Volume 1 Chapter 129: Discovery of the Wolf's Den
Because of his experience in the Cold Abyss Cave, Qin Yun was fully prepared this time when he went down to the Fire Dragon Cave.
He carried with him over a hundred talismans, including fifty top-grade Gathering Fire Talismans that he had made himself.
Although the fire gathering charm is not applicable in the Fire Dragon Cave, because the fire attribute monster has a strong resistance to fire system attacks, Qin Yun did not bring these fire gathering charms to deal with monsters.
However, the current situation prompted him to take out all his top-grade Flame Gathering Symbols. The Flame Wolves had all retreated into their caves, where the symbols could exert their greatest effect.
"Huh? Is this the top-grade Gathering Fire Symbol from Shui Xin Fang?"
Bai Su immediately saw the origin of the talisman Qin Yun took out.
Recently, the top-grade Huang Fu sold in Shui Xin Dan Fu Fang on Nan Da Jie in Xuan Wu City has caused a stir among Jian Zong disciples, with buyers willing to pay high prices flocking to buy them.
This also aroused the curiosity of many sect cultivators, especially those who were skilled in refining talismans and basically bought some to take back for research.
If it were ordinary Fireball Talismans, using them to blast the Flame Wolves would definitely have no effect. However, with so many top-grade Fireball Talismans, nobody could guess whether Qin Yun's tactics would work or not.
But they soon found out, the terrible effect of fifty Fireball Talismans blasting into the cave!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One by one, the expensive talismans were used by Qin Yun to slap into the cave, and the explosive flames instantly submerged the deep tunnel.
Gathering Fire Symbol, as the name suggests, gathers the fire-based flames in the surrounding space and condenses them into a fireball to attack the enemy.
The Huǒ Lóng Dòng's flames are extremely vigorous. The power of the Jù Huǒ Fú is multiplied here, and although the Yán Láng has a strong fire resistance ability, it can hardly withstand the impact force generated by the explosion.
What's even more frightening is that the blast of the fireball shattered and shook off large chunks of rock, which fell down to inflict even more damage on the pack of wolves.
The Yanhuang wolves, who were hiding in the cave and preparing to fight to the death, could not avoid it. They howled incessantly in the flames of the explosion. Some of them couldn't bear it and rushed out, but they were all beheaded one by one by Lin Sheng and Yan Nan, who were waiting in ambush.
Fifty Fire Seal Talismans were detonated, and the wolf's den was in a mess. Everywhere were fallen rocks and wolf corpses scattered all over the place. At least over a hundred Flame Wolves died miserably, and many more were heavily injured and on the verge of death.
Such an astonishing outcome left everyone speechless, and Yan Nan and the Red Skirt Maiden looked at Qin Yun with even more admiration.
To know that fifty top-grade Gathering Fire Talismans are worth a lot of spirit jade, how many outer sect disciples can afford to use them all up like Qin Yun without any hesitation?
They had no idea that these talismans were all refined by Qin Yun himself. The cost is much lower than the selling price, not to mention fifty pieces, even five hundred pieces can be used.
After taking so many spiritual jade, the effect is extremely obvious. When Yannan led his horse into the wolf's den, he almost didn't encounter any decent resistance.
Those injured and powerless Flame Wolves were all ended with a sword to terminate their suffering, but only a few Flame Wolves that could collect the inner elixir were left, and the team's harvest was not great.
But in the deepest part of the wolf's lair, they encountered the most intense resistance.
Twenty fierce flame wolves guarded a large pregnant mother wolf, launching a desperate counterattack against the invaders. They rushed towards the sword blades with reckless abandon, not caring about the sword energy that fell on their own bodies.
However, the six-man team led by Qin Yun was not intimidated by their madness and killed all the Flame Wolves in less than half a stick of incense, leaving only the last mother wolf.
In the Fire Dragon Cave, the pack of Flame Wolves is often led by the most robust female wolf. This pregnant female wolf basically plays the role of the Wolf King, but it doesn't have any strength beyond that of an ordinary Flame Wolf.
In fact, when Qin Yun and others broke in, it was in a state of childbirth, and five small wolves were born amidst the howling and screaming of the wolf pack.
The newly born little wolves were fluffy and wet, their eyes still unopened, instinctively searching for milk. The mother wolf tenderly licked their fur, seemingly oblivious to Qin Yun and the others standing just a short distance away.
Qin Yun put down the sword in his hand, he could ruthlessly slaughter those ferocious Flame Wolves, but found it hard to bear killing this mother wolf radiating maternal light before him.
Looking at it, Qin Yun couldn't help but think of his mother who was imprisoned in the palace.
"How pitiful! Let's spare them!" The girl in the red skirt said softly.
Bai Su, who was following beside her, sighed lightly: "Even if we let it go, I'm afraid it won't be able to raise these little wolves."
Having lost the entire wolf pack, it's really too difficult for a single mother wolf to raise five little wolves on her own. She's probably going to be killed as soon as she goes out.
The mother wolf seemed to understand what Bai Su said. It suddenly struggled and stood up, then darted into a cave in the nearby rock wall.
