Yuan Ming calmly circulated his Spiritual Sense, probing deep into the mountain's interior. The delight on his face grew ever stronger.
To his surprise, the crimson mountain contained abundant Fire Essence Rock, with precious fire-attribute ores such as sunstone and Earth Fire Essence Gold scattered throughout. It was truly a treasure mountain of mineral wealth.
Yet Yuan Ming had no time to gather those treasures.
Suppressing the wild joy in his heart, he hurried straight toward the mountain's summit.
He could feel that invisible pull, which confirmed his belief that the fire-attribute primordial spirit object was hidden atop the peak.
Although he was currently under Heavenly Secret Shielding, he did not rashly charge toward the summit. Instead, he observed from a safe distance.
At the peak of the crimson mountain was a mountain hollow roughly three feet across, filled with a fiery spiritual spring as scorching as lava.
A crimson vine grew from the spiritual spring and climbed along the cliffside. Its branches and leaves flourished, and it had already grown two or three zhang tall.
Several crimson gourds of varying sizes hung from the vine in a scattered yet orderly arrangement, each radiating astonishing Great Dao Power fluctuations.
"Mystic Fire Gourds!" Yuan Ming cried softly, blazing light flashing in his eyes.
"You do know your goods. Those are indeed Mystic Fire Gourds, and they contain the origin of fire within them. But obtaining them will not be easy." Kong's voice echoed within Yuan Ming's sea of consciousness.
Yuan Ming's gaze traveled upward along the vine, and suddenly, his pupils contracted.
On the cliff above the vine, a Red Scale Fire Flood Dragon was coiled there.
The fire flood dragon's body stretched for several hundred zhang. Its scales gleamed with crystalline crimson light. Though it possessed only a single horn,