"Second Master, have you gone mad?"
Caught off guard, both the Old Clan Chief and Old Yangpi shouted urgently, their expressions growing more horrified with each passing moment. Even Hu Ma, Old Master Sun, and the others nearby had realized what was happening, their faces filled with surprise.
Walking the fire pit was an old tradition in the village. Whenever someone felt deeply wronged, their arguments muddled and their reasoning unclear, they would propose walking the fire pit in their most aggrieved, repressed, and hateful moments. With flames rising ten feet high, it was said that if one walked barefoot with a clear conscience, they would pass through unscathed, leaving no marks. Heaven and earth bore witness, and the ghostly gods acknowledged it. Those most wronged could prove their innocence by walking the fire pit.
