Chapter 299 Go in Person
Chen Wuji and Zhu Xiangxin, who were guarding the two Ice Flames, had moved to a new hiding place, deep in a ravine somewhere on a cliff.
Naturally, he would find the place designated by Wu Jinliang.
The combined forces of Mingshan Sect and Shudao Mountain arrived together, and scared Chen Wuji and his companion so much that they dared not show up. It was only after Wu Jinliang called out to them a few times that Chen Wuji finally showed up to meet them. Zhu Xiangxin still hid and did not show up.
It was not until Shi Chun and Wu Jin came over in person to say that everything was fine that he let down his guard.
A group of people went into the cave on the cliff.
"See, I didn't lie to you, did I?" Shi Chun pointed at the two ice flames in Zhu Xiangxin's hands and said to Gu Lianni and others who followed behind him.
Gu Lianni and Yuan Yao's eyes lit up instantly and they swallowed their saliva subconsciously, looking truly envious.
Pang Hou, who was holding a large lump of earth in his hand, was no exception, although he had seen it before.
"Give it to them." Shi Chun spoke to Zhu Xiangxin.
Zhu Xiangxin hesitated for a moment. Although he had already absorbed the Ice Flame, he knew that this was a treasure. Should he just give it away? But he also knew that Shi Chun had the final say, so he reluctantly handed it over.
Gu Lianni took one flower in each hand and after verifying them personally, she was excited and her nose felt a little sore. This was the divine fire that truly belonged to them.
Outsiders have no way of knowing how much pressure she was under before. She had just entered the Divine Fire Realm and had already caused heavy losses to the people of Shudao Mountain. The magic weapon of the Locking Yuan Formation used to find the Divine Fire was also lost. If she returned empty-handed, how would she explain to the sect?
It would be okay for other people to go back in such a disgraced state, but she is the daughter of the head of Shudao Mountain. Her identity brings not only a sense of superiority, but also greater pressure. I am afraid she will never be able to hold her head up again in the future.
Now that we have two divine fires, even if we can’t find one more later, we can still go back and report back.
Compared with Shi Chun, the two divine fires seem to be not many. In fact, divine fires are very difficult to catch. For example, the earth flame that was caught before, under normal circumstances, it is impossible to get so close.
If a sect can get two or three flowers in one visit, it is considered pretty good. Most sects cannot get even one.
Of course, compared with sects like Shudao Mountain, the results of the two brothers are definitely not good, and they still need to work hard.
But no matter what, Gu Lianni’s pressure has finally been relieved a lot.
After getting the things and confirming that they were correct, she tilted her head to Pang Hou and said, "Give them the things."
Then the clod of earth in Pang Hou's hand cracked and fell to the ground, revealing the bright yellow flame in his palm. Zhu Xiangxin's eyes lit up instantly, and when Shi Chun nodded, he quickly took it in his hand.
Gu Lianni and others couldn't wait to leave with the divine fire.
Shi Chun also said to Wu Jinliang: "Call all the brothers in."
Wu Jinliang went out immediately and brought others into the cave soon.
Seeing the new sacred fire, Tong Mingshan and An Wuzhi's eyes lit up. They were unable to move their gazes away and held their breath.
The others were also surprised. There was actually another new divine fire? They had been involved in this for such a long time, so they naturally knew that divine fire was extremely difficult to obtain.
Shi Chun glanced at the reactions of the three practitioners of fire-based skills and said calmly, "I know that according to the rule of equal distribution, this divine fire should have been given to An Wuzhi, because the other two absorbed two divine fires, and only An Wuzhi absorbed one, but..."
After hearing this, An Wuzhi's heart skipped a beat and he looked at Shi Chun eagerly, his eyes revealing a hint of pity.
But Shi Chun's words were resolute, "In fact, this decision can be made behind the scenes without the other two knowing, but I think some things can be kept secret and some things should not be kept secret, especially when it comes to dividing things, it is better to explain it face to face so that everyone knows what is going on.
The Divine Fire Covenant was primarily a grand gathering for weapon refiners. To some extent, An Wuzhi and Zhu Xiangxin were able to come in thanks to the help of the sect master.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. What is important is the purpose of our trip. We are not here to help someone or a few people.
