Battle Through the Heavens: I Am Han Feng, Respect the Teacher and Value the Dao

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The person before her was terrifyingly strong!

Hua She'er took out a long spear from her storage ring and held it warily across her body.

"I have no intention of becoming enemies with the Snake People Tribe."

The instant Han Feng spoke, he had already appeared at Hua She'er's side, placing a hand on her shoulder.

Hua She'er's body instantly stiffened. This action was no different from telling her—I can kill you in an instant.

Han Feng merely gave Hua She'er's shoulder a light pat before looking toward the towering structure within the city.

Queen Medusa probably lived in that most dazzling place, didn't she?

Since he was already here, Han Feng was rather curious what the Snake People Queen who had dominated nearly half of the Northwest Continent in his previous life looked like now.

"I can report your presence to the Queen, but whether she is willing to see you is something I cannot guarantee."

After being taught a lesson by Han Feng, Hua She'er's attitude had undoubtedly improved quite a bit.

She knew that confronting Han Feng head-on would bring no good outcome. This matter still had to be decided by the Queen.

"That works. The medicinal ingredient I seek is Sand Mandala. If Queen Medusa is unwilling to see me, can you help me find it?"

Han Feng considered the possibility that Medusa might happen to be in seclusion. In that case, he truly would not be able to see her.

He could not possibly make someone leave seclusion just to find a medicinal ingredient, could he?

Although the snake woman before him was somewhat weak, she was still a Dou Wang. Her status should be sufficient to search for medicinal ingredients.

Hua She'er's eyelids twitched. Meeting Han Feng's unyielding gaze, she swallowed with difficulty.

"O-of course."

"Wait here for a moment. I'll be back shortly."

Hua She'er fled in disarray.

She felt that she had utterly lost face just now, but what could she do when facing a human expert who could take her life at any moment?

Han Feng, once again left outside the city gates, sighed.

It seemed the conflict between the Snake People Tribe and humans could not be resolved so casually.

Snake Marrow Bone Transformation Pill

"An alchemist?"

Medusa sat upon the king's bed in her bedchamber, lazily opening those enchanting eyes that could captivate all living beings.

"Even you were no match for him?"

"This subordinate... is ashamed!"

Although Hua She'er had only recently entered the Dou Wang class, she possessed the bloodline of a giant serpent. Her strength was absolutely no weaker than that of the new generation of the Jia Ma Empire's Top Ten Experts.

If even she was no match, then perhaps only the chiefs of the eight great tribes were qualified to fight him.

"Bring him to see me."

Medusa spoke listlessly as her seductive body slowly stretched behind the curtains, as though she were stretching lazily.

"Yes!"

Hua She'er quickly arrived before the city gates. Looking at Han Feng standing alone beyond the walls, she felt somewhat fearful.

Even with a group of burly male snakefolk guards beside her, Hua She'er did not feel particularly safe. It was as though her memories remained trapped in the terror of having her life held in Han Feng's palm.

Taking a deep breath, Hua She'er gathered her courage and left the city gates. Her snake tail swayed rapidly as she arrived beside Han Feng.

"The Queen has agreed to see you. Follow me."

Han Feng nodded and entered the city with her.

When the snake people in the city saw a human like Han Feng appear, they all retreated to the sides of the street. Some watched curiously, some regarded him with scrutinizing gazes, and a small number glared at him with intense hostility.

This was a common phenomenon among the snake people. Most were not especially hostile toward humans, but due to public sentiment, they did not have a very favorable impression of them.

A small number deeply hated humans because they had suffered persecution at human hands.

The humans of the Jia Ma Empire were much the same. Only those living near the Tagor Desert were extremely hostile toward the snake people. Further inland, where people had little concept of snake people, curiosity was generally more common.

Han Feng followed Hua She'er all the way to the Snake People King Tower. Passing through the heavily guarded walls, he entered the interior of the tower.

"The Queen will receive you here. Please wait a moment."

With that, Hua She'er hurried away.

Seeing how nervous she seemed, Han Feng smiled and said nothing.

He had wanted to see how the Snake People Tribe treated its guests. He had not expected that they would not even offer him a cup of tea.

Han Feng took out a waterskin from his storage ring. After taking a few drinks, he heard a rustling sound approaching from afar.

Putting down the waterskin, Han Feng turned his head. From behind the screen emerged a snake woman wearing a magnificent crown and draped in purple-red gauze.

The tail behind her dragged with a soft rustle, swaying nimbly.

Her eyes, tender as water yet disdainful of all living things, looked toward the human in the hall. A cool, enchanting voice rang out.

"You are that Rank 6 Alchemist?"

Looking at the Queen of the Snake People Tribe before him, Han Feng instinctively overlapped her with the noble and domineering figure from his previous life.

The Medusa of today possessed somewhat less dominance and somewhat more immaturity.

"That would be me. Does Queen Medusa know of me?"

Medusa smiled lightly.

"My eyes are not blind. The little disturbance in Mo City could not be hidden from me."

"But you dared to come alone to my Snake People Holy City. Are you not afraid of death?"

Medusa approached Han Feng, staring into his eyes as if she wished to pressure him through this method.

