Jiang Xing's Request

Jiang Xing stood up and stretched, his bones crackling throughout his body.

He clenched his fist and felt the increased energy within him, thoroughly satisfied with this period of seclusion.

He had not seen the Queen for a month, and he missed her terribly.

He left his room and headed to the main hall to see the Queen.

When he arrived at the main hall, he did not see Medusa. Instead, he saw the Great Elder bent over, handling official affairs.

Sensing someone enter, the Great Elder raised his head.

When he saw that it was Jiang Xing, he immediately rose from his seat.

At first, Jiang Xing did not understand why the Great Elder was being so courteous to him.

But when he saw the Great Elder's legs and sensed the aura emanating from him, he immediately understood.

Clearly, Ji Feng had given them the Transformation Pill, and after taking it, the Great Elder had broken through to the Dou Zong realm.

"Queen Consort, you've come out of seclusion!"

Jiang Xing nodded at him, then cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, Great Elder, on breaking through to the Dou Zong realm!"

"It is all thanks to the Queen Consort's Transformation Pill. Otherwise, I might never have entered the Dou Zong realm in my lifetime."

The Great Elder was not merely being polite; those words came from the bottom of his heart.

He truly believed that Jiang Xing was the benefactor of their Snake-People Tribe.

Not only had he helped the Queen evolve, but he had also helped the Snake-People Tribe leave the harsh Tagor Desert. And now, he had even given Transformation Pills to old fellows like them.

"Have the other three elders broken through to the Dou Zong realm?"

Jiang Xing asked casually.

The Great Elder answered honestly, "Not yet, but it should be soon."

"Oh."

Seeing that Jiang Xing clearly had no interest in chatting with him, the Great Elder asked again, "Did the Queen Consort come here to find the Queen?"

Jiang Xing said, "Yes, I have something to discuss with the Queen."

Since Medusa was not here, Jiang Xing did not want to stay either. "Then carry on, Great Elder. I'll go find the Queen."

"Alright, Queen Consort. Take care!"

When he arrived at Medusa's residence, Jiang Xing had intended to knock.

But then he heard the sound of running water inside.

Was the Queen taking a bath?

Jiang Xing lowered the hand that was about to knock and slipped inside using the power of space.

"Who is it?"

After bathing with the Queen and going through a thoroughly satisfying battle, Jiang Xing lay on the bed with Medusa's delicate body in his arms.

If he could have a cigarette right now, that would be even better.

Medusa asked curiously, "After refining the Bone Chilling Flame, what realm are you at now?"

"I'm now a Five-Star Dou Venerate."

Jiang Xing had nothing to hide and directly told her his current realm.

"A Five-Star Dou Venerate?"

Hearing Jiang Xing's answer, Medusa murmured to herself.

"What's wrong?" Noticing that Medusa seemed to have something on her mind, Jiang Xing asked.

"Nothing. I just feel like I'm improving so slowly compared to you."

In one month, Jiang Xing had gone from a Three-Star Dou Venerate to a Five-Star Dou Venerate, while she was still a Four-Star Dou Zong.

Sure enough, comparisons only brought pain.

Jiang Xing said, "I can help you increase your strength quickly."

"Really? What method?"

Medusa had always yearned for greater strength.

So when she heard that there was a way to improve quickly, she was delighted.

"Have you heard of the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python?"

Jiang Xing did not directly tell Medusa that he wanted her to evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Instead, he asked her first.

"The Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python?"

Medusa shook her head.

Clearly, to Medusa, who had lived here all her life, the term "Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python" was unfamiliar.

However, judging by the name, she guessed that the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python must be related to the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

So she asked, "What is the connection between the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python? And what does this have to do with increasing my strength?"

"Of course it's related."

Jiang Xing said, "Do you know about the three great Magical Beast overlords?"

Medusa found Jiang Xing's abrupt shift in topic rather strange, but she still answered, "I've heard of them. The Ancient Void Dragon Clan, the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan, and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, right?"

"That's right."

"But what you don't know is that in ancient times, the Dou Qi Continent was ruled by the Ancient Void Dragons, Ancient Heaven Phoenixes, and Ancient Heaven Serpents."

"Among snake-type Magical Beasts, there are two ancient bloodlines. One is the Ancient Heaven Serpent, while the other is the Heaven Swallowing Python."

Medusa said in surprise, "Heaven Swallowing Python?"

"That's right. The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python are actually of the same kind. The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python is a mutation of the Ancient Heaven Serpent in its youth, while the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python is what a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python becomes upon reaching maturity. It is also the mark of a Nine-Tier Magical Beast."

"A Nine-Tier Magical Beast... the level of a Dou Sheng?"

Medusa asked in shock.

"Yes. The bloodline power of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python may be overwhelmingly superior to that of other Magical Beasts, but compared to the Ancient Heaven Serpent, it still falls short. Only when a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python evolves into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python will its bloodline power reach the same level as the Ancient Heaven Serpent."

"So the method you mentioned for rapidly increasing my strength is to evolve my Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python?"

By this point, Medusa had more or less guessed Jiang Xing's method.

"Queen, you're so smart!"

Jiang Xing then kissed her as a reward.

Medusa put on a look of disgust.

"That's right. My method is to make you evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. If you evolve into one, your strength will definitely rise rapidly. Moreover, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline can almost only support you up to the Dou Zun level. If you want to break through that barrier and advance to Dou Sheng, you can only return to your ancestral bloodline and evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python."

"Dou Sheng! I can break through to Dou Sheng too?"

To Medusa, a Dou Sheng was a legendary existence.

She had not even dared to imagine breaking through to Dou Sheng.

"As long as you can evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, what difficulty is there in becoming a Dou Sheng?"

Jiang Xing was not boasting. As long as he tossed the Nine-Colored Origin Stone and Medusa into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs for a soak, wouldn't breaking through to Dou Sheng be easy?

"Jiang Xing, can you help me evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python?"

"Mm... I can, but you have to agree to one condition."

Jiang Xing pondered for a moment before speaking.

"What condition?"

Medusa understood Jiang Xing's personality fairly well by now, so she was extremely wary of his request.

Jiang Xing then leaned close and whispered something into Medusa's ear with a wicked grin.

"Jiang Xing, don't even think about it!"

Upon hearing Jiang Xing's request, Medusa's face turned bright red.

She had not expected that Jiang Xing's condition would be for her to use her mouth...

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