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Northern Continent, the largest tribe of the Snake-People, the main branch of the She Family.
The fiery clouds lingering in the sky had not yet dispersed, and a scorching aura permeated the air, accompanied by the fear and alarm of the Snake-People.
Just now, Huang Tao had used a "Buddha Fury Fire Lotus" to blast their Dou Venerate-level Clan Leader, She Yao, into ashes.
He "tsk-tsk" said, "To actually try and snatch my Heavenly Flame Amon, you are the most arrogant one I've seen recently."
Bai Lin's face, half beautiful and half covered in fine scales, showed a schadenfreude expression, thinking, 'Serves you right for always lording over others, now you've gotten your comeuppance!'
"Bai Lin, go search possible places for valuable secret methods or pill recipes," Huang Tao casually instructed.
"Yes," Bai Lin happily walked towards the ancestral tablets enshrined in the center of the temple.
The customs of the Snake-People Tribe were similar; important cultivation techniques, secret manuals, and pill recipes, besides a copy held by the Clan Leader, would also have a backup hidden in the ancestral temple.
Huang Tao slowly descended from the sky, his Five-Star Dou Venerate aura radiating unreservedly, intimidating the Elders of the She Family, preventing them from acting rashly.
"Our She Family admits defeat in this matter. How can you be willing to let us go?" She Yi, the First Elder of the She Family, said with some fear and considerable reluctance.
"Hmm, just hand over all the cultivation techniques, secret manuals, and pill recipes of your family, and also the collected medicinal ingredients," Huang Tao's azure eyes were placid.
"That's impossible! You're digging up the roots of our family!" an Elder cried out in alarm.
"Then die!" Huang Tao snapped his fingers, and an invisible flame emerged from the heart of this Elder, burning her completely from the inside out.
"Third Elder!" She Yi's eyes widened, somewhat unable to believe that the Third Elder, whose cultivation was comparable to her own, a Nine-Star Dou Ancestor, was killed so easily, without even a single warning.
Huang Tao said indifferently:
"Don't you understand yet? There's an unbridgeable chasm between us. Make your choice: either the entire tribe dies, or you give up your resistance and hand over the items to save your lives."
"Tsk, I actually look forward to your stubborn resistance. That way, even if I devour all of you, it won't become a burden on my dwindling humanity."
Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, She Yi decisively said, "We'll hand over the items."
"A wise choice. Only by living can you see the sun tomorrow," Huang Tao nodded slightly.
After taking the valuable items from their Space Rings, he walked towards the temple. She Yi hesitated for a moment and followed him.
At this moment, Bai Lin was troubled by a Space Lock; their tribe didn't have such a method!
She waved to Huang Tao as he approached: "Over here, over here, the treasury is here, but I can't open it."
She Yi glared at her resentfully, then spoke: "This was set up by the Clan Leader. If it's forcibly opened, it will trigger the self-destruct mechanism inside."
"You go down and comfort your tribesmen... I'll temporarily occupy the temple for a few days." Huang Tao sprinkled starlight on his hand, directly using "Break Seal" to open the Space Lock without triggering the self-destruct mechanism.
She Yi's eyes flickered. She had followed him because she was worried that Huang Tao violently opening the Space Lock would destroy the items inside, thus angering their tribe. Since the treasury had been opened, she had no reason to stay and turned to leave.
The thought of the She Family's accumulation over generations being so easily taken by their opponent made her heart bleed.
However, when one is under another's roof, one has no choice but to bow. If she didn't want their tribe to be annihilated, she could only swallow her anger.
"You wait here," Huang Tao said indifferently, then walked inside.
Bai Lin's face showed disappointment. She still wanted to see how many good things the largest Snake-People Tribe had collected.
Passing through a deep passage, the interior suddenly became spacious. Around were rows of shelves, on which were various jade boxes containing all sorts of medicinal ingredients.
Towards the rear of the hall, there were three snake-shaped statues, each with an open mouth. Inside their mouths, they held a scroll, another scroll, and a jade box respectively.
Huang Tao realized that these were likely the items he wanted, and also the most valuable items in this treasury.
He slowly stepped forward, encountering a barrier. With a flash of starlight, he passed through it.
He picked up the central scroll and immediately read its contents. It recorded the She Family's top-tier secret method for cultivating "Medusa," which was a level higher than the superior secret methods possessed by the Tager Desert and the White Snake Tribe, requiring an eighth-grade peak medicinal pill called "Heavenly Serpent Blood Coagulation Pill."
Picking up the other scroll, as he expected, it was the pill recipe for "Heavenly Serpent Blood Coagulation Pill." The last jade box contained a drop of blood, from which an extremely fierce aura emanated.
Huang Tao calmly "clapped" the jade box shut. This was a drop of essence blood from a Dou Saint-level snake-type magical beast!
Just then, the surrounding space began to fluctuate. The barrier that originally enveloped the three snake-shaped statues silently disintegrated, and a star-filled doorway opened from the void.
