The eyes of Feng Xi and the others all lit up!
There truly was such a thing as a Fire-Swallowing Qiu in this world!
At this moment, the Fire-Swallowing Qiu also noticed them, but turned a blind eye.
It's only interested in magma, not flesh.
Whether these people lived or died had nothing to do with it.
Feng Xi's little head spun rapidly, gathering together various clues, and finally sorted out the sequence.
Wherever there is underground, there is earth fire. It's just that the vast majority is buried very deep, and only a small portion erupts to the surface and is collected by cultivators for alchemy.
So it wasn't strange that there was earth fire beneath the Beast-Taming Sect, it had simply originally been very deep underground.
But the change lay with this Fire-Swallowing Qiu.
It may have unintentionally dug out a passage, bringing the earth fire into the shallow soil layer.
Over time, such a large area of earth fire appeared.
So it's all its fault!
Whose fault it was now didn't matter. If they wanted to survive, they had to rely on this Fire-Swallowing Qiu.
However, judging from its temperament, polite pleading would definitely be useless.
They had to find another approach.
Thus, Feng Xi signaled Xing Wu and Jun Wen not to speak, nor to look at the Fire-Swallowing Qiu.
She took out a wooden stick, tied a rope to it, and then fished in midair.
While fishing, she leisurely hummed a little tune.
The Fire-Swallowing Qiu endured it, but couldn't help glancing over several times.
Then it saw that beneath Feng Xi's feet there was a large crimson fish!
The Fire-Swallowing Qiu: !!!
Impossible!
How could there be fish in earth fire?!
She must have taken it out of her storage ring!
It no longer ate magma and stared fixedly at Feng Xi's fishing rod.
Hmph!
I will definitely expose you!
Feng Xi stopped humming and began chatting with Xing Wu and the others.
"Senior Brother Xing Wu, if we die here, won't your Beast-Taming Sect have to move away?"
Xing Wu: "…Ah! Yes, yes!
Who the hell would stay on top of earth fire!
They might already be packing up now."
Feng Xi nodded, "That's true. If earth fire suddenly appeared beneath our Xuantian Sect, we would definitely move as well.
Once your Beast-Taming Sect moves, the news that there is earth fire here will spread.
At that time, many cultivators will come here to collect earth fire. This place will become very lively!
Once there are many people, no secret can be hidden."
Although Xing Wu and Jun Wen normally weren't especially quick-witted, strangely enough, they could always keenly sense Feng Xi's intentions.
This time was no exception.
After hearing Feng Xi's words, Jun Wen immediately said, "That's for sure! Don't look at us being afraid of earth fire, but I heard that Soul Transformation Stage cultivators can endure for a quarter of an hour!
And in the Southern Region there are spirit treasures that can avoid fire, allowing one to move freely within earth fire.
Let alone catching some demon beast, even a needle couldn't escape!"
Feng Xi smiled, "There's no need to go to the Southern Region. Didn't that Shen Zhilan of Hunyuan Sect obtain the treasure of Yunxiao Sect?
There's a set of treasure armor inside that fears neither water nor fire. Not only earth fire, even fire marrow is no problem.
She also especially likes capturing rare and strange demon beasts for dissection, skinning, pulling tendons, draining blood, slicing flesh…"
For the first time in its life, the Fire-Swallowing Qiu felt a bit cold.
Were these three human cultivators speaking the truth?
If they died here, would the consequences really be that serious?
At this moment, Feng Xi beckoned to it, "Hey, you Fire-Swallowing Cat, come here for a moment!"
The Fire-Swallowing Qiu: "..."
Forget it. It wouldn't argue with an illiterate.
She definitely didn't recognize the character "Qiu" (1).
The Fire-Swallowing Qiu approached with some vigilance.
It wasn't actually afraid that Feng Xi and the others would attempt anything. Aside from anything else, its entire body was wrapped in earth fire, they simply couldn't touch it.
Feng Xi narrowed her eyes and looked it over for a while, "You Fire-Swallowing Cat, you look rather imposing."
The Fire-Swallowing Qiu snorted through its nose, thinking, Isn't that obvious?!
Then it shook its long fur.
Feng Xi continued, "Were you eavesdropping on our conversation just now? Since you heard it, I won't hide anything from you.
If we die here, you will be skinned, have your tendons pulled, blood drained, and flesh sliced by Shen Zhilan of Hunyuan Sect. So for your own safety, give us several hundred Fire-Avoiding Pearls!"
The Fire-Swallowing Qiu: "..."
Leaving aside everything else, you open your mouth and ask for several hundred Fire-Avoiding Pearls, how shameless can you be?!
Besides, who knows whether what you say is true or not? Can that Shen Zhilan really move freely within earth fire? And is she really that vicious?
As it was thinking this, Feng Xi said, "Even if you're not afraid of Shen Zhilan, you should consider the little phoenix.
If you don't agree, I'll strangle it and make it undergo nirvana.
Once it undergoes nirvana, all the earth fire here will be absorbed by it, and you will become a homeless stray cat!"
The little fat bird lying on the ground: "..."
Mother is so wicked in such a distinctive way!
I like it so much!
No wonder I'm full of rebellious bones. Mother must have taught me in a dream!
I truly am Mother's most beloved cub!
That donkey-dung egg is nothing at all!
The Fire-Swallowing Qiu was frightened by Feng Xi.
Especially by what she said about phoenix nirvana.
If this human truly strangled the little phoenix, the phoenix would surely undergo nirvana, and it would be in great trouble!
Feng Xi had been observing the changes in its eyes. Seeing fear appear, she struck while the iron was hot, "If you give us Fire-Avoiding Pearls, these unfortunate things won't happen.
However, the matter of earth fire cannot be concealed. You cannot stay here anymore.
I'm a kind-hearted person. How about this, I will help you choose a new residence, one that no one knows about.
That way, you can continue living your carefree little days."
The Fire-Swallowing Qiu stared at Feng Xi with wide eyes, half believing and half doubting.
Would she really be so kind-hearted?
Feng Xi pointed at the little phoenix, "If you don't trust me, you should at least trust its judgment. Would it choose a master who is full of lies and shamelessness?"
The Fire-Swallowing Qiu thought that was reasonable. A phoenix is a divine bird, the person it chose must not be wrong.
But just follow her like this?
Something felt off, but it couldn't say what.
Feng Xi said impatiently, "Alright, alright! You're making me seem like I insist on taking you away!
Give me the Fire-Avoiding Pearls first, and then think about it slowly yourself!"
The Fire-Swallowing Qiu's thoughts had already been completely strung along by Feng Xi and didn't think there was anything wrong. It immediately took out three Fire-Avoiding Pearls from its own storage space and gave them to Feng Xi.
Feng Xi kept one for herself and gave the other two to Jun Wen and Xing Wu.
The two of them felt like they were dreaming.
It worked?
This… actually worked?
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(1): 貅: Qiu - A mythical chinese creature that kinda looks like a lion.