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"But I happen to have it." Xiao Yan smiled slightly and said, "Okay, give me the elixir recipe. Since you have been preparing for so many years, you should have prepared all the medicinal materials, right? I will help you refine it now. .”

"Haha..." Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Hai Bodong smiled awkwardly and said, "I have gathered most of the medicinal materials, but I still need the last sand mandala. This kind of The medicinal materials can only be found in the Tagor Desert, but there is a seal set by Queen Medusa in my body, and she will find me as soon as I get close there..."

"So you still want me to help you find medicinal materials, right?" Xiao Yan smiled slightly and said: "Only a small piece of residual map made a sixth-grade alchemist run around for you, Mr. Ice Emperor, You really made a good plan."

"Haha..." Haibodong was also a little embarrassed. He also knew that his news was too overwhelming, but now he could only place his hope on Xiao Yan.

"Well, my biggest advantage is that I like to help others. Since you need that Mandala of Sand, Mr. Ebi, then I will reluctantly help you run a trip, but... my reward should also be increased. ." Xiao Yan smiled slightly and said: "After the completion of the matter, in addition to the fragments of the fragments, I want Mr. Hai to do something for me."

Chapter 59: News about the Strange Fire

"Can I help you with something?" After hearing Xiao Yan's words, Hai Bodong's expression changed, and then he quickly shook his head, "No!"

"Old Hai, you are going too far." Xiao Yan said with an indifferent expression, "As an alchemist, my duty is only to help you refine the elixir, but because you are missing the most important pair of medicinal materials, I I have to make a trip for you, which is equivalent to saying that I am doing something for you, so accordingly, you should also do something for me."

"..."

"Don't worry, what I ask you to do will definitely not go against your true intentions, Mr. Hai, and it will definitely be within your capabilities, Mr. Hai." Xiao Yan smiled and said, "What's more, I think in Gama There is no strong person in the empire who doesn’t want to work for a sixth-grade alchemist.”

"What you said is quite crazy, but you are not deceiving anyone. If you are really a sixth-grade alchemist, I am afraid that no one in the entire Jia Ma Empire will be willing to work for you." Hai Bo Dong sighed helplessly, "You succeeded in convincing me. If you can really refine the elixir, then it's not impossible for me to do something for you."

"I believe Mr. Hai will not be disappointed with today's decision." Xiao Yan clapped his hands and said with a smile: "By the way, since we are going deep into the Tagore Desert, please prepare the most detailed report for me. The map, right? Mr. Hai Lao, you don’t want me to be delayed on the road because the map route is deviated, so that I can’t help you refine the elixir as soon as possible, right?”

"There are maps of the Tagore Desert everywhere in the store, but the most detailed one is actually on me." Haibodong seemed a little helpless as he said.

"Oh?" Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows slightly. This old guy really had something to hide. He reached out and touched Hai Bodong's body. After a while, he found a thin piece of parchment. He opened it. Look, this map is indeed more detailed than the other maps. It not only draws specific routes, but also marks where water sources exist and where some scattered snake people gather.

"What are these places?" Xiao Yan pointed to the three flame marks on the map and asked.

"This is what I deduced through detection, and it is the most likely place where the strange fire is hidden." Hai Bodong hesitated and said.

"There is actually a strange fire in the Tagore Desert?" Xiao Yan asked calmly, "Is it in the hands of the Snake Tribe?"

"Are you kidding? How could the snake people have strange fires?" Haibodong shook his head and said: "There have always been rumors about strange fires in the Tagore Desert. I had nothing to do back then, so I did some Detection. But according to my inference, if there is really a strange fire in the Tagore Desert, it is most likely in those three places."

"Tsk, that makes me a little excited. It's a pity that I already have a kind of strange fire. It will be useless even if I find it again. Otherwise, I really want to try my luck." Xiao Yan sighed with pretense of regret. , but his heart was quickly sorting out this piece of information.

