The process continued until dawn, and all of Mopan Town was reduced to ruins. Yet neither Qi He nor Xue Fuyao and the others wore any expression of relief at having resolved the matter.
It had gone too smoothly.
Throughout the burning, aside from the black mist, they had encountered no resistance whatsoever. This meant the Evil God's true body was not here.
"Martial Uncle..." Xue Fuyao looked at Qi He worriedly.
"Let's leave first. The training expedition will continue."
Hearing this, Xue Fuyao nodded.
The training expedition continued. Apart from Xue Fuyao and a few others, no one's mood had been affected by what had happened in Mopan Town.
Although none of them had discovered the cause during this expedition, Elder Lin still gave each of them a fourth-rank pill on the grounds that they had performed exceptionally well, and ordered them to take it immediately.
They had merely taken a stroll inside and received a fourth-rank pill. This was practically a windfall of pies falling from the sky. Of course they were delighted.
In reality, however, the fourth-rank pills were meant to prevent the disciples who had entered Mopan Town from being contaminated. Almost everyone except Xue Fuyao was fed one.
With a heavenly flame protecting her, contamination could not come near Xue Fuyao.
"Shadow One..."
Xue Fuyao told Shadow One and the others about the Evil God and instructed them to devote all their efforts to searching for information about heavenly flames. Ideally, they would be able to form a contract with one.
There was also the Western Continent.
The Western Continent had only just stabilized. Absolutely nothing else could be allowed to go wrong.
After traveling for another few days, the Flying Boat landed again.
Xue Fuyao jumped off the Spirit Boat and looked around, discovering