"Senior, can we renew our visa with food?"
Chen Mo asked with a smile.
"Yes. A fish head or other similar food can renew your visa for 7 days."
The red snake head replied after a brief contemplation.
"Please wait a moment, Senior!"
While speaking, Chen Mo took out a spicy fish snack from the Space Ring.
It was a small snack he had made before for Xiao Jiu and Moli.
"Senior, could you see how long this food can extend our visa?"
The red snake head bit into it and then slowly said:
"Roar!" (It can renew for 1 day.)
"Then, could you please help us renew for two months first?"
Saying this, Chen Mo took out 60 spicy fish snacks from the Space Ring, which had been spiced up with a hot broth and then preserved by Tuantuan before being handed to the red snake head.
On the side, seeing Chen Mo taking out so many fish snacks, Xiao Jiu and Moli both felt a pang of heartache.
Chen Mo oh Chen Mo, how can you spend money so recklessly!
They definitely wouldn’t stay in this subterranean world for so long; isn’t renewing for so many days a waste?
Could it be that you want to obtain an eternal visa in the subterranean world!?
"Don’t worry, I’ll make some more for you when we get back."
Sensing their emotions, Chen Mo comforted them with a mental message.
Seeing the great quantity of fish snacks, the scales of the red snake head burst open. It didn’t choose to eat them all at once but instead hid the fish snacks throughout its interlocking scales.
It wanted to hoard them to enjoy slowly over time.
Eating them all now would only offer a moment of joy,
But hoarding them would let it enjoy happiness for a much longer time.
And the thought of its siblings not being able to experience this joy made it even happier!
After watching the red snake head do all this, Chen Mo felt it was about the right time and asked:
"Senior, about seventeen years ago, a Karma Fire Flame Dragon came to the subterranean world; do you know where it is now?"
Any creature entering the subterranean world had to pass through the guardians, and the Karma Fire Flame Dragon of that time was no exception.
However, the guardian back then was the Molten Giant Crab, but if the Red Teeth Snake Lord was gossipy enough, it might have some clues about the Karma Fire Flame Dragon.
Chen Mo previously took out so many fish snacks, intending to raise the red snake head’s favorability and thereby gather some intelligence.
"I have only been the guardian for several months, I’m not aware of something that happened over a decade ago."
"But the subterranean world rarely allows outsiders to dwell for long, so the Karma Fire Flame Dragon you mentioned might have already left. If you truly wish to know more, you could seek out that dead crab, which should now be in the Flame Lake at the Three Saints Mountain."
The red snake head flicked its tongue, speaking slowly.
It was referring to the Molten Rock Giant Crab, the previous guardian.
From its tone, there seemed to be some friction between them.
"Thank you, Senior. I’d also like to ask if you know about the Green Lotus Heart Fire?"
The red snake head nodded. In light of the "fish snacks," it did not show impatience, and its icy voice arose in Chen Mo’s heart:
"I do. The Green Lotus Heart Fire is the Lifebound Spark nurtured by the Green Lotus. Once it ascends to the Totem Rank, the Green Lotus produces several seeds containing the Green Lotus Heart Fire every decade or so."
The Green Lotus the Red Teeth Snake Lord was talking about is the Holy Flame Green Lotus, the totem spirit of the Green Lotus Tribe, which ascended to the Totem Rank with the help of the Red Dragon over 200 years ago – a newly promoted totem.
"Not long ago, the Green Lotus just nurtured two Lifebound Sparks of the Green Lotus Heart Fire, one of which was given to the Clan Leader of the Green Lotus Tribe, and it should have been used already. The other one serves as the prize for the fishing competition, and people from either the Green Lotus Tribe or the Red Dragon Tribe can participate. You might want to try your luck at these tribes if you’re after the Green Lotus Heart Fire."
The icy voice of the red snake head resonated in Chen Mo’s heart.
"So, these two humans came to the subterranean world looking for the Green Lotus Heart Fire."
The Red Teeth Snake Lord thought to itself:
"Unfortunately, they are destined to return disappointed.
"Fishing competition?"
Chen Mo was momentarily taken aback.
There are such competitions among the tribes in the subterranean world?
"Yes, the Green Lotus’s greatest hobby is fishing, revered by the people of the Red Dragon Tribe as the God of Fishing. Both the Red Dragon and the Green Lotus tribes are masters of fishing. Alright, I need to rest now, you should head in!"
With that, the enormous body of the Red Teeth Snake Lord shifted slightly, opening slowly like a giant stone door, revealing a gap about ten meters wide.
A white light shone through that gap.
"Star Sea, let’s go!"
As the Hanhai Giant Whale passed through the gap, Chen Mo felt a sense of sudden clarity. Before him lay an endless prairie, with several towering volcanoes standing upon it, and several lava rivers flowing across the surface.
The subterranean world maintained a very primitive landscape, imbued with a wild atmosphere.
"What a magical world!"
Chen Mo couldn’t help but exclaim.
He hadn’t expected that twenty thousand meters underground there would be such a vibrant, mysterious world.
According to the fragmented map Liu Yan gave them, the land they were standing on now was called the Red Dragon Prairie, belonging to the Red Dragon Tribe’s territory.
The known subterranean world was divided into eighteen Totem Zones, each inhabited by one or several powerful Totem Rank beings.