Despite all five of them having their own flying treasures, Mo Wuji was still the slowest, relatively speaking.

In less than an hour, the five of them arrived at a desolate area overgrown with weeds. Amidst the weeds were scattered broken walls and remnants of ancient buildings.

Mo Wuji had been here before. It had taken him several days to get here last time, but now it only took less than an hour.

"There are disgusting bugs all over this place. We'll have to get rid of them when we come back," Mo Wuji said as their flying ship passed over the weedy area.

Feng Zhenqiu quickly said, "Absolutely not! These bugs mustn't be disturbed. Once you anger them, even a True God Realm cultivator might not be able to escape."

Mo Wuji asked in confusion, "Really? I walked through here once before, and I even killed a few bugs."

What cultivation level was Mo Wuji at back then, and what cultivation level was he now? Moreover, there were four True God Realm experts with him; how could they be afraid of these bugs?

Feng Zhenqiu looked at Mo Wuji and shook his head inwardly. Ignorance is bliss. "Alliance Head, you were either very lucky, or you passed through a larvae area. Perhaps you didn't stay long enough to provoke the adult bugs. Once the adult bugs are angered, they can fly, and they won't stop until they're dead. Whoever angers them, they'll latch onto you and suck your blood dry."

Mo Wuji shuddered at the thought. That was too terrifying. Luckily, he had left immediately after crossing the weedy area. Otherwise, if he had been surrounded by these bugs, Mo Wuji didn't even dare to think about what would happen…

"Once, a True God Realm cultivator passed through here. He had already gone past, but suddenly felt unhappy and started burning the bugs with fire. As a result, he angered the bug king, and the True God Realm expert was devoured alive by countless bugs," Feng Zhenqiu said proactively, seemingly afraid that Mo Wuji didn't understand.

Xing Huang also said, "Dean Feng is right. These bugs are also called Bone-Clinging Bugs (Fu Gu Chong). Once they latch onto someone, that person can't escape. Not only that, but these bugs can also burrow directly into the skin and enter the bone marrow. Even a True God Realm cultivator can't stop them."

"Then can no one control these bugs?" Mo Wuji asked in surprise.

"Not really. These bugs can be killed with fire…" Feng Zhenqiu explained.

Mo Wuji was somewhat puzzled. "Dean Feng, you just said that the True God Realm expert used fire and was also devoured by the Bone-Clinging Bugs?"

Feng Zhenqiu nodded. "That's right. Fire is indeed the bane of these bugs, but it depends on what kind of fire it is. Not all fires can kill these bugs. For example, Protector Xing also possesses a kind of fire, but his fire is mainly used for refining tools. This fire can also kill these bugs, but once all the bugs swarm up, his fire will be insufficient."

Xing Huang also said, "Dean Feng is right. Fires are also divided into different grades. My fire is mainly used for refining tools, not for attacking enemies."

"Actually, if we really want to kill those Bone-Clinging Bugs, someone here can do it," Feng Zhe, the True God Realm elder from the Great Evolution Sect (Da Yan Zong), turned his gaze towards Fang Zhentian of the Heavenly Devil Sect (Tian Mo Zong).

Feng Zhenqiu also agreed, "Indeed, if Sect Leader Fang takes action, these bugs might really be wiped out."

Fang Zhentian shook his head. "I can indeed kill some of these bugs, or I can escape. But to say that I can kill all of these Bone-Clinging Bugs, I can't do that."

Mo Wuji was even more shocked. All four True God Realm experts said they couldn't do it. How powerful were these Bone-Clinging Bugs?

"Actually, Dean Feng is right. There is a kind of fire that can burn these bugs," Fang Zhentian said, pointing towards the Chicken Cry Star (Ji Ming Xing) in the direction they were heading. "Lü Mang, the one outside the Lost Heavenly Ruins (Shi Luo Tian Xu), said that a few days ago, a cyan flame soared into the sky there. I suspect that it might be Azure Heart (Qing Jin Zhi Xin)…"

Upon hearing the words Azure Heart, the others looked at Fang Zhentian in surprise.

Apart from Mo Wuji, none of the True God Realm experts here didn't know about the Azure Heart. This fire appeared gentle and beautiful on the surface, but in reality, it was violent and rampaging. Once you provoked this fire, the result would be complete annihilation.

Fang Zhentian continued to explain, "Alliance Head Mo might not know the terror of Azure Heart. This fire looks like a beautiful cyan dress, peaceful and tranquil. But once this fire rampages, the terrifying scene is far more than what Lü Mang said, half the sky turned cyan. That kind of temperature will make you lose all resistance, and then disappear without a trace."

Saying this, Fang Zhentian chuckled, "If you can refine this fire, you say that you raise your hand and throw out the Azure Heart, not to mention those bugs, even the guy hiding among the bugs, hehe…"

Mo Wuji thought to himself, "These True God Realm experts are indeed not simple people." When he first came here, he guessed that those bugs were raised by someone based on some of the array traces in those broken walls. He didn't expect that these guys all knew, but no one moved.

