"Unconventional" Favorability

When Yue Mei heard Yang Shan say he was going to use force, Yue Mei really panicked.

Her soul is currently damaged, her attributes have declined, and her combat power is conservatively estimated to be only 70%.

Yue Mei instinctively shrank back, twisting her snake tail:

"What... what do you want to do?"

Yang Shan glanced at it a couple of times.

Yes, her upper body is indeed very alluring.

But Yang Shan doesn't have such a perverted fetish as to have a snake lower body!

Yang Shan took a chair out of his Storage Ring, sat down leisurely, and crossed his Erlang: "I told you, I want to talk to you about cooperation."

This time, Yue Mei did not immediately refuse.

But there was no reply.

If she could, Yue Mei would like to take the Serpent Sword and tear Yang Shan to pieces right now.

But she knew even better that if she dared to disobey Yang Shan now, she probably wouldn't be able to leave the mountain alive.

Yang Shan's cold expression just now, and how he caught her like a chick and brought her here, Yue Mei could tell that Yang Shan would not show any mercy because of her beauty!

Yang Shan was thinking, "My ruthless chokehold just now was incredibly cool, highlighting my cold-blooded and ruthless nature. Since Yue Mei only responds to force, surely she'll fall for this trick?"

[Ding! Yue Mei has developed fear of you, your favorability has decreased by 5. Current favorability: -30.]

Yang Shan: "."

Is today the first time the Soul Hall’s First Player character has failed? "Fine, fine, deduct it then, as long as you're willing to attack Shimo City."

Yang Shan didn't have that much free time to spend quietly increasing his favorability with a Serpent-People tribe leader.

Don't be fooled by the Golden Word Seal on Yue Mei's panel; her potential is at most Dou Emperor! She's not even as good as Nalan Yanran!

Let's just go all the way!

Yang Shan Erlang and said indifferently, "If you don't want to cooperate, that's fine. I can find other commanders."

Yue Mei sneered:

"Don't even dream about it! You've offended me; no Snake-People will cooperate with you!"

Yang Shan said confidently, "Don't worry, I believe your colleagues will be interested in Shimo City!"

Yue Mei was taken aback. "What did you say?"

Yang Shan: "Shimo City has what What I Want. I'll help you conquer Shimo City, and you'll help me find what I want. It's that simple."

"Simple?"

Yue Mei angrily said:

"Do you know how important the geographical location of Shimo City is? Although Shimo City is not heavily guarded, there are large numbers of the Jia Ma Imperial Family's troops behind it, in Salt City Shimo City Desert City!"

Yang Shan: "Your intelligence is outdated. The Jia Ma Empire doesn't have time to deal with the Serpent-People tribe right now!"

Yue Mei paused. "What do you mean?"

Yang Shan: "Misty Cloud Sect, the former sect leader of Yun Shan, has broken through to the Dou Zong, and he wants to turn the Jia Ma Empire into a one-man show by the Misty Cloud Sect."

"Dou Zong!"

Yue Mei's face immediately darkened.

The Serpent-People tribe live in the Tagor Desert not because they like deserts.

Rather, they were forced into it.

Because of their different appearance, the Serpent-People tribe have been disliked by traditional humans since their birth, resulting in a great estrangement between the two races for tens of thousands of years.

This branch of the Serpent-People tribe was driven to the Tagor Desert a thousand years ago!

Now, although the Serpent-People tribe live and thrive in the Tagor Desert, they still have to face threats from the surrounding empires! Not just the Jia Ma Empire! The Chuyun Empire, the Luoyan Empire, and the Mulan Empire all have territories bordering the Tagor Desert.

This has led to the current requirement that the leaders of the Eight Great Tribes Serpent-People tribe must be rotated to deploy defenses in the regions bordering the Four Great Empires.

If it weren't for Medusa Queen's ferocious strength and the fact that the four oldest elders of the Serpent-People tribe all possessed the cultivation of Dou Huang Peak, the Serpent-People tribe probably wouldn't even be able to defend the Tagor Desert as it is now! Now, Medusa Queen is determined to give the Serpent-People tribe a brighter future and wants to use the Green Lotus Core Flame to advance their bloodline.

Therefore, they did not hesitate to put aside their past disputes with the traditional human race and recruit the strong members of the traditional human race.

That Shimo City is a thorn in the side of the Serpent-People tribe, allowing the Jia Ma Empire to advance or retreat as it pleases.

If they can capture Shimo City, then the Serpent-People tribe will no longer need to secretly transport resources along the borders of the Jia Ma Empire.

Instead, they can openly and legitimately seize nearby resource points! This is of extraordinary significance to the Serpent-People tribe! Yue Mei took a deep breath:

How can I trust you?

Yang Shan: "You Serpent-People tribe trust me the same way you trust the newly recruited people."

"Them?"

Yue Mei had to remind Yang Shan: "They were all recruited because they made contributions to our Serpent-People tribe. And what about you?"

Yang Shan: "Haven't I made greater contributions to the Serpent-People tribe than they have? I saved your life!"