In his previous life, he had heard that the Snake People had a strange fire, but now Hai Bodong has denied this. That means that the Snake People at this time have not found the strange fire, and he does not need to go to the Snake People.

And Haibodong's map was a surprise to him. After all, he came to the Tagore Desert to find strange fires. With Haibodong's map, he would undoubtedly save a lot of time.

Haibodong didn't know that Xiao Yan could swallow multiple kinds of strange fires at the same time. Otherwise, he would have inevitably used this map to make excuses. After all, in the eyes of most people in the world, only one kind of strange fire can exist in a person's body. Fire, if two different fires meet, the only possibility is that they will conflict with each other and eventually lead to tragic death.

"By the way, when you are looking for medicinal materials, try not to go to the west. It is very close to the territory of Queen Medusa. She can sense the human aura nearby. If she senses your existence, you will be considered to be extremely talented. , I'm afraid it will be difficult to escape from her hands." Hai Bodong reminded.

"Until we meet, who knows whether it will work or not." Xiao Yan smiled and put the map back into the ring, "I'll keep it. Mr. Hai, just wait for my good news. Will be back soon.”

"Oh, wait a minute..." Just when Xiao Yan was about to leave, Hai Bodong suddenly realized something and shouted quickly.

"There's no need to send him away, Mr. Hai, I'll leave on my own." Xiao Yan said without looking back.

"Come back here!" Hai Bodong shouted angrily from behind.

"The green hills remain unchanged and the green waters flow forever. We will meet again in the future!" Xiao Yan waved his hand behind him and strode forward. He quickly left the shop, leaving only his limbs still locked by the purple-black flames. Hai Bodong, who lives there, roared feebly: "You haven't untied this thing for me yet!"

Xiao Yan stretched out as he walked out of the shop. Listening to the roar coming from inside the shop, the corner of his mouth raised a slight arc. Naturally, he did not forget that the offensive he had laid also tied up Hai Bodong. It's just that that guy dared to threaten me before, so I just gave him a lesson.

Those purple-black flames can last for an hour even without the support of his fighting spirit. This hour is undoubtedly a huge torture for Haibodong. Xiao Yan naturally will not think about how Haibodong will spend this long time. At this moment, he was more concerned about the strange fire.

He unfolded the roll of Haibodong's map, looked at the flame symbols on it, and frowned slightly. He had visited one or two of these places in his previous life, but his He didn't stay there for long, and the strange fire had already been in the hands of the snake people at that time, so it was naturally impossible for him to find news about the strange fire.

But having said that, what does the Snake Tribe do with the strange fire?

Xiao Yan put together all the information about the Snake People that he had obtained in his past life. The current Queen Medusa is only at the peak of the Fighting Emperor, and has been stuck at this level for a long time. But in the past life, he went to Tagor In the Great Desert, Queen Medusa had already broken through to Douzong, and the news of the strange fire among the snake people came out at that time. There might be some connection between the two.

"Strange Fire...Queen Medusa..." Xiao Yan muttered these two terms repeatedly, and suddenly remembered a possibility. In his previous life, he had read many books about Warcraft, and some of them had It records the secrets of the Medusa clan. If by chance, Queen Medusa can complete an evolution when she breaks through the seventh level. One of these "chance coincidences" relies on strange fire.

"In this way, everything will be explained..."

Chapter 60: Desert Trip

After coming out of Haibodong's shop, Xiao Yan did not immediately set out to find the strange fire. Instead, he accompanied Qing Lin to play in Mocheng for a few days. A little girl of this age is full of curiosity about all new things. At that time, after entering the Tagore Desert, there was no time to play, so Xiao Yan simply let her relax for a while before starting the hard training.

Of course, what Qing Lin didn't know was that Xiao Yan had actually been studying her green snake three-flower pupils during the past few days, and tried hard to recall the information about this kind of eyes in her previous life, and finally came up with this in conclusion.

