In the Tagor Desert, the Dou Qi Wings on Xiao Fan's back fluttered gently, and he flew off into the distance.
Ten days had passed since he and You Ruo returned to the Jia Ma Empire.
During those ten days, Xiao Fan had mostly stayed with the Snake-People Tribe. You Ruo had countless preparations to make for the tribe's relocation and was run off her feet. During the day, Xiao Fan barely caught sight of her-not a human silhouette, rather, but a snake's.
So, to make it up to Xiao Fan, she could only let a certain someone take a few liberties at night. At least... he was now intimately familiar with the bedchamber of Her Majesty, queen of the Snake-People Tribe.
Ahem, back to business. After spending so many days with the Snake-People Tribe, Xiao Fan had grown tired of it. Not of Her Majesty, of course, but of the unchanging desert, which had truly drained him of his usual energy.
Seeing that You Ruo still had plenty to handle, and calculating that Xiao Yan and the others should be returning soon, Xiao Fan told her he intended to head back to his clan first.
Though reluctant to part with him, You Ruo did not let it show too clearly. After all, she was still the queen of the Snake-People Tribe. The future of her entire people rested on her shoulders, and she had to answer to them.
But now that Yan Ci had broken through to Dou Emperor, things would naturally become much easier for her once they found a new settlement and had a Dou Emperor guarding it. In the Jia Ma Empire, possessing combat strength at that level already placed a faction firmly among the strongest powers.
With that in mind, though You Ruo was reluctant