"You’re planning on eating it to handle lava?" Bai Junjun was incredulous. This person must be fantastically imaginative—far too bold.
"If eating its flower allows one to handle fire, then extracting its essence to swim in lava doesn’t seem too far-fetched, right?"
"That’s just what the ancient texts record. What if the records are wrong?"
"Worst case, you lose an ally," Li Wenli said with a cheerful grin.
"???" Bai Junjun’s mind was filled with doubts. She realized this guy really wasn’t afraid of death.
How could he get more excited the more dangerous the situation became?
Was this the warmongering gene at work?
"Don’t worry, I don’t think I’ll die," Li Wenli said, then ruffled Bai Junjun’s hair again.
Her already dry hair was instantly tousled into a mess, and Bai Junjun brushed his hand away with displeasure.
Watching the young mistress’s fur bristle, Li Wenli got up in great spirits.
He stretched and said, "Let’s go, let’s look for the Drooping Tube Flower."
Even though Bai Junjun didn’t quite agree with his go-big-or-go-home approach, she had no choice but to cooperate at the moment.
"I’ve heard that the leader of Base H isn’t selected through inheritance or election, but by whoever is the strongest. Is that true?" Bai Junjun asked.
At that moment, Li Wenli was bending over looking for small flowers, and he nodded when he heard her.
"Are you interested? If you join Base H and defeat me, you’ll be the new boss."
"And you’re still so reckless with your life?" Bai Junjun couldn’t fathom it.
This high-risk position should be more like the Mysterious Turtle’s doctrine of moderation. Why was he still so aggressively bellicose? If someone capable killed him, that would be one thing, but what if a Night Thief assassinated him? Wouldn’t that be the end of Base H?
"Killing me isn’t the end. Whoever becomes the boss will naturally have countless people wanting to kill him. The Night Thieves will flash in the pan at most; in the end, only the capable can firmly hold that position."
Li Wenli chuckled, "Besides, if I’m killed by a Night Thief, it suggests I’m not capable enough. That position wouldn’t be worth having then."
Bai Junjun stopped discussing this topic with him and started carefully scanning their surroundings.
Eventually, in a humid and hot corner, she sensed a strange temperature.
She gently tugged on Li Wenli’s sleeve to signal him to follow.
The two of them circled around rocks and white salt, arriving at a scorched area.
Many plants probably grew here, but volcanic movement erupted some substances, causing this area to suffer.
Now, in this ashy terrain, green sprouts began to emerge.
Bai Junjun and Li Wenli squatted down to take a closer look. The sprouts were tender and vibrantly green, radiating the vitality of spring like little bean sprouts.
Bai Junjun touched the sprouts with her finger to feel their life signs, but discovered that these sprouts were different from other plants; their insides were unusually hot, like boiling water.
Bai Junjun was surprised, wondering if these were the Drooping Tube Flowers Li Wenli spoke of?
However, the growth cycle of the Drooping Tube Flower might still require several days to fully sprout, and much longer to bloom and mature.
Her younger sister was waiting outside; she didn’t have much time to waste.
Bai Junjun had no choice but to harness her Special Ability to accelerate the growth of the Drooping Tube Flowers.
However, Bai Junjun was surprised at how easily she could control these flowers; she didn’t know if they had been underground for too long or for some other reason.
Either way, she only invested a bit of her Special Ability, and these flowers began to grow wildly.