The five of them were extremely fast. After several more days, they crossed a very wide desert.

As soon as they passed the desert, Feng Zhenqiu asked them to stop.

Blocking their path was a not-very-tall topless mountain. The top of the mountain was a small lake with an extremely wide circle.

Standing on a slightly distant hill, Mo Wuji could see that the water in the small lake was very clear, even with some flowing ripples, and there were still some faint smells of sulfur around it.

"Dean Feng, let's go to the small lake on top of that mountain and take a look," Mo Wuji said proactively.

Mother Linglong only left a hasty message for flying. There was no location at all. Mo Wuji could only find this place based on the direction of the cyan flame that appeared in the Lost Heavenly Ruins a few days ago.

Feng Zhenqiu said with a solemn expression, "If we provoke the Bone-Clinging Bugs, we might still have a glimmer of hope, but if we go to that azure lake, then I estimate that no one here can return alive."

Mo Wuji looked at Feng Zhenqiu in confusion. A hint of heat flashed in Feng Zhenqiu's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. "I have been here before. It is a volcano. And now the mouth of the volcano has turned into an azure lake…"

Feng Zhenqiu took a deep breath. "If I'm not mistaken, this azure lake is not water, but fire. That fire is the Azure Heart that Sect Leader Fang mentioned before…"

"What?" Mo Wuji looked at Feng Zhenqiu in disbelief. "Dean Feng, there are small ripples flowing on this azure lake, and there is no temperature at all. How could it be the Azure Heart fire?"

This time Feng Zhenqiu did not answer. Fang Zhentian interjected, "Dean Feng is right, this should be the Azure Heart. The Azure Heart looks gentle and tranquil on the surface, without the slightest bit of rampage and terror, and even makes people yearn for it, but this is also the most terrifying part of the Azure Heart. Alliance Head Mo, look at the gentle lake surface with some small scaly ripples, in fact, those are the cyan fire patterns of the Azure Heart. The reason why the Azure Heart is so terrifying is because its temperature is all hidden inside, and you can't feel it at all from the outside. Once this fire is stimulated, this area can be burned to ashes."

Xing Huang also sighed, "It seems that the cyan flames that soared into the sky a few days ago were the power of the Azure Heart when it was born. I heard that some people have collected this kind of fire, but those were all situations before it was born. Once it is born, this kind of fire is invincible."

"Alliance Head, regardless of whether Linglong is here or not, we can't stay in this place," Feng Zhenqiu said proactively, sighing inwardly.

"Wait a minute…" Mo Wuji suddenly took a few steps forward and looked down at the ground.

Seeing that Mo Wuji seemed to have discovered something, the others did not disturb Mo Wuji.

A full incense stick of time passed before Mo Wuji suddenly raised his head and said, "Everyone, there are faint traces of the Array Dao (Zhen Dao) here. Protector Xing, please help me refine a few directional array flags, and I will check it out."

Xing Huang immediately responded, grabbed a refining furnace, and raised his hand to strike out a ball of flame. Several kinds of materials were thrown into the refining furnace by Xing Huang, and then everyone saw Xing Huang's gestures like flowers blooming, and one hand seal after another fell into the refining furnace.

Mo Wuji, who was originally checking the array foundation, was also shocked by Xing Huang's method. His face was a little hot. He could also refine array flags. Compared with Xing Huang, the array flags he refined could only be regarded as things made by a blacksmith shop.

Moreover, he had not specifically studied weapon refining (lianqi), and always thought that refining array flags did not require a furnace. Now that he saw Xing Huang refining array flags in the weapon furnace, he realized that he had always been a layman refining array flags.

Xing Huang's speed was very fast. In a short incense stick of time, he had already grabbed a handful of directional array flags and handed them to Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji simply refined these array flags. He often arranged formations (fazhen), and even the sect-protecting array (hu zong da zhen) of the Heavenly Secret Sect (Tian Ji Zong) was arranged by him in two years. One year was spent studying Array Dao, mainly studying how the Heavenly Secret Sect's protective array could be arranged, and then another year was spent arranging the grand array.

Now that he had refined Xing Huang's array flags, he realized how trashy the array flags he had used before were. If he used Xing Huang's array flags to arrange the sect-protecting array of the Heavenly Secret Sect, he would not need a year at all, and the arranged grand array would be better than the one he had arranged before.

This thought flashed by, and Mo Wuji didn't think about it anymore. No matter how good the array flags refined by Xing Huang were, he couldn't keep Xing Huang by his side all the time. He could only ask Xing Huang to help him refine some array flags to take with him before going to the True Secret Continent (Zhen Mo Da Lu).

More than a dozen array flags were slowly placed by Mo Wuji from different directions, and the others could clearly feel the changes in the surrounding terrain, but they could not say exactly where the changes were.

In terms of cultivation (xiuwei), any one of them could throw Mo Wuji countless miles away. In terms of Array Dao, apart from Xing Huang's good Array Dao level, there was really no one here who could compare with Chu Xingzi's inheritance.

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