Chapter 97: Fire

"The entrance to the cave was originally blocked by yellow sand. If Qinglian hadn't noticed some strange aura lingering here, I'm afraid we would have had a hard time finding it."

A mercenary replied with a smile.

Hearing this, Xiao Yuan looked towards Qinglian opposite him and found that the little maid was covered in yellow sand, but her delicate little face was filled with a happy smile.

It seems that after helping him change clothes, Qinglian came over to help find the entrance to the cave.

Noticing Xiao Yuan's gaze sweeping over her, Qinglian looked at him, her little face slightly red, and then she winked at him playfully.

"Haha, Qinglian, well done!"

Xiao Yuan gave Qinglian a thumbs up and looked at her face which showed a bright smile because of this, and smiled gently.

Xiao Yan on the side also smiled kindly at Qinglian and nodded gratefully. Then he came to the dark cave entrance, flipped his palm, and a moonstone appeared in his hand, which he then threw into the cave.

The faint light emitted by the moonstone rolled several times in the dark cave and then gradually disappeared completely.

Looking at the rapidly disappearing moonstone, Xiao Yan frowned slightly and said softly, "It seems that this passage is not a straight line."

"Well, we have had people do some preliminary exploration. There are at least a dozen passages underneath, and they are all winding, just like the passages that a giant snake is crawling through."

The mercenary who had led the way earlier replied with a wry smile.

"I see. It looks like this passage was also drilled out by someone trying to get out!"

Xiao Yuan nodded thoughtfully, and had a guess in his mind that Queen Medusa must have taken away the strange fire.

According to Qinglin, the unusual movement here happened three months ago, which means,

"How about I send people down to search one by one?"

Xiao Ding's laughter suddenly came from behind.

Xiao Yan turned around, looked at Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, shook his head slightly, and said:

"I don't know what kind of dangers there will be down there. I am already very satisfied that the brothers of the mercenary group have spent so much manpower to help me find the passage. If I let them in again, if something suddenly appears and causes some damage, that is not what I want to see."

"Haha, Captain Four, don't worry. There are no greedy people in our Desert Iron Mercenary Group."

The members of the Motie Group around laughed.

"How about this, big brother, I will just accompany Xiao Yan down. You can trust my strength, right? I will mark the way along the way. If we go down for too long and still haven't come up, big brother can just follow the marks and lead the others down."

Xiao Yuan said with a smile.

"That's good. If your strength is not enough, it won't be of much use for us to go down. You two are the hope of the Xiao family. Protect yourselves!"

Xiao Ding pondered for a while and gave instructions with a serious face.

Hearing this, Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan nodded in agreement.

"That... Young Master... In the passage below, there was some trace of the person's aura from three months ago. I think I should be able to help find the correct passage."

Qinglian, who was standing by, grabbed the corner of Xiao Yuan's clothes and spoke timidly.

"Oh? Really? Then come with me."

Xiao Yuan did not question it when he heard it, but put his arms around Qinglian's slender waist, patted her back gently, and motioned her to hold him tight.

"Ah."

After being trusted by Xiao Yuan and immediately held in his arms, Qinglian responded with a red face, and then hugged Xiao Yuan tightly.

"Xiao Yan, I'll go first, you follow me and place the mark."

Xiao Yuan turned his head to look at Xiao Yan, indicating that he would take the lead.

He has successfully cultivated the Di Kun Sutra. Possessing the low-level earth-attributed skills, he can sense the underground environment to the greatest extent, and use the earth-attributed fighting spirit to stabilize the passage.

"it is good!"

Xiao Yan nodded upon hearing this, and stood aside, rubbing his hands, eager to try.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, I'll leave it to you guys!"

After giving some instructions, Xiao Yuan looked at Xiao Ding and Xiao Li solemnly.

"Don't worry, no one will disturb you!"

Xiao Ding smiled and patted Xiao Yuan on the shoulder and said.

"Well, Qinglian, hold on tight, we're ready to go down!"

Xiao Yuan nodded, and then whispered to Qinglian in his arms.

Qinglian nodded obediently when she heard that, and then she felt her body entering a state of weightlessness, and hurriedly hugged Xiao Yuan tighter again.

