The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

379: It Doesn’t Hurt Anymore Right?

The young king must have had a close relationship with Rui Baby’s aunt.
The sadness in his eyes was genuine and reflected the sadness in his heart.

“That is indeed something my aunt would do.
The elders all wondered why our beast clan, which is so clever, produced such a foolish idiot like Millie.

Feng Wu quietly listened to the conversation between beast and spirit.
She didn’t know who Millie was and she didn’t ask questions.
Instead, she contacted Xiao Chun and asked about a way to save the poor souls.

Of course Xiao Chun agreed.
It would have been strange for him to let go of an opportunity to eat.
But the fire was a problem.
He thought about it for a moment, then contacted his friend Pure Flame.

It was the first time Xiao Chun asked his friend for help.
Pure Flame, this girl was super lazy and usually hid in his dimensional space and slept.
Xiao Chun first met her when she was living on Yuehua mountain.
Xiao Chun was an emotionally intelligent guy and soon enough Pure Flame agreed to live inside his dimensional space.
Things went smoothly and Pure Flames contributions couldn’t be denied.
But this time, in order to help Feng Wu, he had to let his friend out and let her shine.

Pure Flame was the first of the Heavenly Flames.
She could devour any fire she wanted to eat and then use its powers herself, but she was too lazy to seek out other regular flames, never mind the labor-intensive act of eating other Heavenly Flames.

But because she and Xiao Chun were good friends, she agreed to help.
Her form shifted and she appeared as a human-shaped white flame in front of Feng Wu.

Feng Wu stared curiously at her.
Although Pure Flame technically lived inside Feng Wu’s dantian, Feng Wu had never communicated with Pure Flame.
They didn’t have a contractual relationship, so if Feng Wu wanted to speak with Pure Flame, she had to do it through Xiao Chun.

The white flames were collected by the sea god so they weren’t ordinary flames.
After 10,000 years, they had developed a consciousness, so Pure Flame’s appearance immediately attracted their attention.
Even the lowest flame was on the Heaven and Earth flame list.
However, when confronted with the sudden appearance of Pure Flame, the white flames felt a deep and profound sense of terror.

They wanted to run away, but in front of such a fierce flame, they wilted and lost all their strength to resist.
There was no escape.
They could only stare at the human-shaped flame before it swallowed them almost instantly.

Pure Flame wasn’t fooled though.
The tiny flames were just offshoots from a main body.
She ate and drank her way through the thousands of flames until she reached the main body.
The main wanted to run and hide away from the disaster, but Pure Flame wasn’t allowing it.

Just as it was looking for an avenue of escape, Pure Flame came at it and munched it down in one big gulp.

The remaining tiny white flames quickly sputtered out after losing their main power supply.

“This. . .  how is this possible?!” An incredulous look appeared on the king’s face.
It was the first time he had lost control of himself and displayed such emotion.

The flames had been burning for thousands of years, forcing all of them to endure a hellish existence they could never hope to end.
Maintaining his self-identity and not letting resentment turn him into an evil spirit himself was the extent of his abilities.

If someone had told him the white flames could be swallowed by another flame, he would not have believed it.
But today, he witnessed a scene he never dared imagine was possible.
It felt unreal.
If he could move with a physical body, he would have pinched himself to see if he was dreaming.

After Pure Flame ate up the other flames, she immediately flew back into Xiao Chun’s dimensional space to digest.

Now it was Xiao Chun’s turn to take center stage.
He came out and surrounded all the evil spirits and resentment with his terrifying pressure and purified them in one fell swoop.
This, in turn, destroyed the chains on the souls.

The cave filled with screams as the chained souls roared in agony from the painful process.
A few minutes later they were all purified.

“We. . . are we saved?”

“We’re free! Woohoo, finally!”

“Ah. . .  finally.”

Their ecstatic voices filled the cave.
The poor things had been tortured for so long, they never expected to ever be free again, so what was happening now felt like a dream.
They worried that any moment they would again be chained to the flames and be tortured.

“Thank you, little girl.
Thank you for saving my people.
Thank you sincerely.” The king who had never shed a tear in all his existence, had tears in his eyes.

He had not acted as a king should when he first took power.
He was out of touch with his people and had looked down on everyone, after all he was a king and they were just mere citizens, but as he aged, he grew to understand his responsibilities as king.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t given the chance to do much, because he died shortly after during the upheaval from the war between the gods and demons.

His people built a burial tomb and buried all his dead subjects with him so that they could continue to follow him and serve him even in death.

They never expected the sea god would die from his injuries from the war.
Nor did they expect him to move human tombs into his own tomb to create a more thief-proof tomb.

The king’s people had been living a hellish existence ever since.

“No need to thank me.
It doesn’t hurt anymore right?” Feng Wu asked seriously.

The king’s heart was warmed by her pure, gentle heart.
She truly did deserve to be loved by a rui beast.

“It does not hurt anymore.” The king smiled gently.

“Your Highness! Your Highness!”

“Your Highness, are you alright?”

“Damn it! I failed to protect Your Highness and made Your Highness suffer!”

A thousand souls knelt down fiercely in front of the king.