Darakkaman City is a town outside Darakaman Gorge, which is directly named Darakkaman City because of Darakaman Gorge.

At night, Qin Xiu and Lucy waited for the monster to appear on the highest bell tower in the town.

"You want us to wait here in the middle of the night for the monster to appear, the terrain here is high, and the wind blows me all over the night," Lucy said, hugging her shoulders.

"Then you go up the stairs first, there is a leeward wind," Qin Xiu said as he looked at Lucy's trembling body.

"But isn't it cold for you to blow here?" asked Lucy.

"I've already wrapped myself in flames, so it won't be cold," Qin Xiu shook his head and said.

"By the way, you're a flame magician, you won't feel cold, so I'll go in, and call me when the monster comes," Lucy said, turning and walking towards the bell tower stairs.

Qin Xiu turned to look at the town after seeing Lucy walking towards the stairs, he had to be vigilant about the movements around the town, according to the mayor of the town, almost all the monsters came from the canyon in the west, so Qin Xiu only needed to pay attention to the west, and in the center of the bell tower town, no matter what went wrong there, Qin Xiu could also know and rush over as soon as possible.

There is a small room in the stairs of the bell tower, which is where the keeper lives, because Qin Xiu and Lucy are going to keep vigil in the bell tower, so they are temporarily resting, Lucy is resting here at this time, the small room is very narrow, there is probably only one bed space, but there is a length of about three meters.

"I can't sleep yet, it's better to call Old Man Kru out at this time, and analyze the flame power that Ashu left in my body, if it succeeds, I can tell Sister Mira as soon as I go back," Lucy said to herself.

"Alright, that's all," Lucy nodded, pulling a key from her waist.

"Open it, Southern Cross Portal, Crooks" As Lucy swiped the key through the air, a cross-shaped star spirit appeared in the air, with eyes and a nose and mouth like a human, especially its beard under the nose looked funny, and its appearance was very old.

"Old man Crewe, I want to ask you to do me a favor," Lucy said, looking at Crooks.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Crookes replied.

"That's right, there is an alien power in my body, this power is still in my body because of the soul exchange, but I can't get rid of it and use it, you see if there is a way for me to be able to use this power," Lucy said.

"What kind of power?" Crookes asked.

"The flame, the power of the flame, its color is not the same as the color of ordinary flames, it's emerald green, it's beautiful," Lucy said.

"Emerald flames, do you mean emerald flames," Crookes said with a sudden surprise.

"What's the matter, old man Krewe, do you know this flame?" Lucy wondered as she looked at Crookes' surprised expression.

"Is your friend a man or a woman?" Crookes asked.

"What's wrong, man?" asked Lucy.

"Isn't it a man?" Crookes' voice lowered.

"It's not a woman, is there anyone else who would use this emerald flame?" Lucy said in surprise.

"Flame of Life, no, this flame is not called Flame of Life, its name should be called Flame of Life, and green represents vitality, so it is called Flame of Life," Crookes said.

"The flame of life?" Lucy was taken aback.

"Well, the appearance of this flame means that this person has turned his life force into a flame, which is beyond super-magic and belongs to black magic according to today's human beings," Crookes said.

"Dark Magic...... How could it be" Lucy was momentarily stunned.

"Old man Crewe, is it true that as long as you use this flame all the time, you will consume your life force?" Lucy said anxiously.

"Well, the theory is true, how did your friend have this kind of flame, I remember that this flame only appeared four hundred years ago, and this flame disappeared after it appeared, and the reason why I remember this flame very clearly is because I saw it with my own eyes, four hundred years ago, a human woman came to the Star Spirit Realm with the flame of life to talk to the Star Spirit King, and the woman never appeared after that," Crookes said.

"Four hundred years ago, a human woman, was she a Star Spirit Wizard," Lucy said in surprise.

"No, that woman came to the Star Spirit Realm directly on her own, and I am very clear about this as the person who manages the Gate of the Star Spirit Realm and the Human Realm," Crookes said.

