"The Ten Thousa Fme is the most suitable Heavenly Fme fical beasts. Not only it purify a magical beast's bloodline, but it alsthen their physical body, as it is a fme born from the spirits of ten thousas."

  "You tried to use the Green Lotus Core Fme, which is born from the molten va deep within the earth, to restruct your body. Unless you are a rock-type magical beast, your flesh would only face destru."

  Although the aext didn't specify which Heavenly Fme to use for evolution, stating that any Heavenly Fme would suffice, Xiao Yan was certain that the Demon Saint who successfully evolved back then must have used the 22nd-raen Thousa Fme.

  Because magical beasts themselves were not profit in alchemy, they assumed that any Heavenly Fme would do. They overlooked the fact that different Heavenly Fmes had unique mystical effects. The power of the fme was only one of the many advantages of a Heavenly Fme.

  That Queen Medusa could even achieve partial success using the Green Lotus Core Fme only showed that her determination was beyond imagination. However, it was absolutely impossible for her physical body to be fused with the Heavenly Fme and successfully restructed.

  The fact that even a segment of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's flesh remained after being burned only proved how incredibly formidable its bloodline was.

  Queen Medusa's elegant eyebrows slightly furrowed as she asked, "What are y to say?"

  "I'm saying that, as it happens, the Ten Thousa Fme is with me." Xiao Yan grinned widely, revealing his white teeth, and poio the blood-red fme floating beside him.

  ! ! ! ! ! !

  Queen Medusa almost wao rush forward and snatch it, but she restrained herself—after all, it was merely a wisp of fme.

  She was no alchemist; how could she distinguish which Heavenly Fme was which? All she knew was that both fmes filled her with arm and dread.

  Narrowing her eyes, she fell silent for a moment before saying, "I will give you the Green Lotus Core Fme, and you will give me the Ten Thousa Fme. Then we'll call it even."

  Xiao Yan chuckled and decisively shook his head. "I seized it with my own strength; why should you be the one giving it to me?"

  Medusa's pupils widened in shock! How could this man speak such shameless words with such righteous vi?

  The ess in her bright eyes intensified when she heard such shameless words. With her status, no one had ever dared to treat her this way. She fixed her gaze on Xiao Yan, her beautiful eyes filled with killing i, as if she inteo kill him even at the cost of mutual destru.

  "Don't look at me like that. I know you don't want to die, and even more, you don't want your soul to be injured and your cultivation to decrease. If your cultivation decreases, your entire Snake-People Tribe will bee a pieeat to be divided among the major empires. At that time, the fate of the Snake-People will be a miserable one."

  As a young leader, Xiao Yan uood the difficulties of managing a , let aloribe. The fact that the Snake-People Tribe could still exist today was rgely due to Queen Medusa's great tributions. This was also why she risked her life to use the Heavenly Fme to evolve.

  If she didn't do this, the Snake-People Tribe would soon be annihited, and all Snake-People would bee sves.

  At this point, even Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a bit of admiration and sympathy for the queen before him. She had single-handedly propped up a crumbling tribe.

  But even so, snake-woman sves were still traded in underground markets. Even in Wu Tan City, Xiao Yan had heard meraries discussing the allure of snake-women.

  "You're risking mutual destru just to provoke me, to see if I dare to kill you?" Queen Medusa suddenly gave a charming smile, her eyes curving like crest moons. She elegantly crossed her legs and sat gracefully across from Xiao Yan. After all, she was a queen who had seen much of the world.

  Xiao Yan picked up two cups from the table, poured tea into them, and said with a smile, "I left in a hurry back then and fot to properly introduce myself. Let me introduce myself again. My name is Xiao Yan, an alchemist who possesses Heavenly Fmes—a 4th-tier alchemist nearing the 5th tier."

  Queen Medusa's beautiful eyes couldn't help but brighten when she heard that Xiao Yan was an alchemist nearing the 5th-tier.

  Ah, the allure of medial pills.

  Due to their hostility with humans, the Snake-People Tribe had no alchemists. Even if they captured alchemists, in most cases, the Alchemist Association would interveo demand their release.

  Even Queen Medusa didn't dare to be too forceful in front of the Alchemist Association, and all she could do was exge a few medial pills with them before letting the alchemist go.

  Fet about a 4th-tier alchemist; the Snake-People Tribe didn't even have a 3rd-tier one.

