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"How do you want to cooperate?" Queen Medusa was stunned for a moment and asked.

"I once read an ancient book and know what your purpose is in searching for the strange fire. In this case, I can temporarily give up the strange fire to you. However, after you evolve, no matter whether you succeed or not, the strange fire will be It's mine, how about it?" Xiao Yan said with a smile. He knew very well that the snake people's blood was cold and could not absorb the strange fire at all. In this case, there was no need for him and Queen Medusa to fight to the death.

"It's a good suggestion, but why should I cooperate with you? If I kill you, won't I still be able to get the strange fire?"

"The answer is very simple, because you can't kill me at all." Xiao Yan chuckled, and purple-black flames rose in his palms, "Don't deny it in a hurry, you have fought with me, you should know that if you fight me, The best outcome is that both sides will be injured, and if you cooperate with me, neither of us will suffer any damage, and we can both get the strange fire. This is the most perfect ending for you and me."

"..." Queen Medusa pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, in that case, I will cooperate with you once."

Chapter 75: Blue Lotus Earth Heart Fire

Seeing Queen Medusa nodding in agreement, Xiao Yan also showed a gentle smile. Although both of them knew very well that this temporary cooperation was extremely fragile, at least at this stage, they could still trust each other. Of course, This trust is also extremely limited, "Okay, Your Lady Queen, let's go find the strange fire."

"Is it a strange fire...can you find where it is hidden?" Queen Medusa looked around and asked. Because of the magma, the fire attribute energy here is extremely rich, but it also covers up other energy fluctuations, and no trace of the strange fire can be found at all.

It is precisely because of the special geographical environment here that the green scales that can always sense the snake people are unable to sense that Queen Medusa is lurking nearby. Although Xiao Yan can rely on the resonance between the different fires to discover that there are strange fires under the magma, But it was limited to this, and the specific location of the strange fire could not be found at all.

"You can't find it, let alone me." Xiao Yan shrugged, then looked at Qing Lin aside, and said softly: "Qing Lin, you just said that this two-headed fire spirit snake knows The specific location of the strange fire?"

"Hmm..." Qinglin pointed to the lava lake in front of him and said cautiously: "It said... below here."

"As expected..." Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows slightly. His induction just now was also down here. It seems that the two-headed fire snake was not lying. He glanced at Medusa who was also looking at the magma. The Queen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't care, just stay up there."

"Hmph, lead the way." Queen Medusa ignored Xiao Yan's words and ordered to the two-headed fire snake on the side, because it is also a snake creature, and her strength and bloodline are stronger than this two-headed fire snake. The spirit snake was much stronger, so the two-headed fire spirit snake was also very afraid of her. Before Qinglin could tell her, it followed Queen Medusa's instructions and re-entered the magma.

After the two-headed fire spirit snake descended, Queen Medusa's body lit up with a strange light. Then, a layer of colorful energy film covered her whole body, and then she fell directly into the hot magma. among.

"Tsk, this beautiful snake has quite a stubborn temper." Xiao Yan shook his head when he saw Queen Medusa, and then whispered to Qing Lin beside him: "Wait here, if you encounter danger, Just throw out the ring I gave you, do you understand?"

Although in this magma zone, there should be no other dangers, but nothing is absolute, and it is always good to have some backup options.

"I know." Seeing Qing Lin's obedient response, Xiao Yan also came to the side of the magma. With a thought in his mind, the Nine Nether Illusion Demonic Fire quickly covered his body, and then jumped in front of Qing Lin's frightened eyes. After entering the magma, Qing Lin's worry did not last long, because Xiao Yan quickly emerged from the magma and waved to her.

"Let's go, don't waste time." Queen Medusa glanced at Xiao Yan and plunged into the magma. Although she said so, her speed was not slow at all, plus she and the two-headed fire spirit Because Snake set off first, he was quite far away from Xiao Yan. Looking at his posture, he seemed to want to throw Xiao Yan away.

However, Xiao Yan did not have any worries about this. He had already left a soul mark on the body of the two-headed fire spirit snake. Even if he got lost, he could still find its specific location, not to mention that he still had You Yanling. With body fighting skills such as Xiaobu, he is naturally at home in this kind of magma. If he can practice this fighting skill to the extreme, he can survive in the magma without the need for alien fire protection. Come and go as you please.