Brother Chu and his men have taken risks to help you get the sacred fire, and have almost lost their lives several times because of the sacred fire. Are they happy? Are they willing? Why should they take risks for you?
Therefore, this trip to the Divine Fire Realm is mainly to help the Sect Master obtain as much Divine Fire as possible and help him win the championship.
If not for anything else, it's just for those three valuable treasures. As long as they can get those three treasures, Brother Chu and the others will have earned a lot of resources for their cultivation for a long period of time.
So, by helping you, they are helping themselves.
Therefore, whenever we find the divine fire, we will give it to our sect leader first. If the sect leader is not in the right time, we will distribute it to the other two. For example, when we found the golden flame in the Iron Forest, the sect leader was still absorbing the divine fire red flame at the exit, and we didn't know when he would be ready, so we would not wait for him and gave it to Zhu Xiangxin.
It will still be distributed like this in the future. It doesn't matter if any of you are unhappy. It's not too late to withdraw now. I won't make it difficult for you. Anyway, this is it, and I have the final say!"
He pointed at Zhu Xiangxin and said, "Give the divine fire to the sect master and let him retreat to absorb it. Everyone else, leave and don't disturb him."
Now that the divine fire was in his hands, Zhu Xiangxin was really reluctant to give it up, but in the end he still handed it over to Tong Mingshan obediently.
Tong Mingshan, who received the divine fire, was indeed a little overjoyed. He also thought that this time it would be given to An Wuzhi. He didn't expect it. He really didn't expect it.
After getting the divine fire, he looked at Shi Chun with genuine gratitude from the bottom of his heart. Without saying anything, he bowed slightly and also bowed slightly to everyone else. This was not only a token of thanks to An Wuzhi and Zhu Xiangxin, but also a token of thanks to everyone for their help and support.
Zhu Xiangxin was fine. After all, she had already obtained two divine fires. No matter how regretful she was, it was not her turn to complain. After all, there was An Wuzhi who was even more regretful. When it came to the Golden Flame, An Wuzhi gave her a hand. Now she really had no right to compete for the Earth Flame.
As for An Wuzhi, he was indeed lost.
In the past, I never dreamed that I would be able to enter the Divine Fire Realm. After entering, I thought it would be great if I could obtain a Divine Fire. After I actually obtained it, I wanted to get a second one.
It's normal for people to want something when they don't have it, and want more when they have it.
What's more, it hasn't been divided equally yet, so it would be a lie to say that I don't feel disappointed at all.
But the boss had made it very clear that there was no room for negotiation, and he had no choice. He was not happy to leave? Where could he go? No matter where he went, no matter who he joined, he would not be able to share the divine fire.
In addition, the matter escalated to the point where it concerned the interests of everyone, so he could only accept it.
Everyone could see his loss. When Chu Jingtang and others passed by him, some patted his arm, some patted his shoulder, and some patted his back. Anyway, they all gave him comfort in a silent way.
From another perspective, Shi Chun, through this incident and taking advantage of the opportunity that had come, was able to clear up the matter and resolve the knot in the hearts of Chu Jingtang and the others, making them feel relieved and clear-headed, and realizing that the risk that they were unwilling to take was actually helping them.
They didn't know whether they could help themselves in the end, and they had no choice at this time, but they needed a reason that could convince them, and An Wuzhi's loss at this moment was that reason.
Wu Jinliang, who had watched the whole process, began to clean up the aftermath. He called two people to help Tong Mingshan seal the cave entrance, and stayed outside the cave to help Tong Mingshan protect the law.
Shi Chun then gave Wu Jinliang some instructions and asked him to return to the exit area.
Two caves were also opened up on Shudao Mountain, and Gu Lianni and Yuan Yao could not wait to enter the caves to absorb the divine fire.
Pang Hou became the lost one on Shudao Mountain.
There was no other way. Shu Daoshan found out that the main supplier of the divine fire was Gu Lianni. If Gu Lianni couldn't use the same divine fire, it would be given to other people in order. Pang Hou was ranked behind Yuan Yao, and that was it.
