"Yes, yes, yes, hurry and send someone to put out the fire!"
Song Tingwan glanced at their burns and was about to speak when Song Siyao said "Oh no" first.
"Sister, what they said is true. I'll go and gather the cultivators behind us to help put out the fire!"
She grabbed her older sister and flew away on her sword, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
The city gate guard was also a cultivator with low cultivation level, so he naturally heard Song Siyao's words.
His expression changed, and he hurried towards the city lord's mansion.
The refugees were left staring at each other in bewilderment at the city gate.
The city where the fire occurred was fifty miles north of the city they had just been in, and it only took a short time to gather people and get there.
Led by the Song sisters, everyone approached the burning city outside where the cries and screams continued, their faces showing anxiety and confusion.
As they hurried closer, they couldn't help but say, "How could it burn so badly?"
Large-scale fires are extremely rare in the cultivation world. In most cities, there is a cultivator every hundred steps, and everyone knows how to use hand seals, so extinguishing fires is very simple.
In the cultivation world to date, most incidents of burning cities have been related to battles between high-level cultivators.
However, the surrounding spiritual energy fluctuations were normal, with no signs of a fight.
Song Tingwan glanced sideways and frowned, looking at the somewhat bewitching color of the flames, and couldn't help but say, "This fire feels a bit unusual."
As they approached, water rained down as if it were free.
There are also various rain-summoning talismans, water talismans, etc.
Song Tingwan even threw out a large thunderstorm talisman, but it had no effect.
The flames were dazzling, and even a moment's proximity caused their faces to burn.
"No, this is a strange fire!"
Only then did someone notice.
Song Tingwan's eyes flickered slightly, "Strange fires are born from heaven and earth, and rarely attack people on their own, let alone burn cities on their own."
Song Siyao placed his elder sister on a safe cliff, his expression solemn, and then took up his sword and soared into the air.
"The First Step in Life"
"Water, come!"
Water, as vast as the sky, gathered from all directions upon the light. The woman, her face solemn, brandished her sword and departed amidst the blazing flames.
The water sword, powerful enough to submerge the entire city, struck down, and for a fleeting moment, the fire subsided.
But the next moment, the fire completely engulfed the water.
The fire actually grew even bigger.
Song Tingwan watched the spreading fire with a thoughtful expression, filled with worry.
She manipulated spiritual energy in her hands, working with the surrounding cultivators to rescue innocent civilians from the fire.
But she had a premonition.
This strange fire is related to the second fragment.
Song Tingwan silently grasped the glass bottle from the mustard seed space in her hand.
The long-dormant air mass began to collide with the glass bottle.
With a relaxed expression, she continued rescuing people, and wisps of mist fell, giving the people trapped in the fire as much breathing room as possible.
But she followed the direction the air mass was moving, step by step approaching the fire.
"Goddess, it's dangerous over there."
Someone tugged at her sleeve.
Song Tingwan turned around and saw that it was the junior sister of Tianyan Sect.
She smiled and said, "I have to go in and try it out first. If I get hurt, I'll come out on my own."
After saying that, she sent a telepathic message to Ayao, who was still using various water-style sword techniques in mid-air.
Song Siyao was stunned. Looking down, she saw that slender figure walking steadily into the fire.
"Sister, wait for me."
She flew down from mid-air and landed beside the woman.
Song Tingwan turned back again, this time nodding to her sister and holding up the excited ball of air in her hand, "Let's go."
The two stepped into the fire again.
Strangely, the all-consuming fire avoided them.
A path was made through the fire.
Song Tingwan casually saved several cultivators who were screaming in agony as if they were burning alive, but not many.
The fire was unstoppable, and few people in the city survived.
Those who have survived until now without being burned to death are either blessed with rare treasures or are high-level cultivators.
Song Tingwan gave them pills, and Song Siyao's spiritual energy carried them away.
People outside helped to settle the extremely weak people one by one.
"What should we do? The Sword Saint and the Goddess have both gone in."
"Should we also..."
"Nonsense, why don't you come any closer?"
Aside from the two of them, anyone else who gets close will be burned, let alone go inside.
A large group of cultivators watched the fire with bated breath, trying every possible method. In the end, it was Xi Chen, who arrived later, who took action and set up a magic array to prevent the fire from spreading to the surrounding area.
The fact that the fire couldn't be extinguished, but that it could be stopped, was a relief to everyone.
Xi Chen also breathed a sigh of relief.
After learning about his junior brother Xiahou Zhiwei's affair with senior Nie Wangya, he knew he owed the sisters a debt.
They caught up with him halfway there.
Nie Wangya was half his senior uncle, and Xiahou Zhiwei was his junior brother who lived and ate with him.
With his master gone, he is the one who must repay the debts owed to his uncle and junior brother.
But at this moment, he was glad he had come.
If this is not stopped, nearby cities and villages will be affected, and countless more people will die.
In the city.
Unable to escape the fire, the two were guided by the air mass and walked through the flames.
Seeing the sweat pouring down her sister's forehead, Song Siyao said worriedly, "If you feel unwell, please take your purple umbrella and teleport away."
Song Tingwan wiped her face with her sleeve and shook her head, saying she was fine.
The air mass pulsated more and more intensely.
I reckon we're getting closer and closer to the fragments of the Heavenly Ladder.
What is the connection between this strange fire and the fragments of the Heavenly Ladder?
Could it be that the strange fire, like the spiritual creature attracted by the first fragment, was unconsciously drawn here?
But why did the city catch fire, causing the deaths of countless people in the flames?
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