Looting Xiao Yan and Yao Lao

Seeing how earnestly the Seven-Colored Tiny Snake was trying to convey that it wanted to eat, Jiang Xing stopped teasing it.

He took a small jade bottle filled with purple liquid from his Storage Ring.

That was right—the small jade bottle contained Amethyst Accompanying Source.

However, this had not been produced by the Amethyst Winged Lion King of the Monster Mountain Range. Before leaving home, Jiang Xing had specifically instructed his guards to search for it across the continent.

The Dou Qi Continent was vast, and Amethyst Winged Lion Kings were not rare.

There could not possibly be only one Amethyst Winged Lion King, nor could the one in the Monster Mountain Range be the only one capable of producing Amethyst Accompanying Source.

Jiang Xing opened the small jade bottle and brought it to the Seven-Colored Tiny Snake's mouth.

The Seven-Colored Tiny Snake brought its nose to the bottle's opening and sniffed. Its purple eyes lit up, and it swiftly thrust its head inside, greedily lapping at the contents.

The barrier had already been shattered by the lightning strike, so the snake people who had been worried about Medusa, the Queen, hurried over to check on her.

They stared at the Seven-Colored Tiny Snake, their faces full of question marks.

"The Queen evolved successfully? But why does this little snake only feel as strong as a Dou Wang?"

Jiang Xing happened to know the answer.

Medusa had successfully evolved into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and her future potential was limitless. However, there was also a drawback. Although Medusa had entered the Dou Zong realm, she could not take control of her own body for a short while.

Her successful evolution had caused two souls to merge into one body.

At first, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python held the upper hand and suppressed Medusa's soul. But as time passed, Medusa's soul would gradually awaken. As Medusa's strength increased, she would in turn suppress the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's soul.

To keep the snake people from worrying, Jiang Xing gave them a brief explanation.

Once they learned that the Queen's body was only temporarily controlled by the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and that she would regain control once she recovered, the snake people finally breathed a sigh of relief and began asking when Medusa would awaken.

"Then approximately how long will it take for Her Majesty to recover?"

"I have Amethyst Accompanying Source here. It should be able to help the Queen awaken within two years."

Jiang Xing could not remember how long it had taken Medusa to awaken in the original story. He felt it should not take more than two years, so he gave that conservative estimate.

"Then we must trouble the Queen Consort to look after Her Majesty."

The Great Elder cupped his hands toward him.

And so, Jiang Xing began keeping the Seven-Colored Tiny Snake by his side.

In the original story, Xiao Yan had fed the Seven-Colored Tiny Snake Amethyst Accompanying Source. Although Jiang Xing possessed higher-grade heavenly treasures, he did not know whether they would affect Medusa.

Jiang Xing did not want to take that risk, so he decided to feed the Seven-Colored Tiny Snake Amethyst Accompanying Source and follow the original story's path.

As for the Soul Fusion Pill, Jiang Xing did not dare give it to the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python yet.

If he gave it to her now, who knew whether it would backfire and allow the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to devour Medusa's soul?

Therefore, Jiang Xing could only wait until she had replenished enough energy and the Queen had awakened before giving her the Soul Fusion Pill.

After taking the Soul Fusion Pill, Medusa should be able to completely merge with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

Xiao Yan had been severely short on resources in the early stages of the original story, so he had been stingy whenever he fed Amethyst Accompanying Source to the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

Jiang Xing was different. Jiang Xing's attitude was: Go ahead and eat as much as you want. Once you finish, I'll find more for you.

There was no helping it—having a Six-Star Dou Saint grandfather was just that extravagant!

Oh, right. Xiao Yan also had Amethyst Accompanying Source and the Flame Mantra on him.

Jiang Xing slapped his forehead. He had nearly forgotten about that.

He summoned Ji Feng and had him release Xiao Yan from the Storage Ring.

Xiao Yan still had not awakened. No, rather, he had been knocked unconscious again and could not wake up.

Jiang Xing raised a hand, and the two rings on Xiao Yan's fingers flew into his palm.

Jiang Xing first extended his Soul Strength into Xiao Yan's storage ring. Before long, he found the Flame Mantra, the fragmentary map, and Amethyst Accompanying Source inside.

