Chapter 796: Under the Volcano
Unless Nefa beca the new Dragon of Destruction, Tutankhamun would still pose a threat to Nefa, making him fear stepping into Anril. Although the strength of the two brothers was on par, Lin Li could more or less guess that Tutankhamun had so ans that intimidated Nefa. At the thought of that, Lin Li nodded and agreed to Nefa’s request to limit the restraint of the Soul Oath to the realm that they were in.
After the Soul Oaths of both took effect, Lin Li imdiately set off to the bottom of the volcano because he didn’t want to stay there any longer. The Minotaurs and other prehistoric magical beasts around him imdiately moved aside for Lin Li, and even though the human sll of Lin Li’s body made them salivate, they had no choice but to let Lin Li saunter away, for they dared not act recklessly.
Although the volcano was rather tall, Lin Li didn’t use the Power of Flight, because he didn’t know what he might encounter. Instead, he walked all the way down the mountain. Lin Li could not estimate the height of the volcano, and he only knew that the top of the volcano could not be seen, and he had yet to reach the bottom. Along the way, he saw plenty of bare stones, and almost every part looked the sa. The land was barren, and there were no signs of life at all. The only thing that Lin Li found to be different was the rising temperature in the surroundings that seed to increase as he made his way down.
After walking for a long ti, the surrounding environnt finally changed, and the stones on the ground had also beco dark red, while the temperature beca warr. It felt like a piece of tal that had just been taken out of the furnace, making it impossible for anyone to stand on top of it. Although Lin Li was able to withstand the high temperature, he still had to use his Power of Flight to leave the surface of the ground. At the sa ti, he also clearly felt that the density of the surrounding fire elent had reached a rather intimidating extent.
Although Lin Li had yet to encounter any obstacles so far, he still didn’t let his guard down. Even though he was flying, he was still maintaining a slow speed. At the sa ti, Lin Li was continuously scanning his surroundings, while his ntal strength absorbed everything that was beyond his field of vision.
In fact, Lin Li had seen such an environnt before, but with more fire elent. Examples included the nests of the Salamander and the Crimson Python, as well as the cave that the Crimson Dragon was imprisoned in the underground palace of the Dragon Mountains. However, that was also why Lin Li was more careful and paid more attention to everything around him. If nothing went wrong, there would usually be extrely valuable things around in such places where magical elents were extrely strong. The environnt of this world had been existing for thousands of years, and even the most common stones on the ground would soon beco fire elent gemstones, what more those that were spiritual in the first place.
As the fiery red in Lin Li’s field of vision grew more intense, Lin Li suddenly paused while advancing forward, and a look of joy appeared on his face. He then turned around and flew away to the left. Soon, Lin Li found dozens of stalks of grass that seed to be made of red crystals. They had an ordinary appearance, and if it weren’t for the fact that they were of the sa color as flas and were glistening, they would probably be no different from the weeds in Anril.
It was called the Fire Crystal Grass, and was actually not very valuable. Even the ones of highest quality were not rare in Anril. However, the ergence of the Fire Crystal Grass had confird Lin Li’s conjecture—since the Fire Crystal Grass could be found there, there might be other fire elent herbs too. To Lin Li, the Fire Crystal Grass was not just a kind of herb, but also a sign of life in the barren world.
Of course, with plants around, there would definitely be animals too. Since the Fire Crystal Grass had appeared, there would also be fire elental magical beasts. Besides, given the environnt of this world where fire elent was rampant, the fire elent magical beasts would definitely be extrely strong as well. Hence, while Lin Li was feeling happy about the discovery of the Fire Crystal Grass, he was also a little more vigilant and cautious.
Although the value of the Fire Crystal Grass was not very high, it still wasn’t easy to obtain outside Anril. Although the Tower of Dusk had access to the largest source of herbs in the Elven Kingdom, the Elven Kingdom could not produce such herbs that would only grow in harsh environnts. Besides, herbs with such extre attributes were usually the culprits of the failures in potion concoction.
However, Lin Li was a genuine pharmaceutics Guru in Anril, and he could put the common tricolored flower to amazing uses, what more the Fire Crystal Grass. During the preparation of most potions alone, so Fire Crystal Grass powder would catalyze the reactions of the potions significantly as long as the right amount was added. Of course, if the amount added was not suitable, the pharmacist would end up failing, and an explosion would probably be inevitable too.
