An immense heat rushed out of the flash and in that instant, the temperature of the entire Heaven Academic Altar was at least doubled.

The Thousand Years Fire Herb!

It is one of the supreme treasures of the Nine Pinnacles Mountain, of course Tian Xing recognized it immediately.

"Chi Guyan, are you trying to threaten me?!" Tian Xing"s tone became rather sarcastic, as his thick eyebrows furrowed even more.

The Thousand Years Fire Herb, a top level healing treasure in the Holy Region.

However, due to the large amount of heavenly essence the treasure contained, it could not be consumed directly.

Thus, Tian Xing never thought that Chi Guyan would want to use the Thousand Years Fire Herb to heal her injuries and preserve her life, because that would be equivalent to courting death.

In that case...

There was only one possibility.

Threat.

She was destroying the Thousand Years Fire Herb as a way to threaten.

"It really is the Thousand Years Fire Herb!" A voice rang out behind Tian Xing, and a figure emerged from the distorted rays at the same time.

It was The First Disciple of Yin Yang Hall, Wan Lei.

After seeing clearly that it was indeed the Thousand Years Fire Herb that Chi Guyan had whipped out, his gaze showed a strong desire for it for an instant, although this desire was quickly suppressed.

One often dreams about certain things, but when one gets the said item in reality, one realises that reality differs entirely from one"s expectations.

Notwithstanding the very slim possibility that the Thousand Years Fire Herb could be consumed directly, surely, Wan Lei wouldn"t be so stupid to be coveting the Thousand Years Fire Herb now.

The change caused by the Herb naturally attracted the attention of Mu Qingfeng and the disciples of both Heaven Dao Pavilion and Nine Pinnacles Mountain. After all, that immense heat was boring down on everyone.

"Is this the Thousand Years Fire Herb?"

"Wow, Sister Chi Guyan really did get the Thousand Years Fire Herb!"

"That means she defeated the three sages and sunk the Black Moon Island. She really is worthy of her t.i.tle as the Chosen One!"

Although the Heaven Dao Pavilion disciples knew that the Thousands Years Fire Herb might have been in Chi Guyan"s hands, knowing and seeing were still two very different things.

As for the Nine Pinnacles Mountain disciples, they felt nothing but anger and fury.

The Thousand Years Fire Herb was the supreme treasure of the Nine Pinnacles Mountain, with three sages guarding it daily. Only when something of utmost importance happened, would the leader of the Nine Pinnacles Mountain use the Thousand Years Fire Herb, and only then, he would only use a little of it.

The most he would take is a small piece of it, to heal a wound.

To pluck the entire Herb like today...

In all the years that the Herb had been pa.s.sed on from generation to generation in the Nine Pinnacles Mountain, no one had ever thought of doing such a thing.

But what about now?

It had been plucked, forcefully, by Chi Guyan from the Heaven Dao Pavilion, and from now onwards,, would never grow again. Even if it was returned in entirety, it was a huge loss.

More importantly, Chi Guyan still had the audacity to take it out, and use its destruction as leverage against Tian Xing. How could this not anger them?

"Wicked!"

"Even if Chi Guyan really is the Chosen One, we Nine Pinnacles Mountain will not tolerate her stealing our supreme treasure and destroying our island!"

"That"s right, today, the Heaven Dao Pavilion has to give us some form of reparation today!"

The Nine Pinnacles Mountain disciples each grabbed their weapons tighter in their hands, appearing furious beyond measure.

However, Chi Guyan still had yet to answer Tian Xing"s question, and simply bit her lip tightly, letting the blood flow freely from the corner of her mouth.

Her beautiful face was pale and turning purple; her long pink dress was dancing freely in the wind.

She did not look at Tian Xing again; nor did she glance at Wan Lei who was behind Tian Xing. Instead, she lowered her head slightly, looking at the pale Fang Zhengzhi in her arms, whose eyes were still tightly shut.

"You really did come in the end…" Chi Guyan opened her mouth, her voice extremely weak.

She then raised her hands slowly, trembling as they brushed across Fang Zhengzhi"s forehead, brus.h.i.+ng the fine beads of sweat off.

It has to be said that Chi Guyan"s words were rather odd. In fact, they were so odd that Tian Xing, Yin Yang Hall"s Wan Lei and all the disciples of Heaven Dao Pavilion and Nine Pinnacles Mountain were puzzled.

Chi Guyan paid no heed to them. Her eyes were only for Fang Zhengzhi as she gazed quietly at that not-quite-handsome face in her arms, appearing to be reminiscing something.

However, she got out of her reverie quickly, and at the same time, a furious cry escaped from her mouth.

"Shameless thief!"

