The two were standing in a vast plaza. Not far away, giant boulders, each ten meters long, formed one colossal palace after another. Each palace was incredibly tall, easily surpassing the height of modern skyscrapers.
Behind the palace complex, a thousand-foot-tall statue stood coldly. The statue was lifelike, and its face was no different from that of a human, except for a conspicuous flame mark on its forehead.
Statue of Vulcan!
While being shocked by the eerie aura emanating from the seemingly lifeless statue, Shen Qian also confirmed that the two of them had not gone to the wrong place.
The palace was completely different before and after entering, somewhat reminiscent of the saying "a mustard seed can contain Mount Sumeru."
Wang Hou's methods were far more elaborate and unconventional than Shan Hai's. Especially after witnessing the amazing skills of Da Lao Gao, Shen Qian often felt that he was practicing fake martial arts. Therefore, he was not surprised by the scene before him.
The culprit behind the attack on the two men was an oil lamp hanging above the main gate of the palace. At this moment, the small tuft of milky white flame burning on the lamp did not look scary at all, but rather "cute".
If you hadn't experienced it firsthand, who would have imagined that this was a terrifying fire that even an ordinary early-stage martial artist couldn't withstand?
He tried to sink in, but the milky white flames seemed to have merged with the palace gates, so he had to give up.
"Before we sink, although the God of Fire has fallen, the abode of a true god like him may still contain many ancient restrictions. We must be careful!"
Youling seemed to have forgotten the little incident from earlier. She looked around the seemingly silent palace and whispered a reminder.
“I don’t think we need to worry too much,” Shen Qian shook his head.
"Ah, why?" Youling asked, puzzled. "My father told me all this. He's dealt with more than one ancient god, so he can't be wrong..."
“I’m not saying King You was wrong, but someone has already paved the way for us.”
Shen Qian pointed to the square in front of him, "Don't you think something's missing here?"
Youling turned her head and noticed some strange stone platforms in the square, but she didn't know what they were used for.
"Judging from the dust marks on those stone platforms, something must have stayed there for a long time before, perhaps a stone statue, or a guardian of this Vulcan Temple, but now all of those guardians are gone..."
Shen Qian analyzed, "And that raging fire that burned the sky before might also have been one of the restrictions of this Fire God Temple, but it has now disappeared."
"You mean... Ulan and the others?" Youling asked in realization.
"Okay, let's go, let's pick up the pace."
The Temple of Fire covers a vast area, with more than dozens of palace buildings inside and outside. Shen Qian and You Ling first quickly explored the outer buildings.
As expected, there were obvious signs that these buildings had been disturbed, and some places where treasures might have been placed were empty.
Although it seemed that Wulan and others had gotten there first, Shen Qian didn't care too much.
If it weren't for Ulan and the others clearing the way, he might not have been able to enter the Temple of Fire so smoothly.
The towering flames that preceded it showed that the power was beyond the resistance of martial artists at the Mountain and Sea Realm. Clearly, Wulan and the others had some special means to enter the Fire God Temple.
"There shouldn't be anything left on the outside. Let's head straight for that statue."
The area near the statue of the god of fire should be the core area of this temple, and the place where the remains of the true god are most likely to exist.
Youling naturally had no objections, and the two of them quickly ventured deeper into the core area along the main road of the front hall.
"Hey, Chenqian, look what's that!"
As they passed the last hall on the outer perimeter, Youling glanced at it casually and suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
Shen turned back and first looked up at the name of the hall.
"Ten Fire Hall!"
Upon seeing the name, Shen Qian's heart stirred, as if he had thought of something, and he stepped inside.
This hall, named the Ten Fire Hall, covers an area of about a thousand feet and has a very large interior space, but the entire hall appears extremely empty, with only ten stone pillars of varying heights standing in the center.
The stone pillars were as thick as three people could encircle, but their shape resembled candles. Upon closer inspection, each pillar was engraved with text.
Shen Qian approached the nearest and shortest stone pillar and carefully examined the inscription on it.
"The Necromancer's Flame - Legend has it that on the other side of life and death, there is a flame that is passed on only among the dead. It can directly burn away the lifespan of the living. I have traveled all over the underworld and finally picked it and placed it here."
The writing was casual, more like the owner's notes, simply introducing a kind of flame called "necromantic".
This also confirms some of the speculations made before the sinking.
This so-called Ten Fire Palace is a museum used by the Fire God to collect and store the world's extraordinary fires!
The Dao of Fire is vast and boundless. Although Shen Qian can easily change the attributes of his elemental power and condense various magical flames while possessed by the system, there are some flames in the world that cannot be generated by elemental power at all.
Including the Nine Great Flames of the Heavens, which are said to be controllable only by reaching the end of the "Dao," there are all sorts of other wondrous flames in the world, some born in specific regions, others formed in special spaces...
These flames are collectively referred to as strange flames.
Each of them is incredibly powerful, so much so that even mountains and seas must yield to their might.
And this Ten Fire Palace is clearly a place that enshrines such strange fires.
The opponent truly lived up to the name of the God of Fire, having collected a total of ten powerful different flames.
What thrilled Shen Qian the most was that these ten stone pillars were not all empty. On the third tallest stone pillar, a completely black flame was burning silently.
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