Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 31

Chapter 31: Onyx Flame Fan

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Master, I want to try it.” With that, Lu Hao summoned a ball of flames into his hand.

Nie Qing’s reaction was simply, !!!

“That makes no sense! What spell are you using, my disciple? I can’t see any traces of having learned cultivation methods on you at all! This is unscientific!”

How could this be? He thought the ancient techniques had long since been forgotten.

Su Jin’s face twitched. Did this old man with a few screws loose actually understand science?

“Master, this is my special ability. Lil Jin has one too.”

“You too, lass?” Nie Qing asked in disbelief.

“Oh, yeah. See.” Su Jin summoned a thicker vine and pulled down the half-burnt wooden door…

The two men were so caught up in their conversation that they did not bother putting out the fire. What if they started a forest fire? Sheesh.

“B-B-But this is impossible! I don’t sense any elemental power in your bodies.” Nie Qing held his head and crouched down to the ground, muttering to himself.

“Grandpa Nie, these are special abilities. Didn’t you say that there were dark days ahead? Why don’t you know about these, then?” Su Jin asked curiously.

“My prediction techniques can only tell that there is chaos ahead. I can’t read the actual details of what will happen,” Nie Qing replied. Although his ancient divination could do a little bit of everything, it could not show him the exact way the future will unfold.

“I see. Well, that’s fine. Come witness the chaos with us, Grandpa Nie!” Su Jin said, looking at the blue sky outside.

Although it had been many years since Nie Qing saw the world outside, that did not mean he could no longer keep up with the times. China had a long history, after all, and Su Jin had heard of these ancient divination techniques as well.

According to legend, a long, long time ago, these ancient divination techniques were used in wars, military tactics, and even in predicting the rise and fall of the kingdom.

Since the apocalypse was upon them, the era which Nie Qing called ‘dark days’, she was confident that Nie Qing would be able to hold his own even in the middle of the apocalypse.

Nie Qing had assumed that he would be able to conquer the world once he left his safe haven, but after he saw his disciple’s and the boy’s wife’s abilities, he suddenly felt extremely weak. Whatever, he had to leave the mountains eventually. In that case, he might as well tag along with them and see these dark days with his own eyes!

“Hurry up and try the Onyx Flame Fan, my disciple.” Nie Qing put aside his hesitation and waited for Lu Hao to summon his special ability flames again.

Lu Hao had temporarily put his flames away earlier. Now that the two of them before him were staring at him again with stars in his eyes, he…

“Master, maybe we should go to the courtyard for this.” He was worried he would damage the grandmaster’s hall.

“Right, that makes sense. Come on, lass, let’s go outside.” Nie Qing stroked his beard as he went out, calling Su Jin to join him.

The three of them walked to the center of the courtyard. They were closer to the waterfall here, so Lu Hao was not unduly worried.

He summoned his special ability flames to his hand and opened the Onyx Flame Fan, swinging it at the fire gently. The palm-sized special ability fire shot up once they came into contact with the fan, becoming a blaze as tall as a regular person and more than a meter wide.

Whoa! Nie Qing and Su Jin stared at Lu Hao and his flames in unison, their eyes sparkling.

Lu Hao looked at the Onyx Flame Fan carefully too. It was pretty to behold, but it was also especially light and handy to hold.

“Lu Hao, that fan is a perfect match for your special ability flames. You were right to call Grandpa Nie your Master.”

They really struck the jackpot today.

Nie Qing had been feeling pretty pleased with himself at Su Jin’s first sentence, but something felt off with the second part. Did they think becoming his disciple would be wrong?

“Grandpa Nie, do you have any other treasures?” Su Jin asked curiously.