The mortal world, Great Liang Kingdom, Tianshui City.
As far as the eye could see, all was rubble.
"These arsonists actually used Thousand-Wound True Fire, one of the most vicious types of acquired true fire. Its grade was at least Heaven Rank, too."
As Xu Taiping flew on the wind above Tianshui City's ruins, searching for his senior sister Zhao Linglong's aura with his divine soul, Fairy Lingyue suddenly spoke to him through voice transmission from within the white gourd.
Hearing this, Xu Taiping's expression darkened, and the killing intent around him intensified.
Thousand-Wound True Fire was infamous among acquired true fires, because anything it burned would first be riddled with holes from the inside out before being reduced to ashes.
One could imagine what agony the people of Great Liang Kingdom had suffered before dying when Thousand-Wound True Fire burned their kingdom.
"Actually, even before receiving word from your Senior Sister Linglong, the Nine Prefectures suspected these arsonists had another scheme. When slaughtering the kingdom, they chose not a more powerful true fire, but a vicious one like Thousand-Wound True Fire, making the people of Great Liang Kingdom endure the torment of true fire devouring their bodies before finally dying in agony."
Huang Que, who flew on the wind beside Xu Taiping, also spoke of Thousand-Wound True Fire.
"This closely resembles the methods demon cultivators and heretical cultivators use to nurture gu for cultivation. Ask Huang Que whether any heretical cultivators or demon cultivators have surfaced recently."
Fairy Lingyue offered Xu Taiping another reminder.
Mm.
Xu Taiping answered inwardly without betraying anything, then asked Huang Que beside him, "Brother Huang Que, could the true mastermind behind this be connected to demon cultivators or heretical cultivators?"
"From what we can see now, that is indeed possible."
Huang Que nodded. Then,