After excavating a hole to hide in, he cleared up the outside and camouflaged it.
Demon Birds are highly intelligent, and a slight anomaly could easily alert them.
He had to get the details just right.
Once the hole was ready, he took out the Ice Lotus from his basket. Wisps of cold air emanated from the Ice Lotus, helping him counteract the intense heat inside the cave.
The Ice Lotus needed to grow in water, and now that he had removed it from its aquatic environment and brought it into a space filled with scorching lava, it was clearly suffering from the high temperatures.
Water and fire are naturally incompatible.
It was visible that the edges of the Ice Lotus petals were wilting at a rate noticeable to the naked eye.
Qin Niu had brought the Ice Lotus into the cave today to test whether he could use it to enter the lava.