The fire seemed to have eyes, chasing after the Qi family.
Qi Zhiheng had a bad feeling. Could it be that he had put away the sparks, and that's why the rest were chasing after him?
This idea is absurd. How could a spark possibly think of avenging its companion? Not every spark has sentience.
The fire spread rapidly, and Qi Zhiheng could faintly hear screams coming from elsewhere. As more and more people were cremated, the flames at the volcano grew even higher.
He quickly guessed the connection between the two: after the fires burned the spiritual cultivator, the power seemed to be fed back to the cluster of flames.
Is there a connection between the two? Then these sparks chasing him could very well be under the control of intelligent sparks?
Qi Zhiheng was not quite clear about it, so he decided to ask the Moon Beast.
The moon beast explained to him: "These sparks are very likely the offspring of that sentient spark. There is a connection between the offspring and the mother flame. The mother flame can even control any action of the offspring, just like its hands and feet. As long as the offspring are still free, the mother flame has the right to take them back."
Qi Zhiheng thought of the concept of a clone. In fact, this child fire was a clone of the mother fire. Since Qi Zhiheng had taken a portion of the child fire into his space, it was equivalent to the mother fire losing a portion of its child fire, a part of its power. Yu Xi agreed.
"No wonder its mother fire's flames had dimmed considerably before. It turns out it was because I took a portion of its offspring fire!" Qi Zhiheng thought to himself. After the offspring fire entered his space, it completely lost contact with the mother fire.
What I did was tantamount to eating a part of someone's body! No wonder they were chasing after me...
Qi Zhiheng realized the key point and thought to himself, since collecting the sub-fire can weaken the power of the fire seed, he might as well find a way to eat the fire up!
So Qi Zhiheng instructed the Qi family members, "Collect the fire!"
The group tried to find any stray fires to collect.
On his escape route, Qi Zhiheng saw people being burned by fire. The situation was not too serious yet, but An Ren was in a great panic.
Qi Zhiheng had a sudden inspiration and shouted in his direction, "Ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones, and I'll help you solve your self-immolation problem, how about it?" At this moment, he had not yet reached the person in front of him.
Seeing himself set ablaze and his companions abandon him, the man had already resigned himself to death. Hearing that there might still be a glimmer of hope, he quickly replied, "I'm willing to offer ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones!" His voice was hoarse from the flames.
Qi Zhiheng used a set of talismans to suppress the fire on a person. This was the first time he had used them on a person, and he didn't know if they would work. He decided to use this person as an experiment.
Qi Zhiheng's claim that it could save lives was obviously nonsense, but since this person was already on the verge of death, it was not unreasonable for him to use him for experiments.
After Qi Zhiheng used the talisman, the flames that had been rampant on the person weakened considerably. Qi Zhiheng reminded him, "Quickly merge with the fire seed!"
With Qi Zhiheng's reminder, the person realized what was happening and seized the opportunity to merge with the fire seed.
Qi Zhiheng certainly couldn't wait here for him forever. He had just collected a few more fire seeds that were catching up, but the others would catch up soon. So he said, "We don't have time to wait for you here. You should settle your bill first."
After Qi Zhiheng finished speaking, the person who was fusing the fire seed was speechless. Indeed, it would be difficult for him to complete the fusion in a short time, so he had no choice but to give the spirit stone to Qi Zhiheng first.
Qi Zhiheng took the spirit stone bag and led the Qi family away from the spot.
Qi Zhenhao said with a simple smile, "I didn't expect this talisman to be worth 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones! Haven't we wasted a lot of them?"
Qi Zhiheng said, "The value of this talisman depends on the situation. It will be more expensive if it is used to buy life. Its effect will be much less in ordinary times."
“Collecting so many fire seeds seems pointless; we might as well use them to earn spirit stones,” Yang Yitian said.
Qi Zhiheng nodded and said, "We'll talk about it later."
Along the way out, Qi Zhiheng did encounter several people. He always offered a price first, and the transaction would proceed once the person agreed. If someone had severe burns, he could even sell them healing pills! He truly used every means possible to earn spirit stones!
Qi Zhiheng saved many people in this way, and some people asked about his name.
With Yuansheng Academy as his backer, Qi Zhiheng was not afraid of being retaliated against and directly said that he was Qi Zhiheng from Yuansheng Academy.
This is to prevent any possible schemes by those with ill intentions.
Qi Zhiheng's handling of the fire seeds did indeed weaken the power of the mother fire. Perhaps not wanting to be dealt with by Qi Zhiheng anymore, all the child fires seemed to disappear in an instant.
This easily leads one to the conclusion that Mother Flame might be preparing to unleash a powerful attack.
They walked for an hour without encountering any more attacks from the fire, which put the Qi family in a tense atmosphere.
"Maybe the mother fire is scared of us?" Yang Yitian tried to ease the tension.