Yue Mei: "When did you save my life?"

Yang Shan said righteously, "In the past, if anyone had dared to attack me like this, they would already be dead! I spared you, which is the same as saving your life."

"You"

Yue Mei was so angry that her face turned red, and it took her a long time to squeeze out a sentence:

"You're shameless!"

Yang Shan pulled out the Blood Roar Blade.

Yue Mei's delicate body trembled. "What are you doing?"

Yang Shan: "Since you don't think I saved your life, then I'll pretend I didn't. Let's settle the score for what you did to me earlier."

"Wait! We can talk this over!"

This shows that Yue Mei won't die here.

Because those who are usually stopped by Yang Shan at this stage usually say "wait a minute".

Seeing that Yang Shan had not yet sheathed his sword, and instead, Crimson Thunder burst forth from the blade, that trace of the Might of Heaven and Earth and earth made Yue Mei sweat profusely. "We can cooperate, but words are not enough. I have to go and confirm whether there are large armies defending Desert City and Salt City!"

"It's very simple."

Yang Shan put away the Blood Roar Blade, walked up to Yue Mei, and extended his hand.

Chokehold?

Now is not the time for cooperation; it's not appropriate.

Putting his arm around her waist?

A man's head and a woman's waist are not suitable to be touched unless you are a lover.

"Catch her by the tail?" Yang Shan brazenly looked Yue Mei up and down.

Yue Mei was so frightened that she trembled all over.

The way this man looked at her was completely different from how he looked at other men! There was not a trace of desire in his eyes; instead, it was as if he was thinking about which part of her would be the most delicious to cut off.

That's terrifying!

[Ding! Player, please note that Yue Mei has developed a profound fear of you, and a sense of awe has risen deep within her soul. Yue Mei's favorability +10, current favorability: -20.]

After seeing this system notification, Yang Shan thought for a long time and could only come up with one word:

6!

Is this how you play the game? Yue Mei saw that Yang Shan's outstretched hand hadn't moved for a long time, so she mustered up her courage and reached out her hand as well, placing it on Yang Shan's hand.

Yang Shan nodded to himself.

Yue Mei was perceptive enough to extend her hand proactively.

There's no way that something is inappropriate to have a handle on.

"Thanks"

Before Yue Mei could even finish saying thank you, she felt a pulling force on her hand, and in the blink of an eye, she was already in mid-air.

"I don't want you to carry me! I just thought you were going to pull me up!"

Yue Mei was devastated, but she dared not explain to Yang Shan.

She was afraid that Yang Shan would kill her with a knife.

Although Yue Mei is a person with a strong will.

But if one can avoid death, who would willingly choose to die? Yue Mei's soul was injured, and even if she activated her Dou Qi Transformation Wings, her speed would not be very fast for a short period of time.

Yang Shan then took Yue Mei's hand and flew towards Desert City.

"If only it were a senior student, that would be a perfect elopement scene. Now it's a snake, I'm speechless. I should have gone easier on her."

Yang Shan spoke very softly, almost as if he were talking to himself.

But Yue Mei's hearing is quite good.

Even with the wind whistling all around her ears, she still managed to catch the gist of what Yang Shan said.

"What do you mean by 'pulling a snake'? How dare this bastard look down on me?"

Yue Mei dared not speak out against her anger, so she simply gave up and let Yang Shan do whatever he wanted.

However, this was the first time Yue Mei had seen Yang Shan become Dou Wang so quickly.

Even some Wind Attribute Dou Emperor probably can't catch up with him!

After about ten minutes, Yang Shan and Yue Mei arrived above Desert City.

Yang Shan: "Would you like to experience it for yourself if I threw you down?"

With that, Yang Shan let go.

Startled, Yue Mei instinctively hugged Yang Shan's waist. "No! I, I can investigate myself!"

Yang Shan: "Then why don't you fly by yourself! I've been carrying you all this way, aren't I tired?"

Yue Mei's panel attributes have begun to recover, and she can fully activate her Dou Qi Transformation Wings to stay in the air.

It was clear that Yue Mei was truly panicked and genuinely terrified of Yang Shan.

Yue Mei then released her grip, revealing azure wings on her back.

Yang Shan witnessed Yue Mei forming a strange hand seal, and a ball of azure Dou Qi floated in front of her like water.

With a gentle touch from Yue Mei, the ball of Dou Qi dispersed into countless thin snakes, falling to the ground.

Yue Mei closed her eyes and carefully felt the sensation.

This must be a special reconnaissance technique used by the Serpent-People tribe.

If you plan to infiltrate the Serpent-People tribe in the future, you'll have to be careful of this tactic.

Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning could indeed conceal his presence, it didn't make Yang Shan disappear into thin air.

If you were to bump into one of these tiny snakes, no longer than an index finger, you might get discovered.

A moment later, Yue Mei opened her eyes. "Really, there isn't!"

Desert City and Salt City have been guarded by Dou Wang for many years. In previous years, it was Nalan Jie, the patriarch of the Nalan Family, and Mu Chen, the patriarch of the Mu Family.

