"This flame is so beautiful, I like it!!"
Ji Chengcheng smelled a holy and beautiful breath from it. As the flame burned, the mist in the air was quickly consumed, and the green flame became more dazzling. If it weren't for Lan Zhi holding the little fox, it would probably have jumped into the sea of fire on its own initiative.
"What are you doing? Don't you want to live?" Lan Zhi asked in a low voice.
Ji Chengcheng said, "No, I can feel that it won't hurt me. Do you know what the Pure-Tailed Sky Fox race is like? We are born in a state of spirit, without a body. Our lifespan is very short, only one month. If our spirit condenses into a body during this month, we can continue to live. Or, within the first month of birth, we find a human we like, sign a contract, and live and die with that human. If the master lives to be a hundred years old, we can also live to be a hundred years old. If the master is immortal, we will also be immortal. However, our vision is very picky. The Pure-Tailed Sky Fox is born to like all kinds of beautiful qualities in the world. We are close to kind and pure people. If we can't find the right person, we would rather die than sign a contract with anyone..."
Lan Zhi interrupted it, "Wait, what are you talking about? Does it have anything to do with you rushing into the flames?"
"Yes." Ji Chengcheng narrowed his eyes and said, "My clan is naturally pure and free from sin. This kind of purifying flame will not harm me."
Lan Zhi: “…”
She held the little fox in one hand, with a wisp of green flame wrapped around the fingertips of the other. She said to the little fox, "Here, stretch out your paw and touch it."
Ji Chengcheng was filled with joy, but before her little paws could touch the green flame, she was frightened away by the scorching heat.
It said weakly: "Turn down the temperature a bit."
Lan Zhi said, "It's already very low."
Ji Chengcheng retracted his paw as if nothing had happened, licked it, and said, "I suddenly feel that your palm is so comfortable, soft, like a blanket. I don't want to run around anymore."
Hearing it surrender, Lan Zhi chuckled softly and retracted the green flame. The fog around her had been almost burned away. Lan Zhi looked up and saw a city in the distance.
The green soul moved its mind and quickly floated towards the city. When it got closer, it saw the three big words "Tiansheng City" written above the city gate.
Lan Zhi didn't rush in, but walked around the city. Ji Chengcheng said, "Wow, this city is so big! We thought there was only a village and a town in this secret realm, but we didn't expect there is a city... Can I tell my master about this?"
Lan Zhi asked back: "If I don't allow you to tell him, then you won't tell him?"
"This..." Ji Chengcheng looked apprehensive. Theoretically, Ji Zifeng was his master, and he should always be considerate of him. However, he felt Lan Zhi was a good person, so he didn't want to hurt her. After struggling for a moment, Ji Chengcheng suddenly understood. He clapped his paws and said, "My master asked me to follow you and protect you, but he didn't ask me to be a snitch! I just don't betray him or provide him with false information. That's all I need to do. There's no need to go against my conscience."
"Okay, I was just teasing you. Who knew you would answer so seriously..." Lan Zhi discovered that Tiansheng City was surrounded by fog. Only the fog on the main gate was burned through by her. Lan Zhi continued to explore in the direction of the fog. This time, not long after, she saw a new city. The words "Tiansheng City" were still written on the city gate.
Ji Chengcheng asked in confusion: "Are we back again?"
"I don't know." Lan Zhi continued walking and soon found the third and fourth cities. Both had "Tiansheng City" written on them. Only the fifth city had the name on the city gate changed to "Chihu City".
"How big is this place?" Ji Chengcheng had a bad feeling. "Will we be trapped to death in this secret place?"
"No, be optimistic."
Lan Zhi tried to comfort the little fox, but she herself was unsure.
The gates of every city were closed. Lan Zhi wanted to enter through the gate, but she found that the material of the gate was special and could block the soul. The walls were also made of the same material.
Ji Chengcheng said, "This city is built in an unreasonable way. The city walls can fly into the sky and hide underground. Even if this wall blocks us, what can we do? I can definitely fly in."
Lan Zhi said, "I don't think so."
Ji Chengcheng's eyes were full of confusion, and he asked, "Why?"
Lan Zhi said helplessly: "If you can think of this, others can think of it too. I guess there must be a barrier in the sky that prevents the soul from flying in and out..."
"Let me try." Ji Chengcheng jumped up, jumped onto the city wall, and then jumped into the city without any obstruction.
Lan Zhi raised her eyebrows. Could it be that she guessed wrong?
Lan Zhi stood there and waited for a while. When the little fox didn't come out, she jumped onto the city wall and looked into the distance. She found that the houses in the entire city were arranged very neatly, in rows and rows. All the houses looked the same from the outside. There were no buildings like mansions. They were all uniform low earthen houses, symmetrical and neat on both sides. It was simply a blessing for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
She could vaguely see some spirits standing at the doorways of some houses, but they were quite far away and Lan Zhi couldn't see clearly. She lowered her head to look for the little fox and found that the little fox was just at the corner of the wall and had not run far away. It was lying limply on the ground, motionless.
There are no monsters around, it looks safe.
Why is the little fox so listless and motionless?
Lan Zhi raised her legs and jumped down from the city wall. When her feet were in the air, she felt a strong gravity on her soul, causing it to lose its ability to float in the air in an instant and fall straight to the ground.
No wonder Ji Chengcheng was lying on the ground. He must have fallen too hard.
He shouldn't have died from the fall, right?
Lan Zhi was worried, not knowing whether her soul pet had strong vitality. As for herself, she was not in any danger. Her whole body turned into leaping flames, and she was safe and sound after landing, but a big hole was burned under her feet.
"call……"
Lan Zhi removed the flames from her body and discovered that there was a "no-fly zone" rule in the city that prohibited the soul from flying. Lan Zhi could only climb out of the pit with great effort.
Ji Chengcheng was not far from the big pit. Lan Zhi walked over, squatted down, and checked the condition of the little fox.
"Are you... okay?" Her fingers gently touched the tip of the little fox's ear.
Ji Chengcheng's entire body was fiery red, and it was difficult to tell whether he was bleeding or not.
"leg……"
Ji Chengcheng groaned weakly and cried, "My leg is broken..."
Lan Zhi asked: "Front legs or hind legs?"
"...My limbs and chin seem to have been hit. It hurts even when I talk." Ji Chengcheng's eyes were full of tears, and he looked very pitiful.
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