"The Second Elder guessed correctly." Chu Zhou was not offended. He nodded with a smile. "If Cai Ling leaves with me, I will indeed leave something even more valuable with the Snake-People Tribe."
"As the four elders said, the Snake-People Tribe has treated me well. And since this is Cai Ling's home, I can't take her away only to leave her worried, constantly fretting over the tribe's future."
The four Grand Supreme Elders: !?!
Chu Zhou must have lost his mind.
What could he possibly leave behind that would reassure them more than their Dou Zong queen, who had evolved into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and had the potential to become a Dou Zun?
Before the four could ask, Chu Zhou spoke of his own accord. "If Cai Ling leaves with me, I will give the Snake-People Tribe four new Dou Zong experts."
"What?!" The four elders cried out in unison, even more shocked than when they had heard that Cai Ling intended to leave.
Four new Dou Zong experts?
How was that possible?!
"Chu Zhou, stop spouting baseless nonsense! You must have bewitched the queen. Do you think helping her reach Dou Zong means we will believe anything you say?" The First Elder, a white-haired old woman who had always been composed, sprang to her feet. Her aura surged like a volcano on the verge of erupting.
"Do you think reaching Dou Zong is so easy?"
"I've been stuck at Peak Dou Emperor for over a century. I know all too well how difficult it is! What gives you the right to make such boasts?!"
Unhurried, Chu Zhou willed the Mystic Yellow Azure Flame to rise from his palm.
The azure-yellow flame burned quietly, yet radiated a heart-stopping heat and pressure.
Then a faint trace of utterly pure,