In the last two years, the positions have been filled by Wind Walker Feng Li, one of the Ten Great Experts of the Jia Ma Empire, and Lion King Yan Shi.

A look of wild joy appeared on Yue Mei's face. "Let's go! Let's go to Salt City again!"

Among the Four Great Empires, the Jia Ma Empire was actually the weakest.

Because two of the other three great empires have Dou Zong official) in charge.

Although the Mulan Empire no longer has any Dou Zong on the surface, the "Three Mulan Elders of the Mulan Sect" are all experts at the Dou Huang Peak level. The three of them have cultivated a Combined Attack Dou Skills, and when they work together, even Dou Zong might be defeated by them!

The Jia Ma Empire currently only has one Imperial Family Old Ancestor, who is Nine Star Dou Huang.

If Yun Shan breaks through to the Dou Zong and stirs up internal strife in the Jia Ma Empire, then there will be absolutely no time to attend to the border in the short term.

Once the chaos in the Jia Ma Empire is quelled, Medusa Queen will likely have already completed her bloodline advancement.

Taking over Shimo City ahead of time and acquiring more resources for the people would be a great achievement! So Yue Mei was even more anxious than Yang Shan! Yue Mei had already flown several hundred meters ahead before realizing that Yang Shan hadn't followed!

Yue Mei had no choice but to turn away.

Seeing Yang Shan's indifferent expression, Yue Mei felt somewhat embarrassed:

"Why aren't you leaving?"

Yang Shan: "Have you thought about the price for asking me to take action?"

Yue Mei was taken aback. "What?"

Yang Shan: "I told you before that I wanted to cooperate with you, but you didn't believe me. Now you have to beg me to cooperate. Otherwise, I don't mind sitting in Shimo City. Anyway, I am also a member of the Jia Ma Empire."

"You"

Yue Mei never expected Yang Shan to change his mind at this time.

The garrison of Shimo City was insignificant to the Profound Moon Tribe, which was led by Yue Mei.

However, if Yang Shan were to get involved, Yue Mei felt that to take down Shimo City, she would conservatively need to call upon three more commanders!

Furthermore, in the ensuing battle, it is highly likely that one or two commanders will die.

The price is too high.

Yue Mei subconsciously revealed her snake fangs, but she forcibly withdrew them. "Then tell me, what will it take for you to cooperate?"

Yang Shan: "I said I saved your life, right?"

Yue Mei: "Yes! You saved me!"

Yang Shan: "Then you can't refuse when I ask you for help in the future."

Yue Mei immediately became alert:

"What do you need my help with?"

Yang Shan: "I don't know either, just agree first."

Yue Mei: "No, you have to speak first!"

Yang Shan: "I might as well just kill you."

"Wait! I promise you!"

Yue Mei felt extremely humiliated, but she was powerless to do anything about it.

[Ding! Player, please note: The Serpent-People tribe are known for their integrity and keeping their promises. You have gained Yue Mei Yue Mei assistance.]

[Ding! Player, please note that Yue Mei's awe of you has increased even further. Your favorability rating has increased by 5. Current favorability rating: -15!]

Yang Shan secretly gave Yue Mei a thumbs up.

Wow! Young lady, your popularity rating is definitely "illegible"!

Yue Mei: "Can we leave now?"

Yang Shan: "Yes, that's fine."

Yang Shan deliberately sought a favor from Yue Mei mainly to pave the way for future chaos among the Serpent-People tribe.

Of course, it's not an internal conflict.

It's Pill King Gu He who's here to steal the Green Lotus Core Flame!

Moreover, the powerful expert invited by Pill King Gu He was not Yun Yun from the original work.

It's Yun Shan!

If Yang Shan has time at that time, he will definitely come and get involved.

Yue Mei's favor can play a significant role!

After reaching an agreement, the two quickly headed to Salt City.

Following the same pattern, Yue Mei investigated and discovered that there was no Dou Wang stationed in Salt City either.

There aren't even many Dou Ling experts.

Yue Mei could no longer contain her joy. She immediately rushed back to the border camp where she was stationed and summoned a guard.

"Immediately take my token back to the tribe and mobilize 100,000 warriors! The faster the better!"

After receiving the order, the guard glanced curiously at Yang Shan, who was standing next to Yue Mei.

During this period, the Serpent-People tribe recruited many outsiders.

The Profound Moon Tribe alone has no fewer than 500,000 people! (The Profound Moon Tribe is entirely composed of female Snake-People; those who know, know!)

But there wasn't a single person who could stand directly next to the commander!

However, the guards knew very well that they shouldn't ask questions they shouldn't ask.

After the guards left, Yue Mei looked at Yang Shan and forced a smile, "If you're looking for something in Shimo City, the more people you have, the better."

Yang Shan: "You want to use more manpower to directly crush the defenders of Shimo City and reduce casualties, don't talk like you're thinking of me."

Yue Mei, whose words had been directly exposed by Yang Shan, was at a loss for words.

I simply leaned back in the chair and rested.

Her head still hurts a little!