Hence, Lin Li did not let go of this opportunity to make money, and soon put dozens of Fire Crystal Grass’ stalks into the Ring of Endless Storm. Generally speaking, when collecting herbs, one ought to leave so roots and seeds behind so as to allow them to keep growing. However, Lin Li reckoned that once he took away the branch of the Tree of Eternity, the environnt of this world would not be able to last for long. It would be pointless even if there were 10,000 seeds. Hence, he decided to take all of them away.
After harvesting so Fire Crystal Grass, Lin Li’s movent speed beca slower; it was rare for him to co to such places, and he had no idea if he would have the chance to co again. Even if he did, the environnt would have changed again. Lin Li was obviously not willing to miss out on any good things. Since he already knew how he could leave, he no longer had to worry about the sealing of the spaceti rift. Besides, the branch of the Tree of Eternity wouldn’t disappear, anyway.
There was no difference between day and night in this world, so Lin Li did not know how long he had been walking for. He only knew that the further he delved, the more he gained and stowed away in the Ring of Endless Storm. He had collected various fire-elent herbs of good quality, such as the Fire Crystal Grass, Fla Flower, and Lava Grass. As long as he saw them, he would never leave any behind.
In addition to herbs, there were also various magical tals like Fiery Iron, Lava Adamantine, and many others, which Lin Li looked out for too. However, Lin Li did not spend too much ti digging for them. After all, it was rather ti-consuming to dig up a vein, and Lin Li could at most afford to spend 10-14 days there, and not years. Hence, he rely picked the exposed ones that were of high purity, and placed them in the Ring of Endless Storm.
Finally, when intertwining lava rivers began to form on the ground, Lin Li discovered the most valuable thing he had ever seen—two black lotuses of excellent quality. Compared to the previous items that he had gained, which were dispensable, the black lotus brought him even more joy and euphoria. For pharmacists, the black lotuses were definitely a godsend, and a single petal was enough to make a pharmacist go mad. Pharmaceutics Gurus like Lin Li would definitely need black lotus for their formulas.
However, the conditions for growth of the black lotus were extrely harsh, and it would be impossible to grow them at all if there was sothing wrong. At the beginning, when Lin Li was still in the Endless World, he put up a notice for black lotus, and offered a handso reward to those who could find him so. He even activated the players of the entire world, but failed to get even a single petal. After coming to the world of Anril, Lin Li was fortunate enough to get so black lotus. However, even though he used the petals sparingly, he only had a few left.
The reason Lin Li had been searching carefully without missing any parts was mainly because he hoped to find so black lotus by fluke. After all, the environnt was rather rare. It was connected to the fire elental world, but Nefa was suppressing the fire Elental Power. Hence, it was not entirely engulfed by flas, allowing so ti for the herbs to grow. Although the fire elent herbs thrived in hot environnts, and the surroundings were full of strong fire elent, they also had their own thresholds. It was just like how humans could stuff themselves to death. For example, if Fire Crystal Grass was placed where the black lotus grew, it’d be burned to ashes imdiately, and in the real fire elent world, it would almost be impossible to find any black lotus.
Although Lin Li now wished that he could keep the black lotus in his pocket imdiately, he did not do so, because there was a Crimson Python with huge red wings not far away from the two black lotus plants. It was staring at Lin Li, the uninvited guest, nacingly. Lin Li had seen it before, and knew that it had fire attribute.
Generally speaking, an adult Crimson Python would at most be at level-18 or level-19, even though it carried the blood of prehistoric magical beasts. Even the mutant Crimson Python of the Blackstone Mountains had only reached level-20 after the awakening of its bloodline. However, the Crimson Python in front of Lin Li now was much bigger than the one he had seen. The scales on its body were like rubies, and it seed to be about level-21 or level-22. Lin Li reckoned that it had to have consud plenty of black lotus over the past thousands of years.
Actually, even if the Crimson Python was of level-21 or level-22, it would no longer pose a threat to Lin Li. Even if he chose not to use any debris of the stars, he would be able to kill it effortlessly.
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