120: The two are intertwined, their lives are strong, and they can plant golden lotus in the fire.

He followed that ethereal summons, going deeper and deeper.

When the sense of calling disappeared, Yang Dian found a small valley, located amidst the vast snow and ice, yet enjoying spring-like weather all year round.

“Is this the source of the summons?”

Looking at the valley below the cliff, Yang Dian then shifted his gaze to the other end.

Although many traces had been erased by the covering snow, Yang Dian could still detect some faint marks in that area.

“Someone else, like me, also found their way to this place?”

“I wonder if it’s one of our own, or those Foreign devils.”

Lowering his head, Yang Dian scanned the small valley, which was surrounded by mountains and had a diameter of no more than 3 kilometers. His gaze finally settled on a corner of the valley.

There was a cave about three meters high.

Outside the cave, teams of Six-Armed Lizardmen, clad in armor and wielding sharp blades, were patrolling.

“This is the first time I’ve encountered Six-Armed Lizardmen wearing armor.”

“This must be the place.”

Realizing he had come to the right place, Yang Dian leaped, floating lightly down into the valley.

Knowing that someone had already found their way in before him, Yang Dian no longer felt like meticulously investigating.

If it was one of his own, that would be fine; after all, the meat would still be in the pot, so to speak.

But if the Opportunity was snatched by the Foreign devils, he would be depressed to death!

Just like before, the Six-Armed Lizardmen ignored Yang Dian, who was in a state of Unity of Man and Nature, allowing him to enter the cave without any trouble.

The inside and outside of the cave were completely different.

Upon entering the cave, there was a huge cavern.

The bottom of the cavern was filled with accumulated water.

Ripples spread across the water’s surface as a dugout canoe glided by, but it was unclear whether it was an underground river or stagnant water.

A skylight was open in the ceiling of the cavern.

Streaks of sunlight fell from the skylight, illuminating the vines hanging from its edge, making them look dazzling and fantastical, as if Yang Dian had entered a fairy tale world.

Within the cave, there also seemed to be a mysterious power.

Outside in the valley, even though the vegetation was evergreen, one could still feel a bone-chilling cold.

But upon entering the cave, with the cave as the boundary, the temperature inside seemed to return to early summer.

It was warm, yet not overly hot.

Something in the cave made a crisp chirping sound, and Yang Dian’s mood involuntarily lightened a few degrees.

‘It could even be considered a Holy Land for retirement.’

Muttering to himself, Yang Dian immediately leaped, stepping onto a protrusion at the edge of the cave, and began to delve deeper into it.

A hundred meters... a thousand meters... ten thousand meters... After penetrating nearly 15 kilometers into the cave, Yang Dian finally saw the ground appear.

He gestured at his current position and then raised his eyebrows.

‘If I went straight up, that patch of ground not far past here seems to be the summit of Lizardmen Sacred Mountain.’

‘So, I’ve arrived?’

With a hint of anticipation, and using the light emitted by glowing insects similar to fireflies but as large as a fist, Yang Dian successfully reached the ground.

As soon as he stepped onto the ground, a different sensation came over him again.

If the perceived temperature on the water’s surface was a pleasant 26℃, then as Yang Dian stepped onto land, the temperature suddenly more than doubled.

It had to be at least 50℃ or higher.

‘A big change is good.’

Wherever Heaven And Earth Treasure is found, there are usually anomalies.

Either there are rare and exotic beasts guarding it, or it is a perilous, desolate place, or both.

The appearance of such changes surely indicated he had found the right place?

Turning several corners along the cave, a series of clanging metal, roars, and angry shouts reached Yang Dian’s ears.

He quickened his pace and turned a few more bends.

A massive lake of lava appeared before Yang Dian’s eyes.

Just as Yang Dian had heard.

A chaotic battle was taking place by the lava lake.

More than 20 Six-Armed Lizardmen lay on the ground, their fates unknown.

More than 30 Six-Armed Lizardmen, led by two Eight-Armed Lizardmen, were righteously ganging up on five “thieves.”

The five “thieves” even managed to sneak in a few cold attacks against each other.

Why did Yang Dian call them thieves?

Because those five people were none other than William, who had been constantly pursued, and Artoria with her three Guardian Knights, who had been pursuing William?

‘I knew that little bitch William had a purpose for coming to China, to Chengdu.’

‘So, what is his purpose?’

His gaze swept around the cave a few times, and Yang Dian first focused on the lava lake.

The cave was not small, but not huge either.

Its diameter was about 200 meters.

The central hundred-meter diameter of the cave was still a lava lake.

The lava in the lake occasionally surged, and sometimes one or two red fish heads, about a meter long and resembling a carp’s head, would emerge.

After the fish heads surfaced from the lava, their ruby-like eyes would fix on the three parties battling by the lava lake.

Those eyes, which seemed exceptionally agile compared to ordinary fish, seemed to indicate that they also possessed intelligence, and not low intelligence at that.

They even knew how to watch a good show.

His gaze then moved, falling to the center of the lava lake.

A small platform, three meters in diameter, could be seen in the center of the lava lake. In the middle of this platform was a pool of clear spring water.

In the spring water, a brilliant golden lotus bloomed.

The moment he saw that lotus, an indescribable hunger, as if from the very instinct of life, surged into Yang Dian’s heart.

‘Eat it!’

‘Eat it!!’

‘Eat it!!!’

“heaven and earth treasures?”

“Intertwined, life is firm, yet able to plant a golden lotus in fire.”

“Gathering the Five Elements and using them in reverse, once the achievement is complete, one becomes a Buddha or an Immortal.”

“Heh~”

“I couldn’t learn the Monkey King’s ‘Great Heavenly Immortal Art,’ but I saw the golden lotus that Bodhi Ancestral Master spoke of!”

Of course, Yang Dian also knew that the golden lotus Bodhi spoke of was a Cultivate Realm, not some rare treasure golden lotus.

He was merely marveling at his own luck.

That was a Heaven And Earth Treasure that would cost at least a million merit points!

Moreover, this golden lotus was so large, already the size of his two fists.

Plus the lotus root... if he ate it all, how much energy could he gain?

Muttering a few words silently, Yang Dian took several deep breaths, forcing himself to withdraw his gaze.

There was no small path on the lava lake that would lead him directly to the stone platform in the center of the lake.

If he tried to jump across, it would definitely cause a big commotion, and he might even break out of the Unity of Man and Nature state.

At that point, having picked the golden lotus, he would surely become the target of all.

‘To pick the golden lotus, I still have to deal with these Lizardmen and Foreign devils first.’

Thinking this, Yang Dian again turned his attention to the battlefield.

Although the Foreign devils were few in number, their strength was not weak.

It looked like they were being ganged up on, but in reality, they were overpowering the Lizardmen.

One could only say that the Eight-Armed Lizardmen without a super weapon crown, while still possessing street-level combat power, were still a bit weaker.

‘If only I had found this place first.’

‘No, that’s not right.’

‘If I killed all these Lizardmen by myself, the kill count would exceed 50, which would invite disaster.’

‘Still not right, if William and them weren’t here, these Lizardmen couldn’t stop me at all, I could just pick the golden lotus and leave...’

As his thoughts surged, the situation on the field underwent new changes...