Accompanying this voice, a soft and nourishing wood element permeated the air.
"Huh? So comfortable…" Qingmeng Vine's eyes suddenly opened, stretching its vines contentedly.
It was as if the discomfort from the flames had been an illusion.
Even Qingmeng Vine itself, looking at the lava before it, was startled. "Master, have you reached the deepest part of the cave?"
"Mm," Bai Shengyi nodded, stopping the flow of spiritual energy to Qingmeng Vine.
The mixed spiritual energy of wood and fire elements in the air felt incredibly comfortable to her, even making her involuntarily squint her eyes.
The fire spirit within the lava, seeing that the human who intruded ignored it completely, huffily withdrew its provision of wood elements.
It said, "Human, I helped you, why aren't you thanking me? Don't humans practice reciprocity?"
When it said "reciprocity," it sounded particularly awkward, as if it had to exert great effort to retrieve the phrase from its mind.
Bai Shengyi tilted her head, smiling with an unfathomable expression.
"Did I say I needed your help?"
The fire spirit froze.
Perhaps angered, the lava at the earth's core suddenly spurted upwards like a fountain.
It said aggrievedly, "But your spiritual plants clearly need wood spiritual energy. I provided wood spiritual energy, so I helped you."
Before Bai Shengyi could speak, it mumbled again, "I don't care. In short, I helped you, so you must help me, otherwise… otherwise, I'll pull out all the small lotuses here!"
It had noticed that Bai Shengyi's gaze had never strayed from the Skyfire Lotus.
Bai Shengyi realized this fire spirit's intelligence was higher than she had imagined. Although its words sounded like a petulant and proud child, its logic was self-consistent and its expressions were clear. One could say its consciousness was as mature as that of Qingmeng Vine's Reincarnation Brush.
"Alright," Bai Shengyi said, as if intimidated by its threat, changing her tune. "Then how do you need me to help you? You are a fire spirit, right? If you have your own consciousness, what can't you do?"
Bai Shengyi guessed that although this fire spirit had gained intelligence, it likely hadn't encountered many people, and its mind was still very young.
Indeed, it was completely unguarded towards Bai Shengyi and complained sullenly, "I want to go somewhere else to play. I've been here for over a thousand years, and I'm tired of seeing everything."
"Originally, there were a few fire-resistant humans who came in before, but they were all too useless. Not only could they not help me, but they also left a mess here, which was so annoying."
The pile of garbage and bones not far away: ...
Bai Shengyi twitched her mouth. "Where do you want to go?"
"Oh?"
The waves of lava gradually subsided, and from within, a lotus-shaped cluster of red spiritual energy flew out, circling Bai Shengyi constantly up and down.
When the fire spirit discovered that Bai Shengyi was not afraid of the pure fire spiritual energy emanating from it at all, its eyes lit up—or rather, the fire lotus suddenly became incredibly vibrant.
"I've made up my mind! Can I follow you?"
Bai Shengyi: ?
So, this divine fire was obtained effortlessly?
Bai Shengyi rarely encountered situations where good fortune fell from the sky; instead, she had encountered traps falling from the sky several times. Therefore, upon hearing the fire spirit's words, she did not agree immediately but instinctively took two steps back.
"What do you mean?"
Although its mind was immature, it wasn't foolish!
The fire spirit immediately saw the look of disdain on Bai Shengyi's face and felt a little hurt.
"You actually despise me?"
It didn't despise this human!
After all, who among the people who had entered before hadn't praised it, flattered it, and liked it?
This person not only didn't thank it for its help but now also despised it!
The fire spirit grew somewhat angry.
Just then, there was movement from the path leading into the cave from the outside.
"Ning Changchao, are you truly saying you haven't entered before?"
Bai Shengyi recognized the blue-robed Holy Son who had previously told Red Yao Divine Maiden to leave.
Then, Ning Changchao's impatient voice echoed, "Zhao Xiaocao, if you don't believe me, then you can leave."
A soft female voice gently advised, "Forget it, Brother Zhao. I believe Holy Son Ning wouldn't lie about such things."
Zhao Xiaocao snorted lightly, pulling Red Yao to the front. As he approached the lava, he looked at the scene before him in astonishment. "Why are you here?"
Zhao Xiaocao immediately pulled Red Yao behind him, looking at Ning Changchao warily.
"Ning Changchao, did you and she plan this beforehand, intending to trap us?"
He had heard that Ning Changchao had been very close to this White Divine Maiden recently. Although Li Hua had said yesterday that they seemed to have fallen out, who knew if these two hadn't already formed an alliance behind their backs?
Ning Changchao also saw Bai Shengyi.
Before the shock in his eyes had subsided, he heard Zhao Xiaocao's words, and a trace of hatred flashed across his gaze. He opened his mouth to say, "Bai..."
"Get out!"
Bai Shengyi knew what this person was planning without even guessing, and she uttered a cold single word.
This time, Ning Changchao was already wary of Bai Shengyi making a move. "Do you think I'll be successfully ambushed by you like yesterday... success!"
He felt his back bend uncontrollably, and he fell to the ground, then slowly began to roll!
"Bai..." Ning Changchao glared with fury, but suddenly realized he didn't even know Bai Shengyi's name.
No, it should be said that none of their Divine Maidens and Holy Sons knew Bai Shengyi's name; they only knew her surname was Bai.
Ning Changchao's heart suddenly grew cold, but his body was already rolling on the ground as if being pushed by someone!
Red Yao and Zhao Xiaocao both stared at this scene, dumbfounded!
Was this the arrogant young master of the Ning family, Ning Changchao?
The path from the cave to the lava was not flat; it was winding and curved, and it was impossible for an adult man to roll sideways along it.
Ning Changchao, hunched over, already looked incredibly wretched, and he had to wriggle forward on the ground, glaring and baring his teeth, his face contorted with ferocity, making him appear utterly defeated and pathetic.
"How about I go out with you two?"
The fire spirit, as if it hadn't seen the ongoing conflict, danced its red lotus petals and flew between Red Yao and Zhao Xiaocao.
It chuckled and said, "You like wood spiritual energy, don't you?"
Before Red Yao could fully process the meaning of these words, she suddenly felt abundant wood elements surging around her. These elements poured into her body as if they were free!
Her gaze immediately became fervent.
"You are?"
She couldn't help but harbor ambitions. If she had this spiritual treasure, her cultivation speed would surely be more than three times faster than before!
At that time, even if she hadn't collected ten Skyfire Lotuses, the Divine Temple would not abandon such a promising cultivation talent as herself.
Two lotus petals curved down to the left and right, like a human hands on hips. The fire spirit said proudly, "I am the Sui Xing Divine Fire!"
"Divine Fire?"
Red Yao and Zhao Xiaocao exclaimed in unison.
The two couldn't help but exchange glances.
The Skyfire Volcano actually had divine fire!
The legends were true!