Chapter 162: Let Medusa Be Your Personal Bodyguard!
With the guidance of the Great Elder and the Second Elder, Xiao Ze passed through multiple guarded corridors, arriving at a secret location.
Along the way, he felt many hidden gazes observing him.
However, the strength of those snake men didn't concern him at all, so Xiao Ze paid them no mind.
"Honored sir, this is where our leader is located."
Xiao Ze took a step forward and felt a penetrating cold.
The place was filled with icy energy, as if it were an innate frozen land.
Xiao Ze remained silent, and the Great Elder didn't feel uncomfortable.
After all, Xiao Ze was a seventh-grade alchemist, and a bit of arrogance was normal.
The Second Elder initially didn't believe in Xiao Ze, but after being harshly reprimanded by the Great Elder through voice transmission, he changed his attitude.
'This noble high-ranking alchemist may be the only hope to save the queen.'
'If, due to your attitude or words, the queen cannot be cured, you will be the sinner of the entire snake tribe.'
These words awakened the Second Elder, who suppressed his doubts and suspicions, not daring to show them.
Upon reaching the secret place and seeing the ice coffin, Xiao Ze squinted his eyes.
He walked forward to inspect it.
Through the ice coffin, Medusa no longer had that charming and seductive figure.
After being burned by the strange fire, it was a miracle she wasn't completely disfigured.
Xiao Ze placed his hand on the ice coffin. The Second Elder was about to speak, but the Great Elder stopped him.
Xiao Ze noticed all their movements.
Everything he had done before was for this moment.
In front of the Great Elder, he had shown an attitude of being ready to leave at any moment.
The Great Elder thought that getting the help of a high-ranking alchemist was already difficult, and that he should make things easier for Xiao Ze.
After all, if Xiao Ze had agreed from the beginning, the Great Elder would have been suspicious.
Something obtained too easily always causes doubts.
But if it is gained with much effort, the suspicion diminishes and it is believed to be the result of one's own effort.
"It's a rather rudimentary and crude method. That your leader is alive is due to her tenacity and good luck."
Xiao Ze withdrew his hand and said with a sigh, "This ice coffin with some secret methods can suppress the energy of the strange fire, but it only suppresses it, not eliminates it."
"The energy of the strange fire is still there, destroying her body! Even if I can cure her, the difficulty is much greater."
"It can't be!" exclaimed the Second Elder. "Is our method wrong?"
"Second Elder, calm down!" The Great Elder reprimanded him and then looked at Xiao Ze. "Respected alchemist, you said the difficulty is greater, but not that it can't be cured, right?"
"Of course, but can your snake tribe pay me?"
Xiao Ze spoke coldly, seeking to earn their trust by demanding adequate compensation.
For the snake tribe, an alchemist who heals without asking for anything in return is inconceivable.
But if he has something to gain, it can be trusted that he will not act arbitrarily.
"This is the list of our treasures, please review it."
The Great Elder hesitated for a moment and handed him a book.
Xiao Ze took it without hesitation, quickly leafing through it as his spiritual perception filtered through it, then tossed it back.
"It's not enough! Not even close! A single seventh-grade pill is worth more than all these so-called treasures!"
Xiao Ze took out a bottle of resurrection pills.
The Great Elder and the Second Elder fixed their gaze on the bottle, breathing heavily.
They could feel how powerful that pill was.
"Don't try anything dishonest."
"Even if you have this resurrection pill, if you don't eliminate the energy of the strange fire, it won't be of any use."
Looking at the pill in Xiao Ze's hands and listening to his words, the Great Elder and the Second Elder were convinced that Xiao Ze could heal Queen Medusa.
If they had harbored doubts before, now they were completely dispelled.
But now they faced the problem of how to adequately compensate the alchemist to save the queen.
The renown of the resurrection pill was known.
A seventh-grade pill that could save a life as long as the brain was not destroyed and the heart was not crushed.
Its value was incalculable, and the snake tribe could not offer anything equivalent.
And besides that, they needed this seventh-grade alchemist to eliminate the energy of the strange fire from the queen.
An extremely difficult task, as they knew how terrifying and persistent the energy of the strange fire was.
"If the sir is willing to help us, we will give you all our treasures, and if you need anything from our tribe, just ask."
The Great Elder spoke quickly, the Second Elder looking at Xiao Ze with hope.
But Xiao Ze shook his head.
"I already said, it's not enough. And as for your tribe, the strongest barely reaches Dou Huang, without a single battle sect master, what do I need from you?"
Xiao Ze put away the pill and said, "I'd better go."
"I thought you could offer me something satisfactory, but it seems I expected too much."
Seeing Xiao Ze about to leave, the Great Elder and the Second Elder quickly stopped him.
"What's the matter, can't pay and want to retain me by force? Didn't you say otherwise before?"
"We wouldn't dare, we wouldn't dare offend the respected alchemist..." said the Great Elder quickly.
Suddenly, he had an idea, recalling Xiao Ze's words about a battle sect master.
"Sir, if our leader becomes a battle sect master, would you reconsider?"
"Oh, a battle sect master?"
"If you save our leader and she successfully evolves, she will be a battle sect master. Then, our leader will be your personal bodyguard for three years."
The Great Elder spoke nervously, knowing it was a risky gamble.
"Are you joking? Do I have to wait for her to evolve?"
"And if she fails in her evolution? All my effort would be in vain."
Xiao Ze expressed his distrust.
"Besides that, our tribe commits to gathering all possible resources in three years, and everything collected will be yours."
The Great Elder gritted his teeth and spoke.
Seeing that Xiao Ze didn't respond, the Great Elder rejoiced.
If there is doubt, it means there is still hope.
"Five years," said Xiao Ze, raising his hand. "Five years of all gains, plus the current treasures, will be mine."
"And if your leader successfully evolves, she will be my bodyguard for three years."
The Great Elder and the Second Elder looked at each other and finally nodded with regret.
(End of this chapter)
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