Chapter 53 Star Language Heavenly Tree
Everyone felt the flames passing by them like a natural disaster. The scorching energy seemed to be able to destroy the sky and the earth in an instant. The waves of fire hit the stone walls one after another, making everyone tremble with fear.

The red waves of fire slowly subsided, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Now their lips were cracked, their eye sockets were sunken, and their skin shrank, making them look like they had lost weight.

Zhao Manyan sat down on the ground and suddenly jumped up, touching his butt.

"It burned me to death!"

Everyone was wearing heat-insulated boots, so they didn't feel the heat under their feet, but they could feel the heat from the ground as they watched Zhao Manyan jumping up and down.

Everyone waited for the flames of the heavenly calamity to fade away before cautiously stepping onto the land that had just been burned by the flames.

"Hey, hey, do we still need to go inside?" Zhang Xiaohou said weakly.

Everyone was a little hesitant after hearing what Zhang Xiaohou said. They were almost engulfed by the flames just now!
"I heard that this kind of fire disaster may only occur once every few years in the northern corner of Burning Plain, and the scale in the past has not been as large as today. The fact that we have escaped this fire disaster means that it will be very safe for us to step into the northern corner of Burning Plain next time. The most important thing is that the fire disaster is a baptism for the northern corner of Burning Plain, killing or driving out all those creatures that are not of true fire bloodline. After experiencing such a baptism, the entire northern corner of Burning Plain may breed more fire-type treasures. For example, spirit seeds that have not yet formed will truly form spirit seeds after the baptism." Chen Ying spoke at this time.

It seems that Chen Ying doesn't really want everyone to back down.

Ding Yumian and Lingling's gazes suddenly fell on Chen Ying, with doubts in their eyes. Bai Feng also looked at Chen Ying deeply.

Mo Fan looked at Chen Ying and said without hiding anything: "We didn't suspect you because you are Zhao Manyan's cousin, but are you hiding something from us?"

"I, I, what can I know? I just, I just think that we should aim higher...it's that simple." Chen Ying was obviously not a very good liar. She lost her composure without anyone questioning her.

How could her appearance not make everyone suspicious, especially Zhao Manyan who brought her here? They are a family after all, and Zhao Manyan would let her go with her out of absolute trust.

Zhao Manyan noticed the gazes from the crowd and pulled his cousin away, probably to give her some counselling.

Ding Yumian leaned close to Bai Feng's ear, and Bai Feng knew what Ding Yumian was going to say without even listening.

"She is very uneasy and a little nervous. She is indeed hiding something from us." The hot breath exhaled by Ding Yumian made Bai Feng a little distracted, but he came back to his senses in an instant.

"Well, let's wait and see what Old Zhao says. Maybe she will tell it herself later." Bai Feng rubbed Ding Yumian's little head.

About a cup of tea later, Chen Ying came back with her pretty little face lowered.

She apologized to everyone and then told them what she knew about Burning North Point.

Everyone listened quietly to what Chen Ying had to say. After all, this might very well be related to treasures that were more valuable than spirit seeds, and there was no magician who would not be tempted.

"I have a relative whose body is covered with fire scars. Not only is her appearance ruined, but there isn't even a single intact piece of skin on her body. No matter how many high-level healing wizards we hired, she couldn't recover..." Chen Ying explained slowly.

"You're talking about that uncle from another family, right, Lu Jianli?" When Zhao Manyan heard this, an image of a man who was wrapped tightly in white cloth all day long quickly emerged in his mind.

The house where I live is not far from this person. Sometimes when I am meditating on the balcony, I can occasionally see this white zombie tending flowers and plants in the backyard.

Zhao Manyan was not very familiar with this man. He had only heard of some people in the family slandering and mocking him, saying that he had done heinous things and was punished by God by being burned beyond recognition.

However, Zhao Manyan believed this statement. After all, this person had indeed invited many healing magicians but none of them could make him recover. Generally speaking, burns can be healed through healing magic or some special medicinal herbs.

"Well, she, she is my mother." Chen Ying said in a very low voice.

“What the hell?” Zhao Manyan jumped up suddenly.

Everyone was stunned. Wasn't she the uncle? How could she be Chen Ying's mother?
"Have you seen her true appearance?" Chen Ying raised her head and asked back.

"Well, no, I listened. Well, it seems that we all got it wrong." Zhao Manyan finally realized something and smiled bitterly.

To be honest, Zhao Manyan had never thought that the person wrapped in white cloth all day was a woman. There were too many stories about her in the family, but what surprised Zhao Manyan the most was that this person was Chen Ying's mother. He had never heard anyone else mention this!
"Since she is your mother, then who is the aunt we call all the time?" Zhao Manyan continued to inquire.

