Chapter 143: The Fire Scorpion King
Xu Qing randomly searched for a place in the outermost part of Longyan Mountain to open up a simple cave, and then practiced in it, at this time, it was already delusional to enter the depths of Longyan Mountain, so he could only wait patiently.
Three months later, Xu Qing once again headed into the depths of the Longyan Mountain Range.
At this time, the large magma in the Longyan Mountain Range either receded or cooled, and there was no way to see the scene of the destruction of the world at all, only the green smoke within a radius of thousands of miles seemed to tell the thrilling and magnificent scene a few months ago.
Xu Qing once inquired that Longyan Mountain, deep in the Longyan Mountain Range, erupts almost once every few decades, and after the eruption, it will never erupt again in a short period of time, without exception. It was precisely because of this that Xu Qing dared to continue to the depths of the Longyan Mountain Range, otherwise if there was another volcanic eruption, it was estimated that he would not even have scum left.
The Yunmeng Mountains are undulating, with strange peaks, ravines and streams, and clouds and mist, which are very beautiful, but the Longyan Mountains are a completely different scene. Thousands of miles in circumference, living beings are silent, and almost all the peaks are like tombs, there is nothing surprising.
In the deepest part of the Longyan Mountain Range, Xu Qing Imperial Sword stood above Longyan Mountain, carefully looking at Longyan Mountain below. The inner dan of the two red golden pythons in his arms exuded a warm aura, which not only made him not feel the slightest heat, but on the contrary, gave him a sense of comfort.
Looking at the Longyan Mountain Peak below, Xu Qing couldn't help but think of the mighty heavenly power three months ago, the power of destroying the heavens and the earth was now almost deeply rooted in the depths of his soul, as long as he thought about it slightly, his heart would tremble.
Soon, he adjusted his mind and waved away the mighty image in his mind. Longyan Mountain is about 500 zhang high, it looks majestic and magnificent, but the whole mountain is bare, lifeless, and some are just scattered gravel and green smoke that rises from time to time, which makes Longyan Mountain a little less beautiful, more lonely and barren.
After staying at the top of Longyan Mountain for a while, Xu Qing entered Longyan Mountain from the crater.
The belly of Longyan Mountain is wide and abnormal, like a vast underground palace, and the magma channels are criss-crossed. At this moment, the blazing magma had completely receded, and directly below the crater, a bottomless passage appeared in front of Xu Qing's eyes, and a few rare red lights were flickering and dancing.
This passage is the main passage of the magma eruption of Longyan Mountain, and on the side of the mountain, there are also many smaller magma passages connected to the main passage.
Below the main passage is the magma in the center of the earth, Xu Qing directly set his eyes on those tributary passages, if he wants to find the fire cyanine grass, he must also start from these small passages.
Xu Qing dodged into one of the magma passages, the passages were tortuous, long and deep, and he didn't know where it led. Although the magma has long since receded, the stone walls in the passage still emit scorching heat.
Because he was in the middle of the mountain, he could encounter unknown dangers at any time, so Xu Qing's speed did not dare to be too fast. Five hours later, Xu Qing still hadn't reached the end of the passage, and in the middle of the way, the forks were all over the place, and even Xu Qing couldn't be sure if he had gone through the same passage as before.
The passage is very wide, and in many places there is even a small pool of magma, in which the magma is bubbling and tumbling, and occasionally one or two fire scorpions can be seen in the magma. However, these fire scorpions were only first-order demon beasts, and when Xu Qing released a little spiritual pressure, they all hid in the deepest part of the magma, and they didn't dare to get out of the small pool of magma. Although they are not highly intelligent, they are instinctively afraid of the higher ones.
Two days have passed, and Xu Qing still hasn't been able to explore the deepest part of the passage, and not only that, but he has also encountered a lot of trouble. Although he had also obtained a lot of elixirs, those elixirs were of little use to him.
At this moment, Xu Qing's location is exactly the intersection of the magma channel, although it is a channel, but it is more extensive. Because of the low terrain of the intersection, a large amount of magma gathers here, but this place can no longer be described as a small pool, even a small lake.
Of course, this is not the most critical issue, not to mention Xu Qing's Neidan with a red golden python, judging from his current cultivation, it is not difficult to fly across this magma lake. However, in this magma lake, there are countless fire scorpions, densely packed, almost all over the entire magma lake, which looks shocking.
Although these fire scorpions were all first-order demon beasts, originally with Xu Qing's cultivation, they only needed to completely release their spiritual pressure, and those fire scorpions were instinctively afraid, and they didn't dare to make a mistake. But in this huge group of fire scorpions, there was a king, although the fire scorpion king was only a second-order primary, but as a king, it could command the entire race.
