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Chapter 255 The Blazing Fire
That night, Qin Dingfeng was playing chess alone in his humble abode. He saw that the black and white pieces were deadlocked and neither could do anything to the other.

The candlestick suddenly fell onto Qin Xiang's beloved nanmu chessboard. Sparks flew everywhere, and the wax quickly melted and solidified, forming clumps of dirt between the vertical and horizontal lines.

Qin Dingfeng's expression suddenly became extremely heavy. He stared at the chessboard intently and uttered a few words: "East, fire chaos, great misfortune."

At the same time, if you look down from the sky, you can clearly see that it seems like a candle is quietly lit in the eastern part of Daxia, and the flames are like flower buds about to bloom.

And the pistil is Dong'an City.

In a corner of Dong'an City, wild sparks suddenly erupted, the flames gathering to form a raging wave of fire. They flowed and spread like water, lighting up the night and threatening to set the entire city ablaze!
Yun Yi happened to be sitting cross-legged in meditation in Prince Xian's mansion. He suddenly opened his eyes and his figure floated into the air. He found that the fire was raging and spread in an instant.

He said, "This is not an ordinary flame, but the fire of ignorance and karma."

Zhuque was shocked when he heard this, while Jiang Miaojin looked puzzled, "Immortal Karma Fire?"

Yun Yi explained, "Legend has it that this item is a treasure of Buddhism. It's taken from the saying 'evil deeds harm the body like fire'. It's the fire of hell that punishes sinners. It's shaped like water and penetrates every hole... The Great Flame Prisoner is truly a cruel method."

He had anticipated what methods the prisoners would resort to when cornered, but he had never imagined they would actually use the Unknowing Karma Fire in Dong'an City.

Such a method is horrifying. If the fire cannot be stopped, the entire Dong'an City will be destroyed.

The karmic fires bloomed like fireworks in the city, but their splendor came at the cost of countless people's homes, property, and even their lives.

The sparks spread slowly, but wherever they passed was turned into scorched earth. In a blink of an eye, they had burned through seventeen alleys and were about to flow into the main avenue along the narrow alleys.

The people in the alley were awakened from their sleep, their clothes disheveled, and they fled in panic. Those who could not escape climbed onto the roofs or tried to put out the flames with water, but found that the fire only grew stronger.

The fire of ignorance can actually make water burn!
Finally, belatedly realizing the situation, Dong'an City dispatched its army to evacuate the panicked crowd, but they were powerless against the flames. One soldier, caught by a single spark, burst into flames, his entire body ablaze. His cries of agony were heartbreaking. Bystanders threw water to save him, but it was like pouring oil, and they could only watch helplessly as he turned to ash.

Su Qing was in the palace, looking out from a high place. Seeing the slowly moving but increasingly powerful karmic fire, his expression was filled with sadness.

Someone from the Imperial Observatory came to ask, "Your Highness, there have been sudden fires in various parts of the city. These fires are not ordinary fires. Should we send Qigong practitioners from the Imperial Observatory to provide assistance?"

It was obvious that the prisoners set the fire in order to force Su Qing to send the practitioners in the palace to rescue.

But at this moment, she witnessed the tragic situation in the city and could not remain indifferent. She could only say, "Send the order down, have the Imperial Astronomical Observatory come to me to get some fire-proof pills, and then form groups of three to go to different towns to put out the fires."

Su Qing felt extremely guilty because she knew the fire was directed at her. If she died, her people would not have to suffer such an unprovoked disaster.

But she cannot die, as she is the last pillar of Daxia.

Su Qing took out several extremely rare thousand-year-old ice souls from the Sumeru Ring. This thing is naturally able to restrain all flames and is very effective even when facing the fire of ignorance.

She handed the treasure to the people in the Imperial Astronomical Office and instructed them, "When you encounter a flame, crush the ice spirit to suppress the fire. However, the treasure is limited, so try to find the source of the fire before using it!"

"I obey my orders!"

At Prince Xian's Mansion, Zhuque practiced fire-based techniques and was the least affected by the Unknowing Karma Fire, so she went out to investigate.

After returning, she said anxiously, "The flames are gushing out from various wellheads, most of which come from the homes of the powerful. I estimate there should be dozens of sources."

Yun Yi suddenly realized, "So the True Heart Spring was used in this place. The Unknowing Karma Fire wouldn't appear without reason. Those powerful people must have been caught by someone, so they took the initiative to help, which caused the fire to ignite from the bottom of the well." Jiang Miaojin hurried over, "The fire has spread out of Wuyi Lane and is about to spread to the palace!"

Yun Yi and Zhu Que exchanged a glance before flying out of the palace. They saw the karmic fire transform into a river, sweeping in with rolling heat waves.

Zhuque summoned Buxianxian, and the dragon and phoenix rings, one in the sky and the other on the ground, turned into two circles that covered Prince Xian's Mansion and the surrounding houses as much as possible. In this way, the karma fire of ignorance would have difficulty advancing once it came into contact with Buxianxian.

She frowned slightly and muttered, "It's a little hot." The fire of ignorance was so strange that it could actually make Zhuque feel uncomfortable.

Yun Yi was also not idle, charging into the thick smoke with his sword. He used his sword energy to block the fire, forcing it to meander forward, but this was clearly only a temporary solution.

Not far away, he could vaguely hear someone singing, and Yun Yi flew over on his sword.

I saw a group of disheveled scholars standing on the street. The fire around them had blocked their escape route. They had nowhere to go, so they suddenly started clapping their hands and singing the Book of Songs.

The vast Milky Way shines brightly in the sky.

Disasters and chaos came from heaven, and famine was rampant.

The sky is so bright and blazing, and I have nothing.

Yun Yi shook his head slightly. This was a poem written thousands of years ago because of the drought that plagued the world. Singing it was simply to pray for a heavy rain.

But distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, and ordinary drizzle can only fuel the fire of ignorance and karma. At this time, asking anyone for help will be of no avail.

He couldn't bear it, so he flew into the crowd on his sword. Some people recognized King Xian's clothes and silently took two steps back, fearing that they would not be burned to death but would be stabbed to death by the infamous King Xian.

Scholars and common people supported each other, their eyes filled with despair, not understanding why they suddenly suffered such a devastating disaster.

Yun Yi was too lazy to explain, so he simply opened the purple gold gourd and summoned three hundred small swords, each of which was attached to the collar of a disaster victim.

The small sword soared into the sky, leading those people hurriedly towards the direction of Prince Xian's palace. There, Suzaku was using the Dragon and Phoenix Rings to resist the fire, so nothing should happen in the short term.

Everyone felt dizzy and soon they were thrown by Xiaojian to the gate of Prince Xian's mansion.

Jiang Miaojin shouted, "Let the women, children, and injured people go in first. Don't rush!"

After the three hundred small swords completed their mission, they first seemed to transform into countless flying birds and rushed into the sky. After finding Yun Yi's figure, they condensed into a giant dragon and hovered beside him.

Yun Yi stood in the air, his eyes reflecting the fire in the city, his face extremely solemn.

Suddenly, a look of joy appeared on his face. In the distance, there were continuous thunders in the sea of ​​fire, and the earth was shaking.

Afterwards, the endless karmic fire slowly stopped flowing. It turned out that Su Qing's thousand-year-old ice soul had taken effect.

As soon as the fire of ignorance touched the powdered ice soul, it turned into solidified rocks, which just happened to stop the subsequent fire.

(End of this chapter)