With the Heavenly Flame right in front of them, Medusa did not argue with Xiao Yan over these trivial matters and followed him closely.
As her delicate body entered the cyan light, Medusa's purple eyes, like electricity, saw the green lotus in the center.
The green lotus had eight green leaves, which were as perfect as if they were naturally formed from the most flawless green jade.
At a glance, it looked crystal clear, giving people a feeling of not being able to put it down.
Xiao Yan saw a bit deeper than Medusa, pointing to a lotus platform about two or three feet deep in the lotus.
Some of the holes on this lotus platform emitted glowing spots, which were Earth Fire Lotus Seeds condensed from the purest fire-attribute energy.
His gaze moved down, and below the green lotus was an extremely slender root, a full ten meters long.
On the root, there were dense, tiny tentacles.
As these tentacles swayed, Xiao Yan could clearly feel that they were madly absorbing the violent fire-attribute energy in the surrounding magma with an almost greedy state.
When Medusa saw the Heavenly Flame, she was overjoyed and did not notice that after entering the cyan light, the surrounding heat was much lower than outside the cyan light.
It was precisely because this terrifying root was madly absorbing energy that the fire-attribute energy here had gathered in the Green Lotus Core Flame.
Xiao Yan looked on with concentration. He had been thinking about this root for a long time.
Now that he saw the root of the Green Lotus Core Flame with his own eyes, Xiao Yan was even more certain.
Only by using this material to make the Flame Spirit Holy Garment would it be able to carry the circulation of multiple Heavenly Flame energies, making the Flame Spirit Holy Garment truly a super-powerful weapon.
After he condenses a few more Heavenly Flames in the serpent-people, and adds them to all the ones he has now, if he seals them all in the Flame Spirit Holy Garment, there is a great possibility that once his father, Xiao Zhan, activates it, he will be able to jump to the same level of strength as his mother.
As for what Yao Lao said about leaving a trace of the spiritual item, Xiao Yan did not agree.
This root was more than ten meters long, and he was not going to exhaust the resource.
These ten-plus meters were not enough for him to use, and in the future, he would have to find a way to cultivate it to continue growing, and then regularly harvest a section.
Moreover, what Yao Lao said and did was not entirely correct.
When he heard that Gu He could produce a Rank 7 Transformation Pill, he said it was fake. How did he know it wasn't something he had obtained in an ancient cave or exchanged at a large auction?
He knew that the Flame-Incinerating Valley's secret technique, the Three Heavenly Flame Transformations, was unique and still wanted to borrow it. He knew the importance of the Three Thousand Lightning Movement to the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and still intended to borrow it.
If he were not a rare Rank 8 alchemist, he would have died long ago in some way.
He had done a whole carload of confused things.
Withdrawing his gaze from the green lotus, the Heavenly Flame was right in front of them. Medusa immediately raised her hand and pulled at the root connected to the lotus platform.
In an instant, Medusa only felt a strong electric current spread throughout her body. Her body suddenly became soft and powerless, and she couldn't use any strength.
With a soft groan, Medusa's majestic Dou Qi was uncontrollably torn out of her body, turning into a fiery red airflow that swirled around the jade-like root.
For a time, the elegant-looking lotus was covered with a layer of enchanting color.
Xiao Yan suddenly snapped back from his thoughts and stepped forward to hold Medusa in his arms: "You can't touch this root!"
"A single root wants to make this queen submit!" Medusa's eyebrows furrowed in anger, and the majestic Dou Qi in her body burst out, pouring into the root that was stuck to her.
If she couldn't even deal with a Heavenly Flame's root, how could she talk about accepting the baptism of the Heavenly Flame?
She released a large amount of Dou Qi all at once, and even the space here trembled slightly.
The root seemed to have been stretched, and a fiery red energy that was difficult to digest was contained on the emerald green root. The speed of energy consumption was greatly reduced.
Along with the reduced suction power of the root in her hand, Medusa recovered a little strength. She wrapped her hand around the root and pulled again.
But this root, though it looked slender, was extremely tough and did not change at all.
Xiao Yan flicked his finger, and a small jade knife shot out from the Bone Flame Ring.
The jade knife shot out and circled around the root connected to the lotus platform. The root, which Medusa couldn't tear off, was instantly divided into two sections.
Immediately, the green lotus, which was as perfect as a work of art, fell off.
Xiao Yan raised his hand and sucked. After the lotus platform fell, it shrunk to the size of a palm at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Medusa looked at the jade knife on the side in surprise. How was this possible?
Her strength could crush a knife or sword made of refined iron into dust. How could she not be as strong as a small jade knife?
"Brute force is not the only way to solve problems." Xiao Yan looked at Medusa in his arms: "This root can absorb energy and eventually form the Green Lotus Core Flame. The speed at which it absorbs energy is terrifying."
"If you were not a peak Dou Huang powerhouse, an ordinary person would have been sucked dry by it long ago."
Although some subtle changes had occurred in the situation, through some clues, Xiao Yan could also know why Medusa did not immediately begin her evolution after getting the Heavenly Flame.
It was extremely difficult to pass through the sand layer and swim through the magma, let alone being unfamiliar with the characteristics of the Green Lotus Core Flame.
Even if she got the Heavenly Flame, it would take a very long time for her to recover to her peak state after healing her injuries.
Medusa's enchanting face nodded pale. She knew too little about the Heavenly Flame.
Although she could have continued to persevere and break free from the root, she would definitely be injured as a result.
"Now that we have the Heavenly Flame, let's leave here quickly," Medusa gasped for air, and her plump chest rose and fell accordingly.
The Dou Qi she had recovered along the way was not only completely swallowed by the root but also took a lot more.
"Wait a moment." Xiao Yan released Medusa's left hand and reached forward to grab her right hand. He slowly untied the root wrapped around her right hand and put it into the Bone Flame Ring.
Without the main body, the root was like an ordinary vine, just extraordinarily beautiful.
"This root..." Medusa was just about to ask something, when her purple eyes suddenly widened a bit, "What are you doing?"
Looking at Xiao Yan, who had put her jade-like finger in his mouth, her finger suddenly tensed. A soft, numb feeling came over her, and Medusa had a strange feeling.
Xiao Yan seemed to have a kind of magic power. In just one or two breaths, her body started to feel a little hot.
Spitting out a mouthful of blood with cyan light spots, Xiao Yan released Medusa's hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"The root of the Green Lotus Core Flame has many tentacles. When you pulled hard, some of them have already pierced into your hand."
"Although you can't see any clues now, it is still slowly absorbing your Dou Qi to grow. When it takes shape and wraps around your flesh and meridians, it will be complicated to remove it."
(End of Chapter)
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