It's not that this thing can't be transplanted, he can also transplant it, but the key is that this thing conflicts with his own attributes. The success rate of real transplantation is extremely low, and even if it succeeds, it may cause some permanent sequelae in the end, so in After weighing the situation, he could only give up the idea.

After playing for a few days, Xiao Yan replenished all the supplies and water he needed before taking Qing Lin on the road to find the strange fire. In fact, Xiao Yan wanted to send Qinglin to Wutan City at first, but firstly, Wutan City was too far away from here. Secondly, he thought that this trip to the desert might be useful for the Blue Snake Three Flower Pupils. , so I took the green scales with me.

The climate of Tagore Desert is much hotter than that of Mocheng City. After entering the desert, not to mention meeting passers-by, not even a single magical beast can be seen. Looking around, there is nothing but vast yellow sand. If there is no detailed map, then even if sufficient water is prepared, it is very likely to get lost in the wind and sand. Many mummies that Xiao Yan and the others encountered along the way died because of this.

In addition to the hot environment, the oncoming wind and sand are also a big problem. These wind and sand can not only block people's sight, hit people's skin, but also make people feel some pain. If this continues for a long time, I'm afraid Many people will be beaten beyond recognition by the strong wind mixed with fine sand before they even step out of the desert.

Xiao Yan doesn't care about this. After all, he has specially tempered his body and has rough skin and thick flesh. This kind of thing is nothing to him, and he doesn't care about appearance. But Qinglin, a little girl, has , with thin skin and tender flesh, obviously couldn't stand this, so he simply used his fighting spirit to form a protective shield to protect Qing Lin's body.

Although Qing Lin has been bullied since she was a child, she is still a girl at heart. She doesn't say it, but she actually cares about her appearance. Therefore, Xiao Yan's behavior of spending his fighting energy to block the wind and sand for her also moved her very much.

Of course, to Xiao Yan, it doesn't matter whether the blue scales are destroyed or not, but if the green snake's three-flowered pupils are destroyed because of this, it will be a bit of a loss.

In addition to the wind and sand, some magical beasts lurking under the yellow sand are also an extremely fatal threat to these travelers who go deep into the Tagore Desert. However, this threat is for Xiao Yan, whose soul power is comparable to that of a seventh-grade alchemist. Of course it's nothing. He doesn't even need to do it himself. He can directly use his soul power to kill the monsters preparing for a sneak attack under the yellow sand.

As his strength increased, Xiao Yan's soul power also increased. Now his soul power has completely entered the late stage of the mortal realm. He was able to easily resolve Hai Bodong's offensive before, relying on this powerful force. Soul power, this is another trump card that Xiao Yan is hiding now.

At night, Xiao Yan discovered that he had made a mistake. The temperature difference between day and night in the desert was huge. It was extremely hot during the day, but extremely cold at night. It can be said that the two extremes of temperature appeared in this place at the same time. With Xiao Yan With his current cultivation level and the strange fire protection, he would naturally not be affected by the temperature difference, so he made no other preparations, but Qing Lin could not.

The supplies he carried were all purchased in Black Rock City. Although he thought about preparing enough for two people at the time, he ignored this. As a result, Qing Lin was frozen to death at night, even if Xiao Yan gave her Even after putting on some clothes, she was still shivering from the cold.

In desperation, Xiao Yan could only let her lean into his arms and use his own body temperature to drive away the cold. In this way, Qing Lin could fall asleep peacefully. Xiao Yan felt the small body in his arms. The body couldn't help but laugh bitterly. If this situation were placed on the earth, I'm afraid that I would really be regarded as a pervert...

As a former Dou Sheng warrior, Xiao Yan had already reached the state where he could remain calm in his arms. Even if there was one more person in his arms, he could still practice normally. However, every time he opened his eyes, he would find that he was just relying on Qinglin in his arms turned into an ambiguous gesture of hugging at some point...

Xiao Yan was also a little helpless about this. Fortunately, this place was in the Tagore Desert, an uninhabited place. Otherwise, if this scene was seen by others, his reputation as a lolicon would never escape...

