This green lotus floated amid the boundless magma like duckweed adrift upon the sea. It wandered everywhere; if not for the Fire Spirit Snake leading the way this time, finding this mobile green lotus would have been basically impossible.
Xiao Xie shifted his gaze above the green lotus. At the center of the small lotus pedestal within the flower was a fist-sized hole, and inside it, a cluster of green flames churned violently. As the tongues of flame burned, obvious distortions appeared in the space around them. He had not expected the Green Lotus Core Flame's temperature to be so terrifying.
Xiao Xie took out a jade knife and carefully swam toward the green lotus. With a gentle cut at the point beneath the lotus seat where it connected to the stem, the flawless green lotus, like a work of art, fell away.
If Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had not been waiting outside, Xiao Xie would have been ready to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame here. But to keep them from worrying, he could only make himself wait.
After putting away the green lotus, Xiao Xie glanced at the remaining stem but did not touch it. Spiritual treasures born of heaven and earth were not easily found to begin with, and the stem was not particularly useful, so Xiao Xie did not uproot it completely.
Once the green lotus left its stem, the surrounding green glow gradually shrank as well. Xiao Xie moved and left the range of the green light. Once outside it, he waved at the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, then followed behind it as they hurried back along the route they had come from.
"Why hasn't he come out yet?" At the tunnel entrance, Xiao Yi Xian gazed at the lava lake, which had