Queen Medusa: Are You Teaching Me What to Do?

Xiao Yan's movements were fluid and graceful. Under the reflection of the Cobalt Blue Flame inside the Myriad Beast Cauldron, his young yet composed face appeared exceptionally focused.

Although it was Xiao Yan's first time refining a pill, he was now a mature Fifth-Grade Alchemist, and the medicinal materials in Han Feng 'Storage Ring were of excellent quality. This beast's character was questionable, but his Alchemy were undoubtedly superb. In addition, the Jade Heart Pill itself was not an extremely complex Fifth-grade Pill, so the refining process went exceptionally smoothly.

As time went by, all the medicinal herbs were refined into the purest medicinal essence, which was then precisely fused together by Xiao Yan and finally formed within the cauldron.

In about half an hour, the lid of the cauldron was lifted, and a pill that was pure white like a precious jade and exuded a cool and moisturizing aura fell into Xiao Yan's palm.

The surface of the elixir had a subtle, flowing luster reminiscent of jade; this was the so-called Jade Heart Pill.

After carefully storing the pills, Xiao Yan put away the medicine cauldron and began to take off his clothes.

What are you doing!

Just as he took off his outer garment and was about to remove another piece of clothing, he heard Queen Medusa's chilling voice, tinged with surprise and doubt.

"Take off your clothes! I need to go down into this icy pool to cultivate. Although I don't lack money for clothes, it's not a particularly urgent matter right now. It's better to keep the clothes than to burn them."

Xiao Yan said it as a matter of course.

"???"

Seeing that Xiao Yan was about to take his pants off, Queen Medusa turned her head away with a cold face, her lips moving slightly before she coldly said, "Shameless!"

Hearing Queen Medusa's scolding, which carried a hint of embarrassment and annoyance, Xiao Yan was taken aback. But this was not the time to think about it. After taking off his clothes, Xiao Yan jumped into the icy pool and headed straight for the bottom.

Although he didn't know the cause of the icy pool, Xiao Yan was quite satisfied with its bone-chilling cold.

Even if it's not as good as the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, the fact that it's plentiful and filling is enough to satisfy Xiao Yan.

Sitting cross-legged at the bottom of the pool, Xiao Yan focused his mind on his body, looking at the milky white flames formed from the Fallen Heart Flame Origin Flame Seed in his meridians, and the Cobalt Blue Flame he had summoned from his Spirit Absorber Absorption. He took a deep breath.

Although the Fallen Heart Flame has now been refined and lost its formidable offensive power, the risks of fusing with Heavenly Flames still require Xiao Yan to be cautious.

As the mind controlled the Fallen Heart Flame to circulate along the meridians and enter the vortex, the originally quiet, rising Cobalt Blue Flame suddenly became boiling, and the Fallen Heart Flame did the same.

Therefore, Xiao Yan had no choice but to extract the Dou Qi of the Flame Mantra to isolate the two flames.

Even so, the two Heavenly Flames instinctively devoured each other, because they both knew that by devouring each other, they would become even stronger.

However, this wasn't Xiao Yan's first time Fused Heavenly Flame; he already had a lot of experience. So, after drawing more of the Flame Mantra Dou Qi from the Dou Crystal of the Dou Qi Vortex, Xiao Yan also released the suppression of the two Heavenly Flames.

The next moment, the cobalt blue flames collided violently with the milky white flames.

"Boom!"

Although there was a layer of burning battle aura separating the two flames, they still produced a deep and resonant sound when they collided, and the intense heat slowly spread outwards.

An ordinary person would naturally not dare to attempt to Fused Heavenly Flame at such a crucial point as the Dou Qi Vortex, but Xiao Yan had, after all, shaped Fire Lotus and undergone Heavenly Flame Body Tempering, so he could be considered highly skilled and daring.

After carefully adjusting for a moment, the collision between the Heavenly Flames finally stopped producing explosions. Xiao Yan then began to try to integrate the Flame Mantra Dou Qi, which had isolated the two Heavenly Flames, into the Heavenly Flames.

As the thin membrane of Dou Qi merged into the Heavenly Flames, the two flames, one cobalt blue and one milky white, finally came into contact without any obstruction...

There was no unusual movement at the moment of contact, but a moment later, a deep explosion sounded, and the two Heavenly Flames actually erupted completely in Xiao Yan's Dou Qi Vortex!

