Chapter 883 Still in Shock

"Senior Brother, are you asking us to stand by and watch someone die?"

Fangyue said in a deep voice, "We must stay and put out the fire. Even if we can't help much, at least we can use our eyes to help the panicked people escape in the right direction."

“That’s right, we can save the children. I just finished drawing a lot of fire-avoidance talismans this afternoon. We can help as many as we can.” Song Chunxue said calmly. “Senior Brother and Master Han might as well try to stop them. A quarter of an hour is not too much.”

"good."

Lord Zhao and Taoist Han exchanged a glance, then jumped out of the window and onto the roof, splitting up to search for the source of the kerosene.

Fireworks don't easily ignite things when they fall, so since they prepared kerosene, they must have also prepared torches.

Xie Zheng drew his longsword. "I'll go inform the firefighters that although Lord Zhao has already fired a signal flare to gather manpower, there's strength in numbers, so you two need to be careful."

He squeezed Song Chunxue's hand and said with great concern, "Take care of yourself and don't push yourself too hard."

"I will, go quickly." With that, Song Chunxue stuck two fire-repelling talismans on him and slipped him a bag of silver. "Go quickly and come back quickly."

Xie Zheng smiled, holding the money bag. "This is a good idea. Xue is really clever."

"..." Song Chunxue looked in the direction he disappeared, slightly embarrassed.

Fangyue was observing her with great interest. "Ah Xue is indeed clever. Lord Xie is quite interesting in front of you."

Song Chunxue grabbed the window and stepped up, saying, "Get to the roof first, putting out the fire is the priority."

Standing on the rooftop, they could see the figures on the lanterns more clearly.

Their previous expectations vanished; they all hoped that the fireworks for the lanterns would not be lit.

"Senior sister, time is of the essence. I'm going to check on the lanterns and I'll be right back."

"How are you going to get there?" Fangyue asked anxiously. "You wait here, I'll go."

"Don't worry, senior sister, I know what I'm doing. I'll give you two invisibility talismans." With that, Song Chunxue stuck the invisibility talismans on her body. "I'll be back soon."

"Sigh, you..."

Before her senior sister could stop her, Song Chunxue had already flown to the flower boat on her sword.

The ship was filled with a mixture of aromas, with a faint scent of kerosene mixed in, but it was masked by the smell of cosmetics.

If she hadn't cultivated herself, she definitely wouldn't have been able to tell the difference.

Following the scent, Song Chunxue went downstairs to the second floor.

Just then, someone was carrying a heavy wooden bucket uphill.

Song Chunxue immediately noticed the strangeness of the wooden barrels. Some of them were unusually heavy and their color was different from the others. She leaned closer to smell them and discovered they contained kerosene!

She followed them to the top floor and, while they were going downstairs, put the oil drum into her storage ring.

Haha, I never knew storage rings could be used like this.

Soon, some people raised questions.

"That's not right. We brought up five barrels, how come there are only three left?"

"Never mind that for now, bring them all up. These are fireworks bestowed upon us by the officials. We'll be lighting them all later, so make sure there aren't any left over."

"That's right, everything downstairs has been moved out. Who cares how many buckets are upstairs? Those are such big wooden buckets, surely no one would steal them."

"I'm telling you guys... forget it, damn it, it's not even mine."

At this moment, someone was ushered forward and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

"Your Excellency, the wooden buckets... they said there are two missing, they may have miscounted."

The leader was dressed in a flying fish robe, and the sword at his waist looked very imposing.

Song Chunxue stood in the corner and caught a glimpse of a figure flashing across the opposite rooftop.

"How could I have miscounted? Those two missing buckets were the ones I escorted here. Where did they go?"

"Idiot, you can't even keep an eye on a few buckets of fireworks!"

As he spoke, the man in the flying fish robe kicked the person who had just spoken to the ground.

"..." Song Chunxue frowned, clearly dissatisfied.

Is this what they call bullying the weak?

She gritted her teeth, thinking she'd wait and see.

"Go find it quickly, or you'll pay with your lives! How about we use the oil on your bodies to light sky lanterns next time!"

"You good-for-nothing, you can't do anything right!"

After cursing, the man turned and ran downstairs, seemingly regarding the two missing buckets as something of great importance.

However, soon Song Chunxue saw that the man brought up with six other people, carrying three large wooden buckets.

Song Chunxue stroked her chin, pondering how to steal the three wooden barrels.

Suddenly, someone gently patted her shoulder.

"It's me. How did you find your way here? Let's go back first."

"They brought up kerosene, and you're trying to steal it?"

Master Han chuckled almost imperceptibly, “Don’t worry, I’ll switch it out.”

"Really? Can I exchange the two small wooden buckets I just stole?" Song Chunxue didn't want to implicate those two innocent kids who were just trying to make a living.

Master Han glanced indifferently at the cursing official and said, "Fine, you can go now."

Song Chunxue didn't leave. She hid to the side and watched as two small wooden buckets quietly appeared next to the wooden buckets not far away.

"Oh, so this is where it is. I was mistaken earlier. There are ten buckets in total, that's right." The man who was kicked smiled ingratiatingly and pointed to the wooden buckets on the ground with a servile gait.

"Hmph, get out of here."

Song Chunxue wanted to watch more, but Master Han suddenly appeared for a moment, which frightened her so much that she flew away on her sword.

She returned to the rooftop of Cui Yuelou once again.

At three quarters past the hour of You (5:45 PM), fireworks exploded in the sky.

The crowd below cheered and applauded, while the children excitedly pointed at the fireworks, exclaiming, "Daddy, look! Fireworks! Such big fireworks!"

"Bang!"

"Bang! Bang! Smash!"

"Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The deafening bombing sent chills down many people's spines. Suddenly, two smaller flower boats next to the largest flower boat in the distance were blown apart and launched into the air, their flames quickly engulfing the boats.

Those who were nearby screamed and ran away, covering their heads.

"The ship's blown up! Run!"

"Fire! Fire!"

"Fire! Fire!"

Song Chunxue quickly arrived at the roof of the shop near the latticed window and saw that the person lying on the ground was being trampled underfoot and could not get up. She quickly stretched out a peach branch to pull the person up.

"Don't push, don't push, boohoo, don't push."

"Heavenly Bodhisattva, thank you so much for saving my life."

Watching the rescued person cry and mutter, Song Chunxue broke out in a cold sweat.

With quick reflexes, she pulled the woman who was about to fall up in the same way.

Seeing the panicked crowd, Song Chunxue couldn't help but shout from the rooftop, "Slow down, don't push, the fire won't spread over, watch your step!"

"Boom!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Suddenly, the fireworks on the flower boat exploded like a mountain crashing down, and shards of debris fell down in a flurry.

It's still hot; it would catch fire if it got on your clothes.

The crowd spiraled out of control again, filled with screams and cries—a truly terrifying scene.

Fortunately, firefighters who went against the flow of traffic arrived quickly and directed the crowd in an orderly manner.

The fire on the pleasure boat suddenly went out, as if a large basin of water had been poured over a stove.

Half an hour later, the pedestrians on the street dispersed, and the flower boat was in a mess.

Fortunately, while some people were injured, no one died.

They returned to Cui Yuelou once again.

Everyone looked disheveled and shaken.

Song Chunxue stood by the window, drinking tea, watching the lingering smoke from the fire, her heart heavy.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, an arrow flew through the air.

Before she could react, another whooshing sound came flying toward her.

"careful!"