The Tagor Desert.
Deep beneath the earth lies a magma lake, within which scorching red magma slowly flows.
Deep within the magma, a cyan light shone, yet within its envelope, no magma remained.
Even more incredible, within the cyan light, a cyan lotus stood gracefully, a perfectly natural sight!
At the lotus's center, a cluster of cyan flames floated quietly, complementing the lotus's beauty.
Suddenly, a strange spatial crack appeared within the cyan light, and a flash of white light emanated from it, transforming into a spherical ball of light.
As if possessed by consciousness, the ball of light emitted a strange wave, and then a terrifying suction suddenly emerged from it, causing the surrounding fire energy to rush in frantically.
The cyan lotus within it also became the target of the light ball's engulfment, but as if sensing all this, the cyan flame at its center erupted with a powerful wave, instantly raising the surrounding temperature to a terrifying level!
But before the cyan flame could make its next move, the ball of light, as if provoked, descended upon the cyan flame with a suction force dozens of times stronger than before.
Naturally, the cyan flame was swallowed up by the ball of light without resistance. The ball of light then drifted into the blue lotus, possessing it directly!
The magma world was now in a state of turmoil, with violent fire energy raging. A giant two-headed snake roaming within the magma was frightened and fled, disappearing.
The immense energy fluctuations emanating from the underground world naturally attracted the attention of a terrifying entity deep within the Tagor Desert.
Not long after, a mature snake woman with an extremely beautiful and enchanting appearance and a purple tail arrived at the underground world where the blue lotus resided.
Sensing the pulsation emanating from beneath the magma, the cold and beautiful snake woman, without hesitation, released a shield of energy. With a single movement, she submerged herself in the magma, descending into the depths.
In a moment, the cold and beautiful snake woman saw a cyan glow. As she drew closer, she spotted a blue lotus within it!
Could it be this? Even her calm heart was stirred. As the queen of the snake people, she naturally knew something about divine objects, such as the strange fire!
As she reached the blue lotus and peered into its interior, her body stiffened. No strange fire was there, but instead, a lovely, sleeping baby floated within!
"How could this be..." the cold and beautiful snake woman muttered.
After a moment's hesitation, she released a burst of energy, carrying the baby and the blue lotus away from the magma world...
"Where is this?" Liu Yu slowly opened his jewel-like red eyes.
He remembered exercising on his treadmill at home when he suddenly felt dizzy and lost consciousness. When he awoke, he found himself in this unfamiliar place.
What he saw was a magnificent golden palace, glittering gems studded like stars above, like a fairytale castle!
He lay naked on a luxurious bed. Just as he tried to get up, Liu Yu suddenly realized he had transformed into a baby!
Looking at his plump, white hands, he tried to make a sound, but could only utter the shameful sound of "baby!"
Liu Yu realized he had traveled through time! Or was he forced to travel through time!
I... He hadn't been in a car accident, nor had he suffered a broken heart, and yet... he had traveled through time without any reason! This was outrageous!
Fortunately, he had many strengths, the greatest of which was his adaptability and adaptability!
Back in elementary school, he was always "bullied" for his cute looks, so he decisively chose... to accept it, then join in, and eventually, step by step, he became the "king of the kids"!
After a moment of "imagining", Liu Yu turned over, and with his tender hands, he supported himself on the bed and stood up effortlessly.
This surprised Liu Yu. The baby's body was incredibly strong!
Moreover, he could actually sense what was happening inside his body, as if he were seeing inside himself!
Liu Yu observed the world within his body as if he had discovered a new world!
When he looked towards his Dantian, he discovered a ball of cyan flame quietly burning within it!
Oh my god, what the hell! Liu Yu was shocked. There was actually a ball of fire in his body!
But he quickly calmed down. What a fuss! He had already traveled through time, so what was so strange about a ball of fire floating in his body?
Just then, a charming figure appeared silently in front of Liu Yu.
Liu Yu felt his vision darken, and subconsciously looked up.
"Ah, ah..."
Liu Yu was startled by this sudden appearance, and his limbs began to lose control!
The cold and beautiful snake woman looked at the adorable, naked baby dancing in front of her and found it somewhat "cute"?!
When Liu Yu recovered from his shock and looked at the woman in front of him with wide eyes, he was completely stunned. Isn't this... Queen Medusa!
A pair of narrow, long, pale purple eyes, their gleaming gaze shone with a captivating charm. Clad in a graceful purple brocade robe, her delicate figure, voluptuous and exquisite, like a ripe peach, exuded a subtle allure.
Three thousand strands of black hair flowed carelessly from her shoulders, cascading down to her slender waist. Beneath the brocade robe, a purple snake tail swayed gently, exuding a wild, alluring allure that sent a sense of inexplicable heat through her body!
This was the peerless beauty of the Dou Qi Continent! Liu Yu couldn't help but lament the allure of Queen Medusa's allure to men!
It was a pity he was only a baby now, so he had the will but not the strength to achieve it.
Queen Medusa stared blankly at the adorable child before her, momentarily at a loss for what to do.
