After defeating the group of Boss He, Xiao Fei naturally inherited all their property.
Now they were living the same decadent life as Boss He, hiding in the basement every day to avoid the scorching of heavenly fire.
Xiao Fei had acquired a large number of Heavenly Fire Golden Lotuses, which was perfect for his transplantation plan.
One day, Xiao Fei went out alone and found a Heavenly Fire Golden Lotus growing in a secluded spot. He began to dig it up.
The ground of Jiuyang Cave had been scorched by heavenly fire for a long time, making it incredibly hard.
Xiao Fei first tried to dig with his fingernails, but his fingertips were worn down to the skin without making even the slightest impression.
He had to take out a magical flying sword and strike the ground fiercely. With a clang, it only managed to penetrate an inch deep.
"Clang, clang, clang... Bang!"
After digging for more than ten times, the flying sword finally could not bear the strain and broke in the middle.
He had to switch to another magical artifact to continue digging.
After breaking more than a dozen magical artifacts in succession, Xiao Fei finally saw the pure white lotus root deep underground.
He was surprised that this plant, growing in flames, would still have a lotus root.
At such high temperatures, the lotus root was still raw, not cooked by the fire.
This lotus root was as white as jade, with no black spots or blemishes. When he tried to pick at it with his fingernail, the texture of the lotus root was very hard, and it looked like it couldn't be bitten.
He carefully dug along the direction of the lotus root's growth, damaging several dozen more magical artifacts before he had dug out over ten feet.
But this thing seemed to have no end. The lotus root underground continued to spread further, and he didn't know how long it was.
Seeing this, Xiao Fei had to cut it off at a joint. It was too difficult to dig, so he would transplant one first and dig more leisurely later.
Holding the lotus root in his hand, which was as thick as his arm, he curiously took a bite. It almost shattered his teeth.
This thing looked crystal clear and seemed delicious, but in reality, it was as hard as iron.
With a thought from Xiao Fei, this Heavenly Fire Golden Lotus was collected into his space.
In the space, a clone of Xiao Fei picked up the Heavenly Fire Golden Lotus to examine it.
The Heavenly Fire Golden Lotus was an immortal medicine from the Upper Realm, containing rich immortal energy.
The lotus root he dug out had ten sections and was ten feet long. When planting it in the space, only one section was needed.
He casually cut off the remaining nine sections of the lotus root.
When cutting off this section of the lotus root, he noticed that the texture of the lotus root seemed to have become much more brittle.
At this moment, Xiao Fei pinched it again with his fingernail. His fingernail easily sank into it, and juice squeezed out.
"What's going on?"
Xiao Fei picked up the lotus root with some confusion and took another bite.
"Crunch!"
This time, he easily bit off a large piece of the lotus root.
The flesh of the lotus root was crisp, tender, and juicy. Even when eaten raw, the taste was fresh and delicious.
He swallowed the lotus root, and it released a rich immortal energy within his body, spreading throughout.
Xiao Fei had to immediately sit down and use the immortal ascension secret technique he had obtained before to refine this immortal energy.
After a long time, the immortal energy from this bite of lotus root was refined, and a trace of immortal power appeared in his body.
Based on his estimation, if he ate all nine sections of the lotus root, this clone of his could also cultivate to the realm of Earth Immortal.
It was just that he found it a bit strange why this lotus root became crisp and edible only after being brought into the space.
Next, he sliced a section of the lotus root, put it in a pot, and prepared to stir-fry it.
However, after the lotus root was stir-fried, he found that he still couldn't bite it. It was as hard as iron.
So, this thing could only be eaten raw!
Xiao Fei then planted this Heavenly Fire Golden Lotus on the high mountain in his space.
In the entire space, only the peak of that high mountain had a trace of immortal energy.
Now, his space was filled with a large number of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual medicines, but they were of little use to him.
Only immortal medicines were helpful to him.
The Heavenly Fire Golden Lotus should originally grow in flames to survive, but in Xiao Fei's space, it grew even better than in Jiuyang Cave.
In Jiuyang Cave, after Xiao Fei dug out ten feet of lotus root, he tasted the benefits and spent time every day digging out several sections along that lotus root.
By now, he had dug out dozens of feet, and still, there was no end to the lotus root.
During this time, he also discovered many lotus roots extending from other directions, crisscrossing underground to form a large network of lotus roots.
He now speculated that these underground lotus roots were likely all connected as a single plant.
However, he did not damage the other lotus roots. After digging, he covered them with soil again, and under the scorching of heavenly fire, this soil would become hard again.
Just as Xiao Fei covered the soil layer, Shui Ruoyun walked up behind him.
"What are you doing here?"
"I want to make a deal with you again."
Xiao Fei turned around and sized up Shui Ruoyun, saying meaningfully.
"Heh heh, you really have quite a few secrets!"
"This time, it's really only this one secret."
Shui Ruoyun quickly explained, looking at Xiao Fei's wolf-like gaze.
Xiao Fei now wished he could directly search Shui Ruoyun's soul to see how many more secrets she was hiding.
However, their cultivation levels were not very different, and he could not perform soul searching.
"Then what secrets do you have? And what do you want to trade?"
"I want detoxifying pills to completely remove the fire poison from me.
As for my bargaining chip, it will definitely far exceed the value of these detoxifying pills."
Shui Ruoyun had successfully piqued Xiao Fei's interest again.
"When the Heavenly Fire Golden Lotus in this Jiuyang Cave grows to 120,000 years, it will produce a Lotus King, and all other lotuses will wither and die.
After the underground lotus roots slumber for thirty thousand years, they will sprout and bloom again.
The deadline of 120,000 years is not far off now."
"So, you five are here for the Lotus King?"
Shui Ruoyun nodded slightly, tacitly admitting this.
"What is the use of this Lotus King? And even if you get the Lotus King, how will you escape?"
The entrance of Jiuyang Cave was guarded by a True Immortal leading more than a dozen Earth Immortals. The rabble in the cave could not defeat them.
Even if they obtained the Lotus King, it would be useless if they couldn't take it out.
"Within the Lotus King, five immortal fruits will be produced, corresponding to the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.
By consuming the corresponding immortal fruit, one can directly comprehend the corresponding laws.
Even if one had previously comprehended similar laws, it would deepen their understanding."
As Shui Ruoyun spoke, a hint of greed involuntarily appeared on her face, then quickly vanished.
"Indeed, it's a good thing! But even if your comprehension of laws deepens, you still can't defeat a True Immortal expert, can you?"
"As long as one consumes an immortal fruit, their cultivation realm can rapidly ascend, directly breaking through from Earth Immortal to True Immortal. At that time, they will naturally not fear the guards."
Shui Ruoyun said this with full confidence, as if victory was already in her grasp.
But Xiao Fei remained skeptical. He casually handed the jade-like lotus root in his hand to Shui Ruoyun.
"Try it and see if you can bite it!"
Shui Ruoyun took the lotus root with some suspicion and opened her mouth to take a gentle bite.
She couldn't bite it!
She bit harder, putting more effort into it!
She still couldn't bite it!
Her mouth was watering, but she still couldn't bite the seemingly fragile lotus root. The fruits growing on it might be even harder. How could she consume them?
"Impossible!"
"Perhaps the lotus seeds are different, and they can be bitten."
Shui Ruoyun had already lost her usual calm composure and sat down on the ground.