  "As an alchemist, I believe that with the Ten Thousa Fme and the power of medial pills, I am fident I help accelerate the growth of your physical body, allowing you, Queen Medusa, to restore your strength to peak Dou Emperor, and perhaps even help you break through to the Dou Aor realm."

  "Then, in another hundred years, with your pure Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline, you will undoubtedly reach the strength of a Dou Vee." Xiao Yan revealed a smile. He was truly being more and more like a seasoned alchemist! This world wasn't just about fighting and killing; humaionships were important too.

  Queen Medusa's expression turned serious as she looked at Xiao Yan and asked in a deep voice, "What do you want iurn?"

  "If I enter danger, I hope Your Majesty will e to my aid. I believe you should be able to temporarily unleash your former strength, perhaps even reach half a step into the Dou Aor realm, right?"

  In truth, this dition was something Xiao Yaioned in a casual manner. He wasn't oo go around causing trouble, so why would he go provoke Dou Emperors or even ae Dou Aor?

  What he wao resolve was the issue with Queen Medusa, as he feared she might suddenly attack him. But if he bluntly said, "I'll help you restore your body with the Ten Thousa Fme for free," it might arouse her suspi.

  "I o see your siy." Clearly, Queen Medusa was moved by Xiao Yan's offer. Moreover, although she had left messages for her trusted aides not to worry, the tribe could not remain leaderless for long.

  Xiao Yan smiled calmly and decided not to hold back. He took out the Bck Demon Cauldron and a Core-Fire Lotus Seed.

  There were a total of eleven Core-Fire Lotus Seeds. Including this one, he had already used three of them.

  He po modify the recipe for the 3rd-tier Fire Rising Pill, using the Core-Fire Lotus Seed as the main ingredient and refining the pill with the Ten Thousa Fme.

  Queen Medusa extended her tender, bright red tongue and lightly licked her rosy lips. when the Core-Fire Lotus Seed appeared. This uional a carried an allure that could stir a man's heart with desire. 'This must be a seed from the lotus ptform of the Green Lotus Core Fme, isn't it? If I hadn't been seriously injured while retrieving the Green Lotus Core Fme back then, I definitely wouldn't have left even a bit of such a treasure behind.'

  Mao Wu's eyes fshed with a green, greedy light the moment the Core-Fire Lotus Seed appeared. This was a treasure it also coveted very much.

  "If you ed it directly, that would be a great waste of heavenly treasures."

  With a soft 'poof,' Xiao Yan ighe Bck Demon Cauldron with the Ten Thousa Fme. In the ing days, he po immerse himself in alchemy to improve his alchemy skills. Even if he couldn't advao the 5th tier, he inteo at least reach the peak of the 4th tier.

  Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on the Green Colored Lotus Ptform, using its effects to stabilize and calm his mind, and operated the Spirit Heart Gathering Soul Teique to quickly recover his Spiritual Strength.

  Two blue-red colored pills appeared in the medial cauldron after half a day of refining. With a tap on the cauldron, one pill flew toward Queen Medusa, while the other was snatched up and eagerly devoured by Mao Wu, who seemed to thhly enjoy it.

  Holding the pill, Queen Medusa gazed at Xiao Yan with her captivating eyes. Xiao Yan's alchemy could be described as fwless, his talent frighteningly high. Even a plete novice like her found it pleasing to watch.

  As the medial pill entered her stomach, a green light surged from her body, and she slowly transformed bato her snake form. Heat and ess iwined as the Heavenly Fme tempered her body, while a refreshing energy enhanced her physical strength.

  The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python slowly closed its eyes and began to cultivate its physical body. At the same time, a spiritual transmission reached Xiao Yan's mind: "If you help me regain my peak strength within three years, then the Green Lotus Core Fme will be your reward, and the grievances between us will be written off."

  Xiao Yan wiped the cold sweat from his brow. He had finally resolved the lingering issue with the Green Lotus Core Fme. He had feared that Queen Medusa might be a madwoman willing to perish together with him no matter what.

  'Fortunately, everythi smoothly. Now, when I go to the Hall of Souls in the imperial capital, I have arump card. If the people from the Hall of Souls try any tricks during the soul body transa, at least I'll have some means to terbahem.'

  'The capital of the Jia Ma Empire... I wonder what awaits me there.'