Chapter 116: One hundred and sixteen Awkward Encounter
"I’ve finally found you!"
Yun Xiao’s face lit up with joy. It was clear that the steamy hot spring before him was the place he was searching for, and the so-called Firestone Heart, generally speaking, was only to be found at the bottom of such springs.
The Firestone Heart is formed by volcanic magma over many years. Although it seems to possess the violent power of the magma, it becomes exceedingly gentle in energy due to the tempering of the volcanic hot springs, making it an excellent auxiliary for neutralizing the energy of the Stone Heart Marrow.
Of course, Yun Xiao couldn’t guarantee that the first hot spring he found would contain a Firestone Heart. Such items were always a matter of chance, not of search. Sometimes, even after searching all the hot springs on a volcano, one might not find a Firestone Heart the size of a thumb.
Plop!
The area within the volcano was intensely hot, and with no one else around, Yun Xiao didn’t dawdle. He stripped off his outer clothes, leaving only his underwear, and then plunged headfirst into the hot spring.
To be honest, if an ordinary person dared to enter this hot spring, they might even scald their skin. Fortunately, Yun Xiao was already a cultivator in the early stages of the Meridian Gathering Realm with the protection of Meridian Qi, so the searing heat of the water couldn’t harm him.
However, Yun Xiao wasn’t a fish, and those of the Meridian Gathering Realm’s rank couldn’t possibly go without breathing, so he couldn’t stay submerged for too long. After a while, he would inevitably feel short of breath.
Yet Yun Xiao’s luck seemed to have run out, when he surfaced from the spring after searching for about the time it takes half an incense stick to burn, his complexion was somewhat unsightly.
"There’s none!"