manynovel Chapter 106, Flame Crystal Lotus
Chapter 106, Flame Crystal Lotus
Since encountering that mountain giant, no immortal-level behemoths have been found in this vast area of the Tanhai Secret Realm. The journey here has no longer been to a massive landmass stretching for light-years, but rather to scattered islands and lakes.
Ye Muxuan also discovered a lake lotus of the realm master level in a lake. The lotus leaves were tens of thousands of meters in diameter, and the lotus pods, which were tens of meters in size, were filled with round and plump lotus seeds.
Unable to resist, he used the sealing treasure and the time-stopping technique to pluck a lotus pod over twenty meters in size, along with the dozen or so lotus seeds inside, each about one meter in diameter.
After storing the lotus seeds he had picked into his world ring, Ye Muxuan flew up to a mountain peak hundreds of thousands of kilometers high. From this peak, all he could see was a lava lake.
At a glance, the lava lake seemed to stretch endlessly.
With a thought, Ye Muxuan's flame appeared beside him. The flame, which had reached 84 times the life gene, solidified and finally condensed into a Ye Muxuan who was nearly 20 kilometers tall. He wore a long robe with flame patterns, had long, fiery red hair, and a burning flame mark between his eyebrows.
Li Yan's clone reached out and took the Flame Blade. Ye Muxuan's main body entered the inner world of Li Yan's clone. Li Yan's clone lifted his foot and stepped into the lava lake.
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The lava lakes stretched endlessly, occasionally punctuated by underground volcanic eruptions. The lakes weren't devoid of life; the most abundant life form was a type of magma creature, resembling a fire serpent. While their strength wasn't particularly high—most were only at the cosmic or domain lord level—the strongest I'd ever seen was a ninth-tier domain lord, yet they frolicked and darted through the lava as if in their own water. There was also a fiery crystal lotus, its crimson roots firmly planted in the lava, absorbing the essence of fire.
When Li Yan's clone saw this Flame Crystal Lotus, not only did the flame mark between his eyebrows fly up, but even his fiery red hair flew up.
This is an extremely precious fire-attribute material, which only exists in special secret realms. A single seed from a mature Flame Crystal Lotus is priced at 1.3 billion Chaos Units on the first floor of the Treasure Pavilion! A complete mature Flame Crystal Lotus pod is priced at 30 billion Chaos Units.
This is about all the wealth and assets a newly appointed prince would have.
Li Yan's clone bent down, and a hand made of Li Yan reached into the lava lake, following the hundred-meter-thick root of the Flame Crystal Lotus to find the lotus root below, and then pulled it up.
A complete Flame Crystal Lotus was harvested, with thirteen lotus seeds inside the seedpod, along with a section of lotus root about ten kilometers long and over one kilometer in diameter, which looked like a piece of fire jade.
This lotus root alone is worth 300 billion Chaos Units at the Wonderful Treasures Pavilion! If Ye Muxuan were to sell this complete Flame Crystal Lotus to the Wonderful Treasures Pavilion, it would definitely qualify to be placed on the second floor!
With just this one Flame Crystal Lotus, this trip to the secret realm is already a huge success.
After carefully storing the Flame Crystal Lotus, Ye Muxuan continued on his journey. Three days later, he discovered another one.
However, this Flame Crystal Lotus is not yet mature; it is still in its nascent stage, with its buds just beginning to emerge.
After taking one look, Ye Muxuan decided to give up. Harvesting an immature Flame Crystal Lotus was useless; even if he took it out, he couldn't keep it alive. Of course, Ye Muxuan could have had his Li Yan clone absorb it directly, but in the end, he decided against it, as that would be too wasteful.
Three months later, Ye Muxuan finally crossed the lava lake in a straight line. The map he recorded showed that he had traveled more than 100 million kilometers, and this was only after crossing it in a straight line once.
During the search, a total of five mature Flame Crystal Lotuses, eleven juvenile Flame Crystal Lotuses, and one Flame Crystal Lotus with withered leaves, shriveled seedpod, and nearing its end was discovered. If they had arrived ten thousand years later, the seeds of this Flame Crystal Lotus would have fallen from the seedpod and into the lava lake.
The lava lake is not without giant beasts lurking within it. Ye Muxuan had previously encountered a World Lord-level Flame Spirit Serpent that was tens of kilometers long, which he eventually imprisoned in his treasured seal.
After thinking for a moment, Ye Muxuan turned around and returned to the lava lake.
Flame Crystal Lotuses are a rare sight in the outside world, and one would naturally not pass up the opportunity to harvest a mature specimen. Not to mention that they are extremely suitable for Li Yan's clone to devour—of course, such an act would be too wasteful—even if they were sold directly to the Treasure Pavilion, each one would fetch an absolute astronomical price. If one were lucky enough to harvest several, there would be hope for Li Yan's clone to gain a hundred times the life gene.
The gene of Li Yan's clone has reached a hundredfold, which is the limit of these treasures. To improve it further, one can only rely on powerful treasures.
Moreover, the lotus seeds have miraculous effects. If a Flame Realm Lord consumes just one lotus seed, it increases his chances of breaking through to Immortality by at least 80%. It can be said that as long as this Flame Realm Lord's talent isn't ridiculously poor, his advancement to Immortality is practically guaranteed.
Of course, under normal circumstances, no realm lord has the financial resources to buy such treasures, which cost billions of Chaos Units. Even a King-level expert would feel the pinch if he bought just one.
This treasure was originally intended for use by those at the peak of the King-level realm, especially for restoring the divine body. For a normal human at the peak of the King-level realm, a single lotus seed can quickly restore about 5% of their divine body.
As time passed, Ye Muxuan settled down in this boundless lava lake, and finally discovered a giant fire tree on the edge of a reef deep in the lake.
After only a brief glance, Ye Muxuan tossed aside a piece of immortal crystal from the dust and left. The Flame Crystal Lotus wasn't particularly powerful; one could harvest it when it was mature. However, this immortal-level Flame Giant Tree possessed combat strength comparable to the mountain giant he had encountered earlier. He might try it after advancing to immortality, but for now, he wouldn't; he had no habit of seeking out humiliation.
Besides the Flame Crystal Lotus, Ye Muxuan also found a piece of Divine Fall Gold in the lava lake. It must have been formed after an immortal god fell here and was formed under the influence of the secret realm's rules for billions of epochs.
This piece of divinely fallen gilded metal is worth over 800 billion points in the treasure vault. It is an excellent material for refining pseudo-heavy treasures and can be considered a considerable fortune.
Thirty years later, Ye Muxuan finally left the lava lake. During these years, besides the giant fire tree, he encountered seven other immortal-level fire beings. Ye Muxuan captured three, killed one, and the remaining three escaped. The materials he found included the most precious Divine Meteorite Gilded Gold, as well as some ordinary materials. The remaining fire-attribute materials were all devoured by Li Yan's clone.
Thirty-two mature Flame Crystal Lotuses were harvested, along with nine nearly withered ones. None of the juvenile ones were picked. With this total value, the chance for Li Yan's clone to reach a hundredfold return had arrived.
After absorbing the essence of the immortal flame that was slain, and adding some low-value flame materials, Li Yan's clone successfully reached 85 times its original size, becoming even larger.