How Could He Dare?

It was night.

Chen Mo's heart was as still as water. Even the surrounding Dou Qi seemed to quietly draw in, becoming like a bottomless, secluded pool as his state of mind calmed.

Yet within his Dantian, raging waves had been stirred.

Following the Iron Body cultivation method from the Undying Mysterious Skill - Golden Body Chapter, Chen Mo tossed all the medicinal ingredients into the pill cauldron, except for Queen Medusa's blood essence, and refined them into a bottle of spiritual liquid.

He then mixed the spiritual liquid with the blood essence and swallowed it all in one gulp.

At once, as if a volcano had erupted, a vast force spread through his body. The surging energy crashed about within him like monstrous waves.

Chen Mo hurriedly circulated the Undying Mysterious Skill - Golden Body Chapter, guiding the energy into every part of his body and merging it with his flesh and blood.

Who knew how much time passed.

Chen Mo shouted, "Body Tempering!"

The moment the words fell, he opened his mouth and a stream of hot vapor burst out.

Then, his skin began splitting apart inch by inch, blood flowing out. The immense pain twisted Chen Mo's face into a savage grimace, and he even bit through his lips.

At the Body Tempering stage, one could not put up any resistance. One could only endure it through sheer willpower.

The night passed.

Inside the Side Hall of the bedchamber.

A ray of sunlight shone in through the window and fell upon the floor.

On the bed within sat a blood cocoon the size of a human, cross-legged.

A moment later, the blood cocoon shattered, revealing a naked body. Its skin gleamed with an indestructible metallic luster.

Suddenly, Chen Mo opened his eyes. The hint of white in his pupils looked entirely out of place against the color of his body.

Chen Mo formed a sword with two fingers of his right hand and lightly swept a strand of Sword Qi across his left arm. Not a single wound appeared, and not even the faintest mark was left on its surface.

"Tian Yuan, come out!"

Chen Mo summoned Tian Yuan from within his body. Holding Tian Yuan in his hand, he slashed at his left arm once more.

Relying on the power of a lower-grade spirit artifact, he finally left a scratch on his left arm this time, yet his skin had not been cut open.

Chen Mo was rather astonished. This Iron Body was stronger than he had imagined.

With the strength of this physical body alone, even a Da Dou Shi would likely have no way to deal with him.

Chen Mo looked at the system again.

He discovered that Queen Medusa's favorability had reached 55.

His Favorability Coins had accumulated to 90.

Chen Mo planned to save up a little more. Once his Favorability Coins reached 100, he would directly advance the Qiankun Sword Body to perfection.

After that, Chen Mo extracted the Concealment Technique and the Earth-Rank Elementary Dou Skill: Sword Separates the World.

As its name suggested, the Concealment Technique was used to conceal one's aura. It could hide one's presence extremely well; unless the other party's cultivation was several major realms higher, they would not be able to see through one's cultivation.

As for One Sword Separates the Worlds, with his Greater Mastery Qiankun Sword Body, Chen Mo mastered it after a single glance.

Chen Mo put on his robes, then searched through the Medicine Saint Pill Codex in his mind.

After finding what he wanted, Chen Mo made a trip to the pill refining room.

When he returned, he took out Tiger Soul and began refining.

By noon.

Chen Mo left his room and arrived outside Queen Medusa's bedchamber.

"Is Her Majesty the Queen in?" Chen Mo softly asked Yue Nu.

"The Queen has ordered that she will see no one today," Yue Nu said sharply.

"Oh, come on."

Chen Mo immediately said, "I have an urgent matter to discuss with Her Majesty. Could Commander Yue Nu report it for me?"

"No. The Queen will see no one today," Yue Nu said sharply again.

"All right, then." Chen Mo sighed, thinking he would come again tomorrow.

Just as he turned around, a cool voice sounded from within the bedchamber. "Let him in."

Yue Nu froze. Hadn't the Queen said she would see no one?

Chen Mo turned back and pushed the door open.

Then he paused slightly.

This time, Queen Medusa was not languidly reclining upon her throne as usual.

Instead, she was seated cross-legged upon the luxurious bed, her purple Snake Tail coiled beneath her.

Unlike before, Queen Medusa was not wearing her usual royal attire today. Though she still wore a red dress, it lacked some of her usual untouchable air.

Most importantly, at this moment, if one ignored her Snake Tail and did not hear her speak, it would be difficult to distinguish her from Die from a distance.

"What urgent matter do you have that you must see This Queen for?" Queen Medusa opened her eyes and glanced at Chen Mo in the distance.

"I came to thank Your Majesty. This is a Snake Essence Pill I specially refined today. For snake people, it strengthens one's foundation and restores one's essence, with excellent healing effects." Chen Mo took a jade bottle from his Storage Ring and walked forward.

From afar, they were difficult to distinguish, but once he drew close, the difference was immediately obvious.

That coldness, majesty, and nobility had not changed in the slightest just because she had removed her royal attire. Die did not possess that sort of bearing.

Queen Medusa's eyelashes trembled faintly. She stared deeply at Chen Mo, then said, "Mm. This Queen accepts it. If there is nothing else, withdraw."

Since he had already come, how could Chen Mo possibly leave just like that?

Today's favorability farming had not even begun.

Chen Mo took another small jade bottle from his Storage Ring. "This is Origin Returning Fluid. It has the same effect as the Snake Essence Pill and is also a second-grade medicinal pill, but Origin Returning Fluid is applied externally to promote healing. Your Majesty, let me help you."

With that, Chen Mo moved closer again.

Then, under her astonished gaze, Chen Mo directly sat down beside her bed, took off his boots, and climbed onto her bed.

How—how—how could he dare?!

Queen Medusa realized that this human's courage was far too great. Last night, he had sat on her throne; today, he had climbed onto her bed.

What would he want to do next?

"Human, you—"

Before Queen Medusa could finish, Chen Mo poured out a Snake Essence Pill from the jade bottle and, under her disbelieving gaze, fed it into her mouth.

Queen Medusa even felt her lips brush against his fingers.

"Human, how dare you!"

"Don't talk. Refine it quickly."

Chen Mo poured out the Origin Returning Fluid and rubbed it across his palm, then gently began massaging Queen Medusa's shoulder.

Queen Medusa thought, This human actually dares to scold me? He is utterly lawless.

Ding. Favorability +1. Obtained 2 Favorability Coins. Intimacy bonus triggered. Obtained Third-Grade Pill Refining Skill.

For the next two days, Chen Mo did the same thing.

Queen Medusa's complexion also recovered to how it had been before.

Still, Queen Medusa's favorability was truly difficult to farm.

So far, his accumulated favorability had only reached 63.

Bang!

Chen Mo was sent flying from the throne to the far end of the bedchamber by Queen Medusa's Snake Tail.

The reason was that, seeing her favorability had reached 63, Chen Mo had grown bolder again and actually gave Queen Medusa's slender waist a squeeze.

"Um, Your Majesty, listen to my expla—"

Bang!

After three days, Chen Mo was beaten unconscious once again.