latelenovela Chapter 261 Strange Flames
Chapter 261 Strange Flames
The people in the room all turned to look at Akame. Good grief, you little girl, you really ran out on your own?
Chen Dahai shook his head. "Really, no. Why do you keep asking me? Don't you know why I came out? You can't keep asking me just because she disappeared when I came out."
“That’s true. Our Wanbing Valley is such a large sect. How many cultivators come and go every day? I’m just asking routinely. Good junior brother, just bear with it for a while. When you come back, come find me for a drink.” The man smiled brightly.
What Chen Dahai heard was the emphasis on the words "our Wanbing Valley".
This is a reminder to myself, Chen Dahai, that I am still a member of Wanbing Valley, and I shouldn't let myself drift along and actually join the Chen family dynasty.
"Senior brother, since that's the case, then let's implant this treasure..."
"Oh, right, I almost forgot the important thing. Let me do the math. You have to..." The man pointed randomly with his finger, then said somewhat embarrassedly, "It has to be implanted within three hours. The implantation method is very simple. It's in the storage bag."
"Important business cannot be delayed, Senior Brother. I will not keep you any longer. I will immediately go into seclusion to implant it. We will meet again if fate allows." Chen Dahai took the opportunity to directly issue the order to leave.
The man wasn't annoyed. This was Yushu City, where a war was raging. Who would want to stay here any longer?
“Junior brother, you’re right. After this is over, I’ll steal a jar of Master’s fine wine and come find you so we can have a good chat.”
He exchanged a few more polite words and then slipped away.
After a while, once everyone was sure he had really left, they all surrounded Akame.
Matt coughed twice and said, "No wonder you reported your Daoist name as Red Bow."
The group was quite curious. Was the Wanbing Valley, this super sect, really that insignificant? Even with Dahai's leg in such a state, Chi Tong still secretly ran away, making it seem as if that sect was a mountain of knives and a sea of fire.
Everyone was curious about why Akame had run away.
A hint of hesitation flashed across her face. After thinking for a moment, she gave a vague explanation.
"Human hearts are too complicated."
"People's hearts are complicated everywhere," Zhong Ming almost burst out laughing. "Chi Tong, you're running away because of this? You can't escape! Everyone is..."
"It's exhausting to always be on guard against your own people."
Um... well, this side is definitely better.
Zhong Ming said that although the dynasty was in chaos and he still had to be wary of the Yan family, who were highly suspected of being the previous assassins, he didn't have to worry about Chen Dahai and Yue Kaishan.
"Should we also be wary of our senior and junior brothers?"
"We also need to be wary of our master."
"Huh?" The second captain chuckled unkindly, blurting out, "To be fair, your looks aren't quite at the level of being so stunning that one would need to be... wary of you..."
Only after he finished speaking did he realize that among the things cultivators sought, appearance was one of the least useful.
Also, he remembered that the girl was an archer... the kind with enough strength to swing him around.
"Um...but," the second captain admitted, he was a little flustered. Akame's eyes seemed to be threatening to shoot him in the back. He quickly tried to cover up his mistake, "But...there's a big difference in aesthetics between the North and the South. You'd definitely look like this to a Northerner." The second captain gave a thumbs-up, while simultaneously fearing that the other person might swing a knife at him.
Zhong Ming immediately stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "My hometown was massacred, which is why I came here. Evil cultivators killed everyone in my town and used dragon scales to control everyone who ate dragon meat. Luckily, my dragon scales were stolen by someone, otherwise I would have died long ago."
He recounted his experience, steer the conversation away from the topic of beauty, and in doing so, he saved the second captain's life.
Chen Dahai needs some time of his own.
The group chatted for a long time, but Akame kept her mouth shut. Sometimes she would just stay silent and listen to whatever you said.
After a while, Chen Dahai came out.
Just as his senior brother said, the implantation method was very simple, taking only a few seconds. The rest of the time was spent installing fireproof plates on the wheelchair.
Zhong Ming carefully examined the other person's left leg, which was wrapped in a special white bandage. A red flame with some purple flickered eerily, but there was no sign of it igniting anything else.
The scene was somewhat eerie, looking as if bandages had been soaked in alcohol and then set on fire.
"This... doesn't seem hot." Although the flames continued to flow on Chen Dahai's left leg, no one felt any change in temperature, as if it didn't exist at all.
"This flame has a special effect on burning flesh." Chen Dahai spoke slowly and nervously, his already pained expression now even more so.
The group exchanged glances and, without prior arrangement, turned their attention to Zhong Ming.
"No, why are you all looking at me? I... although I like collecting random things, but... never mind." Zhong Ming gave in, took out a beast's carcass from his storage bag, cut off a large piece of meat, stuck it in a bone spear, and carefully brought it closer to the flames.
The moment the wild animal meat touched the flames, it sizzled, and the rich fat released its unique aroma, instantly filling the entire room with an enticing fragrance.
The meat cooked extremely quickly, becoming somewhat shriveled in just a few breaths. Just as the charred black color was about to appear on the surface, Zhong Ming abruptly pulled the meat back.
Matt swiftly chopped the meat in half with his knife.
The meat was perfectly cooked, the first parts exposed to the flames were already dry and crisp, while the last parts were bursting with juice. A single slice released the aroma, causing everyone to swallow hard. Yue Kaishan's stomach rumbled first, much to everyone's dismay.
"This flame burns flesh so quickly?"
"Not just the physical body."
Zhong Ming gripped the bone spear piercing the flesh with one hand and easily snapped it in two with a crack. If this weren't a processed magical artifact, they could have already started the process of sucking out the marrow and breaking the bones.
Zhong Ming asked Chen Dahai with a grin, "Can we grill meat on your legs from now on? Won't we get athlete's foot?" The group laughed so heartily that their joy was contagious and infected Chen Dahai.
Is that so? Since we can't change it, let's look forward with optimism.
Zhong Ming didn't stand on ceremony at all; he cut off a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth.
It's delicious, very delicious.
"Confirmed, no athlete's foot! Dahai, remember to wash your feet often! Hey! By the way, Dahai, what happens if you soak your feet in water?"
“You can see the flames burning in the water,” Matt said, pointing to the sea’s left foot. “It’s already inside the flesh and blood. If it can burn in the blood, why can’t it burn in the water?”
Chen Dahai nodded. He hadn't gotten used to the pain yet. Every second, his feet were burning with intense pain. He couldn't even make a face, let alone speak.