Hearing that the two had gone into seclusion to absorb the Ice Flame, Shi Chun immediately ran to tease Pang Hou, "Brother Pang, it turns out that the Ice Flame I gave you on the ice field has been absorbed by you." Pang Hou, who was sitting on the edge of the cliff, rolled his eyes at him, wanting to say something but stopping himself. He didn't know how to explain it anyway. Anyway, he didn't see where the Ice Flame went. He only heard that it was thrown away by Yuan Yao in order to get rid of the Ice Dragon.
In fact, he felt a little uncomfortable about this. He thought that one of the three divine fires should belong to him. If you threw it away, it was your business. You can't occupy my fire, right? In the end, it really was his fire.
There is no way to reason internally, the minority obeys the majority, or in other words, Gu Lianni has the final say. But to outsiders, it is difficult to make family disgrace known, which makes him feel very depressed.
Therefore, Shi Chun was amused. After seeing Zhu Xiangxin and the others' reactions to the divine fire, he understood how much those who practiced fire-based skills cared about the divine fire.
Of course, teasing people is not the purpose, the main purpose is to provoke grumbling and complaints, break down their defenses, and find out information.
Tong Mingshan and the others really had nothing in terms of experience with the Divine Fire Territory. In comparison, they were like a blank sheet of paper...
When Wu Jinliang arrived at the exit, he found that there were two more people on Lao Changtai's side. Xiao Sheng and Wu Hong had returned one after another.
The reason why the two did not leave was naturally because Shi Chun's plan changed, and Lao Changtai, who had received instructions, kept them.
For Shi Chun, with more information channels at his disposal, there was no need to send his own people out to gather information.
It is quite risky to go out on your own and follow a group of people. Once you are exposed and have no support around you, it is not only dangerous but no one will know if something happens.
For Shi Chun, the role of the boss is not to be bossy and show off, and only know how to order people to fight and kill. As the boss, it is also very important to reasonably preserve everyone's strength and help everyone avoid possible risks. Otherwise, why would he be the boss in Dongjiuyuan for several years.
He brought everyone in to take risks. If he could get everyone out safely, he would establish his prestige. Then, if there was any danger in the future and he gave him orders again, there would be much less resistance from everyone to obey his orders.
The reason why Xiao and Wu were able to come back was naturally because they both brought back clues about the sacred fire.
Wu Jinliang informed the two of Shi Chun's current whereabouts and asked them to go find Shi Chun and report to him. He himself stayed here with Lao Changtai and Fang Zicheng and did not go back.
Xiao Sheng and Wu Hong ran around and found Shi Chun. After informing him of the relevant news, Shi Chun asked them to rest first and did not take any action for the time being. He was waiting for Gu Lianni to come out.
Through comparison, some things can be seen to have some differences. Yuan Yao and Gu Lianni went into seclusion almost at the same time, and both absorbed the Ice Flame, but Yuan Yao came out first.
Tong Mingshan came out of seclusion almost at the same time as Yuan Yao.
Gu Lianni came out an hour or so late.
When she came out of retreat, Shi Chun was still unaware of it and had not had time to tell him the clues about the sacred fire in the two places. Unexpectedly, Gu Lianni hurriedly found him as soon as she came out of retreat.
Shi Chun was about to mention the clues about the divine fire that he had, but Gu Lianni, who had tasted the sweetness of it, could not wait to speak: "I know some places in Shudao Mountain that may have the divine fire. We can go look for them."
Now that she had the Locking Yuan Formation in her hands, coupled with Shi Chun's secret method of finding the sacred fire, her confidence increased greatly.
Shi Chun was happy to hear this. Apart from anything else, just based on the fact that Gu Lianni was willing to provide clues about the divine fire, he felt that this cooperation was worth it.
However, he did not accept it directly, and asked: "Maybe? Are you sure there is divine fire in those places?"
Gu Lianni: "These are all places where my ancestors from Shudao Mountain have found the divine fire. The place that can breed the divine fire must have its own characteristics. Although it may not be there now, it is still much better than blindly searching everywhere. The place where you stole our Bingyan before is an example."
Shi Chun said: "Okay, since you know the place, you can't run away. I just got two clues about the divine fire. Let's solve the problems in these two places first, and then we can go to the place you know."
He had just learned some experiences that Tong Mingshan and others did not know from the more experienced sects such as Shudao Mountain.
For example, Pang Hou told him that the divine fire might not be hard to find, nor would it like to hide in seclusion. In fact, the divine fire prefers to come out and wander around, so the probability of discovering it is not low.
