Jia Xingtian's Worries!

Chen Xuan was slightly taken aback.

Sensing Queen Medusa's soul fluctuations and the gleam in her eyes, he felt that something was off!

His instincts were right!

While Chen Xuan pondered, Queen Medusa turned to look at Frank and Otto beside her, her eyes gleaming.

!!!

In an instant, both Frank and Otto sensed danger.

"Masters, wouldn't you like to contribute a little too?!"

Medusa looked at them like a wolf eyeing a pair of sheep.

In her eyes, these were two fat sheep with no power to fight back.

What?!

The instant Queen Medusa spoke, Frank's and Otto's expressions changed.

How could they possibly fail to understand what Her Majesty meant?!

Clearly, robbing Gute wasn't enough. She intended to rob them too!

Frank and Otto felt like dying!

This calamity had fallen on them out of nowhere!

Originally, Her Majesty should have only wanted that old fellow Gute's Ice Spirit Cold Spring. Who would have thought that the two of them would be robbed just for showing her the way?

It was all that old fellow Gute's fault!

In an instant, Gute felt two undisguised waves of malice descend upon him.

Yet his expression remained unchanged. He simply turned his head away, as though he hadn't noticed.

Inside, however, his heart was blooming with laughter!

I can't be the only one getting robbed! You two showed her the way, so you share the blame!

Good brothers should stick together!

Despite their utter reluctance, Frank and Otto had no choice but to hand their Storage Rings directly to Queen Medusa.

"You two are fourth-tier Alchemists, yet you aren't even as rich as a third-tier Alchemist!"

After inspecting their Storage Rings, Queen Medusa complained to Frank and Otto.

Although their Storage Rings contained plenty of medicinal ingredients and pills, nearly all the ingredients were low-tier. Fourth- and fifth-tier ingredients were few and far between.

"Your Majesty, as Alchemists of the Alchemist Guild, why would we keep those high-tier pills lying around? We use nearly all of them whenever we have any. We aren't like Gute, hoarding them!"

Frank's face was bitter as he replied.

Good grief. Not only are we being robbed in broad daylight, we're being criticized for not having enough resources! And we still have to wait hand and foot on the person robbing us. What kind of nonsense is this?

At this, even Chen Xuan's mouth twisted.

Good grief!

Has Her Majesty activated her robbery instincts again?!

After hearing Frank's explanation, Her Majesty inwardly nodded.

High-tier medicinal ingredients were almost always traded for needed resources or used to refine pills. Who else had Gute's peculiar habit of sitting on a mountain of unused resources?

"Hmph! You're a disgrace to the title of fourth-tier Alchemy Master!"

Even so, Queen Medusa remained somewhat dissatisfied.

"Uh..."

Frank and Otto exchanged a glance, their expressions helpless.

Fine!

Whatever you say!

We can't afford to offend you anyway. You rob us and then scold us too. We're hurting inside, but we'll keep it to ourselves.

"All right, Your Majesty, shouldn't we get down to business?" Chen Xuan said helplessly. "Now that we have the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, all we're missing is the Blood Lotus Pill. Once Gu He refines it tonight, we'll have all three things."

Queen Medusa's expression grew slightly more serious, and she nodded.

Their main priority now was to refine the Blood Lotus Pill.

Then all three things needed to devour a heavenly flame would be ready.

Queen Medusa's expression immediately turned stern. "Gu He!"

"Your Majesty!"

Gu He jolted and answered respectfully.

"Can you finish refining the Blood Lotus Pill tonight?" Medusa asked slowly, looking at Gu He.

"Your Majesty, there will be no problem. I can finish refining the Blood Lotus Pill tonight."

Gu He answered.

Hearing his assurance, Medusa nodded slightly.

That makes things easy!

They could refine the Blood Lotus Pill here in Black Rock City tonight, then head straight to the Tagor Desert tomorrow to devour the green lotus core flame.

Hmm?!

Suddenly, Medusa raised her head slightly and stared into the distant sky.

Everyone present was briefly startled by the direction of Queen Medusa's gaze. Then a terrifying aura swept down from the heavens.

A figure streaked across the sky like a beam of light and flashed into view before them.

Once Frank, Otto, and the others recognized the newcomer, they were slightly surprised, but their unease finally subsided.

"Jia Xingtian!"

Medusa's expression remained calm as she looked at the old man who had suddenly appeared.

Indeed.

The newcomer was none other than Jia Xingtian, the guardian of the Jia Ma Imperial Family, a Peak Dou Emperor.

Jia Xingtian's figure slowly came into view. His gaze swept over everyone present, lingering briefly on Gu He before settling on Queen Medusa at the front.

"Your Majesty's talent is truly extraordinary. You've already reached the level of a Peak Dou Emperor."

Looking at Queen Medusa before him, Jia Xingtian spoke with a grave expression.

The power radiating imperceptibly from Medusa's body had already reached the level of a Peak Dou Emperor.

Combined with Medusa's tremendous combat prowess, Jia Xingtian believed he was now far from being her match.

"Jia Xingtian, what brings you here?"

Medusa spoke directly.

"Your Majesty, does our agreement still stand?"

With a grave expression, Jia Xingtian looked at the ruins behind her and slowly spoke.

Medusa's expression did not change. "Of course it does. I only came today to collect a medicinal ingredient. I won't attack your city."

"If I had wanted to attack this city, it would have ceased to exist long before you arrived."

Only after hearing Medusa's words did Jia Xingtian let out a slight breath of relief.

After all, the Snake-People Tribe was growing ever stronger. If they broke their promise, the Jia Ma Imperial Family's current strength would be absolutely no match for them.

He had rushed here precisely because he feared the worst.

Only now, after receiving Queen Medusa's answer, could he truly relax.

Meanwhile, the three Alchemy Masters present-Frank, Otto, and Gute-were dumbfounded!

They stared at Jia Xingtian and Medusa in disbelief.

They had expected an earth-shattering battle. Instead, not a damn thing had happened???

And Jia Xingtian was even discussing some sort of cooperation with Queen Medusa, his expression solemn and grave???

This...

What had happened?