While swimming in the magma, Xiao Yan also silently absorbed the energy in the magma, and then quickly ran along the veins of the little glazed golden body. Soon, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the energy in the magma was Energy can indeed help Xiao Liuli Golden Body complete the process of integrating fighting spirit into flesh and blood.

"It seems that after finding the strange fire, I have to stay in seclusion here for a while." Countless thoughts surged through Xiao Yan's mind. The magma energy here not only helped him successfully cultivate the Little Glazed Golden Body, but also contained fire attribute energy. I don't know how many times he is more tyrannical than the outside world. If he practices here, it can also save him a lot of practice time.

After suppressing the excitement in his heart, Xiao Yan activated his body skills again and followed Queen Medusa and the two-headed fire snake in front. Along the way, they encountered many undercurrents of magma. Fortunately, there was a double-headed fire snake. The spirit snake guided them in front, allowing them to successfully avoid these undercurrents containing terrifying energy.

Queen Medusa looked at the magma undercurrents and felt a little lucky in her heart. Fortunately, she chose to cooperate with Xiao Yan. Otherwise, if she were to come down to find the strange fire alone, it would not only take more time, but even if she could get the strange fire , it is inevitable to be injured by these extremely hidden magma undercurrents.

Unknowingly, Xiao Yan and the others have been diving into the magma for an hour. At this time, the temperature of the magma outside has been more than ten times higher than when they came down. The originally fiery red magma has also become a little bit hotter. It turned green. Obviously, this was a mutation caused by the influence of the strange fire.

In front of them, a blue lotus stood gracefully in the center of the magma. If this green lotus were in the outside world, it would naturally be extremely beautiful, but the problem is that this is the center of the magma. In such an extreme zone, it is logically impossible for any plants to exist.

"The color is green, the fire is like a lotus, this is the inner fire of the green lotus..." When Queen Medusa looked at the green lotus, Xiao Yan also murmured slowly in his heart.

Although Queen Medusa knew about the so-called strange fire list, she had no research on the strange fires on it. She only knew that the strange fires were very terrifying and could help her complete her evolution. Other than that, she knew nothing.

But Xiao Yan is different. In his previous life, he was an expert at playing with fire. He was familiar with the detailed information of all the strange fires on the list, except for the mysterious number one on the list. Therefore, when he saw this strange fire for the first time, he recognized it.

Qinglian Earth Core Fire ranks 19th on the list of strange fires. The origin of this strange fire comes from the green lotus on the outside. It can only be born in the depths of the earth and has been tempered countless times by the fire of the earth. Fusion, compression, carving... Only then could a wisp of strange fire be born in the heart of the lotus.

It takes ten years to become a spirit, a hundred years to take shape, and a thousand years to form a lotus. When it is completed, its color will be green, and a cluster of green fire will appear in the heart of the lotus. It is called Qinglian Fire, also known as Qinglian Earth Heart Fire. The power of this fire is unpredictable. Being close to volcanic areas can even cause volcanic eruptions! Form the destructive power of nature!

Moreover, in addition to the strange fire, the green lotus on the surface is also a rare treasure, which is of great help to fire attribute cultivators. If it can be obtained, it will undoubtedly save Xiao Yan a lot of trouble. Practice Kung Fu!

Chapter 76: Seventy-six, Return with a Full Load

"Huh..." Seeing the lotus shrouded in cyan light in front of her, Queen Medusa was also a little excited. As long as she got the strange fire, she could try to start evolving. As long as she could evolve successfully, everything would go smoothly. If the earth breaks through the Douzong, then the entire snake race will no longer have to huddle in the Tagore Desert.

Thinking of this, Queen Medusa couldn't control her inner mood and stretched out her jade hand to try to pluck off the entire green lotus. However, what she didn't expect was that her palm had just touched the cyan light. Being burned by an extremely hot energy, she quickly retracted her hand, looked at the somewhat charred palm, and her pupils shrank slightly, "This..."

