Luckily, There Were No Casualties!

At this moment, the towering flames illuminated the entire Dark Moon Palace!

Good heavens! Countless powerful figures rushed to the Dark Moon Palace from all directions.

The initial reaction was that the Dark Moon Clan had pulled some new trick.

Last month, when they held a barbecue party with the Ouyang Lineage, they almost set the entire Dark Moon Palace on fire!

Fortunately, the Dark Moon Palace was made of a special material, so although it was burned, it didn't have a major impact!

What strange little games are they playing here so late at night?

But when everyone arrived, they found countless Dark Moon Clan burning to death amidst the flames, running wildly and laughing as they were burned to death...

This scene is normal!

What's unusual is that the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird is also inside?

What is the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird doing right now?

At this moment, everyone saw the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird running around in the flames... It seemed like he was trying to suppress the flames, but the more the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird tried to suppress them, the more frantically the Spirit Pattern Cloths burned, and every now and then there were even huge explosions!

The Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird looks like he's about to cry...

Chu Xinghe also arrived immediately...

At this moment, Chu Xinghe was completely dumbfounded by everything in the Dark Moon Palace...

Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird... are you playing this big?

You burned down our Dark Moon Palace without a second thought? What exactly happened between you and the Dark Moon Clan?

Chu Xinghe casually picked up a few Shu Da from the ground beside him.

"What's going on inside? Is your true self inside?"

"Reporting to Senior Brother Xinghe... I'm not inside... I'm hiding in the Sword Tomb in the back mountain!"

As for the situation inside...

Shu Da explained to Senior Brother Xinghe in detail what had just happened inside.

Upon hearing what Shu Da said, Chu Xinghe burst out laughing!

Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird... From this moment on, you are my new Vermilion Bird Lucky General, Chu Xinghe!

I, Chu Xinghe, have blocked all your possible avenues for profit. I originally intended not to give you the chance to betray me, but I never expected that you Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird, would be so fierce in battle.

You actually burned down the entire Spirit Pattern Cloth warehouse without a second thought!

Good heavens, there are so many Spirit Pattern Cloths in here that even Shu Da!

This is a huge loss, with so much Spirit Pattern Cloth burned!

Moreover, it's not just the Spirit Pattern Cloth; it also contains countless clones of the Three Shadow Rat Brothers...

Good heavens, this fire will burn to death so many of the Three Shadow Rat Brothers' clones... and those clones were all accumulated from spirit stones...

As long as the main bodies of the Three Shadow Rat Brothers are not injured, it would be a complete loss if these clones were burned to death!

Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird, you truly live up to your fiery passion... You truly live up to your lifelong ambition... This is simply too powerful...

Your fire has set my Misfortune Compass in motion...

Vermilion Bird, with you by my side, how could I, Chu Xinghe, not be able to directly become a god!

Now all the palaces have begun to put out the fire...

However, the flames of the Spirit Pattern Cloth are different from normal flames. These flames are from the inside out, so even if the open flame is extinguished, all the Spirit Pattern Cloth will continue to explode and burn due to the imbalance of flame power.

So in the end, the various palaces could only watch helplessly as all the Spirit Pattern Cloths were burned to ashes...

After everything was burned to ashes, the flames died down. Vermilion Bird sat slumped in the very center of the extinguished flames... looking at the Spirit Pattern Cloth completely reduced to ashes around him... Vermilion Bird wanted to die at that moment...

These are also among the Four Sacred Beasts... The White Tiger roams around imparting knowledge...

Azure Dragon helped the Vast Heaven Holy Land create the Flower of Civil Engineering, making a killing...

I, Vermilion Bird, burned down the Spirit Pattern Cloth warehouse of the Vast Heaven Holy Land without a second thought...

How can I possibly live with myself now?!

Just as Vermilion Bird was feeling utterly hopeless, the Grand Elder arrived at the first opportunity.

"Were there any casualties?" The elder's expression was not good.

"Reporting to the Grand Elder, the count has been completed. Tens of thousands of the lowest-ranking Three Shadow Rat Brothers and all the Dark Moon Clan died... There were no other casualties!"

The Grand Elder finally breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that there were no casualties...

Fortunately, only tens of thousands of Shadow Rats and all of the Dark Moon Clan died... there were no casualties.

The Grand Elder's gaze fell upon the Vermilion Bird, his face filled with helplessness... for he had already learned what had happened from the Shu Da...

If you say this is the fault of the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird... the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird was trying to help, to help the Vast Heaven Holy Land... his starting point was perfectly reasonable...

The only problem was that he really didn't understand talismans, and forcibly applying the Bright Gold Divine Fire actually disrupted the balance of the Spirit Pattern Cloth.

The Spirit Pattern Cloth was originally in a balanced state of the five elements. You insisted on strengthening the fire element, which makes the fire element stronger than the other four elements. How could it not explode?

But you can't say this isn't the fault of the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird... It was all the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird's doing... So the Grand Elder is quite helpless right now...

"Elder, Vermilion Bird requests to be imprisoned in the Vermilion Bird Divine Temple forever, and will never step out of the temple again in this lifetime..." Vermilion Bird looked utterly dejected.

They came to help the Vast Heaven Holy Land, but instead of helping, they burned so many of their resources.

Vermilion Bird didn't know exactly how many people were burned in that fire, but Vermilion Bird knew it was an astronomical number!

