"Is this the Fire Kingdom Ancestral Land?"
Stepping out of an ancient teleportation hall similar to the one he had arrived at when he first came to the Fire Kingdom, Di Yi found a desolate Gobi desert stretching before his eyes. Nothing else aside, the environment alone surprised him.
This was different from what he had imagined.
He had visited Stone Village, the Stone Kingdom's foremost ancestral land. Although it seemed to have declined, its surroundings at least had mountains and water, fresh and natural.
But here, there was only a desolate Gobi desert, with nothing in any direction except the ancient teleportation hall.
Never mind vegetation or rivers; there were barely even any mountains. All there was was boundless, deathly stillness.
Was this really the Fire Kingdom Ancestral Land?
As he traveled onward, the land remained truly desolate, and the farther he went, the more stifling the heat became.
It was like entering a volcanic region. Heat rose in billowing waves from many places, releasing wisps of white smoke that carried a pungent smell of sulfur as they drifted on the wind.
He had to admit that this place truly was unsuitable for living creatures to inhabit for long. There was no water or grass, no vegetation, and nowhere to shelter from wind and rain. No wonder the Fire Kingdom's ancestors had left their ancestral land.
This really was no place for people to stay.
Obtaining food was one problem. Beyond that, the temperature here was clearly abnormal, as though the earth were being roasted, and the smell of smoke and fire was overwhelmingly strong.
Compared with this ancestral land of the Fire Kingdom, judging by the present environment, the Stone Kingdom's ancestral land was undoubtedly far more fortunate. With the Great Wilderness at its back, it was rich