A person in the heavens, starting with a Chaos Emperor Dao Fruit

"Oh? There really is such a pill as you described?" Medusa was also intrigued, because she had indeed found that the gentle Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame greatly helped her evolution, making it less dangerous and painful.

"Yes, the Earth Fire Green Lotus Seed contains the essence of hundreds of years of earth fire. Its medicinal properties are mild and have the effect of transforming the body. If some other medicinal herbs are added, it can be used to refine the Green Lotus Transformation Pill." Yunhua took out the Green Lotus Seed and demonstrated its medicinal properties, speaking confidently.

"How would you like to cooperate? Tell me," Medusa said with interest.

"The Queen controls the Snake-People tribe, which occupies a vast territory. She can help me find the medicinal herbs needed for alchemy. Once the alchemy is successful, I can give the Queen one for evolution. Afterward, I will give the Queen the gentle Azure Lotus land and the Queen, and the Queen will return the Azure Scale to my side. What do you say?" Yunhua proposed, intending to use the Snake-People tribe to refine the elixir.

"Okay, but I need three pills." Medusa wasn't sure if one pill would be enough for her to evolve, so she bargained.

“That works, but the Queen must give me all the sixth-tier magic cores that the Snake-People have collected.” Yunhua planned to collect the sixth-tier magic cores to fill the lotus seed positions on the twelfth-grade green lotus.

“Sure, my clan has four sixth-tier magic cores, so I’d like two more pills,” Medusa said, making an exorbitant demand.

"Then forget it. I only want the sixth-tier magic core for alchemy, not because it's so valuable. I just don't want to spend time hunting magical beasts."

"Alright then, but this little girl will need to be under the care of my snake-people for the time being, until we complete the transaction."

"Okay, but I hope that Qinglin will not be mistreated by the snake people."

"That's true, but this girl has the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil. If the Heavenly Serpent Palace finds out, she'll probably be taken away."

"The Heavenly Serpent Mansion is no match for me, so there's no need to worry." Yun Hua is now able to unleash the strength of a nine-star Dou Zong, so naturally he is not afraid of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, which only has a few Dou Huangs.

"Alright, then please come with me to the Snake People's Clan as a guest, so I can arrange for people to search for the medicinal herbs you need." Medusa invited with a faint, charming smile.

“Of course, Queen Medusa, please lead the way.” Yunhua immediately pulled Xian’er along and followed Medusa, flying towards the Snake-People’s royal city.

Above the clear sky, the blazing sun hung high in the sky, like a huge fireball about to fall to the ground. The scorching sunlight was poured onto the golden desert, baking the tiny grains of sand until they looked like red-hot iron pellets.

In the desert, due to the blazing temperature, wisps of hot air seeped out from the yellow sand, eventually evaporating the space into something distorted and illusory.

Flying under the scorching sun must be a strange experience. If it weren't for my powerful cultivation, my back would probably be roasted.

They flew over many snake-people tribes of varying sizes along the way, but the largest was the fortress guarded by the eight major tribes, which was comparable in size to a large city in the Gamar Empire.

Soon, under Medusa's guidance, Yunhua arrived at Medusa's royal city without any hindrance, where Medusa's temple was located.

The city gates were tightly shut, and on the city walls, fully armed snake-men guards patrolled back and forth.

Above the city wall, a dozen large, jet-black birds circled back and forth, their sharp eyes constantly scanning the area outside the city. Any slight movement would trigger these beasts to sound an alarm.

"Well, Alchemist Yun, is my royal city still worthy of your attention?" Medusa asked with interest.

"Hehe, it's more than enough to deal with invaders below the Dou Wang level. But if it's a Dou Huang or higher level expert who invades, I'm afraid no one but you, Queen, can repel the invaders." Yun Hua was the kind of person who firmly believed in her own strength and didn't care about these external matters.

A glance swept across the city walls. The snake-man guards of this city were generally stronger than those of the eight major tribes. Moreover, among those snake-man guards, there were occasionally some snake-men with strange attire.

