"Hey, Big Brother, this doesn't make sense. There's churning magma here, and a frozen abyss over there. It's like yin and yang are directly opposite, yet so close. This isn't scientific!"
Lin Shuainan scratched the back of his head, exclaiming in astonishment.
Clearly, Lin Shuainan was genuinely perplexed. Everything made him doubt his own intelligence, wondering why he couldn't figure out something so simple.
This matter was far from simple!
Ling Feng shook his head. "There's nothing unscientific about it. This side faces the sun, that side is in shadow. One yin, one yang, perfectly balanced. The reason lies beneath the ground, and in such an environment, it's very easy for good things to sprout!"
"Good things? Big Brother, you mean there are treasures here?!"
Lin Shuainan's eyes lit up.
"A place where yin and yang converge, where spiritual energy condenses, must be where spiritual herbs grow. Head into the cave below and take a look!"
Ling Feng pointed in a direction.
Lin Shuainan blinked, then saw that where Ling Feng pointed was indeed the boundary between yin and yang. One side had sunlight, while the other was pitch black, making the cave entrance appear incredibly eerie.
If not for the specific angle they were standing at, they might not have even noticed the cave entrance.
"Big Brother, you're amazing! Your eyes are truly incredible. I didn't notice it before. Let's go check it out quickly!"
Lin Shuainan shouted and was the first to rush down.
Ling Feng, however, moved with more grace. His figure flashed, and he landed at the entrance of the cave. A sulfurous smell wafted from within.
"There's magma inside, be careful."
Ling Feng shook his head and cautioned Lin Shuainan, who had already darted inside.
Lin Shuainan waved without looking back. "Got it, Big Brother! Big Brother, you're truly prophetic! There really is magma ahead, my heavens! It's like a lake formed by magma, but how... how is there a lotus flower growing in the middle!"
Ling Feng naturally heard Lin Shuainan's startled exclamations. Just by listening to Lin Shuainan's description, Ling Feng could barely contain himself.
He flashed forward, and in the next moment, his body was suspended above the magma. The temperature here was scorching. If you put a chicken on it and let it rotate for a couple of rounds, it would immediately turn into a rock-and-roll roasted chicken...
The closer he got to the stone platform in the center, the lower the temperature became. When Ling Feng landed on the platform, cold air was already rolling up from the ground, freezing the soles of his feet with frost!
"I wonder how many years this ice lotus has been growing here. Ordinary lotuses merely emerge from the mud unstained, but this ice lotus emerges from magma without being scorched at all. Indeed, where yin and yang converge, there are spiritual beings. The spiritual energy from this thing is extremely pure. If consumed, it can definitely enhance one's cultivation. Judging by the scent, it also has the effect of cleansing the marrow and strengthening the physique. Even ordinary people can consume it, and it's likely they can withstand it!"
Ling Feng murmured to himself, his eyes shining even brighter. Before coming here, Ling Feng had never dreamed of encountering such a heavenly spiritual object!
Such spiritual herbs were absolutely impossible to find on the market, and even when spiritual energy fully recovered in the future, finding such a good thing would be extremely difficult!
This indicated that their luck was very good!
"Big Brother, this thing is very valuable, right? Damn, it's so cold here, but my feet don't feel cold at all. Why is that?"
Lin Shuainan had caught up at some point, shivering all over as he spoke. However, although his shoes were covered in frost, he didn't seem to feel cold at all.
Ling Feng naturally also noticed this peculiar sensation.
He looked towards the roots of the lotus and saw faint flickers of fire. A red thread appeared on it, like several blood vessels!
"There's something underneath!"
Ling Feng exclaimed in surprise, then crouched down and pierced through the ground. The entire ice lotus was uprooted by Ling Feng, but several fiery red spheres, like lotus seeds, had grown underneath!
They even emitted sparks. Even with the cold air wrapped around Ling Feng's hands for protection, he could barely withstand such fiery heat!
"Hmm? This thing is incompatible with my constitution. It's definitely not suitable for me. This ice lotus is more suitable for me!"
Ling Feng realized this and was even more astonished. His body flowed with the inherited power of dragon blood, and Dragon Blood Flame was a true fire attribute. Logically speaking, the fire lotus seeds below should be extremely suitable for him to refine and absorb.
Why would this thing burn him?
Could it be that it needed to be consumed?
But this thing was clearly incompatible with his constitution. Even if he could refine it after swallowing it, the damage to himself would be immense, wouldn't it?
Ling Feng hesitated for only a moment before casting aside those thoughts.
Instead, Lin Shuainan beside him reached out and pulled down the fiery lotus seeds!
"Hey, don't mess around!"
Ling Feng was caught off guard, and Lin Shuainan actually succeeded. By the time Ling Feng wanted to stop him, it was already too late.
But in the next moment, he was surprised to find that although the fire lotus seeds were still emitting sparks in Lin Shuainan's hands, they did not burn him!
"Oh, it's so warm. Big Brother, why is this thing like lotus seeds? And it's emitting fire. It smells so fragrant!"
Lin Shuainan exclaimed, his mouth watering. At this moment, he stared at Ling Feng, his eyes full of longing!
Ling Feng shook his head with a wry smile. "It seems this is truly a fated encounter for both of us. These fire lotus seeds are compatible with your constitution, so you can consume them. However, I don't know what kind of pain this thing will bring to your body after you eat it. You'd best be prepared. If the effect is good, perhaps it can give you an extremely high-grade fire spiritual root, making your cultivation of fire-attribute techniques twice as effective!"
Ling Feng's expression became even more serious as he spoke the last sentence.
Upon hearing this, Lin Shuainan became extremely excited. "Heh heh, so you're saying this thing is destined for me?"
"Yes, destined. Do you want to eat it? Aren't you afraid?" Ling Feng asked back, simultaneously noticing that the ice lotus in his hand seemed to be showing signs of wilting. It appeared that after the lotus seeds' root system separated from the ice lotus, yin and yang would become imbalanced, and the item would quickly lose its medicinal efficacy!
"Hey, what's there to be afraid of? At worst, I'll just excrete it the way I ate it. I don't have hemorrhoids anyway, so it won't hurt!"
Lin Shuainan chuckled and actually swallowed the fire lotus seeds!
Ling Feng frowned slightly, and without time to think further, he directly swallowed the ice lotus in his hand.
The ice lotus melted in his mouth. Ling Feng's eyes widened slightly, and then he quickly sat down cross-legged. At the same time, frost began to appear all over his body!
However, bloodstains quickly appeared on the frost, as if his internal blood was being forced out.
Meanwhile, Lin Shuainan clutched his stomach. "Ouch, my stomach hurts so much. Is this thing really going to come out? It just entered my stomach, why is it in such a hurry to come out? Big Brother, I can't take it anymore. I need to go out and poop!"
With that, Lin Shuainan, clutching his backside, darted out!