straight down, and then pointed to the ground and said, "Yes, the divine fire should still be under our feet, about a hundred feet above the ground."
Gu Lianni, who was already full of doubts, was stunned. This was too mysterious. After a while, she swallowed her saliva and asked, "Can we find the sacred fire this way?"
Shi Chun: "We'll know if we can find it if we try."
Gu Lianni: "Where did you get this evil magic?"
Shi Chun: "Don't ask me this question yet. Ask me again after you find the divine fire, and I will answer you."
What does that mean? Gu Lianni was confused, but she made a note of it.
At the same time, I also vaguely felt the extraordinaryness of this person. He was very different from others. He flipped his hands with great method.
Subconsciously, I took a closer look at Shi Chun's profile, feeling a little curious. I heard that he came from the Land of Exile, and he seemed a little different from the people from the Land of Exile I had heard about.
Shi Chun pointed to the places with holes around and motioned for them to go down and look for it. He first jumped into a large pit with strange-shaped earth pillars and crawled into a hole in the ground.
Gu Lianni was still worried that there might be a trap waiting for her, so she let Shi Chun walk in front and she followed behind Shi Chun secretly, keeping on guard.
This underground passage in the loess wasteland really gives people a feeling of insecurity, because it always makes people feel that it will collapse at any time and bury people alive. The two people holding sandalwood lights have very light footsteps, and occasionally small pieces of fallen loess can be seen on the wall of the cave.
When the falling earth made a little more noise, the two men stopped and held their breath, ready to retreat at any time.
Seeing that everything was fine, they set off again.
Gu Lianni, who was following behind, sighed softly, "No wonder they say the divine fire is hard to find. In a place like this, even if you find it, it's probably hard to catch it."
Is it difficult to find? For Shi Chun, it was relatively easy to find this time, at least easier than in the Iron Forest.
No one knew what was going on with the underground metal environment of the Iron Forest. The azure green material from the virtual world was nowhere to be seen deep inside, so the route in the passage was blocked by a unified color, making it impossible for his right eye to recognize it.
The underground loess environment is different. It is mixed with the pale green substance. With the hazy contrast of the two dark and light colors, he can find the path to the target location.
It’s good to have a road. If there is no road, it would be troublesome if we need to dig.
It was precisely because of this convenience that his master Chun dared to steal the sacred fire while delaying the Qianyan Sect. If the time was too long, it would not be possible.
Of course, he did not show the ability to choose the correct route along the way. The incense in his hand could only indicate the direction, and it was impossible for him to point the way in a complex environment. That would be too easy to arouse suspicion.
So sometimes I would deliberately take a wrong turn and then correct it, and sometimes it was because the colors were blurred and difficult to distinguish that I took the wrong turn, so I had to look at the route from another angle and then correct it.
One thing is worth being thankful for: once you go deeper underground, the ground is much more solid and there is no need to worry about it collapsing easily.
Along the way, the two of them approached the target area very efficiently.
At this moment, Shi Chun, who had reached a fork in the road, suddenly stopped, stretched out his hand to stop Gu Lianni, pointed at the incense smoke, and whispered: "The target is about ten feet away. If you get any closer, it will easily alert the enemy. It will be difficult to catch them if they run away underground. Let's start to set up a formation around the target."
"Ten feet away..." Gu Lianni didn't know how he judged the distance from the smoke. The problem was, she looked at the passages on the left and right and said with embarrassment: "It has to be arranged in a circular shape. It can't be arranged in a straight line."
The distance was very close, and Shi Chun's right eye ability allowed him to see that there were a lot of messy and branching surrounding passages around the target, but he couldn't say that, so he left a mark and then took the woman for a personal walk.
On the way, he blocked Tan Jin's light, quietly crawled into a small branch hole to take a look. He couldn't stand up straight, and it was inconvenient to squat, so he crawled in. He didn't dare to make any sound. In the dark, we touched each other all the way, which made Gu Lianni blush.
Because something very embarrassing happened, she accidentally touched Shi Chun's butt a few times and also touched her thigh. The feeling was very impressive.
But she was blaming Shi Chun in her heart for stopping so suddenly without even saying hello. Shi Chun didn't think much about it, thinking it was normal to bump into things in the dark.
Seeing an orange light flickering at the corner, the two were secretly delighted. After confirming that there was a divine fire, they dared not move forward and alert the enemy.
In fact, Shi Chun didn't need to confirm it in this way at all. He could see it with his right eye. He did this entirely for Gu Lianni to see it.
Afterwards, the two of them gestured to each other in the cramped space under the light seeping in from the corner, indicating that they should turn around and go back.
Then the two of them carefully shrank their bodies, slowly turned around, and started crawling back.
When they crawled into the darkness, it was Shi Chun's turn to be embarrassed.
