After obtaining the spiritual fire, Ning Zhishui’s main mission in Huoyan Valley was completed.
Just as he was about to leisurely leave the valley, he received a message from President Meng:
"Zhishui, the time for the first exchange meeting before the Immortal Grass Conference has been set. It will be on the fifth day of next month at Mengwuze. You must remember to arrive a day in advance."
It’s the fifth day of next month, which means there’s less than a month left.
Ning Zhishui calculated the time and agreed.
The exchange meeting that President Meng mentioned is a grand event for alchemists of all levels in Jiang Baizhou to communicate, exchange ideas, and learn together.
At the event, everyone will discuss new alchemy recipes, exchange alchemy techniques, and swap experiences.
If there are things that you don’t understand or are prone to making mistakes, everyone can give each other guidance.
There is no doubt that this is an opportunity to improve overall strength, and it is also a means to select high-quality alchemists for the Xiancao Association.
The Xiancao Conference will begin in more than four months. Ten days before the start, each continent will submit the final list of participants, and this list will be determined based on the performance of each person at the exchange meeting.
In addition to the contestants, the presidents of the alchemy associations in each city will also go to exchange ideas, so that any new methods learned can be passed on to the alchemists in the association to improve the overall strength.
Similarly, each sect will send some people to the meeting. It would be best if they can qualify to participate in the Fairy Grass Meeting. If not, they can just go there to learn.
Roughly speaking, the first exchange meeting had the most people attending, probably over a thousand.
The second and third games will have fewer and fewer people each time until the final roster is selected.
According to previous rules, each continent will send one hundred of the strongest alchemists to participate in the three-continent competition, and that will be the real feast.
Whether Ning Zhishui is acting as a "role model" or as a participating alchemist, she has reasons to attend the exchange meeting and she cannot be absent.
There was still plenty of time, but Ning Zhishui did not deliberately slow down. On the contrary, in order to visit more places, she sped up when leaving the valley.
The closest place to Huoyan Valley is a small village. Ning Zhishui did not go through the village when he came, but he passed through the small village when he left.
Because if you go straight through the small village, you will reach the Howling Wind Forest, and there is a reason why Ning Zhishui must go there.
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"This is it. The Hidden Bees are constantly lingering here."
The guard closed the small cloth bag and took the tired Hidden Bees into it to let them rest.
Because we knew that Chen Chaomeng had come to Huoyan Valley, it was not difficult to find her. We followed her trail all the way to this place.
Fortunately, they chased quickly, and fortunately, there were not many people in this black pit, so the smell did not completely dissipate, and they were still found.
Chen Xiao's face was gloomy. "There are traces of fire, but there is no body at all. Who is this person——"
He seemed to be speaking through gritted teeth, his eyes were a little bloodshot.
Chen Xiao is Chen Chaomeng's elder brother, and they have the same father and mother.
The Chen family is wealthy and has countless descendants, but only the two of them have the same blood.
Chen Xiao is stronger than Chen Chaomeng. He has already made up his mind to protect his sister for the rest of her life. Anyway, he and the Chen family have the ability to do so.
But he didn't expect that his younger sister died in her twenties. How could he bear this?
But now it has been reduced to ashes, and even the corpse cannot be found!
"Sir, this doesn't seem like an ordinary fire... Look here."
The guard pointed to the ground, where the parts of the men had touched the ground while burning.
The black pit here is originally charred, but this place is particularly different.
If it was just an ordinary fire, it would be impossible to cover up the previous fire marks.
"Is this... spiritual fire?"
When Chen Xiao saw it, his heart sank.
As one of the Chen family's key disciples, his vision is unmatched by ordinary people.
Because there was an ancestor in the Chen family who was the master of the spiritual fire, that ancestor made a detailed record of the entire process of finding the spiritual fire, fusing the spiritual fire, and using the spiritual fire.
Moreover, that person also recognized several other people who possessed spiritual fire. They had communicated privately and summarized the common points of those who possessed spiritual fire.
Chen Xiao had read that note before, so he quickly concluded that only spiritual fire could reach such a level.
After the discovery, it was not difficult to search again. Soon Chen Xiao found the place where the spiritual fire once resided, and even found the white bones that were very close to the spiritual fire.
"There are no signs of fighting here. It seems that the young lady and her friends encountered the spiritual fire, and an accident happened when they tried to subdue it, so..." The guard couldn't help but sigh.
If there was human involvement, there would definitely be messy traces of battle here.
But there was nothing unusual here, and their deaths were so sudden that they didn't even have time to communicate... It can be seen that all this happened too quickly.
If this was caused by spiritual fire, then everything would be explained.
But Chen Xiao felt something was wrong.
"No, there are so many of them. Even if Chao Meng really wants to subdue the spiritual fire, it is impossible for all of them to die here."
The boy from the Guo family has fire spiritual roots, and Chao Meng has both wood and fire spiritual roots. If these two fail to be subdued and die, Chen Xiao will have to accept it even if he is sad.
Cultivating immortality is difficult in itself, and no one can predict the dangers in the process. Even he himself doesn't know how long he can live.
But what about others?
Why did they die together? Could it be that the spiritual fire was carried by the wind and spread to the crowd?
"But there are indeed no signs of a fight here, and the life plates of the young lady and the dead servant were shattered at the same time. It is very likely that the fire really swept through them at the same time." The guard analyzed.
There is some truth to this statement.
Chen Xiao frowned and thought, but found no other clues here.
He looked at the small cloth bag and said, "Release the Hidden Bees and let them look for it again."
He couldn't accept the fact that nothing was left of his little sister, and his mother certainly couldn't accept it either.
What if we search a little longer and find her body?
"yes."
The guard poured a few drops of spiritual honey into the cloth bag. After eating, the two hidden bees, which were already very tired and could not fly, flapped their wings again with full energy and began to search in the air.
First they turned around in place, as confused as headless flies, but then they flew in one direction.
Chen Xiao was stunned, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Hurry, follow me!"
The hidden bee actually flew somewhere else. What does this mean?
This means that someone who has been contaminated by the hidden fragrance has left here!
Who was the one who left?
Were the members of Xiaomei's team not completely wiped out? Or was there someone else who committed the murder?
No matter what, let’s catch up first.
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Ning Zhishui walked into the village and soon met the villagers.
The villagers were very wary of strangers, but perhaps Ning Zhishui's appearance made it easy for people to let down their guard, and soon the uncle started chatting and laughing with her.
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