The real trouble is that it is difficult to catch. If a divine fire is discovered in a certain place, it is possible that a sect will be worn down from entering the divine fire area to leaving the divine fire area.
Gu Lianni was quite surprised when she heard this, "Where did you get the clue about the divine fire?"
"My people found out about this." Shi Chun pointed at Xiao and Wu who were returning to the team not far away, and said jokingly, "It's worth cooperating with me, right?"
Gu Lianni took a look at the two extra people and was surprised. She felt that Shi Chun had a lot of elite soldiers and generals under his command, and their detection ability was so strong. So she asked, "What should we do? Should we continue to lure the tiger away from the mountain?"
She had been lured away from her homeland before and knew that this method was very effective.
A group of people worked for a long time to determine the approximate location of the sacred fire, but it was stolen by someone else. That was the sacred fire. Who could understand the feelings of a refiner when someone stole our sacred fire? They immediately chased after it with a howl.
There was no need for even any instructions, and there was no time to slowly deploy troops and assign tasks. Some people just dropped their work and went after the thief, fearing that the thief would run away. They even left the set of lock Yuan formation magic weapon there with no one to take care of it. They were so anxious.
I was really anxious at that time. Looking back, I feel ashamed. I was too reckless. What if the Locking Yuan Array was lost?
In addition, seeing that the illegal miners are outnumbered and weak, once they start chasing them, they are unlikely to give up and turn back.
So she was well aware of the power of this move.
Shi Chun nodded, "Of course, but this time you have to go and lure the tiger away from the mountain yourself, um..." He looked her up and down at her clothes and pointed, "You need to change your sect clothes. It's best not to let people recognize you as a member of Shudao Mountain, otherwise they may not dare to chase you."
Gu Lianni was puzzled, "If you were afraid that someone would recognize you, why did you ask me to go and lure the tiger away from the mountain?"
Shi Chun sighed, "I want you to go to the exit in person and say hello to your sect's elders. I have a few brothers stationed there to receive messages and intercept messages from Qianyan Sect trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river and get your shoes wet, and someone wants to attack them, you elders can come out to help. As long as your elders are willing to help, their safety will not be a problem in the exit area.
If you just go and tell him about this, your elders may not believe you. If you go in person and tell him, he will naturally know what to do. "
Gu Lianni stared at him with eyes wide open for a long while, and then said with a smile: "What are you thinking about? It's fine if we form a partnership, but you also want to form a partnership with me, the elder of Shudao Mountain?
The ten elders are in charge there, there are rules, and there are other elders supervising, he can't intervene to help you do this, and he can't intervene, so don't even think about this good thing. "
Upon hearing this, Shi Chun was amused again. "I say, you still have the nerve to mention the rules to me? If it weren't for your elder intervening and making you realize it, you could have stopped us on the ice field? To be honest, if your elder hadn't dared to break the rules, I really wouldn't have thought of asking him for help."
Speaking of this, Gu Lianni was not embarrassed at all. She waved her hand hesitantly and said, "I know what you mean, but he really can't intervene in the conflict. Also, I can't tell him about this in front of all the elders."
Shi Chun crossed his hands and waved them, "Not a problem, not a problem at all. I will solve all these problems for you. I promise not to embarrass you or your elders. If there is even a little difficulty, you don't have to do it. If there is really nothing to do, just go there in person."
Really? Gu Lianni was suspicious. If she hadn't really obtained two divine fires and witnessed the other party's ability to find divine fires, she would have really suspected that he was lying to her.
Of course, she would definitely ask about the details. If she didn't understand what was going on, she wouldn't blindly agree to do anything.
After discussing the details, Gu Lianni was completely shocked and stared at Shi Chun for a long time.
Shi Chun felt uncomfortable being stared at by her and asked, "What's wrong? Is there any problem? It won't be a problem. I'm just giving a gift to your elder."
Gu Lianni looked very doubtful and sighed as she said, "No wonder you deceived Mulan Qingqing so badly. I'm a little worried that you are trying to trick me by cooperating with me. You are not cooperating with me just to target our Elder Jin, are you? You are not asking our Elder Jin for help, you are clearly trying to drag all the elders down with you."
(End of this chapter)