Seeing that terrifying scene, Xiao Yan was not flustered at all. He directly drew out a large amount of Flame Mantra Dou Qi from the Sea Urchin Dou Crystal in the Dou Qi Vortex and poured it into the Dou Qi Vortex, pouring it fiercely into the two Heavenly Flames!

What's so difficult about Fused Heavenly Flame? It's just a matter of doing this and that, and then doing it this way and that, right?

However, since it is essentially a fusion of three different kinds of Heavenly Flames, it naturally takes much longer.

Within the Sea Urchin Dou Crystal, Dou Qi continuously flowed into the vortex, maintaining the balance between the Heavenly Flames. Subsequently, Xiao Yan directly entered a state of cultivation. The Storage Ring flashed, and the Green Lotus Throne transformed into a point of light that flew to Xiao Yan's figure, then rapidly enlarged, protecting him within it.

At this moment, the energy of heaven and earth began to surge wildly towards Xiao Yan.

Queen Medusa, who had been strolling along the pool at some unknown time, glanced at the figure in the water out of the corner of her eye. Noticing something unusual, she turned her gaze away as if to avoid it.

She doesn't care about that shameless thief at all!

She was just browsing casually.

The years pass unnoticed in spiritual practice, only the desolate sight of fallen leaves in the valley remains.

After an unknown amount of time, when Xiao Yan emerged from his deep cultivation state, the first thing he did was to refocus his attention on the Dou Qi Vortex.

The Cobalt Blue Flame and milky white flames intertwined, and at their very center, a patch had turned a light blue, as clear and bright as a cloudless sky.

Looking at that small cluster of sky-blue flames, Xiao Yan felt a surge of joy. He then continued to inject his Dou Qi to accelerate the fusion of the Heavenly Flames.

The beginning is always the hardest. After the Heavenly Flames began to merge, the speed increased considerably. With Xiao Yan's support, that sky-blue color gradually spread until one day, the Cobalt Blue Flame and milky white flames that were originally intertwined within Xiao Yan's vortex had disappeared.

Instead, sky-blue flames rose, emanating a strange fluctuation.

"It worked..."

Looking at the sky-blue flame, Xiao Yan felt quite gratified.

Afterwards, Xiao Yan finally felt relieved and directly stored the sky-blue flame into his Spirit Absorber. From then on, the Fallen Heart Flame became completely inseparable from Xiao Yan!

However, just as Xiao Yan was about to continue devouring the Heavenly Flames and evolving the Flame Mantra, a familiar feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.

The next moment, Spirit Absorber trembled slightly.

A strange, malevolent fire suddenly erupted from the "Spirit Absorber" and spread throughout every part of Xiao Yan's body in an instant.

Xiao Yan was already prepared, and immediately took out the Jade Heart Pill and swallowed it. With the help of the cold pool water around him and the medicinal power of the Jade Heart Pill, Xiao Yan quickly resolved the problem of the aftereffects of the fusion of the Heavenly Flames.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yan immediately began the process of absorbing the Heavenly Flames and advancing his cultivation technique.

Unlike the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire that it easily devoured before, and the Green Lotus Core Flame that it struggled to devour, this Fallen Heart Flame contains enormous energy accumulated over many years, making this devouring of the Heavenly Flames even more perilous!

Soon, the enormous energy contained within the Fallen Heart Flame was released, far exceeding Xiao Yan's expectations!

Driven by the frenzied power of the Flame Mantra, this energy transformed into a raging torrent, forcefully surging into all the meridians of his body.

Even with the aid of the powerful Dou Technique of the Great Sun Separation Fire Body, which strengthens the physical body and enhances fire resistance, he still felt unprecedented pain under the onslaught of this scorching torrent of energy, as hot as lava.

Xiao Yan's body arched suddenly, a muffled groan escaped his throat, and veins bulged on his forehead like writhing earthworms. Beads of sweat, just as they seeped from his pores, were instantly vaporized by the terrifyingly high temperature that suddenly rose from his body.

He clenched his teeth so tightly that blood seeped from his gums, and all the muscles in his body were spasming uncontrollably.

The meridians groaned in unbearable strain, as if they were about to be completely torn apart and burned by this violent energy at any moment.

The icy water around them gradually warmed up and became scalding hot.

Seeing that the pool water was instantly boiled by the high temperature emanating from Xiao Yan's body, Queen Medusa, who was sitting by the pool, also stood up.

"Is it really necessary...?"

This wasn't the first time she'd witnessed this scene.

From the time Mo City was forced to follow Xiao Yan until now, she has actually been the person who has spent the most time with Xiao Yan.

