Chapter 878: Goatherd
As nighttime arrived, the yin qi in the Sun Swamp grew thicker and thicker. At the same time, a sun slowly rose into the sky and filled the swamp with light.
When the sun rose to the middle, the yin qi in the Sun Swamp had reached its peak as well. Then, a big flame burst out from somewhere and spread to every corner of the swamp in just the blink of an eye. Like a sea of flames, it was both stunning and terrifying to look at.
Strangely, the inferno was strictly limited to the Sun Swamp. The flames never spread beyond a certain range, burning not even the dry grass at the periphery.
Inside the Sun Swamp, the flames scorched the sky, and the yin wind howled like a ghost. But outside the Sun Swamp, the forest was as cool as any other. It was miraculous and astounding to say the least.
“It is time. Please guard me, Joyless.”
At the center of the Sun Swamp, there was a safe zone about one-third of a meter that was completely untouched by the flames. Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou were currently standing in it.
“Got it. Be careful, Qingyou.”
Ye Qing nodded and stepped out of the safe zone, stopping only when he was ten meters away from her. As for Feng Qingyou, she was sitting crosslegged while the five extraordinary items—Finger Ring Metal, Lightning Struck Wood, Endlessly Durable Water, Thousand Frost Fire, and Dustless Earth—flew out of her sleeves and floated around her.
Each item occupied one corner of the small circle. The Finger Ring Metal occupied the west as the west was Metal, the Lightning Struck Wood occupied the east as the east was Wood, the Endlessly Durable Water occupied the north as the north was Water, the Thousand Frost Fire occupied the south as the north was Fire, and the Dustless Earth occupied the center as the center was Earth.