Qi Zhenhe had poison pills on him, but he only had a limited amount of antidote, enough for himself. There were several other members of the Situ family present, so he couldn't use the poison pills.
Qi Zhiheng arrived at the scene as quickly as possible and joined the battle.
Qi Zhenhe and Qiu Yurong were both delighted to see Qi Zhiheng arrive. They didn't have enough antidote pills on them, but Qi Zhiheng had some.
Just as they expected, Qi Zhiheng threw out several poison pills, and both sides were poisoned and knocked unconscious...
Only the three members of the Qi family, who had taken the antidote, remained standing in place.
Situ Chengyuan was somewhat taken aback, his eyes wide as he stared at the unfolding situation. What was going on? How could Qi Zhiheng's appearance have caused him to collapse?
"Shameless brat, how could you resort to such despicable means!" Huo Wende was unable to move and could only curse loudly.
Qi Zhiheng ignored him and went straight to Situ Chengyuan, feeding him the antidote: "Senior Chengyuan, I'm sorry for offending you."
After the Situ family members took the antidote, they all stood up.
Situ Chengyuan said, "We owe this crisis to the help of you all; otherwise, my family members would probably be dead."
Qi Zhiheng said, "You're exaggerating. It's unlikely I'll die." At worst, I'll just abandon the storage item and escape.
Qi Zhiheng confiscated all the people's storage devices in front of everyone, and then said, "Let Senior Chengyuan deal with these people from the Mingdeng Sect."
Situ Chengyuan didn't hold back and ended their lives without hesitation. If these people were to spread the word, the Situ family would likely face trouble later. Dealing with the trouble now was the wisest course of action.
During the foundation building phase, some of the karmic obstacles in Qi Zhiheng's body had already been transformed into spiritual power, but there was still a portion that had not been completely digested, so it was not yet suitable to end the lives of these people.
Qi Zhiheng gave half of the spoils of war to the Situ family. After all, the Situ family had taken a risk to kill the people of the Mingdeng Sect, so he wouldn't be reluctant to part with such things.
After Qi Zhiheng burned the corpses to ashes, the Situ and Qi families quickly left the scene.
Not long after leaving, Qi Zhiheng had a premonition that the other end of the line was Yang Yitian.
There was no sensation before, probably because the distance was too far.
After sensing Yang Yitian's direction, Qi Zhiheng stopped and turned to Situ Chengyuan, saying, "Senior member, I plan to head southwest. If the Situ family has other matters to attend to, then we'll part ways for now."
Situ Chengyuan said, "That is not the direction where the treasure appeared. May I ask what important matter brings you, young friend Qi?"
Qi Zhiheng said, "I have a feeling that my two wives are in that direction, and I need to go and check on them."
"Then let's go take a look together." Situ Chengyuan had also witnessed Qi Zhiheng's abilities, so he naturally chose to travel with them.
So the group headed southwest and two days later, they met up with Situ Yan and the others.
Not long after everyone reunited, the red light, which had been reduced to only one meter in diameter, vanished completely.
Those who had just arrived at the nearby spiritual retreat certainly did not feel any regret.
Yang Yitian's initial joy at seeing Qi Zhiheng was somewhat dampened by the strange phenomenon of his disappearance: "Sigh, I finally made it here, the treasure must have been taken away."
Everyone sighed, clearly agreeing with the sentiment.
Qi Zhiheng, however, did not have such thoughts. The quality of that fire seed was extremely high, and presumably no one in the secret realm could truly merge with it. If they could not merge with it, they would not be able to take the fire seed with them. Either the fire seed would run away on its own, or it would sink into the magma.
Qi Zhiheng didn't intend to say anything to the group, only saying, "Obtaining rare treasures also requires fate, and things that are not destined cannot be forced. Right now, it's best to gather all the family members together. It's more dangerous to be scattered."
Everyone felt that Qi Zhiheng's words were very polite. Situ Chengyuan said, "Presumably everyone will rush over here when they see this strange phenomenon, so our companions should also be nearby."
Situ Chengyuan instructed everyone to search the area and return to gather before nightfall.
Qi Zhiheng also pulled Yang Yitian in one direction to look for someone.
After reaching a direction where no one could see them, Qi Zhiheng pulled Yang Yitian into the space.
Yang Yitian was a little confused: "Huh? Weren't we supposed to be looking for someone?"
Qi Zhiheng said, "There's no rush to find someone."
Yang Yitian looked at Qi Zhiheng with a hint of inquiry in his eyes: "I didn't expect you to slack off!"
Qi Zhiheng rolled his eyes at him and handed the guide stone in his hand to him: "Help me see what this means."
