"Oh? Are there any mercenaries stronger than that leader?" the old man asked with interest.
"Well, one of the mercenaries was a Xuan cultivator with very high strength. He killed the leader of the other mercenary group with one sword." Zhuo Junyue said. Although he did not see the sword being chopped down when he arrived there, judging from the scene, it was indeed the case.
Hearing this, the old man tugged at his beard and glanced at Feng Jiu: "As expected, there are strong people everywhere, and those who are strong like to hide themselves."
Feng Jiu pretended not to notice the old man's gaze. She patted Tun Yun's head, and Tun Yun stood up and walked forward.
Seeing this, the old man also climbed onto the contracted beast, and the three of them staggered back into the forest.
Two days later
As they got closer to the crater, not only did the trees around them become increasingly sparse, but the temperature of the ground and the air also became higher and higher.
As the temperature was rising, Tunyun was out of breath, so Fengjiu put it into the space and walked on her own. The old man also put away the contracted beast, and the three of them walked slowly together.
"Is it so hot in this area?" Fengjiu asked. Even when she stepped on the ground, she could still feel the scorching heat. Under this hot air, she was sweating profusely and drank a lot of water along the way.
"We are close to the crater. There are still some trees here. If we go further ahead, we won't even see any trees, let alone weeds or anything like that. Even wild animals won't come to this area."
The old man said, while raising his sleeve to wipe the sweat off his face, "But in these places you can pay more attention to the black stones in the mud under your feet. Those black glowing stones are fire stones, which are things of fire attribute. They are also very good for people with fire attribute to practice."
Hearing this, Feng Jiu looked at the ground under her feet. The ground was very dry, and there was no grass growing in this area. As for the black glowing stone that the old man mentioned, she did not see it.
"The volcano here erupts once every three months, so you must be careful with the lava. You must not get splashed by it. There is no cure for being splashed by the lava. The fire poison is very strong and you can lose your life if you are not careful."
As the old man walked, he reminded them and said, "However, in addition to the Fire Stone, there is another treasure in here."
Hearing this, Fengjiu looked at him and asked curiously, "What treasure?"
"There is a magical medicine called Fire Grass growing on the hillside of the crater. It is said to have a wide range of uses and is extremely precious. It only appears once every hundred years and is very spiritual. It will automatically absorb the Fire Stone components in the volcano as nutrients. When the volcano erupts, it will slip away and move to another place until it reappears on the hillside after the eruption. It seems that only a few plants have been seen in all these years."
Feng Jiu was slightly surprised when she heard this: "It can move by itself? Could it be that it has transformed into a medicinal spirit?"
The old man looked at her and said, "This volcano erupts every three months. How can it have time to transform into a medicinal spirit? It is said that this kind of medicine is naturally like this, and it can only be found in this place. You can't find it anywhere else even if you want to."