Shaking her head to stop her thoughts from wandering, Xiao Yan listened carefully to their conversation.
Meanwhile, the "negotiations" high in the sky seemed to have reached a critical point-
"An exchange?"
A faint trace of mockery lifted the corners of Queen Medusa's eyes. With a slight smile, she said, "As an Alchemist, you should know the value of heavenly flames even better than I do."
"What do you intend to offer me in exchange for them?"
Gu He pondered for quite some time. A rare look of pain crossed his face before he finally raised his head and said gravely:
"I am willing to offer two Dou Ling Pills and one Transformation Pill in exchange for the heavenly flames! What does Your Majesty think?"
"A Transformation Pill?!"
Below, Xiao Yan, who knew she could not intervene yet and had decided to watch how things unfolded, was startled.
"He's even brought out a pill like that. This Pill Ass... no, this Pill King really is throwing his fortune around..."
Everyone present fixed their anxious gazes on the silent Queen Medusa, waiting for her to speak.
Queen Medusa remained silent for a long while before letting out a soft sigh.
Pressing her sensuous red lips together, she looked at Gu He with a hint of regret in her beautiful eyes. "I must admit, your offer is very tempting. However..."
"I still will not make this exchange with you!"
At Queen Medusa's refusal, not only Gu He and his companions but even many of the Snake-People were utterly fucking baffled.
After all, to their cold bloodlines, something as violent and destructive as heavenly flames was like a deadly poison.
More than ninety percent-no, every Snake-Person apart from Medusa herself, including Yue Mei and Hua She'er, had only learned today that Queen Medusa