"If there's an opportunity, we can even subdue it."
"As for that special place, I think it hasn't disappeared but rather has been obscured by that thing."
Qin Ning spoke a series of sentences, but Ye Yuan Yuan still didn't understand.
What exactly was that thing?
At this moment, Qin Ning strode towards the mountaintop.
This place was only a few hundred meters from where they lived. Standing halfway up the mountain, one could see the towering rooftops and vast area of District Thirty-Six.
Originally, it was home to nearly ten thousand disciples, once bustling with life, but now no one dared to inquire about it, which couldn't help but make people feel a pang of sorrow.
At this moment, Qin Ning had no time for sentimentality.
He ascended the mountain step by step. At this point, the two figures standing a few hundred meters below the mountaintop looked incredibly small.
But as they climbed, Ye Yuan Yuan felt even more surprised.
Logically, as night was about to fall here, the higher they went, the colder it should be.
However, the higher the two of them ascended, the hotter they felt.
The temperature continuously rose, and Ye Yuan Yuan was drenched in sweat.
"This is the place!"
Qin Ning led Ye Yuan Yuan back and forth, up and down the mountain, finally stopping a hundred meters from the summit. They breathed a sigh of relief.
"What exactly is this place?"
At this moment, Ye Yuan Yuan still didn't understand why Qin Ning had brought her here.
"The cause of the fire!" Qin Ning said matter-of-factly.
The cause of the fire?
A thousand years ago, the Heaven God Academy suffered a fire. District Thirty-Six was completely burned down, and thousands of disciples died tragically. The fire that year was very serious.
Even the elders of the academy couldn't investigate the cause. A thousand years had passed, and now Qin Ning said he wanted to investigate the cause of the fire?
"You don't believe me?"
"It's not that I don't believe you, but it's hard to imagine..."
Qin Ning continued, "According to my speculation, the fire a thousand years ago occurred suddenly and rapidly, so the academy's administrators had no way to extinguish it, leading to the deaths of thousands of disciples."
"Moreover, after the fire, everything turned to ash, and nothing could be found, right?"
"Yes!"
Ye Yuan Yuan nodded. There was nothing strange about that.
"Not only that, but even... after the fire, the ground in District Thirty-Six remained scorching hot for several years, and no one could live there, right?"
As he said this, Ye Yuan Yuan looked at Qin Ning with even greater surprise.
Not everyone knew this.
At that time, the academy investigated for so long, but ultimately found no results.
At this moment, Qin Ning chuckled softly and walked forward, saying, "The secret is here!"
Taking a step, Qin Ning swung his hand, unleashing a powerful spiritual energy with a palm strike.
Boom...
A loud explosion echoed, and the mountain in front of them suddenly split open.
At this moment, a cave appeared on the mountainside.
The immortal cave was winding, not man-made, but rather... a work of nature.
Qin Ning walked straight into the immortal cave.
The two walked along the immortal cave. After descending a few hundred meters, Ye Yuan Yuan felt a little breathless.
And the further down they went, the more intense the heat became.
"Be careful!"
At this moment, Qin Ning said cautiously.
This was the first time Ye Yuan Yuan had seen Qin Ning so careful. Her soft hand gently rested on her hip, ready to draw out her Azure Scale Whip at any moment.
Whoosh...
As the two turned, a wave of heat struck them directly.
The surging heat wave rushed over, Ye Yuan Yuan's face flushed red, and she couldn't help but cover her face with her hand.
A flicker of surprise passed through Qin Ning's eyebrows.
The two stopped and looked ahead.
Before them was a pond, but instead of water, the pond was filled with bubbling, molten rock.
As soon as the two appeared in this place, the molten rock emitted a popping sound, and a flood dragon suddenly emerged.
However, this flood dragon was not real; it was... formed by the accumulation of molten rock.
Its figure was several hundred meters tall, and its eyes stared intently at Qin Ning and Ye Yuan Yuan.
"I didn't expect that after tens of thousands of years, you would achieve such a level. Now you can be considered an intelligent Earth Fire."
As Qin Ning finished speaking, Ye Yuan Yuan trembled.
Earth Fire!
In this vast world, fire was the most important thing for alchemists and artifact masters, driving countless martial artists mad and making them disregard danger.
The levels of fire began with Wood Fire at the lowest level, then Beast Fire, which contained spiritual beasts, and after that was Earth Fire.
Above Earth Fire was Heaven Fire, and above Heaven Fire was the legendary Divine Fire.
According to legend, once Divine Fire erupted, it could burn all matter, melt heaven and earth, turn day into night, and could... incinerate all living beings.
Therefore, Divine Fire only existed in legends.
In fact, there was no need for Divine Fire; even Heaven Fire alone was something that only existed in legends.
Previously, to cure her birth mother, Gu Yuehan, Ye Yuan Yuan had unhesitatingly agreed to Qin Ning's condition of becoming his maid in exchange for a Heaven Fire Spirit Crystal.
This was enough to show how precious and valuable a Heaven Fire Spirit Crystal was.
Not to mention the Heaven Fire that was now seen.
Heaven Fire and Divine Fire were both things that existed in legends, and moreover, they could transform at will, and even cultivate.
Next came Earth Fire.
Earth Fire was not as strong as Heaven Fire and Divine Fire, but if news of an Earth Fire appeared in the Beiming Empire, it would certainly drive all martial artists in the Beiming Empire mad.
Earth Fire also possessed intelligence, but it could not roam between heaven and earth like Heaven Fire and Divine Fire. It could only silently absorb the heat of heaven and earth, gradually improving itself to transform into Heaven Fire.
Furthermore, because Earth Fire had limitations, it might be discovered and subdued by martial artists while still in the stage of not yet maturing into Heaven Fire.
Even so, Earth Fire was still much stronger than Beast Fire. It could be said to be an extremely precious and valuable item for powerful alchemists and spiritual artifact masters.
Now, an Earth Fire appeared before the two of them, which naturally startled Ye Yuan Yuan.
"That year, I had an idea in my heart. I entrusted it to a Heaven Fire Spirit Crystal, helping you become an Earth Fire."
At this moment, Qin Ning continued, "It's a pity. If you had focused on cultivation and become a Heaven Fire, I would have agreed to fulfill your wish, but you only sought immediate gain, devouring living beings to enhance yourself. Who taught you that?"