Chapter 77: Medusa
In the underground secret room of the ancient map.
Looking at the herbs on the stone platform in the center of the secret room, Xiao Se supported the platform with his right hand, sat on the platform casually, picked up one of the herbs, tossed it lightly, glanced at Hai Bodong, and asked with a joking smile: "Where is the recipe?"
"Ah, I envy you alchemists. I went through untold hardships to obtain this recipe for the Po Evil Pill. Now that you have taken a look at it, you have directly changed its owner." Hai Bodong took out a roll of parchment from the ring with a little reluctance. His heart suddenly felt like it was cut by a knife and was bleeding.
Xiao Se looked calm when he heard this, but in fact, he was very excited. Not only could he get a recipe for the Breaking Evil Pill for free this time, but he could also embezzle a whole batch of medicinal materials for a sixth-grade pill. He would make a fortune.
"Okay, you can go out first. The alchemist cannot be disturbed in the slightest while refining the pill. Otherwise, if the refining fails, don't blame me for not reminding you. Then I will have no choice but to give up this deal." He took the parchment with a smile and then took a look at it. Feeling the strong soul fluctuations contained in it, Xiao Se put it away and looked at Hai Bodong again, reminding him.
"Of course." Hai Bodong nodded, turned, and left the secret room. Although he was very curious about how the sixth-grade elixir was refined, he had waited for this day for too long, and he couldn't let all his efforts go to waste because of such a little curiosity.
The door of the stone chamber was closed. When the soul power sensed that Hai Bodong had gone far away, Xiao Se smiled and put the pills and herbs into the storage ring. Then he released the vast sea protection shield and took out the seven-colored swallowing sky python from his arms, "Your Majesty, can you hear me?"
"Squeak." In response to Xiao Se's question, the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python blinked its lavender eyes, its charming eyes filled with curiosity, and then it rubbed his palm lightly as if to please him.
Seeing that Medusa ignored him, Xiao Se placed the Sky-Swallowing Python on the stone platform, took out a bottle of companion purple crystal source from the ring, and placed it in front of it.
When the little guy saw the familiar food, he immediately became excited. He excitedly moved his slender snake tail, wrapped around the jade bottle, and licked it. While licking, he did not forget to rub Xiao Se's back of the hand affectionately again.
Xiao Se raised the corner of his mouth slightly, turned around, and said casually: "Long Kui, attach yourself to me. What a pity. I wanted to tell the queen about a pill that could merge the soul and the body, quickly restore the soul's power, and completely repair the injuries the soul has suffered. Since the queen doesn't want to listen, then we can only make the pill ourselves."
"Okay, brother." Long Kui in blue smiled lightly, and then slowly floated out of the magic sword pattern on Xiao Se's right hand, smiling. After a year of getting along with Xiao Se, Long Kui knew her brother very well. He was extremely treacherous, and the reason he said that must be to trick someone again.
As expected, as soon as the two finished speaking, the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python suddenly burst out with a dazzling red light. After the red light dissipated, the figure of Queen Medusa in a red robe slowly appeared in their eyes.
"Human, are you serious?" The seductive red lips opened slightly, and a sound that made one's bones tingle came out.
Queen Medusa was not wearing a veil at this moment. For a moment, that beautiful face came into Xiao Se's sight for the first time, and even he was stunned.
"Brother, this is so embarrassing." Long Kui, who was standing by, saw Xiao Se staring at Queen Medusa in a daze, so she gently pulled Xiao Se's arm and pouted her lips in dissatisfaction.
"Uh..." Hearing this, Xiao Se instantly woke up from the pig-like gaze, coughed guiltily twice, and nodded: "This pill is called Rongling Pill, ranked sixth grade."
"Give it to me." Queen Medusa stretched out her jade hand, still looking as strong as usual.
"I don't have the recipe." Xiao Se shrugged and said with a wry smile.
"Are you kidding me?" Queen Medusa frowned and her bright eyes flashed with a cold light.
"Is it necessary? Even if I can't get it now, it doesn't mean I won't be able to get it in the future. As far as I know, the headquarters of the Alchemist Guild in the capital of the Gama Empire has a collection of such a recipe. In less than a year, the capital will hold an Alchemist Conference. By then, the Gama Empire and even several neighboring countries will send people to participate in the competition. And the final prize for the champion will be the sixth-grade recipe. With my current ability, even without the help of Long Kui, with the help of the strange fire, refining a fourth-grade pill should not be a big problem. The championship can be said to be within my reach. By then, even if the championship reward is not the recipe for the Rongling Pill, I can completely exchange it with the Alchemist Guild." Medusa's sudden anger made Xiao Se roll his eyes at her and explain helplessly.
"So?" Upon hearing that she could obtain the recipe for the Rongling Pill by participating in the Alchemist Conference, Medusa's expression eased a little and she said indifferently.
"Hehe, it's a good opportunity for us to make another deal. I'll help you get the recipe for the Rongling Pill and help you refine it. You'll do a trivial thing for me and protect me when my life is in danger before the Rongling Pill is refined." Xiao Se said with a grin.
"Don't you have this little girl next to you? The strength she can exert is not much weaker than mine at my current stage. If even she can't handle it, then I can't help you." Medusa turned her gaze to Long Kui and frowned.
"For some reason, I will not and cannot expose Long Kui to others. If I hadn't expected you to wake up early this time, I would not have let you know about Long Kui's existence. So what's your answer?" Xiao Se explained.
"What's your insignificant matter?" Although Medusa coveted the Lingdan, she would not easily agree before she figured out the situation.
For a moment, Medusa felt that Xiao Se had plotted against her completely.
When she first agreed to the deal, she planned to kill the latter after the revolution was successful. Although she gave up the idea of killing because the other party provided her with extra Blood Lotus Pills, that is another matter.
Now, not only can he not kill her, but his newly born companion soul, the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python, has recognized him as its master. When Xiao Se was about to leave the Holy City of the Snake People, the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python forcibly suppressed her soul and threw her into the arms of her master, Xiao Se.
Medusa's heart was now filled with tears as she found herself falling deeper and deeper into Xiao Se's trap.
Xiao Se smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, it's a trivial matter. Didn't you seal that old man Hai? I think you must have the ability to remove the seal. I will refine a pill similar to the Breaking Evil Pill later, and you can inject the energy to remove the seal into it."