And for some reason, Xiao Yan always felt that the process of getting along with his Qing Lin had a very special sense of déjà vu. It seemed to be very similar to a game he had played on Earth before with a heroine named Sylvie. According to this process If it continues to develop, the next step will be blue scale disease, and then... cough cough cough...

After getting rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind, Xiao Yan continued to enter the state of cultivation. Now he is already a two-star fighting king. He can be regarded as a strong man in the Jiama Empire, but he knows very well that if this kind of strength is let go, If you are in Zhongzhou, I'm afraid it will be nothing. If you want to experience it in Zhongzhou, you must at least have the strength of Douzong to be safer.

At this moment, Xiao Yan's soul power suddenly caught a strange movement. He immediately exited the cultivation state and quickly opened his eyes. Also opening his eyes was Qing Lin, who was sleeping in Xiao Yan's arms.

Xiao Yan was not surprised by this, because the news sent back by his soul power told him that a group of snake people was approaching here quickly. There was also some blood of the snake people in Qinglin's body, plus there were three green snakes. It's normal for Hitomi to be able to sense their presence.

"The opponent has a large number of people, and the leader is a fighting king-level being... It is not suitable to fight head-on." Xiao Yan quickly judged the opponent's combat power configuration. With his strength, it is not difficult to completely destroy the opponent. , but he also had a Qinglin beside him, so a head-on confrontation was not a good option, so Xiao Yan decisively chose to avoid the battle.

His fingers gently scratched Na Jie, and he took out a golden blanket to cover him and Qing Lin. The strong wind brought yellow sand all over the sky, completely covering the blanket where they were hiding. After a while, a figure The strong male snake man led a small team and appeared near where Xiao Yan and the others were hiding.

Chapter 61: Heading to Stone Desert City

In the vast desert, Xiao Yan hugged Qing Lin and carefully covered their bodies with the golden blanket. To be on the safe side, he also wrapped their bodies with soul power, completely absorbing their breath. It's blocked, let alone just a Dou Wang. I believe that even a Dou Zong would have a hard time detecting the location of Xiao Yan and the two.

"Strange, I just smelled the scent of human beings here, why is there nothing here?" The strong snake man in the leader looked at the nearby desert, with a trace of doubt in his eyes. As a strong Dou Wang, , his perception is much more sensitive than that of ordinary snake people, and because of this, he changed his original route and turned around to come here, but he didn't expect that this place was empty and there was nothing.

He waved his hand and signaled his men to search the nearby area. Obviously he also knew that some humans were extremely good at concealment and might be hiding nearby, ready to attack at any time. However, it was obviously impossible for them to find out because now Xiao Yan was hiding less than three meters away from the strong snake man.

With Xiao Yan's caution, he naturally wouldn't think that he could hide from the opponent with just a golden blanket, so as early as when his body was covered by the yellow sand, he quietly dug down a few meters. Of course, he left a hole to vent his anger. Otherwise, it doesn't matter to him. He can hold his breath for more than ten minutes without any problem, but Qing Lin can't.

With the help of his excellent soul perception, Xiao Yan can clearly sense the specific strength of this male snake man who looks like a leader - a five-star fighting king, three stars higher than himself. However, if they really want to fight, Xiao Yan Yan is sure to defeat it directly within a few rounds.

As for the other snake-men, they are not that strong. Most of them are at the level of a great fighter. The strongest one is only as strong as a seven-star master. However, the strength of ordinary snake-men is only around that of a fighter. These The average strength of the Snake-men is at the level of the Great Fighter, and they should be regarded as the elite troops among the Snake-men.

However, Xiao Yan knows very well that this team is far inferior to the rumored Medusa Snake Guard. According to legend, each member of Medusa's personal guard has the strength of a fighting spirit. Medusa Snake The captain of the guard, Hua Sheer, is a fighting king-level being. During the war between the Jiama Empire and the Snake Tribe, many strong men fell into the hands of this guard.

