Beneath the ancient, weathered stone pillars, the hardships endured by the Snake-People are etched, a testament to the arduous journey of their predecessors—a memory the Snake-People will never forget.
"Master Lin Feng, this is the Snake-People's palace. What do you think?"
The usually seldom seen queen strolled outside, circling around two humans—no, sensing the aura of the little girl in white—causing the Snake-People to be astonished. This little girl, seemingly human, emanated the aura of a demonic beast.
Looking at the smiling Snake-People elder beside her, the Snake-People felt their brains couldn't keep up. Just who were these two, deserving such high regard from the Snake-People? Meanwhile, the Snake-People patriarchs returned to their respective tribes to guard the royal city.
"As expected of the Snake-People's royal city. The moment I entered, I felt a vast and desolate aura wash over me. If an ordinary Grand Battle Master were here, I doubt they would even feel a shred of fighting spirit."
Queen Medusa chuckled softly. Without her veil, her every move was even more captivating, causing Lin Feng to momentarily lose his composure.
"Hmph!"
Seeing Lin Feng's reaction, Zi Yan, who had remained silent until now, let out a soft snort, expressing her displeasure.
After giving Zi Yan a strange look, Lin Feng addressed Queen Medusa.
"Your Majesty, please arrange a secret room," he wrote down the ingredients for the Breakthrough Pill and handed it to Queen Medusa. "These are the main ingredients for the Breakthrough Pill. As for other pills, if you need them refined, I can refine them as long as the Queen agrees to my next condition."
"Oh? Master Lin Feng, please speak freely."
"This young lady, Zi Yan, may cause quite a bit of trouble during this period. I hope the Queen can forgive her!"
"Hmph, you stinking Lin Feng! I went to great lengths to rescue you, and you ungrateful wretch dare to speak ill of me like this! I'm never speaking to you again!"
Zi Yan, who had been pretending to look around but secretly eavesdropping, was immediately displeased upon hearing this. Hands on her hips, she glared fiercely at Lin Feng, as if she would teach him a lesson if he didn't give her an explanation.
"This is enough pills for you for three months. Don't wander around during this time. There are some people around here that even I don't want to provoke!"
Handing a super-large jade bottle to Zi Yan, seeing her delighted expression, Lin Feng's mind flashed with a group of dark figures, as if those evil chains were right before his eyes.
"Relax, relax, when have I ever caused trouble!"
Zi Yan waved her hand dismissively as she took the jade bottle.
"This request is nothing, Master Lin Feng, please rest assured." Queen Medusa, who had expected Lin Feng to ask for an exorbitant sum, was surprised by his simple condition.
"Could it be that he... he's after me?"
Although something strange was on her mind, the Queen's expression remained unchanged, and she simply nodded slightly.
After a few turns, Queen Medusa addressed a snake-person who had suddenly appeared.
"Prepare a superior secret chamber for Master Lin Feng, and take out all the medicinal herbs listed above and send them into the chamber." After a moment's hesitation, she went to summon the Flower Snake Commander, as she had instructions for her.
The dark secret chamber, decorated in snake-person style, was free of the characteristic stench of snake-people, and even had a cool, refreshing feel. "
Click."
Lin Feng didn't have to wait long before a snake-person with a fair complexion and a voluptuous figure slowly opened the stone door.
"Master Lin Feng, I am Hua She'er." After a slight bow, the female commander, whose skin color was strikingly different from that of ordinary snake people, acted with remarkable efficiency, taking out a storage ring from her palm.
"Master Lin Feng, inside are many treasures of the snake people, enough to satisfy your desires at the fourth to sixth rank. There are also some alchemist's notes, specially ordered by the Queen to be given to you."
"Oh?" Hearing that there were alchemist's notes inside, Lin Feng became interested. Although with his current alchemy skills, plus the inheritance from Yao Chen, he was certainly far superior to these notes that the snake people could collect,
some alchemists inevitably had some wild ideas, which might inspire him. This was why Lin Feng often communicated with alchemists of lower rank than himself.
Taking the storage ring into his hand, the uniquely cold touch of the snake people felt somewhat strange to Lin Feng, but Lin Feng, who already had a family, was not a womanizer and did not dwell on it.
"What's going on, Flower Snake Commander?" Lin Feng, having received the storage ring, assumed Flower Snake would step back after everything was settled, but seeing her motionless figure, he couldn't help but ask.
"This is the elder's order. Please forgive me, Master Lin Feng!" Flower Snake bowed again, her face showing a hint of apology, but her snake tail remained motionless.
"Phew,"
Lin Feng let out a slight breath. He didn't feel that his dignity as an alchemist had been challenged, but he couldn't help thinking that these snake-man elders were far too corrupt. Offending Lin Feng would mean a future entanglement.
Shaking his head, Lin Feng lost interest in reading the alchemist's notes and mentally scanned the storage ring, examining the various medicinal herbs inside.
"I didn't expect that although the Snake-People are located in a desert region, they have quite a lot of resources. Presumably, some Dou Wang level experts must have secretly crossed the blockade of the surrounding empires to search for spiritual herbs in the Monster Mountain Range."
Ignoring these thoughts, Lin Feng ignored the curious stares of his Flower Snake Commander and sat cross-legged on the stone bed, beginning to meditate.
"Thump!"
After a certain moment, Lin Feng opened his eyes, a divine light shooting out. Then, with a sweep of his hand across his storage ring, a massive medicine cauldron appeared in the secret chamber and slammed down.
"Let's start with fourth-grade pills. Some of the Snake-People's exclusive pills are even unheard of in the lineage of Yao Chen, known as the continent's number one alchemist."
"Boom!"
The azure beast fire reappeared; perhaps this was the last time he would use it to refine pills. Lin Feng had decided that once he reached his peak condition, he would absorb the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame in one fell swoop, using its powerful energy to break through the barrier from the peak of Dou Wang to Dou Huang.
Lin Feng picked up a snake-shaped fruit, sensing its chilling nature with his soul power. As far as he knew, this fruit only grew in places where snakes gathered. If he had had such a snake fruit when he was refining his body, his progress would have been greatly increased.
After adding various spiritual herbs into the cauldron, Lin Feng prepared to try out this fourth-grade pill—the Snake Heart Pill.
Snake Heart Pill: A fourth-grade pill. Its effect is to cause the user to suffer the excruciating pain of being devoured by ten thousand snakes, but after the intense pain subsides, the body's strength will be greatly enhanced.
The description of the pill formula flashed through his mind, but Lin Feng's hands remained still, rapidly changing their movements.
"Zzzzz."
(End of Chapter)