Preparing to Go Home

"Jiang Xing, I'm already your woman. Are you really unwilling to help me even now?"

And so, Medusa began playing the emotional card.

Good grief, Medusa was trying to get something for free!

However, Jiang Xing remained utterly unmoved by the emotional card Medusa had played.

"Queen, you want the horse to run without feeding it. Where in the world is there such a good deal?"

Jiang Xing earnestly tried to persuade her, hoping the Queen would agree to his small request.

In the end, Medusa still did not agree to Jiang Xing's request.

However, Medusa proposed another arrangement—she could satisfy Jiang Xing in other ways.

Hearing the proposal from his Queen, Jiang Xing's eyes lit up, and he readily agreed.

There was no need to describe the feeling. In any case, Jiang Xing was utterly ecstatic.

Ever since tossing the Ancient Jade into the Ancient God Mansion, Jiang Xing had felt the pressure on him vanish in an instant.

Having finished refining the Bone Chilling Flame, he no longer had any Heavenly Flames on hand to refine.

Thus, during the day, Jiang Xing absorbed the Flame Lizards' Fire Pearls and practiced the Furious Buddha Lotus Flame.

At night, he slipped into the Queen's room and cultivated together with her.

It felt quite good at first, but repeating the same routine every day inevitably became a little dull.

One month later.

Over the past month, Jiang Xing refined Fire Pearls every day, and his cultivation had reached Six-Star Dou Venerate.

Repeating the same life every day made Jiang Xing feel it was far too boring.

Having been separated from his grandfather for so long, Jiang Xing wanted to go home and see him.

He also wanted to bring Medusa back for his grandfather to meet.

As soon as he made up his mind, Jiang Xing told Medusa what he was thinking.

Jiang Xing said, "Queen, I'm planning to go back for a while."

"Go back?"

Medusa did not react at first.

Jiang Xing said, "Go home. I haven't seen Grandpa in a long time. I miss him."

"Then go back."

Medusa showed little reaction and merely replied calmly.

"I want to take you back with me."

Hearing Jiang Xing's words, Medusa was somewhat stunned. "Huh? Take me back?"

"Of course. We've been together for so long already. I want to take you back to meet my grandfather."

"I think it's a little too soon. How about next time?"

It was too sudden, and Medusa had not prepared herself at all.

Medusa felt somewhat uneasy. After all, Jiang Xing's grandfather was a Six-Star Dou Saint.

She was somewhat afraid that Jiang Xing's grandfather would look down on her talent.

"An ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her in-laws sooner or later. Besides, you're not ugly at all. Don't worry, my grandfather will definitely like you."

Seeing Medusa's nervous and uneasy appearance, Jiang Xing naturally comforted her.

"What about your parents?"

Jiang Xing said, "My parents have been in seclusion for several years and still haven't emerged."

Hearing that Jiang Xing's parents were in seclusion, Medusa's nervousness eased somewhat, though she was still a little hesitant.

"I have another purpose for going back this time: to help Zi Yan's clan unite."

"So I'll probably be staying for quite some time. I still hope you'll come back with me."

Jiang Xing felt that this trip back would likely keep him in the Central Continent for quite a while.

After all, there were not many opportunities left to obtain in the Northwest Continent.

Now, the only thing left was the Bodhi Transformation Saliva at the Black Emperor Sect's auction, but the time had not yet come.

Jiang Xing planned to go back first, then have someone return to retrieve it later.

Bodhi Transformation Saliva was formed through more than a thousand years of accumulation at the roots of the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Its effect was to reshape one's body and improve certain constitutions that differed from ordinary humans.

However, the greatest use of Bodhi Transformation Saliva was actually allowing whoever consumed it to sense the Bodhi Ancient Tree and the Bodhi Heart.

Bodhi Transformation Saliva was the sap of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while the Bodhi Heart was its fruit.

If he could use the Bodhi Transformation Saliva to obtain the Bodhi Heart and the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation inheritance beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, he would make an absolute fortune.

Jiang Xing still needed the Bodhi Ancient Tree to break through to Dou Sheng, so he had to obtain the Bodhi Transformation Saliva.

Medusa asked in confusion, "Help Zi Yan's clan unite?"

Zi Yan lived among the Snake-People Tribe, so Medusa naturally knew her.

"The Ancient Void Dragon clan."

Medusa said in surprise, "Zi Yan's true form is an Ancient Void Dragon?"

Medusa could tell that Zi Yan was a magical beast, but she had never expected her true form to be an Ancient Void Dragon.

Jiang Xing had told her plenty about the Central Continent over the past few days, naturally including the Ancient Void Dragons, the overlords of the magical beast world.

"Yeah. Zi Yan ended up stranded outside the clan for certain reasons. I found her at Jia Nan Academy and brought her back. I promised her long ago that I'd take her back to her clan, but I still haven't fulfilled that promise. I'll take this opportunity to bring her home. Besides, she'll receive better training within her clan."

Although Jiang Xing had continually supplied Zi Yan with medicinal pills, her progress had not been particularly fast. She was only a two-star Dou Emperor now.

To others, that cultivation speed was already extremely fast. However, knowing that Zi Yan possessed the royal bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragons, Jiang Xing felt that sending her back to be trained by her clan would be much faster than her current progress.

Of course, most importantly, Zi Yan simply ate far too much. A bottle of pills every two days—she was nearly eating Jiang Xing out of medicinal pills.

"What do you think? Coming back with me?"

"Mm."

Medusa gave a quiet hum to show her agreement.

Two elders of the Snake-People Tribe had already broken through to Dou Zong. With them there, Medusa did not need to worry about the tribe.

Otherwise, as the Queen of the Snake-People Tribe, she would not leave the tribe so easily.

"Then make your preparations. We'll set out in a couple of days."

After settling things with Medusa, Jiang Xing went to find Zi Yan.

"Jiang Xing, are you giving me pills again?"

Jiang Xing had just given her pills a few days ago, which was why Zi Yan said "again."

Jiang Xing tapped her on the head and said, "Are medicinal pills the only thing in that head of yours?"

"I'm planning to go home for a while, and I'll take you back to your clan while I'm at it. You can meet your people."

"Back to the clan? Back to the Ancient Void Dragon clan?"

"That's right. I promised your father that I'd help your Ancient Void Dragon clan unite, and I also want to take you back so they can train you."

"I don't want to. I don't know any of them. I want to stay with you."

Zi Yan had been stranded outside since childhood and had no sense of belonging toward the Ancient Void Dragon clan at all.

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