These snake-men, with their cold expressions, stood like pillars atop the city wall. Within a few feet of them, no other snake-men dared to step in; clearly, they were quite afraid of these strangely dressed snake-men.

"Those are the Queen's personal guards? They seem to have considerable influence." Yunhua joked.

"That's because my prestige is too high, so naturally my personal guards also respect me."

At this moment, the many snake people on the city wall also noticed Medusa and Yunhua's group in the sky, and immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty the Queen."

The voices were perfectly synchronized and incredibly powerful, like rolling thunder, resounding throughout the entire royal city.

Before long, eight Battle Kings flew over. At this time, the leaders of the eight tribes had gathered here because Medusa had rushed out earlier to protect the royal city.

"Your Majesty, you have returned, and you have brought back three humans with you. Are they your spoils of war?" said the snake woman, Yue Mei.

"Mobas, chieftain of the Black Serpent tribe, greets Her Majesty the Queen." This was a strong male serpent-man with a cold expression.

"Alright, I have other important matters to attend to. Let's go to the council hall now. This is the alchemist Yun, whom I invited. He is a Dou Huang. Don't neglect them," Medusa said swiftly.

The group flew in a grand procession toward the temple's council hall, their colorful wings of battle aura dazzling the snake-people residents of the city.

Upon arriving at the temple, in a spacious and luxurious hall, Medusa sat languidly on a crystal throne on a high platform, with Yunhua and the others, along with the leaders of the eight tribes, on either side below.

"The reason I went out suddenly this time was because I sensed the aura of the strange fire. However, when I arrived, the strange fire had already been taken away by Alchemist Yun. Now, I have invited Alchemist Yun to help me refine a kind of pill, which requires some high-grade medicinal materials. This is also the reason why I called you here for a meeting."

"Yes, Your Majesty. Your will is our direction."

"Alright, Alchemist Yun, please give the medicinal herbs you need to the eight leaders for their review," Medusa said to Yun Hua.

"Alright, everyone, please take a look. Make sure to find all the herbs marked in red, and try to find as many other herbs as possible as well." Yunhua marked all the herbs he had been working with and handed the list to the eight leaders.

"Alright, you all go and search as soon as possible. Alchemist Yun will stay in the royal city for now; I'll make the arrangements," Medusa said to the group.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The leaders of the eight tribes went out, while Yunhua and Xian'er were led to a guest room by a snake-woman maid, and Qinglin was taken away by the Queen herself.

Outside the temple, the eight leaders had different expressions. Suddenly, one of them said, "Do you think the Queen has been deceived by this alchemist Yun?"

"Shut up, you dare to talk about the Queen."

"Alright, how could the Queen be fooled? Even if she is, my Snake-People will make her pay the price."

"I'm leaving now. I'm going to arrange for people to find the medicinal herbs."

Chapter Seventy-Eight: Weapon Forging and Herb Gathering

Yunhua followed the snake-woman maid to a guest room. The room was extremely luxurious and seemed to be for entertaining distinguished guests. Yunhua and Xian'er each chose a room.

Just as Yunhua finished washing up, she saw the snake-woman maid bring over a precious box, which emitted a strong energy fluctuation.

"Alchemist Yun, this is what the Queen asked me to give you. I will be serving you outside during this time. If you need anything, you can come and find me." After saying this, the snake-woman maid put down the box and turned to leave.

"It seems Queen Medusa is truly generous, sending over sixth-tier magic cores so quickly." Mo Yu picked up the box, opened it, and sure enough, there were four neatly arranged sixth-tier magic cores.

Of these four sixth-tier magic cores, two are fire-attribute, one is earth-attribute, and the other is wood-attribute. I don't know how the snake-people got them in this desert.

