Chapter 35: Obtained

Wei Yang retreated, looking at the slender stalks remaining in place.

"I'll take the Green Lotus, but leave the stalks here, leaving a trace of life. Perhaps in a thousand years, another Green Lotus Geocentric Flame will be born here..."

The Heavenly Flames, except for the top three on the Flame Ranking, are not unique.

Wei Yang took out a small jade bottle and carefully collected the eleven lotus seeds from the lotus platform, storing them safely.

Next, he took out a specially prepared blank storage ring, with an internal space of about ten square meters and a height equivalent to one floor.

The internal space looked like the size of a room.

He placed the Green Lotus into this ring.

Normally, an exploding Heavenly Flame could burn the storage space to nothingness.

However, the Green Lotus Geocentric Flame resting on this lotus platform was very quiet, showing no resistance.

Clearly, although this Green Lotus Geocentric Flame had a trace of spirituality, it was not highly sentient, only instinctive.

Otherwise, it would have resisted when Wei Yang picked the Green Lotus.

After finishing all this, Wei Yang put away the ring and sighed deeply.

His mind was finally relaxed.

After all this effort, he finally got the Green Lotus Geocentric Flame.

Well, to Wei Yang, the lotus seeds were the most important, and he finally got them.

Honestly, if he were destined to devour only one type of Heavenly Flame, the Green Lotus Geocentric Flame wouldn't satisfy him.

If he had other choices, he would definitely choose to refine a higher-ranked or more suitable Heavenly Flame.

The Green Lotus Geocentric Flame was just a backup option for him at the moment.

Therefore, Wei Yang wasn't in a hurry to refine it.

His fingers unconsciously stroked the ring on his index finger.

Inside was a map obtained from a fortuitous encounter in a cave, marking a route deep into the Endless Sand Sea.

The final destination seemed to have another unknown Heavenly Flame.

Wei Yang shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He would explore it when he became stronger.

After all, venturing deep into the Endless Sand Sea, an absolute life-forbidden zone, needed careful consideration.

He stretched his body slowly and looked around. With the disappearance of the Green Lotus, the green light that once enveloped the area was gradually fading.

Wei Yang turned his head to look at the two-headed Fire Spirit Snake waiting nearby. On it stood a graceful figure in white, smiling and waiting for him.

Wei Yang smiled, moved, and flew towards her.

...

In the silent world of magma.

Occasionally, a bubble would pop, releasing grayish-white ash.

Suddenly.

A massive two-headed snake emerged from the magma, and on one of its heads stood two figures, one black and one white.

The snake carried them slowly to the shore, its head reaching the platform edge and stopping.

Wei Yang, holding Ye Xian'er, lightly leaped onto the temporarily created platform.

"Congratulations, Brother Yang, after so much work, you finally got what you wanted!" Xian'er cheerfully congratulated.

"Haha." Wei Yang smiled broadly, very pleased with the success of this trip.

In high spirits, he lowered his head and gently kissed Xian'er's rosy lips.

"Ah." Surprised by the sudden attack, Xian'er let out a soft gasp, her cheeks turning red as she buried her head in his chest, playfully scolding him, shy yet happy.

Wei Yang affectionately stroked her long hair, his eyes slightly unfocused, realizing unconsciously that Xian'er was almost fifteen years old now.

A sense of accomplishment in nurturing her rose within him.

Then Wei Yang smiled and turned his head to look at the two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, which had its head stretched out with a look of expectation in its eyes, and said with a smile, "Thanks for your help this time. Don't worry, I keep my word."

Anyway, it was just a fourth-tier magical beast, and Wei Yang had no other thoughts.

A fourth-tier peak beast flame would be sufficient for him to practice with for now.

The two-headed Fire Spirit Snake hesitated, clearly reluctant to separate two sub-flames from its original beast flame, which would damage its essence.

"What's wrong?" Wei Yang raised an eyebrow, "Unwilling?"

The loss of this bit of essence could be recovered by soaking in the magma for a year or so, yet it hesitated?

Is it underestimating my kindness?

Xian'er also turned around, her beautiful eyes glaring at it.

The two-headed Fire Spirit Snake trembled, its scales prickling in fear despite not having fur.

It felt aggrieved, almost wanting to cry. Ever since meeting these two humans, its luck seemed utterly miserable.

Living peacefully in the underground magma lake, carefree and content, but ever since these two villains arrived, they bullied it...

It's hard to put into words.

Isn't this true misfortune?

It reluctantly wriggled its body, opened its two large mouths, and released two dark red flames, each the size of a palm.

These were the sub-flames separated from its original beast flame.

After dividing these two sub-flames, its aura weakened noticeably.

Already injured, its situation further deteriorated.

Wei Yang gave it a look that said it was wise to comply, and took out two jade bottles, sealing the flames inside.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he withdrew the restriction planted in its soul.

This restriction was merely something Wei Yang forcibly placed with his strong soul power, simple and straightforward, easy to withdraw with a thought.

Ye Xian'er reached out and drew a grayish-white stream from the two-headed Fire Spirit Snake's heart, storing it away.

"Alright, you may go," Wei Yang cheerfully waved at it, "We might stay here for a while. Feel free to visit us."

The two-headed Fire Spirit Snake immediately dove into the magma and quickly vanished, even its aura gradually disappearing.

Clearly, it had retreated deep into the magma, unwilling to see Wei Yang and Xian'er again.

"Hehe." Ye Xian'er giggled, her eyes flashing with mischief, like a girl who had successfully pulled a prank.

Wei Yang also shook his head with a smile, seemingly having tormented it quite a bit before.

He handed Xian'er the jade bottle containing the beast flame of the two-headed Fire Spirit Snake.

Wei Yang smiled and said, "This is a sub-flame from its body, decent in power, the Molten Core Flame. You can refine one to play with, add some attack methods."

"Okay." Xian'er blinked her eyes, taking the jade bottle with interest.

Unexpectedly, a poison wielder like her would one day play with fire.

Her battle qi had fully transformed into fire poison battle qi, now possessing fire and poison attributes.

Refining a fourth-tier peak beast flame would naturally be no problem.

"Don't be too happy yet, there's more." Wei Yang's lips curled into a mysterious smile, taking out the jade bottle with lotus seeds and handing her one glowing with a green light.

"This is one of the lotus seeds from that Green Lotus?" Xian'er curiously took the lotus seed, feeling the immense and pure fire energy contained within it, despite its fingernail-sized, jade-like appearance.

"Yes. The lotus seeds contain vast and pure energy. You're not at a level to consume them directly. It's best to hold them and absorb slowly, then swallow and refine them when the energy diminishes."

Wei Yang smiled and said, "These are incredibly rare treasures, the companion lotus seeds of the Green Lotus Geocentric Flame. Didn't you always dream of becoming an alchemist?"

"Now that you have the fire attribute, adding a trace of wood attribute might not make it completely impossible."

"Brother Yang, you mean!" Xian'er's body trembled as she held the lotus seed tightly, her eyes widening in disbelief.

"The Green Lotus Geocentric Flame... just by the name, it's a fire containing wood attributes!"

Wei Yang blinked, "And these companion lotus seeds contain vast pure fire energy, and exceedingly pure wood energy, if consumed and refined..."

(End of the chapter)