Chapter 18 Volcanic Cave
The lava lake is like a golden glass bead, inlaid in the center of the dark red rock plate, gorgeous and eye-catching.
The orange-red and golden lava flows slowly and churns in the lake, and huge bubbles emerge from time to time.
The hot air waves, with the lava lake as the center, spread out in waves. Then, after being blocked by the mountain wall, the air waves rushed up to the sky.
Ning Zhuo and Ning Yong stood on the top of the mountain wall, and their bodies were shaken violently by the upward air waves. Although Ning Zhuo had mobilized his magic power to protect his mouth and nose, the heat wave still curled his hair.
Ning Zhanji glanced at the embarrassed newcomers and ordered lightly: "Give each of them a set of robes."
His subordinates immediately threw the spare robes to the two.
Ning Zhuo took it and found that the whole set of robes from head to toe, including helmet, top, pants, outer robe, outer armor, boots, etc.
A large number of talismans are depicted on the robes, mainly frost talismans.
"Talisman treasure." Ning Zhuo's mind flashed the answer.
Talisman treasures are different from magic tools. Once they are used more times, they will be self-consumed. It is a consumable.
The advantage of talismans lies in cost. After the talismans are engraved on some basic materials, they can become talismans, and their use value soars.
The small wooden hammer that Ning Zhuo designed in the basement before is a talisman. Ning Zhuo can use it to easily deal with oil smoke mud.
These robes are standard equipment for the Ning family's monk brigade. They should be specially developed by the Ning family in order to seek the Lava Fairy Palace.
Ning Zhuo and others put on a full set of robes and immediately felt that the temperature returned to normal and was no longer scorching. The pungent sulfur smell before also completely disappeared.
There are several suspended platforms hanging on the mountain wall. Each suspended platform is guarded by the city guards, on the one hand for protection, and on the other hand for charging.
Ning Zhanji led everyone to choose a rappelling platform and officially stepped into the mountain pass from the top of the mountain.
Ning Yong stamped his feet excitedly and looked around, very curious.
Ning Zhuo's face also showed excitement and caution.
Ning Zhanji's target was the magma lake in the center.
The team of more than 50 monks acted together, which immediately attracted the attention of others.
There were not only Ning Zhuo's group in the crater, but many teams or single monks were scattered in this mountain pass.
From time to time, there were monks walking down from the top of the mountain wall.
Some people used the official rappelling platform, but more people built a rope by themselves and climbed down from the top of the mountain wall. However, because of the constant impact and blowing of the heat wave, the process of the monks' descent was generally very strenuous.
The monks who climbed down alone saved a sum of rappelling platform usage fees.
The city guards saw these scattered cultivators going down, but they did not stop them. Their eyes were indifferent, and their main goal was to ignore them.
Ning Zhuo gradually approached the magma lake.
As he got closer, he discovered that there was still life in the magma lake.
Another huge magma bubble exploded, and a red-haired rat, with the help of the hot air current, soared up and rushed into the white smoke in the sky to hunt.
If the hunt was successful, you could see this red-haired rat holding a smoke lark and smashing it to the ground.
Because the heat waves were constantly generated, the force of falling was greatly eliminated, allowing the red-haired rat to fall to the rocky ground every time without any damage.
Some monks waited for these red-haired rats to land after hunting.
Once they landed, they would take action and use special props to capture them.
Ning Zhuo's heart moved slightly.
"The fire velvet mouse has a strong resistance to fire and can swim in magma."
"It preys on birds and sparrows."
"The most valuable part of the fire velvet mouse is its fur. Collect hundreds of furs and sew them together to make a fire-proof robe with excellent results."
At this time, Ning Zhanji, who was leading the way, stopped.
In front of him was the entrance to one of the many caves. Compared with other caves around, there was nothing special about it.
But he was sure and said in a low voice: "It's here, get ready to enter."
The monks obeyed the order.
First, a monk pinched his fingers and pushed his palms to push out a puff of frosty snow mist.
The snow mist was infused into the cave, and the edge of the cave entrance was immediately covered with a layer of frost.
The cold air poured down all the way, arousing the reaction of the cave and producing a rumbling sound.
The sound became louder and louder, and the next moment, a large amount of mud spewed out of the cave.
The mud rushed into the sky, burning in groups, like fireworks.
Ning Zhuo saw clearly that the burning mud was the oil smoke mud.
When the mud was sprayed, Ning Zhanji jumped into the cave first.
The other monks followed closely and entered in a line.
Ning Chen, Ning Yong and Ning Zhuo, the newcomers, were led by the old members one by one and jumped into the cave.
When he just jumped into the cave, Ning Zhuo shivered and was chilled by the cold air around him.
As he slid down, the temperature in the passage rose rapidly.
In the second half, the temperature became very high. While Ning Zhuo was sliding, he keenly observed the changes in the passage wall around him.
At the beginning, the passage was covered with frost all around. In the second half, the frost had disappeared.
When he finally landed and his feet stepped on the ground, Ning Zhuo looked up again and found that he was already in an underground world full of flames and rocks.
The rocky ground under his feet was faintly soft, and the surrounding rock walls were translucent orange-yellow, always overflowing with surging heat.
Ning Yong on the side reached out his hand curiously and tried to touch the rock wall.
The next moment, the runes on his gloves melted by one third, and he was so scared that he quickly retracted his hands.
Fortunately, a Ning family cultivator took out a jade bottle and released a misty water mist.
The water mist condensed into blue and white ribbons, floating in the air, surrounding everyone, helping everyone resist the all-pervasive heat.
After Ning Zhanji arranged Ning Zhuo and other newcomers to walk in the middle of the team, he led the Ning family cultivators to continue forward.
After the initial novelty, the scene of the Red Flame Demon Molten Cave became monotonous.
Ning Yong kept muttering, when will a demon beast come?
The vigilance on Ning Chen's face gradually relaxed a lot.
Ning Zhuo secretly marveled at the spiritual energy here, the concentration of which was definitely the highest he had ever seen in his life.
"No wonder many powerful cultivators live in seclusion and in dangerous places where few people go."
"It's a pity that my current magic power is frost magic power, and the spiritual energy here is heavily biased towards fire, and it is also mixed with a lot of fire poison, which is not suitable for me."
The underground passage is sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, and the trend is obviously downward.
There is not only one passage, and Ning Zhuo often encounters forks. But the Ning family cultivators are obviously familiar with the route, and they will choose one of the intersections every time without any hesitation.
"Fire crystal grass, rooted in the rock, the leaves are transparent like crystal gems, always absorbing geothermal heat and flames, and can emit flames."
"Flame shadow flower, absorbs magma and poison, the grass is purple-black, the leaves are as thin as cicada wings, the body does not move, but the shadow sways like flames."
"Jing ginseng, absorbs the power of the earth, and it changes in quality after 130 years. The ginseng has slender whiskers and has the natural ability to escape into the earth."
Along the way, Ning Zhuo saw several kinds of spiritual plants.
When the Ning family cultivators passed by, they would also assign some people to pick them.
Ning Zhanji glanced at Ning Zhuo imperceptibly, then waved to Ning Zhuo and all the newcomers, and asked them, "Do you know why we have to pick all these spiritual plants?"