A Lantern Across Mountains and Seas
Chapter 265

Such a Small Matter

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He meant Tong Mingshan, and everyone naturally turned to look at him.

Tong Mingshan was not quite certain. "My divine fire?"

Wu Jinliang said, "The divine fire you absorbed. The one we had you show us earlier."

"Well..." Tong Mingshan looked around at everyone. Seeing that they all wanted a look, Shi Chun included, he relented. He circulated his fire-attribute technique and drew the scarlet flame from his fire essence. Turning one palm upward, he revealed a ball of fire, bright crimson and radiating an imposing menace. One glance was enough to tell that no ordinary flame could compare.

Shi Chun, Xu Anchang, and the others watched with shining eyes. Zhou Wuxian, who had come to meet them, was no exception. He turned to Xu Anchang in shock. "Is that divine fire?"

Xu Anchang nodded. "It should be the divine fire, scarlet flame."

Zhou Wuxian's eyes brimmed with envy.

Wu Jinliang pointed at the scarlet flame in Tong Mingshan's palm. "Brother Zhou, would taking this divine fire for a stroll through the Iron Forest be enough to lure away the people from Red Cloud Fort?"

Zhou Wuxian could not help scratching his head, his expression rather odd. "Enough to lure them away, yes. I'm just afraid it'll provoke a relentless pursuit, with them trying to kill you and seize it."

A pursuit? Shi Chun glanced at Xu Anchang and the others, who had fallen into thought. Honestly, he hardly took pursuit by people of this caliber seriously. He had often been hunted in the Land of Exile.

He gestured to Tong Mingshan, indicating that he could put the divine fire away.

Wu Jinliang suddenly chuckled. "Weren't we hunted right after we came in?"

That reminder brought the pondering group abruptly to their senses. They could simply repeat whatever Shi Chun

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