Gu Lianni also understood why Shi Chun stopped suddenly before. Sometimes people would stop suddenly for no apparent reason in the dark, even if they knew there were no obstacles ahead.
Then her thighs and buttocks were touched several times by the person behind her, which made her body stiff. One time, the person's face accidentally rested on her buttocks. They both froze there at the same time and felt each other's body temperature.
If she hadn't been afraid of scaring the divine fire, Gu Lianni would have almost kicked back subconsciously.
Considering that she had touched someone else, she endured it and quickly and carefully crawled away.
Shi Chun, who didn't mind being touched, also had an impression of the feel of the hand at this time.
After turning a few corners and feeling that the light could no longer be seen, Shi Chun took out the Tanjin lighting.
After the two finally crawled out of the small cave, they tacitly did not mention touching each other, as if nothing had happened.
Then they started leaving marks along the way, and finally returned to the previous fork in the road. Shi Chun then asked, "Is this considered a loop?"
I don't know if it's a ring or not, but it twists and turns around in a circle. Gu Lianni is really having a toothache. "Usually the formations are arranged evenly and regularly. I've never tried something so twisty like this."
Shi Chun was surprised and asked, "If it's not symmetrical, there's no way to set up the formation?"
Gu Lianni: "It's not that we can't set up a formation, but one thing is certain, if the structure of the power released is not symmetrical, the power of the formation will be much different, and the ability to hinder the target will definitely be weakened."
Hearing this, Shi Chun felt relieved. He had encountered the divine fire several times before. His right eye could tell the strength of the divine fire from its shape and size. This time the divine fire should be weaker. Otherwise, how could he expect to get rid of the divine fire quietly.
So he persuaded him, "It doesn't matter. We should try our best. It's better to have a formation than not. Hurry up. Qianyan Sect can't drag it out for a long time."
Gu Lianni thought about it and agreed, so she took out the iron tower from the spot and placed it without fixing it in any way. There were really not enough people, and if no one fixed it at the same time, the divine fire would be alarmed and run away.
After going around again and arranging the twelve iron towers, Gu Lianni took out the compass and began to turn it and adjust it.
After a series of clicking sounds stopped, a virtual wave ripple light curtain appeared and penetrated into the soil. Shi Chun's right eye could vaguely see its complete form and found that the crooked and strangely shaped seal was indeed too irregular.
Gu Lianni's eyes lit up as she put away the compass. She rolled up her sleeves and ran excitedly towards the short cave she had come from before.
When she ran to the cave entrance, she subconsciously put her hands behind her back, as if to cover her buttocks, turned around to let her out of the cave entrance, and whispered, "You go in first."
Shi Chun was slightly startled, then waved his hand and said, "I don't know any fire-related skills, I don't dare to touch the divine fire, I'll wait for you outside."
Gu Lianni could understand this. She gave him a disdainful look, then bent down and went back in.
Shi Chun curled his lips and stepped back a little, fearing that they would be buried alive if a fight broke out and the formation collapsed. He stood far away so that he could escape in time. As long as the sacred fire was trapped in the formation, he could come back with people to dig it out.
Under the attention of his right eye's supernatural power, Gu Lianni moved very cautiously. After groping for a while, she suddenly became as still as a virgin. After gathering her strength for a while, she suddenly flashed out and headed straight for the target.
Although there were banging sounds and energy fluctuations coming from the cave, he could see that the cultivation level of a high-level martial arts master was different. The divine fire could not escape but was taken down by Gu Lianni in one fell swoop, so it should be under control.
Seeing this and realizing that no fight or collapse occurred, Shi Chun quickly ran back to the exit of the short cave, pretending that he had never left.
Soon, a bright yellow light flashed out from the cave, and Gu Lianni climbed out with an excited look on her face, showing off with two rows of white teeth, "I caught it."
She was really happy. It was her first time to catch the divine fire. It was she who caught the divine fire for the first time during this trip to Shudao Mountain.
Shi Chun was a little depressed. He didn't expect to catch it so easily. He didn't even have the chance to use the chain elemental formation. If he had known that this divine fire was so easy to obtain, he could have done it himself and wouldn't have to include it in the partnership distribution.
However, he still forced a smile and asked, "What kind of divine fire is this?"
Gu Lianni said cheerfully: "The Divine Fire Earth Flame is said to be a rare kind of Divine Fire."
Shi Chun immediately reminded them, "According to the agreement, the two Ice Flames are for you, and the first four Divine Flames that we find together belong to us."
There was an obvious look of reluctance on Gu Lianni's face, but she still had to settle the account of one and two flowers. If she didn't give this flower, she wouldn't get the other two. What's more, the secret method of finding the sacred fire that Shi Chun had just demonstrated was indeed magical. If they wanted to continue the cooperation, she didn't dare to break the contract.
