Fighting: I am Han Feng, I respect my teacher

No.

The person in front of me is terrifyingly strong!

Flower Snake took out a long spear from her storage ring and held it warily in front of her.

"I have no intention of being enemies with the snake people."

The moment Han Feng spoke, he was already beside Hua She'er, his hand resting on her shoulder.

Flower Snake's body stiffened instantly. The other party's actions were tantamount to telling her—I can kill you instantly.

Han Feng simply patted Hua She'er's shoulder lightly, then looked up at the tall tower in the city.

Queen Medusa must have lived in that most dazzling place, right?

Since he was already there, Han Feng was also curious about what the Snake Queen, who had dominated a large part of the Northwest Continent in her previous life, looked like now.

"I can inform the Queen, but I don't know if she will be willing to see you."

After being reprimanded by Han Feng, Hua She'er's attitude improved considerably.

She knew that going head-to-head with Han Feng now would definitely not end well; this was a matter that the Queen had to decide.

"Yes, the herb I'm looking for is Sand Datura. If Queen Medusa is unwilling to see me, can you help me find it?"

Han Feng thought that if Medusa happened to be in seclusion, then he really wouldn't be able to see her.

We can't just send someone out of the pass just because we're looking for some medicinal herbs, can we?

Although the snake woman in front of me is weak, she is still a Dou Wang (Battle King), so her status should be enough to help me find medicinal herbs.

Flower Snake's eyelids twitched. Meeting Han Feng's unyielding gaze, she swallowed hard.

"Yes, of course."

"Wait here for a moment, I'll be right back."

The flower snake fled in panic.

She felt utterly humiliated, but what could she do in the face of a powerful human who could take her life at any moment?

Han Feng, who was still left outside the city gate, sighed.

The conflict between the snake people and the human race does not seem to be something that can be easily resolved.

Chapter 29 Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill

"Alchemist?"

Medusa sat on the royal bed in her palace, lazily opening her captivating eyes.

"Even you are no match for him?"

"Your subordinate...is ashamed!"

Although Hua She'er has just advanced to the Dou Wang level, she possesses the bloodline of a giant snake, and her strength is absolutely no less than that of the new generation of the top ten powerhouses of the Jia Ma Empire.

If even she is no match for him, then perhaps only the leaders of the eight major tribes are qualified to fight him.

"Bring him to see me."

Medusa spoke listlessly, her alluring body slowly stretching behind the curtain, as if she were yawning.

"Yes!"

Hua She'er quickly arrived at the city gate. She looked at Han Feng, who was alone outside the city wall, and felt a little apprehensive.

Even surrounded by a group of burly male snake-man guards, Hua She'er still didn't feel very safe, as if her memory was still stuck in the panic of having her life in Han Feng's hands.

Taking a deep breath, Flower Snake mustered her courage and walked out of the city gate. Her snake tail swung swiftly as she came to Han Feng's side.

"The Queen has agreed to see you. Please come with me."

Han Feng nodded and followed her into the city.

When the snake people in the city saw Han Feng, a human, appear, they all hid on the side of the street. Some looked at him curiously, some looked at him with scrutiny, and a small number were extremely hostile.

This is a common phenomenon among the snake people tribe. Most people are not particularly hostile to humans, but because of public opinion, they do not have a good impression of humans.

A small group of people harbor extreme hatred because they have suffered persecution at the hands of humans.

This is similar to the humans in the Gama Empire. Only the humans near the Tagor Desert are very hostile to the snake people, while the further inland they go, the less intense their concept of snake people is, so they are mostly just curious.

Han Feng followed Hua She'er all the way to the Snake King Tower, passed through the heavily guarded walls, and entered the tower.

"The Queen will receive you here. Please wait a moment."

After saying that, Flower Snake hurriedly left.

Seeing that the other person looked a little nervous, Han Feng smiled and didn't say anything more.

I was curious to see how the snake people treated their guests, but to my surprise, they didn't even offer me a cup of tea.

Han Feng took out the water pouch from his storage ring, drank a few mouthfuls, and then heard a rustling sound coming from afar.

Setting down the water pouch, Han Feng turned his head and saw a snake woman wearing a magnificent crown and a purple-red gauze dress emerge from behind the screen.

Her tail swayed and moved nimbly behind her.

A pair of eyes, both tender and disdainful, gazed at the human in the hall, and a clear, alluring voice rang out.

"You're that sixth-grade alchemist?"

Looking at the snake-woman queen before him, Han Feng subconsciously compared her to the noble and domineering figure from his previous life.

The Medusa of today is less domineering and more naive.

"It is I. Queen Medusa knows me?"

Medusa smiled gently.

"My eyes aren't blind yet; I can't hide the commotion in Mo City from you."

"But you dare to come to my Serpent People's Holy City alone, aren't you afraid of death?"

Medusa approached Han Feng, staring intently at him, seemingly trying to put pressure on him in this way.