"Idiot woman." Seeing this scene, although Xiao Yan's expression did not change at all, he mocked the Queen mercilessly in his heart. When Queen Medusa was still planning to extend her hand, Xiao Yan finally He stopped her and said: "Don't blame me for not reminding you. Even if you do this, even if you can really get rid of the strange fire, you will definitely have to pay some price in the end. Think more and don't be so impulsive."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Queen Medusa frowned, looking at Xiao Yan who looked calm and leisurely, knowing that he must have a way to remove Qinglian's inner fire, so she asked .

Xiao Yan smiled slightly, and with a flick of his finger, several small jade bottles emerged from the ring, and then they melted quickly under the wrapping of the Nine Nether Fantasy Demonic Fire. Finally, under Xiao Yan's control, all the original impurities in them were removed. After going out, they were forcibly fused together to form a white jade-like dagger.

The rosette that gave birth to the Green Lotus Earth Heart Fire is a rare thing from heaven and earth. Ordinary swords cannot harm it at all, let alone a body of flesh and blood. Only some pure jade materials can be used to remove it. Like Queen Medusa's behavior just now, even if she is bruised all over her body, I'm afraid there's nothing she can do about it.

After the dagger took shape, he held the still hot dagger and lightly scratched the connection between the green lotus rosette and the root. The green lotus rosette, which was as exquisite as a work of art, fell off. Queen Medusa just wanted to snatch the green lotus, but the rosette automatically fell into Xiao Yan's palm as if it was being pulled by some kind of force.

"My Lady Queen, let's go." Xiao Yan put the Qinglian Earth Heart Fire and the Qinglian Rosette into the ring with his backhand, and said with a smile.

In fact, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire to be absorbed into the Na Ring, even if it is supported by the Green Lotus Rosette, because the high temperature of the alien fire itself will burn everything in that Na Ring.

However, Xiao Yan has several Na Rings in his hand, and two of them are Na Rings that have always been empty. They were originally meant to be spares, but unexpectedly they came in handy now. There is nothing in them anyway, so they are not afraid of burning at all, so He took one of them and put the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire and the Green Lotus Rosette into it.

Although Queen Medusa didn't know the function of the green lotus seat, she knew that it was a companion of strange fire. It must also be a treasure. She originally thought of taking it away unexpectedly, but Xiao Yan was already prepared. , with Xiao Yan's temperament, who can scoop up two ladles of magma and take it away, how could he leave such a treasure to her.

Although Queen Medusa is determined to compete with Xiao Yan, firstly, she is a little wary of Xiao Yan's strength. Secondly, the terrain here is extremely unfavorable to Queen Medusa. In a real fight, she will not have any upper hand, so she can only Give up this idea for the time being and wait until you get out to settle the score with Xiao Yan.

After putting away the Green Lotus Seat, Xiao Yan also took a look at the fire-attributed root that was absorbing the surrounding energy, with a hesitant look on his face. If it were his temperament in his previous life, he would definitely pull this thing out with its roots. However, after becoming an alchemist, he learned from Yao Lao an unwritten rule in the alchemy world.

If you encounter treasures from heaven and earth or rare objects from heaven and earth, you must not cut off their roots, because the conditions for the formation of spiritual objects are too harsh. Although he has taken off the green lotus now, a new green lotus can still be formed here. Fire in the heart, but if the roots are taken away, then there may no longer be a chance for strange fire to be born here.

"Let's go." Xiao Yan took a deep breath and forced himself not to look at the section of green lotus rhizome. For a person like him who is too quick to pluck hair, there is clearly a peerless treasure in front of him, but he cannot pick it. This kind of It feels so painful that it’s better to just keep it out of sight.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly. As the saying goes, when you are full and warm, you will think of lust. This is indeed true. If in his previous life, even living was a luxury hope, why would he care about what is happening here? Whether a treasure of heaven and earth will be born, it is his style to dig up the roots directly. It seems that he has changed somewhat in this world.

When Xiao Yan and the others flew out of the magma, Qing Lin, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly came up to them and asked, "Master, have you found them?"

