The scorching heat burned, making even breathing difficult.

It wasn't just Wei Yuan whose temples were beaded with cold sweat anymore.

Bai Ze, who knew Nü Ba's personality well, was practically drowning in his own cold sweat.

Wei Yuan's mood right now was probably akin to…

That moment when your friend uses "working overtime with you at the company" as an excuse to go out and party, and you, completely unaware, decide to pay a visit.

His friend's wife, seemingly gentle and refined but actually a world-class martial arts champion, asks with a smile: "Oh dear, isn't he with you?" Then she casually opens her phone and calls him. The friend on the other end of the line says cheerfully:

"Ah, I'm working overtime with xxx."

"Him? He's right here next to me."

And you're sitting on his sofa.

Watching his wife smile as she pulls out a pair of knuckle dusters and puts them on.

Your friend on the other end of the line is still laughing heartily.

The death omen is rising.

Or, perhaps, like when you went to a friend's house to play as a child.

And you witnessed your friend being scolded into tears by his mother, leaving you sitting there, utterly at a loss.

Then multiply that feeling by a hundred.

Bai Ze's lips trembled, his gaze darting towards Wei Yuan.

They instantly reached a consensus.

Sacrifice Yinglong.

Wei Yuan swallowed hard and said righteously:

"We are friends. For a friend, one should go through thick and thin."

"Even if it means taking risks, I won't hesitate."

"No matter what, as long as my friend is safe."

He paused and said solemnly:

"I think he would think the same."

Therefore, throwing the old Daoist's name out there and having him contribute his last bit of light and heat for his friend was also something he wouldn't hesitate to do. He was just about to speak when a scorching wave of energy shot directly towards Wei Yuan and Bai Ze, filled with murderous intent.

"!!!"

Bai Ze immediately rolled on the ground, his movements absurdly practiced, dodging the flames and hiding behind Wei Yuan. Wei Yuan's lips twitched. He formed his fingers into a sword and slashed out, sword energy crisscrossing, dispersing the flames. But in an instant, these celestial fires from Kunlun缠缠缠缠缠缠缠缠缠缠缠缠缠缠缠纏entangled Wei Yuan's sword energy and counterattacked.

Sword energy was incomparably powerful, but it was somewhat lacking in defense.

After several consecutive sword strikes, Wei Yuan suddenly thought of something.

He took half a step back and flicked his sleeve.

His right hand calmly reached out.

He whispered in his heart.

Hui Feng Fan Huo! (Returning Wind Reversing Fire)

The Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations, primarily for defense.

Another note:

The Classic of Mountains and Seas has a strange bird—it cannot be burned when eaten.

His fingers reached into the fire. Not burning didn't mean not feeling pain. His fingers formed a hand seal.

His sleeve swept out, and in an instant, the previously attacking flames reversed and flowed back, unable to approach within three zhang of Wei Yuan. Wei Yuan took half a step back and finally remembered his ultimate password. He exhaled a breath of turbid air and looked at his palm, which had been plunged into the celestial fire but remained unharmed, seeming even whiter and more tender after the impurities were burned away:

"I've been using swordsmanship too much, I almost forgot I still have Daoist spells and divine powers to use…"

"That's right, at least this body can't be burned by fire or rotted by water, at most it'll just hurt to death."

"But Bai Ze, has Nü Ba always been this reckless?"

Bai Ze was dripping with cold sweat, one hand pressed against Wei Yuan's shoulder, hiding behind him, and said: "Something's wrong."

"Her personality isn't like this, she wouldn't launch a deadly attack upon meeting someone."

Bai Ze paused and added, "Of course, that's assuming it wasn't Yinglong."

Huh??!

Wei Yuan gasped.

Did that mean that what happened back then caused Nü Ba to launch a deadly attack whenever she saw Yinglong?

If the old Daoist really was Gengchen…

Given that old codger's natural flirtatiousness when he was young.

If he went to Longhu Mountain, wouldn't he directly beat Yinglong until he had to delete his account and start over?

Bai Ze muttered: "Anyway, she can't beat Yinglong. We all thought of it as flirting back then."

"But that guy Yinglong wouldn't fight back either."

Wei Yuan's lips twitched. The customs of the early Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were truly incomprehensible.

He said, "But, does that mean this isn't Nü Ba?!"