When she let out this cry, Chi Guyan"s pale complexion seemed to grow warmer, exhibiting an inviolable aura of regality.

"Chi Guyan, don"t think that just because you"re using the Thousand Years Fire Herb to threaten me, I really wouldn"t dare to take any action. If you dare to destroy the Thousand Years Fire Herb, the Nine Pinnacles Mountain will definitely oppose the Heaven Dao Pavilion!" Tian Xing glanced at Chi Guyan who was muttering something under her breath, and seemed to lose his patience. However, he was also afraid to forcefully remove the restrictions that had been put on him.

After all, the Thousand Years Fire Herb was with Chi Guyan.

All she needed to do was give a gentle squeeze.

With that, the Thousand Years Fire Herb would immediately turn to ash. The Nine Pinnacles Mountain would never wish for such a thing to happen, thus, even though he was their leader, and owned numerous heavenly treasures, the Thousand Years Fire Herb was in a cla.s.s of its own and there was only one in the world.

"Leader Tian, please don"t worry, Chi Guyan spent so much effort to retrieve the Thousand Years Fire Herb, so how could she be willing to destroy it? Why don"t you work with me, I"d help you from the side!" Wan Lei"s eyes gleamed, and a hint of a smile appeared around the corners of his mouth.

Following which, he started taking action.

Moving as fast as a bolt of lightning, he dashed straight towards Chi Guyan.

However, at the moment that he moved, the weak shadow that was originally behind Chi Guyan also glanced over. That intimidating gaze and imposing presence made even Wan Lei break out in sweat.

After which, a sound was heard.

"Coagulate!"

And then...

Wan Lei"s speed reduced drastically, and his actions became as slow as a tortoise, taking one slow step after another as he crawled towards Chi Guyan.

Yet, Wan Lei didn"t seem too surprised.

"Chi Guyan, surely, you don"t think you can fend us off alone?" Wan Lei didn"t appear to be too anxious, and even his gaze was very calm.

However, Chi Guyan clearly had no intention of giving Wan Lei any attention.

As Wan Lei had said, having to fend off both Tian Xing and Wan Lei at the same time was much more difficult than dealing with Tian Xing alone.

"Shameless thief… cough!" Chi Guyan started coughing out fresh blood, but she did not stop speaking. "Actually… I intended to come back earlier, but, I"m too late… the Thousand Years Fire Herb, can"t be made into a pill, I… I"m not absolutely sure anymore…"

"What do you mean? Chi Guyan, what exactly are you trying to do? And who is this guy?" Upon hearing Chi Guyan, Tian Xing finally directed his gaze towards Fang Zhengzhi.

"Aren"t you always… always able to create the impossible? Then you should try… just give it a try… cough…" Chi Guyan coughed another mouthful of blood, and her body flopped forward into a half-kneel on the floor, and seemed unable to hold it together.

"Give it a try? Give what a try? Chi Guyan, don"t tell me you"re thinking of…" Hearing this, Tian Xing"s expression experienced an apparent change.

Then, his eyes widened.

Chi Guyan"s had already raised her hand, but this time, she was raising the hand that held the Thousand Years Fire Herb, very slowly, trembling, but retaining a tight grip on the Thousand Years Fire Herb.

"Let"s try it together… I… I really don"t want you to die!" Chi Guyan"s eyes grew darker at this moment, like stars that had lost their glow, or gems that had lost their s.h.i.+ne.

However, her hand still pried open Fang Zhengzhi"s mouth quickly, and she proceeded to insert the entire Thousand Years Fire Herb into his mouth.

And in the moment that she inserted the Thousand Years Fire Herb...

Fang Zhengzhi, whose eyes had been tightly shut the whole time, suddenly opened his eyes, which were dark and black, without purple light. They were calm.

However, that calm quickly turned into astonishment.

"Ughhh…" Fang Zhengzhi sounded like he was about to be choked to death, and both his eyes rolled to the back of his head, his body convulsing.

"Chi Guyan, you"re courting death!" Tian Xing was obviously really angry this time. When he heard Chi Guyan mumbling about trying something, he already had a ominous premonition.

However, premonitions were just premonitions.

He never expected that Chi Guyan would really attempt such a thing.

Destroying it!

So she would rather destroy it than return it to me?!

"Chi Guyan, you are recklessly wasting a heavenly object!" Wan Lei of Ying Yang Hall was likewise shaken. His one arm was still outstretched, trying to retrieve the Thousand Years Fire Herb that Fang Zhengzhi had yet to swallow. "Quick, get the Thousand Years Fire Herb out, if you do this, you"re just going to destroy his life!"