"Of course." Xiao Yan smiled slightly, and with a flick of his finger, a ball of blue flames floated up from the ring. He wrapped the ball of blue flames with fighting spirit, and then handed it to Meidu. Queen Sha said: "Your Majesty, according to what we agreed before, this green lotus earth heart fire will be placed with you for the time being."

Queen Medusa waved her jade hand, and a stream of colorful energy rushed out, wrapping the blazing fire. She looked at the illusory lotus shape that appeared during the burning flames, frowned slightly, and asked: "That green lotus rosette?" Woolen cloth?"

"Queen Medusa, our cooperation is only limited to strange fires, and does not include other things. The so-called wonders of the world can only be found by those who can. If I have a way to conquer it, then the thing will naturally be mine. Who asked the Queen to Sir, you can't take it off?" Xiao Yan waved his hand and said innocently, he would not be so stupid as to give away the treasure he got for nothing.

"Hmph, you are eloquent." Medusa gritted her teeth with hatred, but it was obviously not a wise move to take action in this situation, so she could only suppress her anger.

"Now that Your Majesty Queen has obtained the strange fire, you should start preparing to evolve, right? I wonder when Your Majesty Queen is going to take action?" Xiao Yan asked.

"Evolution doesn't happen overnight, and I'm not ready for many things yet..." Queen Medusa hesitated before saying, "It will probably have to wait until five years later."

"Five years..." Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows slightly. This time was somewhat beyond his expectation, but he did not refute. He glanced at the purple-black color that flashed through Qinglian's heart fire. Guangdian cupped his hands and said: "In that case, I will wait for five years. After five years, when the Queen evolves, I will go to the Snake Tribe to retrieve the strange fire."

Chapter 77: Training in the Magma

Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Queen Medusa was a little stunned. She originally thought that with this guy's character, after knowing that it would take him so long, he would definitely bargain, but she didn't expect that he actually agreed. , isn’t she worried about what she will do?

"As the saying goes, people cannot stand without trust. Although I am not old, I also know the principle of treating people with integrity. I believe that the Queen, as the king of her clan and the strongest person in the Tagore Desert, will not You lied to me." Xiao Yan waved his hand and said indifferently, "If the queen really goes back on her word, then it can only be regarded as my misunderstanding."

"Hmph, I, Medusa, am not shameless enough to even lie to a child." Queen Medusa snorted coldly. She turned around and flew towards the passage with strange fire. Before leaving, she deeply felt He glanced at Xiao Yan and said: "In five years, come to the Medusa Temple to find me. Only after you arrive will I officially evolve. I promise to return your strange fire object to its original owner."

After watching Queen Medusa leave, Xiao Yan also showed a smile. Naturally, he would not believe Queen Medusa so easily. As early as on the way up, he had done something to Qinglian Earth Core Fire. A strange fire mark was left in it.

If Queen Medusa really deceived him and used the strange fire to evolve in advance, the mark would activate on its own, causing Qinglian's inner fire to riot. By then, even if Queen Medusa was a strong person at the peak level of Dou Huang, There is no way to escape death, and with this mark, he can sense the location of Qinglian's inner fire at any time.

In addition, this mark will also make Qinglian's Earth Heart Fire have some affinity towards him, making it easier to conquer it in the future.

When Queen Medusa's aura completely disappeared from Xiao Yan's perception, Xiao Yan took out the beautiful green lotus. He looked at the eleven earth fire lotus seeds in the heart of the green lotus, and used He carefully picked out the jade daggers he had just calcined and put them into the jade bottle.

This kind of earth fire lotus seed is known as the essence of fire spirit, which contains extremely powerful fire energy. It takes a hundred years to condense a lotus seed. It is conceivable how terrible the energy contained in it is. This thing is of great benefit to the practitioners of fire attribute fighting spirit, and it is a very rare item even in Zhongzhou.

After putting away the Green Lotus Seat and the Earth Fire Lotus Seeds, Xiao Yan turned around, touched Qing Lin's head and said: "Qing Lin, I will practice here for a period of time. As for this period of time, you How about just helping me with something?"

"Please give me your instructions, Master."

Xiao Yan took out several scrolls and a letter from the Na Ring, put them into a blank Na Ring and handed it to Qing Lin, saying: "After I send you out later, you can take them with you." Go find a force called the Motie Mercenary Group and tell them that you are Xiao Yan's friend, and then you stay there for a while, and I will go find you after I finish practicing here."

