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"Li Ling! Stop right there!" The woman in red stepped on the flamingo and whipped it angrily.
Li Ling, riding on the flaming bird, said irritably, "I will definitely repay you in the future. Don't chase me today!"
"I've helped you so much, don't even think about running away so easily! You coward, how dare you run away from your marriage? Get back here!"
Just as they were about to cross the green cliff and reach the border of the Hidden Tide, a flame suddenly ignited in the hands of the red-clothed girl. The flame was pure and strong, and it was obvious that it had been baptized in the holy fire of the Phoenix Blood Pool. It was extremely scorching.
Even high-level cultivators would suffer in this flame, let alone Li Ling, whose cultivation level is mediocre. If he is touched by it, he will be skinned alive even if he doesn't die.
Li Ling hurriedly used the water spirit he had worked so hard to cultivate to put out the fire on his sleeves, and angrily said, "Xing Zhier! You have no romantic feelings for me, why are you forcing me?"
"So what if there's no romantic love? As long as this young lady sets her sights on someone, there's nothing I can't get. What's more, I'm the dignified Young Master of the Jinming Clan. I've been incredibly talented since childhood, and there are countless people who want to marry me." Xing Zhi'er glared at him, arrogantly saying, "But you, not only did you go back on your word and run away from the marriage, embarrassing me, but you even dared to force me to do something against my will! Are you courting death?"
The flame in her hand instantly split into several strands, attacking Li Ling from all directions, and then turned into a small hollow fireball, surrounding Li Ling.
The fireball was extremely hot. In less than a moment, Li Ling felt his lips dry and his chest was hot and uncomfortable.
He knew Xing Zhi'er would at most force him to submit and return to Jinming with her, but wouldn't actually burn him to death, so he calculated the timing in his mind...
Seeing Xing Zhi'er catching up, Li Ling decisively used the Hidden Tide spell to gather the water together. A large amount of water vapor evaporated from the contact between the water and the fireball, and a thick fog suddenly rolled in. Li Ling took the risk of escaping from the fireball, which was about to close, through the hole he had poked.
This is Qingya's airspace, we can't set fire easily.
Seeing this, Xing Zhier retracted the fireball and said bitterly, "You still have some skills."
Li Ling controlled the Flame Bird and kept trying to escape Xing Zhier's pursuit, but every time he was about to enter the Hidden Tide Realm, he would be blocked by Xing Zhier's fireball.
Time ticked by, and Li Ling grew extremely anxious. If he didn't return to Yinchao soon, he wouldn't be able to help his sister obtain the qualifications to serve as a priest in the clan.
"Xing Zhier! Stop it!" Li Ling roared, "I don't have time for you today!"
Xing Zhier's eyes turned red with anger, "You bastard!"
Li Ling controlled the flaming bird to dodge the scorching fireballs behind him. He could only use water balls to deflect the fireballs that he couldn't dodge. After all, with his current level of cultivation, he couldn't fight Xing Zhier head-on.
As dusk approached, the sky began to glow red. From afar, the emerald green forest was draped in a pale yellow veil under the setting sun. Above the trees, two flamingos chased each other, occasionally bursting into interlaced red and blue fireworks in the sky, and then tiny sparks fell and disappeared into the forest.
By the time the two men reacted, a raging fire had already engulfed the Qingya forest. The fire was so fierce that it was beyond their control.
"What should I do?" Looking at the burning fire, Xing Zhier panicked. Her father had just warned her not to use magic at will before she fully mastered the fire of her bloodline.
It hadn't been that long, and she had already gotten into such trouble. If her father knew...
Li Ling frowned and thought, feeling that something was very wrong.
There are many trees in Qingya, and lighting a fire is strictly prohibited. On weekdays, disciples of the tribe are sent to strictly guard the area, and any sparks will be extinguished immediately. It is strange that no one has come to the scene even though the fire is so big today.
Li Ling didn't have time to think deeply. He used the technique of hidden tide and water diversion without any delay to separate the outer edge of the fire circle from the trees to prevent the fire from spreading further.
Light blue water ripples appeared on Li Ling's fingertips. As he moved, all the water in the forest was drawn out. Numerous water droplets floated above the forest, reflecting different colors of light under the afterglow of the sunset and the raging forest fire, and then condensed into clumps.
His cultivation was not enough, and soon, beads of sweat covered his forehead. He asked in a hoarse voice, "Can't you control your anger?"
Qingya had too many things to burn. If he didn't find a way to solve the problem, the water he brought in would soon evaporate and the fire would continue to spread.
By then, the people from Qingya could kill them both on the spot!
Maybe it was because of the magic, Xing Zhier felt that Li Ling was covered with a layer of light blue light. In addition, he had a handsome face, deep eyes and thick eyelashes, and he looked like a stranger who didn't want to be approached. But even so, the uneasiness and anxiety in people's hearts were calmed down little by little.
