"Mr. Bai, are you really the Calamity Heaven God? Then why aren't you destroying the world instead of chatting with us here?" Fu Yao asked blankly.
Bai Ye rolled his eyes. "What did the world ever do to you? Do you really want me to destroy it that badly?"
"N-no, that's not what I meant. I just feel you're not quite like the Calamity Heaven God from the legends," Fu Yao explained, flustered.
Bai Ye offered no explanation. Instead, he asked, "Why should a god look the way you imagine?
If mortals could define a god, would they still be a god?"
The question stunned Fu Yao and Jiang Qing, and they sank into thought.
"I believe my words have touched your souls. All right, think while we walk."
Bai Ye slowly rose and headed for the door.
"Walk?" Jiang Qing hurriedly asked. "Where are we going?"
"To see Qin Mingshen."
The Dragonbone Mountains, the largest mountain range in the Southern Border.
Several figures appeared out of thin air near the mountains.
"Mr. Bai, the Night Owl Branch's base is in the Dragonbone Mountains," Jiang Qing said, pointing at the unbroken mountain range.
Bai Ye looked up. The Dragonbone Mountains lacked the lush greenery of ordinary mountains. Enormous granite ridges lay exposed, stacked layer upon layer like the stark spinal bones left behind by a dead dragon, stretching endlessly along the horizon.
"Lead the way."
Jiang Qing nodded and took the lead into the mountains, guiding the others.
The moment they entered the mountain range, the surrounding temperature soared, as though they had stepped into a mountain of fire.
"What's going on? Shouldn't it be cooler in the mountains?" Zhou Li, who had shamelessly insisted on tagging along, wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He flicked his hand, sending