People are Fighting to Break Their Diaries! They Forced Me to Eat Soft Food

96: Chapter 96 Hai Bodong: Medusa Queen, the Old Serpent Eats the Young Beef?”It’s good that you know.”

Medusa was very satisfied with Xiao Ting’s current attitude; at least he hadn’t made her lose face.

Hai Bodong watched this scene and reached down to pinch his leg hard once more.

The sharp pain told him that this was neither a dream nor an illusion.

”Hiss.” Hai Bodong sucked in a breath of cold air inwardly.

He had thought Queen Medusa was the most terrifying thing on the Fighting Qi Continent.

Now he suddenly realized there was something even more terrifying: this woman flirting with a man who was countless years younger than her. It was like seeing a ghost.

An iron tree blooming?

An old snake eating a young bull?

The domineering Snake-People Queen falling in love with a young genius who might not even be an adult yet?

Sensing Hai Bodong’s strange expression, Xiao Ting didn’t overthink it and asked, ”Old Hai, has your cultivation fully recovered?”

”No.” Hai Bodong instantly reined in his thoughts. He felt that Xiao Ting was even harder to mess with than Medusa, so he answered very honestly: ”I was at the peak of a five-star Dou Huang before. After being sealed for so many years, my cultivation is barely being maintained at three-star Dou Huang.”

Saying this, for fear that Medusa would think he was dissatisfied or complaining, he quickly added: ”However, Queen Medusa’s seal is actually a good thing for me in the long run.”

”Being sealed for so many years has been a form of tempering for my meridians and Dou Qi. Re-cultivating will be much faster, and I might even have a few more chances of success when breaking through to Dou Zong in the future.”

These words were true, but given Hai Bodong’s talent, if his cultivation hadn’t been sealed back then, he would be at least a high-level seven-star Dou Huang or above by now.

If he had some opportunities, he might have even touched the threshold of Dou Zong.

So, he was still intentionally putting a positive spin on things.

”As I thought.” Xiao Ting selectively listened to the key points and said with a smile, ”My teacher knows of a fifth-grade pill called the spirit recovery purple pill. Its effect is to restore the lost cultivation of practitioners below the level of Dou Zong caused by seals or other special circumstances. I have one of the main ingredients needed to refine this pill. Old Hai, you can return to the capital and have the Mittel Family gather the other medicinal ingredients, and then I will refine it for you.”

Hearing this, Hai Bodong showed a look of surprise and immediately agreed.

This was equivalent to a spirit recovery purple pill being able to increase his cultivation by two stars, saving him years of bitter cultivation and resources.

If he waited until he re-cultivated to five-star before taking it, he could directly reach seven-star and enter the high-level Dou Huang tier, where a quantitative change leads to a qualitative change, allowing him to master a sliver of spatial power.

”Little friend, I’ll head back to the capital first, then go see a few friends. After that, I’ll go to Wutan City to find you.” Hai Bodong cupped his hands and took his leave.

With the matter with Hai Bodong resolved and the fragmented map of the pure lotus demonic flame in hand, Xiao Ting lost interest in continuing to wander and brought the girls back to Mo City.

The next morning, everyone woke up early. After having breakfast, they headed to Stone Desert City.

Xiao Ting took Xun’er to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group to find Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, telling them that the family was already making preparations for their return.

Queen Medusa and Ling Yue went to the Lava World to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Ling Ying and the others secretly protected Xun’er’s safety.

About an hour later, within the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, Qing Lin, who was pouring tea for Xun’er, felt something and looked up toward the east.

”What’s wrong?” Xun’er asked with concern.

”I feel a strange energy fluctuation in that direction that’s attracting me,” Qing Lin answered subconsciously.

Xun’er immediately thought of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and guessed it was related to Queen Medusa.

”That direction seems to be where the Green Lotus Core Flame is located. Could Senior Ling Yue and Queen Medusa have encountered some accident?” Xiao Ting offered a reasonable guess.

After exchanging looks with Xun’er, wings appeared on both of their backs, and they took to the air, rushing toward that direction.

Qing Lin: ”...”

Xun’er and Xiao Ting were very fast, but they hadn’t flown for long before they encountered Ling Yue and Queen Medusa, who had brought back even the roots of the Green Lotus Core Flame intact. The latter was also holding a snake tail belonging to a Rank 4 snake-type magical beast, a Two-Headed Spirit Snake.

”I ran into a little snake that wasn’t afraid of death on the way and caught it casually. You can use it to make snake soup,” Medusa said with a casual expression.

But looking at this scene, Xiao Ting felt a sense of incongruity.

The Snake-People Clan used a method similar to the Barbarian Race’s fusion of beast souls for combat, implanting snake-type magical beast souls from a young age to become half-human, half-snake Snake-People, and possessing a trump card of magical beast transformation.

In essence, they were still of the human race, but in reality, they leaned more toward the magical beast race. As a result...

Well, the Void Ancient Dragon and the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix also ate each other; this was nothing.

If Medusa had hunted a Purple Nether Flame Snake or a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python to eat, that would be truly strange.

”It seems Qing Lin’s sensation was because of this Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. I wonder why,” Xiao Ting feigned confusion.

Medusa and Xun’er subtly exchanged a look, and the latter said, ”Brother Xiao Ting, Heavenly Flames are such natural treasures; we should bring it back as soon as possible.”

”Mhm.” Xiao Ting followed her advice and nodded. ”Then we’ll head back immediately.”

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

Ling Yue brought the Green Lotus Core Flame and secretly entered the back mountains of the Xiao Family of Wutan City, finding a place to temporarily store it and setting up a barrier to isolate it from others’ senses.

As soon as Xiao Ting returned to the family, he received good news: the clan had gathered enough medicinal ingredients to refine two green spirit pills.

”Senior Yao Lao, if Brother Yan and I each use our flames to assist you, can we refine the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill?” Xiao Ting brought the ingredients to Yao Lao.

”Of course it’s possible. You don’t even need to assist; you just need to contribute some flames at the critical moment.” Yao Lao stroked his illusory beard and nodded with a smile. ”Do you think anyone in this world can simultaneously control three types of flames? Normally, refining a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill requires the help of other flames.”

”One can use pre-stored Beast Fire, some Earth Fire, or the medicine cauldron’s own flame. It just places high demands on the Alchemist’s soul power.”

”Although the pill is only fourth-grade, the difficulty of refining a green spirit pill into a three-pattern version is, in some ways, higher than a fifth-grade pill.”

With Yao Lao’s affirmative answer, Xiao Ting immediately asked him to refine two Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pills.

”Very well, I’ll show you two boys what I can do.” Yao Lao did not refuse.

Coming to a secret room in the Xiao Family, Yao Lao took out his medicine cauldron and began refining the pills in front of Xiao Ting and Xiao Yan.

”Separate a wisp of the flame you control.”

Several hours later, when a medicinal fragrance appeared, Yao Lao’s soul power condensed, and he struck the medicine cauldron with a palm.

Xiao Ting and Xiao Yan immediately complied, each separating a wisp of Purple Heaven Flame and the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s Beast Fire.

But when these two wisps of flame drew near, Yao Lao’s expression suddenly changed.

When he tried to use his soul power to control that wisp of Purple Heaven Flame to enter the medicine cauldron, the Bone Chilling Flame actually became unstable, conveying an emotion of fear to him.

”How is this possible!?”