Chen Ying didn't say anything, just bit her lip, thinking that this incident was a bit too painful to recall.

Zhao Manyan suddenly understood and did not dare to ask any further questions.

Mo Fan understood something from their conversation. Seeing that Zhao Manyan didn’t know how to continue the conversation, he changed the subject and asked, “So your mother’s burns were caused by the fire here?”

Chen Ying tried to speak in a calm tone, "It was the Heaven and Earth Tribulation Flame. About a dozen years ago, my father and mother came to the northern corner of the Burning Plain to look for a fire spirit, but they unexpectedly encountered the Heaven and Earth Tribulation Flame. They desperately fled to a far distance, but the speed at which the Heaven and Earth Tribulation Flame surged was too fast."

Speaking of this, Chen Ying's eyes were a little gloomy. She had heard all these things from her mother, but her mother always mentioned them to her over the past decade or so.

"It shouldn't be like this. If your parents had encountered the Fire World Tribulation more than ten years ago, they, they shouldn't have... But isn't your uncle alive and well? He's living a comfortable life with his... second wife." Zhao Manyan said somewhat awkwardly.

"My mother's secondary cultivation is the wind system. In order to allow my father to escape, my mother used all her magic tools and the last wind track on my father. This allowed my father to return to the family unharmed. The treasures she brought back were the family's most scarce resources, and helped our family overcome a difficult time. As a result, his status is different from before." Chen Ying said.

Everyone fell silent after hearing this. They had experienced the power of the Heaven and Earth Fire. Under that kind of fire that seemed like a punishment from heaven, humans were so insignificant.

Being able to take into account the relationship between husband and wife in that situation and try one's best to send the other party away from the danger zone, one has to say whether this is love or stupidity.

"My mother was devoured by the Heaven and Earth Tribulation Flame, but my mother's major was fire. For some special reason, she was not killed. She was saved by a creature covered in flames. It gave her a special fruit to eat, which barely allowed her to survive in the flames. She lived in the northern corner of the Burning Plain for many years. Because her body was severely injured, she had to recuperate for a long time before she was able to move. A few years ago, she met a team of magic hunters who came here to search for treasures and was brought out."

"But, but after my mother returned to the family, my father had already married another person. He just arranged for my mother to live in a courtyard. Although he brought many healing mages to treat my mother, he seemed to be perfunctory every time." Tears flashed in Chen Ying's eyes, and her expression was full of grief and unwillingness.

Everyone became quiet after hearing this. After all, if something like this happened to them, they probably wouldn’t say anything about it.

"Okay, let's keep moving forward. By now, the big forces outside should have discovered that the Heaven and Earth Tribulation Flame has erupted. Maybe they are already on their way here!" Bai Feng changed the subject.

Everyone understood that Bai Feng was trying to change the subject, so they didn't mention the previous topic anymore. They nodded and set off in the right direction. Following the topography that Chen Ying had heard from her mother, everyone came to a flat-topped mountain that rose from the ground. This mountain looked like a volcano, and the mountain wall of this flat-topped mountain was very steep, almost vertical at 90 degrees.

Everyone fell silent as they looked at the mountain wall, and each of them began to feel troubled.

“How do we get up here? It’s already 90 degrees vertical, we can’t just fly up there.” Zhao Manyan looked puzzled.

Zhang Xiaohou also nodded in agreement. Although there are many ways to get up there, none of them are possible for us now.

"Come with me. I heard from my mother that there is a crack in the mountain near this mountain wall. This crack can lead directly to the top of the mountain." Chen Ying looked at the nearby environment and found it was somewhat similar to the environment her mother described.

After hearing Chen Ying's words, everyone began to search under the cliff that looked like a pillar of fire.

It didn't take long before they found the crack that Chen Ying mentioned. Compared to the entire huge Fire Pillar Mountain, this crack was only a small crack, but when everyone stood under this crack it was like a cave, and the further they walked inside, the wider it became.

Walking along the crack, Bai Feng felt that everyone was moving in a winding manner. Not long after walking forward, he picked up some spirit seed fragments. It seemed that this cave was also a good place for tempering.

“Klang!! Klang!!”

There was a sound of metal colliding coming from deep in the crack. Originally, the only sounds in the cave were people's breathing and footsteps. The sudden sound made everyone's heart tighten.

The sound of metal collision did not sound like a crisp sound, but rather like the sound of nails rubbing against a mountain, which gave everyone goosebumps.

"You, you all heard it, right?" Zhang Xiaohou rubbed his arms and turned his head.

"Does anyone know what that sound is?" Zhao Manyan asked after swallowing.

Bai Feng frowned, retreated behind the crowd, and threw his soul vessel at his feet. However, the soul vessel did not fall to the ground, but directly merged into the darkness. A pair of lantern-like scarlet eyes flashed in the darkness.

