Chen Ying paused upon hearing this, as she had never thought about this question before.
At this moment, Xinxia also said, "If it weren't for a mind-based mage, there really wouldn't be anyone who could make your memories so clear."
"Maybe it's because my mother has told me this a lot?" Chen Ying paused for a moment, then said.
Mo Fan didn't say anything. Clearly, this silly girl wasn't willing to believe any other 'facts'.
At this moment, Zhao Manyan came to Mo Fan and Xin Xia's side and whispered, "Xin Xia, you are a mind mage, what do you think my cousin is?"
"If it weren't for the effects of the mind-body connection, even if one person tells another about an unfamiliar place, it shouldn't be as familiar as Chen Ying's." Xin Xia hadn't noticed before, but after Mo Fan mentioned it, she also felt that something was amiss.
"this..."
Mo Fan shook his head and then said, "Never mind, let's go first."
Zhao Manyan was puzzled, but he was the kind of person who was easily oblivious. Besides, unless it was a girl, he couldn't be bothered to think about such things.
Following the crack deeper, one can feel its winding upward trajectory. The rocks inside are a smooth, semi-crystalline, semi-rocky texture, resembling flames. Along the way, some spirit seed fragments are collected, suggesting this cave is a good place for tempering. With a careful search, one might find one or two more spirit seeds. However, finding Yan Ji is clearly the priority right now.
But as they walked, they suddenly heard a strange sound. Mo Fan immediately stopped and said, "This sound is not right!"
The metallic clanging sound wasn't the crisp, clear kind you usually hear; it had a dull, frictional noise that, when it reached your ears, was like the creepy sound of fingernails scratching a blackboard. The cave they were walking through was already winding, dark, and deathly silent, and the sudden appearance of this eerie sound, which seemed to come from nowhere, made them feel especially uneasy.
Mo Fan then pointed to a hole nearby and said, "Let's hide in that hole first. There must be lava pouring down from above!"
The others didn't dare to hesitate either, and immediately crawled inside one by one.
Soon, having taken cover and prepared their defenses inside the cave, they saw the lava gushing down.
Fiery red, everything around was ablaze with crimson light. Lava filled most of the low-lying areas and spread completely across the mountain path, then poured downwards.
After the magma surged past, they continued their ascent, and the two-faced turtle demon they encountered was easily defeated by Mo Fan.
After arriving at the mountain, Chenying led them into the Fire Cloud Forest.
The blazing sun hung high in the center of the northern corner of the scorching plain, which resembled a blazing brazier. The only towering mountain in the northern corner of the scorching plain, the Fire Pillar Mountain, was the closest to the sun. Almost no living things could be seen on the mountaintop, but some plants that needed the heat of the flames grew vigorously, covering the land on the flat-topped mountain in large swaths.
They are fiery red, like a dense carpet of maple leaves, spreading out in abundance.
When the red leaves fall, they resemble candle flames, slowly drifting down from mid-air. If a strong gust of wind sweeps through, the air is adorned with these fluttering candle flames, creating an extremely beautiful scene.
"If we cross this forest, we'll reach the place where the Fire Calamity Fruit is located," Chen Ying said.
She then led them smoothly through the dense Flame Forest. Although the Flame Forest was vast, it was ultimately located on the top of a mountain, and crossing it wouldn't take much time.
They had probably reached the edge of the Fire Cloud Forest when they could see a raised rocky area with a gentle slope, like a hillside on flat land. At the very top of the hillside stood a huge tree that was unlike any other Fire Cloud Tree.
The trees had no leaves, and their branches were twisted and winding, with many branches. Even without any leaves, they looked graceful and lush.
The colossal tree stood alone beneath the sky, its trunk seemingly reaching for the heavens, its dense branches twisting and turning in all directions. It stood solitary atop the Scorching Plains, a sight that even countless hunters who had ventured to its northern corner would never have imagined. And at night, it must have been even more breathtaking.
At this moment, Zhao Manyan also felt that something was wrong, and looked at Chen Ying and said, "Chen Ying, don't you really find it strange?"
If I could remember the previous places, this Fire Cloud Forest was really a bit outrageous.
Chen Ying looked at Zhao Manyan with some confusion.
I don't understand what he means by this.
"This jungle is obviously the easiest place to get lost, yet you haven't stopped at all as we've walked through it," Zhao Manyan added.
"this?"
Chen Ying wasn't stupid either; at this point, she naturally realized that something was amiss.
"So, Chenying, you must have been cast a spell by a mind-based mage. It's just that the other party's cultivation level was quite high, so you probably didn't notice it at the time," Xinxia said with certainty.
"But...my mother..."
Chen Ying clearly remembered that her mother did not possess any mind-based magic.
But if it's not mind magic, why does she feel so familiar with this place?
It was as if she had been there.
This certainly doesn't seem like something that can be done just by hearing about it!
Just then, a bright red humanoid object slowly approached them. It moved very strangely, its toes slightly raised and its legs suspended in mid-air, descending from the tree like a ghost.
Upon seeing the fiery creature, everyone immediately became alert.
"Ring~~~"
To their surprise, the fire-man did not attack them. Instead, he stared intently at Chen Ying and murmured softly.
It was clear that the Flame Witch was very excited after seeing Chen Ying.
"Don't be nervous. If I'm not mistaken, this should be the Flame Princess that Chen Ying mentioned." Mo Fan reassured everyone, then said, "Xin Xia, try to communicate with her."
Xin Xia is a mind-based mage, while the fire witch in front of her was originally human, so communication was naturally not difficult.
After Xinxia responded and came down, she quickly began communicating with the Flame Witch. While they were communicating, Xinxia looked at Chenying with some surprise.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Chen Ying asked, puzzled. They had just finished talking, so why were they looking at her?
"It says it's your mother!!" Xinxia said, somewhat shocked.
To be honest, she would have found it hard to believe if the Flame Witch hadn't said it herself.
"I think the person in your family right now is actually a mind-based mage, and she was even saved by your mother. She used her mind-based magic to infiltrate the Zhao family so that you could come and take the Fire Calamity Fruit for her. After all, she is your mother, and she would never harm you," Mo Fan said.
Chenying really wanted to refute it, but she found that she couldn't refute it at all.
If it weren't for her connection to the spiritualist school of magic, how could she know so much about this place?
She's a spiritualist, so how could she possibly be her mother?