Even if those uncountable fire scorpions were very afraid of Xu Qing, under the order of the Fire Scorpion King, they would still rush up and fight Xu Qing desperately without fear of death. When Xu Qing first came, he almost suffered a big loss without knowing it. As he tried to fly over the lava lake, countless rockets shot out of the magma and headed straight for him. If he hadn't retreated quickly, he might have to explain here.
Xu Qing is not afraid of one rocket, and he is not afraid of ten, but what about one hundred? If one hundred is not afraid, what about one thousand? What about ten thousand? Although the area at the intersection of the passages is vast, the height is not very high, so it is impossible for Xu Qing to rely on the height to weaken the power of the rocket.
Capture the thief and capture the king first, Xu Qing wanted to kill the fire scorpion king first, but the fire scorpion king was really cunning, knowing that he was invincible to Xu Qing, so he hid in the middle of the magma lake, commanding countless fire scorpions as if no one was in charge.
"Do you really want to go back? But this road has already been explored for the most part, and it is really not worth it to go back. Xu Qing frowned and thought about it, he looked at the Fire Scorpion King in the magma lake, and found that it was also looking here, its eyes were full of cunning and ferocity, and it was also greedy that could not be concealed.
Greedy?Xu Qing frowned and looked at the Fire Scorpion King again. Yes, it is indeed greedy, but why is the Fire Scorpion King's eyes full of greed when he looks here? Xu Qing kept thinking about what was worthy of the Fire Scorpion King's coveted eyes.
"Could it be the three-leaf glazed grass? The three-leaf glazed grass is a fire-attribute elixir, is it helpful for the fire scorpion's advancement? It should be very possible, after all, the red golden python was also guarding the three-leaf glazed grass inch by inch. Xu Qing kept thinking about what made the fire scorpion covet, and the first thing he thought of was the three-leaf glazed grass.
"No, I have already put the three-leaf glazed grass into the jade box and sealed it with a spirit sealing talisman, it should be impossible for the fire scorpion to smell the breath of the three-leaf glazed grass, but if it is not the three-leaf glazed grass, then what is it?" Xu Qing's mind was like lightning, constantly excluding one item after another.
Another rocket shot over, and Xu Qing shattered him with a wave of his hand.
Xu Qing's heart moved, the rocket was originally transformed by blazing magma, but when the rocket hit just now, Xu Qing did not have the slightest feeling of blazing, and all this was due to the two red gold python inner pills in his arms.
Could it be that the fire scorpion coveted the inner dan of these two red golden pythons? Xu Qing looked at the fire scorpion king who commanded Ruoding in the middle of the magma lake, and feasible methods came to his mind.
Xu Qing took out the inner pill of a red gold python in his arms, showed it to the Fire Scorpion King, and then put it back in his arms.
Sure enough, the moment the Fire Scorpion King saw the Red Gold Python Inner Dan, the greed in his eyes instantly increased, and there were even a few times when it wanted to rush out of the magma lake and compete with Xu Qing for the Red Golden Python Inner Dan. It's just that after hesitation, it still didn't dare to rush out of the magma lake, and in the end, reason defeated greed.
Although it didn't dare to rush out, it commanded countless fire scorpions to rush out of the magma lake and rush towards Xu Qing, and the rockets in the sky almost drowned Xu Qing. It's just that Xu Qing is not over the magma lake at this time, he has room to dodge, and when thousands of rockets are fired, he decisively retreats and retreats outside the attack range of the rockets.
Once the fire scorpion is out of the magma lake, the power of the rocket will be doubled, and the rocket will not be able to continue to launch, so the pressure on Xu Qing will be much less, and it will be difficult to pose a fatal threat to Xu Qing.
The Fire Scorpion King looked at Xu Qing in the middle of the magma lake, his small eyes were full of anger, and he seemed to be angry at Xu Qing's cunning, but if it was allowed to give up the Red Gold Python's Neidan like this, it was really unwilling, but it had always been timid and did not dare to rush over to compete with Xu Qing, so it could only command the Fire Scorpion to continue to attack Xu Qing.
But Xu Qing didn't care about this, the spirit sword in his hand was full of sword energy, and one by one the fire scorpions died in Xu Qing's hands. Xu Qing had an excellent grasp of proportion when attacking, he controlled his mana at the peak of the early stage of foundation building, and as time passed, Xu Qing's aura gradually weakened, and it seemed that killing the fire scorpion was quite a drain on him.