After thoroughly studying the runes, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian emerged from the space.
Back in the group, they learned from the Situ family members that someone had been attacked and burned to ashes.
"It is said to have spontaneously combusted in full view of everyone, which is terrifying."
Upon hearing this news, Qi Zhiheng had some vague guesses in his mind. He asked the disciple he was talking to, "Where is the area of spontaneous combustion?"
“It’s near that volcanic cluster,” the disciple who had been talking replied.
Qi Zhiheng was vaguely worried. The Qi family had not yet found the right time, and he really didn't know what to do if they encountered that spark.
By this time, he had already concluded that the thing that had caused the person to self-immolate must be the fire seed. According to the moon beast, this fire seed had already developed intelligence and could not be compared with the kind of fire seed that only had instinct.
Judging from these methods, he was really not at ease.
Today, during the search, we found a few members of the Situ family, but we couldn't find any members of the Qi family.
Yang Yitian tugged at Qi Zhiheng's sleeve and said, "When I was looking at the information before, I did see some related talismans. There is a kind of kinship talisman that can indicate the location of people who are closely related to you by blood."
Qi Zhiheng hadn't expected this, so he asked, "Can you draw it now?"
Yang Yitian nodded and said, "That's no problem." He then found a place, set up a table and chairs, and began to draw kinship talismans.
The Situ family members also gathered around to watch the spectacle. When they learned that Yang Yitian was actually drawing kinship talismans, they wanted to ask Qi Zhiheng for some. Qi Zhiheng replied, "If there are any extras, we will naturally sell some."
Yang Yitian quickly completed the drawing.
Qi Zhiheng asked, "Can we test it ourselves now?"
Yang Yitian hesitated for a moment and said, "There is a certain probability involved, but we don't know who might be chosen."
Qi Zhiheng's lips twitched: "So, your talisman might target my father or my mother?"
Yang Yitian touched his nose and said, "That's right."
"Fine, let's give it a try. Maybe we can find someone else on the first try." Qi Zhiheng picked up a talisman.
Yang Yitian told him to wait a moment, and then drew a few more: "Draw a few more, if one isn't good, just change to another one."
Qi Zhiheng agreed to the matter, and Yang Yitian drew dozens of copies in a row: "That should be enough."
Qi Zhiheng activated one of the talismans, which turned to ashes and formed an arrow in mid-air, pointing in a certain direction.
Unfortunately, luck wasn't on their side, and the arrow pointed at Qi Zhenhe.
Qi Zhenhe touched his nose; he couldn't be blamed for this.
Yang Yitian handed over another card: "Next one."
Qi Zhiheng activated the second card, and the arrow still pointed at Qi Zhenhe.
Qi Zhenhe: "..."
Qi Zhenhe quickly hid behind Qiu Yuerong.
Yang Yitian frowned: "Your luck isn't good, let me try!" He activated a card, and the arrow pointed in a direction. This time it wasn't Qi Zhenhe's direction.
Yang Yitian said smugly, "Looks like I'm still the luckiest one!"
Qi Zhiheng said, "You all wait here, I'll go look for it first."
"Okay," Yang Yitian replied.
After Qi Zhiheng left, Situ Chengyuan asked Yang Yitian about the kinship talisman.
Yang Yitian felt that these dozens of sheets were enough, and if not, he could draw more, so he sold some to Situ Chengyuan.
Situ Chengyuan ordered all members of the Situ family present to gather in one direction to avoid confusion.
Situ Chengyuan then activated the kinship talisman, confirmed a direction, and sent several people to search in that direction. He then activated several more talismans, found several directions, and sent people to search for the people.
With the kinship talisman, the search for people can be done much faster.
Three days later, only Gu Qinglin remained missing from the Qi family.
This is somewhat worrying, as Gu Qinglin has no blood relation to the Qi family, which naturally makes things a bit difficult.
The communication tools are ineffective here.
Qi Zhiheng said, "We can only search as we go. Let's search on the outskirts."
The danger of the fire seed is too great, and Qi Zhiheng does not want to risk marriage. Although he and Yang Yitian have already devised several sets of talismans to suppress the fire seed, whether they will be effective in the end is still unknown.
If Gu Qinglin insists on going alone, he certainly won't dare to move into the inner perimeter, so the chances of finding him on the outer perimeter are much greater.
Qi Zhiheng's plan was quite good, but things didn't go as planned.
Just as the self-immolation incidents were causing widespread panic, many spiritual practitioners emerged from within the volcanic cluster.
The crowd discovered that the self-immolation occurred over a large area, with people setting themselves on fire in several directions within the inner perimeter. Many people were unsure of the cause and could not find any trace of it.
