Xiao Yan Flees the Jia Ma Empire

Ning Su was thrown out of Medusa's bedchamber.

He touched his forehead, where Medusa's soft warmth still lingered.

"Did she just force a kiss on me?"

Even if she had only kissed his forehead.

A kiss was still a kiss!

If he had not been so stunned just now.

He would definitely have kissed her back!

How could he let someone take advantage of him for nothing?

"Next time I get the chance, I have to kiss her back."

Muttering under his breath, he returned to his courtyard.

Jia Ma Empire border.

Black Ghost Fortress.

Xiao Yan hid among the crowd as he slowly made his way through Black Ghost Fortress.

After the Three-Year Pact, he had caused a huge disturbance at the Misty Cloud Sect, even alarming Yun Shan, who had been in seclusion.

Things had ultimately ended on a rather unpleasant note.

Originally, after leaving the Misty Cloud Sect, the grudge between the two sides could more or less have ended there.

The Three-Year Pact between him and Nalan Yanran could finally have been brought to a close.

But when Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Family in Wutan City, he discovered that the Misty Cloud Sect and Soul Hall had joined forces to turn the Xiao Family upside down.

Even Xiao Zhan had vanished without a trace!

Enraged, Xiao Yan charged up Misty Cloud Sect once more and fought Yun Shan to the death.

Unfortunately, he was ultimately forced to flee in defeat from the Misty Cloud Sect.

Now, he could not even remain in the Jia Ma Empire.

"Little Yanzi, this defeat is only temporary. Once your strength improves in the future, a mere Misty Cloud Sect will be nothing to you," Yao Lao comforted him.

"Teacher, don't worry. I'm not discouraged. I'm just unwilling to accept this."

"When I come back next time, I'll make the Misty Cloud Sect pay the price!" Xiao Yan's eyes burned with fury.

"You should worry about escaping first."

The Misty Cloud Sect had now issued an order to hunt him throughout the entire Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Yan had no choice but to leave the Jia Ma Empire and avoid the edge of their power for the time being.

Undercurrents stirred within the Jia Ma Empire, and the world was unsettled.

Xiao Yan's battle with the Misty Cloud Sect had forced Yun Shan out and secretly astonished all the major powers of the Jia Ma Empire.

A Dou Zong was the number one figure in the Jia Ma Empire.

It was like the Snake-People Race having produced a Queen Medusa.

The Misty Cloud Sect having a Dou Zong also made the other factions wary in all sorts of ways.

After all, there were no eternal alliances, only eternal interests.

Once conflicts and opposition arose over interests, the Misty Cloud Sect could become their enemy as well.

However, it was now clear that Queen Medusa had successfully evolved.

The major powers of the Jia Ma Empire would probably not rashly start fighting among themselves.

In comparison, the Snake-People Race's recent movements were much simpler—mobilizing everyone to help Medusa search for the medicinal ingredients needed to refine the Spirit Fusion Pill.

This was their highest priority.

Although Medusa had evolved successfully, her soul still had not fused perfectly.

As a result, the Snake-People Race had yet to make any further progress.

Only once Medusa completely fused her soul could she truly lead their race forward!

However, Ning Su was currently in charge of finding the medicinal ingredients—after Medusa restored her human form and wandered around for two days, she transformed back again.

In her words, the time she could negotiate with the Sky-Swallowing Python was limited, so she should save her transformation time for emergencies.

What if the Jia Ma Empire invaded?

What if Yun Shan came to kill his way into the Snake-People Race?

So, she needed to conserve her strength.

Work like searching for medicinal ingredients was handed over to Ning Su—in truth, she was simply too lazy.

With so many people helping search, unless they encountered some powerful guardian beast protecting the herbs that they could not defeat, she could still come out.

For now, they were merely searching for clues, so there was naturally no need for her to do it herself.

Ning Su only complained a few times, but he still handled what needed to be handled.

Many hands made light work.

With the entire Snake-People Race mobilized, they had gained quite a few results.

"Lord Little Black, we found Deer Spirit Grass."

"Lord Little Black, we found Blood Dissolving Grass."

"Lord Little Black, we found Monkey Head Fruit too."

Some of the less rare medicinal ingredients had been found one after another.

Moreover, they had found quite a bit of each, usually three to five portions.

But some of the most crucial core ingredients were still nowhere to be found.

"Eight Mausoleum Magic Needle Fruit, Crane Bamboo, and Snow Soul Fruit—none of these three have been found yet?"

Ning Su recorded the medicinal ingredients they needed.

Only these three remained.

"Lord Little Black, we already have news of the Eight Mausoleum Magic Needle Fruit. Mo Bass and Yan Ci are on their way to find it."

"There is still no news of Crane Bamboo or Snow Soul Fruit."

"However, as far as I know, both of these medicinal ingredients have rather strict requirements for their growing environments."

"The conditions around Tagor Desert are not suitable for either of them. If we want to find them, we can only venture deep into the Jia Ma Empire."

"If we do not go to the Jia Ma Empire, we can also try searching in the nearby Chuyun Empire. There should be medicinal ingredients there as well."

"However, like the Jia Ma Empire, the Chuyun Empire is equally hostile toward us," the Great Elder said.

The several empires surrounding the Snake-People Race all had poor attitudes toward them.

It could be said that the Snake-People Race was trapped on all sides.

If even one empire were willing to accept them, they would not be surviving and developing in a place like this.

"Fine. I'll keep a closer eye out for Crane Bamboo and Snow Soul Fruit."

If they needed to venture deep into human cities, Ning Su was undoubtedly the best candidate.

Even if the other snake-people disguised themselves, they could only hide in the shadows.

But searching for medicinal ingredients inevitably required dealing with people.

The more they dealt with others, the easier it was to expose flaws.

Only someone like Ning Su, who could completely assume human form, would not reveal his identity.

After sorting through the information they had gathered, Ning Su returned to his courtyard.

In the courtyard.

Qing Lin was cultivating diligently.

After obtaining Medusa's approval, Ning Su had taken her to the Snake-People Race's Dou Technique Pavilion and found some cultivation methods and Dou Techniques suited to the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Although their grades were average, they were more suitable for Qing Lin, who had only just begun cultivating.

She had also been cultivating diligently during this time.

"Qing Lin, how has your cultivation been?"

His voice interrupted her cultivation.

"Young master, you're back."

"I've improved so quickly these past two days. I've already reached the fourth stage of Dou Qi!"

The little girl could not hide her delight and wanted Ning Su to praise her too.

"So fast? That's impressive."

Ning Su gave her encouraging affirmation and casually patted her head.

The little girl's cheeks flushed slightly, and she was satisfied.

The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils cultivated quickly in the early stages. Once she attained a certain level of cultivation later on, she could also strengthen her own cultivation by taming snake-type Magical Beasts.

At that time, her cultivation speed would become even faster.

"Qing Lin, I'm going out to help the Queen find medicinal ingredients, so I may be gone for a while. Stay here and cultivate properly, understood?" Ning Su said.

"Young master, you're going out? You don't need me to attend to you?"

"No. Your most important task now is to raise your cultivation as quickly as possible. Then you'll be able to help me," Ning Su said.

The little girl nodded heavily.

"Mm! I'll definitely cultivate diligently!"

After giving her a few instructions, Ning Su left.

Before he set off to search for medicinal ingredients, the Great Elder brought him an unexpected piece of good news...