usatvline Chapter 180 - 152: Fire Element Spiritual Materials (Part 2)
Chapter 180 - 152: Fire Element Spiritual Materials (Part 2)
’With Jinbao, a Divinity Transformation Descendant, I’m not even interested in some Golden Core Demon Beast cub. Besides, my main goal is just to dig up some Spiritual Material Ores here in the Earth Cave Fire Domain.’
"Senior Sister Situ, you must be joking. I have no interest in venturing into a Golden Core Demon Beast’s territory. Why don’t we just search around on the third level underground?"
"Just within the third underground level? Are you that timid, Junior Brother Fang? Haha."
Situ Jingyu turned and laughed. As her body shook, her powerful chest muscles looked even more exaggerated.
After laughing for a moment, Situ Jingyu finally said,
"I’m just teasing you. I know all the Golden Core Demon Beasts on the lowest levels of the Earth Cave Fire Domain. A Golden Core Stage demon beast’s intelligence is on par with an ordinary person’s; they just lack experience, which makes them seem naive. Our Beast Taming Sect specializes in dealing with demon beasts. We’ve already ’had a word’ with the few Golden Core Demon Beasts down in the caves."
Hearing Situ Jingyu say this, Fang Qingyuan realized that this seemingly straightforward Senior Sister actually had a mischievous streak. ’So she’s not all brawn and no brains,’ he thought. ’But this means I’ll have to figure out a way to get her off my back so I can get on with my own business.’
After Situ Jingyu led him through a few twists and turns, they arrived in a massive cavern. In the very center was a pool of lava several dozen feet square, glowing fiery red and bubbling, GURGLE GURGLE.
Situ Jingyu walked forward and said to Fang Qingyuan behind her,
"This is the entrance to the next level. Let’s head down quickly, Junior Brother."
Fang Qingyuan looked at the fiercely blazing lava, a troubled expression on his face as he asked,
"This is it? Aren’t there any other passages? How deep is it under this lava?"
Fang Qingyuan wasn’t afraid of entering the lava, but if it was bottomless, he’d be in it for a long time. He wouldn’t dare extend his Divine Sense outside his body, which meant he risked getting lost deep within the lava. If that happened and his Spiritual Power was depleted, he would be truly finished.
"There are other passages, but this one is the closest and most convenient. It’s only a few thousand feet. Don’t hesitate, Junior Brother. Come on."
After speaking, a red Spiritual Light appeared around Situ Jingyu’s body. The light enveloped her hair and clothes before she decisively turned and leaped into the lava pool. Only her head remained above the surface as she looked at Fang Qingyuan.
The lava, thousands of degrees hot, seemed like a tub of warm bathwater to Situ Jingyu. Far from being in pain, she looked quite comfortable.
Seeing Situ Jingyu urging him on, an idea struck Fang Qingyuan. He stomped his foot, sensing the thick layer of earth and rock below, and then said,
"I have my own way, Senior Sister. Just watch this."
With that, Fang Qingyuan grabbed Jinbao and cast the *Vertical Golden Light Divine Movement Technique*. Ever since obtaining this Vertical Earth Technique, he had regarded it as a life-saving skill and practiced it diligently. A single use could now let him burrow more than three hundred feet deep into the ground.
Seeing the familiar, blurry distortion appear on the ground, Fang Qingyuan gave Situ Jingyu a confident smile and plunged headfirst into it with Jinbao. However, after burrowing only a few meters deep, he discovered a faintly shimmering Array that blocked the effect of his Vertical Earth Technique.
No matter where Fang Qingyuan tried, he couldn’t burrow downward. A moment later, he emerged looking completely disheveled, only to be met by another peal of laughter from Situ Jingyu.
"I forgot to tell you. The ground here is covered by an Array that prohibits burrowing. It’s to prevent the demon beasts below from breaking through the earth and causing trouble up here."
Hearing this explanation, Fang Qingyuan’s face darkened, but he quickly composed himself. He walked over to Situ Jingyu’s side, summoned a Protective Magical Artifact to shield himself and Jinbao, and stepped into the lava pool.
"Stay close. If you’re scared, Junior Brother, you can hold my hand."
Fang Qingyuan didn’t refuse Situ Jingyu’s kind offer and immediately took her hand.
When Fang Qingyuan took her hand, a faint blush crept onto Situ Jingyu’s face, but no one could see it in the reflected glow of the lava.
Situ Jingyu pulled Fang Qingyuan along, diving deep into the lava in one swift motion. Seeing himself completely submerged, Fang Qingyuan took out a Top-grade Spirit Stone from within his Spiritual Power Shield and held it in his palm, just in case.
A dozen or so breaths later, with a SPLASH, Situ Jingyu’s figure leaped out of a lava pool in another cavern. She then let out a sudden cry of surprise and said to Fang Qingyuan,
"Whoa, a Top-grade Spirit Stone! I haven’t touched one in so long! Junior Brother, can I see it?"
When Fang Qingyuan came to his senses, he saw Situ Jingyu staring lovingly at the Top-grade Spirit Stone in his hand. He didn’t hesitate and handed the Spirit Stone directly to her.
Situ Jingyu took the Fire Element Top-grade Spirit Stone and stroked it greedily for a long time before reluctantly returning it to Fang Qingyuan. Only after he had put the Spirit Stone away in his storage bag, out of her sight, did she seem to regain her composure.
"Ahem, this is the second level underground. Do you feel that the Fire Spiritual Power here is a bit denser than on the level above, Junior Brother? That’s because the closer you get to the core of the earth, the stronger the Spiritual Power that seeps out."
Hearing this, Fang Qingyuan grew curious. The concentration of Spiritual Power he could sense now was already comparable to an external Tier Two Lower Grade Spiritual Land. ’This is only the second level underground,’ he thought. ’If we get to the tenth level, how strong will the Spiritual Power be?’