Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

The long night had passed, and He Li and the others gradually approached the location Feng Lizhui had mentioned, as dawn approached in the distance.

However, the airspace above that point...

However, a suspicious voice arose from within the group.

"Is this really the place?"

Li Shang looked on with suspicion, her gaze fixed on the fiery red volcano below, billowing black smoke as if it were about to erupt.

Finally, she couldn't help but add, "Can spiritual plants really grow in such extreme environments?"

Li Shang wasn't the only one with some doubts.

Is this true for everyone else?

Although spiritual plants are quite special, they may still grow in extreme environments...

However, the basic condition for the birth of a spiritual plant is that the spiritual energy must be sufficient to nurture a strong spiritual plant; otherwise, even a plant with potential cannot become a spiritual plant.

And this active volcano in front of us...

It's not just that the environment is extreme; the spiritual energy here is also much less than in other places.

It was as if something had absorbed the spiritual energy that was supposed to permeate this place beforehand.

This results in a thinning of spiritual energy in the vicinity.

It's precisely because the conditions here are so terrible...

Therefore, whether it was Li Shang, He Li, or even Jiang Hongxian, they all had some doubts about whether this strange place actually contained the special spiritual plant that Feng Lizhui had mentioned.

However, Feng Lizhui is a descendant of the Fire Ancestor.

Although he distrusts his current environment, He Li still trusts Feng Lizhui.

So he just shook his head: "Let's see first. Feng Lizhui shouldn't have any reason to fool us."

"Let's look around, maybe we can find it."

"We'll talk about it if we really can't find it!"

After saying that, He Li slowed down and moved closer to the volcano while constantly scanning his surroundings and sensing the Qi of the surrounding creatures in an attempt to find special spiritual plants.

Seeing this, the others said nothing more and simply kept an eye on the volcano and searched for spiritual plants.

However, looking around...

This barren, black volcano, devoid of any vegetation, is really devoid of anything. If you had to name one, there might only be a couple of special monsters that can withstand high temperatures.

Those monsters resembled toads, but were entirely crimson and could even swim freely in lava.

He Li witnessed a fiery red toad leap out of the lava, then shake off the lava and warily stare at them in the distance…

Just as He Li was glancing at the toad out of the corner of his eye.

The white dragon behind him suddenly spoke...

"Lava toads...they actually exist!"

It muttered to itself, and it sounded like this strange, fiery red toad was quite rare.

Upon hearing this, He Li casually asked, "Lava Toad?"

"Is this monster very powerful?"

"No!" Bai Long shook his head.

"It's just that it's been extinct since later generations... I only saw related pictures and texts in the ancient books of the Dragon Clan; according to the records, this kind of thing is very beneficial to cultivating the Way of Fire."

"There's even a chance... that it could cause a slight qualitative change in the flames one controls."

"But this thing became extinct in later generations."

"So no one knows whether it's true or false."

It is highly beneficial for cultivating the Way of Flame? And it can even cause a slight qualitative change in the flame itself? Hearing Bai Long's words, He Li suddenly understood why the Lava Toad had become extinct.

Perhaps right now, the resources haven't been depleted to such an obvious degree that no one cares about the lava toad.

But as resources continue to dwindle...

As other rare and precious treasures that could greatly benefit the cultivation of the Way of Fire decrease...

These lava toads will naturally become the target of those beings who wield the power of fire, and they will hunt them down in large numbers...

It would be strange if these lava toads didn't go extinct.

After all, this monster doesn't look very strong.

At least from them, He Li felt almost no danger from powerful enemies.

This is still based on the fact that He Li is currently using other people's bodies, which has greatly reduced his strength. You can imagine how low the Lava Toad's combat power is.

These guys are in danger...

All they can do is probably quickly jump into the lava to avoid danger rather than resist.

Thinking about all this, He Li felt sorry for the Lava Toad, a kind of monster, but at the same time, he couldn't help but reach out and use his spiritual sense to capture the Lava Toad closest to him.

He also possesses the power of fire.

He also wanted to see if the lava toad of this era could offer him any improvement.

Then he looked at the white dragon...

"How do you use this? Eat it raw?"