"Okay." Although she was a little reluctant, Qinglin still nodded obediently. She waved to the two-headed fire spirit snake on the side, and the huge monster turned into a stream of light and swept into Qinglin. Seeing this scene in his sleeves, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh again at the magic of the green snake and three-flowered pupils.

With the protection of the two-headed fire spirit snake and the ring he gave, no one should be able to hurt Qinglin in Stone Desert City. Even if he encounters a Douwang-level existence, even if he cannot defeat him, he should still be able to escape. What's more, Xiao Yan also left a soul mark on Qing Lin. If something really happened, he would be able to sense it immediately.

Those scrolls are naturally the exercises and fighting skills he prepared for his two brothers. They are all at the high level of Xuan level. As for Hai Bodong's matter, he has been sealed for such a long time anyway. He will have to wait for a while. Time will not die either.

After sending Qing Lin out, Xiao Yan returned to the magma. However, although he wanted to practice in the magma, he did not jump in hastily. Before going down, he first covered all his clothes. He took it off, then took out a small jade bottle from the ring, poured out the red liquid in it, and applied it all on himself.

This red liquid is the burning blood refined by Yao Lao before. It can increase the induction and absorption speed of the surrounding fire energy, but there will be some pain in the process. However, after breaking through to Dou Wang, That kind of increase was somewhat negligible, and with Qing Lin around, it was not suitable to use this cultivation method anymore, so Xiao Yan stopped using it, but he still kept a few bottles in the ring for emergencies. .

After burning blood was applied all over his body, Xiao Yan summoned the Nine Nether Demonic Fire, wrapped his body, and then jumped into the magma, because the fire energy in the magma was far more powerful than that in the outside world, so The effect of burning blood is several times more powerful than before, but correspondingly, the pain is also amplified many times.

Xiao Yan sneaked into the place where he first discovered the Qinglian Earth Core Fire and stopped. This is the place where the fire attribute energy is the most concentrated in the entire magma. Compared with the outside world, the temperature of the magma here is probably dozens of times different. Because of this, Xiao Yan cannot stay here for long even with the protection of Nine Nether Illusion Demonic Fire.

And although the fire attribute energy here is powerful, it cannot be absorbed directly because the energy inside is too violent. If it is absorbed rashly, it will cause irreparable damage to one's own meridians, and if too much is absorbed, it will accumulate in the body. This is a terrible fire poison. If the fire poison accumulates too much, it will not only affect his character, but even Xiao Yan himself will be killed by the backlash.

However, coming down this time was different from last time. He looked at the green lava around him and took out the green lotus seat he had obtained earlier from the ring. This green lotus seat had been tempered by the fire of the earth for more than a thousand years. , has the effect of automatically refining the energy of heaven and earth. The surrounding violent energy was refined as soon as it entered the Green Lotus Seat. All the violent factors were removed, and the remaining energy was the purest fire attribute energy.

Only one-third of this pure fire energy was absorbed by Xiao Yan, while the remaining two-thirds shuttled through his body, passing by with the flow of pure energy. His bones and flesh seemed to have become a little tougher, but what followed was a burning pain that seemed to have burned all his internal organs.

This is a kind of practice called fire-tempering, which is very helpful for the improvement of the physical body. However, it is also very dangerous. In addition to the extremely painful process, if your body cannot withstand this kind of fire, The physical body may break apart due to the impact of attribute energy. Therefore, very few people choose this method to temper the physical body.

But for Xiao Yan, these are commonplace. If there is a Palace of Hell in Dou Qi Continent, based on his behavior in his previous life, his name must be flashing in the book of life and death...

Chapter 78: Successful Cultivation

In the vast world of magma, there is no breath of life. There is only dead silence and undercurrents of magma that suddenly erupt from somewhere. At the bottom of the magma, a blue lotus is gently swaying in the magma, emitting... There is a faint light, and sitting cross-legged in the center of this lotus is Xiao Yan, who is practicing in seclusion here.

