"Sasha, what's wrong now?" Xiao Se asked with some annoyance.
"I've told you before, call me Queen!" Medusa raised her eyebrows, then gently patted the sofa and said, "This thing called a 'sofa,' I really like it. Move it in for me."
"Uh..." Xiao Se's mouth twitched as he casually moved the sofa inside.
The sofa was one of the items Xiao Se had acquired through the system over the past ten months. Ever since he obtained the "Kotoamatsukami," his luck seemed to have worsened. Items like blankets, pots, bowls, ladles, pans, and sofas—almost all the living necessities for the cabin—had been exchanged, even including a certain indecent doll (not to be looked at directly).
Our Queen Medusa seemed to have taken a special liking to this soft sofa. Whenever she wrested control of her body from the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, aside from beating Xiao Se up, she would leisurely lie on the sofa and rest.
"Human, there's less than half a month until the Alchemist Conference. When do you plan to leave?" Medusa casually asked while receiving a bowl and chopsticks from Long Kui.
Hearing this, Xiao Se paused for a moment, then said, "Tomorrow. I'll refine one more Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill in the afternoon and absorb it. We'll set off tomorrow, heading straight to Black Rock City to take a flying magical beast to the imperial capital."
"Then, brother, should we leave a letter for Xiao Yi Xian? She didn't come back last time, and I kept the letter we left for her," Long Kui said while serving Xiao Se some food.
Xiao Se shook his head. "No need to leave that letter. I'll write a new one before we leave tomorrow. And if I ever find a way to suppress the her poison body, I'll personally go looking for her."
Hearing mention of the poison body, Medusa's beautiful eyes showed a trace of complex emotions. She looked at Xiao Se with a complicated expression and thought to herself, "A powerful, mysterious soul, a person with strange eyes like Qing Lin, and now a terrifying poison body. Plus, there's Xun'er, who's secretly protected by a Dou Huang. Who exactly does this boy associate with?"
The next morning, Xiao Se successfully broke through to a five-star Da Dou Shi after refining two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills. Waking up from his cultivation, he took a deep breath, fluttered his eyelids, and slowly opened his eyes. The familiar sight of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python greeted him.
The tiny snake was twisting its small body, looking at Xiao Se with pitiful, large, light-purple eyes.
"Are you hungry, little one?" Xiao Se gently patted the snake's head and said softly.
"Squeak squeak..." The little snake stuck out its tongue and nodded.
"Then eat up, little guy." Smiling, Xiao Se pulled out a bottle of Amethyst Lion Birth Essence and opened the cap.
Upon seeing the purple energy mist emitting from the bottle, the little snake's eyes lit up. It affectionately nuzzled Xiao Se's hand and quietly began licking up the food.
Shaking his head with a smile, Xiao Se walked out of the room. He saw Long Kui packing things into a storage ring. The two exchanged smiles, and Xiao Se sat down at the table to start writing a letter.
After a while, both Xiao Se and Long Kui had everything ready.
"Brother, everything is set." Long Kui handed Xiao Se a low-grade storage ring specifically used to store camping tools and daily necessities.
"Good." Xiao Se nodded, took the ring, and gestured towards the room. Immediately, a ball of colorful light darted into his arms, while Long Kui obediently transformed into a blue light and entered the magic sword tattoo on his right hand.
He then stepped outside, closed the door behind him, spread the purple cloud wings on his back, and shot into the sky like a streak of green light.
After a year, Xiao Se once again returned to Black Rock City. Dressed in his alchemist's robe, he followed the familiar path to the flying transportation service.
Seeing the long line at the transportation service, Xiao Se smiled calmly and walked straight to the counter. As an alchemist, he didn't need to wait in line.
The receptionist at the counter was a fairly attractive woman. Upon seeing the alchemist badge on Xiao Se's chest, her professional attitude instantly turned into one of flattery and eagerness. "Alchemist, you must be heading to the Imperial Capital for the Alchemist Conference, right?"
"Yes," Xiao Se nodded slightly. Just then, he felt someone approach him from behind. Instinctively, he grabbed the hand reaching out to tap him and twisted it gently. A girl's pained cry immediately followed. "Ouch... it hurts!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Xiao Se paused. Looking back, he saw the familiar figure of Lin Fei and released her, surprised. "Lin Fei, why is it you?"
Lin Fei rolled her eyes at him, rubbing her sore arm. "Why can't it be me? I just wanted to say hi. Who knew you'd react so violently?"
Embarrassed, Xiao Se retrieved a healing pill from his storage ring and smiled. "Sorry, it was a reflex. Here, this is a Bone Restoration Pill. It's great for treating bone and ligament injuries. Consider it an apology."
"Bone Restoration Pill?" Lin Fei's eyes lit up as she took the pill, her face beaming with joy. "Wow, Xiao Se, you're so generous! Just casually giving away such a pill."
Her words immediately drew the attention of the crowd around them. Many people showed greed in their eyes, but upon seeing the alchemist badge on Xiao Se's chest, they abandoned their thoughts.
Feeling awkward under the crowd's gaze, Xiao Se's face darkened slightly. He noticed Lin Fei's innocent nature but couldn't help thinking she was a bit oblivious. After taking the registration number for the flying beast from the receptionist, he awkwardly said, "I have things to do, I'll go ahead."
"Wait!" Lin Fei quickly grabbed Xiao Se's hand, smiling. "You're heading to the Alchemist Conference, right? Let me take you to meet my teacher. He, President Fu Lan Ke, and Xue Mei are all on the same flying magical beast. I saw you from the beast earlier, so I came over."
"Uh... fine." Xiao Se smiled wryly and followed Lin Fei onto the flying magical beast.
"Teacher, look who I brought!" Lin Fei excitedly pushed open a door in the corridor of the flying beast, dragging Xiao Se with her.
"You crazy girl, always so reckless..." Au Tuo began to speak but paused when he saw Xiao Se. Rubbing his small round eyes in disbelief, he said, "Xiao Se, is it really you?"
"Master Au Tuo, Master Fu Lan Ke, Miss Xue Mei, it's been a while." Xiao Se smiled and greeted them all.
"Hahaha, good boy, you really came!" Fu Lan Ke stroked his beard and gestured for him to sit. "Come, sit down."
Xiao Se nodded and, taking advantage of Lin Fei's distraction with Au Tuo, quietly withdrew his arm and sat between Fu Lan Ke and Au Tuo.
Xue Mei also smiled warmly at Xiao Se. Her usually cold expression softened as she greeted him, "Xiao Se, it's been a long time."
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T/N - In many CN fics, MC's like to call Medusa "Shasha", since that name didn't make sense to me, I used "Sasha" instead of "Shasha"
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