"I think what's right in front of us matters more. What do you think?" Zou Qian stared at the Number Mountain, wearing a rare expression of seriousness and focus.
Yu Sui, meanwhile, stared at the Listening Wind Ruler in her hand, a dazzling light shifting in her eyes.
The Mountain Spirit said, "Hello. Please answer her question first, Dean Zou."
The voice amused Zou Qian. He kept an eye on everyone in the Number Mountain area. Every Communication Institute practitioner was busy with their own work, and no one was looking his way.
The man's heart pounded. A few moments later, Zou Qian steadied his breathing and answered Yu Sui. "Your Senior Martial Brother negotiated with Shuizhou. He wanted Shuizhou to trade Qingyang for information about the strange fire. When the time came, the first people Shuizhou would deal with would be your Nangong Family."
That wasn't surprising at all.
"He also had Chang Sunzi perform a divination on the spot: would the strange fire from the prophecy burn Xuangu Continent to ashes first, or would Qingyang perish first?"
"The result was that the strange fire would burn first, followed by Qingyang."
"But while she was divining, all the Sages present saw the Dream of Heaven's Gift from the prophecy. Do you know about the Dream of Heaven's Gift? It was the scene from several hundred years ago, when the prophecy said the strange fire would descend on Xuangu Continent and burn everyone to death. That prophecy was also how people learned there would be five World Destroyers bearing strange fire."
Yu Sui immediately remembered the scene she had seen as a baby, when the strange fire chose her.
Zou Qian kept his eyes on the Number Mountain, but spoke to Yu Sui. "She said it wasn't the Dream of