Run away? Everyone was stunned.
Is it said that wolf nature is like this, at the moment of life and death, one can throw away their own flesh and blood, and everyone's sympathy suddenly weakened a lot.
"What about these little wolves?" Yan Nan scratched his head: "It seems like there's nothing here either!"
The situation inside the wolf's den is very disappointing and different from what was expected. There are no piles of spiritual jade or rare minerals here, only some inconspicuous goods.
After fighting for half a day and even getting into a conflict with someone, the wolf's den was finally taken down, but it wasn't even as good as a chicken rib, completely wasting Qin Yun's 50 top-grade talismans.
I'd rather have given it to Feng Wuji in the first place!
Bai Su hesitated for a moment before saying, "Bring them back. If they have enough talent, there's a chance to tame them into spirit pets."
The cubs of the Flame Wolf can be domesticated, but it is difficult for them to grow into a spiritual pet. First, one must look at their innate bloodline talent, and secondly, they also need to invest a lot of blood.
Of course, there is a big difference between the flame wolves and fire dragon dens that are domesticated by humans and those that live in the wild. There are also many of them in the sect.
Just as several people were discussing, the mother wolf suddenly ran out of the cave again, with a large piece of crimson jade in her mouth.
Its appearance was extremely miserable, with flames burning all over its body, covered in scorching hot magma everywhere, flesh and liquid constantly dripping down, as if it had just rolled around in the fiery river.
To everyone's surprise, it rushed straight to Bai Su's front, opened its mouth and dropped the jade stone.
The mother wolf crouched down, straining with all her might to look up at the girl. Her scorched wolf eyes were filled with tears, and a low whimper still came from her throat.
"Are you asking me to take care of your child?" Bai Su seemed to have understood what it meant.
The mother wolf nodded vigorously, looked back at her wolf cubs for the last time, and then slowly closed her eyes.
Everyone fell silent because they all understood that the mother wolf was not running away earlier, but had risked her own life to find this jade stone in exchange for her child's survival.
It interprets what motherly love is with its own life!
The wolf cubs did not know that their mother was dead, and they stretched their necks to find milk to drink, constantly making "yip yip" cries.
"Let's take them all back!" said Bai Su.
Of course no one is opposed.
Lin surname Shixiong picked up the jade stone that the mother wolf had summoned from the ground, looked at it for a few moments and changed his expression: "Marrow Jade, it's the embryo of Red Blood Marrow Jade!"
The sound of surprise immediately drew everyone's attention, and they couldn't help but gather around.
Lin surname Shixiong excitedly showed the jade stone in his hand to everyone: "You see, this layer wrapped outside is rock skin. Look at the exposed jade fetus here, it's absolutely not ordinary Huo Ling Jade!"
At first glance, the jade stone looks unimpressive, but a flash of stunning red color from the edge of the rock reveals its extraordinary inner quality.
The Fire Dragon Cave produces fire spirit jade and crimson blood jade, but the latter is extremely rare and can only be found by the most experienced miners who can track them down through the ore veins, and even then, it's still a matter of luck.
With this piece of marrow jade, today's harvest for the six-man team can be described as rich.
Everyone was delighted, and no one wanted to work hard for nothing and return empty-handed.
"This piece of jade seems to have been found from there. Shall we go in and take a look?" said Dugu Xia suddenly.
At his reminder, everyone immediately went over to take a look.
The den where Mother Wolf found the jade was actually a crevice in the rock face, barely large enough for one person to squeeze into sideways.
Due to the winding and curved seams, it is impossible to see the situation inside clearly, but you can distinctly feel the scorching hot flames surging out from within.
"We can't go in here, even if there's still a chance of getting the jade. It's too risky." Lin shook his head.
Everyone thought so, just by looking at the miserable appearance of the mother wolf, they could tell how dangerous it was inside.
But knowing that there is an extremely precious jade inside, it would be a pity to give up and leave like this. After all, such opportunities are rare!
Inside the Fire Dragon Cave, there are numerous lava flows and magma flows. The terrain can change dramatically in just one day due to frequent volcanic eruptions.
If I come again next time, may not be able to find this place anymore.
Qin Yun also felt a little regretful and thought for a moment before saying: "Let me go in first to take a look, if it's really dangerous inside then we'll give up."
This is also a good way, and Qin Yun's strength has been recognized by everyone.
"Be careful..." Bai Su cast a protective spell on him and said seriously: "Don't be reckless!"
Qin Yun nodded and put away his long sword, then crawled into the rock crevice.
This gap is extremely narrow, with sharp and hard rocks on both sides. If you're not careful, you might scratch your body and get hurt. Every step forward requires extra caution.
But what was most unbearable was the scorching flames that surged out from within, Qin Yun felt like he was being penetrated by the flames even with Bai Su's magic protection, and his breathing became difficult.
He had no choice but to activate the Nine Yang Xuan Gong, dissipating the invading flames and instantly breaking out in a cold sweat all over his body.
Walking forward for about thirty steps, a cave entrance appeared in front of him. Bright crimson light poured in, and the flames became even more oppressive.
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