Chapter 105: Chapter 105: Green Lotus Core Flame

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    It was already afternoon by the time Xiao Yan''s group finished dealing with the Sand Mercenary Company and arrived at the location marked on the map.

    "Big Brother, how''s it going?" Xiao Yan walked into a tent where Xiao Ding was calculating something with a pen.

    Xiao Ding knew that everything had gone smoothly when he saw Xiao Yan and Xiao Li return. He had more confidence in this genius younger brother of his than anyone else.

    He shook his head with a smile and said, "Not yet. The desert terrain is easily changed. Back then, we only had a few experienced hands scout the area while keeping it secret from the Sand Mercenary Company. We didn''t investigate too thoroughly."

    Xiao Yan heard this and could only sit in the tent and wait for news while sipping the iced fruit tea that Qing Lin had carefully prepared.

    Just as he was cultivating the Spirit Heart Gathering Soul Technique for a while, a figure suddenly ran over from the distance and excitedly shouted, "Company Leader! The third squad seems to have found something!"

    "Found something?" The three of them heard this and were immediately elated. Xiao Yan quickly withdrew from his cultivation state.

    "Did they find the passage?"

    "Hehe, it seems they found some traces. Based on our experience, there''s a high possibility it leads to an underground passage." The mercenary who ran over grinned.

    "Great! Regardless, your squad will be rewarded when you return!" Xiao Yan laughed heartily and eagerly followed the mercenary.

    "Thank you, Third Company Leader!" The mercenary was overjoyed to hear this, and his enthusiasm soared as he led Xiao Yan and the others at a brisk pace.

    "Make way, make way!" The leading mercenary cleared a path with his loud voice. Xiao Yan followed and looked over, pleasantly surprised to see that the mercenaries had already dug a hole about half a meter wide in this sunken desert area. Peering into the hole, he saw only darkness, with a faint heat rising from the inside.

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    The sound of Mao Wu came from his Acceptance Soul, telling him there was a hint of a Heavenly Flame inside.

    However, Xiao Yan was not overly delighted at this moment because when he used his Spiritual Strength to sense the situation below, he discovered there were many intricate underground passages.

    It was very similar to the underground passages in the Magic Beast Mountain Range''s Beast Tomb, which meant these underground passages were not naturally formed but created by magical beasts.

    ''To create passages of this size, it''s likely the work of snake-type magical beasts.''

    This was not good news. Although snakes were naturally cold-blooded and feared the Heavenly Flame, there were exceptions, such as fire-attribute snake races.

    "Should I send someone down to explore carefully before going in?" Xiao Ding looked at the pitch-black passage underground and frowned with worry.

    Xiao Yan slowly closed his eyes and activated the Spirit Heart Gathering Soul Technique. A powerful surge of Spiritual Strength spread out in all directions. Suddenly, a cluster of emerald-green fire attribute energy appeared in his spiritual perception.

    He slowly opened his eyes and set Qing Lin down. Then he took out a bottle of Ice Spirit Cold Fountain from his storage ring and handed it to Xiao Ding as he said, "Big Brother, I''m going in. This is a cold fountain that can be used to cool down and save lives if necessary."

    "Go in? Into the magma? There''s no path here! Don''t tell me you plan to swim across?" Xiao Ding''s expression changed slightly as he softly rebuked.

    Xiao Yan only smiled faintly. His body suddenly began to float upwards as the Eagle Wings appeared on his back.

    "Dou Qi Wings?!!! Xiao-Yan-Zi, you''re a Dou King?!" Xiao Li exclaimed in shock. Wasn''t he supposed to be a Dou Grandmaster? How did he become a Dou King?!

    "This is a flying-type Dou Technique. Big Brother, Second Brother, I''ll be right back!"

    Just as he was about to turn and fly toward the depths of the magma, a cold little hand suddenly grabbed him.

    "Young Master, there seems to be something hidden in the magma!" Qing Lin tightly held onto him. At this moment, her eyes emitted a faint emerald-green light, and vague patterns seemed to appear in her pupils.

    Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes. He naturally sensed a Rank 4 magical beast existing beneath the magma with his 5th-tier alchemist Spiritual Strength. But Qing Lin wasn''t even a Dou

    Practitioner, yet she had sensed it too!

    ''This girl Qing Lin is extraordinary.''

    He patted the back of her hand lightly and said, "Don''t worry. Your Young Master isn''t stupid enough to not notice there''s a magical beast underneath the magma."

    The Eagle Wings soared above the magma with a whoosh. The next second, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared in the originally crimson magma, as if something was about to burst out from underneath.

    Xiao Yan smiled coldly, took out a bottle of Ice Spirit Cold Fountain from his storage ring, and

    directly threw it down like a grenade. The terrifying freezing power actually froze the magma with a rumble. The originally flowing magma instantly turned into black rock, trapping the mysterious creature underneath.

    He had no time to deal with this magical beast right now. He wanted to see if the thing at the center of this magma world was really a Heavenly Flame!

    His powerful Spiritual Strength spread out as he flew. After an indeterminate amount of time,

    a green lotus suddenly appeared not far away, gracefully standing in the middle of the

    magma.

    "Green lotus? Could it be the Green Lotus Core Flame?!"