Yan Yu said, "That's not impossible."
Qi Zhiheng looked at Yan Yu and said, "Young Master Yan Yu, I think our Qi family may encounter unpredictable dangers next. Do you think you should return to the Yan family's ranks first?"
Qi Zhiheng still has the kinship talisman, so if Yan Yu wants to go back, it won't be a problem at all. However, Yan Yu hasn't mentioned it, so he can't say much. But his family might encounter some crises soon. Even if there's no way to solve them, he can put his family in his spatial dimension and hide himself temporarily. But with Yan Yu around, it will be much more inconvenient for them to take any action.
We can't just hide the Qi family and leave Yan Yu to suffer the wrath of Mother Fire alone, can we?
However, it's impossible for him to put Yan Yu into the space. Even if he doesn't put him in, Yan Yu will still see the Qi family disappear, which is not a good idea.
Yan Yu refused without hesitation, saying, "It was your Qi family that saved me when I was in trouble. Now that your Qi family is in trouble, if I leave on my own, wouldn't I become an ungrateful and cowardly person? Why don't you come with me to find the Yan family? There are many Spirit Saints in the family, and perhaps they can solve the current danger."
Qi Zhiheng was also somewhat helpless, so he could only explain the situation more clearly: "Young Master Yan Yu, we have seen your character through our shared hardships during this time. However, the situation is indeed very dangerous, and our Qi family does not want to bring trouble into the Yan family. Young Master Yan Yu, please rest assured, our Qi family has a way to protect ourselves." But this method cannot protect outsiders.
Having said that, Yan Yu could no longer stay. He looked at Qi Zhenhao and said, "After we leave the secret realm, I will definitely visit the Qi family."
Qi Zhenhao waved and said, "Let's meet again later."
Before leaving, Yan Yu asked Qi Zhiheng to buy some kinship talismans and sets of talismans to control the fire, and then reluctantly left the Qi family's group.
Si Yuandao asked, "Does this child like Qin Nianzhu? Would he have no objection if our family killed Qin Nianzhu?"
Qi Zhenhao watched Yan Yu walk away and sighed, "Yeah, when I first saved him, I thought he would fight me. I didn't expect him to be so forgiving."
Yang Yitian said, "Perhaps his brothers are more important to him than women."
Qi Zhiheng felt a pang of heartache. After hesitating for a moment, he ultimately said nothing. No matter how he looked at it, he always felt that Yan Yu had some ulterior motives towards his uncle.
Si Yuan said, "Let's go out first."
Before the fire could be lit, the Qi family continued to move outwards.
The next day, something happened that terrified everyone in the secret realm.
"Fire! The flames have moved!"
"What kind of fire is this? Why is it like this now?" This situation is no longer a case of the fire spreading, but rather the entire flame is moving.
Most importantly, the flames are extremely strange, and even fire-attribute spiritual cultivators cannot escape them.
It gradually moved towards the outer perimeter, and because it did not spread as much as before, it moved much faster, leaving a trail of scorched earth in its wake.
At this point, some people were happy while others were sad, because the flames, which had originally spread in all directions, now only moved in one direction, making the other directions relatively safe.
Just as people were filled with panic, the fire began to gradually shrink.
Some people wondered and offered their speculation: "Could it be that the movement of the flames accelerated his consumption?"
This possibility is not nonexistent, and Qi Zhiheng also heard this argument, but he was not so optimistic.
When it first appeared, the flame was just a single ball, but it contained considerable power. He guessed that the flame had simply shed its flashy but impractical appearance.
The test was ultimately just speculation, and by then the flames had disappeared from everyone's sight.
Some suspect that the flames were subdued by someone, while others suspect that they may have died out on their own.
These speculations didn't last long before people suffered; the self-immolation occurred again, though this time the number of people who self-immolated was not as large as before. If they had traveled in groups, some of them might have been able to escape.
"It seems the mother fire summoned all the child fires back. This mother fire won't be so easy to deal with." Qi Zhiheng's expression was solemn. The Qi family members all held this set of talismans, waiting for the mother fire to appear.
Qi Zhiheng knew that since he had captured so many of the seed fires, these intelligent seed fires would inevitably come looking for trouble.
In fact, Qi Zhiheng would rather avoid trouble if he could avoid it, but since trouble had come knocking on his door, he had to find a way to solve it.
Before the fire could ignite, Qi Zhiheng flipped through books in the cultivation world to see if there were any other solutions. He wasn't too reassured by relying solely on the suppression talisman.
Qi Zhiheng unleashed his full soul power, quickly flipping through the books related to the fire seed, and found a technique to temporarily weaken the fire seed. He handed this technique to everyone so that they could use it together to weaken the fire seed first.
Yang Yao also found a formation to trap the fire seed from the books on formations. This formation required ten people to support it, and the Qi family had enough people.
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