The sage was determined to die.

This scene looks truly horrifying.

The three looked in the direction of the sound, and two of them instinctively covered their chests, tightly holding the little thing that Ji Bai had given them.

"What's going on?"

Ji Bai didn't seem particularly shocked. He even lowered his mask, squinted at the distant mountain peak, and asked, "What's going on? Is the volcano about to erupt?"

Yan Ming and the other man leaned close to him, and there was a growing tendency for them to center their attention around him.

What is a volcano?

Upon hearing Ji Bai's words, Yan Ming swallowed hard and asked, "Will it breathe fire, or will it kill people?"

Ji Bai paused for a moment, then offered a compromise: "It breathes fire and kills people."

When he said this, a rare serious expression appeared on his face, and even his eyes became earnest.

"However," Ji Bai squatted down, picked up a handful of dust from the ground, rubbed it with his fingers, then brought it to his nose and smelled it, muttering, "This smell isn't quite right either."

A sense of crisis gripped Yan Ming, and he didn't even notice Ji Bai wiping his hands on him. He subconsciously asked, "What should we do now?"

Ji Bai wiped his hands clean, pointed forward, and pondered, "There are so many people gathering up to watch the fun ahead, why don't we go over and take a look?"

Yan Ming looked at Ji Bai with shock in his eyes, somewhere between "Are you crazy?" and "You really are crazy."

"We all have Wenxin now, wouldn't it be better to hide away somewhere else?" Yan Ming suggested.

"Okay, but there are no doors."

Ji Bai's eyes lit up with excitement as he said to Yan Ming, "Crisis and opportunity always go hand in hand."

After saying this, he walked forward without looking back. Gongsun Yang glanced at Yan Ming behind him, and without much hesitation, chose to follow.

Yan Ming stood there stunned for a while. After the two left, apart from the sparse sound of the wind, the surroundings were so quiet that it was almost eerie.

Didn't these two even wait for him?

Yan Ming gritted his teeth and made a decision.

……

Ji Bai was not surprised to see Chu Ze and the others here.

He looked at Chu Ze, his eyes calm: "Congratulations."

Chu Ze nodded politely and replied, "Thank you, but Brother Ji hid it well."

"Really?" Ji Bai once again revealed that innocent expression and said, "I didn't hide anything."

Chu Ze smiled but remained silent.

The two exchanged perfunctory pleasantries, then Chu Ze turned to Ji Bai and asked directly, "Brother Ji, what good things do you think there might be here?"

Ji Bai looked at the object that resembled a volcano not far away. Unlike traditional mountains, this thing, just by looking at its appearance, even looked a bit like a coiled stone dragon.

Something seemed to flow faintly through the bright red cracks, like imprisoning chains or taut blood vessels.

"I don't know."

Ji Bai spread his hands, looking quite helpless: "Maybe it's something that can burn everyone to death."

"Yeah?"

Chu Ze chuckled, a smile as pure as ever, entirely feigned, devoid of any genuine emotion.

"I have a slightly different opinion."

Ji Bai looked at Chu Ze, whose eyes were burning with determination, and said, "Perhaps this is a huge opportunity?"

"opportunity?"

Ji Bai repeated those two words, pointed to the stone dragon, and said, "You mean, that thing will suddenly start acting up later and spew out a lot of literary essence?"

As soon as Ji Bai finished speaking, the stone mountain suddenly began to shake violently.

The next second, the sky was filled with a crimson glow.