After a moment of pause, Xiao Ling regained his composure while the others around him were still unaware. He wasn't some country boy who hadn't seen the world. He couldn't afford to make a fool of himself in public. He wasn't planning on being a grassroots hero yet. He needed to be at least Dou Zong-level strong enough for this beautiful snake to look upon him.
Queen Medusa, reclining on her amethyst throne on the elevated platform, saw Yue Mei enter with Xiao Ling and Zi Yan. Her slightly closed eyes slowly opened, casting her gaze upon Xiao Ling and Zi Yan behind Yue Mei.
With her peak Dou Huang cultivation, even without Xiao Ling's "disguise" skill, she easily detected Xiao Ling and Zi Yan's cultivation levels: a four-star Dou Wang and a peak Dou Wang.
Narrowing her narrow eyes, Medusa, relying on her years of intuition and extensive combat experience, sensed something unusual about the two before her. If they truly engaged in combat, their strength would undoubtedly be more than meets the eye.
Yue Mei was the first to step forward, bowing respectfully to Queen Medusa before saying, "Your Majesty."
Turning her gaze away from Xiao Ling and Zi Yan, Queen Medusa replied calmly, "Stand up." Then, gesturing to a few chairs around them, she said, "I understand your purpose. Please sit down first."
Upon hearing this, Yue Mei replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty." She twisted her tail and found a chair to sit on. Xiao Ling also took Zi Yan's hand and sat down across from Yue Mei.
After they sat down, Xiao Ling spoke to Medusa, "Hello, Queen Medusa, let me introduce myself. I am Xiao Ling, an elder from the Alchemy Department of Canaan College. I have made the bold move to come to the Snake People this time because I want to make a deal with them. I want to exchange a Sand Mandragora from you, which is a medicinal ingredient I need to refine an elixir."
After Xiao Ling finished speaking, he made a subtle gesture to Zi Yan. The tacit understanding they had gained over the years made Zi Yan understand what Xiao Ling meant in an instant. He was planning to let her brag a few words on the side.
So, she spoke to Medusa on the platform in a childish voice, "Sister Snakeman, Xiao Ling is a sixth-grade alchemist. As long as you are willing to hand over that Sand Mandragora, you will definitely be able to exchange it for a satisfactory reward."
Medusa, who had been lying on her side just now, also slowly sat up. After hearing Xiao Ling's words, she had planned to make things difficult for them and raise the value of the Sand Mandragora. However, when she heard the little girl in purple speak and call her sister, she always felt an inexplicable comfort in her heart. Moreover, when she looked at the little girl in purple carefully, she always felt that she had met her aesthetic standards. The more she looked at her, the cuter she found her. She had planned to bargain and was about to speak, but she swallowed the words back into her stomach before she could utter a word.
She then looked at the purple-clad girl across from her with a curious gaze and said, "Little one, what's your name? You're a transformed monster, right?"
Zi Yan, who was sitting nearby, heard Queen Medusa's question and remembered Xiao Ling whispering in her ear. "Zi Yan, Queen Medusa of the Serpent People is a wealthy woman. She controls all the medicinal herbs in the Serpent People. You must cultivate a good relationship with her. When she's in a good mood, she can easily give you a few herbs from the Serpent People's treasury. Are you still worried about running out of herbs in the future?"
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His mind couldn't help but think of the scene where he followed Medusa to the treasury of the snake people to select medicinal herbs. His eyes flashed with gold, and he quickly replied: "My name is Zi Yan, and I'm already a fifth-level peak Warcraft. Since I can remember, I have been wandering alone in the Warcraft Mountains. I have never met a member of the same tribe and lived alone. Later, I accidentally ate a transformation grass and became like this. Although I have become a human, there is no way to change back to my original appearance. I can only wait until I take the transformation pill or my cultivation level improves to eliminate the side effects of the transformation grass and restore my Warcraft body. Then I can find out what race I am and then I can find my family."
Medusa on the opposite side felt sorry for the little girl after listening to Zi Yan's self-introduction. After all, she still had many tribesmen, and this little girl had been traveling alone since she could remember, and she must have suffered a lot. Thinking of her deceased sister, Medusa became a little sad.
After gazing at Zi Yan's face for a moment, Medusa suddenly spoke, "Zi Yan, will you be my sister? As long as we're in the Serpent People's territory, I will never let you suffer any injustice."
Her words surprised Hua She'er, Yue Mei, and Xiao Ling.
Yue Mei and Hua She'er were both thinking, "How could the cold, ruthless, and arrogant Queen want to be sisters with this little girl the first time she sees her?!"
Xiao Ling, slightly surprised, then gave it no further thought. After all, Medusa and Zi Yan had hit it off in the original novel, becoming close sisters. Now that they were meeting, it was likely a case of mutual attraction, for Medusa to have spoken out loud. However, judging by their age, Zi Yan, over 1,400 years old, should have been considerably older than Medusa, who was over 300 years old.
Hearing that Medusa wanted her to be her sister, Zi Yan thought for a moment and replied, "As long as you give me delicious medicinal herbs, I will be your sister, but only as friends. I won't stay in the Snake People."
Although it did not meet her psychological expectations, Medusa nodded and said to Zi Yan, "No problem, as long as you want, the door of the Snake People is always open to you."
Seeing that the two of them were about to digress, Xiao Ling winked at Zi Yan. Zi Yan, who was chatting with Medusa, noticed it and remembered that she still had some important business to do.
So she stepped forward, hugged Medusa's arm, and said in a childish voice, "Sister Medusa, Xiao Ling wants a Sand Mandragora. You can exchange a pair with her. You can ask him to refine elixirs for you. The quality of his elixirs is much better than others."
After stroking Zi Yan's head affectionately, Medusa turned her gaze to Xiao Ling and asked curiously, "Since you want to exchange for a Sand Mandragora, I wonder what bargaining chips you can offer. Sand Mandragora is a precious medicinal material for the Serpent People. Losing one means a Serpent People with extraordinary potential will be unable to fuse with a snake monster that suits them. If the bargaining chips are not enough, even if Zi Yan helps you, I will not exchange with you." Since Zi Yan was praising Xiao Ling so much, Medusa was a little interested. She didn't know what bargaining chips this sixth-grade alchemist could offer. After all, she was the Serpent People Queen and had to fight for the best interests of the Serpent People.
(End of this chapter)