"Four hundred years ago, it was the age of dragons," Lucy said.

"That's right, at that time, the era of dragons was almost over, and that woman's strength was so strong that she could break the path from the human world to the astral realm, no, it should be said that the rules of the astral realm could not bind her, it was really terrible, according to the star spirit king, the woman's strength could be said to be equal to that of Jelf back then," Crookes said.

"Equal strength to Jelf?, who is she?" asked Lucy stupidly.

"I don't know, I don't think anyone knows the true origin of that woman except the Star Spirit King," Crooks said.

"Four hundred years ago, there was such a number one person, and there is no record in the history books of Aceland," Lucy said dumbfounded.

"I don't know why, anyway, the flame is emerald green, then it must be the flame of life, except for the flame of life, there is no flame that is emerald green," Crookes said.

"The embodiment of fire, the flame of life, by the way, Ah Xiu, I have to go to Ah Xiu and tell him about it" Lucy suddenly remembered that Qin Xiu, who was still keeping vigil outside, suddenly panicked, and hurriedly ran out of the room without even paying attention to Crookes.

"Ah Xiu......" Lucy shouted.

"What's wrong?" asked Qin Xiu strangely.

"You can't use flames anymore," Lucy said as she grabbed Qin Xiu's arm vigorously.

"What are you talking about?" Qin Xiu asked puzzled.

"Emerald Flame is the Flame of Life, it is the magic that the user turns his life into flames, and if he continues to use it, his life will be exhausted," Lucy said anxiously.

"Who did you listen to this," Qin Xiu said in surprise.

"Old Man Krewe, just now I summoned Old Man Kru to ask, but I didn't expect to know such a thing," Lucy looked at Qin Xiu and said.

"Is that the knowledgeable star spirit you said, does he know about my flame?" Qin Xiu wondered.

"Well, just now, I came to you after I knew that this flame would continue to drain life force," Lucy said.

"Really, then I'll have to ask myself," Qin Xiu said.

"Well, Old Man Crewe is still in the little room, waiting for me, let's go," said Lucy.

"Well, I also want to figure out this matter, it will consume life force......" Qin Xiu said suspiciously, and then walked towards the stairs.

"Old man Crewe, it's him, Qin Xiu," Lucy said when she entered the small room and saw Crookes still floating in the air.

"That's him," Crookes looked at Qin Xiu and looked at it carefully, "Your flame is emerald green," Crookes looked at Qin Xiu and asked.

"Hmm" Qin Xiu nodded.

"You send out the flames to show me," Crooks said.

"No, Ah Xiu, you can't use Cui Yan anymore, it will reduce your lifespan" Lucy immediately pressed Qin Xiu's right hand to stop when she heard this.

"Uh" Qin Xiu was stunned for a moment, looked at Crookes and then at Lucy, "It's okay, why haven't I seen my lifespan lose after using Cui Yan for so long, I came to figure this out, it's just a little flame, it's okay" Qin Xiu said.

"But, but ......" Lucy looked at Qin Xiu and hesitated.

Qin Xiu looked at Lucy's hesitant expression, put his left hand on Lucy's shoulder and said, "It's okay, trust me, okay, Lucy......"

Lucy was stunned for a moment, looked at Qin Xiu's smiling face, and the panic in her heart began to calm down, but she felt a little blocked in her heart, Lucy raised her other hand and hugged Qin Xiu, nodded in Qin Xiu's arms, "um" and then hummed softly, took her hands back and let go of Qin Xiu.

After Qin Xiu waited for Lucy to completely leave his arms, he patted Lucy on the shoulder slightly, smiled, stretched out his hand, and an emerald green flame burned in his hand.

After Crookes saw Qin Xiu use the flames, he approached and carefully looked at the flames in Qin Xiu's hands.

After some inspection, Crookes looked up and said, "You can put out the flames."

"How's that?" Lucy asked nervously.

"That's right, it's the Flame of Life, it feels exactly like it was back then," Crookes said.

"What," Lucy froze.

