Queen Medusa was stunned.
She was shocked by Lin Hao's words.
After being born, the Snake-Person Tribe use an ancient secret technique to merge themselves with a type of snake.
When encountering a powerful opponent, one can use the Snake Transformation Treasure Art to transform into a snake for battle. The Snake-Person Tribe also possesses an ancient, little-known secret technique: when cultivation stagnates, one can evolve through Heavenly Flames.
The ancient scrolls do not record in detail what will happen to the body after it has evolved using the Heavenly Flames, because the later records have been lost.
Lin Hao not only knew the secrets of the Snake-Person Tribe, but also the consequences of their evolution.
Seeing that Queen Medusa was somewhat relenting, Lin Hao continued, "Besides that, it's said that your Snake-Person Tribe have a formula for strengthening infants during childbirth. Not only your future child, but also all the elders and other important personnel need to use this formula, is that right?"
Lin Hao's eyes swept over the Snake-Person Tribe elders present.
The elders were also tempted.
Queen Medusa looked down at the four elders below.
An elder said, "Your Majesty, it wasn't us who leaked the secret. This little fellow somehow learned so many of our Snake-Person Tribe's secrets."
Lin Hao smiled and continued, " The Snake-Person Tribe are not well-liked by humans. You paid a heavy price for the birth of your queen, only to obtain the elixir you desired from a Alchemist."
This is true.
Queen Medusa holds the fate of the Snake-Person Tribe in her hands.
Before the Queen's birth, the Four Great Elders spent a great deal of resources to obtain some treasures that could nourish Queen Medusa's body.
Otherwise, Queen Medusa's physical body wouldn't be strong enough to kill a Dou Wang expert with a single slap.
That transaction between the Snake-Person Tribe and the human Alchemist resulted in a huge loss for the snake people.
Queen Medusa stared at Lin Hao with great interest.
Lin Hao said, "Your Majesty, you wish to evolve using Heavenly Flames. Fine, no problem. My condition is that after you evolve using this Heavenly Flames, Heavenly Flames will belong to us. Furthermore, within the next hundred years, our Misty Cloud Sect can help you refine a thousand pills as you desire."
One of the elders was somewhat tempted, "A thousand pills. Can they be divided into different grades?"
Lin Hao shook his head, "No."
The elder, intrigued, pressed on, "What if I want high-level pills like the Dou Ling Pill or the Transformation Pill?"
Lin Hao said, "To be honest, I am also an Alchemist. As long as our Misty Cloud Sect can refine pills, they are all within the agreed scope. Of course, you need to provide your own medicinal materials. We will take three-tenths of the profits."
To put it simply, the Misty Cloud Sect is responsible for refining the pills, while the Snake-Person Tribe provide the medicinal herbs and pill formulas themselves.
The Misty Cloud Sect didn't refine pills for the Snake-Person Tribe for free. They took a 30% cut of the profits from each pill they refined.
It is worth mentioning that, regardless of what kind of pills are being refined, if the Misty Cloud Sect does not have the relevant pill formula, then the pill formula must be provided by the Snake-Person Tribe.
"A prescription?" Gu He's eyes lit up.
It sounds like the Misty Cloud Sect has backed down. For an Alchemist, the most valuable thing is not the finished pills, but rather the experience of alchemy and the related pill formulas.
Even with a prescription, a lack of experience doesn't guarantee the successful refining of elixirs.
Even with a prescription, insufficient experience may not guarantee the successful refining of the elixir.
Secondly, there are the medicinal materials needed for alchemy. Finally, there are the finished pills.
A shrewd person would immediately realize that the Snake-Person Tribe were at a disadvantage in this negotiation. However, it was common knowledge among Alchemist that they should provide their own medicinal herbs.
"Queen!"
The four elderly Snake-Person Tribe elders gazed up at Queen Medusa in the sky.
"Queen!"
Some of the leaders among the Snake-Person Tribe were calling upon Queen Medusa.
Queen Medusa chuckled. "What a cunning little fellow."
As the queen of the Snake-Person Tribe, Queen Medusa realized that Lin Hao had used these things to stir the hearts of those around him.
However, Lin Hao made one thing clear: the Snake-Person Tribe has no Alchemist.
Alchemist need to possess fire attributes, while the Snake-Person Tribe prefer coolness in their bodies. The probability of them becoming Alchemist is almost zero. As fellow members of the cultivation world, the Snake-Person Tribe desperately need elixirs, all kinds of elixirs.
Queen Medusa looked down at Yun Yun.
Yun Yun did not use a cloak to cover her face, Queen Medusa recognized Yun Yun at a glance.
" Sect Master Yun Yun, do his words just now represent the meaning of the Misty Cloud Sect?"
"Junior brother's words are my words."
"Then let's sign the contract!"
Queen Medusa smiled.
Although Queen Medusa was curious whether reaching such an agreement with the Snake-Person Tribe would be considered an act of treason by the Jia Ma Empire, she considered that the Misty Cloud Sect was a powerful local force within the Jia Ma Empire, a power that even the current Jia Ma Empire feared, and thus she had no such concerns.
Yun Yun said in a low voice, "Junior brother, if we do this, we can obtain the Heavenly Flames, but the Gama Imperial Family will become even more suspicious of us."
Lin Hao said, "No, Senior Sister, if we don't do this, the 100,000- Imperial Family army stationed at the foot of the mountain already speaks volumes. If we do this, the Imperial Family will have to be even more careful about the possibility of an external invasion by the Snake-Person Tribe when they want to deal with our Misty Cloud Sect."
Yun Yun's eyes lit up.
Alliance?
The word "alliance" was the first thing that came to her mind.
If the Misty Cloud Sect and the Snake-Person Tribe deepen their ties, forming an alliance in the future is entirely possible.
Although Yun Yun had no ambition to dominate and only wanted to protect her own little territory, there were many bad people around, and it was possible that the Heaven Dou Emperor might think the same way and therefore not suspect Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect.
Yun Yun, the Misty Cloud Sect Master, immediately entered the main hall.
Queen Medusa arrived at the hall a while later.
Lin Hao wondered if this queen, whose fame and beauty intimidated the surrounding empires, had been forced by humans to evolve prematurely using Heavenly Flames.
According to the original timeline, Lin Hao, Gu He, and the others were two days late; Queen Medusa should have evolved the day before yesterday. In fact, she hadn't.
In the original storyline, the timeline was very well-aligned.
When Gu He and the others arrived at the Holy City, Queen Medusa was able to evolve using the Heavenly Flames.
Lin Hao sat in his chair, his gaze fixed on Queen Medusa. Queen Medusa met Lin Hao's gaze.
The more Lin Hao thought about it, the more convinced he became that way.
Queen Medusa was unprepared and had to go to the island in advance to evolve using Heavenly Flames when invaded from other places.
Xiao Yan was the same way that time, and now Lin Hao is doing the same thing.
After the agreement was signed, Queen Medusa said, " The Heavenly Flames will need to be stored with me for a while. Heavenly Flames to you after I evolve using Heavenly Flames. This is stipulated in the contract!"
Lin Hao said, "The reason you haven't evolved using the Heavenly Flames yet is because your body is injured, right?"