The sage was determined to die.

These words left the two people standing nearby speechless.

"This isn't real gold," Yan Ming couldn't help but comment. "It's a treasure, and things that can be considered treasures are usually quite fragile."

Ji Bai glanced at him speechlessly and sighed, "Of course I know, you really have no sense of humor at all."

"Sigh," he said with a long sigh, "perhaps this is what they mean by 'too highbrow for the masses.'"

Yan Ming: "..."

Yan Ming, who quickly realized that the focus wasn't on that at all, exclaimed: "!!!"

He belatedly opened his eyes wide and said, "No, why did you burn this thing?"

Ji Bai picked at his ear to make sure no one else could hear, and said in a very low voice, "Do you really think they'll obediently hand over good stuff to you?"

"What do you mean?" Yan Ming resisted the urge to turn back and look at Wang Zhixuan, equally puzzled. "Is there some kind of trap? But even if there is, wouldn't it be a waste to just burn it?"

Although the item wasn't in his hands, Yan Ming couldn't help but scrunch up his face as he watched Ji Bai's actions. For some reason, a wave of sadness washed over him, and he felt a deep sense of heartache.

Ji Bai, however, remained nonchalant, seemingly unconcerned about the loss of his family's wealth, and casually remarked, "What a pity? What's there to regret?"

Following his words, Yan Ming looked at the bonfire that was leaping up.

At the same time, Wang Zhixuan, who was lying on the ground, was also filled with rage, and the flames of anger almost burned into his eyes.

But he was almost completely immobilized and could only watch as it all unfolded before his eyes. As he watched, things gradually began to go wrong.

This fire has been burning for too long, and it's been burning in a very strange way.

Yan Ming rubbed his eyes, a deep sense of bewilderment emanating from him: "What happened? Why did the fire burn like this?"

Within his field of vision, the flickering flames gradually changed from bright red to bluish-purple, and then slowly became somewhat transparent.

Furthermore, apart from the enormous skeleton and the fragment of the Wenxin, the flames did not spread to anything else.

Under Yan Ming's puzzled gaze, Ji Bai reached closer to the fire and, taking advantage of an angle where Yan Ming couldn't see, threw in a fragment as well.

"really……"

The flames, which had been gradually turning transparent, now turned scarlet again.

Yan Ming rubbed his eyes again, somewhat incredulously saying, "Hey, why are they red again?"

Ji Bai didn't show much surprise on his face. He was deep in thought, staring at the flickering flames without saying a word.

Rarely seeing this person with such a serious expression, Yan Ming couldn't help but ask, "You must have some different thoughts, right?"

Ji Bai shook his head slightly, then suddenly uttered a lame joke: "No, I just thought maybe we could burn a relic out of it."

Yan Ming: "..."

……

Meanwhile, on the other side...

"I really envy you, you can kill people without breaking the law." The girl suddenly said this out of the blue.

The man looked at the strange girl who had suddenly appeared. Her face seemed vaguely familiar, but he couldn't quite place where he had seen her before.

Before he could think, his gaze fell on the other person's arm.

"Your hand," the man's eyes widened as he looked at the girl's empty arm, then he hesitated for a moment before adding, "Why is this happening?"

The girl licked her lips, her eyes icy cold.

"Alas, the price I'll have to pay for killing someone is far too high."