"I have come here with no ill intentions. Does Queen Medusa intend to make things difficult for me?"

Han Feng remained neither humble nor arrogant, and even felt a little amused.

If the former high and mighty Northwest Queen were to see Medusa now lowering herself to use such a low-level method as seduction to oppress others, she would probably be so ashamed that she would want to disappear.

Medusa frowned slightly when she saw that Han Feng's eyes were calm and there seemed to be a smile on his lips.

"Your Gama Empire and my Snake People are sworn enemies. What if I make things difficult for you?"

"I am not a citizen of the Gama Empire."

"Ok?"

Medusa's expression froze, and the majesty she had just built up instantly crumbled.

“I understand the Queen’s feelings. If you were to go to the Gama Empire alone, they would probably make things difficult for you. After all, the two countries are enemies and cannot achieve true equality.”

Han Feng replied naturally.

It's not hard to guess; when it comes to national affairs, both sides are considering things from their own perspective.

To be merciful to an enemy country is to be cruel to oneself.

"You're not from the Gama Empire?"

Medusa's tone softened slightly.

"My name is Han Feng, and I come from the Black Corner Region."

"Black Corner Region!"

Medusa's expression changed abruptly, and her alluring aura vanished instantly.

As a notorious no-man's-land in the Dou Qi Continent, the Black Corner Region is quite well-known.

Many cultivators wanted by major powers go there to seek refuge, because almost no country can mobilize a large amount of resources in the Black Corner Region to hunt down a single person.

It's a chaotic place, a place that devours people without spitting out their bones. No strong person who can come out of there is easy to deal with.

Medusa looked at Han Feng with surprise and doubt, having previously thought he was a kind and gentle person.

But now it seems he's a smiling tiger!

No matter how sincere Han Feng's attitude was at this moment, Medusa perceived it as somewhat insincere.

Sometimes, background and reputation are still very important.

"You want the Sand Mandala?"

Medusa calmly returned to the main topic, slowly moving her body away from Han Feng.

"Exactly."

"What kind of reward can you give me?"

Han Feng pondered for a moment, then asked in return:

"What does the Queen desire?"

Medusa was silent for a moment, then said, "How about you help me refine a sixth-grade pill?"

Han Feng and Medusa stared at each other for a long time before finally nodding.

"If you have your own medicinal herbs, I can refine them."

A hint of surprise flashed in Queen Medusa's eyes, as if she hadn't expected the other party to agree so easily.

"Very well, once you have finished refining the elixir, I, the King of Sand Mandala, will present it to you with both hands."

The two reached a deal, and Han Feng was taken to a quiet room.

Half an hour later, Medusa entered the quiet room with a storage ring and a scroll of elixir recipes.

"Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill, a mid-grade sixth-rank pill, are you confident in its effectiveness?"

Medusa handed the formula to Han Feng and asked a question.

Han Feng first glanced through the prescription, then nodded.

This should be the inherited recipe of the Snake-People race, so Han Feng had never seen it before, but the method of refining it was not difficult.

"Then I'll leave it to you. I await good news."

After leaving the quiet room, Medusa's expression became somewhat serious.

Snake marrow bone-shedding pills were a choice that every Medusa queen throughout history had to make.

To conceive powerful offspring, the previous Medusa Queen would take a secret elixir after becoming pregnant.

The secret techniques are divided into three levels: superior, middle, and inferior.

The lower grade consists of pills with considerable energy, mostly of the fifth grade.

The middle grade is the sixth grade Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill.

The current Queen Medusa is the product of being nourished by the Snake Marrow Removal Elixir.

In the past, the Snake-People tribe almost exhausted their entire fortune in order to hire a sixth-grade alchemist to refine the Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill.

Medusa has now traded a single fifth-tier medicinal herb, Sand Mandala, for the opportunity to have Han Feng refine medicine, which can be considered a huge profit.

However, Medusa was not so happy at this moment.

According to clan rules, every Medusa who has exhausted her potential and can no longer advance in rank is required to mate with a strong person and give birth to offspring.

If I don't break through soon, I will be forced to accept this fate and pass on the heavy mission of the snake people to the next generation.

Medusa is a snake-woman who refuses to admit defeat. She hopes to completely change the fate of the snake-woman race in her time.

To achieve this, one must break through the shackles of the Dou Huang level and advance to the Dou Zong level!

Based on the usual cultivation speed, Medusa doesn't know how long it will take before she can reach the threshold of Dou Zong. After all, this is a watershed realm, and many peak Dou Huang experts can only stop at this point in their entire lives.

Fortunately, the Snake People have a long history and left behind a valuable method for advancing to the Dou Zong level.

Tempered by a different kind of fire, his old body was refined, he was reborn from the flames, and returned to his ancestral kingship!

Without a doubt, this is a valuable secret technique for improving physical constitution. By taking advantage of the opportunity to break through to the Dou Zong level, one can reshape the body and improve physical constitution and aptitude.