Chapter 1890: Almost there

Seeing the two of them silent and speechless, Bai Yuan knew they had already begun to hesitate.

He immediately felt a secret delight and hurriedly seized the moment to press his point.

"You tell me, isn't that the reasoning? This kid ultimately comes from the lower realm and has never touched immortal fire, so your examination is flawed."

This..................

As expected, this time, faced with Bai Yuan's words, the two did not directly retort.

With a thoughtful look, they were truly weighing whether Bai Yuan's words made sense.

Bai Yuan naturally hoped Ye Zhangqing would pass the examination successfully; this kid's talent is in no way inferior to the other three.

Although his cultivation is currently a bit lower, Bai Yuan believes that once he grows, his potential will surpass that of the other three kids.

Moreover, with Bai Yuan's status as a recommender, he naturally spoke up for Ye Zhangqing at every opportunity.

Under Bai Yuan's continual persuasion and guidance, the thoughts of the other two deputy city lords also gradually changed.

Although there was no precedent for changing the examination content midway, the city lord is absent now, and this Young City Lord's examination is their responsibility, so the authority naturally lies with them.

But just as the two deputy city lords' hearts were wavering and they were about to make a decision, the more than ten clusters of immortal fire in the lava river suddenly stirred.

One saw that the lava river, which had been emitting extreme heat but was still relatively calm, began to become "turbulent" in an instant.

The red lava, like ocean waves, kept slamming against both shores.

When the extreme lava struck the shore, it instantly burst forth a mass of thick white vapor.

This is..................

This sudden change made the two deputy city lords, who had been caught in deliberation, startle; their thoughts were forcibly pulled back, and their gazes unconsciously turned to the lava river.

Bai Yuan was the same; under the gaze of the three, he saw that within the lava river, which was slowly turning violent, clusters of flames of various colors emerged.

Just like fish surfacing in water.

"Immortal fire?"

With the eyesight of Bai Yuan and the three, they naturally saw at a glance that these flames were the immortal fire "dwelling" in the lava river.

Moreover, judging by the number, it seemed that all of them had surfaced.

What is happening? Such a sudden change, even Bai Yuan and the three had never seen before.

If immortal fire does not appear through special means, it simply cannot manifest on its own.

How did it suddenly surface now?

Could it be that this kid Ye Zhangqing caused it? The three's gazes turned again to Ye Zhangqing standing on the shore.

Yet from beginning to end, they saw no movement from this kid, which was strange, leaving Bai Yuan and the three utterly baffled.

And what puzzled the three even more came next: after these immortal fires appeared, in the next second they all drifted toward Ye Zhangqing.

And Ye Zhangqing still showed no movement.

Hmm???

Watching the immortal fire actively approach Ye Zhangqing, Bai Yuan and the three grew more doubtful, their brows unconsciously knitting tightly.

Having lived so many years, the three had never seen anything like this before.

Not to mention their Cooking King Immortal City; even those Pill Masters and Artifact Masters, when taming immortal fire, had never heard of such a thing.

It is true that immortal fire possesses spirit; when people choose immortal fire, the fire also chooses its master.

Yet never had they heard of immortal fire actively approaching humans en masse.

Moreover, it wasn't just one or two; all the immortal fire acted simultaneously, which is even more outrageous.

"This kid won't be in danger, will he?"

Faced with this unprecedented scene, one of the deputy city lords wondered aloud.

At present, the development of this matter leaves even them clueless as to what is happening.

Moreover, the power of immortal fire cannot be underestimated; at the very least, it is far beyond what Ye Zhangqing can currently handle.

If these immortal fire approach without being tamed, Ye Zhangqing would likely be reduced to ashes in an instant.

What's more, there are so many of them—needless to say.

Thus Bai Yuan and the three were also uncertain in their hearts for a moment.

Seeing the immortal fire drawing nearer, the three had already readied themselves to act, prepared to protect Ye Zhangqing at the critical moment.

But before the three could make a move, in the next second those immortal fire, without warning, swooshed and turned into streams of light, rushing straight at Ye Zhangqing.

In the blink of an eye, they directly entered Ye Zhangqing's body.

Hmm???

This sudden startling change made Bai Yuan and the three's eyes almost pop out; they dared not hesitate further, and Bai Yuan immediately spoke up.

"Be careful."

He immediately flashed forward and charged toward Ye Zhangqing.

But the immortal fire's speed was very fast, not slower than Bai Yuan in the slightest; before Bai Yuan could appear beside Ye Zhangqing, those ten or so strands of immortal fire had already entered his body.

Bai Yuan, rushing swiftly to Ye Zhangqing's side, saw this scene and his face instantly darkened.

In his view, with so many immortal fire flooding into his body at once, Ye Zhangqing was surely doomed to die; even an Emperor Sovereign's cultivation couldn't withstand it, let alone someone with merely a fairy-realm cultivation.

Kid, you.................

Gazing at Ye Zhangqing with a complex look, Bai Yuan thought the kid would be gone in the next second, not even leaving a corpse.

But as his gaze fell, he saw Ye Zhangqing's face suffused with red light.

More than ten strands of immortal fire entered his body, yet not only did his complexion remain unchanged, even his aura showed not the slightest alteration.

This left Bai Yuan momentarily unable to comprehend.

The words on his lips stalled a bit; after a pause, he spoke doubtfully.

"Kid, are you alright?"

It's fine, senior, what is this?

You don't feel anything wrong?

No, I just can feel the Immortal Fire inside.

Huh???

Can you hold on?

I can hold on.

Something's off, this kid is off, more than ten Immortal Fires have entered his body, and nothing happened?

The worry in his heart turned into suspicion; not to mention Bai Yuan, even the other two Deputy City Lords who arrived a step late and stood beside Ye Zhangqing were looking at him with strange expressions.

How did this kid not die?

Their gaze scanned Ye Zhangqing up and down, as if saying, this kid shouldn't still be alive; shouldn't he have vanished in an instant?

Kid, do you feel the scorching heat inside your body that's unbearable?

No, it's warm and very comfortable.

Huh???

Those Immortal Fires aren't inside your body............

If those unsubdued Immortal Fires entered his body, it would be heaven-shaking, but looking at Ye Zhangqing's situation now, it seems those more than ten Immortal Fires are all behaving obediently.

Especially Ye Zhangqing's answer the next second directly left Bai Yuan and the other two dumbfounded; all we heard was Ye Zhangqing speaking.

These Immortal Fires seem to have no malice toward me; I feel a single thought now is enough to subdue them, no effort needed.

Huh???