Xing Zhi'er came to her senses and deliberately avoided his gaze. She knew that Li Ling's control was strong, but his cultivation was not high. Using his limited mana to block Jin Ming's bloodline fire was undoubtedly like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
But her magic power was unstable when she came in. If it was an ordinary fire-summoning spell, Xing Zhier could naturally take it back easily, but this was the fire of Jinming's bloodline, which she had not yet fully mastered. Whether she could take it back depended on luck.
Xing Zhier gritted her teeth, unwilling to lose face in front of Li Ling, suppressed her panic, and tried to retract the flames.
Seeing this, Li Ling felt strange, but did not think much about it. He sat cross-legged on the flamingo and took the time to recover his magic power.
Xing Zhier tried several times but it was useless. Seeing the fire growing again, she felt angry and anxious.
Try again, don't let this bastard make a fool of himself.
"Don't be anxious." Li Ling saw Xing Zhi'er was about to cry, so he sighed and said soothingly, "You're just too anxious. Calm down."
Xing Zhier didn't want to listen to him, but she didn't know why. Listening to his calm tone, her heart quickly calmed down.
"Concentrate on feeling the spiritual energy in your Dantian, steady it, and bring it to your palms. Feel its breath bit by bit." Li Ling pointed to the fire in the forest, his eyes full of trust. "Treat it as a part of your body, follow your heart, and take it back."
Xing Zhier didn't say anything. She sat cross-legged on the flamingo, closed her eyes, and silently felt the breath of fire.
As she continued to gain insights, Xing Zhier discovered that her control over the bloodline fire had become stronger. Upon realizing this, she cast the fire summoning technique again, once again attempting to reclaim the bloodline fire from the forest.
Just from the initial movement, Li Ling felt the different aura around Xing Zhier. The following casting gesture was also very natural and smooth like flowing water.
She was indeed a rare genius in Jinming, she could grasp it so quickly with just a few words. Thinking of this, the light in Li Ling's eyes dimmed.
Just when Li Ling thought the matter was about to be resolved, several vines emerged from behind him.
The Qingya people are here!
Li Ling's heart tightened, but he reacted quickly. He used the 50% of his magic power that had just recovered to condense a water sword and cut off all the vines approaching them. As the vines were cut off, the water sword quickly turned into mist and dissipated in the air. Then he used Canglan Water Shock to shock the vines back.
"Who are you? How dare you set fire to my Qingya!"
Li Ling looked over when he heard the sound, and saw six young men wearing the armor of the Qingya Defense Team standing on the Qingya Spirit Beast Flying Green Mang. Below the forest, several Yinchao people were using the water diversion technique to block the spread of the fire, and then brought in water from the Tianhe River to completely extinguish the remaining fire.
Qingtian Feimang flapped its wings continuously and quickly approached Li Ling and the others.
The Qingtian flying beast beneath the leading Qingya man was covered in shimmering green scales. It was larger and more ferocious than the average Qingtian flying beast. Its pair of pale yellow vertical pupils shone with a piercing chill, sending a chill down Li Ling's spine.
Li Ling's expression remained impassive, and he remained calm. He took the initiative to step forward, shielding Xing Zhi'er behind him, and bowed, saying, "I am Li Ling, a junior disciple of Hidden Tide. I have no intention of offending you, Senior."
The leading Qingya man looked him up and down with a wooden face, snorting coldly, "You set the fire, burned the trees, and you still say you didn't mean it?"
“…”
As everyone knows, the most taboo thing in Qingya is fire, and they have violated Qingya's biggest taboo this time.
"Tie them both up and bring them back to the tribe for interrogation." The leading Qingya man spoke in a strong tone, not giving Er Er any chance to quibble.
"Wait."
The people of Qingya all stared at Xing Zhier, with the leader looking at her bright red outfit with a frown and a hint of disgust in his eyes.
Xing Zhier retracted the flame in her hand and bowed to the leading young man from Qingya, saying, "Nanyu Jinming, Xing Zhier." Although she saluted, she was not as respectful as Li Ling.
Upon hearing this, the young man asked uncertainly, "The daughter of the Jinming clan leader?"
"You still have some sense." Xing Zhier muttered softly after hearing this.
"Don't be rude! Do you know who this is? This is Elder Yuan Jingyuan!" A Qingya disciple behind the young man shouted.
Yuan Jing? The Second Elder of Qingya!
Li Ling was slightly startled and felt troubled at the same time.
Rumor has it that Qingya's Second Elder, Yuan Jing, is stern, fair, decisive, and a man who never tolerates losses. With this man around, the chances of him escaping Qingya are practically zero.
Li Ling looked towards the horizon and saw that the sun had completely sunk into the mountain stream.
The festival competition is almost over...
"Li Ling, you bastard! How dare you leave me alone and run away like that? And you even used my Earth-Shrinking Talisman! I'll make you pay when I get out!"