As for the other cultivation techniques and pills, their grades were too low to be of any use to Jiang Xing now.

After searching through the Storage Ring, Jiang Xing put it away.

That was right—even if it was useless to him, he could not return it to Xiao Yan!

The moment he decided to cultivate the Flame Mantra, he and Xiao Yan had been destined to become enemies.

Since they were enemies, he could not be softhearted. As the saying went, mercy toward one's enemy was cruelty toward oneself.

Jiang Xing then turned his gaze to the other black ring, guessing that Yao Chen was inside.

Yao Chen had once been at the same level as Jiang Xing's father, both Nine-Star Dou Venerates. But after being betrayed by Han Feng, only his soul remained. At present, he was at most as strong as a Dou Zong.

Moreover, since Xiao Yan had been captured, it meant Yao Chen had already fought with all his strength. He was most likely asleep now.

Just as Jiang Xing was about to extend his Soul Strength into the ring, he was blocked by a layer of restriction.

"Hm? There's even a restriction? That old fellow is quite cautious, but this won't stump me!"

If this restriction had been controlled by Yao Chen's Heaven Realm soul, Jiang Xing might not have been able to open it. But with Yao Chen asleep, breaking the restriction was nothing to Jiang Xing.

That was right. As a transmigrator, Jiang Xing's Soul Strength had also been enhanced.

With the Spirit Realm Middle Stage Soul Strength charging forward, Jiang Xing shattered the restriction just like that.

When his Soul Strength entered the space within the ring, he indeed saw Yao Chen unconscious on the ground, his body looking somewhat transparent.

Yao Chen's collection was far richer than Xiao Yan's. Jiang Xing spent quite some effort before emptying the items from the several shelves inside Yao Chen's ring.

It had to be said that, as a Peak Grade 8 Alchemist, Yao Chen's collection was truly abundant.

Not to mention the more than fifty Eighth-Rank Pill Formulas—Yao Chen even possessed five formulas for Ninth-Rank Treasure Pills!

In the end, Jiang Xing moved every one of those formulas into his Storage Ring.

Although Jiang Xing did not know how to refine pills, he could bring the formulas back home.

After all, there were also two Grade 8 Alchemists in his family. Seeing these formulas, those two old men would surely grin from ear to ear.

After moving everything out, Jiang Xing did not withdraw his soul, because there was still one important item he had yet to take!

As he approached Yao Chen, he could sense an energy within Yao Chen's body that was both icy cold and blazing hot.

Jiang Xing knew that energy was the Bone Chilling Flame, and that was the final thing he intended to take!

"Yao Chen, Yao Chen. Since you had your eye on my Heavenly Flames first, then I have even less reason to feel guilty about taking yours."

After stripping the Bone Chilling Flame from Yao Chen and severing the connection between them, Jiang Xing could clearly sense Yao Chen's body becoming even more transparent.

At this rate, if he could not immediately restore his Soul Strength, he might dissipate within this space in just a few days.

After thinking it over, Jiang Xing took out a Seventh-Rank Pill that restored the soul and tossed it to Yao Chen.

Yao Chen did not wake up, but Jiang Xing could sense the pill's energy slowly being absorbed by him.

"Mm, Yao Chen still has some use. He can't die yet, so I'll keep him alive for now."

He did not dare kill Xiao Yan right now. Keeping Yao Chen alive might allow him to threaten Xiao Yan in the future.

Walls had ears. As long as Gu Xun'er investigated carefully, she would definitely discover that he had captured Xiao Yan.

If he killed Xiao Yan as well, then he would truly become enemies with Xun'er beyond all reconciliation.

He had yet to grow strong enough, so making an enemy of Gu Xun'er was not a wise choice.

After placing the Bone Chilling Flame into a specially made container and storing the Ink Giant Ruler from Xiao Yan's back in his Storage Ring, Jiang Xing confirmed that there was truly nothing left on Xiao Yan worth taking and put him into his storage space.

He had originally planned to let Ji Feng continue keeping him, but after some thought, he felt that was inappropriate. In the end, he decided to keep Xiao Yan with him.