Intercepting the Green Lotus Core Flame!

Letting the still-warm Blue Heart Pill roll across her flawless white palm, Xiao Yi Xian's beautiful eyes rippled with longing. This rich medicinal fragrance was something she had always yearned for and pursued, but unfortunately, all she had ultimately smelled was the stench of poison.

Pushing aside her wistful thoughts, Xiao Yi Xian asked curiously, "I really couldn't tell. You, you big pervert who only knows how to take advantage of people, are actually an alchemist.

Big pervert, this pill is so pretty. What's it called?"

Mu Chen stood up and stretched his limbs. Over the past ten days, he had indeed taken quite a few liberties with Xiao Yi Xian. Feeling somewhat guilty, he did not argue with the title she had given him and casually said, "Blue Heart Pill. It's a low-grade tier-four pill. After taking it, anyone below the Dou Wang realm can quickly recover thirty percent of their depleted Dou Qi."

Xiao Yi Xian immediately cried out in shock at the words "tier four." Though she had grown up in Qing Mountain Town, she understood just how valuable a tier-four pill was.

Seeing Xiao Yi Xian's cherry lips form a perfect O, Mu Chen's heart stirred, and an evil thought arose deep within him. However, before it could take root, he ruthlessly crushed it.

"The Blue Heart Pill is indeed quite valuable. To a certain extent, it has the potential to change the course of a battle.

However, its limitations are also obvious, which greatly lowers its value.

This one has perfect pill patterns, so its quality can be considered top-notch. It should be worth around a hundred thousand gold coins. Compared with other tier-four pills of the same grade, it's quite cheap."

Mu Chen spoke indifferently. Ordinary tier-four pills such as the Blue Heart Pill and Spirit Accumulation Powder truly were not worth much. Though they had reached tier four, they were only at the low-grade level. Quite a few peak tier-three alchemists were reasonably confident that they could refine them.

"Hey, big pervert, what kind of expression is that? A hundred thousand gold coins! That's equivalent to Wanyao Pavilion's income for two years!"

Xiao Yi Xian counted on her fingers. A single pill like this was enough for an ordinary family to live on for centuries.

Yet compared to the pill's value, what shocked Xiao Yi Xian even more was Mu Chen's age. He was clearly less than a year older than her, but not only had his cultivation reached the Dou Master realm, even his alchemy had reached tier four. Those so-called geniuses famed throughout the Jia Ma Empire were not even worthy of carrying shoes for this pervert.

Mu Chen scratched his head. He had to admit that he had been showing off a little too much just now. Seeing Xiao Yi Xian's sparkling eyes, he smiled. "If you like this pill, then I'll give it to you. I haven't really given you any gifts before, after all."

Xiao Yi Xian's eyes curved into crescent moons. She gave a delicate snort, took out a jade bottle to store the Blue Heart Pill, then waved it in her hand and happily said, "Big pervert, I suppose you do have a bit of a conscience. I really like this gift."

"Have you packed everything?" Mu Chen put away the medicine cauldron and pointed outside. Today was the day they had agreed to leave.

"Mm." Xiao Yi Xian nodded lightly and said with some regret, "It's a pity my Storage Ring is full. There are still many aged medicinal herbs in the valley that I can't take with me."

Mu Chen secretly smiled. At the other end of the valley, he had nearly stripped bare every medicinal herb needed to refine pills above tier three! The herbs he had harvested alone were worth nearly a thousand points.

"Don't regret it. It's not as though we'll never come back. Come on, wander the world with me."

Within the mist-shrouded valley, an unusual flute melody sounded. Not long afterward, an eagle's cry rang out from the white mist, and a giant blue eagle broke through the dense fog before landing in the valley.

Mu Chen reached out and pulled Xiao Yi Xian close. She gave a coquettish cry, but she no longer resisted as she had before. Over the past ten days, he had taken even greater liberties than this...

Looking at the dense white mist below, this natural concealment was so effective that, unless someone already knew what lay beneath it, no one would imagine the valley was covered in medicinal herbs.

