Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 735 - 714: Restarting the Earth Fire

Unlike the fleeting images of the past, this time the Foreknowledge Technique seemed to unfurl like a scroll before Jiang Yuan's eyes.

Daytime, the scorching sun blazed.

The sun baked the dunes, causing distorted shimmering heat waves to rise.

In the center of a city constructed from sand and stone, predominantly earth-toned, was a huge deep pit, like an abyss, with faint fiery light flickering within. The temperature around the pit was obviously higher, distorting the figures of the Furious Fire Bear Race demon cultivators within view.

At the forefront was a robust elderly woman, towering at about two meters with a muscular build, wearing imposing armor exuding an overwhelming presence.

Her expression was serious as she slowly ascended the stone platform by the pit, looking down at two rows of orderly subordinates and the bustling crowd behind them.

"Everyone, today is the last day of summer," the elder spoke, her voice carrying far. The originally buzzing murmurs instantly ceased, and all the demon cultivators raised their heads to gaze at her.

"As you all know, ten years ago a cold poison calamity struck our nursery. Almost all the young Angry Fire Bears were infected with the cold poison. If we drove them all out, Sand Hill City would lose its precious offspring, so we temporarily settled them in the Sky Pit, using the earth fire to suppress the cold poison while dispatching clansmen to seek a cure."

The armored subordinates and the civilians in plain clothes all nodded in agreement. Many of them were wrapped tightly, with a layer of frost on their hair, somewhat reminiscent of the initial encounter with Leng Yutang, though not yet as severe.

"However, there is still no cure, and the number of those infected with the cold poison is increasing daily. For the future of Sand Hill City and for our Furious Fire Bear Race to thoroughly rid itself of the cold poison calamity, we scoured ancient texts and exhausted all means. Ultimately, four years ago, we decided to reignite the earth fire!"

At this point, the people of Sand Hill City became excited, raising their fists and shouting, "Reignite the earth fire! Rebirth through fire!"

The elder pressed her right hand downward to calm everyone, continuing, "The Furious Fire Bear Race has been settled here, building the city since the ancestors discovered the Sky Pit, for over twenty-eight thousand years.

Throughout history, the cold poison has been a severe threat faced by the Furious Fire Bear Race.

In all those years, there is only one record of reigniting the earth fire. Upon thorough research, we learned that at that time, the entire city of Furious Fire Bears had been infected. In desperation, they intended to use enough earth fire to combat poison with poison, but unexpectedly reignited the earth fire, spreading throughout the city by coincidence.

Many Furious Fire Bears perished, but those who survived the fire cleanse were cured of the cold poison, and their mana greatly increased. For the next several hundred years, Sand Hill City soared to infinite glory!

In fact, I did not agree with this decision made four years ago.

Reigniting the earth fire is a serious matter; when the time comes, those of slightly lower realms would be unable to withstand the burning of the earth fire. Moreover, even if the cold poison spread more, it was only about a tenth or a third, far from the point of the race's life or death.

However, the people have long suffered from the cold poison. The will of the people cannot be opposed, and even as the City Lord, I couldn't alter their choice. Therefore, after six months of research and discussion, it was ultimately decided to halt all operations within the Sky Pit, allowing it to accumulate power.

Today is the day to officially reinvigorate the earth fire with the help of the opportune timing!"

"Wise City Lord!"

"Reignite the earth fire!"

"Rebirth through fire to glory anew!"

Looking up, the sun had not yet reached noon, the elder reminded again: "Those in lower realms unwilling to partake in reigniting the earth fire still have time to leave Sand Hill City. In half an hour, the city gates and the City Defense Array will close, rendering exit impossible.

However, if one survives the reignited earth fire, they will certainly no longer carry the cold poison. At that time, those not scorched by the earth fire, please forgive Sand Hill City for no longer accommodating or entertaining you, to prevent further incurable cold poison spread.

Furthermore, whether infected or uninfected choosing to leave, remember: If you find a way to completely cure the cold poison, please bring it back; solving the race's problem will be heavily rewarded. If it can't be cured, find a desolate place to resolve it yourself, to avoid propagating the cold poison, causing destruction and again breaching the law."

The screen paused and flashed by, and when Jiang Yuan saw the "scroll" again, he first beheld a massive sun above, faintly seeing a three-legged crow flapping its wings amidst the shining sunlight.

"The auspicious time has arrived, reignite the earth fire!" This bizarre scene vanished in an instant. He just heard the City Lord's voice by his ear when the next second a dull thunderous rumbling came from deep within the Sky Pit.

Soon blinding white light flashed before him, and Jiang Yuan could see nothing, only hearing terrifying roars and wails.

Occasionally in the white scene, the massive figures of Angry Fire Bears flashed by, burning with white flames. Fire spewed from their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses. Amid painful howls, each figure was reduced to ashes...

"Abnormal Fire! Lord City Lord, it's the legendary Abnormal Fire, our cultivation techniques cannot resist it!"

"It must be that the gathering earth fire during the Sky Pit's closure summoned the devouring Abnormal Fire; we must find a way to divert it, or the entire city will turn to ashes!"

"Huff! Huff! Save me! Someone save me!"

"All subordinates heed my command! Follow me into the Sky Pit to divert the Abnormal Fire!"

...

Amidst the wails and chaos mixed with roars, he could see in the scene numerous armored Angry Fire Bear leaders revealing their true forms, rushing into the pit's flames attempting to save the city.

However, their figures vanished into the white expanse, unable to appear again.

Everywhere there were flames, the pitiful screams growing less frequent until the entire city was burnt down, with the blinding white light completely blocked by the closed gate.

