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Chapter 155 Trip to the Lava Mountain

"Junior Brother Xu, are you free now?" a disciple called out from outside.

Xu Xiaoli applied the ointment to the injured disciple's hands before straightening up and replying, "Coming, coming."

Xu Xiaoli has never stopped working since he arrived at Baicao Valley.

In this sect competition, the disciples of Hundred Herbs Valley suffered heavy casualties. Even though the Azure Cloud Sect provided many pills and herbs as compensation, some disciples were too badly injured to recover in a short time.

After leading his disciples back to the Hundred Herbs Valley, Tang Zhang, the sect leader, swiftly began treating the seriously injured disciples.

His two direct disciples, Qiao Qingzi and Lin Xi, were seriously injured in the sect competition. Only Xu Xiaoli could still run and jump, so he was forced to take on the responsibility of treating the seriously injured disciples.

Xu Xiaoli hadn't rested for a day and a night; he had been healing the disciples of the sect.

The good thing is that within a day, the entire sect knew that a junior brother with superb medical skills had arrived. Of course, this ignores the fact that Xu Xiaoli's legs were sore from running.

Xu Xiaoli poured the prepared medicine into a bowl and placed it next to one of his disciples, instructing him to drink it after it cooled down. Then, he left the room.

Approaching them was a tall inner disciple. Although he was two heads taller than Xu Xiaoli, he still respectfully greeted him, "Junior Brother Xu."

Xu Xiaoli gave a sincere smile and said, "Senior Brother Qian, is there something you need?"

Senior Brother Qian was sweating profusely; it was obvious he had run over.

He said directly, "It's bad, Junior Brother Xu. Senior Sister's old poison has flared up again. Master went to Qingyun Sect to discuss matters concerning demonic cultivators and won't be back for the time being. Could you go and see Senior Sister?"

Xu Xiaoli immediately took out his flying artifact, jumped on it, and nodded, saying, "Senior Brother Qian, let's go. Senior Sister's health is the most important thing, so of course I have to go and help her suppress the poison."

"Hmm." Senior Brother Qian boarded the flying magic weapon, and the two arrived at Qiao Qingzi's residence.

Xu Xiaoli opened the door and went in. He smelled a strange, alluring fragrance in the air. He immediately recognized it as the scent of an antidote flower, which could suppress the toxins in Qiao Qingzi's body, but the effect would not last long.

"Senior Brother Qian, please wait for me at the door. If anyone looks for me, please explain why," Xu Xiaoli said earnestly.

Senior Brother Qian stood obediently at the door, and Xu Xiaoli closed the door.

Xu Xiaoli stepped into the room and discovered that apart from a few common herbs, all the other spiritual herbs on display were poisonous, and some of them were even of very high grade, costing tens of thousands of high-grade spirit stones each.

Xu Xiaoli frowned, inexplicably a little angry.

Qiao Qingzi was already suffering from severe poisoning, and having to be accompanied by poisonous plants only exacerbated the poisoning in her body.

Xu Xiaoli came to the bedside, sealed Qiao Qingzi's acupoints with silver needles, suppressed the poison with an eighth-grade antidote herb, and finally put talismans on Qiao Qingzi's body and set up an array to suppress the poison to the lowest level.

As long as Qiao Qingzi doesn't use her source power, the poison won't take effect. Qiao Qingzi is a medical cultivator; how could she possibly use her source power? No, she's also a poison cultivator; if she ever uses her source power in battle, she'll be finished.

Xu Xiaoli rested his chin on his hand in distress. He took out some herbs and a medicine pot and found a corner to decoct the medicine.

After the medicine was decocted, Xu Xiaoli placed it next to Qiao Qingzi, but accidentally knocked something off the table. A note fluttered down, and Xu Xiaoli picked it up and read, "Three more poisonous herbs left, then it's ready." The rest of the words were crossed out.

Xu Xiaoli glanced at Qiao Qingzi with a strange expression, then put the medicine away and headed towards the door.

But he accidentally bumped into a row of books next to the bed.

Xu Xiaoli hurriedly picked up the books; they were all about herbs and poisons. He curiously opened one, then immediately closed it.

