Transplanting the Green Lotus and Nalan Yanran's Request

Xiao Yan jumped into the magma, diving straight downward headfirst.

He sensed the fire-attribute energy within the magma and swam toward the denser concentration.

As he dove deeper, the fire-attribute energy grew increasingly intense.

After about half an hour, the red magma turned into cyan magma.

Xiao Yan's spirits lifted, knowing he was about to arrive.

Diving another dozen meters or so, Xiao Yan saw a brilliant cyan light shining from far below.

Amidst the cyan light, a cyan lotus floated and stood in place.

"Green Lotus Core Flame!"

Beside Xiao Yan, Medicine Elder, wrapped in the Bone Chilling Flame, appeared and said in pleasant surprise.

The Green Lotus Core Flame, nineteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, was born deep within the earth. After countless instances of tempering, fusing, compression, and carving by earth fire, it took ten years to develop sentience, a hundred years to take form, and a thousand years to become a lotus.

Wielding this flame could trigger subterranean magma, form volcanic eruptions, and unleash the destructive power of nature.

Xiao Yan also revealed a happy smile, kicking his legs in the magma like a fish and swiftly swimming toward the place of blinding cyan light.

Soon, he approached the edge of the cyan light and plunged right into it.

At the center of the cyan world, a cyan lotus was in full bloom.

The cyan lotus had eight cyan petals, resembling green jade, crystal-clear and translucent.

Within the lotus was a small lotus pedestal measuring about two to three feet across.

Some of the holes on the lotus pedestal contained lotus seeds radiating tiny points of fluorescent light.

Beneath the cyan lotus was an extremely slender stem, a full ten meters long.

Dense tiny tendrils covered the stem, and under Xiao Yan's perception, these tendrils were frantically absorbing the fire-attribute energy in the magma.

"Be careful, don't touch those tendrils, or the Dou Qi in your body will be sucked completely dry."

Beside him, Medicine Elder warned.

Xiao Yan nodded, carefully avoiding those tendrils, and swam onto the cyan lotus.

When his gaze looked toward the middle of the lotus, however, he was stunned to discover that at the center of the lotus pedestal there was a fist-sized hole, and the hole was completely empty.

"Teacher, there is no Green Lotus Core Flame."

Xiao Yan said somewhat disappointedly, while thinking to himself that it seemed the Green Lotus Core Flame had been taken away by Queen Wife.

"This green lotus is already in its mature stage, logically it should have nurtured a Green Lotus Core Flame?"

Medicine Elder said musingly. His gaze swept across the lotus pedestal, and suddenly a seven-colored light shot into his eyes.

He looked closely and saw it was actually a piece of seven-colored scale. With a wave of his palm, the scale flew into his hand.

"Seven-colored snake scale?"

Medicine Elder sneered and said, "I was wondering why there was no Green Lotus Core Flame, turns out someone got here first."

Seeing the seven-colored snake scale, Xiao Yan became even more certain that the Green Lotus Core Flame had definitely been taken away by Queen Wife.

"It seems the aura Qing Lin sensed was from the owner of this seven-colored snake scale."

"Seven-colored snake scales—in this Tagor Desert, only Queen Medusa possesses them."

Medicine Elder said.

"Teacher, then let's go find her. In the future, Queen Medusa is going to be my wife."

Xiao Yan said with a smile.

Hearing this, Medicine Elder's expression froze, and he looked at Xiao Yan in some bewilderment.

He mentally ticked off Xiao Yan's women: Xiao Xun'er, Little Fairy of the Calamity Poison Body, Qing Lin with the Jade Snake Three-Flower Eyes, Yun Yun the Dou Huang, Queen Medusa, and Nalan Yanran, a fiancée still locked up in his portable space.

The little fellow was quite blessed in romance, truly making one envious.

"Just how many wives will you have in the future?"

Medicine Elder said through gritted teeth.

Xiao Yan chuckled and said, "Just these for now, but the road of life is long. Who knows which day I'll meet a woman who stirs my heart?"

"Shameless!"

Medicine Elder gave him a look of disdain and said, "Didn't you say you could see the future? How do you not know how many wives you have?"

"I can only see a bit over twenty years into the future. By that time, I've already advanced to Battle Emperor and hold the title of Flame Emperor."

Xiao Yan said calmly.