However, there is only one member of the Snake-men clan in this bodyguard. If every Snake-men team had this kind of strength, they would have been able to defeat the Gama Empire long ago.

"Lord Mobas, there are no traces of humans nearby." The group of snake men searched for a long time and still found no trace of Xiao Yan and the others, but this is normal. After all, not many people can really do the phrase "dig three feet in the ground". , not to mention that Xiao Yan and the others are located just at the feet of the snake man named Mobas. The principle of darkness under the lamp is applicable no matter where they are.

"It turns out that he is one of the leaders of the eight major tribes of the snake people. No wonder he has the strength of a fighting king." Xiao Yan understood what other people called this strong snake man, but he was also a little strange in his heart. The Snake Tribe is still not far away. Why does this leader of Mobas appear here?

"Then it seems that I sensed it wrong, right? Unfortunately, I originally wanted to arrest a few humans to interrogate the information." Mobas glanced around to make sure that no trace of humans was found, then waved his hand and said: "Let's go! Let's go to a nearby human city to have some fun!"

"Yes!" About ten minutes after Mobas and the others left, Xiao Yan and the others who were hiding under the desert emerged. Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the direction in which they left, and then immediately left. Najie took out the map he got from Hai Bodong and followed the route above. If he continued to move forward, he would find one of the three flame symbols, and the nearest city here was... Stone Desert City!

"Are those snake people going to Stone Desert City?" Qing Lin also saw the map in Xiao Yan's hand. She thought about what Mobas said before, and looked a little worried. In the desert, snake people often attack cities. Almost every time, humans suffer heavy casualties, and if they are defeated, those snake people will naturally be inside. Burning, killing and looting, it is precisely because of this that the relationship between humans and snake people is so bad.

"Let's go to Stone Desert City." Xiao Yan took a deep breath and said slowly.

When he left Wutan City, Xiao Zhan once told him that his two brothers were practicing in Shimo City, and there might be traces of strange fires nearby. If Shimo City was occupied by the snake people, there might be The strange fire hidden in the desert will be discovered in advance, and then it will be in trouble.

However, in Qinglin's eyes, the righteous young master Xiao Yan learned that Stone Desert City would be threatened by the snake people, so he decided to go to the rescue in person to prevent a disaster from happening. For a time, Xiao Yan's image in her heart became even more... Got taller.

At this time, Xiao Yan didn't know what Qing Lin was thinking, but he was quickly thinking about the situation in Shimo City. These snake people had left for more than ten minutes, and Shimo City was not far from here. In ten minutes, It was enough for them to get there, and now they might have started to fight.

However, as a city in the desert, Stone Desert City should also have defensive measures against the snake people. Even if a Douwang-level snake people attack, they will not be able to defeat them for a while. I should be able to get there now.

After thinking this, Xiao Yan didn't hesitate any more. He didn't even explain anything to Qing Lin, he just picked her up by the waist. Then, a pair of purple-black flame wings stretched out from his back, like that The gorgeous wings made Qing Lin stunned, but soon she was replaced by an unprecedented shock. She never imagined that this young master of her family was actually a strong fighter!

At this time, Xiao Yan no longer cared about hiding anything. He flapped his wings and quickly flew into the sky, flying towards the direction of Stone Desert City. His speed was so fast that some air appeared in the nearby air. The sound of the sonic boom, at such a speed, may even be beyond the reach of some powerful Dou Huang warriors!

A few minutes after Xiao Yan and the others left, an enchanting figure suddenly appeared where they were originally standing. She glanced at the traces on the ground, her expression a little solemn, and after identifying the direction, she also fanned her fighting spirit. The wings flew quickly towards the direction of Stone Desert City, and her speed was not slower than Xiao Yan's!

Chapter 62: Princess Yaoye

The billowing black smoke and raging fire turned an originally peaceful small village into a hell on earth. Among the dilapidated ruins, there were countless unrecognizable corpses, not even a few intact bodies. Apparently these corpses were He suffered an inhuman insult during his lifetime.

