Starting from Douluo Continent, I've become a god through daily check-ins.

Chapter 512 Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil

"You take Qinglin back first. I'll stay here and continue searching. Don't worry, now that thing will only run away when it sees me. There's nothing here that can hurt me anymore." Jing Chen pondered for a moment, then turned to Xiao Ding and said.

"That's fine then. If we stay here, we'll only become a burden to you." Hearing this, Xiao Ding could only nod helplessly.

"However, this cave is so large, and there are flames everywhere. It won't be easy for you to find the strange fire here," Xiao Ding sighed.

"Yes, and we can't linger here for too long, otherwise, if other powerful figures sense the commotion here, that would be a real problem." Jing Chen nodded and said with a wry smile.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ding nodded with a wry smile, as he was also very clear about the immense attraction that strange fire held for those powerful individuals.

"Hmm." Just as Jing Chen was feeling a bit helpless, Qing Lin in his arms finally slowly woke up. She shook her drowsy little head, raised her head, looked at Jing Chen who was holding her, her face slightly red, and her slender fingers rubbed her temples. Suddenly, she whispered, "Young Master, Qing Lin might know where the strange fire is."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Jing Chen and Xiao Ding were taken aback, and asked in astonishment, "How could you possibly know?"

With a slight smile, Qinglin suddenly broke free from Jingchen's embrace, ran to the entrance of the passage, cupped her hands around her mouth, and shouted, "Come out!"

As Qinglin's shout faded, a giant fire spirit serpent suddenly rose from the calm lava lake and slowly swam towards the entrance of the passage.

Seeing the Fire Spirit Serpent reappear, Jing Chen was startled. He stood up, gripped the heavy ruler, and stared coldly at the approaching Fire Spirit Serpent.

"Young Master, don't hit it, it won't attack us anymore." Seeing Jing Chen's actions, Qing Lin quickly grabbed him and said.

"What's going on?" Jing Chen stared intently at the Fire Spirit Serpent and noticed that it seemed to have no intention of attacking anymore, so he asked in surprise.

"I'm not quite sure either." Qinglin shook her head slightly, took two steps forward, and stared at the enormous creature that appeared before her with her emerald eyes. She asked in confusion, "I don't know why, but I seem to have established a strange connection with it. I can sense its will."

"Huh?" Jing Chen was taken aback, his gaze sweeping over the suddenly docile fire spirit snake before him, finally settling on the green flower on its forehead. He frowned slightly; this thing wasn't there before.

"Tsk tsk, tsk tsk, amazing, little guy. I don't know if you're unlucky or lucky, but why do you always meet such strange people? Last time it was a body with a cursed poison, and this time it's no less impressive. You actually met a little girl with the 'Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil'." As Jing Chen was burning with strange fire, Yao Lao's amazed laughter suddenly rang in his mind.

"Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil? What is that?" The unfamiliar name startled Jing Chen, who asked in surprise.

"Well, how should I put it? It's a rather peculiar innate pupil that seems to only appear in the offspring of humans and snake people. People with this pupil, when they master it, can cause hallucinations in others. Imagine, if you were fighting someone, you could suddenly make them lose their senses, or even make them attack your own companions. How would that feel?" Old Yao said with a wicked smile.

"That sounds like a lot of fun." Jing Chen smiled slightly. With Yao Lao's explanation, he understood pretty much.

"Furthermore, this kind of pupil is practically the nemesis of all serpentine magical beasts, because it has a certain chance of forming a one-sided, forced connection with them. Hmm, you can think of this forced connection as a kind of mysterious contract that exists very rarely in this world," Yao Lao chuckled. "Clearly, this fire spirit serpent in front of us is unlucky enough to have a contract signed with this little girl's still extremely immature Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil."

"What?! This is outrageous?" Even Jing Chen couldn't help but swear at this moment. Looking down at Qing Lin beside him, whose little face showed slight timidity, he thought, "This little girl has a pretty good bodyguard now. A Dou Ling-level magical beast guard, tsk tsk."

"Young Master, it knows where the strange fire is." Qinglin pointed at the fire spirit snake in front of him and smiled at Jing Chen as if to take credit.

"It knows?" Jing Chen was taken aback. "Where?"

"Hmm," Qinglin closed her eyes and pondered for a moment, then slowly opened them, her gaze sweeping around before she finally pointed sheepishly to the scorching lava lake below and said timidly, "It said... it's down here."

"Hiss." Jing Chen's gaze followed Qing Lin's finger to the blazing red magma. His lips twitched. Underground? He hadn't expected the strange fire to be hidden beneath this magma. But... did he really have to jump down and find it himself?

"Hehe, I see. No wonder I couldn't sense the strange fire. It was covered by the molten lava in the cave." Yao Lao's enlightened laughter suddenly rang in Jing Chen's mind.

"Master Yao, can we go down here?" Upon hearing this, Jing Chen tugged at his sleeve, pointed to the bubbling, scorching lava below, and asked.

"Hehe, the Dao Flame you desire won't come easily. So, dare to jump?" Yao Lao said with a faint smile.

With a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, Jing Chen glanced again at the fiery red lava below, his throat bobbing as his expression shifted between light and shadow.

Standing to the side, Qinglin watched Jingchen's rapidly changing expression with trepidation. She dared not be sure about the message from the Fire Spirit Serpent. If Jingchen really jumped down and had an accident, she would probably have no choice but to die as well.

After a long silence, Jing Chen let out a soft breath, turned his head and whispered to Qing Lin, "Let it lead the way down here."

"Ah!" Upon hearing Jing Chen's words, Qing Lin's petite body trembled slightly. She could only close her eyes slightly and issue a command to the Fire Spirit Serpent.

Upon receiving Qinglin's command, a clear hint of reluctance flashed in the Fire Spirit Serpent's enormous eyes. However, under the forced connection, it could only let out a roar at Jing Chen before plunging into the lava. Raising its massive head, it gazed at Jing Chen, who stood motionless atop it, a hint of mockery and provocation in its eyes.

"Hoo!" Jing Chen let out a few breaths as he stared at the leaping fire spirit snake. His chest heaved, and after a moment, he slowly closed his eyes and, under the terrified gazes of Qing Lin and Xiao Ding, jumped headfirst into the scorching lava.

Watching Jing Chen leap into the lava, Xiao Ding and Qing Lin's hearts leaped into their throats, their eyes fixed on the rapidly falling Jing Chen.

(End of this chapter)