"Waaahhh..."
The Daoist was still desperately flailing about in the sky, trying everything he could think of. He'd tried beating at the flames with his hands, dousing them with Aguamenti, putting them out with a fire-extinguishing spell, and even flying down to the ground to roll around... But unfortunately, the fire just wouldn't go out!
At least it didn't seem to be spreading to any other part of his body. It was only burning stubbornly on his rear end, which was both awkward and hard to deal with.
"It's so hot! So hot!!"
"What kind of fire is this, anyway? Samadhi True Fire? Or Red Lotus Karmic Fire? Why won't it go out?!"
Beneath Chentang Pass, while Li Jing and his wife fought fiercely under the anxious shouts of the onlooking household guards, still blinded by the spell, neither had yet gained the upper hand, and neither had drawn blood. Their rescuer, Taiyi Zhenren, however, was already too busy looking after himself to help anyone else!
All he could do was desperately try to put out the fire. How could he possibly spare any attention for the others?
Actually,
Taiyi Zhenren had already noticed that someone seemed to be deliberately approaching his beloved disciple Nezha. That person had even met "the one destined to bring about the Investiture of the Gods" and clashed with several key figures caught up in the tribulation at Chentang Pass. On top of that, no matter how he investigated or divined, he couldn't discover anything about her origins. That was why he'd hurried here, intending to clear up the misunderstanding and get a good look at her background...
But who could have guessed she'd be so unreasonable?
When they'd met just now, he'd been perfectly courteous. Yet she'd ignored all propriety. They hadn't even reached