After a brief consideration, he replied, "As long as you don't break your promise, we won't break it. Take those two Ice Flames in exchange."
Shi Chun readily agreed, "Okay, let's go, retreat!"
"Wait until I collect the Locking Array."
As Gu Lianni spoke, she took out a compass and asked Shi Chun to help hold it. Then she turned the compass with one hand and closed the Locking Yuan Formation. Then she put the compass away and went around to collect the iron towers.
Shi Chun followed behind her.
While busy, Gu Lianni did not forget what she said before and asked, "Can you tell me now where you got this evil method of finding the divine fire?"
Shi Chun said calmly: "How should I explain it to you? Let me put it this way, you only need to know that whether Mingshan Sect enters the Divine Fire Region is not something we can decide on our own. Don't ask about other things. Knowing too much will not benefit you, Shudao Mountain. If you are not afraid of causing trouble for Shudao Mountain, I can even tell you the whole secret method."
Hearing this, Gu Lianni's eyes froze slightly, her action of retracting the iron tower froze, the corner of her mouth twitched subconsciously, and her heart was chilled. She knew what the other party meant. If such a secret method fell into Shu Daoshan's hands, once the news got out, unless Shu Daoshan took it out and shared it with others, he would surely be the target of public criticism.
It was really difficult for her to make a decision on this matter, but she took note of it and planned to inform the sect after leaving the Divine Fire Domain.
Of course, she was also very surprised. Aren’t you, Shi Chun, afraid of becoming the target of public criticism?
She didn't ask any further questions. Just as Shi Chun said, don't ask when you shouldn't know, and continue to pack up the magic weapon of the Locking Yuan Formation.
After collecting all the things, the two quickly returned to the ground. Shi Chun suggested that Gu Lianni stay here for a while, and after giving her some instructions, he went back first.
After returning to the place where the negotiation had turned into a dispute, Shi Chun asked about the situation and then turned his head to Xu Anchang and said, "Brother Xu, the grudge with Shu Daoshan has been resolved. You should take your people back to the old place first and continue to do your work. You don't need to get involved in other things."
Xu Anchang looked inquiring, as if asking, are you sure?
Shi Chun returned the look, letting the other party understand it however he wanted.
After getting the clear signal, Xu Anchang was really hoping that instead of looking for the divine fire, he could just do it step by step as soon as possible without having to deal with all these troubles.
He immediately left with his people from the Siding Sect, only looking back a few more times in the air.
Without waiting for Yuan Yao to speak, Shi Chun immediately said, "Brother Pang, go in the direction I came from, about ten miles away. Gu Lianni is waiting for you there. She has something to tell you. When you get there, she will see you and greet you. Brother Yuan, let's pretend to continue talking."
After getting Yuan Yao's consent, Pang Hou hurried away.
Yuan Yao turned around and asked Shi Chun again, "What on earth are you doing?"
Shi Chun glanced at Gong Shixi who was waiting impatiently, then turned back to Yuan Yao and said with a smile: "Gu Lianni will be here soon, go ask her yourself, let's talk about something else. I wonder how old Brother Yuan is..."
Just as he said, after a while, Gu Lianni's figure finally appeared.
Seeing this, Yuan Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't see Pang Hou coming back, so he immediately asked with concern: "Uncle Master, are you okay?"
Gu Lianni waved her hands to indicate that it was all right, and then asked Shi Chun, "What should we do now?"
Shi Chun smiled and said, "Of course we should leave and complete our transaction. Don't delay them from finding the divine fire."
Gu Lianni smiled and nodded, "Okay."
Shi Chun immediately dodged outside the encirclement of Shu Daoshan and said loudly: "Brother Gong, your words have made me think of all the ways and words I can use."
Gong Shixi snorted, "You asked for this!" He pointed at the siege and asked, "How long do you plan to stop?"
Shi Chun: "We have already negotiated, we will withdraw immediately. You are relieved, but I have paid a heavy price. Sorry for disturbing you, let's keep out of each other's way from now on, we will leave first!"
Gong Shixi, with a sinister look on his face, cupped his hands and said, "No thanks!"
Shi Chun immediately took out the Wind Scale and flew into the air, shouting, "Let's go!"
The Mingshan Sect's group immediately followed and took off into the air.
"Go!" Gu Lianni also shouted.
The people and horses of Shudao Mountain also followed Feitian.
The Qianyan Sect's group, who were suddenly rescued, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Gong Shixi, who was watching them leave, encouraged the morale of his people and snorted, "How dare you show off your petty tricks in front of me!" He then said to everyone, "Everyone continue searching. Don't act alone. At least work in groups of two to prevent these guys from doing anything wrong."
(End of this chapter)