"I came here with no ill intent. Could it be that Queen Medusa intends to make things difficult for me?"

Han Feng remained neither servile nor overbearing, and he even felt like laughing.

If the lofty Northwest Empress of his previous life saw Medusa lowering herself to use such a lowly method as seduction to pressure others, she would likely be so embarrassed and enraged that she would wish to burrow into the ground.

Seeing Han Feng's calm gaze and what appeared to be a faint smile at the corner of his lips, Medusa's brows immediately furrowed.

"Your Jia Ma Empire and my Snake People Tribe are sworn enemies. So what if I make things difficult for you?"

"I am not from the Jia Ma Empire."

"Hm?"

Medusa froze, and the imposing aura she had just built up instantly collapsed.

"I understand the Queen's feelings. If you went alone to the Jia Ma Empire, they would surely make things difficult for you as well. After all, the two sides are enemies, and true equality is impossible."

Han Feng said this naturally.

There was nothing difficult to guess about it. In matters of state, either side would consider things from its own position.

To show mercy to an enemy nation was to be cruel to one's own side.

"You are not from the Jia Ma Empire?"

Medusa's tone became slightly more restrained.

"I am Han Feng, from the Black Corner Region."

"The Black Corner Region!"

Medusa's expression changed abruptly, and the seductive aura around her instantly receded.

As one of the Dou Qi Continent's famed lawless regions, the Black Corner Region was widely known.

Many cultivators wanted by major powers would go there to escape disaster, because almost no nation could mobilize vast resources in the Black Corner Region to hunt down a single person.

It was an exceedingly chaotic place, one that devoured people without spitting out their bones. Not a single expert who emerged from there was easy to deal with.

Medusa looked at Han Feng with uncertainty. Earlier, she had thought he was a kind and gentle person.

But now, it seemed he was likely a smiling tiger!

No matter how sincere Han Feng's attitude appeared, Medusa now found it somewhat false.

At times, one's origins and reputation were indeed extremely important.

"You want Sand Mandala?"

Medusa calmly returned to the subject, her body slowly slithering away from Han Feng.

"Indeed."

"What compensation can you offer me?"

Han Feng considered for a moment before asking in return, "What does the Queen desire?"

Medusa fell silent for a moment. "How about refining a Rank 6 Pill for me?"

Han Feng and Medusa looked at each other for a long while before he finally nodded.

"If you provide the medicinal ingredients, I can refine it."

A trace of surprise flashed through Queen Medusa's eyes, as if she had not expected him to agree so easily.

"Very well. Once you finish refining the pill, I will present Sand Mandala to you with both hands."

After reaching their agreement, Han Feng was brought to a Quiet Room.

Half an hour later, Medusa entered the Quiet Room carrying a storage ring and a scroll of Pill Recipes.

"Snake Marrow Bone Transformation Pill, a mid-tier Rank 6 Pill. Are you confident?"

Medusa handed the pill recipe to Han Feng and asked.

Han Feng first glanced through the recipe before nodding.

This should be an inherited pill recipe of the Snake People Tribe, so Han Feng had never seen it before. However, the refinement method was nothing difficult.

"Then I will leave it to you. I await good news."

After leaving the Quiet Room, Medusa's expression became somewhat solemn.

The Snake Marrow Bone Transformation Pill was a choice every generation of Queen Medusa would have to face.

In order to produce powerful offspring, the previous Queen Medusa would take a secret medicinal pill after becoming pregnant.

The secret methods were divided into upper, middle, and lower grades.

The lower grade consisted of pills containing considerable energy, most of them Rank 5 Pills.

The middle grade was the Rank 6 Snake Marrow Bone Transformation Pill.

The current Queen Medusa herself was the product of being nourished by the Snake Marrow Bone Transformation Pill.

Back then, in order to invite a Rank 6 Alchemist to refine the Snake Marrow Bone Transformation Pill, the Snake People Tribe had nearly exhausted all its wealth.

Now, Medusa had exchanged merely one Rank 5 medicinal ingredient, Sand Mandala, for Han Feng's help in refining a pill. She had made an enormous profit.

Yet Medusa was not particularly happy at this moment.

According to tribal rules, once every Medusa exhausted her potential and could no longer continue advancing, she would be required to unite with an expert and bear offspring.

If she did not break through soon, she too would be forced to accept such a fate and hand the heavy mission of the Snake People Tribe to the next generation.

Medusa was a snake person unwilling to admit defeat. She hoped that, in her own generation, she could completely change the fate of the Snake People Tribe.

To accomplish that, she had to break through the shackles of the Dou Emperor and advance to Dou Zong!

Based on ordinary cultivation speed, Medusa did not know how long it would take before she could touch the threshold of Dou Zong. After all, this was a watershed realm. Countless Peak Dou Emperor Experts spent their entire lives unable to advance beyond it.

Fortunately, the Snake People Tribe had a long inheritance and had left behind a precious method for advancing to Dou Zong.

Temper the body with Heavenly Flames, refine the old body, be reborn through fire, return to one's ancestors and become king!

Without question, this was a precious secret method for advancing one's physique. Using the opportunity of breaking through to Dou Zong, it reshaped the body and improved one's physique and aptitude.