Chapter 404: One Wall Apart

Yuan Yao immediately told Xie Yan that she wanted to use signal flares to indicate the direction for them.

After hearing her, Xie Yan said to her, "This method is feasible."

Yuan Yao was about to pull the signal flare, but she suddenly realized that if the signal flare's sound were very loud, it would attract the dangerous things beneath the ground.

She lowered her eyes and thought for a few seconds.

She immediately thought of a solution: to set up a soundproof barrier.

She said, "Let's do it," and did it.

In the blink of an eye, she had already set up a barrier.

Immediately afterward, she quickly pulled out a signal flare.

Whoosh—

The signal flare rose into the sky and then burst into a puff of pink smoke.

At the same moment, Cang Li happened to look up and see that pink smoke rising into the sky; his expression slightly tightened, and he immediately darted toward the direction of the signal flare.

Xie Yan followed closely behind.

This signal flare also attracted the attention of many people in the Ruined City; they more or less thought it was their companions signaling to meet up, so most of them headed toward the direction of the signal flare.

As that pink smoke signal flare gradually dissipated, Yuan Yao noticed that several young cultivators had actually arrived at this place.

Yuan Yao exchanged a glance with them, then fell into an eerie silence.

"Why did you fire the signal flare?" one of the young cultivators couldn't help but ask.

Yuan Yao lightly coughed: "To meet up with my companions."

The few people: "……"

Soon, several more young cultivators arrived at the place, warily glancing at Yuan Yao and the others.

After a while longer, Yuan Yao actually saw the two siblings of the Gui family.

Gui Yanhong crossed her arms and said, "I thought someone was calling for help."

Yuan Yao ignored her.

After the pink signal flare completely dissipated, Yuan Yao fired another signal flare.

This time the signal flare was red.

Meanwhile, the young cultivators in the Ruined City, upon seeing someone continuously fire two signal flares, felt suspicious and uncertain.

What is going on?

At this moment, Cang Li became increasingly certain that the person sending the signal flares was his own junior sister, and he secretly wondered: Could she have encountered danger?

Upon this thought, his heart sank sharply, and he quickly increased his speed.

Meanwhile, Xie Yan had been following behind Cang Li, maintaining a distance that was neither far nor near.

After a moment, Yuan Yao noticed that the number of young cultivators gathering here kept increasing, and among them were Jiang Xiao, Feng Xuanji, Bian Chen, and others.

A young man with a gaunt face stepped forward slowly, puzzled, and asked, "Fellow Daoist, why are you using signal flares to summon us?"

Yuan Yao looked at the hundreds of young cultivators before her, the corner of her mouth twitching slightly, she straightened her expression and said, "I fired the signal flares not for you."

After a brief pause, she continued: "However, I do indeed want to remind you of one or two things. The sun of the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm and the Ruined City itself are both moving, so we cannot determine the correct direction in a short time. Therefore, I can only use signal flares to indicate the correct direction for my companions."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions changed slightly.

Some looked up at the sun, others lowered their gaze to the ground.

"How do you know this?" At this moment, Gui Yanhong stared at Yuan Yao with a wary expression and asked coldly.

Yuan Yao still ignored her.

Seeing her so indifferent toward herself, Gui Yanhong felt a surge of annoyance.

Just as she was about to speak, she saw Yuan Yao fire another signal flare.

And just at that moment—

The entire Ruined City suddenly darkened.

Everyone stared up in astonishment, only to see the sun hanging high in the sky now appearing as if a heavenly dog had taken a bite out of it.

"What… what is happening?!"

Upon seeing this scene, Yuan Yao felt a surge of uneasy foreboding.

Meanwhile, the sun was gradually being obscured, and the light grew darker and darker.

Yuan Yao said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the Ruined City is no longer safe; you must leave the Ruined City quickly! Hurry!"

Their current position is not far from the city wall.

Seeing that they had not yet moved, Yuan Yao urged, "Don't hesitate any longer!"

At that moment, the young cultivator with the gaunt face who had just spoken cupped his hands toward Yuan Yao, then swiftly headed toward the city wall.

Seeing this, the other young cultivators also rushed toward the city wall.

"Fellow Daoist, aren't you leaving?" Feng Xuanji asked, unable to hold back, before departing.

Yuan Yao replied, "I still have to wait for someone."

At this moment, Gui Yanhong added, "Who knows if what you're saying is true?"

Yuan Yao glanced at her indifferently and said, "Then you can stay here and keep me company; whenever I leave, you leave as well. In that case, would you still be satisfied?"

Gui Yanhong crossed her arms and gave a soft humph, "I'll just stay here and see what trick you're trying to pull."

"Yanhong, let's go." Gui Yanqing furrowed his brows tightly, he faintly sensed that the atmosphere of the Ruined City was becoming increasingly off, and the sense of oppression was growing stronger.

Gui Yanhong was unwilling to leave; she shifted her gaze to Jiang Xiao, Bian Chen, and Feng Xuanji, slightly lifting her chin and said, "They haven't left either, have they?"

Gui Yanqing had a headache.

He directly knocked Gui Yanhong unconscious, then lifted her in his arms, and immediately said to the remaining few people, "Sorry, my younger sister doesn't understand things; she's caused you trouble."

Jiang Xiao mercilessly mocked, "Find her a poison pill and mute her."

Wei YanHong is obviously a spoiled nature, or rather an argumentative personality.

When others say something, she immediately retorts.

Wei YanQing heard this, his face slightly darkened; he said nothing, holding his sister as he headed toward the city wall.

But at this moment, the young cultivators who had originally climbed over the city wall were now panicking and scrambling back.

They hurriedly said, "Outside, outside is all fire!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao, Feng Xuanji, Jiang Xiao, Bian Chen and the others' faces instantly changed.

How is this possible?!

Yuan Yao and the others swiftly leapt up to the top of the hundred-meter-high city wall, looking down to see that the grassland and forest below had turned into a sea of fire.

At that moment, a red-clothed man leapt up from the sea of fire, lightly tapping a few steps in midair, and had already reached the top of the city wall.

"Qian Yunzhou!" Bian Chen, upon seeing Qian Yunzhou, flashed a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Yuan Yao looked at Qian Yunzhou and couldn't help asking, "How did the bottom become a sea of fire?"

Seeing her actually initiate conversation with him, Qian Yunzhou's mood instantly brightened; he slightly raised his eyebrows and said, "This is the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm, so heavenly fire is natural."

Yuan Yao: "... Stop beating around the bush."

Qian Yunzhou was glared at fiercely by her, like a child who had done wrong, he covered his mouth and gave a light cough, then hurriedly explained, "The ground seeped out flames, which then burned everything."

After finishing his explanation, Qian Yunzhou turned his gaze to the other side of the city wall, where a ruined city as huge as a colossal beast, endless in sight, came into view.

At that moment, he saw two figures.

Among them, the white figure caused his eyes to involuntarily narrow slightly.