Yunhua summoned the twelfth-grade green lotus from her dantian, transforming it into a three-foot-long lotus platform. Looking at the eleven holes, one large and one small, Yunhua placed the four sixth-order magic cores sent by Medusa into four of the eleven holes.

Afterwards, Yunhua took out six sixth-order magic cores from her storage ring. After putting them in, there were only two holes left, one large and one small, from Yunhua's harvest in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Yunhua gritted his teeth and took out the magic core of the ninth-order Rock Star Python from his storage ring. Although Yunhua had already learned the supernatural abilities within it, this magic core still contained an extremely large amount of gentle energy.

However, Yunhua still made up her mind and placed it in the original location where the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame was held. Then she took out a seventh-tier magic core. This was the only seventh-tier magic core that Yunhua had obtained. It was because Yunhua found a severely injured seventh-tier magic beast in the Magic Beast Mountain Range and, out of humanitarian considerations, relieved its suffering.

As all twelve magic cores were placed inside, the twelve-petaled blue lotus emitted a dazzling light, and countless energies of heaven and earth were absorbed by the lotus platform and transformed into gentle, pure energy.

The soul of a giant rock serpent coiled around the lotus platform, devouring the remaining remnants of magical beast souls within another magic core.

The soul of the Rock Star Serpent also became extremely solid, directly becoming the spirit of the Twelfth Grade Azure Lotus. It could not only attack and defend autonomously, but also use a gravity field, which can be described as an epic-level enhancement.

Yunhua flew to the lotus platform, sat down cross-legged, and as he circulated his cultivation technique, a massive amount of energy was directly absorbed into his body and refined. The golden core within Yunhua's body also began to grow slowly but rapidly.

This rapid pace of cultivation, like flying on an airplane, made Yunhua feel extremely comfortable. Yunhua felt that he would probably be able to complete the third stage of the Golden Core cultivation in just a few days.

Nine days passed, and Xian'er and Yunhua did not leave the house. Yunhua stayed on the twelfth-grade green lotus, directly allowing the third-stage golden core to reach perfection, and was ready to break through to the fourth stage, which is the Dou Zong realm, at any time.

After finishing his cultivation, Yunhua went out to inquire about the progress of collecting medicinal herbs. He learned that only 70% had been collected, and the remaining 30% would probably need to be exchanged with humans.

Yunhua didn't care about any of that. Whether it was robbed or stolen, the fact that the snake people could collect everything was a testament to their skill. In the coming period, Yunhua planned to use the skeleton of the Rock Star Python to forge magical artifacts.

Back in his room, Yunhua took out the hardest part of the Rock Star Python's skull, which still had a single horn several meters long on it, covered with patterns of the laws of gravity.

Yunhua dismembered the skull of the Rock Star Python, removing its horn and skullcap, and taking out all thirty-six teeth from both the upper and lower rows.

With so many materials, Yunhua could forge a spear, thirty-six flying swords, and a set of armor for himself. The remaining scraps could also be used to forge some magical artifacts.

Yunhua sat cross-legged on the lotus platform, continuously using the Soul-Devouring Demon Fire to burn and refine the impurities. Once the impurities were completely removed, Yunhua shaped the unicorn horn into a majestic and imposing white bone spear, with scattered patterns on it. At this time, Yunhua deliberately preserved the gravity law patterns.

As Yunhua continued to infuse runes, forming talismans and then a grand array, it was a triple array, all of which possessed offensive and defensive attributes.

Once mastered, it directly gave birth to a faint array spirit, which became the weapon spirit of the Rock Star Shattering Spear, named by Yunhua.

Later, he forged a combination of spiritual weapons, thirty-six Rock Star Fang Swords, which were also spiritual weapons and quite powerful.

Finally, there's Yunhua's armor. This armor is completely futuristic, a sealed, white battle armor with mysterious azure patterns and some visible law runes, making it look both mysterious and futuristic.

Its head and back are covered with spikes that slant backward toward the sky. The two rows of spikes on its back can unleash wings of fighting spirit. Some joints have grotesque joint blades, making it an absolute weapon of mass destruction in close combat.