After Bai Feng finished doing this, he said directly: "Retreat quickly, there is molten lava flowing down the front." After that, he pulled Ding Yumian and ran towards the direction leading to the outside of the crack.

When everyone heard what Bai Feng said, their hearts started pounding. What a fucking bad luck.

As soon as everyone returned to the crack, they saw three demons wearing flaming armor blocking the exit of the crack.

"Damn it, what the hell is blocking my way? Go to hell!" It turned out that Zhao Manyan had run ahead of Bai Feng at some point. He knew that he could get away from danger by running out of this door, but when he saw someone blocking the door, Zhao Manyan started cursing.

“Taste your grandfather’s magic!” Zhao Manyan used an “Explosive Wave – Expulsion”. There was nothing he could do, as Zhao Manyan had no other offensive magic except for the mid-level water magic.

The demon in the flaming armor had two faces, one that looked like a human and the other like a beast, with a wide grin. It endured Zhao Manyan's magic attack as if it was splashed with a basin of water. Then it looked at Bai Feng and his group who were running fast with a bit of mockery and viciousness.

"Shit! Old Bai, save me!" Zhao Manyan just cast a spell and was about to rush out, but when he saw that the three-headed demon was fine, he slammed on the brakes and turned around to hide behind Bai Feng.

Bai Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw Zhao Manyan's look, and Ding Yumian also covered her mouth and laughed secretly. Bai Feng glared at Ding Yumian, summoned the Yunmeng Beast, and asked the Yunmeng Beast to kill the monsters, while he assisted from the side.

There was a frozen coffin engraved on the ice spirit ring on Bai Feng's finger, so he just smashed it over with a triple drop attack of the frozen coffin.

The Yunmeng Beast's thunder attack is comparable to high-level thunder magic. Bai Feng and the Yunmeng Beast directly seriously injured the three-headed ghost-faced turtle with this move.

At this time, Zhao Manyan saw that the demons were about to die, so he stood up, took out his demon-slaying tool and chopped at one of the demons, cursing as he chopped, "Bear your teeth for me again, come on!"

Seeing Zhao Manyan like this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Isn't this just taking advantage of the power of others?

“Shit! Stop chopping! The lava is flowing out from behind!” Mo Fan shouted from behind.

When everyone heard Mo Fan’s shout, they jumped out of the crack and landed on the sand.

As soon as they emerged from the crack, magma gushed out from the back of the cave. The magma fell on the sand and directly burned several holes, which made everyone's scalp tingle and they shuddered.

The group found a shady place to rest, eat something and regain their strength, planning to wait until the magma in the cracks of the cave dissipated before stepping back in.

After waiting for a while, they finally saw a team that looked like a group of wizards from aristocratic families. Both sides were a little cautious when they saw each other. After all, they were now in the heartland of demons, and killing people and stealing treasures was not uncommon.

When the other party walked in, Zhao Manyan shouted, "Uncle!" Chen Ying also walked out to greet a strange man in the other team who was sitting in a wheelchair and wrapped in bandages.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Zhao Manyan's name. With an acquaintance, they no longer had to worry about the other party killing people and stealing treasures.

Bai Feng looked at the man in white cloth, tilted his head and said something to Ding Yumian's ear. Ding Yumian was a little shocked, then looked at the man in white cloth strangely.

As Zhao Manyan mediated, everyone gathered together. Bai Feng and Ding Yumian walked at the back. Lingling saw Bai Feng and Ding Yumian whispering to each other, so she walked up to Bai Feng and kicked him.

"Squat down."

Bai Feng looked at Lingling with amusement, then squatted down and carried Lingling on his back. Now Lingling also heard the whispers between Bai Feng and Ding Yumian, and after listening, Lingling looked at Chenying and her mother whispering with a strange look on her face.

"Okay, act according to circumstances later. There is a commander-level shadow demon in each of your shadows. If you encounter danger later, just shout it out to fight the enemy." Bai Feng instructed the two women in a low voice.

"Hmph, got it!" "I got it."

When they walked out of the tunnel, they saw a huge tree growing on the cliff. This tree did not have any leaves. Its branches were twisted and winding with many branches. Even without any leaves, it looked very shocking.

This giant tree stands alone under the starry night sky, its trunk completely growing into the starry sky, and its dense branches bending in all directions. Looking up, one can feel the dense stars dotted among the treetops, as if the whole tree is hung with those bright stars. The beauty makes people feel as if their souls are being cleansed by this scenery.

It stands alone on the top of the mountain in Zhuoyuan. Even though countless hunters have set foot in the northern corner of Zhuoyuan, they would never have thought that there would be such a beautiful scenery here. It can be called a miracle in the desert!
(End of this chapter)