The mountain road was pitch-black, and the dark shadows of the trees were like monsters rushing towards him from the sides of the road!
Xu Chen, although fearless of any demonic creatures, was not in the chaos sea at the moment. He didn't know how much power his mind could provide in battle. There was no time to try it out now!
However, Xu Chen was eager to find his sisters and couldn't afford to delay any longer!
As he descended the mountain, the trees on both sides grew taller, but they were all ancient dead trees! Not a single one was alive! The road became darker and Xu Chen could hardly see the way ahead!
Therefore, he took out the Fire Tree Silver Flower Lantern from his storage jade bracelet. The jade bracelet was given to him along with the Heavenly Maiden Feather Robe.
The soft flame in the silver flower lantern was always burning, seemingly without the need for fuel. The orange-red fire light illuminated the way ahead.
Xu Chen walked down the mountain for most of the night, and he saw a huge rock at the bend of the mountain, with the words "Feng Mo Mountain" written in black on the stone.
"So this is the name of this mountain, Feng Mo Mountain. I hope it lives up to its name and presents me with some demons!" Xu Chen muttered to himself.
But before he could finish speaking, there was suddenly a flickering light at the bend of the mountain ahead. Two strange little devils, one tall and one short, with lanterns in their hands, were walking towards him from the other side of the mountain.
"Bawu, look, it looks like a woman up ahead!" the short little devil said.
"Oh! Liwu, what a beautiful dress! She seems to have a slim figure! Her skin is so white! She must be a beauty!!" the tall little devil said.
"Hahaha! They say beautiful women are rare in this demonic realm. How come we, such lowly devils, have encountered one? If we can possess such a beauty, our strength will definitely increase!"
"Be careful! A woman who dares to walk alone at night like this must either have escaped or have extraordinary strength. Don't recklessly endanger our lives!"
"Let's go up and test it!"
Xu Chen also saw the two little devils. The mountain road was very narrow, so it was impossible to go around them.
"Miss beautiful lady! It's very late, where are you going? It's very dangerous here! How about letting us brothers accompany you?" Bawu said.
The two little devils, one taller than himself by a head, and the other only reaching his waist, had gray-black bodies, eyes sparkling in the night, big noses, and pointed ears.
"Get lost!" they actually called him "sister", which made Xu Chen feel very annoyed, but he didn't bother to argue. If it were in the chaos sea, a single glance from him could wipe them out, but now he had to endure the harassment of such lowly creatures on the road!
"Wow! Such a fierce sister! We are well-intentioned, why are you being rude?" When the two little devils approached and saw Xu Chen's appearance in the light of the lantern, apart from her flat chest for some reason, her looks, her skin, and her shoulders were all of an extremely beautiful woman! They couldn't care less about the danger, like a hungry beast seeing its prey after a month!
"Step aside, or else don't blame me for being impolite!" Xu Chen said coldly.
"With this sister's voice, it's so pleasant to the ears! We just won't step aside, how do you plan to be impolite?"
"Come, sister, feel free to come. Be impolite!"
Xu Chen realized that he wouldn't be able to drive away these two little devils without using force! He had no weapons in his hands, but he saw a stone not far away. With a thought, the stone floated up and flew towards the little devils with a swish!
However, the speed was too fast, and the stone flew past the little devils' backs and heavily hit the slope!
"Hmm? Still not skilled enough!" Xu Chen thought to himself.
"Hey? What just happened?" The two little devils looked around, not understanding what had happened. One of them even reached out to grab Xu Chen's hand!
Before Xu Chen could react, a burst of orange-red flame suddenly erupted from the Fire Tree Silver Flower Lantern in his hand. The flame was exceptionally gorgeous, circling around the night mountain path, and then directly colliding with the two little devils!
"Ah--!!"
"No--!!"
Xu Chen didn't expect that the flame not only moved on its own, but also had extremely powerful strength. As soon as it touched the two little devils, it devoured them and turned them into two fire ghosts, reducing them to ashes in an instant.
"What?" Xu Chen looked at the empty silver flower lantern in astonishment. "This treasure is actually so powerful?"However, what surprised Xu Chen even more was that the flames that flew out of the silver flower lamp did not return to the lantern after burning two little ghosts to death. Instead, they happily danced around Xu Chen a few times.
"Hehehe, Lady Lingyuan, do you remember me?" A light and nimble girl's voice.
"Ah, this voice is..." Xu Chen said.
The flames flew in front of Xu Chen and transformed into a human form within the flames. It gradually became a little loli wearing an orange-red and white fairy costume! Two orange-red twin ponytails floated on her round head.
"Little Yuanying!" Xu Chen exclaimed, "Why is it you?"
Little Yuanying put her hands on her hips and proudly said, "Lady Lingyuan actually left without bidding me farewell! So heartless!"
"Well, uh, I had a very urgent matter."
"Forget it! I forgive you! By the way, my full name is Huo Shu Yin Hua Shi Yuanying! I am the fire spirit residing in this silver flower lamp! The reason why the Silver Flower Temple has remained unharmed for thousands of years is all thanks to my protection!" Yuanying said.
"Oh? So, if you leave, will there be any danger to the temple?"
"A bunch of old geckos, even their teeth would break when eating meat. Don't worry, what danger could there be! Besides, when the Ming King descends, if he falls into the hands of demons, the consequences would be unimaginable. From now on, let me protect you!" Yuanying patted her chest and said.
"But, am I not the Ming King? Aren't I powerful? Do I need someone to protect me?" Xu Chen said.
"Maybe you will become powerful in the future, but as the newly descended Ming King, you are as weak as a young maiden. Moreover, I haven't felt any demonic or divine power from you!"
"Demonic power? Divine power?"
"Demonic power and divine power are two types of powers that can devour and annihilate each other. The strong beings in this world are either gods or demons. Both types of power can become incredibly strong. However, it seems that you don't have either. In my opinion, those two little ghosts just now could have easily subdued you if I hadn't intervened!" Yuanying said.
"Demonic power and divine power... So you're saying I will become powerful in the future, but I don't know how to become stronger!" Xu Chen said.
"Whenever the Ming King descends, your comprehension will naturally be extremely high! You can cultivate to become incredibly powerful in just a hundred years. I originally wanted you to cultivate in the temple, but who knew you would be in such a hurry to leave! That's why I had to use this treasure of the temple to protect you!" Yuanying said.
"I see! Little Yuanying, do you have any secret methods for cultivation?"
"I am just a fire spirit, a special creature by nature. I rely on instincts to devour various rare flames and precious materials to grow. I don't need those secret methods! I didn't bring any with me, but we can go down to the foot of the mountain to a city called Yemo City. It is the largest city in the Huoshu Kingdom, and we should be able to buy secret techniques there! Of course, we can also return to the temple now to get the secret techniques." Xiaoyuan Ying said. Xu Chen looked at the map and shook his head, "It's already midnight, and I'm afraid going back will delay things! Let's go to Yemo City! Yemo City is also the route to the Star Moon Cave!"
"Alright! It's up to you!" Xiaoyuan Ying transformed back into a flame and flew back into the lamp. The lantern lit up with a soft, gentle light.
"Why don't you stay in your human form?" "I get tired if I stay in human form for too long every day. I'm tired and need to rest! If there's danger, I will come out!" Xiaoyuan Ying said from inside the lantern.