"That, Old Man Kru, how are you sure that this flame of mine will consume your own life" Qin Xiu asked.

"This is uncertain, neither the astral realm nor the human realm knows very little about the Dark Arts series, the only thing that is certain is that this is the magic that turns the life of the sorcerer into flames," Crooks said.

"Black magic?" Qin Xiu questioned.

"Well, in some cases, it's already under the realm of the Dark Arts," Crookes said

Qin Xiu looked at the flame in his hand and fell silent.

"Ah Xiu......" Lucy looked at Qin Xiu's silent expression and called out worriedly.

"Hehe" Qin Xiu suddenly laughed, making Lucy and Crooks stunned.

"I don't think it's black magic, the flame of life, so I've figured out some things," Qin Xiu said.

"Figured out what?" asked Lucy.

"Lucy, do you think this is black magic too?" Qin Xiu asked as he looked at Lucy.

"I............ Dark magic, I don't know, but just think that this flame is your life, I ......" Lucy whispered, still gritting her teeth and not finishing her words.

"Lucy, if it's really like that, it doesn't matter, I think that as soon as I wake up, I have this kind of flame that must have its meaning, but I don't know it now, consuming my own life, maybe it doesn't have to be like this, you see, I've been using the flame for seven years, if it's really consuming life, I'm at least an old man, do you think I'm an old man now?" Qin Xiu looked at Lucy and said.

Lucy was stunned for a moment, looked at Qin Xiu carefully and found that this was indeed the case, if it really consumed life, it would get old, at this time Lucy put her mind at ease, and after carefully calming down, she found that she was too careful.

"Old man Crewe, are you sure that the flame of life consumes life?" asked Lucy again.

"When did I say that you said it in the first place, I said that it was theoretically possible," Crookes said.

"Well, I'm worried in vain," said Lucy with a sigh.

"But don't rule it out, be careful, this flame is so mysterious, it's the second time I've seen it in four hundred years," Crookes said.

"By the way, Ah Xiu, you also learned the shape of fire because you don't understand the use of the flame of life, could it be because of this that your life force was not consumed" Lucy said, "And after the last soul exchange, you fell into a coma directly, and then Sister Mira and I have your power in our bodies, so in this way, Sister Mira and I don't have flames in our bodies but your life, so we will sense each other," Lucy said.

Qin Xiu nodded, "Well, I thought of this just now, using flames doesn't necessarily consume life, you have to use specific magic, it just so happens that I don't know that kind of magic, so I didn't consume life" Qin Xiu said.

"And it's understandable that Natsu can't eat it, because it's not a flame but a fire of life, and it's life force, so Natsu can't eat it," Lucy said.

"Hmm" Qin Xiu nodded.

"In the end, this flame will still consume life, Ah Xiu, you still don't use this flame" Lucy looked at Qin Xiu and said.

"Don't worry, my current magic is the shape of fire, not Cui Yan," Qin Xiu said with a smile.

"But I'm still a little worried," Lucy said as she looked at Qin Xiu worriedly.

"It's okay, I know the shape of fire, won't I be an ordinary flame?" Qin Xiu said.

"Yes, you're a fire magician, any flame can be turned into your own magic, and it's natural to know some ordinary fire magic," Lucy said.

"Well, and how could my life force be consumed so easily, so you don't have to worry" Qin Xiu nodded and said.

"Well, but you can't use the fire spirit magic, this magic can make you feel that this magic contains your life force, so you must stop using this magic," Lucy said.

"Fire Elves, I usually recycle them after using them, this should be no problem," Qin Xiu said.

"No, you have to stop using it, even if it's recycled, can you be sure that the life force has been recycled" Lucy said with a firm look in her eyes.

"Okay, if you don't use it, you won't use it, now rest assured," Qin Xiu looked at Lucy helplessly and said.

"That's how it should be, as long as magic is forbidden to your life," Lucy said.

"Then what are you going to do now, do you still want to learn fire magic?" Qin Xiu asked

"No, I don't want to, I even want you to change your magic if I could," Lucy said.