She had brought the child back, suspecting it might be the manifestation of the strange fire!
But after further investigation, she discovered that the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire lay hidden within the child's body!
This truly shocked her. Strange Fire was always violent, how could it possibly be contained within the Dantian?
Even if this Strange Fire was extremely weak, it could easily burn the Dantian! But this baby was completely unharmed. It was truly bizarre!
How should she deal with him? Queen Medusa fell into deep thought.
...
Time slipped by, and before it knew it, ten years had passed!
In the holy city of the Serpent People,
within Queen Medusa's palace, in the alchemy room, a handsome young man, looking about fifteen or sixteen, dressed in purple brocade robes, with silver hair and red eyes, was boredly refining elixirs. This young man was Liu Yu! His
ten years among the Serpent People had been a mixture of pain and joy.
Ever since Queen Medusa brought him home, he had been treated like a "pet," sleeping with her and even required to take her with him to the baths. It was truly painful!
But then, at the age of two, a voice that drove him a little crazy entered his mind.
"Detected that the host has achieved their first achievement - 'Little Brat'! The achievement system has been activated! Rewards have been distributed to the system space, please check."
You're the little brat, I'm just a cute little kid! Liu Yu felt like this achievement system was implying something about him!
Having calmed down, Liu Yu was ready to see what this system was all about!
As he considered checking, a simple panel appeared before his eyes.
[Name: Liu Yu (Xiao Yin)]
[Race: Human]
[Age: Two (23 years old)]
[Cultivation: Third stage of Dou Qi (a small ant)]
[Soul: Mid-Mortal Realm]
[Cultivation Method: None]
[Fighting Skill: None]
[Treasure: Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire (Weak)]
[Achievement: Little but smart]
[System Space: Alchemy (Rank 1-9)]
Liu Yu took a deep breath. He didn't need to argue with a system.
The name Xiao Yin was given to him by Queen Medusa. Seeing his silver hair and needing a name, she simply named him Xiao Yin!
When he was one year old and learned to read with the help of Sister Hua She'er, he changed his name to Liu Yu, although they still called him Xiao Yin!
He had simply ignored the note about the third stage of Dou Qi. Miraculously, he could already absorb Dou Qi the moment Queen Medusa brought him back!
Perhaps due to the modifications to his body, he felt that his meridians were far wider and stronger than those of his peers. Even more bizarrely, his Dantian could even store Strange Fire!
This must be the perk of a time traveler! Xiao Yan had only begun training Qi at the age of four, while he had been training at zero!
His soul, at the mid-mortal realm, must have been a blessing from a time traveler. What
surprised him most was the alchemy techniques found within the system space. His Dou Qi was a mixture of fire and wood, and his soul strength was also quite good, not to mention the Strange Fire!
All he lacked was alchemy, and the Serpent People, being starved of alchemists, naturally lacked alchemy skills either. Even if they possessed some, they were incomplete.
From the moment he unlocked the achievement system, his life seemed to have changed.
He gradually achieved the achievements "Little Hands with Nowhere to Go" and "Dandy Son," obtaining the "Myriad Aspects Divine Art," a technique of unknown rank, and the "Thousand Illusions Body," a combat technique.
The "Myriad Aspects Divine Art" is arguably even more terrifying than the "Burning Art." It allows the practitioner to integrate countless techniques within a single body!
The "Thousand Illusionary Bodies" is also truly incredible. Upon mastery, one can achieve a form as ethereal as a dream, seemingly unreal and yet seemingly unreal. At the highest level, one can condense a thousand illusory bodies, each possessing 50% of the original's strength!
These two achievements were only made possible by the guidance of the so-called "Little Child with Big Shrewdness" achievement. After all, the system didn't even have a beginner's tutorial. That time, after a single beep, silence ensued.
He could only slowly explore on his own, naturally following the path of the first achievement...
It wasn't until he was six that he successfully condensed the Dou Qi Cyclone, becoming a Dou Zhe, achieving a new category of achievement—"Novice," and receiving the reward of a strengthened physical body.
He finally understood that achievement had other aspects, not just that one...
This was a huge relief for him. God knows how much "suffering" he had endured all those years! Oh!
After becoming a fighter, he began learning alchemy, which naturally required medicinal herbs, and the only people who could provide them were the Serpent People.
To this end, he had no choice but to sell his "feelings" to please Queen Medusa, and the results were naturally gratifying. Not only did he obtain a large amount of herbs for refining first-grade elixirs, but he also received a medicine cauldron and recipes!
Furthermore, Queen Medusa took him to the temple's treasury to select cultivation techniques and fighting skills for him. It was truly delightful!
It must be said that the Serpent People's heritage is quite profound. There are several scrolls of Earth-grade cultivation techniques, probably five or six, and even scrolls of intermediate Earth-grade techniques!
As for Xuan-grade and Huang-grade ones, they are countless, haphazardly placed aside.
The same is true for fighting skills, but the number of Earth-grade fighting skills is smaller than the number of cultivation techniques, only two or three
.
(End of this chapter)