Heading to the Land of Exotic Flames, Traveling Arm in Arm with the Queen!

Ye Feng felt the whooshing "cool breeze" coming from the doorway and could not help shivering.

When he saw Queen Medusa appear at the door, Ye Feng said in astonishment:

"Her Majesty the Queen, you came in... without even knocking?"

Queen Medusa did not avert her gaze in the slightest. Staring at Ye Feng with great arrogance, she said:

"This King is entering her own territory. Why would This King need permission from a little fellow like you?"

"But you, little pervert, if you were refining pills, then why didn't you..."

"My Queen, I wasn't refining just a few pills. The entire floor is covered in them!"

Ye Feng hurriedly explained with a bitter smile:

"Under the scorching heat of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, forget my Ordinary Clothes—even the ground beneath the Purple Abyss Cauldron cracked apart!"

Feeling the Scorching Hot air rushing through the room, Queen Medusa's Dai Mei furrowed slightly. An inexplicable flush appeared on her cold, beautiful face.

"Hurry up. This King will wait outside for you!"

After saying that, Queen Medusa turned around, swayed her slender yet supple waist, and left the doorway.

Ye Feng let out a long breath, straightened his back, and looked rather proud.

"If you keep This King waiting too long, you know the consequences..."

The icy words made Ye Feng's body go limp. He hurriedly put away the Purple Abyss Cauldron, pulled on his robe and trousers, and ran outside.

The robe and trousers were both new. When Ye Feng had been bathing, the Snake Woman had tailored them to his measurements.

The feeling of being measured still lingered in Ye Feng's mind...

Ye Feng no longer bothered with the pills in the room. After he left, someone would naturally come to "clean up"!

There were too many pills. After casually taking several dozen, Ye Feng walked out of the room.

When he saw Queen Medusa's exquisite back bathed in sunlight, Ye Feng could not help licking his lips.

That was mainly because he had spent too long refining pills in the room. His lips had become inexplicably dry and needed moistening.

"Follow me!"

Sensing Ye Feng's arrival, Queen Medusa spoke softly before walking ahead.

Ye Feng could only follow behind obediently and timidly. Who would have thought that in just a few days, she had seen him twice already!

Her Majesty the Queen was far too lucky!

Up ahead, Queen Medusa's bewitching face, unseen by anyone, was slightly flushed, and her heart was in turmoil.

I should have known better than to go straight in. Now This King is the embarrassed one!

Hmph~

Her body paused slightly as she turned her face and stared at Ye Feng behind her.

What appeared in Queen Medusa's sight was a refined and elegant youth.

The Black Robe draped over him, paired with that handsome face, gave his entire person a bright and clear air.

Of course, if his pitch-black hair had not been so messy, he would have looked even more striking...

In Queen Medusa's own words, this little fellow was finally starting to look like a proper person!

"Y-Your Majesty the Queen... can you look at me differently? My... legs are weak..."

Seeing her glare, Ye Feng naturally assumed Her Majesty the Queen's Jade Arm was about to trace that familiar arc again. He immediately spoke timidly.

Queen Medusa blinked her beautiful eyes, her Red Lips curling slightly.

"Your legs are weak? But This King has noticed that every time you see This King, one part of you has never gone soft!"

Ye Feng froze, then gave a bitter smile and hurriedly changed the subject.

"Her Majesty the Queen, did you come to find me because we're going to look for that Heavenly Flame?"

"That's right. This King is ready~ Let's depart!"

Wings suddenly appeared behind Queen Medusa's back. Before Ye Feng could react, her delicate hand seized his arm and shot into the sky.

"Ah~ Her Majesty the Queen, you're ready, but I'm not! My body is still very weak after refining pills!"

Dragged through the sky, Ye Feng cried out in alarm.

"Little fellow~ when have you ever not been weak?"

The faint words reached Ye Feng's ears, and his face immediately turned resolute as he declared:

"I'm not weak right now!"

"Pfft~ Hehehe~"

Her cold laughter and bewitching smile were pleasant to hear, beautiful to behold, and enticing—but Ye Feng felt that they carried a... profound insult!

Powerlessly carried into the air, Ye Feng could only let Queen Medusa pull him along as they flew over the boundless desert...

[ Ding! The host was carried through the air by Queen Medusa gripping his wrist. Sign-in Reward obtained: Fifty Buckets of Ice Spirit Cold Spring! ]

???

Fifty Buckets!!!

So many? Was he supposed to use them as Cold Storage?

"Um, Her Majesty the Queen, can we change positions? You're hurting me!"

Feeling the softness around his wrist gradually turn into a numb sensation, Ye Feng could not help suggesting it.

"No!"

Since the suggestion was rejected, it naturally could not trigger a sign-in. Ye Feng could only enjoy the blissful feeling of traveling arm in arm with the Bewitching Queen...

The Tagor Desert was ravaged by yellow sand.

When the two landed on a flat stretch of desert, Queen Medusa's Dai Mei furrowed slightly.

Feeling the discomfort beneath the desert, a heart-melting look of joy appeared on her cold, beautiful face.

Sandstorm!

A small tornado immediately formed above Ye Feng's palm.

Violent sand-attributed energy gathered in his hand before he slammed it down at the desert beneath his feet!

"Sha~ Sha~"

At the spot Ye Feng struck, a spiral-shaped passage through the sand dunes immediately appeared.

Though the sand-dune passage was not large, it was enough for someone to pass through.

At a glance, the inside of the passage was pitch black. Yet a very Scorching Hot current of air wafted from within, making it seem quite miraculous.

An Earth-tier Battle Skill?

Queen Medusa stared at Ye Feng, who had his back straightened as though he were proving that he was not weak at all.

"Tch~"

Queen Medusa rolled her eyes at Ye Feng, queenly disdain spilling from her lips.

Then, a moonlight stone appeared in her Fair Jade Hand, and she headed into the deep cavern.

Ye Feng: ╮(╯▽╰)╭

Ye Feng smiled slightly and followed Queen Medusa inside.

Inside the pitch-black passage, the light was rather dim. Only the moonlight stone illuminated the way ahead, while Ye Feng could only follow the faint fragrance drifting from in front of him as he felt his way forward.

The deeper they went, the denser the heat within became.

The two moved extremely quickly, swiftly weaving through the passage...

After roughly One Incense Stick.

Suddenly, Ye Feng felt something trip him beneath his feet, and his body immediately pitched forward...

"Uh..."

Feeling that comfortable sensation from both hands, Ye Feng recoiled in fright, then grabbed again before pulling back once more. His eyes flew wide open as he thought:

I'm dead...

"Her Majesty the Queen, why did you suddenly stop?"

"Ye Feng!!!"

A cold, severe voice rang beside his ear. Ye Feng immediately felt Tinnitus and Dizziness, and knew nothing else!

(Just to clarify, the protagonist isn't groveling—he's making progress! Making progress! Making progress!!!)