"'Pain and pleasure' describes me perfectly, doesn't it?" Xiao Le stretched and laughed at himself.
Half a month had passed since Yue Mei had thrown him into this side hall. Queen Medusa hadn't returned once during that time. Xiao Le had spent the whole stretch refining pills in the side hall, studying the Snake-People Tribe's collection of medicinal recipes, and casually pocketing the entries from the Magic Cores.
The Snake-People Tribe's collection was no joke. The Magic Cores accumulated by their long-secluded tribe made for a truly frightening stockpile, and they had plenty of medicinal ingredients too. After all, their territory was like a treasure trove of herbs. Unfortunately, high-grade ingredients were extremely rare; there were only a few. Perhaps the Snake-People Tribe had hidden some away.
After half a month of refining pills, Xiao Le's alchemy skills had improved rapidly. With the help of the three sixth-tier thunderbolts inside him, he could now skillfully refine third-grade pills, and he had become familiar with all the third-grade recipes in their reserves.
Yue Mei came by every so often to collect the pills. The Snake-People Tribe had warmed to Xiao Le considerably over this time. At the very least, they no longer kept him under constant guard, and when he occasionally wandered around Snake People City, no one followed him.
There were humans in Snake People City too, merchants who risked their lives to make a living. However, none of them were particularly powerful.
In truth, the only difference between Snake-People and humans was that the former had snake tails. The little details of their daily lives weren't much different from those of humans; they had taverns and shops too.
The Snake-People's ferocity was on full display. Almost everyone could take up arms, and even women and children had Dou Qi