After leaving Queen Medusa's bedchamber, Xiao Yan was respectfully escorted by Hua She'er to another palace.
Her Majesty had just sent a message instructing her to give this big shot... no, this "Alliance Leader" the finest treatment possible. Naturally, Hua She'er dared not neglect her.
And so Xiao Yan settled into a temple. Besides Hua She'er guarding her, a group of Dou Shi-level Snake-People maids were assigned to attend to her.
Though she probably needed neither Hua She'er's protection nor the maids.
"Girl, what exactly are you thinking? Tell your big sister all about it."
After Hua She'er left, Apothecary asked within Xiao Yan's mind.
"Well, um..." Xiao Yan considered her wording. "I was born this way?"
"Of course, there might have been some outside influences too. After all, Teacher, you know what the young men I've met were... like."
Apothecary: "..."
That was a tough one to judge.
Still, this was Xiao Yan's own business, and she wasn't in a position to interfere too much.
"Uh..." Xiao Yan began. "Teacher, then..."
"You decide your own affairs. I'm staying out of it," Apothecary said.
Xiao Yan: "..."
Then what the hell did you ask for?! (Flips table.)
Before long, Queen Medusa came in person, bringing Xiao Yan several pill recipes and the medicinal herbs they required.
These were all treasures of the Snake-People Tribe, meant to help Queen Medusa stabilize her cultivation after evolving.
"Do you need these pills urgently?"
Xiao Yan picked up a recipe and opened it for a look, then gave up outright upon seeing its sixth-rank rating.
Even the lowest-ranked pill among these recipes was high-grade fifth-rank. She was only a Fourth-Rank Alchemist right now; she couldn't refine even the lowest-grade fifth-grade pill.
At merely the peak of Seven-Star Great Dou Master, she simply didn't