As Yunhua refined and absorbed the three spiritual artifacts into his body, he then transformed into a futuristic rock star battle armor, wielding the rock star earth-shattering spear, surrounded by thirty-six rock star fang swords, and standing on a twelfth-grade green lotus.

Unmatched in terms of style and coolness, their combat enhancement is also terrifying. Although they may not be able to defeat Dou Zun because of their deep control over space, they are absolutely invincible against Dou Zong.

After Yunhua finished refining these magical artifacts, more than ten days had passed, and there was still no notification that all the materials had been collected. So Yunhua used some Rock Star Giant Python bones to refine more than a dozen sets of cool sci-fi and fantasy battle armor, several sets for men and several sets for women.

Several more days passed, and the snake-woman maid finally came to report that the medicinal herbs had been collected.

Yunhua immediately knocked on the door of Xian'er, who was still in seclusion. Xian'er also got up immediately to go find Medusa together. This month of cultivation had allowed Xian'er to directly achieve the first stage of Golden Core, and she could break through to the second stage at any time.

Yunhua, accompanied by Xian'er and a maid, headed towards the council hall. Queen Medusa and the leaders of the eight tribes were already present.

"Master Alchemist Yun, the variety of medicinal herbs you requested is truly impressive. You've collected herbs for all the common high-grade pill formulas on the market. Are you asking us to collect herbs just for refining one type of pill?" Medusa clearly understood Yun Hua's intentions, so she directly questioned him.

"Well, isn't it because I'm outnumbered and have difficulty collecting these medicinal herbs? Queen Medusa's snake-people clan is powerful, so it would be easier for them to collect them." Yunhua rubbed his nose and said righteously.

"Bullshit! Do you know how many of my snake people have lost in order to collect these medicinal herbs? Those herbs can only be found by humans. What are you up to?" a tribal chief asked.

"How about this, I'll refine three pills for you for free, how about that?" Yunhua asked tentatively.

"Hmph! Don't think we don't know, you're just a fifth-grade alchemist." One of the leaders mocked.

"Well, my alchemy skills are certainly not limited to this level. It's just that the place only allowed assessments at the fifth rank back then, isn't it?"

"Alright, shut up, all of you. I want you to refine three pills for my snake-people race in the future, and give me three more pills from this one," Medusa said decisively.

"Three pills are a bit too many. How about one more? I have a kind of armor here. Even a Dou Ling can unleash the strength of a Dou Wang when wearing it. How about I give you two sets?" Yun Hua began to promote his armor. Because there were too many skeletons of the Rock Star Python, if they were all used to make armor, it would be enough to make tens of thousands of sets.

Yunhua took out the mystical-style skirt armor she had crafted and handed it to Medusa, who then passed it on to the eight leaders.

"Come here, you, try this armor on." Yue Mei arranged for a warrior from the Douling tribe to test whether it was really as good as Yun Hua said.

The taciturn tribal warrior immediately put on the armor, as the last piece was completed.

Chapter Seventy-Nine: Azure Lotus Transformation Pill

The runes of the laws on the armor lit up, directly connecting to the warrior's battle aura. The armor extracted the battle aura, mixed it with external energy, compressed and condensed it, and then stored it in an energy core composed of fifth-order magic cores.

The armor automatically activated the energy wings on its back and the force field shield on its surface, allowing it to slowly fly into the air. After a while, the snake-man warrior was able to skillfully use the energy wings to fly.

“Good, very good. I’ll test if he really has the strength of a Battle King.” A tribal chief spread his earth-yellow battle aura wings and flew to the sky above the capital, standing opposite the armored snake-man warrior.

"You attack first, let me try." The tribal chief was quite confident, thinking that even if someone had the strength of a Dou Wang, they were probably only at the level of a one-star Dou Wang.

