Full-Time Magister: What kind of demonic tree is this? It's clearly a sacred tree!

Chapter 57 Scorching Plains North Corner

"I've heard that the Sand River is a dead river, and the number of white sand monsters slumbering here represents the number of living beings who have perished here. At first, I was very puzzled as to how many lives must have died here for such a vast sand river to be teeming with such an astonishing number of white sand monsters."

Lingling looked at Zhuoyuan North Corner with lingering fear and said, "I think a large part of it is because they were driven by the fire calamity just now, forcing them to jump into this sand river, which is like an execution. Over time, the Sand River has become more and more terrifying."

"Why don't we leave? That fire was too terrifying. If we had gone too deep into the northern corner of the Scorching Plains, we wouldn't have had a chance to escape," Zhao Manyan suggested, his heart pounding with fear since arriving.

"Hmph! Coward!" Lingling scoffed. The appearance of the fire calamity was indeed something no one had anticipated, but they had never received much information about it. Logically speaking, there should have been predecessors who experienced such things and recorded them in books.

But this did not dampen everyone's determination to explore the North Corner of Zhuoyuan. Lingling boldly guessed, "Since there is no record of it in the data, and information about the North Corner of Zhuoyuan has been leaking out all along, then this phenomenon must not occur so frequently."

"Yes! I heard that this kind of fire calamity only occurs once every few years in the North Cape of Zhuoyuan, and the scale of it has never been as large as it is now. The fact that we have survived this fire calamity means that we will be very safe to step into the North Cape of Zhuoyuan in the future."

"Most importantly, the fire calamity is a baptism for the North Corner of the Scorching Plains, angrily killing or driving out all those lives that are not of true fire blood. After undergoing such a baptism, the North Corner of the Scorching Plains may actually give birth to more rare and precious materials."

At this moment, Chen Ying, who had been silent all along the way, spoke up.

Zhang Chen, Mo Fan, and Lingling's gazes suddenly fell on Chen Ying, their eyes filled with doubt.

Mo Fan had previously gathered information about Zhuoyuan North Corner through the Secret Scroll, and not many people actually knew about Zhuoyuan North Corner.

Lingling herself is practically a library; most information can be found in her possession. Moreover, Lingling is determined to collect the most comprehensive information on demons and forbidden areas in the world, and she will save any new information she learns.

Even Lingling didn't know about the Fire Calamity in the North Corner of Zhuoyuan, so why did Chenying, who had decided to come along at the last minute, know so much about it?

"Why are you all looking at me? I definitely did some research before I came here."

Chen Ying was clearly not a very scheming girl; after being exposed like this, she felt a little guilty and said...

"Someone from our Zhao family should have been here," Zhao Manyan explained to her cousin.

There's definitely something wrong with this person!

Zhang Chen's expression remained unchanged, but he was already secretly on guard against her.

"You just said that after the fire calamity, this land will give birth to more treasures. Is that true?" Lingling asked earnestly.

Chen Ying hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

"The fire calamity will make this northern corner of the Scorched Plains fertile again, so if nothing unexpected happens, once the outside world learns that the northern corner of the Scorched Plains has just experienced a huge fire calamity, it won't be long before countless knowledgeable mages come here to search for treasure. It is precisely because of this that the predecessors were not very willing to spread the news of the existence of the fire calamity," Chen Ying said. "What are we waiting for? Let's go! We can't let them steal Yan Ji!" Mo Fan said anxiously. "Let's go! Let's go! I'm really running out of magic energy this time," Zhang Chen said. Zhao Manyan looked unconvinced at first, but he quickly came to believe it.

When they were about a kilometer from the exit, Zhang Chen suddenly said urgently, "I don't know why the Sha Wang River is unusually turbulent after the fire. Get ready, we're going to cross!"

"What did you say—"

Before Zhao Manyan could finish speaking, the surrounding white sand began to stir, a chilling aura swept through, and one after another, white sand giants, each five meters tall, suddenly stood up from the sand.

Fortunately, they were already close to the exit, and what appeared were only White Sand Giants of the Warrior level.

Space and plants, thunder and fire auras permeated the area around everyone, and the power of space formed transparent barriers to protect them.

Thick, magical vines shot out from the white sand, binding the white sand giants and forcibly gathering them together.

At the very moment they gathered together, a ferocious magenta giant fist and countless bolts of purplish-black lightning struck the white sand giant.

Mu Nujiao, Mu Ningxue, and the little monkey also reacted quickly, using their respective magic to delay the white sand giants behind them.

"Damn! You really have no magic power left!" Zhao Manyan complained while casting a protective spell on everyone. In less than two breaths, a path was cleared in front of them.

"Let's go!" Zhang Chen immediately called out. Zhang Chen and Mo Fan walked in front to clear the way, followed by Lingling sitting on the Howling Moon Wolf, then Zhao Manyan, the defensive mage, and Chen Ying, and finally the three wind mages.

Upon arriving at the riverbank, a shocking pile of white bones lay on the bank like a small mountain!

Zhang Chen clearly remembered that before they left, there was a group of warrior-level armored beasts behind them.

They must have been swallowed up by the fire while hesitating and wandering on the shore, without even having a chance to jump into the Sha Wang River. They turned into this pile of white bones, with no room for struggle.

Zhang Chen used his spatial power to forcefully blast a path through the mountain of white bones in front of him.

The three behind immediately used their wind manipulation to lift everyone up and quickly pass through the road. "I, Zhao Manyan, am convinced. Brother Chen, you are my brother. Please don't joke around in dangerous places in the future, okay?"

"I'm really scared." Zhao Manyan said she was scared, but her face was slightly flushed with excitement.

"It's alright, isn't it? You'll get used to it." Zhang Chen said. "Get used to it? Get used to my ass—" Zhao Manyan cursed. "Alright, alright, let's hurry up and find the Flame Princess! We don't want someone else to beat us to it." Zhang Chen said. "Hmm! I've already learned about the habits of Flame Princesses from the book. They like to live in places where the fire concentration is more than five times higher than normal."

"However, when they are about to give birth to new life, in order to ensure that the new life has a strong fire awakening at birth, the Flame Princess mother will often reside in the place of a fire spirit seed. So if we can find a fire spirit seed, we should not be far from the Flame Princess."

"But as Chenying said, now that the fire tribulation has brought forth a flood of treasures like spirit seeds, it will undoubtedly make our search for Yan Ji much more difficult," Lingling said.