Unable to find a breakthrough with the evil cultivators and evil objects, Chen Sangruo turned her attention to the soul virus.

Qi Yan had some "samples" of the Divine Soul Virus preserved on her body, and in the following days, Qi Yan became her experimental tool.

She tried every method she could think of, even burning it with her flames, but to little avail.

Shen Sanruo withdrew the flames from her hand and sighed softly, "As expected, one should not use physical flames to harm something like a divine soul."

She was being delusional. These two things are not on the same level. She thought her flames would have the same surprising effect as before.

"You've already done your best." Qi Yan shook off the remaining flames on his body. "Anyway, the soul virus is under control now. At worst, we can just let those two people continue to be the containers for storing the soul virus."

As long as they can be kept under lockdown, the Soul Virus will have no way to spread.

Since they weren't one of their own, Qi Yan was more than happy to see Lu Shiqing and Wen Xuan suffer.

This is what they deserve.

However, Shen Sanruo still felt uneasy until the soul virus was eradicated.

Looking at the flame in his hand, he shook his head and said, "If only you could be more ambitious."

Ye Huai and the others happened to have some free time, so they also helped to come up with a solution.

Seeing her like this, Song Weiyan stepped forward and patted her on the shoulder, "Junior Sister, your flames are already very powerful, there's no need to be so strict with yourself."

“Yes, it can clear away the influence of demonic energy and remove those strange gases. It’s much stronger than ordinary flames,” Su Xiyu said, stepping forward to comfort her.

Qi Yan echoed, "The influence of the demonic energy on this young master has almost been completely eliminated."

Su Xiyu also has a fire elemental root. "You have no idea how envious I am of your flames. Don't blame it."

"It's just a ball of flame. Expecting it to harm one's soul is asking too much of it," Bai Ruoan joked.

The group chatted amongst themselves, which livened up the somewhat somber atmosphere considerably.

Chen Sangruo also smiled and, following their words, pretended to be angry, saying, "Senior brothers and sisters, who is your junior sister? I feel like you care more about my flames."

"Everyone is speaking up for it, I'm going to throw a tantrum."

“That is your flame, and to cherish the flame is to cherish you.” These words, spoken by Ye Huai, seemed particularly out of place with his aloof and serious demeanor.

Shen Sangruo couldn't help but laugh and tease, "It's rare to hear such words from Senior Brother."

"Yes, I did make a bit too much of a demand on my flame. I apologize to it."

She said to the tiny flame at her fingertips, "It's still too difficult for you to cause damage to the soul. I'm sorry."

Shi Zhili happened to walk over as well. Hearing what she said, he asked in confusion, "Who are you talking to?"

"Is there something wrong with my flames?" Shen Sanruo raised an eyebrow.

As if he had just thought of something, Shi Zhili looked directly at her and said, "Your flames cannot harm the soul, but some people's flames can."

"Did you think of that? We've all encountered this before."

When Shen Sanruo met Shi Zhili's bright eyes, she paused for a moment.

Then another pair of crimson eyes seemed to appear before my eyes.

"The Vermilion Bird's Burning Heart Flame?" she asked hesitantly, but by the end, she was absolutely certain.

She recalled the Vermilion Bird statue that had met her gaze, exuding an extremely oppressive aura.

She remembered that the Vermilion Bird statue's action at the time still puzzled her.

With so many things going on lately, she completely forgot about this crucial matter.

"Yes! That's it!" Shi Zhili was extremely excited.

After all, as someone who had personally experienced the Heart-Burning Fire, his memory of the incident was exceptionally vivid, and it took him a long time to recover his injured soul.

The memories of others also gradually became clearer.

"That's right, how could we forget about the Vermilion Bird's Burning Heart Fire?"

"Perhaps the Burning Heart Fire can really eliminate this soul virus?"

Finding a new breakthrough, Shen Sanruo's eyes gleamed, feeling that this matter had a great possibility, and she looked at Qiyan.

Qi Yan understood immediately. "I have already sent a message to the Vermilion Bird, asking it to come over, but I don't know when it will reply."

After saying that, he added, his tone dissatisfied, "That dead bird is so pretentious. Do you know what it replied when I contacted it before?"

"There are only two words in total, one is 'um' and the other is 'no'."

He asked the Vermilion Bird if it could hear him, and then asked if it was in danger, but it dismissed him with just two words.

Even now, Qi Yan still feels annoyed when he thinks about it.

Unexpectedly, Suzaku's reply came very quickly this time.

"It said it can't get away for the time being and can't come," Qi Yan said, pursing his lips. "But it also said it would find you in another way."

Qi Yan looked at her. "It says it knows you. When did you meet it?"

"You recognize me?" Shen Sangruo looked puzzled. "Could it be because I made eye contact with the Vermilion Bird statue in the Hall of Ten Thousand Spirits?"

Qi Yan also received Zhu Que's explanation and had a strange expression. "It really did say that you two met once."

"Does meeting someone once mean you know them? That's far too simplistic."

She didn't listen to what Qiyan said next, but was thinking about the Vermilion Bird. It was indeed the Vermilion Bird itself that had looked at her through the Vermilion Bird statue that time.

This encounter with Suzaku might reveal why he chose to gaze at her.

The only thing she could think of was something to do with her flames.

"Did it say what I needed to do?" she continued.

"You need to ignite a flame with your own spiritual power, that's all," Qi Yan relayed in real time. "It can find you through the flame."

"Understood." Shen Sanruo immediately lit a flame, making it exceptionally bright so that Zhuque wouldn't be able to detect it if the flame was too small.

She had already reached the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and her surroundings quickly became a furnace.

If it weren't for being outdoors, other people really wouldn't be able to stand such high temperatures.

Burning like this, quietly waiting for the Vermilion Bird to arrive.

She was also very curious about how Suzaku would appear.

Suzaku didn't keep her waiting long; soon she sensed another power emerging from her flames.

Her flames act as a medium, drawing her soul in.

This power was clearly different from the power of the previous system, and she did not reject it; it connected with her very smoothly.

Then her vision was enveloped in a burst of firelight, and her soul seemed to be pulled into another space, just like when she fought Ya Lan.

Before her stood the Vermilion Bird, its body ablaze with flames, its massive wings rising and falling, showering down countless sparks.

A pair of fiery red eyes, like magma, stared straight at her.

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