Queen Wants Me as Her Sparring Partner?

"A Dou Emperor? That won't take many years."

Internally, he called her a pretentious bitch, but he naturally had to keep up the act on the surface. Yan Lin continued with his ambiguous confession.

Although he did not yet have any real feelings for Queen Medusa—at most, he was attracted by her looks—since he wanted "revenge," he naturally had to make the target of his revenge fall in love with him.

Even if Queen Medusa was an iceberg, one day, Yan Lin would chisel his way through her!

Then he would pin her ruthlessly to the bed and listen to the Queen's broken cries...

Perhaps because the fantasy was so wonderful, Yan Lin's face overflowed with a smile, giving Medusa the illusion that he was confident.

Looking at the sunny, confident youth before her, the corners of Medusa's alluring red lips curled up ever so slightly. But it vanished in an instant, and Yan Lin failed to catch it.

Medusa began playing with the water again and said casually, "Leave that girl to you. I'll handle the tribe."

Yan Lin paused, then nodded with a smile.

With Queen Medusa's support, Qing Lin could stay in the Snake People Clan without worry. He would also have plenty of chances to win over the little girl and obtain the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils he wanted.

Thinking of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils being within reach put Yan Lin in a good mood, but to keep Queen Medusa from noticing, he suppressed his excitement.

After chatting calmly with Medusa for a while, Yan Lin excused himself and left the Bath Palace, heading straight for his own Saint King Palace to continue building his relationship with Qing Lin.

Over the course of half a day, he took Qing Lin around the entire Royal Palace, completely forgetting that the true purpose of today's outing had been to find Cauliflower Snake.

Only when he had some free time did Yan Lin realize that he, too, had put beauty before friendship.

Unfortunately, it was already dusk, making it unsuitable to return to the Mobaas Tribe. Yan Lin decided to go tomorrow instead.

It was then that Hua She'er appeared again.

After exchanging formalities, Hua She'er took out a Low-Grade Storage Ring and handed it to Yan Lin, directly explaining her purpose. "These are the clothes and cultivation materials Your Majesty prepared for Qing Lin."

Yan Lin thanked her evenly and accepted the Ring from Hua She'er.

He had specifically asked Queen Medusa to prepare these for Qing Lin.

The Snake People Clan had no clothing suitable for Qing Lin, so Yan Lin could only ask Medusa to obtain some from a human city.

As for cultivation materials, he did not know how the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils should be cultivated or awakened, nor did he understand how to teach Qing Lin.

He was only a Dou Master himself and had not even completed his training, so he simply handed the matter over to Medusa.

He only needed to win Qing Lin's heart and make sure she cultivated properly.

"You're too courteous, Saint King."

In response to Yan Lin's thanks, Hua She'er replied respectfully before getting to the matter at hand. "Apart from delivering the items the Saint King requested, the Queen also ordered me to tell you that beginning tomorrow, you are to come to the Royal Palace and practice real combat with Your Majesty."

"Huh?"

Yan Lin was rather surprised and asked in confusion, "Don't I already have the elders teaching me? What does the Queen mean by this?"

Hua She'er shook her head. "I do not know Your Majesty's intentions either. The Saint King may ask the Queen yourself. However, the elders have also agreed to this."

Yan Lin was stunned. "The Great Elder and the others agreed too?"

"Yes. The elders would love nothing more than for the Saint King to spend more time with Your Majesty."

Yan Lin did not doubt Hua She'er's words.

He knew full well that the Four Great Elders were doing everything they could to bring him and Queen Medusa together.

They truly wished for Yan Lin and Medusa to stick together every day, so that affection would grow over time and no complications would arise.

Yan Lin understood this, so he could understand the Four Great Elders. What he did not understand was who had proposed this matter.

Although he already had an answer in his heart, he could not help asking Hua She'er, "Was it the Queen who brought this up with the elders?"

Hua She'er said nothing, merely nodding slightly.

Yan Lin thought, As expected, but he could not make sense of Queen Medusa's intentions.

What is going on with this woman?

Could it be that I really moved her?

No. If a proud Dou Wang Queen were so easily won over by me, she wouldn't be Queen Medusa.

But why does she want to be my real-combat sparring partner?

Yan Lin could not figure it out. As he pondered in confusion, Hua She'er spoke up to take her leave.

He did not stop her, calmly telling Hua She'er to go. Yan Lin remained where he was, thinking for a long while, but ultimately failed to come up with anything that could convince himself.

He shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

"Whatever. Having a Dou Emperor as a real-combat sparring partner isn't an opportunity everyone gets. And she's a beauty like Queen Medusa—my strength improves, and she's pleasing to the eye too. Awesome!"

Yan Lin was actually looking forward to sparring with Queen Medusa.

This time, he did not waste any more time. He made a special trip to the Pill Hall in Holy City, preparing to obtain the talent of an alchemist.

Only after arriving at the Pill Hall did Yan Lin discover that the Snake People Clan had not never produced alchemists.

There were simply pitifully few of them!

After all, most of the Snake People Clan had yin-aligned attributes, while fire-attributed people like Yan Lin and Queen Medusa were extremely rare.

To become an alchemist, one first needed to possess a fire attribute, as well as a trace of wood attribute for catalysis.

Most importantly, one's Soul Power also had to be strong.

These harsh requirements meant that over the years, the number of alchemists in the entire Snake People Empire could be counted on one hand. The pills they refined could not supply the whole Snake People Empire.

That was why the Snake People Clan needed to abduct alchemists and valued them so highly.

Night fell, and stars dotted the sky.

Yan Lin lay atop the roof of his sleeping quarters, a blade of grass between his teeth. Staring up at the brilliant starry sky, his gaze was somewhat unfocused as he thought.

Whether it's alchemist talent or the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, I want both. But both are special traits, so obtaining them probably won't be easy.

There were two ways to obtain the special traits possessed by others: defeat them or kill them.

Defeating someone gave him a certain chance of obtaining their special traits, while guaranteeing the acquisition of ordinary traits.

Killing someone allowed him to directly copy their special traits.

But whether it was an alchemist or Qing Lin, he could not casually beat or kill either of them.

If he used the method of defeating others to make special traits drop, it was probably impossible to succeed in one go.

When defeating others, obtaining special traits depends on the critical hit rate. The harder I hit them, the higher the chance of obtaining special traits...

Thinking of his Golden Finger's copying ability, Yan Lin lowered his eyes and turned his head toward Qing Lin's side hall.

Through the window, he could see the little girl curled up alone in a corner of the bed.

Having only just escaped danger and then arrived somewhere unfamiliar, the already timid Qing Lin had been unable to adapt for a long time.

She still needed time to slowly dispel the fear in her heart.

Looking at such a timid and pitiful little girl, who would probably cry for ages from a single punch, Yan Lin ultimately could not bear to hurt her.

Forget it. I'll first get the alchemist talent, then think of a way to obtain Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Within the Snake People Clan, alchemists were precious treasures. But as the Saint King, he could easily arrange a friendly match under some pretext and find an excuse to beat one up.

Obtaining alchemist talent would not be difficult. The difficult part was obtaining Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

He still wanted to win Qing Lin over, so violence was naturally unsuitable. He could only use his wits.

I need to get Qing Lin cultivating first. Only then will I have a chance to fight her under the guise of sparring and slowly work toward it.

If that still doesn't work, I can fake an enemy attack or launch a masked ambush. There'll be a way to make it happen eventually...