Vermilion Bird felt so ashamed that he couldn't face anyone... He'd rather imprison himself in the Vermilion Bird Divine Temple forever...

Just as Vermilion Bird was bowing his head in remorse, the Grand Elder spoke up, "Holy Venerable One, I am aware of all this. What you did today was unintentional. Your intentions were for the sake of our entire Vast Heaven Holy Land. At most, you meant well but did something wrong. But every family has its rules, and every sect has its regulations. Today, I will punish you by making you help Shu Da rebuild everything in the Dark Moon Palace!"

Upon hearing the Grand Elder's words, even the Azure Dragon and White Tiger nodded in agreement...

I have to say, what Vermilion Bird did today was truly utterly shameful!

You're someone who plays with fire... and you've turned fire into this mess... why don't you, Vermilion Bird, just fly to the heavens?

Have you no shame?

You know that what you did is something that people will laugh at you for the rest of their lives?

You, Vermilion Bird, played with fire and ended up becoming an arsonist!

The other senior elders also nodded in agreement, indicating their approval of the Grand Elder's punishment.

Although the fire was devastating today, thankfully no one was injured... As for the meager losses, our Vast Heaven Holy Land can afford them.

Vermilion Bird's eyes were brimming with tears... She didn't need anyone to say anything or laugh at her; Vermilion Bird was already utterly ashamed!

I, Vermilion Bird, have played with fire my whole life... but I've never done it like this before...

The Vermilion Bird knew that the Elder's punishment was a way of giving face to the Four Sacred Beasts!

Just as Vermilion Bird was about to say, "Please rest assured, Elder, and everyone, I, Vermilion Bird, will never play with fire again in my life," Chu Xinghe spoke up, "Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird, do not blame yourself. There is no success that comes overnight. There will always be countless failures on the road to success. Although Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird in your research on the Spirit Pattern Cloth today, I think you simply didn't find the right method... Next, Xinghe asks Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird not to give up because of this small mistake!"

"The more difficult the situation, the more we must rise to the challenge. Therefore, we request that Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird continue researching the Spirit Pattern Cloth while we are building it!"

Vermilion Bird: "???"

At this moment, Chu Xinghe was so excited that tears were almost streaming down his face...

Why did you give up?

Vermilion Bird, you are one of the Four Sacred Beasts!

Are you really going to give up so easily? You're giving up after burning this Spirit Pattern Cloth just once? What's the difference between you and a salted fish then?

So next, Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird, not only can you not give up on the Spirit Pattern Cloth, you also have to let go of the Spirit Pattern Cloth!

As my new lucky charm, Chu Xinghe! If you don't create a Future for me this time, how can you face Chu Xinghe?

What the hell? You're saying the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird doesn't understand talismans!

So what? Who says you can't improve Spirit Pattern Cloth if you don't understand talismans?

Whether or not the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird understands Spirit Pattern Cloth is irrelevant; what matters is that the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird's fire-burning Spirit Pattern Cloth is truly powerful!

The next thing I need to do is arrange for the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird to stay at the Dark Moon Palace, and burn Spirit Pattern Cloths like crazy...

Hearing what Chu Xinghe said, Vermilion Bird looked ashamed...

I came to help them today... and ended up burning down their warehouse... but they didn't blame me at all. In fact, Chu Xinghe even asked me to continue researching Spirit Pattern Cloth?

To be honest, if it Chengqing or even White Tiger skin is as thick as a city wall, they would probably have chosen to give up today.

After all, this is a huge mess!

But don't forget! Vermilion Bird is not only passionate Vermilion Bird, but also fiercely competitive throughout his life!

Although I, Vermilion Bird, don't understand Spirit Pattern Cloth, Xinghe is right!

Can I just collapse like this?

I, Vermilion Bird, have always been strong-willed... Can I, Vermilion Bird, accept defeat?

Although I, Vermilion Bird, have been defeated today... this defeat will only push me to greater heights!

It's just Spirit Pattern Cloth, right? Although I ran into trouble this time, I've already learned from my failure. As long as I keep researching, I might be able to upgrade the Spirit Pattern Cloth!

I, Vermilion Bird, will take back all the losses I caused to the Vast Heaven Holy Land today!

And so, with Chu Xinghe's encouragement, Vermilion Bird settled down in the Dark Moon Palace!

The fiercely independent Vermilion Bird immediately sought out Hu Wenhai to learn about talismans, only to find that... Hu Wenhai had been sent away on official business by Chu Xinghe!

What the heck? Why is it such a coincidence?

Chu Xinghe remarked that it was just such a coincidence...

If you let the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird learn talismans, will he still be my lucky general? What we want is a clean and honest Vermilion Bird lucky general!

What I needed was a lucky general who could charge straight in! This allowed me, Chu Xinghe, to nip all dangers in the bud!

Tell me how to lose?

So, Vermilion Bird, good fortune general, please begin your performance!

As expected of Chu Xinghe, after a slightly dejected day, Vermilion Bird began the second round of research on the Spirit Pattern Cloth... Good heavens... the fire was absolutely mesmerizing!

The Three Shadow Rat Brothers were dumbfounded... The Spirit Pattern Cloth they had just created hadn't even entered the warehouse yet, and it had been burned to ashes by the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird...

As expected... the Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird truly knows how to play with fire!