Chapter 4: The Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire is in Hand

As for helping Hai Bodong recover his fighting spirit? Sorry, Jiang Xing said that he was here to rob things, not to exchange them. 

Seeing that both of them were walking in the air, Hai Bodong was shocked but at the same time grateful for his cleverness. With two Dou Zongs, even the entire Jia Ma Empire can't find a rival. How could he, a Dou Ling Spirit, offend someone like them? Even before he was sealed, he was probably just an ant in the eyes of others.

The strange fire was not far from Graphite City. Ji Feng and I came to the eastern part of Graphite City and, with the help of Hai Bodong's map, found the location of the strange fire. Jiang Xing bombarded a pile of yellow sand right in front of him, and the sand pile sank, revealing a hole. The entrance of the cave was more than two meters wide. It was pitch black inside, and a faint heat could be felt rising from the cave. This hole was obviously dug by humans. Could it be that we arrived too late and Medusa had taken away the strange fire?

A yellow flame rose from his hand, and he used his fighting spirit to control the flame and attach it to the wall of the cave, making the originally dark passage brighter. Walking into the cave, as he went deeper, Jiang Xing felt the heat around him becoming more and more intense. The two of them did not stop and soon reached the end. What caught their eye was a large area of magma, steaming.

Jiang Xing's strength had already reached that of a Dou Zong, and he also had fire attributes, so naturally, he would not be hurt by the magma. Not to mention Ji Feng, the five-star Dou Zun, who could soak in the magma like taking a bath. The two entered the magma. Jiang Xing sensed it and headed towards the direction where the fire attribute was the strongest. When approaching the bottom of the magma, Jiang Xing also sensed the two-headed fire snake.

He was a little confused as to why the two-headed fire snake didn't come to attack him like in the original book. If the two-headed fire snake could hear Jiang Xing's inner voice and could speak, it would definitely answer: The original author attacked Xiao Yan because he was weak, and now you have one Dou Zong and one Dou Zun. That's right, I have many heads, but I'm not stubborn. Let alone attacking you, as long as I show the slightest intention of attacking you, I'm afraid that even if I have nine heads, you won't be able to chop them off...

Since the two-headed fire snake did not attack actively, Jiang Xing had no interest in playing with this little Karami. When he arrived at the bottom of the magma, Jiang Xing felt that the fire attribute became more intense and violent. Glancing around, he saw a lotus platform in the distance. A ball of green flame was burning on the lotus platform, and violent fire energy was emanating from this flame. Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire, ranked nineteenth among the different fires, was the first different fire that Xiao Yan subdued in the original novel.

There was a piece of burnt snake scale next to the lotus platform. Judging from its color and aura, it was obviously not from the two-headed fire snake. It could only belong to Queen Medusa. Looking at the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire, Jiang Xing was a little confused. Queen Medusa is here now, but she just leaves the strange fire here and doesn't take it with her?

Jiang Xing, who couldn't figure it out, stopped thinking about it. He was not a stubborn person, and it was wrong to always waste his energy. Jiang Xing used a jade dagger to cut off the roots of the lotus pedestal and put them into a special container. Although these fire lotus seeds and lotus platform are of no use to Jiang Xing now, they were of great help to Xiao Yan in the early stages. Therefore, Jiang Xing definitely couldn't keep them for Xiao Yan and put them all into his storage ring.

Now that we have obtained the Blue Lotus Earth Core Fire, let's go meet Medusa next. When leaving the magma, Jiang Xing felt the Dou Ling-level two-headed fire snake again, which reminded him of Qing Lin who had the green snake's three-flower pupil. The Green Snake's Three-Flower Pupil can be said to be the nemesis of all snake-shaped monsters. Except for a very small number of snake-shaped monsters with pure ancient blood, they can be forcibly controlled. When the Green Snake's Three-Flower Pupil matures, its eyes will form a space of their own, where controlled things can be stored and the strength of living things can be slowly absorbed. It can be said that as long as there are enough snake beasts for her to control, breaking through to the Douluo level is only a matter of time.

In the original novel, Qing Lin's strength was raised from a less than fighter to a beginner Dou Zun in less than ten years. After refining the Nine-Headed Sky Snake Soul, she broke through to a six-star Dou Zun. In the two years after the Pure Lotus Demon Fire was born, Qing Lin's cultivation level broke through to a one-star Dou Sheng. Jiang Xing believed that if she were allowed to capture more and stronger snake monsters, her strength would improve faster. Jiang Xing could not let go of such an incredible talent. He originally wanted to go directly to the Snake People, but immediately changed his mind and flew towards Graphite City.

After arriving in Graphite City, he asked passers-by about the location of the Motie Mercenary Group. Jiang Xing and Ji Feng walked in the direction pointed by the passerby and soon arrived at the headquarters of the Motie Mercenary Group. This is a courtyard of considerable size. Above the courtyard, a flag flutters in the wind, with the words "Motie Mercenary Group" written in large letters on the flag. Outside the compound, there were several sturdy men standing guard with weapons in hand.

Seeing Jiang Xing and Ji Feng standing at the gate of the Motie Mercenary Group, a big man shouted. "This is the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. No outsiders are allowed to approach."

Jiang Xing didn't want to play the pig and eat the tiger game with these guards, so he controlled his fighting spirit and pressed directly towards those guards. The big men only felt a suffocating pressure acting on them. Several big men were horrified. Such strength was at least at the Dou Ling level. They wanted to beg for mercy, but the pressure made them unable to move at all. So Jiang Xing walked towards the yard under the gaze of these big men.

It was not until Jiang Xing arrived in the yard that the big men felt the pressure on them completely disappear. The big men did not dare to delay and hurried to inform the team leader. After entering the courtyard, Jiang Xing spread out his soul power, covering the entire courtyard. After a while, Jiang Xing came to the side yard and saw a petite little girl in elegant light green clothes. She was sitting on a small stool washing clothes. 

Looking closely at her exposed wrist, there was an area of green snake scales abruptly growing on her fair skin. At this time, the little girl's rolled-up sleeves drooped down. She stood up and rolled them up, and saw two strangers standing in front of her. Moreover, the two strangers were staring at her arms, and Qinglin immediately put down her sleeves that she had just rolled up in panic.

Even though her sleeves had already covered the green snake scales, the little girl still tried hard to pull her sleeves down, her small body shaking constantly. "I was just washing clothes, so I rolled up my sleeves. Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

A timid voice came out from the little girl's mouth, and Jiang Xing even heard a hint of crying in it. Looking at Qinglin's timid appearance, like a frightened little rabbit, Jiang Xing couldn't help feeling a little pity in his heart. Qinglin was born from the relationship between Qinglin's mother and a snake man. Both humans and snake people regard it as a curse.

From birth till now, she has been growing up under people's contempt and ridicule, which is why she is particularly inferior. Jiang Xing slowly came to Qinglin's side and asked softly. "Your name is Qinglin?"

Hearing this person calling her name, Qinglin raised her head timidly and saw Jiang Xing's face. This face has a pair of deep brown eyes, which reveal a softness, and a friendly smile on the handsome face. She did not feel any disgust or disdain from this person, but instead felt an unprecedented warmth."