Before Gu Lianni left, she informed these two men about Shi Chun's Secret Technique and also entrusted them with the task of capturing the Divine Fire using the Element Locking Array in cooperation with Shi Chun.

Of course, this secret would not be broadly disseminated. The two were informed because they were trustworthy.

Shi Chun glanced around and then quietly lit a stick of incense, whispering to the two men, "Wait here for me, I'll go check out the situation first."

The two men acknowledged with a hum, their gazes fixed on the incense in Shi Chun's hand, as if trying to discern something extraordinary from it, which seemed quite magical according to Gu Lianni.

Shi Chun then rode on the Wind Scale, rising into the air, and activated his right eye superpower to search all around.

It didn't take too long before he discovered something abnormal beneath a pool of magma. After locating the position, Shi Chun returned and took Yuan Yao and the other man to the spot, indicating the location and its approximate depth.

Yuan Yao immediately summoned twelve disciples from Shudao Mountain. He distributed the twelve iron towers among them, and they descended into the magma with Pang Hou following.

When Pang Hou surfaced again and called out that it was ready, Yuan Yao immediately activated the Compass in his hand.

The Element Locking Array locked onto a small area. The entity beneath had almost no space to evade or move, and the people of Shudao Mountain were indeed fierce. After a brief rumble under the magma, the deed was done.

When Pang Hou emerged from the magma once again, he was holding a red flame identical to that of Tong Mingshan.

Pang Hou was excited but also looked at Shi Chun with a slightly plaintive gaze. According to the previously agreed distribution rule, not only this flame but also the next two would belong to the Mingshan Sect group, before they would start taking turns.

Shi Chun understood and responded with a slight smile.

Yuan Yao was also very excited, having personally experienced the sharp efficiency of the cooperation between the two sects. Finding the Divine Fire had become so easy, it was almost unimaginable. With this trend, would they ever need to worry about finding Divine Fire in the future?

Of course, he also desired the Divine Fire, but he no longer cared whether this one would be given to Shi Chun. He now felt that the collaboration was completely worthwhile and was glad that Shi Chun had firmly decided to cooperate with them.

It was then that he truly believed Shi Chun's previous claim of cooperation without deceit, acknowledging that Ice Jiao was indeed an accident.

He felt that Shudao Mountain was on the verge of an unprecedented haul.

With the Compass in hand, Yuan Yao deactivated the Element Locking Array. Once the twelve individuals arrayed beneath the magma resurfaced with their Magic Artifacts, he showed a smile towards Shi Chun for the first time, "Brother Chun, we shouldn't linger here. Let's head to the next location, hoping to move on before our elder finds us."

Shi Chun nodded with a smile, "Alright."

He did not bring up the matter of taking possession of the Divine Fire.

However, while resting along the way and determining their direction, he took the opportunity to whisper to Pang Hou, "I know you want this Divine Fire... and it's strange, of all the many people from Shudao Mountain, only Brother Pang has given me an instantly favorable impression. For Brother Pang's sake, we can delay receiving this Divine Fire and give it to Shudao Mountain first."

Pang Hou's eyes suddenly lit up, his hands trembling with excitement as though the chunk of earth he was holding might crack open.

Shi Chun added, "While I've done this as a favor to Brother Pang, whether Shudao Mountain will give you the Divine Fire is not something I can decide."

With that, Pang Hou became somewhat disheartened, pleading in a low voice, "When my master returns, could you hint that it was intended for me?"

Shi Chun shook his head, "That's not stipulated in our cooperation agreement. I won't interfere in your sect's internal matters, and you shouldn't interfere with ours, lest later there be hard feelings among you and then you blame me for instigating something. Elder Gu Lianni already has a deep prejudice against me."

This comment made Pang Hou speak irreverently about Gu Lianni.

Pang Hou sighed, but it was just a soft exhalation.

After the group rested for a while, the scouts returned to point them in the right direction, and everyone set off again...

At the highest peak of the mountain range near the exit, ten elders, who had been sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened their eyes and looked around as two more individuals descended from the sky, each holding a Divine Fire.

Again? It wasn't that long since the last group had left, right?

What's going on? Was this the new trend—to treat this place as some sort of playground?

The expressions of the ten elders were not too pleased. Some had anger flashing in their eyes, and there was even a suspicion of an imminent outburst.

The one who was about to protest was none other than Elder Jin Guiqi of Shudao Mountain. He was the most impatient because his own disciples had suffered this wrong. Others might enjoy the spectacle, but for him, it meant being repeatedly reminded of his injury, as if constantly being provoked.

This was an intolerable provocation.

Just as he was about to rebuke the newcomers, he saw that one of them, with long hair flowing, was a woman—women participants being quite rare. Furthermore, she looked somewhat familiar.

As the person landed, he took a closer look, his mouth falling open in shock. The disheveled woman was none other than Gu Lianni, the daughter of the Sect Leader of Shudao Mountain.

Gu Lianni turned to glance at the people in the sky and gave the elders a salute with cupped hands, making no further acknowledgment, not wanting to reveal her identity in front of the pursuers.

What in the world? Elder Jin Guiqi's eyes were somewhat dazed as he looked at the masked person beside Gu Lianni, holding a red Divine Fire, his eyes beginning to show signs of shock and suspicion. Was Shudao Mountain also playing this game?

He learned quickly!

If that was the case, it would be improper to blame them. There's no sense in not eating one's own food but smashing one's own pot.

He had participated in the Divine Fire Covenant as a disciple and knew how arduous it was for the disciples to scurry about vying for it. As an elder, even if he couldn't be of any help, he shouldn't hinder his own disciples. The sect didn't send him to exhibit such behavior.

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