He asked, and Bai Long shook his head: "According to records, lava toads are born with fire blood in their bodies, and all you need to do is take out that special fire blood and drink it."

"Fireblood?" He Li asked suspiciously.

Immediately, he unleashed his spiritual power...

Stab it! ! !

Accompanied by a few sounds and a stench, the lava toad was skinned, dismembered, and crushed by He Li's spiritual power. As He Li destroyed the lava toad's body...

As blood flowed out, a small amount of liquid emitting a faint golden glow also flowed from the corpse.

That small amount of liquid contained an extremely high temperature.

Furthermore, they do not mix with ordinary blood.

They're like oil dripping into water!

After He Li peeled off and swallowed the fiery blood, he immediately felt as if his body was on fire, his whole body was hot, and even his soul seemed to be on fire and gradually becoming scalding hot.

But at the same time these things happened, He Li also discovered that not only his physical body had been strengthened...

It seems that his strength has greatly increased.

He also seemed to have a greater tolerance for fire, making the volcano feel less hot, and this change filled him with anticipation.

"It actually works?"

"Has my inner fire changed?"

As he pondered, He Li raised his hand...

boom!!!

In an instant, the fire in his heart erupted, and He Li was pleasantly surprised to find that the golden-red fire was redder and hotter than before, and its power and effect had obviously been enhanced.

Although the enhancement wasn't significant, it was effective, and that was enough for He Li.

So He Li set his sights on more lava toads. While helping Jiang Hongxian find the spiritual plants that Feng Lizhui had mentioned, he also kept catching lava toads and extracting their fiery blood to consume.

However, He Li has become stronger.

But they just wandered around this volcano...

They killed all the lava toads, but they didn't see the special spiritual plant that Feng Lizhui mentioned.

Now everyone was even more suspicious.

"Could it be... that there really isn't one?"

Yu Ji couldn't help but speak up, and Li Shang added, "From what I've heard about your relationship with Feng Lizhui, it seems he didn't remind you about the Tengshe before..."

"Who knows, he might also be interested in that spiritual plant..."

Li Shang's voice grew softer and softer as he spoke.

Everyone felt somewhat helpless after thinking about it.

However, just when everyone thought Feng Lizhui was either fooling them or had misremembered something, and they were about to give up, the Underworld Envoy of Good and Evil spoke up again...

"Spiritual plants? Are you sure you want spiritual plants?"

All that could be heard was the question from the black-clad messenger.

The expression on his face was somewhat amused.

Upon seeing this, He Li's heart skipped a beat. As if he had thought of something, he tentatively asked, "You could say that."

"However, what we're looking for is a special spiritual plant that allows mortals to wield fire... So, do you perhaps know something about such a thing?"

Because of the matter concerning the statue...

He Li did have some doubts; the Netherworld Envoy of Good and Evil must know about this kind of spiritual plant.

However, this thing might be a bit special.

Therefore, He Licai explained it in more detail.

This also helps prevent discrepancies in information between the two parties.

His actions were correct, because the evil messenger laughed upon hearing his words: "So that's how it is... I knew you were looking for some special spiritual plant here..."

"So it's this kind of spiritual plant."

"You really know?" He Li asked, somewhat eagerly.

Jiang Hongxian stared intently at the other party.

The evil messenger shook his head upon seeing this: "I don't know about spiritual plants, but I do know that this place... has something that can enable living beings to master fire and use its power."

"But that's also a success rate; not everyone can do something like this smoothly."

As he spoke, he pointed to the lava...

"What do you mean?" He Li frowned.

Jiang Hongxian also suddenly had a bad feeling.

The evil messenger had an unusually sinister smile.

"That's what you call...spiritual plant!"

He responded, and everyone was stunned. Jiang Hongxian took a while to recover and asked incredulously, "You mean that magma is the spiritual plant Feng Lizhui was talking about?"

"What else?" The evil messenger shrugged.

Seeing everyone standing there in a daze, he continued, "What Feng Lizhui, the descendant of the Fire Ancestor, said is not wrong."

"This magma...can indeed be considered a spiritual plant!"

"It's just that most living beings don't use that term."

"And this magma..."

"It's alive!!!"