The air is filled with the pungent smell of blood, the distant cries and the firelights everywhere undoubtedly indicate that this place has just experienced a brutal massacre. This is an area near the edge of Stone Desert City. , it is only less than ten miles away from Shimo City, and what happened here means that the snake people have approached Shimo City.

Although she had heard about snake people attacking human villages, when Qing Lin saw the scene before her eyes, her face could not help but turn pale, and she felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach. If Xiao Yan hadn't been standing beside her, She couldn't help but vomit on the spot. She didn't expect that the village attacked by the snake people would be so bloody and brutal.

Xiao Yan didn't have any other unnecessary expressions. He had seen many such scenes in his previous life, and he had even seen scenes that were a hundred times bloodier than this one. All he cared about was where Mobas and the others had gone and whether they were still there. in this village.

At this moment, several snake people who were still searching in the village discovered the two of them. When they saw the two of them, especially Qing Lin who was hiding next to Xiao Yan, the eyes of these snake people also flashed. A trace of greed appeared, "There are two more little dolls here! Kill the male one, and the female one..."

Before the leading snake-man had finished speaking, his head exploded on its own, and blood mixed with brains splashed on the bodies of the other snake-men. This sudden scene made those who were also laughing wildly. The snake-men immediately stayed in place. Naturally, they would not be stupid enough to think that the snake-man blew himself up. The only explanation was that someone killed the guy with thunder.

"Let's go!" The surviving snake men shouted quickly, but when they turned around and tried to escape, their bodies fell to the ground uncontrollably. It turned out that their bodies had been chopped into two before they knew it. They were about to crawl away, but their arms were cut off in the blink of an eye.

The severe pain made them want to cry out, but before the sound could come out, their tongues were directly burned off by a ball of flames, and then, their eyes suddenly burst open, leaving only The lower two lines of dark blood flowed from the eye sockets, looking quite ferocious and terrifying.

Xiao Yan has always tried hard to suppress himself in front of Qing Lin, trying his best to show an amiable appearance, but today he rarely exposed his cruel side, but Qing Lin kept Xiao Yan's behavior in his heart. This behavior is directly rationalized - no matter who it is, they will become filled with righteous indignation when they see this scene, and it is normal for them to choose to kill their opponents in this situation.

As everyone knows, Xiao Yan did not sympathize with the dead villagers here at all, but simply wanted to vent his suppressed murderous intention for a long time.

"There are still some survivors here, let's look for them first." Xiao Yan took out a rope and tied up a few snake men who had been chopped into human sticks. Then he dragged them and quickly scanned the entire place with his soul power. In the village, he soon discovered that there was still some faint breath of life in a cellar.

During this process, Xiao Yan also discovered that there were a few snake people in this village. Xiao Yan did not hold back any more, and his soul power exploded, directly destroying all these snake people who were not even fighting spirits. First of all, this kind of action is naturally not to avenge the dead villagers. Xiao Yan is not that kind yet. He just doesn't want to leave some hidden dangers. Eliminating the roots is his consistent code of conduct.

After getting rid of all the snake people in the village, Xiao Yan opened the cellar. As expected, there was a group of people hiding there. They were all old people, weak women and children, and had no fighting ability. After seeing Xiao Yan, this group of people The gang members were also shocked, but they breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that Xiao Yan had come to rescue them and had eliminated the snake people in the entire village.

Xiao Yan threw the snakemen who had been cut into sticks by him to the survivors. These unlucky guys naturally became the objects for these survivors to vent their anger. Then Xiao Yan left Qinglin behind. Here, next he has to go to Stone Desert City to stop those snake people. Naturally, he cannot be as relaxed as he is now. If he brings another Qinglin, he will inevitably have some inconvenience.

Long before entering the desert, Qinglin's wrists were wrapped with bandages to cover up those snake scales. As long as she didn't take the initiative to tell her, no one would know that she still had some snake-man blood left here. People will also help take care of them for a period of time.