Chapter 171 Communication, Conflict

After the meeting, when Queen Medusa was about to return to her palace, the first elder and the fourth elder found her.

The two of them stared at Queen Medusa with burning eyes. After a moment, the Great Elder said meaningfully, "Your Majesty, could you take us to see the Elder Alchemist? We need to ask for his advice on some matters."

"We can't pass through the space barrier you set up in the Medicine Refining Hall."

Looking at the two elders who were staring at her with meaningful eyes, Queen Medusa's beautiful cheeks felt inexplicably hot.

However, she quickly calmed down and said in a deep voice, "Wait a moment, I will ask the alchemist for his opinion on this matter first. There are some secrets hidden in that barrier that cannot be known to others."

Others...? The Great Elder sighed inwardly.

Although she had some premonition when she learned that Lin Yuan helped Queen Medusa complete her evolution, she really didn't expect their relationship to progress so quickly.

With different thoughts in mind, several people walked towards the alchemy hall.

However, when they arrived at the alchemy hall, they unexpectedly found a man outside the barrier - a bald commander with a gloomy and resentful face.

Seeing Queen Medusa and the two elders coming together, the commander-in-chief's face suddenly changed.

Queen Medusa saw this and narrowed her eyes slightly. There was a hint of danger in her eyes. She said in a cold voice, "Li Han, what are you doing here sneaking around? I told you not to disturb the elder alchemist. Did you ignore my words?"

Upon hearing this, the commander-in-chief quickly shook his head and laughed dryly, "The clan leader misunderstood. I am just a little interested in the space barrier that only Dou Zong can cast. Let me give it a try."

Medusa raised her eyebrows slightly, "Well now that you have finished your attempts, leave now."

"Yes, yes! I have finished my research and will not disturb the clan leader and the two elders. I will leave first." After saying that, the commander-in-chief hurriedly rushed off into the distance.

The two elders behind saw the commander-in-chief's performance and sighed in their hearts. How could such a performance win the queen's heart?

After the commander-in-chief fled, Queen Medusa finally stopped looking cold.

After that, she nodded to the two elders, stepped into the barrier alone, and asked Lin Yuan if he could let the two elders in. Not long after, after getting Lin Yuan's affirmative answer, Medusa brought the two into the barrier.

When the two elders passed through several layers of space barriers, what came into view was Lin Yuan who was refining an elixir and the azure flame swaying on the green lotus seat not far away.

“Long time no see, two elders.” Lin Yuan greeted the two snake-man elders while refining the Shengling Pill, “Wait a moment, we can talk in detail after I finish refining the sixth-grade pill in the cauldron.”

"Alchemy is a serious matter, and serious matters are the most important. Don't distract yourself from us two old women." The Great Elder said hurriedly.

Lin Yuan nodded and once again put all his attention into refining the elixir.

During this period, the First Elder and the Fourth Elder sensed Lin Yuan's unconcealed cultivation, and also saw that his alchemy skills were more smooth than more than a year ago.

The two looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

When their attention shifted to the swaying Sea Heart Flame on the Azure Lotus Seat, they finally understood what Medusa was talking about Lin Yuan's secret. The second strange fire, this kind of thing is indeed a secret that cannot be exposed casually.

Thus, time passed quickly as the few people watched Lin Yuan making the elixir smoothly.

A few hours later.

Lin Yuan waved his hand, and a purple-green pill flew out from the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron, carrying a soul-stirring fragrance and falling into Lin Yuan's hands. After putting the pill into a jade bottle and putting it into the storage ring, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Then, Lin Yuan turned around and looked at Queen Medusa and the two elders, "Excuse me for waiting, elders."

As he spoke, under the different looks of several people, Lin Yuan smiled gently, walked generously to Medusa and took her slender jade hand in his, pulled her to the first elder and the fourth elder, and performed a junior's salute.

Immediately, during Medusa's weak resistance, Lin Yuan firmly grasped her waist and said seriously: "This is the attitude of the juniors."

The First Elder and the Fourth Elder looked at Queen Medusa who was leaning slightly on Lin Yuan. Seeing her slightly red cheeks and the tenderness that unconsciously appeared in her eyes, they both smiled with relief.

"Queen, the queen we watched grow up has finally come to this age." The Great Elder felt a little helpless but more relieved.

After a moment, the great elder nodded and said with a smile: "Elder Alchemist, you are very good. I was going to test you, but seeing how you are now, that would be unnecessary. So, I will just skip that and get down to business!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan and Medusa both breathed a sigh of relief. Medusa also leaned her head gently on Lin Yuan with peace of mind.