Bai Ze shook his head affirmatively and said, "No, this is very strange…"

"Moreover, as the Heavenly Woman who controls fire, her use of celestial fire is too crude."

"Her strength is so great that she can directly evaporate Chi You's Great Rain Technique without harming the Yan Huang Alliance. Don't worry, let me communicate with her. We used to have a good relationship, relying on my silver tongue, there should still be a turn…"

Before he could finish speaking, a ball of fire happened to fly out.

Bai Ze's wine pot instantly vaporized.

His voice came to an abrupt halt.

The two fell silent.

Wei Yuan gave him a look: "Why don't you go?"

"You're familiar with her…"

Bai Ze's lips twitched: "But I don't want to actually get 'familiarized'…"

A woman walked out from the mountain of Xi Kun, wearing a green dress, her black hair falling down, but her eyes had a fiery color, a real fiery color, like flames, but without emotional fluctuations. Bai Ze glanced at it, his scalp tingling, and blurted out: "Nü Ba, no… a drought demon's body?!"

"Drought demon?"

"It's Nü Ba's other half after she became demonized back then. A drought demon is a calamity, like scorching and burning, but this state didn't last long before it was suppressed. No, this is… someone deliberately set up a formation to suppress Nü Ba's divinity, extract Nü Ba's celestial fire, and try to create the drought demon from back then?"

Bai Ze scanned the area and saw the situation. His face was dumbfounded, and he was speechless: "Who's so crazy? This isn't Kunlun's Heavenly Woman, it's the drought god who doesn't care about the common people and explodes with crazy power. The seas drying up and the rocks crumbling isn't a joke, it's an absolute disaster level…"

"Damn it, if Xuanyuan was still here, that would be great."

"Xuanyuan ah, when will you be back!"

Bai Ze was anxious, but Wei Yuan suddenly thought of the Chaos who attacked Jue before.

'Of the four Heavenly Women, only the Wind is left…'

Wei Yuan's heart stirred slightly, he exhaled a breath of turbid air, and said: "Bai Ze, find a way to break this formation."

"I might have some clues."

Bai Ze gritted his teeth and said: "I know that without you telling me."

"Damn it, now Gengchen and the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman who can restrain her aren't here, the Nine Heavens Wind who is closest to her isn't here either… Xuanyuan and Yu aren't here either, it's just the two of us…"

"But, how did you awaken this not-yet-formed drought demon body?!"

"Just Gengchen's aura isn't enough, unless you pull that kid Gengchen over and have him kiss and hug another woman on the spot, that might be enough to anger the drought demon awake…"

Wei Yuan constantly used the Divine Power of Returning Wind and Reversing Fire to suppress the celestial fire, and answered:

"Maybe it's because I have the aura of Western Kunlun on me?"

"Western Kunlun?"

Bai Ze was furious: "Don't fool me, the aura of Western Kunlun."

"Are you saying you smashed Western Kunlun's home?"

"You might as well say that you are the reincarnation of Gengchen himself, that's more believable."

Bai Ze's voice paused slightly, and he said suspiciously: "Wait a minute… you were so nervous just now."

He fell into thought: "Could it be that there is no reincarnation of Gengchen at all."

"Or rather, are you, kid, the reincarnation of Gengchen?"

Wei Yuan's lips twitched, he flicked his sleeve, and used Sleeve Universe to directly take Bai Ze away. After avoiding a burst of flame, he threw Bai Ze out again. The so-called divine power lies in the heart. This kind of divine power used to move things can also have special uses in battle.

Bai Ze soared into the air.

Wei Yuan held the sword in his right hand and formed a Daoist hand seal with his left hand: "I have only seen the Queen Mother of the West."

"Her true form."

"Many times."

He raised his hand and struck with his sword, the power of the flames was split open. Even if it was the drought demon's body awakened in sleep, not at its peak, it still had great power. He could only be glad that it didn't have combat instincts, otherwise Wei Yuan wouldn't be able to maintain this situation. He swept his sleeve, and Returning Wind and Reversing Fire swept back the flames that had been slashed apart.

"Also, I learned the Dharma from a Kunlun Goddess."

"And have a close relationship with another Kunlun Heavenly Woman."

He swept his fingers together, and sword energy crisscrossed, forcing back the irrational drought demon.