Half of those who went in have died from self-immolation, causing panic among the people inside the volcano group. Some groups, fearing for their lives, retreated to the outer perimeter.
There are still a few members of the Situ family who haven't been found, and Gu Qinglin is still missing from Qi Zhiheng's side, so they can't leave the current location for the time being.
Qi Zhiheng had a vague sense of foreboding. Sure enough, at that moment, some bad news came out again: those who had escaped to the outer perimeter began to self-immolate.
Qi Zhenhua asked with some concern, "Is there really no other way to find your uncle?"
Now that even the outer perimeter has become dangerous, Qi Zhenhua is naturally worried about her husband.
Qi Zhiheng looked at Yang Yitian: "Is there any talisman that can help find a Daoist partner?"
Yang Yitian said somewhat helplessly, "The boundaries of Daoist partners are very blurry." The problem is that although Qi Zhenhua and Gu Qinglin are husband and wife, they have not signed a Daoist partner contract, which makes it very difficult to find someone like them.
Qi Zhiheng also felt that these ideas were unreliable, so he suggested, "Why don't we start by searching in the directions we haven't explored yet?"
The atmosphere at the Situ family home remained somewhat heavy, as the Situ family had more members, making them more difficult to find.
Situ Chengyuan approached Qi Zhiheng and said, "We will stay here for two days to wait for our disciples who went out to search for people to return. We will leave then. Please forgive us, young friend." This meant that if the Qi family had not been found within two days, the Situ family would retreat first.
Originally, Sheng Mingyue was not a member of the Situ family, but luckily, they found him in the same direction while searching for other members.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Senior member, you are overthinking it. There's no need to take such a small matter to heart." He naturally couldn't stop them from leaving, especially since even Ran Wei was starting to become dangerous. In fact, retreating now was the wisest choice.
At this moment, Gu Qinglin was with the crowd.
The conversations around him revolved around the self-immolation incident, and he was naturally a little scared. People who hadn't even had a day off had been burned to death, and he didn't think he had the ability to survive being targeted.
His expression was also somewhat solemn. Because of the emergence of the rare treasure, he had been planning to come to this area to look for the Qi family, but unfortunately he was not very lucky and had not encountered a single person.
He wondered if it was because he was too far away from the others that he hadn't seen anyone for so long.
Most of the people around him had found companions, but he was still all alone. He was very worried about his wife, but there was nothing he could do about it.
And now, his situation is extremely dangerous.
Soon, some people with ulterior motives took notice of him. The group of people traveling with him surrounded him.
"What is the meaning of this, gentlemen?" Gu Qinglin looked at the "acquaintances" surrounding him, his eyes darkening. He had long known that these so-called allies were unreliable, but he hadn't expected them to act so quickly after finding their companions.
"Brother Gu, don't misunderstand, we mean no harm. We just noticed you have quite a few pills and magical artifacts, and we'd like to borrow nine of them for the brothers to use. Given Brother Gu's generosity, we think you won't refuse." One of the leaders made a shameless request with a smile on his face.
Gu Qinglin sneered: "I suppose you not only want to borrow my pills and magic treasures, but also my life."
He wasn't afraid of these few people; he could simply collect the poison pills and poison them all to death.
Just as Gu Qinglin was about to make his move, one of the people surrounding him suddenly let out a scream!
Before anyone could react, the screaming man's body turned red, starting to burn from his hair, and then his entire body spontaneously combusted, turning him into a human torch!
The remaining people panicked, including Gu Qinglin. He wasn't afraid of these people attacking him, but the power that caused people to self-immolate was terrifying, and he didn't know why!
"It was self-immolation!"
Everyone quickly moved away from the man who had set himself on fire. At this point, no one cared about attacking Gu Qinglin for any treasures. No matter how good the treasures were, they were not as important as life.
Gu Qinglin was the first to react, and immediately fled towards the outer perimeter. The others, seeing his actions, seemed to realize what was happening and also ran away.
But it was clear that their escape was futile. Soon another person also set himself on fire, by which time the first person had long since died.
The third and fourth people also set themselves on fire, and fear spread through Gu Qinglin's heart. The screams of those people echoed in his ears.
At that moment, he felt a burning sensation throughout his body, and his heart skipped a beat!
How could this be? Is today his death day?
Before his thoughts could linger, he felt his hair begin to burn, the scorching flames spreading from his head to the rest of his body, gradually engulfing him until he became a human torch...
Qi Zhiheng pieced together the boundary stones in his hands. There was a noticeable small gap on one of the boundary stones, so it should be the last piece left.
Just then, Qi Zhenhua's heart skipped a beat, and she panicked. She cried out, "Qinglin!"
"Qinglin, where are you!" Her screams were so desperate that they startled everyone present.
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