Although Lin Yuan and Medusa are strong enough to easily suppress the two elders, they are the elders who watched Medusa grow up, and it is not good to suppress them directly with force.

"Thank you, two elders. You are my lady's elders. So please call me by my real name - Lin Yuan." Lin Yuan said in a deep voice.

The First Elder and the Fourth Elder looked at each other, both of them delighted. It was gratifying that the alchemist who had been hiding his identity could tell his real name.

So, the great elder nodded slightly and praised: "Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan, a hidden dragon in the abyss. The name is just like the person, what a good name."

"Thank you for the compliment." Lin Yuan waved his hand and then asked, "Let's get back to the point. What is the matter that the Great Elder is talking about?"

At this point, the elder's expression became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Three things. First, your marriage with Her Majesty the Queen; second, the matter of Princess Xiao Cai; third, the matter of the nourishing secret method."

"Marriage?"

"Yes, we hope that your wedding will be postponed for a while, and held after the snake people complete their migration and the surrounding areas are settled down." The elder said in a deep voice.

"Madam, what do you think?" Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and looked at Medusa.

"It's not the right time now." After thinking for a moment, Medusa said in a deep voice: "As the elder said, let's talk about marriage after the snake people have migrated and stabilized!"

"In that case, I agree." Lin Yuan said in a deep voice.

"Very good!" The Great Elder nodded and continued, "The second thing is Princess Xiao Cai's matter. After all, she..."

However, before the elder finished speaking, Lin Yuan interrupted him and said, "Elder, I have a clear plan for Xiao Cai's matter a long time ago, so..."

Lin Yuan didn't finish his words, but his attitude was clearly revealed.

"Okay! In that case, I won't say much more." Feeling Lin Yuan's dominance on this issue, the Great Elder could only nod helplessly.

Then, she continued, "The third thing is about the secret method of nourishment. You and the queen don't know when you will have a child, and my tribe's secret method of nourishment, Dan... Lin Yuan, you also know it."

"Since you are a genius alchemist, we old guys hope that the next generation can complete the highest level of secret nourishment."

"So, I hope you can make some preparations in advance. After all, the highest level of secret techniques requires the seventh-grade elixir, the Heavenly Soul Melting Blood Pill." "Hehe." Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, elders. I have already started preparing for this. I have collected most of the herbs for the Heavenly Soul Melting Blood Pill. Now I only need the last three herbs."

"Once all the herbs are collected, I will refine the Heavenly Soul Melting Blood Pill myself, and I will also continue to research and improve the nourishing secret method."

As he spoke, Lin Yuan waved his hand, and dozens of medicinal ingredients for the Heavenly Soul Blood-Melting Pill spread all around.

Hearing this, Medusa looked at Lin Yuan with an unprecedented tenderness in her eyes. It lasted for just a moment, and then she hid it again.

The two elders were overjoyed when they saw the medicinal herbs all over the floor. The first elder said excitedly, "Good! Good! Good! Your Majesty the Queen really did not make a mistake. Since you have made up your mind, we old guys won't say anything more."

She looked at Queen Medusa and her expression relaxed a lot.

"Your Majesty, you have a good vision. Let me and the fourth child go out. We, the old woman, will not delay the birth of the next generation of queens here."

Hearing the teasing from the elders who had watched her grow up, Medusa's face turned red.

Afterwards, she quickly opened the crack in the space barrier and sent the two elders out of this enclosed space.

At the moment when the space barrier was closed again, Lin Yuan walked behind Queen Medusa and looked at her playfully. Her usually cold and beautiful face was now blushing with shyness, which was extremely rare. She looked extremely charming and attractive.

Seeing this different and moving scene from the past, Lin Yuan felt a little warm in his heart.

He stretched out his arms, wrapped them around her slender waist, smiled slightly, turned her body around, and then gently kissed her slightly moist eyes.

For a moment, the atmosphere of spring quietly filled the spacious hall.

In the alchemy hall, on the green lotus seat, the sound of waves hitting the rocks caused by the burning sea heart flame continued all night long and became more and more violent.

The next day, at dawn, in the alchemy hall, Lin Yuan tidied himself up and turned his gaze to Queen Medusa.

At this moment, she exuded an extremely seductive and charming feeling. The fighting spirit lingering around her body was like a brocade, transforming into a gorgeous purple dress with colorful patterns painted on it, which was lifelike, showing her extraordinary charm.