Jiang Yuan was momentarily dazed, only realizing he was looking at the gate closing scene witnessed when Leng Yutang entered.

The Foreknowledge Technique merged with reality, creating a sense of unreality for him.

After acquiring this passive skill, it was the first time seeing such a complete and long future vision. Calming himself, Jiang Yuan took out the Communication Stone to contact Leng Yutang.

"Go immediately to meet with the City Lord and stop the action to restart the Earth Fire. Tell her that during the closure of the Sky Pit, too much Earth Fire has accumulated attracting the Abnormal Fire. If the Earth Fire Restart Ceremony is held on the last day of summer as planned, the entire Sand Hill City will turn to ashes!"

The information was too much for him to extract more, so he could only briefly instruct Leng Yutang to find the City Lord. After all, in the vision of the future, the City Lord frankly did not want to take this risk but could not refuse due to public pressure.

As long as you tell her there's an Abnormal Fire in the Sky Pit, even if nothing can be stopped now, at least the ceremony can be postponed.

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As soon as he finished speaking, a system prompt popped up.

On the other end of the Communication Stone, Leng Yutang was bewildered upon hearing this, "Mr. Jiang, what are you talking about? What is this Earth Fire Restart? How do you know about it?"

"Don't ask so much now, go see the City Lord." Jiang Yuan had already regained his composure from the screams foreseen in the future, "If the City Lord doesn't believe, tell her I am an Elder of the Cloud Concealment Sect who excels in foreknowledge. Moreover, I have a way to heal cold poison, and absolutely cannot risk restarting the Earth Fire, otherwise, one will regret it too late after bringing fire upon oneself!"

Cloud Concealment Sect Elder?

Leng Yutang was taken aback, thinking no wonder Elder Xie stays in the small courtyard every day, it turns out there's such a relationship between them!

After being expelled from Sand Hill City, years of travel broadened his horizons, naturally knowing that the Cloud Concealment Sect, one of the top ten sects, is best at peering into heaven's secrets. As an elder, could Mr. Jiang's foreknowledge technique be lacking?

"Thank you, sir, for your hard work and effort, I will immediately go to seek the Lord City Lord!" Putting away the Communication Stone, Leng Yutang admired him even more in his heart.

Such a great person was turned away but not only was not angry, but also used foreknowledge to help Sand Hill City avert a disaster.

What a great favor!

Even a fool knows, peering into heaven's secrets must come with a considerable price, especially one involving the lives of tens of thousands in an entire city, how much karma must that bear?

"Are you really Leng Yutang? Did you really cure the cold poison?"

"A child of the Leng family? My memory is bad, and my vision's not good either, but it seems you bear some resemblance."

"Quickly tell us how you cured the cold poison? Wasn't it misdiagnosed back then?"

"Yes, historically, those afflicted with cold poison have never been cured, a few years ago there was a bear child misdiagnosed, and after a half-month out, he was fine…"

...

When the guards were verifying Leng Yutang's identity, busybodies in the city had already spread the news. Upon hearing news of clansmen returning safely after seeking medical treatment outside, many Demon Cultivators came to watch.

"Hey! You were gone for so many years, surely you spent a lot of money to get better." A Furious Fire Bear wrapped in thick cotton clothes, yet still exuding coldness, shivered while laughing: "You've come back late. If it were a few years ago, everyone would be very grateful to you.

Now, even with the formula, it's useless, Lord City Lord is soon to take charge, solving the predicament of the citizens in the entire city afflicted with cold poison! Hehe, and the most important is it costs nothing."

Leng Yutang glanced at him, "It costs nothing but takes lives."

"Hey! What kind of talk is that, kid? You went around and now have money, right? Look at your clothes, tsk tsk! Don't you know we haven't been able to go down to the Sky Pit for years and have lost our means of livelihood, suffering as we are now."

"Exactly, not only are we broke, but even Lord City Lord is strapped for resources. Even if you find the formula, without money it's useless, it's better to restart the Earth Fire, much quicker!"

"Living is naturally a good thing, but if you can't, dying is also fine, at least I won't be tortured by cold poison."

Listening to the clansmen's babble, the anger in his heart suddenly dissipated by more than half.

Sand Hill City is poor, as the saying goes, when a man is down, his spirits are short; it's inevitable. Though Mr. Jiang's Elixir is good, it was exchanged with Earth Spirit Flame, how can ordinary Demon Cultivators in the city come up with enough Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to buy Elixirs?

Thinking of this, Leng Yutang frowned.

He can't let Mr. Jiang work in vain and pay out elixirs;

yet now many are afflicted with cold poison, with a glance down the street and one in ten exuding cold air, and they cannot produce enough Spirit Stones to buy their lives, what can be done?

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The Clan Leader of the Furious Fire Bear Race, Ming Qingyan, also the City Lord of Sand Hill City. Seeing the chosen auspicious day approaching, she found it hard to concentrate on cultivation these days.

Restarting the Earth Fire, in the nearly thirty thousand years of history of Sand Hill City, there was only one accidental operation, and though rebirth from fire sounds inspiring, who knows how many will survive once the Earth Fire spreads.

However, the citizens are frightened by the cold poison, as more and more people are infected, the public is panicking beyond comfort.

She is also worried that too many infected clansmen leaving Sand Hill City will become walking sources of plague, infecting other races and leading to chaos in the Wilderness World.

In her dilemma, upon hearing that a clansman once afflicted with cold poison has returned cured, Ming Qingyan's eyes lit up, and personally went to the mansion gate to welcome them!