In the dark passage, Xiao Yuan hugged Qinglian tightly in his arms, and their bodies continued to slide down with the help of the slope of the passage. The earth-attributed energy spread along the place where Xiao Yuan slid, stabilizing the overall structure of the passage.

Xiao Yan behind him was alert, but fortunately with Yao Lao secretly monitoring him, he didn't have to worry about being ambushed by anything.

His eyes swept across the cave walls on both sides of him. After a while, Xiao Yan was somewhat surprised to find that this passage was extremely smooth, with basically no stones protruding from the cave walls. It looked as if it had been violently impacted by an extremely huge energy column.

After sliding down for nearly two or three minutes, Xiao Yuan could already see the bottom of the passage. He moved his body and landed steadily. He glanced at the road ahead and immediately found the dozen or so intricate dark passages that the mercenary members had mentioned.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuan smiled at Qing Lian and said, "Try to sense it."

"Ah."

Qinglian nodded when she heard that, put her arms around Xiao Yuan's neck, looked back at the passage, blinked her eyes slightly, and three extremely tiny green dots appeared silently around her emerald pupils.

Qinglian's three-flowered green snake pupil is the nemesis of snakes, and she is also quite sensitive to the scent of snakes.

But she herself didn't know it, and only thought it was the same aura in her blood.

Xiao Yan behind him also understood the situation and didn't say anything.

After a moment of silence, Qinglian stretched out her little hand, pointed to a passage to the left, and said softly:

"Master, although there are some residual auras in the other passages, this passage is the most dense among them. I think that person stayed here the longest three months ago!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yuan tried to sense it, and found nothing unusual in the passage. However, the earth attribute energy deep inside was suppressed to the point of being almost unnoticeable, and what suppressed it was the extremely hot fire attribute energy.

It seems that this is the way to go.

As the thought flashed through his mind, Xiao Yuan took the lead and walked in.

Xiao Yan followed closely behind.

"Xiao Yan, I think the chances of us finding the strange fire this time are probably not very high!"

Walking in the corridor, Xiao Yuan spoke lightly.

"Well, is it because Queen Medusa has been here before?"

Xiao Yan frowned when he heard that, then his heart skipped a beat and he asked quickly.

"Well, Medusa is at the peak of Douhuang strength, and only she can come up with such a big move, so I think there is a high possibility that the strange fire has fallen into her hands."

Xiao Yuan nodded and gave Xiao Yan a heads-up in advance.

"What does she want the strange fire for?" Hearing this, Xiao Yan asked doubtfully.

"I guess she wants to advance to Dou Zong. I have read some information about the queen of the snake people in ancient books. It says that when Queen Medusa reaches the peak of Dou Huang, if the opportunity is enough, she will be able to have a strange evolution. After the evolution, Queen Medusa can not only freely transform into a human body.

Moreover, his strength will naturally be promoted to Dou Zong, but the success rate of this kind of evolution seems to be quite low, and most importantly, the thing required for this kind of evolution is the strange fire..."

"Hiss, so, if she really succeeds, then wouldn't the Snake People have one more Dou Zong strongman?"

Xiao Yan couldn't help but take a breath when he heard this, and said in horror.

"It may not be successful, what if she didn't take the strange fire? Right?"

Xiao Yuan didn't dare to guarantee that Queen Medusa would succeed, and said with a faint smile.

As we walked, the temperature around us started to rise.

This made Xiao Yan's spirits quite excited.

However, Xiao Yuan was not too excited. In his opinion, Medusa was probably already preparing some things for her evolution.

Moreover, the wild Blue Lotus Earth Core Fire has already entered its mature stage. It is a strange fire with spirituality and terrifying high temperature. Medusa might have been injured in the process of collecting the strange fire.

Therefore, if she starts evolving in a hurry, she will most likely fail.

Since I possess the strange fire, can I make a deal with Queen Medusa?

While Xiao Yuan was lost in thought, he didn't notice that the Fire Element Art in his body had already started to operate on its own!

But soon, the oncoming red light and hot breath drew Xiao Yuan's attention back.

Standing at the end of the passage, Xiao Yuan looked at the fiery red world that appeared before his eyes, and his pupils trembled slightly.

It is said that seeing is believing. The scene before his eyes really opened the eyes of Xiao Yuan, a otaku who rarely went out in his previous life.