"And then I knew Gengchen for three lifetimes."

"By the way, I have some connection with His Huai River vein."

Wei Yuan exhaled a breath of turbid air: "That's all."

Bai Ze was dumbfounded.

"I was wrong."

"You kid didn't just smash the Western Kunlun's place."

"You moved the fox den of Tushan into Kunlun. The fox stench冲 Kunlun, one poke and it's accurate. Are you kid from the Tushan clan or the Kunlun clan?"

"That's all, that's all my ass!"

Bai Ze's ability to chatter non-stop, but his steps were neat.

The two of them avoided the edge of the drought demon, one on the left and one on the right. Wei Yuan swept his sleeve, and the Avatar Technique from the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends appeared, attracting the drought demon's attention. Most of the methods in the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits and Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, when it comes to directly killing enemies, may not be as good as Wei Yuan's own swordsmanship.

But it's all-encompassing and sufficient to deal with all situations.

Control includes restraining water, borrowing wind, and creating mist.

Combat includes concealing the sun, controlling the wind, and spitting flames.

There are also many control-type supernatural powers. Taking advantage of the drought demon being distracted, Wei Yuan was on the left and Bai Ze was on the right. The two of them used similar supernatural powers, but one was a Taoist supernatural power and the other was an absolutely ancient method.

The Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits, the Six Jia Mysterious Doors!

The direct line of Feng Hou under Xuanyuan Huangdi, Qimen Dunjia (Mysterious Doors and Escape Techniques)!

There are three major calculations in China. Taiyi is based on the Heavenly Yuan, calculating the general trend of the world; Qimen is based on the Earthly Yuan, determining the mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas; Liu Ren is based on the Human Yuan, divining good and bad luck. At this moment, the two major supernatural powers were used one after another, and the entire formation centered on Xi Kun Mountain was revealed to Bai Ze and Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan glanced at it: "It is indeed a formation."

"This… who did this? Damn it, they must have taken advantage of Nü Ba's serious injuries and Yinglong's journey to the south to secretly attack her. No wonder I haven't heard from Nü Ba for thousands of years. No wonder Yinglong waited for her for a full hundred years and then returned sadly to the human world, to the Huai River."

Bai Ze gritted his teeth and hated secretly.

Wei Yuan couldn't do anything to the drought demon with both swordsmanship and Taoism at the moment, and it was impossible to risk his life to kill it. He retreated while fighting, and with Bai Ze's understanding of the formation, he quickly found the core of the formation. Wei Yuan exhaled and spoke loudly. After his emphasis on overall self in the Tang Dynasty Chen Yuan gradually declined, he picked up the supernatural powers again.

With a sword strike, the sword force was continuous, integrating Returning Wind and Reversing Fire with swordsmanship.

The sword energy crisscrossed, sweeping Nü Ba's celestial fire backward.

Then, with a backhand sword strike, he directly opened the outer layer of the formation in front of him. The thing鎮壓ing the core of the formation was revealed. Bai Ze's pupils suddenly contracted. There was a stone tablet, simple and mysterious, as if it had the ability to calculate the mysteries of the past and future.

Before the stone tablet, a figure.

When he saw that person, Bai Ze's anger suddenly seemed like a punctured balloon, and he murmured: "...Hetu Luoshu (River Diagram and Luo River Writing)?"

"Ji Xuanyuan?"

"This, how is this possible..."

Before Hetu Luoshu, that figure turned his head slightly and smiled leisurely:

"You're here."

"I've been here..."

That person's voice wasn't finished yet.

Footsteps suddenly rose sharply. Wei Yuan's footsteps next to Bai Ze didn't stop. He rushed forward, his right foot stomping forward suddenly, the earth shaking and the mountains swaying. The momentum of rushing forward paused, and then he held the axe with both hands, turning with the force. The axe blade pulled寒光, erupting with a strong whistling sound.

Under Bai Ze's dull gaze.

The battle axe with a grim whistling sound.

Then towards Ji Xuanyuan's head.

It smashed down with incomparable pleasure.

ps: Today's first update... three thousand four hundred words.

The drought demon in the pre-Qin period referred to the Heavenly Maiden Ba. Later, there were various changes, and the divinity was reduced. As a fierce side, it began to be highly strengthened.