Almost every team in the Outland Arena will go to Night Hemp Volcano at least once. Although the volcano is large, it has been explored by so many teams, making it increasingly difficult to collect Night Hemp. The points for this mission also increase year by year as the amount of Night Hemp decreases.
The floating island where the Nightmare Volcano is located is enormous, entirely occupied by the volcano. Even before reaching the island, just approaching it, one can already feel the heatwave. Compared to other places in the outer realms, it's like experiencing two completely different seasons here.
Even for these Golden Core cultivators, the heat here was unbearable.
At the very center of the entire floating island is the largest main volcano, around which spread outwards numerous scattered branches of varying sizes, some of which are still spewing flames.
Several people launched flying swords from the outer perimeter of the volcano.
The scene was quite beautiful, but the overall experience wasn't very pleasant.
As they walked and chatted, Sun Shaoxing said, "I saw in the miscellaneous affairs area that several teams mentioned seeing the Hongmeng team at Yema Volcano. Didn't they complete their mission a long time ago?"
"Do teams often encounter HarmonyOS teams?" Shi Xuan became interested: "Tell me more about it."
“Didn’t we encounter someone being scolded in the miscellaneous area last time?” Sun Shaoxing recalled. “The place that person mentioned was Yema Volcano. Later, several other groups of people said they saw the Hongmeng team there. I estimate that they come here once every one to two months.”
Shi Xuan clicked his tongue meaningfully. Here, unless you're doing a mission, very few people would frequently appear in the same place for no reason.
Something unusual must be going on. The fact that the HarmonyOS team can come here so consistently every month means there must be something here that is very attractive to them.
So, what kind of good stuff could it be? Shi Xuan suddenly became interested as well.
Having entered the volcanic area, the temperature was getting hotter and hotter, to the point that even cultivators could hardly bear it. The best team members all had rosy cheeks.
Shi Xuan had a sudden inspiration and mobilized the power of all things, drawing upon the ice spiritual energy within his body to create a spiritual energy shield around himself. Meanwhile, all things absorbed the omnipresent fire spiritual energy within Shi Xuan's body, replenishing the energy of the ice-type spiritual energy shield.
This spiritual energy shield consumes very little spiritual energy and has no other function than to cool the area. The team members immediately felt much more comfortable.
Lu Wenxing stuck out his tongue and exclaimed, "Oh my god, I still have to rely on my junior sister! This awful place is so hot it's making me feel like a dog!"
After saying this, he seemed to immediately realize something was wrong and shut his mouth.
"Pah, pah, pah!" Lu Wenxing spat twice without explaining what was going on.
But Shi Xuan knew perfectly well what was going on and burst out laughing.
The second brother is allergic to the word "dog." He has to quickly take it back if he accidentally mentions it, for fear of being associated with dogs in any way.
Shi Xuan cleared his throat and recited a poem as he walked: "Born of the same root, born of the same root, why so hasty to abandon each other, why so hasty..."
Lu Shenzhi looked at Shi Xuan with amusement. His junior sister was being mischievous again, teasing her second senior brother.
Lu Wenxing jumped up and exclaimed nervously, "What kind of poem did my little sister recite out of nowhere!"
"Huh?" Shi Xuan opened her clear, big eyes innocently and asked, "What are you saying, Second Senior Brother? Can't I even recite a poem?"
When Lu Wenxing was asked this question, he didn't know how to answer and stammered without being able to give a coherent answer.
If you say she's calling me a dog, it feels like my junior sister didn't really say anything, and saying that would seem like she's asking for trouble. But if you say there's no reason, he genuinely feels that my junior sister is subtly criticizing him.
Chen Qi, who was standing to the side, looked at Lu Wenxing, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "What's wrong, brother? Can't stand listening to classical Chinese stuff? Or are you getting impatient because you don't understand it?"
Lu Wenxing glared at him, thinking to herself: You're the one who doesn't understand, your whole family doesn't understand! It's precisely because she understood that she told her to stop reading!
Shi Xuan found Lu Wenxing's expression somewhat amusing, and continued to feign grievance, sighing, "Why can't I recite poetry? As your captain, I even used my spiritual power to cool you down. It's not easy for me, and now I don't even have the right to recite a poem?"
"Yes, yes, yes," Chen Qi quickly followed up, "Read whatever you want, read as much as you want, I love to hear it!"
“Yeah, yeah,” the team members chimed in, “It’s just reciting poetry, Captain! Just recite whatever you want! We’ll recite along with you!”
After he finished speaking, a few team members actually joined Shi Xuan in reciting, "We are all of the same origin, why are you so eager to abandon us?"
The world where everyone recites poetry, but only Lu Wenxing gets injured, has been achieved!
Lu Wenxing was furious. "What do you mean, 'of the same origin'? You and a dog are of the same origin! Besides, even if we're of the same origin, he's of the same origin as a wolf!"
At this moment, among the twenty-two people in the team, only his own senior brothers, junior brothers, and junior sisters knew what was going on with him. He couldn't explain, and he was completely speechless, his face turning red with anger.
"Oh dear, Second Senior Brother," Shi Xuan stepped forward and asked with concern, "Why is your face all red? Could it be that my spiritual energy shield didn't work for you? Come, come, stand closer to me so you can hear me recite the poem more clearly."
"Hmph!" Lu Wenxing turned his head to the side, completely ignoring her.
They had now reached the halfway point of the first volcano.
The entire mountain range was a dark red, with flames flickering everywhere. If it weren't for the fact that their boots were crafted magical artifacts, they would probably be burning by now.
By this time, they had not seen anything of any use along the way.
Apart from some red-hot rocks, there are no suitable species to grow here. The entire volcano is bare, appearing eerie and desolate.
"Shall we continue?" Sun Shaoxing asked.
Chen Qi quickly replied, "Let's go up and take a look first. Some people in the miscellaneous affairs area say that the opportunity lies at the crater."
Sun Shaoxing rolled his eyes at him; Chen Qi had become increasingly unreliable lately.
"How do you know that what those people in the miscellaneous affairs area are saying is true? What if someone is deliberately lying to you?"
That possibility certainly exists. Chen Qi scratched his head and remained silent.
This time, Shi Xuan supported Chen Qi's point of view. She observed the surrounding situation and said, "My spiritual energy shield can still hold for a long time. We can definitely go up the mountain to take a look. If we want to collect night hemp halfway up the mountain, it is probably already impossible."
This would have been acceptable a hundred years ago, when night hemp grew wildly here like weeds. But since the mission hall issued missions about night hemp, the night hemp has become increasingly scarce, to the point that it is now extremely difficult to find even one plant.
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