5 Fire Cave (1/2)

After elder sun gave signal to for taking off, disciples from the sect slowly marched towards the sunfire mountain range wherein the scorching sun sect was located. The disciple who was riding the fire lizard together with Sofie, looked helplessly at the little girl sleeping while using her as a pillow.

Casting one last look at Sofie, the disciple let out a gentle sigh before following the line of fire lizard following elder sun into the sunfire mountain range.

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Slowly waking up, Sofie tilted her head backwards looking tiredly up at the senior sister who made a splendid pillow in her eyes.

”Awake?” The senior sister said as she looked down at Sofie with a smile on her lips.

”Y-yes?” Not expecting the senior sister to ask her anything, Sofie answered with a slightly confused look on her face, still in a half-awake state.

Seeing the confused look on her face, the senior sister chuckled slightly while her right hand moved towards Sofie's head starting to pat it with all her might.

”W-where are we?” Waking up fully after the intense head patting session by the senior sister, Sofie finally looked at the surroundings and found out she was up in the mountain with fire burning the ground they walked on. More like the fire lizards walked on.

Sending a quick look towards the flames on the ground Sofie look confusedly towards her senior sister, waiting for her to answer the question on where she was. The fire constantly burning on the ground was quite intimidating for Sofie, making her prior confused look turn into one of fear.

The senior sister instantly felt her motherly instincts awaken, as she looked at the scared Sofie and quickly put on a comforting smile. ”You don't need to worry the flames here are mostly harmless, as they are made up from lower level fire qi. The fire qi is not dangerous, but this is only true for lower level fire qi, higher level fire qi is dangerous!”

Hearing the explanation, Sofie was reassured, but the moment she heard about high level fire qi, she once again put on a cautious look, while closely observing the flames dancing along the ground.

”No need to worry about high level fire qi, it is extremely rare and only appears under certain conditions.” The senior sister saw Sofie's cautious look and quickly explained how rare high-level fire qi was.

This seemed to convince Sofie, as she did not spot any differences between the flames on the ground.

Now fully awake, Sofie started to look around herself and finally saw the fire lizards in front and behind them going forward in a line. The fire lizards either had a disciple on them, or a disciple and a child from Sofie's village.

Amazed at the many fire lizards, Sofie could not help but admire the scorching sun sect for having so many of them. Maybe she herself would even get one in the future?

Lost in her own thoughts, Sofie did not notice the change in the environment, as the flames on the ground slowly disappeared and the rocky terrain changed into a lusher environment with red plants and grass replacing the flames on the ground.

”We are almost there now!” Hearing a voice ahead of her, Sofie woke up from her daydreams and looked at the man riding on a fire lizard in front of her.

Looking at the man, Sofie also managed to spot the red plants and grass on the ground.

Turning towards the senior sister behind her with a questioning look plastered onto her face, Sofie could almost not hold in her questions. Why did the flames suddenly disappear and replaced by grass and plants? Why was the grass and plants on the ground red?

Sofie had never seen something like it before in her entire life. All the plants and grass appeared suddenly, and they were all red for some reason.