Chapter 411 - Chapter 411: Chapter 403: Subduing the Demon Bird_1 (2/2)
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Only the heart of the flower remained a deep red.
The heat it emitted had also noticeably decreased a lot.
It needed to live in scorching magma, as that was its most ideal growing environment. Away from the magma, it would struggle to survive.
Qin Niu had gone to great lengths and risked tremendous danger to get his hands on this Fire Lotus; he certainly didn’t want it to die.
He was considering artificially creating a suitable growing environment for it.
Now that he had ample wealth, he could afford to hire workers to continuously chop wood and light fires for twenty-four hours, providing the Fire Lotus with an endless supply of flame energy.
“That firebird paid a heavy price to obtain this Fire Lotus. It probably doesn’t have the capability to sustain the Fire Lotus’s life. So what does it want with this Fire Lotus?”
Before the magma erupted, had the firebird managed to escape the cave or not?
All these matters piqued Qin Niu’s curiosity.
Unconsciously, he had arrived at the previously dug cave that was intended for emergency refuge.
There were four caves in total, dug for urgent shelter.
This was the one closest to the cave.
About six hundred meters away.
He dragged the Fire Lotus straight into the cave. The outer petals of the Fire Lotus had already turned into a blackish-gray color, hard like rock.
Dragging it on the ground resulted in significant damage to the edges of the petals.
The Fire Lotus, which originally had a diameter of about two meters, was now just over one meter. Qin Niu could feel its vitality weakening bit by bit.
This process was much slower than he had imagined.
He tried inputting a trace of the Everlasting Spring Technique’s power into the Fire Lotus.
The originally dull heart of the flower became much redder. The speed at which its vitality weakened also visibly slowed down.
The Everlasting Spring Technique was very friendly to all plants.
Even for a peculiar plant like the Fire Lotus that existed between heaven and earth, the Everlasting Spring Technique was still effective.
“Lazy Ox, let’s go back and have a look,” he said.
Qin Niu stashed the Fire Lotus in the cave, then returned with the Green Ox.
He had been so focused on snatching the Fire Lotus that he had neglected everything else.
Now that he had secured the Fire Lotus and hidden it, and seeing that the volcano hadn’t erupted yet, he grew bolder. He decided to go check on the firebird’s condition.
During the struggle for the Fire Lotus, he had determined from the firebird’s behavior that it was in a weakened state.
If he could seize the moment, there might be a chance to subjugate it.
Qin Niu, ever audacious, indeed took the Green Ox and dashed towards the direction of the cave.
Before long, he reached the mountain where the cave was located.
From a distance, he could see that the vicinity had turned into a sea of fire, with the ground covered in scalding magma.
That area was completely submerged.
More hot magma was continuously gushing out from the mouth of the cave, flowing towards the surrounding area.
In the center of the magma, the firebird was fluttering about.
At first, Qin Niu thought it was trapped in the magma and couldn’t escape.
Upon closer observation, he discovered it was cultivating in the magma. A fiery red inner core was continuously rolling in its open beak.
It was visible that large flames were emanating from its abdomen.
What was it trying to do?
Rebirth through Nirvana?
Watching this scene, Qin Niu had no intention of going easy on it.
He immediately pulled out an Advanced Contract Talisman from his chest.
He had bought five in total, all for the purpose of subduing this firebird.
He had long dreamed of subduing a formidable Demon Bird to serve as his mount.
With the power of his cultivation technique, he activated the Talisman, and instantly a beam of golden light shot out.
“Eh, this Talisman seems to be even better than the ones from Bei Bing’s Talisman store!”
Qin Niu noticed that the golden light that shot out was much more solid.