Chapter 280: Flame Serpents
"Do you have any objections?" Ye Xiao turned his head and glared at Feng Yu. Even though his voice was soft, who was Ye Xiao? How can he not hear Feng Yu"s voice?
"Nope." Feng Yu quickly shook his head. What a joke, how could he admit it? Maybe Ye Xiao would beat him up. Ye Xiao could even kill a Fourth Grade Magical Beast like the Horned Tiger, with his small physique, he couldn"t take a beating from Ye Xiao.
The three of them traversed through the Black Wind Forest. After about two hours of travel, Ye Xiao finally stopped. In front of them was a forest of fire mulberry trees. They could feel the heat coming from the Fire Mulberry trees.
"This is the place. You must be careful later." Ye Xiao turned around and said to the two of them.
Their dim sight suddenly brightened up. When they raised their eyes, they saw that they had actually already entered the core area of the Black Wind Forest. What appeared in front of them was a deep valley.
His gaze swept across the edge of the valley, but his eyes suddenly stopped. Ye Xiao touched his nose, then stopped in front of a plant with white flowers blooming on the edge of the Valley.
This plant had a pale white flower. Within the faintly blooming flower, there was a crimson fruit that was faintly discernible. A faint medicinal fragrance was being emitted from it.
After scanning the plant carefully, Ye Xiao raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He crouched down and reached his palm towards the plant to pick it and then stored it in his spatial ring.
Ru Lan and Feng Yu were looking at Ye Xiao"s action. Even though they couldn"t say what kind of medicine it was, they could tell from the medicinal fragrance it was definitely not an ordinary medicine.
"Brother Ye Xiao, is this it? Why didn"t I see any Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum." Ru Lan scanned the surroundings but did not find any Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum. So, she could not help but be curious.
"What do you see there?" Ye Xiao smiled and pointed to the bottom of the Valley.
Feng Yu and Ru Lan looked towards the direction Ye Xiao"s finger was pointing at. At the bottom of the Valley, there were four stalks of red Ganoderma, each with nine petals. They were Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum.
"To think that it would be a Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum that is about to mature. Our luck is really too good." Feng Yu looked down at the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum and could not help but grin. Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum required nine years to grow, and every year, it would grow one flower petal.
"Let"s go. We need to hurry down." Feng Yu couldn"t wait any longer. They had been searching for Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum for a few days now, but they never thought that four of these Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum would suddenly appear here.
Hearing that, Ye Xiao knocked on Feng Yu"s head and said, "It is not that easy. At the bottom of the Valley, There is a cave close to the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum. The Double-Headed Flame Python is inside the cave. As long as we get near the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum, the Double-Headed Flame Python will definitely attack us."
"Really? Are we just going to watch and do nothing?" Feng Yu said unwillingly.
The Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum was at the bottom of the Valley. Unless they had reached the Martial King Realm and were able to fly then they would be able to take down the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum easily.
"No matter what, we have to get the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum." It was at this time Ru Lan once again said. The determination in her voice made Ye Xiao surprised.
If it was really just for the mission, then she would not have to work so hard. If they got it then it was ok, and if they would not get it, it should not matter much. But now, looking at Feng Yu and Ru Lan"s expressions, it seemed that they would not rest until they had obtained the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum.
"Alright, I will go and stall the Double-Headed Flame Python later. The two of you, quickly pluck the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum and escape."
Ye Xiao looked at the two of them and let out a long sigh.
Feng Yu, who was at the side, was touched. As a Fifth Grade Magical Beast, one could imagine how terrifying a Double-Headed Flame Python was. Not to mention that Ye Xiao was only a Seventh Level of Origin Core Realm martial artist, even if he was a First Stage of the Martial Emperor Realm, he still would not be able to beat it.
Ye Xiao went up and said he will restraint the Double-Headed Flame Python. At most, he would only get beaten up, and he might even lose his life because of that. But still, he did not hesitate to say such words to them whom he only met by chance a few hours ago.
In this world where the strong were respected and the weak were ants, there were not many people like Ye Xiao who could stand up for others and face such a dangerous situation.
"Brother Ye Xiao, I"ll deal with the Double-Headed Flame Python with you. It"ll be fine if Ru Lan picks up the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidumon her own." Feng Yu thought for a few seconds and then said.
"No need, it"s more convenient for me to do it alone."
Ye Xiao shook his head at Feng Yu. As a magical Beast of Fifth Grade, the strength of the Double-Headed Flame Python was naturally very strong. Ye Xiao was not sure if he could really restrain it. If he added Feng Yu, it would definitely distract him.
Furthermore, Ye Xiao had another reason for wanting to restrain the Double-Headed Flame Python on his own. It was to search for the Infernal Phoenix Seed inside the cave of the Double-Headed Flame Python.
"Alright, don"t just stand there. Let"s move."
Ye Xiao spread his arms like a roc, grabbed a vine, and slid down the Valley.
Feng Yu and Little Yun looked at each other and jumped down as well.
"Phew…" Seeing that they were about to reach their destination, Ye Xiao was just about to heave a sigh of relief when the pores all over his body suddenly shrank. A hint of vigilance flashed across his mind.
"Chi…" A faint sound pierced through the air as a red ray of light a.s.saulted their location.
"Flame Serpents." Ye Xiao"s face was calm, he clearly knew of the Flame Serpent"s existence.
Flaming Snake, as its name implied, was a group of fire attributed Magical Beasts. However, Flaming Snake"s rank was not very high, it was only a Third-Stage Magical Beast. The most important thing was that the Flame Serpents were born together with the Double-Headed Flame Python, so these Flame Serpents could be said to be the Double-Headed Flame Python"s guards.
Flame Serpents and Double-Headed Flame Python were the same. They were both able to spit out flames.
While descending, Ye Xiao kept on killing the Flame Serpents. There were many Flame Serpents. The more he killed, the more pounced towards him but in the end, they were all kept being killed by Ye Xiao.
Ye Xiao could have used the Wings of the Divine Dragon to descend but he did not do so. He chose to descend like an ordinary Origin Core Realm martial artist so that not to attract the attention of the Double-Headed Flame Python beforehand. And if that were to happen, Ru Lan and Feng Yu will not be able to get the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum.
Feng Yu and Ru Lan, who were on the other side, were also attacked by the Flame Serpents. However, as martial artists of Seventh Stage of the Origin Core Realm, although they could not deal with these Flame Serpents as easily as Ye Xiao, they could still kill as many as were coming towards them.
Ye Xiao also let out a sigh of relief when he saw the situation of the two of them.
It did not take long before he reached the bottom of the Flame Serpents" Valley. After descending at the bottom of the valley, Ye Xiao looked at the cave.
The cave entrance was not wide and could only fit two or three people. The cave was dark, but there was a faint glow emitting from it, giving it a mysterious feeling.
There were many blade-like marks around the cave, but perhaps it was because of the pa.s.sage of time, causing these blade-marks to become very blurry. If it was not for Ye Xiao"s sharp eyes, he might not have noticed it.
"We"re finally here!"
Ye Xiao said while looking at the cave entrance. He might find the Infernal Phoenix Seed in this cave.