166: What's under the volcano

After obtaining the fire spirit stone, Mu Feng immediately departed from that place of trouble.

He then rendezvoused with the Little Lizard.

"Swish! Swish!"

Seeing Mu Feng return safely, the Little Lizard was overjoyed, circling him ceaselessly.

"You little thing, do you have so little faith in me?"

"Don't you know the saying, 'One should look at a scholar with new eyes after three days apart'?"

Mu Feng felt this idiom was quite fitting here.

The Little Lizard had indeed slept for three days.

And in these three days, his strength had truly undergone a massive change.

From Qi Refining Twelfth Layer, he directly reached Foundation Establishment.

The current him was much stronger than he was three days ago.

Even without using a Magic Treasure, just by using his magic power, he could easily crush ten versions of his three-day-old self.

After confirming that the Lava Beastss hadn't pursued them, Mu Feng picked up the spoils of war.

Five fire spirit stones and a blazing round fire pearl.

【fire spirit stone: A stone containing fire-elemental energy, which can be used to repair the Blazing Array Flag.】

"That's right, it's this!"

"Finally, I have it!"

Mu Feng was a little excited.

After collecting for so long, he had finally gathered all the Materials to repair the Inverted Five Elements Array.

Once he returned and repaired all the Formation Flags, he could then set up the Inverted Five Elements Array he had longed for.

After playing with it for a while and calming his emotions slightly, Mu Feng looked at the fire pearl next to the fire spirit stone.

These fire pearls were obtained from the Lava Beastss.

Only one was dropped from the entire Lava Beasts.

With curiosity, Mu Feng picked it up to examine it.

【fire pearl: The essence of fire condensed within a Lava Beasts's body. It can be directly absorbed to enhance the body's fire resistance.】

"Increases fire resistance, this is good."

Mu Feng was overjoyed.

Even with the Cold Ice Qi Strength circulating within him, he still felt a bit hot.

With this item, that problem could be completely resolved.

Mu Feng absorbed it without a second thought, immediately circulating his cultivation.

【System Reminder: You have absorbed the energy of the fire pearl; your body's resistance to flames has increased.】

Soon, one fire pearl was completely absorbed by him.

"It does seem to be much cooler now."

Immediately after absorbing it, his body, which was originally a bit hot, instantly became cool.

"Continue!"

Mu Feng was ecstatic.

He turned and continued to absorb the remaining two fire pearls.

"Comfortable!"

After absorbing the energy of all three fire pearls, the temperature of this Volcanic Secret Realm no longer had any effect on him.

Seeing this, Mu Feng retracted the Cold Ice Qi Strength that was circulating on his body's surface.

Prolonged use of Cold Ice Qi Strength would accelerate his stamina consumption.

Since the temperature here no longer affected him, there was naturally no need to waste extra stamina to maintain his body's surface temperature.

After putting away the fire spirit stone, Mu Feng rested for a bit.

Then, he took the Little Lizard and continued towards the largest volcano in the Secret Realm.

He remembered that before entering, the red prompt had mentioned that besides fire spirit stones, there were also some small surprises waiting for him in this Secret Realm.

Mu Feng estimated that the 'small surprise' mentioned in the prompt should be related to this large volcano.

Under his rapid journey, in a short while, one person and one pet arrived at the foot of this massive active volcano.

This volcano was very large.

Even the smallest crater had a radius of over a hundred meters.

Its widest point was its mountainside, with a radius of a full five hundred meters.

This was the first time Mu Feng had seen such a large active volcano in his life.

The temperature here was very high and stiflingly hot.

Even when an occasional breeze came, it carried waves of heat.

Thankfully, he had just absorbed the energy from the fire pearl, which greatly enhanced his body's resistance to high temperatures.

Otherwise, just standing here for a few seconds would have caused him to faint from the heat.

【There are many spiritual plants at the crater; you can go and collect them.】

"spiritual plants?"

"It's quite unbelievable that spiritual plants can exist in this place."

Seeing the red prompt, Mu Feng was a little surprised.

However, the System would not make mistakes.

After a slight pause, Mu Feng followed the System's instructions and headed towards the crater.

The slope of this volcano was manageable, so Mu Feng didn't use a Flying Talisman.

Instead, he slowly climbed up with the Little Lizard.

"So hot."

The higher they climbed on the volcano, the hotter the temperature became.

By the time they reached the mountainside, Mu Feng was almost unbearable from the heat.

It wasn't until he released the Cold Ice Qi Strength, which he had just retracted, back to his body's surface that he felt a little better.

The Little Lizard beside him, however, didn't seem to be much affected.

He didn't know if it was because it had absorbed the unique horn's talent or if it was naturally not afraid of heat.

In such hot weather, it remained full of energy, tirelessly leading the way for Mu Feng.

After a while longer, one person and one pet stepped into the volcano's crater.

On this crater, a lot of magma occasionally erupted, making it very dangerous.

To prevent accidents, Mu Feng kept his sword-shield barrier active.

This way, even if he was accidentally splashed, he wouldn't be injured.

Upon reaching the crater, Mu Feng scanned around a few times.

He finally saw the Spiritual Plants mentioned in the red prompt.

These were small red grasses that emitted sparks.

"Found them!"

Mu Feng was overjoyed.

He walked towards the Spiritual Plants, squatted down, and pulled them out with force.

【System Reminder: huo yan grass x1】

It felt a bit warm to the touch.

It seemed the temperature of this grass was not low.

"I wonder what kind of grass this is, that it can grow in a volcano crater?"

With curiosity, Mu Feng carefully investigated the information of this spiritual plant.

【Name: huo yan grass】

【Age: One Thousand Years】

【Description: A spiritual plant that grows near volcano craters, maturing in one thousand years. A mature huo yan grass will emit sparks.】

【Effect: Widely used, it is one of the Materials for refining the dustfall pill.】

"It's a Thousand-Year Spiritual Plant!"

Mu Feng was overjoyed.

Come to think of it, this was the first time he had seen a Spiritual Plant that had reached one thousand years of age since he came to the Cave World.

This made him very happy.

"The main Material for the dustfall pill."

"The dustfall pill seems to be a Medicinal Pill that can increase the chance of Core Formation."

Mu Feng remembered the Pill Formula he saw in the illusion, which seemed to be for the dustfall pill.

He had been very excited at the time.

He didn't expect to gather one of its Materials so quickly.

Mu Feng happily put it away.

He took a look.

There was quite a lot of huo yan grass here, with a preliminary estimate of twenty to thirty plants or more.

【System Reminder: huo yan grass x1】

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【System Reminder: huo yan grass Sapling x1】

Mu Feng quickly harvested the Spiritual Plants on the crater.

Under his efforts, it wasn't long before all the huo yan grass here was completely plucked by him.

Even the immature saplings were not spared; he directly put them all into his pocket.

After collecting the huo yan grass, Mu Feng was about to leave.

Suddenly, a red prompt appeared before his eyes.

【There are still good things in the magma beneath this volcano. Are you not going to take them?】

There were still good things beneath the volcanic magma?

Mu Feng was startled.

He was first overjoyed, but then quickly became worried, because the temperature of this volcanic magma was simply too high.