So the snake-man warrior directly used the information instilled in him by the armor, and the armor's attack module lit up. Instantly, the secret runes on his arm lit up, and a lightning spear appeared in his hand.

The snake-man warrior raised his spear and pointed it to the sky. A bolt of lightning shot straight into the heavens, then transformed into countless lightning spears, which became streaks of lightning that engulfed the tribal chief, a Fighting King, with lightning speed.

When the lightning disappeared, a snake-man, charred and cracked from the electric shock, appeared on the spot, his robes transformed into beggar's clothes.

The many tribal chiefs watching from the sidelines were shocked, because although this tribal chief was not the strongest among them, he was still in the middle ranks, and yet he was severely injured in one move.

Someone quickly took the seriously injured leader away to treat his wounds, but even so, these leaders were even more envious of the armor.

"Let's test their defense again," another Battle King suggested.

"Sure, go ahead and try. With your attacks, you won't be able to break through the armor and hurt the people inside," Yunhua said with great confidence.

"Alright, let me try and see if it's really as powerful as you say." Yue Mei stepped forward and came to the snake-man warrior.

"Prepare your defenses, I'm about to unleash my full power," Yue Mei said coldly and cruelly.

Although the warrior was afraid, he had no choice but to suppress his fear and activate all the defense modules. As a result, all the runes on the armor lit up and were activated.

There is a repulsive field three feet away from the armor, and an energy shield within three feet, which looks quite impressive.

Yue Mei shouted loudly, immediately channeling all her battle qi and unleashing a high-level Xuan-rank battle technique. Dozens of enormous green snakes, each over ten feet long, appeared in the air. Each snake was covered in hard scales, and its sharp, white fangs gleamed as it opened and closed its massive mouth. What was most shocking was that these green snakes seemed to possess a life force, with two faint, fierce auras emanating from their bodies.

Dozens of giant green snakes flew directly from all directions toward the armored snake-man warrior, piercing the air at incredible speed, and opening their blood-red maws to bite at him.

These dozens of green snakes, which were originally moving at great speed, slowed down rapidly when they reached the repulsive field outside the armor. By the time they were about three feet away from the armor, they were already moving very slowly. However, when they collided with the energy shield, a violent explosion still occurred, creating a ring-shaped explosion cloud in the air. The shockwave from the explosion sent Yue Mei flying more than ten meters away.

However, when the explosion and light subsided, the armored snake-man warrior was found to be unharmed, though his energy shield appeared somewhat dim.

The test results shocked Medusa, because even she wouldn't dare to use her battle aura shield to withstand Yue Mei's attack.

Surprisingly, the armor blocked their view, so Medusa and the eight leaders looked at Yunhua and the armor with great interest.

Who wouldn't want such a powerful and durable suit of armor? However, in order to obtain the medicinal herbs Yunhua needed and the resources for the Queen's evolution, the Snake-People tribe was completely drained of its resources, making it unaffordable even if they had it.

“Very well, I accept your conditions. However, you cannot refuse any purchases of this armor from my Snake-People race in the future.” Medusa was an ambitious person. She did not intend to be confined to this barren desert. Once she broke through, she would definitely lead the Snake-People race to the Black Corner Region or the Central Continent. At that time, she would need a lot of this armor.

"Of course, it would be a pleasure to cooperate with you all," Yunhua said casually.

The tribal chiefs took the two suits of armor, intending to try them on themselves to see if they could withstand the siege of numerous Battle Kings or even a Battle Emperor.

"Mr. Yun, the medicinal herbs and alchemy room you requested are ready. You can start alchemy at any time," Medusa said politely. She respected talented people, especially someone like Yun Hua who was both strong and highly skilled.

"Yes, I will begin refining the pills immediately. Please have the Queen guard me outside and do not let anyone disturb me," Yunhua said without any politeness.

“Alright, then please proceed, Mr. Yun.” Medusa immediately began to lead the way, arriving at a mountaintop where she had carved out an alchemy chamber from the mountain’s interior.