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"Brother, we are truly our own people."
"Brother, if you had told me earlier that the cultivation technique you practice is related to mountains, I would have sworn brotherhood with you long ago. How could such a misunderstanding have occurred?"
"Brother, Earth Fire and mountains share the same origin. We are born of the same mother, Mother Earth."
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Fire Spirit kept talking nonstop, and Chu Ning's mouth twitched involuntarily. He didn't rule out the possibility that Fire Spirit was fabricating these words to beg for mercy, but upon careful consideration, it all seemed plausible.
The mountain he nurtured absorbed the energy of the earth's veins, and Earth Fire was also born from the energy of the earth's veins—only Earth Fire was the embodiment of the fire energy within the earth's veins.
"Brother, I really didn't lie to you, we are one family."
"Didn't you see me perform the Mountain Moving Technique before?" Chu Ning asked in a deep voice.