After all, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python was wrapped around Xiao Yan's arm every day.

Through their long time together, Queen Medusa knew very well what kind of person Xiao Yan was.

Despite verbally calling him shameless and lecherous, she knew in her heart that this young man, like she had been back then, was bearing immense pressure at such a young age.

From the time she could remember, she had shouldered the responsibility of protecting her people and leading them out of the desert.

She had no complaints, but looking back, she felt somewhat weary.

Even so, she didn't cultivate in every aspect of her life like Xiao Yan, whether walking, sitting, or lying down; the level of effort she put in was simply unbelievable.

As for this Devouring Heavenly Flames, it is even more terrifying.

Outsiders marveled at how Xiao Yan absorbed so many Heavenly Flames into his own body and created such terrifying Dou Technique, praising his exceptional talent.

But she knew very well that while Xiao Yan certainly had amazing talent, the pain he endured, the effort he put in, and the sacrifices he made were greater than anyone else's.

Even she, at the same age as Xiao Yan, hadn't achieved this level.

"Well..."

Looking at the boy at the bottom of the pool, whose face was contorted with rage but who was still diligently cultivating, Queen Medusa slowly closed her eyes, as if she couldn't bear to look at him, and sighed softly.

However, the next moment, she opened her eyes, and amidst the flashes of seven-colored light, her waist transformed into a giant python with a body full of seven colors. With a flick of her tail, she broke through the boiling pool water and plunged into the bottom of the pool!

That fucking hurts! Luckily I have the body of Dou Wang) level fighter, otherwise it would be really hard to withstand.

Under the torment of excruciating pain, Xiao Yan had become somewhat numb.

However, this incident reminded him of some things.

According to the original plot, he should have accidentally refined all the medicinal herbs and rare treasures in his Storage Ring into his physical body, greatly increasing his strength, improving his physical attributes, and gaining a higher resistance to the Fallen Heart Flame, which allowed him to completely devour and refine it.

However, the current situation is that while his physical attributes are indeed good, his cultivation level is indeed lacking, including his resistance to the Fallen Heart Flame, which is certainly not high enough.

But it's not a big problem. At this pace, persistence will lead to victory!

After giving himself a pep talk, Xiao Yan was about to continue his efforts when he suddenly sensed a familiar aura rapidly approaching.

The next moment, Xiao Yan felt his entire body enveloped by a cool, slippery substance. He then opened his eyes, his mind leaving his body.

Xiao Yan's body was wrapped and bound by the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. However, because Xiao Yan's body was burning hot, like a red-hot iron, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python felt uncomfortable and its body tightened.

Is this considered physical cooling?

The cool, refreshing touch of the snake's body eased Xiao Yan's discomfort somewhat, which touched him. He was about to praise his little Xiao Yan, but when he looked up and met the snake's pale purple eyes, he discovered that its gaze, clearly cold and aloof, was nothing like that of a cute little creature. Instead, it was...

She's more like the Medusa of his household.

Seeing Xiao Yan's questioning gaze, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's eyes became noticeably more innocent and adorable. It tilted its head, blinked its big eyes, and then came closer, its huge snake head gently rubbing against Xiao Yan's cheek.

Thanks.

Xiao Yan was still forming hand seals to guide the absorption of the Heavenly Flames and advance his cultivation technique, so naturally he couldn't touch the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to express his gratitude. He could only rub his face against a scale on the side of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's face before focusing wholeheartedly on his cultivation.

Whether it was Little Cai or Queen Medusa, they both gave him encouragement and help, and he naturally couldn't let them down.

Feeling the chilling power emanating from the snake's body, Xiao Yan felt a warmth in his heart and immediately began cultivating the Great Sun Separation Fire Body.

Seeing that Xiao Yan had entered a deep cultivation phase, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's eyes became complicated again. It then couldn't help but shake its head and open its blood-red maw towards Xiao Yan.

"Ha!"

The surrounding pool water was instantly emptied by the energy spewed from the mouth of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. However, when that energy reached Xiao Yan, it was as light and gentle as a delicate maiden brushing his face.

A moment later, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python lowered its body, completely concealing Xiao Yan's body within the snake formation. Suddenly, its pale purple snake eyes gleamed with seven-colored light, which was the normal manifestation of the two vying for control of the body.

Sensing the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, which had been constantly suppressed, conveying its dissatisfaction to her, Queen Medusa was also somewhat annoyed. Without thinking, she sent a message over.

"He's your master, and I'm your mistress. Are you telling me how to do things?"