Lin Yuan raised a faint smile and praised softly, "Your Majesty, your control of fighting spirit has become more and more perfect. Even the gorgeous clothes you condense are much more exquisite than before."

"Oh? Little man, whose fault do you think this is?" Medusa lifted the black hair by her ear, a hint of teasing flashed in her eyes, and she glanced at Lin Yuan.

Then, she turned her eyes to the medicinal herbs scattered on the ground, and said playfully, "It is impossible to collect so many medicinal herbs for the Heavenly Soul Melting Blood Pill in a short period of time. It seems that you, a traitor, have coveted me for a long time! Tell me, when did it start?"

"From the beginning to the end." Lin Yuan said frankly, then waved his fingers lightly and put the scattered medicinal herbs into the ring one by one.

Medusa glanced at him and said calmly, "From the beginning to the end? I can't tell. When we first met, you defeated, sealed, poisoned, threatened, and even knocked me unconscious with ten knife strikes. I still can't forget it."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan scratched his head and smiled awkwardly. The first meeting between the two was indeed not a pleasant experience.

Seeing this, Queen Medusa's eyes flashed with a smile: "Forget it, let's not talk about this. Let's go, we should go to today's meeting." After that, she took the lead and walked out of the hall, followed closely by Lin Yuan.

However, as soon as the two left the barrier, they ran into an unexpected bald snake man - the commander-in-chief.

When the commander-in-chief saw Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa walking side by side and laughing as they walked out of the barrier, he immediately understood something.

Immediately, those fierce triangular snake eyes were filled with complex emotions such as horror, pain, and anger.

He was shocked that Queen Medusa had spent a night with the human boy in front of him. He had been waiting here since last night, ready to intercept Lin Yuan and test his strength, but he didn't expect...

He was in pain because he understood Yue Mei's advice to him yesterday and why she advised him to let it go.

He was furious that the goddess of the snake people was conquered by an outsider, a mere human, and seemed to have been recognized by the elders of the tribe.

The moment she saw the commander-in-chief, a hint of danger flashed in Medusa's eyes, and a cold voice rang out.

"Great Commander, it seems that you have become more capable. You dare to ignore my words and disobey my orders. Is it because of your mere nine-star Douhuang strength that you are confident?"

Hearing Queen Medusa's cold voice, the commander-in-chief trembled all over.

He swallowed and said hoarsely: "Chief, calm down. I am guilty and willing to go to the snake cave to be punished. But..." He looked at Lin Yuan with angry eyes and said hatefully: "The human race is all cunning guys, you must not be fooled by this human race..."

Hearing this, Medusa's eyes shone, and her majestic aura pressed towards the commander-in-chief, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

"No, I don't mean that..." the commander-in-chief said hurriedly.

"Then you are targeting me." Lin Yuan had a playful smile on his face. He took a step forward and said calmly, "In that case, I will take on the challenge! Speaking with strength is also my favorite style. What do you think, little bald guy?"

Hearing Lin Yuan's contemptuous address, the commander took a step forward, stared at Lin Yuan, and said coldly: "Little bald head? You have quite a guts to call me that."

"Only those who are strong have courage." Lin Yuan said calmly.

"Okay!" The commander-in-chief's eyes became fierce, and a warlike smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Then let me see if you have the strength to match this courage."

"Wait." Lin Yuan stretched out his hand and made a pause gesture, "I have one more thing to say about this battle."

Seeing this, the bald snake man immediately mocked, "Why, you were so confident just now, are you scared now? You are really just a mere human."

"Haha, a battle without a prize and without reward is too boring." Lin Yuan waved his hand casually, with a hint of teasing in his eyes, "How about adding a prize? The winner can unconditionally propose three conditions to the loser."

“Haha, I accept this prize.” The bald snake man looked at the six-star Douhuang Lin Yuan and smiled confidently, “I will win, but the first condition is that you stay away from Her Majesty the Queen…”

Without paying attention to the other party's provocation, Lin Yuan calmly turned his gaze to Queen Medusa.

"How about having Her Majesty the Queen witness this battle and this agreement?"

"Will Her Majesty be a witness?" The commander's eyes lit up. This was the time to show off his bravery. "It would be my honor. It would be great if you could do so!"

Upon hearing this, Queen Medusa looked into Lin Yuan's deep eyes and nodded.

"I will be a witness to this battle and I will be the supervisor of this agreement."

"Haha, that's great!" Lin Yuan's clear laughter rang out, and he flapped his wings, and a green stream of light shot straight into the sky.

"Come with me, little bald guy, let's fight in the sky!"

(End of this chapter)