ACER-Chapter 4: Flames Soaring to the Sky

Luo Ziyin instantly rushed to the front of the light screen. Looking at the distant flames, he muttered, “Impossible, absolutely impossible. Di Yange, hurry up and run.”

Di Yange ran and suddenly stumbled, but regardless of her injuries, she staggered toward the place lit up by the blazing fire.

Finally, everyone saw it.

Within the flames, lying in pools of blood, were the Luo Father and Mother, as well as the teacher who had come to persuade Di Yange to go to the academy.

……

Seeing this, Luo Ziyin could barely stand.

“Why… Why is it like this? Didn’t my parents die at Di Yange’s hands? This must be fake, even the Heavenly Dao is deceiving me!”

Luo Ziyin struck the light screen with a punch, but it didn’t move at all.

It continued to play Di Yange’s past.

……

When Di Yange rushed to the Luo parents’ side, Luo Father was already dead, while Luo’s Mother still had one breath left.

She only tightly held onto Di Yange’s hand, coughing out a mouthful of blood onto Di Yange’s face.

Di Yange didn’t even bother wiping it away, only kneeling before Luo Mother.

“Yan’er… help me… take care of Ziyin. He’s still young… take him to… Jianxin Sect, there will be someone…”

Luo Mother pointed toward the inner room already engulfed in flames, “Save…”

Di Yange didn’t even have time to say a single word before she rushed into the inner room without hesitation.

The flames were overwhelming, the entire house already ablaze.

……

For immortals like them, such a fire was nothing.

But for mortals, it was fatal.

The crowd couldn’t help but whisper among themselves.

“With such a big fire, Qingyang Great Emperor was still an ordinary person at the time, right?”

“This isn’t right. Is this still that bloodthirsty Emperor? He’s also just an ordinary person who had been banished to the mortal world back then, right? If he rushed into the fire like this, wouldn’t something happen to him?”

“Enough, stop guessing. Isn’t Di Yange still fine right there? When he rushed into the fire to save someone, he must’ve had some hidden motive. I remember that Qingyang Great Emperor became one of the Great Emperors relying on his family’s immortal technique.”

Standing before the light screen, Luo Ziyin came back to his senses and muttered, “Even if my parents weren’t killed by him, he still killed master and senior sister. When rushed into the fire, it definitely wasn’t to save me, but for my Luo Family’s immortal technique.”

As for the others who had been tricked by Di Yange, they merely snorted disdainfully and said nothing.

……

The towering flames of the Luo Family seemed to illuminate the sky.

Within the firelight, a small figure could be seen rushing out while holding a large bundle.

And that figure was in a miserable state.

Her clothes had long been burned into tatters, especially her limbs and back, which were burned until they were a bloody mess, with some parts already charred black.

Her hair had been burned away by more than half, and what shocked everyone most was that half of Di Yange’s face had been ruined.

Was this still the demon emperor who had always been high above, domineering, arrogant, bloodthirsty, yet possessed a bewitching face?

Everyone simultaneously looked toward Di Yange, who was sitting on the divine throne with her eyes closed, resting.

With such a perfect and enchanting face, it’s hard to imagine it had once been ruined like that.

Being stared at made Di Yange feel extremely uncomfortable, so she suddenly opened her eyes, glanced at them, and spoke provocatively, “What are you all looking at This Emperor for? Once This Emperor gets out, sooner or later I’ll deal with all of you.”

The slight pity everyone had just felt for her instantly vanished like smoke.

“It’s just being burned by mortal fire. He originally has divine bloodline, even if he’s banished, he would only suffer a few days of flesh wounds.”

Long Yanche said disdainfully.

Compared to the suffering he and his clan had endured, what did this mortal fire amount to?

But even so, his heart still tightened slightly.

After all, in his impression, Di Yange had always been arrogant and unrestrained, ruthless and merciless, when had she ever been this fragile…Hmph.

Aside from him, the others were also full of disdain.

Meanwhile, Luo Ziyin, leaning before the light screen, couldn’t help but tremble, his face extremely pale.

……

Di Yange in the flames finally collapsed after coming out.

But even before falling, she still protected the large bundle in her arms.

It’s only when people who noticed the fire rushed over to help.

Even then, Di Yange still protected the bundle, not letting anyone touch it.

Those who came to help assumed that what she held must be something extremely important to her.

Only when Di Yange opened the somewhat scorched cotton coat did they see that Luo Ziyin was inside, completely unharmed but already unconscious.

“Ziyin… Ziyin…”

When Di Yange couldn’t wake him no matter what, she anxiously begged passersby for help.

“Please save my younger brother.”

However, the onlookers only shook their heads, they’d thought they might gain some advantage, but saving people wasn’t something they knew how to do.

……

Seeing Di Yange kneeling there, everyone fell silent again.

Was this still that cold and heartless demon emperor?

Even Di Yange herself felt a bit embarrassed, she had already told them not to watch.

At the time, she really only wanted to save someone.

Wait… something even more embarrassing was about to come.

Di Yange simply closed her eyes and stopped watching.

Within the light screen, Di Yange crouched beside Luo Ziyin and performed a bit of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Well, that did it, whether it was those inside or outside the light screen, all were stunned.

Various looks of disgust swept toward her.

“Disgusting, shameless…”

……

Just as Luo Ziyin had finished speaking, the Luo Ziyin in the light screen slowly woke up. He weakly looked at Di Yange, his face full of concern, “Brother Yange, what happened to your face? Does it hurt?”

“No… it doesn’t hurt.”

It really didn’t hurt, this could be considered as one of the few benefits she had after transmigrating.

“Brother Yange, where are father and mother? Are they alright?”

Di Yange comforted him, “They… are fine. They went somewhere else, I will take you to go find them.”

“As long as they’re fine.”

After saying that, Luo Ziyin fainted again.

Di Yange ignored her own injuries, carried him on her back, and went to find a doctor.

However, she was dressed in rags, severely injured, and had no money, how could anyone be willing to treat her?

The silver she had dropped earlier had also been taken away by the people from the tavern.

She ran to many clinics, and with her injuries, she fell to the ground several times, yet each time she protected Luo Ziyin on her back.

After all that struggle, her injuries worsened. Half of her face was extremely pale, while the other half, soaked with sweat, had wounds that had festered, looking extremely terrifying.

If she’d abandoned Luo Ziyin at this moment and properly cleaned her wounds, then relying on her divine veins, the wounds could gradually recover.

But if things continued like this, not only would Di Yange’s face be ruined, she might even lose her life.

At this moment, Luo Ziyin was a burden to her.

However, what Di Yange wanted was precisely this burden, if she could save someone in this world and then die, it could be considered a worthy death.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn’t help but shake their heads, while Luo Ziyin, watching in front of the light screen, bit his lips tightly, his face full of disbelief.

He had never expected that the Di Yange of the past had actually done so much for him.

“Impossible, absolutely impossible. How could Di Yange do these things for me? She must’ve been trying to extract the whereabouts of the Qingyang Immortal Technique.”

And she’d also killed master and senior sister, he would never forgive her.

Yet at this moment, he didn’t dare look at Di Yange on the divine throne even once.