C1147 Mountain Fire
C1147 Mountain Fire
Kong Xian did not avoid Chu Yan's gaze, but truthfully answered: "Yes. Although I have heard about you from my younger brother's mouth, and have also seen your true strength since I came to the Heaven's Edge Sect …
However, there are some things that I cannot completely rest at ease without personally seeing it.
So, hiding people here is indeed a test for you.
I need to apologize to you for this. "
Chu Yan quietly looked at Kong Xian for a while, then nodded: "Alright, I accept your apology. So next, we can talk about the fifty Merit Point that you mentioned after sharing the points.
According to what you said before, it's very easy to obtain these fifty Merit Point.
However, from the looks of it now, it does not seem to be that simple. "
As he spoke, Chu Yan pointed in the direction of the water surface.
Kong Xian seemed to be deep in thought. He glanced over and said, "Things are a bit complicated, but this mission isn't too difficult. Listen to me."
After pausing for a moment, Kong Xian continued, "This person was unintentionally saved by a subordinate of my Wang Mansion some time ago.
When he was saved, the man's entire body was charred. He was hanging by a thread.
After checking, he found out that this person's flames were extraordinary.
Furthermore, this person himself was a cultivator. Even though he only had Pulse Condensation Stage, you should also be clear that the Pulse Condensation Period Cultivator's body was no longer something that mortals could compare to.
"Yet, this flame is so tyrannical. It has injured him to this extent."
"A battle between cultivators?" Chu Yan asked.
"For the time being, I don't know the reason. It's just that after he was saved, he repeated the words' mountain fire '." Kong Xian said.
"Mountain fire?" Chu Yan frowned.
From the literal meaning of the fire, it should have been a fire that had been created for some reason in the mountain range. Because it had not been extinguished in time, it had caused a fire in the mountain range.
Perhaps, a small calamity caused by the flames of a mountain could be wiped out in a timely manner.
However, if they were to develop to a certain scale, if there were no cultivators to exterminate them, then even a city with a population of hundreds of thousands would be burnt to ashes.
However, this was not the main point.
The problem was that no matter how fierce the mountain fire was, it was still just an ordinary fire.
A normal fire could cause destruction to an ordinary person, but to burn a cultivator to death was simply a pipe dream.
Moreover, Kong Xian had also mentioned earlier that the one who had burnt that person was not just some ordinary fire.
After pondering for a moment, Chu Yan opened his mouth and said: "Are you saying, that this mountain fire was not caused by ordinary fire in the first place?"
At this moment, Kong Xian revealed a wry smile, "Actually, my original thoughts were the same as yours.
It was a cultivator or demonic beast that had created a fire and then severely injured this fellow.
However, when I sent someone to investigate the area, I realized that nothing similar to mountain fire had happened recently.
At the time, I had a feeling that something was wrong.
Thus, they sent out more people to expand the scope of the investigation.
However, the information that was sent back in the end makes me feel that this matter is not that simple. "
With that, Kong Xian looked at Chu Yan with a serious expression.
"After the investigation, the people from the Wang Mansion told me that in the past ten years, no mountain fire had appeared near the person who was discovered, within a radius of approximately two hundred Li.
And this guy, even though he was on the verge of death, he kept repeating the words "mountain fire".
Thus, I sent some people to continue investigating. This time, the first thing I investigated was the identity of this cultivator.
And then, it made me discover something even more unexpected. "
"Is this guy's identity suspicious?" Chu Yan frowned.
"Yes. According to the information investigated by the Prince's Mansion, this fellow should have died ten years ago." Kong Xian said.
"A dead man?" Chu Yan focused his gaze.
The first thing he thought of was the zombie-like zombies.
However, he quickly rejected this idea.
Although he had only sized it up a little just now, Chu Yan was sure that the guy who was wrapped in the bandage was a living person who was about to die, and was not a zombie.
"What's going on?" Chu Yan asked.
"Chu Yan, you come from a sect in the Realm of the Gods, so you might not know this clearly. In the Upper Sky, all cultivators need to have a record of their status in the government.
I'll explain the purpose of this to you later.
All you need to know right now is that it happened. That's a prerequisite.
When we found out that this person died ten years ago, the followers of the Palace of Hua-Yang followed this line of information and investigated until they found the family he belonged to. "
At this point, Kong Xian paused for a moment before continuing, "What do you think happened?"
This time, Kong Xian did not wait for Chu Yan to answer before answering, "The clan that this cultivator belonged to, has already turned into a wasteland."
Chu Yan's face revealed a trace of astonishment: "Wilderness?"
He had originally thought that Kong Xian would say that his clan had been exterminated or razed to the ground.
However, what Kong Xian said turned into a wilderness.
The two theories sounded similar at first glance.
However, after careful consideration, one would realize the difference.
Seeing the expression on Chu Yan's face, Kong Xian continued to speak, "Looks like you understand, yes, it's indeed like that, in the wilderness.
No matter how one inspected it, it was a mountain wilderness that had been formed over hundreds and thousands of years.
However, the truth is that this cultivation clan is clearly recorded in the records. Furthermore, three months before the Royal Mansion's followers arrived, there was a record regarding this clan! "
"Destroying an entire cultivation clan and erasing any traces of their existence? Truly, what a great gift, such an extreme method." Chu Yan said.
"Indeed." Kong Xian nodded his head, "Furthermore, throughout the entire process, the followers of the Prince's Mansion did not find any traces or information related to the mountain fire.
When this matter was reported to me, I told the palace to send more people to secretly investigate this matter.
"Then..."
"You've made a bigger discovery?" Chu Yan said.
"More or less." Kong Xian agreed, "Not only that family, a few of the clans near that family also mysteriously disappeared. The original location of the clan turned into a wilderness, and even a lake.
There were also some higher ups in the clan who had mysteriously disappeared.
Furthermore, what's strange is that the cultivators of these clans actually do not acknowledge the existence of these upper echelons! "
Kong Xian stopped his narration, and looked at Chu Yan with a burning gaze. "Do you think that these matters are normal?"
Chu Yan looked at Kong Xian, his face expressionless. "I feel that this matter is at least as simple as you put it."