"It's okay, Lucy......" Qin Xiu said as he put his hand on Lucy's shoulder.

"Hmm" Lucy looked at Qin Xiu's smiling face and nodded.

"Then now you can tell me what happened to the Flame of Life four hundred years ago," Qin Xiu asked.

Lucy nodded and said, "Well, I'll make it clear what I just said," and Lucy went on to say everything Crookes had said.

After Qin Xiu heard this, he frowned.

"Old Man Kru, don't you really know the identity of that woman?" Qin Xiu asked.

"Well, I really don't know, the woman hasn't been seen since that time, and maybe she's died with all her life force," Crookes said.

"Is it?, it is equivalent to Gelf's strength, and the Black Wizard Gelf was also four hundred years ago, could it be that there was a fight between them, and both of them died together?" Qin Xiu said as he touched his jaw.

"It's very possible to speculate, remember that the dark wizard Jelf also disappeared shortly after that, and then the era of dragon rule disappeared, and the human kingdom was established to give birth to the world it is today," Crookes said.

"Old Man Kru, can you tell me what happened four hundred years ago?" Qin Xiu asked.

"No, four hundred years ago, the human world was a world ruled by dragons, at that time, the astral spirit world had just come into contact with humans, at that time, the astral spirit world knew almost nothing about the human world, and the astral spirit world's understanding of the human world only began after the establishment of the human kingdom, so I can't tell you the details of that time, in short, it was a dark age for humans," Crookes said.

"That's the case, then thank you, Old Man Kru, for telling us this," Qin Xiu said.

"This is at the request of Lucy's master, nothing," said the old man Crewe.

"Well, I'm old, I've been out for so long, I should go back," Crookes said.

"Well, go back, old man Crewe," said Lucy.

Crookes disappeared into the room with a flash of golden light.

AFTER SEEING CROOKS DISAPPEAR, QIN XIU SAID, "LUCY, DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIGURE YOU SAW IN THE LULUBAY INCIDENT?"

"Uh" Lucy was stunned, "what's wrong?"

"I suspect that there is another person in this world besides you and Mira, who has some of the same power as me," Qin Xiu said.

"What?" Lucy startled.

"Well, there is another person who has the flame of life, the same strength as me," Qin Xiu said.

"DO YOU MEAN THAT THE FIGURE I SAW IN THE LULUBAY INCIDENT, BY THE WAY, THE PERSON I SAW WAS A GIRL, AND THE PERSON WHO HAD THE FLAME OF LIFE FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO THAT OLD MAN KRU SAID WAS ALSO A WOMAN," LUCY SAID IN SURPRISE.

"But there is a difference of four hundred years, and the last time Natsu said that the woman still smelled of Ashu, it can't be the same person," Lucy continued.

"Well, this also makes me very confused, I didn't have contact with any girls at that time, how could there be my smell," Qin Xiu said.

"Also, Lucy, look" Qin Xiu stretched out his hand, and a black flame appeared.

"This flame ......" Lucy was stunned, "yes, I forgot about this"

"Well, the flame of life is definitely not so simple, maybe this flame will really consume life force, but there are definitely other secrets," Qin Xiu said.

"Hmm," Lucy nodded.

"I suspect that the person who kicked Natsu away was surrounded by this black flame," Qin Xiu said.

"Yes, the black flames are not visible in the night, no wonder Natsu would say that the man was surrounded by something," Lucy said.

Qin Xiu nodded, "That person must have something to do with me, but that person is a girl, so I can't figure it out."

"Yes, there are many doubts," said Lucy.

"Bang ......" A loud bang suddenly interrupted the pensive expressions of the two.

"It's not good, I actually forgot our work, the monster is coming" Qin Xiu suddenly exclaimed, and hurriedly ran outside.

Lucy was also startled and ran out.

(PS: Do you remember what Pollusica said, the child who doesn't remember goes back to read chapter forty-six, there is a secret in it)