Inside the cauldron of medicine where flames were swirling, a thumb-sized pale purple pill prototype was slowly taking shape as it was burned by the flames.
At a certain moment, a deep purple fragrance suddenly emanated from the cauldron, filling the entire island and lingering for a long time.
"Is it almost finished..."
Queen Medusa, who was watching this scene from a distance, also showed joy in her eyes.
When the last energy ripple dissipated, Ye Chen's heart was finally able to relax for a moment. He waved his palm towards the medicine cauldron, and the pale purple pill was spewed out by the Star Cauldron and fell obediently into his palm.
Holding the pale purple pill, Ye Chen looked it over and over, nodded slightly, gave a faint comment of "good", and then casually put it into his ring.
At this time, Queen Medusa, who was not far away, also came over and said with a chuckle, "Congratulations, Master Ye, the medicine refining was successful!"
Looking at the beautiful and attractive Queen, Ye Chen just chuckled and nodded, but secretly said in his heart: If you knew that this pill was used to break the seal you planted, I wonder if you would still laugh so happily.
Of course, none of this matters.
"Next, I will refine a sixth-grade Soul-Clearing Pill and a sixth-grade Spirit-Protecting Pill for Your Majesty. The former will allow Your Majesty to remain awake during your evolution, while the latter will protect your soul from the damage caused by the burning of the strange fire..."
The process of Queen Medusa's evolution is to refine her bloodline with strange fire. To a certain extent, it is similar to alchemy. It is also similar to Xiao Yan's refining of the bodies for Skyfire Venerable and Yao Lao in the original work.
But no matter which one, it is necessary to ensure that Queen Medusa's soul cannot be harmed or fall asleep, otherwise it will easily lead to the situation in the original work, where the evolved body will awaken a new soul...
This was confirmed after an in-depth discussion with Queen Medusa about the secret method of the snake people's evolution, so Ye Chen prepared to refine these two kinds of pills to protect Medusa.
After hearing Ye Chen's words, the smile on Medusa's face became even brighter, and the charming light in her beautiful eyes seemed to be overflowing. Ordinary people would probably think that this beautiful snake had taken a fancy to them.
Unfortunately, Ye Chen knew very well that if someone really believed this, they would probably die miserably...
Given this woman's personality, it is impossible for her to have any emotional feelings for a human man, or for all men.
Unless, like in the original novel, they were married first and even had a child, it would be possible to win the heart of this snake woman...
He shook his head, drove these messy thoughts out of his mind, then got the herbs needed for the two pills from Queen Medusa, and started refining the medicine again.
It must be said that the Serpent People have accumulated quite a few good things over the years...
Because this time's refining was within the scope of a previous agreement, it naturally couldn't be done like the one he had done with the Ice Emperor. Although the Serpent People had a rich collection, they couldn't gather all the herbs needed for the two complete elixirs. In the end, Ye Chen had to come up with several main ingredients to solve the problem.
However, Ye Chen was not one to suffer a loss. He also included several rare desert-specific medicinal herbs in the list of medicinal herbs he gave to Queen Medusa. Their value was comparable to what he had provided, so it could be considered an equal exchange...
In this way, more than ten days passed, and the medicine refining was finally completed.
When the two of them walked out of the island together and returned to the main hall of the Snakeman Temple, the tribal leaders who were originally sent by Queen Medusa to search for the strange fire also returned.
"Your Majesty, we have found news about the strange fire..." A strong man in black armor walked over, without even looking at Ye Chen next to him, and saluted directly to Queen Medusa.
"Oh? You found it..." Queen Medusa's expression brightened, and a smile curled up her red lips. "Very good, Mobas."
These five simple words immediately made the snakeman leader's eyes flash with excitement. Then, he tried hard to suppress his emotions and said respectfully, "For Her Majesty, Mobas is willing to die!"
Well, this is a dog-licking snake...
Ye Chen curled his lips slightly and immediately defined this guy in his mind.
But it's no wonder. With the charm of the enchantress Queen Medusa, among the eight leaders, except for Yin Shi, the wise man of the snake people, even the woman Yue Mei would find it difficult to resist the temptation of the former!
However, Ye Chen's expression did not escape the sight of Queen Medusa. The latter's eyes, which seemed to be able to speak, fell directly on Ye Chen's face, and then formed a crescent moon...
In an instant, Ye Chen's body stiffened, and then he felt as if he was being stared at by countless ferocious beasts, and the hairs on his back stood up.
"Damn! This woman definitely did it on purpose!"
Looking at the jealous gaze of Mobas opposite him that could not be concealed and seemed to want to tear him apart, Ye Chen thought hatefully in his heart.
"Okay, now that we've found the place, let's set off immediately..." Ye Chen, facing the murderous gaze, turned around and walked out of the hall.
Although he wasn't afraid of these snakes, Ye Chen didn't like being stared at so fiercely...
Seeing his reaction, Queen Medusa covered her mouth and chuckled, with a hint of cunning in her eyes again.
Beneath a plain sand dune, teams of snake-men guards had already sealed off the area. Queen Medusa descended to the surface under the scorching gazes of the crowd...
"Is this the place?" After sensing it carefully, Queen Medusa didn't seem to notice anything different around her.
But Ye Chen, whose soul power was even more acute, could sense bursts of scorching heat coming from beneath the sand dunes...
"It should be right down here..."
After hearing Ye Chen's words, Queen Medusa did not hesitate and directly destroyed the entire sand dune with one palm.
And under the sand dunes, a dark passage with a diameter of more than one meter appeared in front of the two.
Ye Chen raised his eyebrows and looked at the traces left on the surrounding passages. They must have been forcibly drilled out by the snake body...
Obviously, only powerful snake-man fighting kings like the eight leaders who can manifest their snake bodies can do this.
This saved me a lot of trouble...
Ye Chen thought to himself, took out a piece of moonstone, bent down and walked into the passage first.
Queen Medusa saw Ye Chen's actions and said to Mobas beside her: "You take people to guard the surroundings and don't let anyone get close!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Mobas agreed in a deep voice, holding two swords.
Then he watched the goddess in his mind follow that hateful man into the passage he had spent two days drilling to open.