Pointed soft hat, classical robe, monocle—the most traditional image of Amon walked out of the doorway.
This was the main body, Amon's main body!
He rummaged in his clothes pocket and pulled out a dizzy, seven-colored small snake, handing it to Huang Tao.
It was Amon's main body that rescued Cai Lin in the Tager Desert, and it was his main body that instantly transferred Xie Bi Yan to the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect in the Chu Yun Empire!
Only a Nine-Star Dou Saint had such an ability to transfer someone along with the space they were in, completely unnoticed by others.
He never showed his face from beginning to end, creating the impression for Xie Bi Yan that Protector Meng had done it.
"Hmm, you captured Queen Cai Lin back?" Huang Tao pinched the monocle on his right eye, saying with interest.
"After all, this is currently the only 'Medusa' that successfully evolved. Also, I saved her," Amon said with a smile.
Huang Tao quipped, "Assuming we don't discuss how her danger came about, then yes, that's correct."
Amon looked around, then connected mentally with Huang Tao, sharing some information.
"So that's it… The evolution of 'Medusa' is indeed not an easy task; too many variables need to be controlled, making it difficult to experiment with a stable solution… Tsk, I'll do my best. If it really doesn't work, we can find a way in the Great Thousand World," Amon muttered.
Then, starlight shone, and his figure disappeared into the treasury.
After collecting the necessary items, Huang Tao left the treasury, holding the small seven-colored snake.
Bai Lin looked at Huang Tao as he emerged, asking excitedly, "How was it? Any gains?"
"Yes, don't worry, your share won't be missing." He lightly tapped Bai Lin's forehead, pouring the top-tier secret method for cultivating "Medusa" and the pill recipe for "Heavenly Serpent Blood Coagulation Pill" into her mind.
Bai Lin felt dizzy and disoriented, and it took her a long time to recover from the impact of this massive amount of information.
She let out a long breath, exclaiming, "The She Family indeed has a higher-level secret method."
After an initial burst of joy, her expression quickly fell again. Their White Snake Tribe, let alone a top-tier secret method, could barely afford even a superior secret method. For instance, she herself came from a mid-tier secret method.
"You take care of her; I'll refine a pill first." Huang Tao placed the small seven-colored snake into Bai Lin's hand.
Bai Lin leaned in for a closer look, froze for three seconds, then her eyes widened. She recognized this magical beast.
"Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python?"
The She Family actually kept a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python? Were they planning to extract its soul to cultivate a new Medusa?
Her deformed short legs on her snake body unconsciously scraped the floor, her eyes flashing with greed and ferocity.
She instinctively felt that eating this Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python could further purify her bloodline, perhaps allowing her to shed this ugly appearance and complete the last missing step of evolution.
However, out of fear of Huang Tao, she still suppressed the thoughts in her heart, took the small seven-colored snake to a room, and placed it on the bed.
In the main hall, Huang Tao snapped his fingers, and the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame automatically condensed into a fire cauldron. Medicinal ingredients like Eight-Ridge Demonic Needle Fruit, Seven-Vein Grass, and Field Spider Blood were all thrown into the fire cauldron by him.
One Heavenly Flame Amon after another appeared within the fire cauldron. They each performed their duties, refining their respective medicinal ingredients, extracting the essence. Finally, under the control of the Living Spirit Flame, all the medicinal ingredients orderly condensed into a ball.
High-grade pills often require dozens or even hundreds of medicinal ingredients. Ordinary Alchemists who wish to refine them need to refine these ingredients one by one, which is extremely time-consuming.
At the same time, long hours of refining are a great drain on one's Dou Qi and soul power. The later it gets, the easier it is to make mistakes, leading to refining failure.
Amon, however, could refine dozens of medicinal ingredients at once. If necessary, he could continue to split off new Heavenly Flame Amon, cultivating more of them, which greatly saved time.
He was refining a sixth-grade "Spirit Fusion Pill," which could allow the soul to merge with the body, solving the problem of soul disharmony.
The phenomenon of a sixth-grade pill forming appeared in the main hall. A rich medicinal fragrance permeated the air. Bai Lin opened the door and gazed forward.
The room she chose was not far from the central hall, and there were no obstructions in between, so she could see it at a glance.
No matter how many times she saw it, she was astonished by Huang Tao's miraculous alchemy skills. She even felt that Huang Tao was capable of refining the eighth-grade pills required for the top-tier secret methods!
The diffused pill fragrance wafted into the room behind Bai Lin. The small seven-colored snake sniffed the fragrance and slowly woke up.
Confusion first appeared in its eyes, then they sharpened.
In Cai Lin's current weakened state, she could not suppress the soul of the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, so the will of the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python was the first to awaken.
But it instinctively felt uneasy about the current environment and had no countermeasures in its small head, so it decisively woke Cai Lin and handed over control of the body to her.
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