Long River Eternity

Zhu Rong stared at Nüba, who was lying unconscious in Hao Fei's arms, feeling confused.

At first, he thought she was seriously injured and unconscious, and didn't pay much attention to it. However, when he looked closely, he noticed a faint black aura swirling around her forehead, and his eyes fixed on her.

He stretched out his finger and gently pointed it at Nüba's forehead, then drew out two tiny flames, one red and one black, from between her eyebrows.

The two flames entangled and collided with each other, as if they were engaged in a fight to the death.

"Huh?" Zhu Rong uttered a questioning sound, then said, "This little girl actually has the true fire of the sun hidden within her body?"

"That's right, what's inside her body is the same ray of true sun fire that Chi You extracted from Bo Yan's body ten years ago." Hao Fei answered hurriedly, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

"I see." Zhu Rong nodded, but his expression did not show much surprise.

His gaze turned to the black flame again, his brows slightly furrowed, a puzzled expression on his face. "This black flame should be her own flame. However, this flame..."

Zhu Rong frowned, pondered for a moment, and then slowly said, "This flame is undoubtedly Yin Fire, but it looks like an ordinary ghost fire, but it exudes a more intense aura of death. I have never seen such a flame before, it is really strange. What is this girl's life experience? What were her previous qualifications?"

Everyone turned their attention to Hao Fei. Although Nüba was considered a friend, she had been in a coma for five years and had spent very little time with them since waking up. Besides Hao Fei, no one else knew much about her abilities.

Hao Fei quickly explained: "Nu Ba is the daughter of the leader of the Yang Sect, Ji. Her previous talent was only a high-grade fire spiritual root, and the fire in her body is the ghost fire."

"Chi You gifted Nüba the Sun's True Fire, intending to use a small amount to stimulate the willful fire within her body and promote her cultivation. However, ten years ago, she forcefully activated her True Fire, becoming possessed and falling into a coma for five years. Although her cultivation advanced rapidly after waking, she often struggled with the loss of control over her True Fire, often suffering backlash from it. Normally, she could manage to suppress it, but this time, due to the fierce battle with the Golden Crow and the influence of the Origin Fire Domain, her True Fire completely spiraled out of control."

Zhu Rong nodded slightly after hearing this. "Will-o'-the-wisp is indeed a common type of Yin Fire. Yang Fire is fiery, while Yin Fire is treacherous. The characteristic of will-o'-the-wisp is that it burns the vitality of life. Its effect on Wood Element cultivators is particularly obvious."

At this point, Zhu Rong's brow furrowed again, and he continued, "A small amount of true solar fire injected into the body. True fire is yang, while will-o'-the-wisp fire is yin. In theory, a small amount of true fire can indeed stimulate the will-o'-the-wisp fire without causing any harm to the user. Xuanyuan and Chi You, as the world's top masters, how could they not grasp this balance? Why did it cause the true fire to backfire?"

Zhu Rong's expression gradually darkened as he fell into deep thought. Seeing that even he couldn't find the cause, everyone else looked worried.

After a moment, Zhu Rong asked, "You mentioned that ten years ago, she became possessed by the activation of her True Fire and subsequently fell into a coma for five years. Can you describe the circumstances of that time in detail?"

Hao Fei pondered for a moment and slowly said, "At that time, we were only at the Yufeng Realm, but we were besieged by two Heyuan Realm cultivators and several Yufeng Realm monsters. Lao Qin and I were soon seriously injured and unconscious. Before I passed out, I saw a red-gold flame ignite in Nüba's body, repelling the monsters that rushed towards me. After being rescued and brought back to Dao Court by Master, I learned that it was Nüba's rampage and Han Dong's breakthrough that saved us from disaster."

Zhu Rong stroked his chin and pondered, "True Fire out of control can only harm the body at most. Her current condition is clearly due to the imbalance between True Fire and Will-O-Wisp, causing the True Fire to frequently attack her. The grade of Sun True Fire is far superior to Will-O-Wisp, and even a slight excess of Sun True Fire in the body will cause an imbalance. If the amount injected initially was correct, then someone must have injected Sun True Fire into her body later, leading to the current situation."

Everyone looked at each other in astonishment. As the daughter of Xuanyuan, who dared to tamper with her body? This was simply courting death, like pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth.

"The Yang Sect is heavily guarded, and it's impossible for Nuba to be ambushed in the Yang Sect. Could it be that ten years ago, when you were unconscious, someone injected other Sun True Fire into her body?" Ye Tingxue speculated with tension and uneasiness in his voice.

"This...what exactly is his intention?" Cold sweat broke out on Hao Fei's forehead, his heart was in turmoil, and he realized that Nüba was in deep crisis, and he had a vague feeling that a huge conspiracy was approaching.

He turned to Zhurong, bowed, and said earnestly, "Lord Zhurong, since you know that Nüba's body is suffering from an imbalance of the Sun's True Fire, could you please help her extract the True Fire from her body? I will never forget your great kindness!"

Zhu Rong sighed slightly and waved his hand, saying, "If I could extract it, I would have done it long ago. The True Fire in her body has long been entangled with the Will-O-Wisp, merging with each other. The Will-O-Wisp, suppressed by the True Fire for years, is even mutating into a completely new flame, one I've never seen before. Moreover, this mutation is still ongoing. I can sense that this black flame is not its final form."

"What will this black flame look like after it fully evolves?" Yang An suddenly asked, his heart filled with anxiety.

Zhu Rong stared intently at the red and black flames on his fingertips, a meaningful smile playing on his lips: "Now that you mention it, I'm quite interested."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Rong swallowed the two flames in one gulp. A wave of scorching heat instantly erupted from his body, and black flames engulfed his entire body. The once warm hall suddenly became scorching and dry. The plants in the flowerpots along the wall withered in an instant. Everyone felt the vitality in their bodies slowly draining away, as if being swallowed by the merciless darkness.

Drought!

Yang An's heart was shocked, and the word "Hanba" instantly appeared in his mind.

The flames and air waves only appeared for a moment, and then a dazzling flame erupted from Zhu Rong's body again. The black flames were instantly dispelled, and the heat in the hall disappeared. Everyone's vitality was no longer lost.

However, that brief moment made everyone deeply realize the horror of the black flames.

"It turns out that it enhances the vitality-burning property of ghost fire, while incorporating the heat of real fire. It's really novel. Since it evolved from ghost fire, why not call this flame 'Yin Ming Death Fire'." Zhu Rong said with a smile, a sense of accomplishment in his eyes.

As the ruler of the law of fire, nothing brings him greater satisfaction than discovering new flames.

However, Yang An and the others' moods were completely opposite to Zhu Rong's. They all had heavy expressions, and Hao Fei's mood even fell into the abyss.

Everyone knows that Nüba is the future drought demon, but no one wants this to happen. However, the reality makes everyone feel desperate.

The feeling of despair of knowing the outcome but being unable to change it is suffocating.