Yang Yitian took the boundary stone: "Isn't this the boundary stone?"
"There are runes on it. See if you can understand what they mean," Qi Zhiheng said, pointing to the runes on the surface.
Yang Yitian glanced at it, but only vaguely understood it. The content involved was too profound for Mu Qing to comprehend.
So he said, "I need to look through the documents." With that, he opened the "Sacred Symbol Record".
Qi Zhiheng said, "Let's go into the array to study it. We don't have much time left." Once we're inside the time rune array, we'll have more time to study it. If we don't need to cultivate inside, even if the flow of time slows down, it won't cost too many spirit stones.
Yang Yitian nodded, and the two walked into a time rune array.
Yang Yitian began to inquire about the runes inside the guide stone.
Qi Zhiheng explained, "I know what that extraordinary treasure is. The reason it appeared was because this guiding stone came into my hands."
Qi Zhiheng recounted his experiences in the magma cave, explaining the details of the fire seed inside, and then shared his opinion: "I'm certain that no one has obtained that fire seed. No one in the realm can subdue it. Even when I was next to it, I felt overwhelmed. This rune should be related to that fire seed and might become its weakness. Although I don't dare to covet the fire seed now, it wouldn't be good if it came knocking on my door. So, it would be best if we could find a way to control the fire seed based on this rune."
Upon learning that the rare treasure had also fallen into someone else's hands, Yang Yitian immediately perked up, his eyes sparkling as he said, "Don't worry, I will definitely study hard and strive to research the talisman array that suppresses the fire seed. Then we'll go and capture that fire seed!" He couldn't help but chuckle as he finished speaking.
Qi Zhiheng lightly patted his forehead and said, "Think about something practical, stop daydreaming here." Yang Yitian's head shook from the pat, but he didn't mind. Instead, he confidently began to study the runes.
Outside the volcanic cluster, several groups of people did not leave despite the disappearance of the strange phenomenon.
"This is the volcanic cluster. The strange phenomenon occurred right here," someone in the group said.
Obviously, the disappearance of the treasure does not mean that it is gone. If the person who obtained the treasure can be apprehended, the treasure will surely return to his or her.
"There is embers of fire!" Fire also exists on the Xuanling Continent, so the people were not surprised to see these embers. The presence of embers here proves that there may be fire in this cave.
"Go in and take a look!" the leader ordered. Even if they didn't get the treasure, they couldn't go back empty-handed, so he decided to go in and find out what was going on.
The further in you go, the more residual flames of the fire will appear. These residual flames have a certain degree of offensiveness, but to the Spirit Saint, this level of attack is completely harmless.
The further they went in, the more embers of the fire they found, which made the group of people believe that there must be a fire inside!
"If we can get the fire seed, this trip won't have been in vain." Otherwise, this person could have found a lot of treasures on the outskirts by the time he spent exploring. There are far more spiritual items in the center of the secret realm than on the outskirts. If he doesn't find anything of equal value, wouldn't his time have been wasted?
Gradually, many lava pools appeared in everyone's eyes.
The group soon reached the end.
"It's the spark!" someone exclaimed excitedly.
Can the flames surrounding us not be taken seriously?
This ember was incredibly flexible, occasionally transforming into a miniature humanoid flame. The onlookers marveled at it; very few had ever seen the embers of this ember, as it almost always fused in place and wouldn't be carried back into the crowd. Therefore, those who had witnessed it either possessed the embers themselves or had accompanied others in searching for them.
"This spark is of good quality!" Someone who knew how to identify sparks offered their opinion: "If the leader were to try to subdue it, he should be able to successfully fuse with it."
The leader of the group narrowed his eyes, looked at the embers floating in the cave, and said, "You guys keep an eye on the surroundings for me, and don't let anyone disturb us."
"Yes!" At this moment, someone led everyone away from the end and stood guard at the entrance at the end.
The leader stepped forward and attempted to merge with the fire.
The fire seed has no intelligence, but it does have some instinctive behaviors, though these are nothing to this leader.
The leader forcefully merged with the flame. Everything went relatively smoothly; although the flame struggled, it was still within his control.
His subordinates were guarding outside. Just when everyone thought the fusion was a sure thing, a scream came from the end!
Everyone came to their senses and headed towards the end of the path!
However, what they saw at this moment was a person whose face was burned beyond recognition, whose skin and flesh were charred black, yet who was screaming incessantly. His clothes had long since been burned away, and his whole body was struggling and flailing in agony!
"leader!"
Seeing the power of the fire, no one thought of turning back to help; instead, they turned and ran!
However, these people were ultimately too late. The screams that rose and fell were quickly replaced by silence.
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