In the huge underground cave, red magma flows slowly. Occasionally, huge bubbles emerge from the magma. After a moment, they burst with a slight sound, and the hot magma bursts out from it, as gorgeous as fireworks.

Standing at the end of the small passage, Xiao Yuan and the other two looked at the endless magma world in front of them. They were shocked and couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

"Shh!"

The heat in the air made Xiao Yuan feel a little uncomfortable, so he circulated his Dou Qi. The fire-attributed Dou Qi was mixed with black and white flames, forming a Dou Qi gauze on the surface of his body, which directly filtered out the violent fire-attributed energy and absorbed it into the Red Fire Qi Palace.

A bold idea emerged in Xiao Yuan's mind.

If he was not in a hurry, he could just stay in this magma world and practice.

The fire energy here is quite strong, and it is more suitable for people with fire attributes to practice than the Tagor Desert exposed to the sun.

Xiao Yan on the side also had to summon out the Purple Fire Dou Qi Gauze Robe to resist the scorching heat.

On the contrary, Qinglian, who had the green snake's three-flower pupil, showed no signs of discomfort at all.

"Third brother, how about I go down and take a look?"

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Yan asked.

"Well, I have a strange fire, so I can go down with you, but if I do that, Qinglian will be in trouble. So you go down by yourself, and be careful!"

Xiao Yuan pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then said solemnly.

"Don't worry, Third Brother. I will be careful."

Xiao Yan nodded, and immediately prepared to rely on Yao Lao’s help to go down and take a look.

"Master Xiao Yan, please wait, there seems to be something hidden in this magma!"

Qinglian, who had been put down by Xiao Yuan, suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan was startled and turned his head to look into the magma, but found no signs of any living creatures.

"It's inside the magma. I can sense a little bit of its hidden aura. It's very strong!"

Qinglian stared at a certain spot in the constantly rolling magma, and a faint light appeared in his green eyes, as if he had penetrated the barrier of the magma and saw the mysterious things hidden underneath.

"Miss Qinglian, how strong is she?"

Xiao Yan asked quickly.

"Well, he's better than Rob, the leader of the Sand Mercenaries!"

After Qinglian thought for a moment, he estimated what he said.

"It seems that the strength of that thing should be around Dou Ling."

Xiao Yuan analyzed from the side.

"Brother, if there really is a creature that can live in magma, then the trouble it would cause in this situation would probably not be weaker than that of a Dou Wang warrior!"

A solemn look emerged on Xiao Yan's face, and he spoke in a deep voice.

"It's okay, I'll find a way to deal with that thing, and after I get that thing entangled, you can go down and look for treasure directly!"

Xiao Yuan waved his hand and said calmly.

"Brother, that's a creature above the level of Dou Ling!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Yuan with concern.

"Don't worry, you go quickly and come back quickly. You may even have to help me refine some medicine to strengthen my body and replenish my vital energy. In this environment, perhaps that thing has some advantages, but as someone who possesses the strange fire, I am truly like a fish in water!"

Xiao Yuan waved his hand, and the yin and yang flames rose and disappeared in his hand, faintly revealing a mysterious aura.

"Besides, I don't intend to kill it. If I just hold it back, I won't suffer any loss with my speed."

Immediately afterwards, Ziyun Wing shot out from behind and brought Xiao Yuan into the air.

"Battle Qi turns into wings!? Brother, you have become a Dou Wang?"

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yan was shocked.

Seeing Xiao Yan's shocked expression, Xiao Yuan chuckled and shook his head: "This is not Dou Qi turning into wings, it's just an extremely rare flying fighting skill. The flying speed is far less than the wings condensed from real Dou Qi, but with my wind attribute Dou Qi, the speed is not bad!"

"Okay, now I feel much more relieved!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly and sighed.

"Get ready, I'm about to start."

Xiao Yuan smiled when he heard that, and then flew into the air. He pushed out the strange fire in his hand, suspended in the air, and then made a set of seals.

The next moment, the Yin and Yang flames fell into the magma and began to absorb the rich fire energy in the magma.

Soon, Xiao Yuan's powerful perception enabled him to detect a huge figure approaching from under the magma not far away, ready to attack.

"Come out!"

Xiao Yuan shouted in a deep voice, and the Yin and Yang flames that absorbed a large amount of fire energy directly turned into black and white fire waves, hitting the huge figure!
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