Because this book isn't a record of medicinal herbs at all; its contents are actually about the love affairs of sect disciples.

Xu Xiaoli looked through the other books and found that they were all storybooks with their covers changed!

He put the book away, lowered his head, and left the room.

Lava mountain.

Xie Wan Ning was sweating profusely from the heat. She had applied cooling talismans and taken three cooling pills, but they did nothing to ward off the intense heat.

Qin Muyang was standing next to her.

Qin Muyang fanned himself so hard that he could barely see, and a weak breeze blew towards Xie Wanning, trying to reduce the heat on her.

"Qin Muyang, are you sure the Eternal Red Lotus is here? It's so hot!" Xie Wanning tied her hair up with a hairband to cool down the back of her neck.

“Wan Ning, the news is correct. Someone did see the Ten-Thousand-Year Red Lotus in Lava Mountain, but that happened ten years ago. In the past ten years, people have come to search for the Red Lotus without success, which means that the Red Lotus is still in this mountain.” Qin Muyang loosened his collar, unconsciously revealing his collarbone.

Xie Wanning saw this, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she felt even hotter.

"Ahem, let's get to the top of the mountain first." Xie Wanning coughed lightly and turned to look at the mountaintop.

She took out a flying artifact and simultaneously deployed an ice barrier around them. The two of them stayed inside the flying artifact and flew to the mountaintop.

Along the way, all they saw was that the entire mountain was submerged in lava, and there were no spirit beasts or spirit plants at all.

The two of them walked around the mountain, but they couldn't find the red lotus.

Xie Wanning looked at the mountaintop where lava was gushing out, and sighed, rubbing her forehead: "It seems the only possibility is inside the lava."

This is a lava mountain; lava can erode everything, making it impossible to touch anything.

"Legend has it that there is a Lava Heart in the Lava Mountain, which is the source of all the magma. If we get the Lava Heart, can we move all this scorching magma away?"

"How do we get the Heart of Lava? With our hands? What can withstand such strong magma?" Xie Wanning complained listlessly, squinting as she stared at the magma in a daze.

“Wan Ning, you are a phoenix. In legends, isn’t the phoenix born from fire? You must have a special connection with this magma,” Qin Muyang speculated.

"Qin Muyang, I am also a physical body. If I jump into the lava, I will be reduced to ashes. Even if I am resurrected, it will be an indefinite resurrection. How can it be related to the lava?" Xie Wanning laughed in anger. She pointed to herself and then to the lava below, waving her hands repeatedly.

"If it were water, it would disappear when heated by fire. This lava looks just like hot water," Qin Muyang muttered to himself, twirling his fan.

Water is afraid of fire, and fire is afraid of water, so what is magma afraid of? If magma is hot water, then ice can certainly cool it down.

Xie Wanning suddenly jumped up, picked up the Luoze Sword and slashed at the lava, causing the lava to splash up instantly.

"Qin Muyang, I have a plan. I'll use ice to protect my body before entering the lava, and then I'll retrieve the Heart of Lava," Xie Wanning said confidently, patting her chest.

Qin Muyang's eyes lit up, and he smiled, "That's indeed a good idea."

He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then asked with slight worry, "But the lava mountain is extremely high. If you want to get the Lava Heart, you have to dive deep into it. It will cost you a lot of spiritual energy to go back and forth. I don't know if you can hold out until you reach the exit?"

Xie Wanning nodded in agreement, then smiled with relief, "It's alright, we have teleportation talismans. If I can't get out, I can use the talisman to teleport out."

"Okay. Just to be on the safe side, here's a hook made of ten-thousand-year-old black iron. Tie it to yourself first. If there's any danger, I'll pull you up." Qin Muyang took out the hook and tied it to Xie Wanning.

The two were very close and could hear each other's breathing. Xie Wanning blushed with embarrassment, and Qin Muyang's earlobes were as red as berries.

"Ahem! That's enough. I'm going down now." Xie Wanning waved her hand and jumped off the flying artifact.

A few seconds before she touched the lava, a thick ice barrier appeared around her, allowing her to enter the lava directly.

Qin Muyang gripped the iron chain tightly and shouted, "Be careful! I'm here for you!"

Wan Ning, you must come back safely!