The Blue Eagle slowly descended outside an unnamed small town. After a brief moment of thought, Mu Chen took out several tier-three pills he had refined in his spare time and fed them to the Blue Eagle. Then he and Xiao Yi Xian watched it soar into the sky and return to the vast Magic Beast Mountains.

Detected that the host has left the beginner town. A time-limited mission has been activated: Intercept the Green Lotus Core Flame.

One month remains until the mission begins!

Mission reward: three Purple Wheel lottery tickets and one perfect-quality Spirit Fusion Pill.

Mu Chen furrowed his brows. He had expected the system to issue a mission, considering that he had already left Qing Mountain Town. He simply had not expected the mission to be intercepting the Green Lotus Core Flame.

To intercept meant to seize! And the Green Lotus Core Flame naturally lay within the endless Tagor Desert east of the Jia Ma Empire.

Whose Green Lotus Core Flame was he supposed to seize? A hazy yet bewitching silhouette appeared in Mu Chen's mind.

Mu Chen had not expected to face Queen Medusa so soon. That woman was extraordinarily beautiful and seductive, enough to captivate all living beings! But she was also someone who killed without batting an eye. Her notorious reputation was absolutely no less renowned than her beauty.

Mu Chen's original plan had been to wait for Gu He and his group to enter the Snake-People Tribe. When Queen Medusa used the Green Lotus Core Flame to evolve, he would sneak into the Snake-People Temple and obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Honestly, Mu Chen did not dare gamble his life on Queen Medusa's temperament. He had not intended to provoke her while he was still weak, but now the system had completely forced his hand.

"Damn it, if I steal that woman's Heavenly Flame, won't Queen Medusa fight me to the death? She's a peak Dou Emperor, and her methods are ruthless.

No, according to the plot, Queen Medusa was badly injured by the Heavenly Flame's backlash when she forcibly absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame! In that case, it may not be impossible to take the Heavenly Flame from her."

The only thing Mu Chen was unsure of was how much strength the severely injured Queen Medusa would have left.

At her peak, Queen Medusa was a peak Nine-Star Battle Emperor. Ordinary Dou Emperor-level experts could barely cause any trouble in her hands, such as the number one "angel investor" of the Battle Through the Heavens world, the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong.

That old man had been struck by Queen Medusa's sealing technique twenty years ago, and he was still lying low in Desert City.

"Falling to the Dou Wang realm? That's unrealistic. Even severely injured, Queen Medusa could still forcibly bring the Green Lotus Core Flame back to the Snake-People Temple. By that calculation, even after being badly wounded, she must have retained at least Dou Emperor-level strength.

A conservative estimate would put her at Mid-Rank Battle Emperor. Otherwise, if her injuries were too severe, she could not have recovered to the peak of Nine-Star Battle Emperor in such a short time, then forcibly used the Heavenly Flame to evolve herself."

Mu Chen rubbed his temples slightly, feeling a terrible headache coming on. The system truly had no intention of letting him keep a low profile.

"I have no choice but to use the Battle Emperor Power Card. But I need to roll at least a Mid-Rank Battle Emperor for this mission to have any chance of succeeding."

Roll a Nine-Star Battle Emperor? Mu Chen would sooner believe that a meteor would fall from the sky in the next second than believe he would have such luck.

As for abandoning the mission, that was impossible...

Mu Chen viciously grabbed a handful of his hair, took a deep breath, and filled his eyes with helplessness.

"Forget it. I'll gamble on it. It's not as though I have to defeat Queen Medusa. As long as I snatch the Heavenly Flame, the mission will be complete. With a perfect-quality Spirit Fusion Pill, things shouldn't go too badly.

Of course, that depends on whether I can successfully seize the Green Lotus Core Flame.

It's troublesome, but aside from the Battle Emperor Power Card, I'm not without other 'trump cards'! I'll take things one step at a time."

"Where are we going?" Xiao Yi Xian asked. Wandering the world might sound romantic, but they still needed a destination.

"Our first stop: the Tagor Desert. There's a Heavenly Flame there."