732: Chapter 486 732: Chapter 486 Jiang Tang activated his Magical Treasure to defend against the heat, and ice formed on the outside of the artifact.
However, it was quickly melted into water vapor by the intense heat from outside.
He hadn’t yet truly encountered a volcanic area, where the heat produced by Spiritual Fire could be controlled.
Approaching the island, he saw that its rocks were black and reddish in hue, as was the soil.
It seemed as if anything placed on those rocks would be cooked through.
Such intense heat was beyond imagination; there were no signs of living creatures on the island.
Even the nearby sea water showed no sign of fish.
Seeing this situation, Jiang Tang didn’t know if his Flying Artifact could enter the volcano.
If the temperature were too fierce and damaged his Flying Artifact, that would be a considerable loss.
After silently pondering for a moment and with the anxious calling of the Fire Spirits, he could only let the two Fire Spirits enter the volcano for exploration.
Xuanming Spiritual Fire and Qianji Fire, released by their master, emitted joyful calls as they flew out of the opened Flying Artifact.
The crowd saw the two mighty Fire Spirits fly out after their joyful calls and then dive into the heat of the island’s underground.
As the two Spiritual Fires ventured forth, Jiang Tang being surrounded by nine beautiful women was hardly strange; this man always made his Spiritual Pets do the work whenever he encountered something.
And it always went so smoothly, without him needing to exert much effort.
As it turned out, the women knew Jiang Tang all too well.
With so many Spiritual Pets on hand, there indeed was a need to make waste useful; that’s what leaders should do—simply stand aloft and direct the country.
Envious and jealous, the nine women had never considered having so many pets themselves.
Dreams were but dreams; all they needed to do was follow this man on his expeditions, and they were sure to gain new insights.
For instance, the ocean city they had just seen and the submarine; these were artifacts they had never encountered before.
And those half-human half-beast cultivators who practiced differently; without these expeditions, they wouldn’t have known such sinful people existed.
The nine women’s newly recruited seventy disciples had just steadied their emotions.
Seeing the video wall depicting the volcano, they looked on in amazement.
Fire that could fly was also something they had not seen before, and though curious, they dared not ask.
With innocent eyes, they diligently cultivated, yet they were a bit distracted, watching the video wall, feeling there were more astonishing things they hadn’t yet witnessed.
Jiang Tang was already using his Divine Sense to accompany the two Fire Spirits on their adventure.
Having a Fire Spirit Root, he was keen for the Fire Spirits to find treasures.
He could keep up with the Fire Spirits and achieve greater accomplishments.
Currently suppressing his own abilities, he could still enhance his body’s strength more robustly.
Jiang Tang had heard many times that the greater one’s abilities, the greater the heavenly Thunderstrike they would face upon becoming Immortal.
If he trained his body to be as impenetrable as metal walls, then ascending to Immortality was merely a matter of time.
Jiang Tang observed that the deeper the Fire Spirits ventured beneath the island, the deeper the red of the fire became, and he could see a large blaze burning.
Though the area was only about a thousand acres, it lay beneath the island itself.
The volcano was connected to, not just the area under the island, but also the surrounding deep sea water.
Jiang Tang found this volcano rather marvelous; how was it possible for it to burn so close to the seawater?
Seawater could extinguish fire and reduce the temperature of volcanoes.
Jiang Tang then discovered that this wasn’t an ordinary volcano; beneath the island was a Lively Acupoint.
It was like numerous large cauldrons, their magma continually boiling, the fire spewing out incessantly, with the magma never extinguishing.
Even seawater was needed to increase the magma’s density and the growing volume of magma.
Above the magma, there were living and vivid Fire Spirits.
And beneath the magma were Fire Crystal Stones, which could be used for cultivation or to make flying artifacts and various other magic artifacts.
Jiang Tang ordered the Fire Spirits to collect the Fire Spirits inside, already envisaging their use: two bases, if needed for Talisman Making, Alchemy, Artifact Refining, or even cooking, so the disciples could learn various skills.
It was essential to establish Fire Spirit Caves within the two bases, making the Fire Spirits from the volcano useful.
As for the precious Fire Crystal Stones, they could be given as rewards to subordinates, friends who were fire cultivators.
They could also be stored, as the stones were precious to Jiang Tang.
Xuanming Spiritual Fire and Qianji Fire, upon his command, caught the Fire Spirits.
Reluctantly, the master forbade them from consuming the Fire Spirits.
Later, when they discovered how valuable the Fire Crystal Stones were, they began to gobble up copious amounts of the gems.
Jiang Tang lamented over his two prodigal Spiritual Pets as they consumed the treasures.
Ignoring the heat of the volcano, he used his ice and snow skills from within the Flying Artifact to instantly enter the underground of the volcano.
The beauties aboard the Flying Artifact were unaware of Jiang Tang’s skill in avoiding fire.
Seeing him enter the volcano, they watched the video on board with concern.
The dozen or so children found this strange yet exciting.
It seemed their masters were powerful, and their leader even more so.
The children imagined that if they too became strong one day, could they enter volcanoes and snow-capped mountains unharmed and then dig for treasure inside?
Although the children were somewhat naive, they understood that if someone with strong skills entered a dangerous place, it meant they were treasure hunting.