After the giant python raced through the desert for nearly an hour, a city comparable in size to Stone Desert City slowly came into Xiao Yan's view.
As they approached the city gates, Xiao Yan looked around "nervously," while actually taking in everything nearby.
Female Snake-People still made up the majority of this city's population, seemingly because their leader, Yue Mei, was a woman.
Of course, there were still male Snake-People here.
At the gates, all the Snake-People were astonished to see Yue Mei bringing back a human.
The looks from certain male Snake-People made Xiao Yan rather uncomfortable, though it hardly mattered. After all, she wore an Alchemist's robe that covered her quite thoroughly.
Perhaps because her "value" was considerable, Yue Mei hadn't indulged in any nasty tricks. She hadn't even confiscated her Storage Ring.
Of course, she might simply have assumed that a mere Da Dou Shi wouldn't possess anything worthwhile and decided to let her keep it.
Humans were pampered creatures, and Alchemists were even more delicate. Raising one without knowing how could easily lead to problems, so leaving her a few belongings might actually help.
And with Xiao Yan wrapped in her Alchemist's robe, those Snake-People could see little beyond a somewhat indistinct profile.
Xiao Yan couldn't tell whether those Snake-People were looking at her or using her as an excuse to openly sneak glances at their "female superior."
Tsk, pretty brave. Yue Mei was a Dou Wang. If they got caught fantasizing about their own boss and were killed for it, they'd have died for nothing.
Though Yue Mei didn't seem to care about any of that...
Still, these Snake-People really were something. Every Snake-Woman was as beautiful as a flower, her body supple as though boneless, while every snake-man freely evaporated... Pah, freely improvised.