"Battle Emperor? No one on the Battle Qi Continent has become a Battle Emperor for ten thousand years, and you actually advanced to Battle Emperor, taking only a little over twenty years? Really or fake?"

Medicine Elder was shocked numb to the scalp by the future information revealed by Xiao Yan, and muttered to himself.

"Hehe, so teacher, you should be content. Being able to secure a disciple like me is a blessing cultivated over several lifetimes."

A smug look appeared on Xiao Yan's face, and he continued, "Medicine Elder resides in the Endless Fire Domain, and Yu Xiaogang is nowhere to be found in the God Realm. Our glorious reputations are passed down across the myriad realms."

"Er, who is Yu Xiaogang?"

Medicine Elder was naturally extremely satisfied with this disciple Xiao Yan.

"That's not important. Now let me take this green lotus away, and then I'll go to the Snake People tribe to find my queen wife."

"This green lotus is also a rare treasure. The lotus pedestal has the miraculous effect of accelerating cultivation speed, and the lotus seeds contain the essence of fire spirits, making them holy medicine for fire-attribute Dou Qi cultivation."

Medicine Elder nodded and said, "This green lotus is a wondrous item of heaven and earth, and ordinary iron melts upon touching it. To cut it apart, you must use a pure jade implement..."

"Why bother with such trouble? Watch me."

Using his body as a medium, Xiao Yan continuously transferred the magma into his portable space.

In a corner along the edge of the portable space was a huge depression, and the cyan magma continuously poured into it.

One hour later, the water level of the subterranean magma lake had dropped by over ten meters, revealing some pitted volcanic rock caves.

A rather weary look appeared on Xiao Yan's face. He grabbed the green lotus, along with its stem, and transferred them into the magma lake within the portable space.

Inside the portable space, Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder stood by the red magma lake, looking at the breathtaking green lotus in the center of the lake.

Medicine Elder wore a look of shock.

He turned his head to look at Xiao Yan and said, "With this ability, I believe you will become a Battle Emperor in the future."

"You thought I was lying to trick you?"

Xiao Yan smiled lightly and said, "Medicine Elder, I plan to give some pills to my two elder brothers to enhance their strength. I'll have to trouble you to refine a batch in the space these few days."

With that, Xiao Yan tossed his storage ring to Medicine Elder.

Inside the storage ring were various medicinal herbs and monster magic cores Xiao Yan had accumulated over time, the most precious of which were the Purple Spirit Crystal and Companion Purple Crystal Source obtained from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave.

Over the next few days, Medicine Elder refined pills within the portable space, and Xiao Yan did not go out either, staying within the space to accompany Little Fairy and Qing Lin.

Occasionally, Xiao Yan would also go visit Nalan Yanran.

Nalan Yanran had long since lost her initial pride, and her entire person had grown quiet.

Her strength had also reached the nine-star Dou Practitioner level, just a step away from advancing to Dou Master.

"Xiao Yan, I want to ask a favor of you."

Nalan Yanran looked at Xiao Yan, a trace of fluctuation appearing in her calm, beautiful eyes.

Xiao Yan sat across from the young maiden, savoring the fire-cloud tea, and said, "Please speak."

"I've been missing for over a year, and I don't know how my father and grandfather are doing back home. Can you go visit the Nalan Clan on my behalf?"

Having been imprisoned by Xiao Yan in the space for so much time, Nalan Yanran yearned more and more for familial affection.

Xiao Yan was silent for a moment and said, "If I get the chance, I'll go take a look."

"Thank you!" Nalan Yanran said softly.

Xiao Yan smiled, left the courtyard, and arrived at Medicine Elder's quadrangle courtyard.

"Teacher, how is the pill refinement going?"

Medicine Elder casually tossed out dozens of jade bottles and said, "I've refined some tier-4 Foundation-Enhancing Pills and Foundation Establishment Pills, as well as Amethyst Barrier-Breaking Pills. With these pills, it's enough to let your two elder brothers advance to Grand Dou Master within a year."

"Then on behalf of my two elder brothers, I thank Medicine Elder."

Xiao Yan said with a chuckle.

He exited the portable space, arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and gave the pills to his two elder brothers.

How shocked and overjoyed Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were need not be mentioned here.

Xiao Yan returned to the portable space once more. He intended to break through to Grand Dou Master within the space before going to find his queen wife.