…

"The Thousand Years Fire Herb? Destroy my life?" Fang Zhengzhi was feeling out of sorts. Truth be told, if anyone had had a flaming-hot stone stuffed down his throat upon opening his eyes, they would be feeling the same as he did.

What the heck?

Fang Zhengzhi felt that his memory was slightly fragmented.

He only vaguely remembered the Heaven Dao Pavilion disciples wanting to kill Yan Xiu, and then a towering rage caused him to nearly lose his mind.

However, before he fainted, he could faintly remember seeing someone.

Mu Qingfeng.

The Pavilion Leader of the Heaven Dao Pavilion.

Then, the Traceless Sword was seemingly taken away by Mu Qingfeng.

And then...

Mu Qingfeng seemed to have stuffed something into his mouth, which slowed his initial thumping heart rate.

Did Mu Qingfeng save me? Fang Zhengzhi wondered.

What about Chi Guyan, who was in front of him now? How did he end up in this girl"s embrace? Besides, why does Chi Guyan look like she"s about to die?

Fang Zhengzhi felt very confused.

What was even more confusing was the voices around him.

The Thousand Years Fire Herb!

"This fiery hot stone in my mouth is the Thousand Years Fire Herb?!" Fang Zhengzhi unconsciously swallowed his saliva, and then he felt the stone in his mouth slide down a little.

It got stuck right at the opening of his throat.

This immediately caused him to feel breathless.

What in the world is the Thousand Years Fire Herb? It sounds like a high-end, good quality product, but then again, shouldn"t such things melt in the mouth, into a "clear liquid"?

Why did it feel like a stone in his mouth...

Fang Zhengzhi felt like he had been cheated, in his previous life he had read in novels that heavenly treasures were melt-in-the-mouth, now it seemed like they were all lies.

This thing was so hard and so hot, how could it be eaten?

Just when he was thinking about that, Fang Zhengzhi suddenly saw Chi Guyan"s head suddenly drop, and her eyes which were bright seemed rather dull, while fresh blood still stained her lips.

"What is going on?!" Fang Zhengzhi wanted to scream, but he couldn"t with the Thousand Years Fire Herb stuck in his throat. In fact, now his body was so weak that he could barely move.

Struggle.

Faced with such a situation, he could only think of that word.

Yet, it wasn"t much use in the end.

Even though he tried to kick her away with while rolling his eyes at her, Chi Guyan"s head still came down toward him and her bloodied lips printed a stain on his.

At this moment...

Fang Zhengzhi felt a wave of mild gore, and yet in this gore, there was an addictive softness, moistness that was simply alluring.

"Have I been overpowered again? And by Chi Guyan again!" Fang Zhengzhi didn"t quite like the feeling of being overpowered like that, actually, he preferred to take the initiative.

But Chi Guyan clearly had no such awareness.

This was a kiss.

In the moment that Chi Guyan kissed him, Fang Zhengzhi felt that something soft and moist had slipped into his mouth, with a hint of bloodiness and fragrance, forcefully hitting the roof of his mouth.

And it was such a push...

That pushed that stuck piece of the Thousand Years Fire Herb down his throat, and he finally swallowed it.

"So, this kiss was actually to feed me the Thousand Years Fire Herb?" Fang Zhengzhi thought about that and suddenly felt a little lost.

Actually, Chi Guyan should have stopped this kiss already.

But in reality...

She didn"t.

Chi Guyan"s lips were still printed on his, and even that gentle moist tongue hadn"t been retracted, and was still exploring his mouth.

"Has this girl got addicted to kissing me?" Fang Zhengzhi was just about to ask Chi Guyan, "Are you now ready to simply admit defeat and obediently be my girl after you"ve been injured?"

However, before he could ask the question, a surge of intense and terrifying heat exploded fom his body.

Hot...

That was all that Fang Zhengzhi felt at that moment.

It was like his entire body was burning up, from his stomach, spreading to his organs, that flame was spreading uncontrollably to all corners of his body.

"Sob sob sob…" Fang Zhengzhi wanted to scream, but his lips were tightly interlocked with Chi Guyan"s, such that he could only make m.u.f.fled sounds.

He wanted to struggle.

However, Chi Guyan"s arms and body were tightly pressed against him. With that kind of soft strength pressing against his chest, his body was unable to move.

Finally, another word that he had heard surfaced in Fang Zhengzhi"s mind.

Destroy my life!

"Chi Guyan, were you trying to kill me!" Fang Zhengzhi screamed internally, as the burning hot air caused his skin to turn bright red in seconds, and his entire body emitted white steam.

That is mist that appears when the body"s water is evaporated...

When all the water in a person"s body evaporates, can he still live?