When the Qingya people were taking Li Ling and Xing Zhier back to Qingya for imprisonment, Li Ling used the talisman paper he had stolen from Xing Zhier and ran away. When Xing Zhier realized what was happening, she almost fainted from anger.
Xing Zhier kept cursing all the way, completely forgetting the manners of the daughter of the Jinming clan leader, and she was still cursing even when she was locked up in the Qingya cage.
The Qingya guards outside the Qingya prison yawned as they listened. The same two curse words were repeated over and over again. They almost wanted to teach this Miss Jinming a lesson on how to curse. But even though they wanted to, they didn't dare to do it.
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The Five Spirits Holy Realm is divided into five major tribes: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. The Gold tribe is in the west, Qingya is in the east, Jinming and Yinchao are in the north and south respectively, and the Earth tribe is in the center.
Among the five tribes, Yinchao has the largest area of water. Almost two-thirds of its territory is water, and the remaining one-third is an important place of Yinchao, mostly used for sacrifices.
Li Ling used Xing Zhi'er's Thousand Miles Shrinking Talisman to escape back to Yinchao and headed straight for the sacrificial site along the long corridor. From a distance, the sacrificial site was lit by only one or two lights as usual.
A gentle breeze blew, creating ripples.
On normal days, Li Ling would have loved to sit on the railing of the waterside corridor, quietly cultivating or appreciating the night view alone. But at this moment, he had no interest at all, and was even a little irritable. It was because someone had been so inconsiderate and inconsiderate as to block his way.
"Hey, isn't this Young Master Li Ling? What are you going to do in such a hurry?" Li Hongcai stood in front of Li Ling, calling him Young Master, but his tone was full of sarcasm.
Li Ling knew that this person just liked to make him unhappy. As long as he was unhappy, the other party would be happy.
"Get out of the way." Li Ling said coldly, with a sharp cold light in his black eyes, which made Li Hongcai stunned for a moment.
When Li Hong finally reacted, he realized that he was frightened by Li Ling's look.
He had bullied Li Ling for so many years and had always been in a high position. This time, he was disobeyed and felt ashamed and angry. He said, "Li Ling, you are really rebellious today. I tell you, in Yinchao, you and your sister are the lowest dogs. You have no right to speak to me in such a tone."
Li Hongcai flexed his wrists and looked at Li Ling with a pair of narrow eyes. "It seems that you have really forgotten your identity after being away from the clan for half a year. So today I will teach you how the son of a sinner should talk to others."
Li Ling has heard such words since he was a child, and he has gotten used to it and doesn't care about it anymore. The only person he cares about now is his sister.
As Li Hongcai spoke, he raised his fist and attacked Li Ling in the face without any hesitation.
He did not use his magic power, because in his opinion, he could easily defeat a waste like Li Ling without using any magic power.
But the scene he imagined, where Li Ling kneeled on the ground and begged for mercy, did not appear.
Li Ling grabbed Li Hongcai's wrist sideways and kicked him in the butt before he could fight back.
Li Hongcai was lying on the railing when he was immediately trapped in the water. He was completely submerged in the water, unable to move, with only his head sticking out to catch his breath, preventing him from drowning.
Unfortunately, this person has a rotten mouth. He won't give in as long as he can breathe. He casually spouts all kinds of obscene words: "Li Ling, you little beast... Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"
"Shut up." Li Ling cast a silencing spell, not wanting to waste time with this bad guy, and left in a hurry.
The silencing spell he placed on Li Hongcai has a time limit and will be automatically lifted after two hours.
It's too late to participate in the sacrificial competition. The only way now is... Thinking of that person, Li Ling's expression became complicated.
Shortly after Li Ling left, a black mist rose above the water.
Li Hongcai felt a chill on his back, but he couldn't move and kept moaning.
Li Hongcai felt something slowly approaching him, and the chill on his back spread to every part of his body. He opened his eyes wide in fear and trembled constantly.
Black fog gathered in the sky, gradually revealing two vague human silhouettes. Then, two skulls floated out of the water, blood oozing from their orifices, creating a strange and eerie image in the ripples.
“Mmm! Mmm!…Mmm!”
A light laugh rang in his ears, and Li Hongcai fainted immediately.
Under the eerie moonlight, two people floated in the night sky. One of them was wearing a black robe and standing with his hands behind his back. His pale face, as white as paper, could be vaguely seen, with a faint smile on his pale pink lips, making it difficult to see clearly.
Beside him stood a man in black, with an ancient black mask with gold edges on the upper half of his face, and his eyes were very sharp.
The man in black bowed and said to the man in black robe in awe: "The man ran away."
The black-robed man chuckled, his hoarse voice hinting at displeasure. "Why rush? I've already sensed his presence. He won't be able to hide for long."
"yes."
The two people's hazy figures disappeared in a flash, as if they had never been there.
A bright moon hangs high in the dark night sky. I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the moonlight seems to be shining red, and even the water under the moonlight looks as red as blood.
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