Soaring through the back door, that is also a soaring!

Chapter 256 The Underground River
"What are you doing?" Jiang Youning asked, tilting her head.

Hearing this, Ye Sisi smiled mysteriously and whispered, "I have long heard that calendula chrysanthemum can not only be used to refine ingredients, but it is also a rare condiment. The taste of food made with it is unforgettable. , I’ve wanted to try it for a long time, but I’ve never had the chance before.”

After all, calendula chrysanthemums are precious. Even if one is lucky enough to appear, it will be used to make elixirs. How can it be used to make condiments and cook delicacies in a wasteful way?

Jiang Youning looked at Ye Sisi's salivating eyes and couldn't help but recall the introduction to the medicinal properties of Marigold chrysanthemum that she had read.

Calendula officinalis has strong medicinal properties and is extremely unstable. Therefore, when refining the elixir, it is necessary to add a moderate amount of medicine to balance it. The most important thing is that the taste of Calendula officinalis is extremely spicy. .

Even with the addition of a variety of mild herbs for balance, the elixir refined with Calendula officinalis still has a slight spiciness, and Calendula is the worst.

and so……

Jiang Youning watched Ye Sisi pick up the roasted meat smeared with calendula juice and took a hard bite. But soon, her expression of enjoyment turned red and painful, and thin beads of sweat oozed from her forehead.

"It's so spicy!!!"

A stream of flames spurted out from Ye Sisi's mouth along with a burst of spicy questions.

Jiang Youning promptly handed over a pot of water. However, Calendula officinalis was not an ordinary chili, and its spiciness was so easy to relieve.

As expected, Ye Sisi paid a heavy price for her gluttony. Her lips swelled up and turned into two sausages.

When Jiang Youning and Qiu Yue saw this scene, their lips tightened and the expressions on their faces trembled slightly, as if they were trying their best to hide something.

In fact, this was exactly the case. Jiang Youning and Qiu Yue just glanced at Ye Sisi, then tacitly moved their eyes away and looked elsewhere, looking at the sky and the ground, but not at Ye Sisi. Silk, for fear that he might not be able to hold back his laughter.

In contrast, Luo Mian was unabashedly gloating about his misfortune. "You deserve it, I make you greedy."

Ye Sisi glared at Luo Mian fiercely, her mouth and throat were burning with pain. She couldn't say a word at this time. If eyes could kill, she would have cut Luo Mian into pieces by a thousand cuts.

In this case, taking elixirs is definitely not possible, not to mention that there is no elixir that can specifically relieve spicy food.

Jiang Youning searched and searched in the mustard flower, and finally dug out a stick of ointment from a corner that could reduce swelling. At least the sausage mouth could be removed first.

She had forgotten when the ointment was made, but the Ointment can be kept fresh, and things will look the same when they are put in, so there is no such thing as expired ointment.

Facts have proved that the ginger, grapefruit and lemon ointment is still effective. Although Ye Sisi still feels that the inside of her mouth and throat are burning, like a fire burning inside, at least her lips are swollen.

Ye Sisi pointed to the ointment, then pointed to her mouth, and then looked at Jiang Youning expectantly.

"No, this ointment is for external application. What's the point of applying it to your mouth?" Jiang Youning decisively refused.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Jiang Youning listened to her whining for a long time before she understood what she was saying, "I promise not to eat." It’s in your mouth.”

Because of this incident, Ye Sisi couldn't be honest in the next period of time, and because she couldn't defeat Luo Mian, she simply vented all her anger on the mysterious beasts she met.

After another three days, Jiang Youning and others finally found their first Fire Spirit Crystal. "It's really not easy." Ye Sisi said.

After three days of training, Ye Sisi has improved a lot, but she is still a little awkward when speaking, but basically there is no serious problem.

With the first good start, the luck of Jiang Youning and others seemed to improve a lot. Soon the three fire crystals were collected, and now only five days have passed since the test.

At this moment, half of the task was completed. As long as they could spend the remaining five days safely, they would be able to successfully pass the test.

But as the saying goes, human beings can't help but want to cause trouble as soon as they have some free time, especially Jiang Youning and others who are not of a peaceful nature.

At this time, Jiang Youning suddenly closed her eyes, as if she was feeling something. After a while, she opened her eyes again.

"You Ning, did you discover something?"

Based on Luo Mian's understanding of Jiang Youning, his actions just now clearly meant he had discovered something.

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiu Yue and Ye Sisi also looked over, looking at her without blinking.

Seeing this, Jiang Youning coughed lightly, "I discovered that there seems to be an underground river beneath our feet."

"Really or not, there is a volcano ready to erupt at any time a few hundred meters away. There is an underground river in a place like this?" Qiu Yue said in disbelief.

"You Ning, are your perceptions wrong?" Luo Mian also didn't believe it. If there was really an underground river under their feet, there should be green plants around it.

Only Ye Sisi blindly trusted Jiang Youning, "Luo Mian, what nonsense are you talking about? How could Youning make a mistake?"

Jiang Youning shrugged, "Whether it's true or not, I'll find out soon after looking for it. Anyway, there are still five days left, so I'm free."

Luo Mian and the other two nodded, let's go look for it. Anyway, they have nothing else to do now. After collecting three living crystals, the pressure on them was instantly reduced by half.

In fact, Jiang Youning was also doubtful about the existence of underground rivers, not that she doubted her own judgment, because she could clearly feel that the moisture in the air was dozens of times richer than other places.

But just as Luo Mian suspected, the rich moisture in the air is enough to support plants to take root and survive here. But looking around, there are still huge red rocks around, with no green at all.

Moreover, Jiang Youning could feel that the moisture in the air was actually very unstable, rising and falling, just like breathing.

Several people followed the flow of the underground river and finally found the entrance under a boulder outside the lava mountains.

All the surroundings were red stones, except for the cave entrance, which was surrounded by a circle of green. It looked particularly conspicuous from a distance, and it was difficult for them not to notice it.

"It turns out to be an underground river."

Listening to the gurgling sound of water coming from the cave, although it is a little faint and you can't hear it if you don't listen carefully, it is the real sound of running water.

(End of this chapter)