Losing Money
"This kid is always like this." Xiao Li shook his head with a helpless wry smile.
Xiao Ding looked at the letter Qing Lin had rushed over with. He didn't even need to see the contents of the envelope to know what his younger brother was going to do.
"He's always been like this for over a decade. He'll do everything he can to get what he wants, even if it's the Medusa Queen." Xiao Ding casually tossed the letter aside.
"But, that's the Medusa Queen! Will Young Master be alright?" Qing Lin's eyes were tearful, her hands clasped together as if praying for Xiao Yan.
"Don't worry, he's not someone who'll die so easily. He'll be back."
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Two days later, Xiao Yan, wearing the Soul Robe and planning to wade through this muddy water, had been flying for two days. He stopped and started along the way, which took a lot of time. After all, the Tagor Desert was no longer human territory, and flying continuously would attract attacks from fourth or even fifth-order Magical Beasts.
If ordinary people were to walk, it would probably take half a month to get here from Mo City Rock.
Fortunately, the Burning诀 had been upgraded, otherwise Xiao Yan's Dou Qi wouldn't have been able to support him for so long.
Xiao Yan looked at the map, at a red dot representing danger. There were eight such red dots on the entire map, distributed in several different directions in the desert.
Among the Snake-People Race in the Tagor Desert, in addition to some small and medium-sized tribes, there were also eight large tribes. These were the eight red dots on the map. They were the most powerful tribes of the Snake-People Race, with extremely high status in the desert. Apart from the Medusa Queen, they didn't even acknowledge each other.
The leaders of the eight major tribes were all fifth-order Magical Beasts, reaching the strength of a Dou Wang (Fighting King).
And the very center of the eight red dots was the Holy City of the Snake-People Race Empire, also the palace of the Medusa Queen.
So, if Xiao Yan wanted to reach the Holy City, he had to pass through one of the major tribes.
"If the Snake-People Race has the same heat-sensing ability as snakes, then the effect of the Soul Robe will be greatly reduced." Xiao Yan frowned, looking at the somewhat scarlet red dot, and sighed helplessly.
The biggest difference between Magical Beasts and humans was the Soul. Magical Beasts' Soul power was indeed very weak, but when heaven closes a door, it opens a window. Magical Beasts often possessed other 'physical' sensing abilities.
The tongues of snake-like Magical Beasts were exceptionally sensitive to temperature, wind direction, and humidity in the air.
The Soul Robe could only shield the perception of Soul power.
Xiao Yan's powerful Soul power sensed a group of Snake-People taking water in a distant oasis, and he thought, "Perhaps, I can infiltrate the Snake-People Race tribe as an Alchemist."
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Gradually approaching the oasis, the surrounding sultry air also became cooler.
Xiao Yan looked around, thought for a while, and finally leaped into the lush jungle, his figure gradually concealed.
Taking a light sniff of the fragrance of the grass beside him, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
In the desert, even a little bit of green could make people feel precious.
Xiao Yan's gaze swept out from the gaps in the trees. At the end of a small path outside the bushes, several slender Snake-Women stood motionless with cold faces. Sharp eyes constantly swept through the surrounding jungle, their hands tightly gripping weapons, seemingly ready to kill anyone who trespassed.
"These are guards. If they discover me, they'll most likely attack directly. I have to think of a way to get them to capture me." If Xiao Yan wanted to enter the Holy City without causing a disturbance, the best way was naturally to have the Snake-People take him in.
His eyes narrowed, and Xiao Yan revealed a cunning smile. He suppressed his aura and Dou Qi, and like a ghost, bypassed the guards and sneaked into the water source.
Xiao Yan could sense that there was an even more powerful Snake-Person in this water source.
Taking off the Soul Robe, Xiao Yan took out a water bottle, pretending to be timid, and clumsily walked to the water's edge to start drawing water.
Suddenly, there was a slight sound of water breaking. A figure suddenly appeared on the originally mirror-like lake surface. The back of a hot-bodied woman rushed out from the bottom of the clear lake.
Her smooth back faced Xiao Yan as she flicked her long hair. The long hair clung to her snow-white shoulders, and droplets of water slid down her healthy wheat-colored skin, finally sliding over her extremely seductive small waist.
As the woman's body turned around, her perfect body with defined abs was immediately exposed to Xiao Yan's view. Even though Xiao Yan was mentally prepared, a surge of desire rushed straight to his brain.
Xiao Yan forcibly suppressed the most primitive impulse in his heart, pretending to be a pure young man who had accidentally intruded, and hurriedly covered his eyes with his hands, saying, "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to watch you bathe, miss."
"Hehehe, miss? Take a closer look. You humans don't call me Yue Mei 'miss'." Yue Mei slowly walked out of the lake. After leaving the water, her yellow moon-colored tail was revealed.
Xiao Yan opened his fingers and looked through the gaps, and was immediately so frightened that he sat down on the ground with a thud, exclaiming, "Y-you're a Snake-Person!"
Immediately, Xiao Yan was so frightened that he scrambled to run outside. Just then, with a whoosh, a snake tail wrapped around Xiao Yan's ankle.
Yue Mei looked at Xiao Yan with a spring-like gaze, and after a moment, covered her red lips with her slender hand and smiled, "Little human, you've taken advantage of this sister, and you want to just leave like that?"
"Ah! I really didn't mean to, I just wanted to get some water." Xiao Yan pretended to have a mournful face, his expression carrying three parts fear, three parts regret, and four parts lust.
The expressiveness of that performance was comparable to an Oscar-winning actor! "Hehehe, not intentional? You were able to get past so many guards outside, and you're saying it wasn't intentional?" Yue Mei reached out and gently lifted Xiao Yan's chin, teasingly saying.
"I'm an Alchemist, my Soul power is relatively strong, so I was able to get in."
"Alchemist?"
Hearing the words "Alchemist," Yue Mei's expression instantly changed, becoming serious. Her eyes flashed as she asked, "How do you prove it?"
Xiao Yan hurriedly took out a pill bottle from his Storage Ring and handed it to Yue Mei.
Yue Mei opened the bottle and took a gentle sniff. A cool and refreshing sensation immediately spread throughout her body.
"A Third Grade Pill?!" Yue Mei was shocked. She never expected that this somewhat delicate and youthful-looking young man before her was actually a Third Grade Alchemist!
Although Third Grade Pills were of little use to her, they were treasures to the Third Stage Snake-People. Moreover, if he were nurtured, and reached the Fourth or even Fifth Grade, that could improve the strength of the entire tribe.
Especially the Dou Wang Pill among the Fifth Grade Pills, the temptation of allowing a Dou Wang to increase one level without side effects was something she couldn't resist.
Yue Mei looked at Xiao Yan with a greedy expression and said with a smile, "Hehehe, so you are an Alchemist. I wonder if the Alchemist knows that although we Snake-People are cold-blooded by nature, our bodies become extremely hot when we are in heat. I fell in love with the Alchemist at first sight, making Yue Mei unbearably hot. If you don't believe me, feel it."
Xiao Yan immediately swallowed his saliva and actually reached out to touch Yue Mei's arm. Instantly, a cold sensation came from his fingertips.
Yue Mei's voice, filled with coldness, came, "Hehe, you actually touched me."
"Men, take this ignorant fool back!"
Kacha, kacha, kacha, large blades were placed on Xiao Yan's neck from behind.
"Sigh, a Third Grade Pill only got me one touch, what a loss." Xiao Yan sighed inwardly, feeling he had lost out.
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