The rag picking sister turned out to be a weapon refiner

"You are the Snow Moon Demon, she is the Spring Branch Demon, where are the Flame Demon and the Cold Demon?" Hu Xingtong looked at Qingyue and asked in a low voice.

The four people around them looked at the two of them without saying much, but just stood silently beside Hu Xingtong.

Qingyue hugged the bead and cried for a long time before she choked back, "You need to look for it. I can't find it. This is a formation. I can't find the center of the formation, nor can I find the hut..."

"The hut..." Hu Xingtong reluctantly stood up following Tan Yuruo's outstretched hand. Without saying anything, he turned to look at Han Qianyu and asked, "Senior Sister, can you help me?"

Han Qianyu frowned slightly, her gaze shifting between Qingyue and Hu Xingtong. Then, she nodded, her voice cold but with a subtle tenderness. "Yes, but first we need to understand the techniques of this formation, as well as the connection between the hut and the Flame Demon and the Cold Demon." Then, Han Qianyu looked at Qingyue and said, "Senior, please tell us everything you know about this formation in detail."

Qingyue wiped away her tears and tried to calm herself. She said, "I don't know how this formation works. I only know that before he died, he took the demon cores and bodies of the three demons, Spring, Summer, and Autumn. Then, he used this ice field as the base and the hut as the core of the formation."

"However, since the hut was built by me personally, and the interior is filled with my spiritual consciousness and demonic power, I can always feel some of its faint aura, but I can't determine its exact location." Qingyue said here, her eyes full of worry and hatred. Hu Xingtong didn't understand and didn't want to ask more.

After thinking for a moment, Hu Xingtong opened the Scanning Eye and looked at Han Qianyu. "Senior Sister, let's split up. You and I will each lead a group, and only look for traces of the Flame Demon and the Cold Demon. Once you find them, don't take any action yet, just communicate their location in a timely manner."

After saying this, Hu Xingtong looked at Qingyue. Her expression showed no emotion, only a hint of fatigue. She said, "Once we find that little house, can we cancel our bet?"

Qingyue looked at her, her eyes no longer filled with amusement, but with something Hu Xingtong couldn't understand. She replied, "My bet and this independence. If you can't find the cabin and can't lift the seal, you can stay here for a few more days. It won't affect me at all."

Hearing this, Hu Xingtong clenched her hands into fists, her eyes filled with anger and fierceness. It's not that Hu Xingtong didn't have a way to deal with this kind of scoundrel, but she just didn't want to lose face with him.

"Go look for him first. Our bet is good for you. I am not restricting your freedom. If you have the chance, come to me and I will tell you my story." After saying that, Qingyue disappeared in front of Hu Xingtong.

Hu Xingtong looked at the place where Qingyue had disappeared, feeling a mixture of emotions. Although Qingyue had looked pitiful just now, Hu Xingtong truly had no fondness for her. She took a deep breath, turned to Han Qianyu and said, "Senior Sister, we must act quickly. According to Qingyue, this formation is centered around the hut, so the hut's location must be the key to unlocking all this."

Han Qianyu nodded, her expression solemn. "That's right, but we must be careful. Since such a complex formation has been laid here, there must be a corresponding gate of life and death. Let's go first, and we'll communicate if there's anything else."

Hu Xingtong led Sun Ze, while Han Qianyu led Xiao Yuheng and Tan Yunuo. They separated. As Hu Xingtong walked, she activated her scanning eye, attempting to detect any auras related to the Flame Demon and the Cold Demon. However, the ice field seemed to be shrouded by an invisible force, greatly limiting her perception.

Time passed by minute by minute, and neither group found anything. Hu Xingtong couldn't help but feel anxious, scratching his hair in frustration as he stood under a branch.

"Ahhh, I really want to kill that old witch Qingyue and throw her to Mars to feed the aliens. She acts like she's seriously ill all day long. She better give me a reasonable explanation later, or I'm really going to blast her to death!!!" An irritated Hu Xingtong went berserk again. This time, the system didn't say anything, only muttering silently beside him: "Xingxing, you have a fire elemental spirit. You can actually use your fire sensitivity to try and sense the Flame Demon. She also has a fire attribute."

Hearing this, Hu Xingtong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he excitedly told Sun Ze the news immediately, "Brother, can we use our strange fire to sense the Flame Demon? She is transformed from the scorching summer sun and is a monster that absorbs the sun's essence and yang fire. So our strange fire should have some kind of effect on her, right?"

Sun Ze's eyes flashed with realization when he heard this. He looked at Hu Xingtong, smiled, and said approvingly, "Xingtong, your idea might be feasible. If the Yanyan demon was born in the Yang Fire, then we can indeed use the strange fire to try to find her. Why not give it a try?"

Hu Xingtong nodded, feeling a bit proud after receiving the praise. She immediately took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and began to concentrate, calling upon the power of the strange fire within her body. As her mind moved, a blazing fire power surged around her, as if even the surrounding air was distorted by the heat.

Sun Ze was a step late and felt the strange fire power surging from Hu Xingtong's body. This neither cold nor hot fire power made the life fire in his body tremble, just like the pressure of a natural superior, suppressing the life fire in his body. This feeling made Sun Ze feel that there was no need for him to help at all. Although he was surprised, it was not much, so he stood where he was and observed his surroundings.

As for Hu Xingtong, when she tried to use the power of fire to sense everything around her, she was still a little unsure, because she had never tried to use her own fire to sense other external fires, so she was not sure whether that kind of perception was normal. But as she continued to release her spiritual sense to perceive, a weak and vague flame fluctuation gradually emerged in her consciousness.

She asked the system: "What is this fluctuation?"

The system patiently explained: "This is most likely the location of the Flame Demon. Four Seasons Demons are a special setting in this world. It was clearly stated in the design that Four Seasons Demons are transformed from the elements of heaven and earth, absorbing the essence of nature to correspond to the environmental changes of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The Flame Demon itself is transformed from the strange fire, and even after death, it will retain the essence of the fire element. Therefore, what you sensed is probably the Flame Demon."

Hearing this, Hu Xingtong suddenly opened her eyes, with excitement flashing in her eyes, "Found it!" She immediately told Sun Ze about the discovery and took him in the direction.

Soon, the two arrived at the place where the fluctuation first appeared. The scanning eye looked around and finally stopped next to a stone. The moment their eyes touched the stone, their palms unexpectedly moved over, and a cluster of flames suddenly shot out from their fingertips, but the faint red color was like a candle that was about to go out, emitting a faint fluorescence.

At this moment, Hu Xingtong's heart seemed to be touched by something, and a vague image emerged in her mind - it was a woman with red hair and red clothes. She was covered in blood and surrounded by red flames. She stood in front of a man, muttering: "I swear I would rather die than..."

The scene replayed in Hu Xingtong's mind over and over again. Hu Xingtong could neither control himself nor stop. He could only listen to the words "I would never give in" over and over again, and look at the woman covered in blood.

"Why don't you want to? If there's anything you don't want to do, just let it go!"

The next moment, a cold breath poured down from above Hu Xingtong's head, instantly pulling his scattered thoughts back to reality. Hu Xingtong finally came to his senses and looked at Sun Ze, who was also caught in a brief nightmare beside him. He then looked at Qingyue, who was raising her hand to help him, and asked, "Where is she...?"

In fact, as we can see from the picture just now, the Yanyan Demon left nothing behind, only a cluster of yang fire, but was still trapped in this formation, and the only memory he had of his life was that small picture.