497 Like an Avenger
An Jiuyue nodded immediately. It was invulnerable to weapons and even fire!
As long as he could forge it, it would definitely be very useful.
“By the way, Qian Jiyun, why do I find the sea of fire ahead odd? Don’t you think so?”
After discussing the Ice Heart Stone, she looked at the endless sea of flames again, puzzled.
The fire in the Fire Domain resembled fire but did not appear to be a simple fire. It seemed… She could not put her finger on it, but she sensed that it was full of vitality.
She wondered if she had sensed it wrongly.
“Can plants grow in the Fire Domain? Or what about animals?” she asked.
“The Fire Domain is a field of plants,” Qian Jiyun replied.
“Huh?” An Jiuyue was dumbfounded.
The Fire Domain is a field of plants? What does that mean? So it’s not fire inside, but plants? That can’t be, right?
I clearly felt the heat waves rushing toward me. That can’t be faked, right?
Qian Jiyun explained, “The Fire Domain is actually an entire field of Fire Maple Trees, a fire-type plant. That’s why the Fire Domain is also known as the Fire Maple forest. Fire Maple Trees are tougher than Ice Heart Stones. They cannot be cut down with a knife, and their healing power is exceptional.
“Given my Original Soul energy, I can only make a small cut in the Fire Maple Tree. And it’ll heal before I can make another cut.
“Therefore, we cannot, under any circumstances, clear the Fire Maple Trees in the Fire Maple Forest. Fortunately, they only grow in one location and will not spread elsewhere.”
He remarked to himself that if the Fire Maple Trees kept growing, the forest would really expand.
However, they did not grow. Every year, at a specific time, the leaves on their branches would fall off. They had never grown anything else besides new leaves.
“The flames in the Fire Maple Forest are caused by fallen leaves from the trees, not by the Fire Maple Trees themselves. They can burn for a year and only go out when the leaves fall again.”
After one batch of leaves was extinguished, the next batch would begin to burn.
It was an endless cycle.
“Can’t we use Original Soul energy to destroy it?” An Jiuyue asked.
Although she knew it would be difficult, it was probably not impossible, right?
“Yes, and someone once did, but… the person who destroyed the Fire Maple Tree was burned to death by the fire in the forest,” Qian Jiyun said.
“When a Fire Maple Tree is destroyed, it emits a tremendous amount of burning energy. It’s like an avenger whose sole mission is to attack the person who destroyed it. It’s too much for a human to bear. There’s no chance of survival.”
Of course, many people who stayed at Huayan Peak would not choose to destroy the Fire Maple Trees.
That was because the trees served as a natural barrier, protecting Huayan Peak and keeping more people out. It could also maintain the temporary “peace” of Huayan Peak.
“I see!” An Jiuyue nodded.
She did not actually want to destroy the Fire Maple Trees—she was merely curious.
“Then how are we going to cross?”
Qian Jiyun must have expended a lot of his Original Soul energy protecting her in the Snow Domain. Would he go berserk and become unstable in the Fire Domain?
It was possible. A cultivator of Original Soul energy could go berserk if the Original Soul energy in their body became unbalanced, right?