She became a god

The cultivators carefully examined the sky, and one of them remarked, "This seems to be Pingcheng before the fire."

"So this is what we saw before the Heisei fire. The real purpose of the canopy was probably to let us see everything that happened that day."

The truth about Pingcheng is nearing its end, and so is the secret realm.

A sense of joy welled up within me, and the atmosphere became more relaxed.

A voice suddenly echoed from the sky. "Thank you all for participating in the Pingcheng Heavenly Fire Truth Clarification Conference. Interested fellow Daoists, please cast ten high-grade spirit stones to participate in the Q&A session. Winners will receive prizes!"

For some reason, some cultivators felt that the words sounded familiar.

But this strange feeling was quickly suppressed.

A box appeared in the sky, its opening wide open, revealing a pure white screen.

"This box is called the Treasure Box, where fellow Daoists can throw in spirit stones. This screen is called the Information Screen, which will display the participation information of fellow Daoists. Those who answer correctly will receive a top-grade Xuan-level spirit treasure."

Top-grade Xuan-level spiritual treasure!

Everyone's eyes lit up with anticipation, but then they heard a voice from above the sky say, "Ten high-grade spirit stones are the basic requirement for participation. The opportunity to answer will be determined by the information screen scrolling, which will randomly select one fellow Daoist to answer. If that fellow Daoist answers incorrectly, the information screen will scroll again."

"The footage of the Pingcheng fire will be played in five minutes. After the footage is played, no cultivator may submit spirit stones to participate in the competition. The Q&A session will begin after the footage is played."

The market price for a top-grade Xuan-level spiritual treasure is 80 to 150 high-grade spirit stones, but now you only need 10 high-grade spirit stones to have a chance to obtain it.

Few cultivators could resist this temptation, so most of the cultivators present chose to participate by throwing spirit stones.

Five minutes later, the sky began to churn.

Pingcheng is located in the heart of the Central Plains, where the people live in peace and contentment.

There wasn't a single beggar in the city, and even the poorest residents of Pingcheng lived better than ordinary residents in smaller places.

The people of Pingcheng above the sky were all beaming with happiness, which infected the cultivators watching.

But soon some cultivators noticed something was wrong: "There are far too few young female mortals on this street!"

One cultivator retorted, "It may seem a bit few, but the number of women in the human realm is much smaller than that of men."

"In the human world, women are responsible for domestic affairs, while men are responsible for external affairs. It's perfectly normal for women to stay home and manage household chores while men go out to work!"

This reason was reasonable, so the monk who had raised the question earlier stopped talking.

The projector continued to play, showcasing the magnificent scenery of Pingcheng.

"Pingcheng has such beautiful scenery, it truly deserves to be one of the six famous cities in the world."

"May I ask, fellow Daoist, what are some famous cities in the Six Realms?"

"Yingdu, Wucheng, Mingyuan, Canglan, Letu, Modu, Loucheng, Huicheng, Sheshan, Hepingcheng."

"Alas, the Lu family is gone, and Yingdu has been unseen for many years."

Mentioning Yingdu, the former largest city in the Six Realms, everyone yearns for it.

Yingdu has the fewest living beings among the ten famous cities, but it is also the place with the most concentrated and abundant cultivation resources.

Countless cultivators would fight tooth and nail for resources, but the resources they could acquire in their entire lives wouldn't even amount to a third of what any random outer city of Yingdu possessed.

Decades ago, the Lu family was wiped out overnight.

In fact, the arrogant and domineering Lu family members were dead, but the fact that Yingdu also completely disappeared after their deaths was unacceptable to the vast majority of people in the Six Realms.

Back then, countless cultivators were eager to try and divide up Yingdu, but they could never find any trace of it.

The Lu family has fallen, so why can't the masses become wealthy?

Suddenly, thunder roared through the air.

The cultivators looked up and saw that the terrifying giant lightning in the sky was about to cover tens of thousands of miles around Pingcheng.

Pingcheng is mostly plains with lush vegetation. When struck by lightning, a fire broke out and quickly engulfed Pingcheng.

Countless people of Pingcheng knelt down and begged for mercy, wailing, "Heaven is going to destroy us!"

Amidst the blazing fire, a person suddenly strolled leisurely.

Any sparks that appeared were cut off by her sword.

She had long, white hair that was casually draped over her shoulders, her face was bare and without any makeup, and her black robes were extremely simple. In her hand, a sword gleamed frighteningly bright.

Seeing that she was unaffected by the fire, the people begged her for help.

The woman frowned but ignored her. She used her sword to clear a path and escaped alone.

Almost the instant she left, the path she had cleared was once again engulfed by the flames.

She moved so fast that those who wanted to escape by taking advantage of the situation failed, and could only continue to endure the burning of the flames, their bodies and souls gradually turning into nothingness.

The video playback on the screen has ended here.

At this moment, all the cultivators knew that the fire had nothing to do with Wen Xichun.

"After the replay of the scene from the Pingcheng fire, the information screens will begin scrolling."

Three minutes later, the large screen stopped scrolling. "Questioner: Yanshan, please quickly select the correct answer from the following options. Time limit: one minute."

A. The people of Pingcheng brought this upon themselves!

B. Purely a natural disaster.

C. It was all a conspiracy by evil practitioners.

D. His own conduct was improper, thus attracting evil spirits.

The first one to be ruled out is B. If it were just a simple fire, it would be impossible for so many people with high spiritual power to be burned to death, or even have their souls burned.

As for A, the people of Pingcheng died unjustly and pitifully. How can it be said that they brought this upon themselves?

C. The evil cultivator's conspiracy. There is no sign of the evil cultivator in the sky. How could this matter be related to the evil cultivator?

Option D points out both internal problems in Pingcheng and external influences, making it quite plausible. There are all sorts of people in a large forest; perhaps the Pingcheng fire was caused by a few bad apples.

The cultivators looked at Yan Shan with envy, "Fellow Daoist Yan is really lucky, exchanging 10 high-grade spirit stones for a top-grade Xuan-level spirit treasure."

Some cultivators were exasperated, asking, "Why wasn't I the one designated on the big screen?"

To everyone's surprise, Yanshan chose C.

In fact, Yanshan really wanted to choose D, but he came from the powerful Yan family of Pingcheng, and naturally he couldn't point out the faults of his hometown in front of tens of thousands of fellow Daoists.

Logically, this answer is wrong.

All the cultivators cried out that the opportunity had been wasted, and Yan Shan also felt very sorry. However, he knew that if he had chosen D, he would have offended the other powerful families in Pingcheng.

The information screen scrolled again. Yanshan had already eliminated one, and with B and A being absolutely wrong, there was only one correct answer: D.

Everyone thought that the next person to answer was almost guaranteed to win.

In those brief three minutes, not a single cultivator dared to let their guard down.

What if... what if I get picked?

Amidst the intense attention, the information screen stopped scrolling, and a name slowly appeared.

"Mu Ran".

The crowd was utterly shocked. "The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion first swindled us out of a fortune by selling us information, and now they want to win a top-grade Xuan-level spiritual treasure. This is unfair!"

Ignoring their commotion, Mu Ran raised her hand to calculate, but found that the secrets of heaven were obscured and could not be predicted, so she had to give up and said hesitantly, "I choose D. His body is not upright and he attracts evil spirits."