Although there is no concept of time in magma, Xiao Yan can still vaguely perceive that nearly three months have passed since he entered the magma to practice. During this period, Xiao Yan, in addition to In addition to taking out the burning blood for external application, he has been soaking in the hot magma, using the violent fire energy in it to cultivate the little glazed golden body.

However, even Xiao Yan did not expect that even in the deepest part of the magma, with the help of so many external objects, it would still be so difficult to cultivate the Little Glazed Golden Body. But in fact, this is also normal. After all, the earth-level fighting skills themselves It is much more difficult to practice than ordinary Xuan-level fighting skills, and the body-refining fighting skill itself is the most difficult to practice among all fighting skills.

What's more, the predecessor of Xiao Liuli Golden Body is a heaven-level fighting skill. Although Xiao Yan simplified it into an earth-level fighting skill, it is still much more difficult to practice than ordinary earth-level fighting skills. If it weren't for Xiao Yan's rich experience in his previous life, I'm afraid that even if a strong Dou Huang master obtained the cultivation method of Xiao Liuli Golden Body, he would not be able to cultivate it successfully.

As time went by, the red liquid on Xiao Yan's body gradually became thinner, but this time, he did not take out the burning blood and apply it on his body. Along with a bright golden light, he fell silent. Xiao Yan finally opened his eyes after three months. There seemed to be a golden light flashing through his black eyes, which looked quite strange.

"Little glazed golden body, appear!" Following a shout, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst out from Xiao Yan's body. This layer of golden light was quite dazzling. If it were outside, it would probably scare the entire Shimo City. can be seen clearly.

The golden light on his body did not last long, and quickly converged, finally forming a faint golden light on his surface. It was that golden light that made him even without relying on the protection of the Nine Nether Magic Fire. Can survive in magma unscathed.

Feeling the surging power in his body, Xiao Yan couldn't help but grin. After three months of hard training, coupled with the assistance of the Green Lotus Seat and Burning Blood, he finally cultivated the Xiao Liuli Golden Body to Xiao Cheng's level. At the point where he is now, even with this physical body alone, he is enough to compete with the powerful Dou Huang. If he uses methods such as the Three Mysterious Transformations of Sky Fire, he will be able to fight even against the powerful Dou Zong!

Moreover, his improvement in the magma was not limited to his physical body. During these three months of training, in addition to using fire energy to temper his physical body, he also used part of his energy for training. At this moment, his body His fighting spirit is several times more powerful than three months ago. Now he should be at the peak level of the five-star fighting king. It won't be long before he can successfully break through to the six-star fighting king.

In about three months, he broke through from the three-star Douwang to the peak of the five-star Douwang. This speed of cultivation can only be described as scary. If the so-called top ten strong men in the Jiama Empire knew about it, I'm afraid there would be some confusion. It was jaw-dropping. After all, at this stage of their training, if they wanted to improve their level by one star, they would have to work hard for several years, but Xiao Yan could easily complete it in just a few months. Such talent is really amazing. .

"It's time to go out..." Xiao Yan looked at the surrounding environment and felt a little pity in his heart. The fire attribute energy here is too strong, which is very suitable for him to practice. If he can continue to practice here, he will definitely It will greatly shorten the time for him to break through the Dou Huang. Unfortunately, he still has many things to do and cannot stay here for long.

Although if he continues to retreat now, he should be able to break through the six-star realm soon, but Xiao Yan knows that cultivation should be relaxed and relaxed, and blindly pursuing cultivation may sometimes lead to obsession. Therefore, , he did not continue to retreat.

And he also knows very well that if he continues to practice here, he will never stop practicing after breaking through the six stars. This is natural, but he has other things to do, and he can't stay here anymore. Went down.

Just when Xiao Yan was about to return home, he noticed the undercurrents deep in the magma. These undercurrents were so hidden that even he couldn't sense where they erupted from. They were also extremely fast and caught him off guard. Under this, even the strong Dou Wang might suffer heavy losses. If this attack method is used in attacks...

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan took a deep breath. As his strength improved, the fighting skill of Baji Beng was gradually unable to meet his needs. Like in the previous battle with Queen Medusa, Baji Beng had no effect. , this is because the level of Baji Beng is not too high.