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Xiao Yan spent a final week in Stone Desert City before leaving.

Apart from the banquets for the first three days, the rest of the time was basically spent instructing Qinglin and refining elixirs.

After obtaining the two-headed snake, Qinglin's cultivation speed increased significantly. In just half a month, he had already reached the second stage of Battle Power.

Even Xiao Yan back then probably couldn't keep up with this speed.

"Qinglin, I'll be back to see you in a while, and then I'll have to check if you've been slacking off."

Before his departure, the entire Mo Tie Mercenary Group came to see him off.

It can be said that the entire mercenary group has benefited from Xiao Yan's influence, and the survival rate of each mercenary in the desert has at least doubled.

Everyone had a favorable impression of this young alchemist.

"I understand, young master. I will definitely cultivate diligently!"

Qinglin's eyes glistened, but she was no longer afraid of Xiao Yan leaving.

Because now everyone in the Desert Iron Mercenary Group considers him family.

"That's good. In that case, I'll take my leave. Until we meet again, elder brother and second brother, take care."

"Little Yanzi, take care too!"

After saying goodbye, Xiao Yan spread his eagle wings and flew into the sky, quickly disappearing from everyone's sight.

Watching Xiao Yan's departing figure, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li couldn't help but wonder what realm Xiao Yan would be at the next time they saw him.

After leaving Stone Desert City, Xiao Yan immediately found a sunny spot.

He took off his upper body clothing, exposing his body to the scorching sun.

He then took out a blue lotus seed, which was born from the Azure Lotus Core Fire Lotus Platform. Although it was not as precious as the strange fire, it contained more or less the strange fire power of the Azure Lotus Core Fire.

These blue lotus seeds possess extremely strong fire-attribute energy; if one were to consume them, it would accelerate the circulation and absorption of battle qi.

At the same time, one's own fiery battle aura will also be transformed into green lotus battle aura.

Although he already possessed the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, the Azure Lotus Battle Qi didn't offer him a significant boost, but even a slight improvement was better than nothing.

Moreover, refining a certain kind of pill often requires several kinds of flames, and now I can say that I have experienced a weakened version of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame in advance.

For others, swallowing the cyan lotus seed directly would be extremely dangerous, but for Xiao Yan, with the help of the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, the whole process was not too uncomfortable.

After the energy of the entire cyan lotus seed was completely absorbed, Xiao Yan's cultivation level also increased, bringing him to the peak of the two-star Dou Ling realm.

However, with this little bit of power, it's not enough for me to break through to the first star directly.

Fortunately, the fighting spirit within his body has been enhanced by a trace of the power of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame due to the effect of the Azure Lotus Seed.

Even if it's only a fraction of the original power, it's still far more powerful than ordinary beast fire.

With a flick of his hand, Xiao Yan conjured a great sword of Dou Qi, which contained a layer of Myriad Beast Spirit Fire and was enveloped in Azure Lotus Dou Qi.

This makes the overall situation seem much less threatening, and the temperature doesn't seem so scary.

But in reality, if you actually come into contact with it, what you feel is the true temperature of the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire.

This has two advantages: first, it can catch the enemy off guard and cause others to misjudge the power of your attack.

Another advantage is that it can conceal the strange fire, preventing it from being noticed by people with ulterior motives.

Ultimately, it all comes down to Xiao Yan's weakness. If he had the strength of a Dou Huang, he wouldn't need to hide his true strength.

For the rest of the journey, Xiao Yan headed straight for the center of the desert. Fortunately, with Elder Hai's detailed map, he was able to avoid many snake-man tribes and save unnecessary time.

Even though Xiao Yan had the strength of a Dou Ling and followed the map accurately, it still took him a full week to reach the Snake People's Holy City, which was hundreds of miles away.

"Sigh, I'm almost out of water. Looks like I need to find a chance to rehydrate."

On Ebi's map, there was a water source about thirty or forty miles away from where he was.

However, he has now entered the territory of the Eight Snake Kings.

The so-called Eight Kings of the Snake People is a collective name given by humans to the eight leaders of the eight major tribes of the Snake People. These eight Snake People are all powerful Battle King level experts and are the right-hand men of Queen Medusa.

These eight tribes almost formed a circle, surrounding the Serpent People's Holy City.

No matter which direction you pass through, you will inevitably pass by one of the tribes.

Although the eight kings of the snake people are not very friendly with each other and even have frictions, when faced with an external enemy like humans, the snake people can still unite against a common enemy and put aside past grievances.

With Xiao Yan's current strength, he couldn't even defeat any one of the eight snake-men kings on his own. However, if it was just about escaping, then he wasn't too worried.

Following the map's directions, Xiao Yan arrived at the location marked on the map in just half an hour.

Soon, a small oasis did indeed appear within Xiao Yan's field of vision.

Before she even got close, Xiao Yan immediately sensed something was wrong.

On the outskirts of the oasis, several female snake-people were gathering.

Their upper bodies are similar to those of human women, with well-defined curves, and their skin, which is slightly dark from years of exposure to the scorching sun, is quite tanned.

In human society, there are also nobles who enjoy capturing snake-woman slaves. Whenever those snake-woman slaves perform their alluring exotic dances, those with weak willpower may even immediately become erect and feel ashamed on the spot.

However, these female snake-people were no ordinary creatures. Xiao Yan observed them from afar and discovered that they all possessed the strength of a Great Dou Master, with the leader even having the strength of a Dou Spirit!

Such a powerful group of snake-men is rarely seen on the outskirts, and the fact that Xiao Yan encountered them here shows that he has already penetrated quite deep into the territory of the Eight Kings of Snake-men.

It's just unknown which of the eight princes is being referred to here.

Xiao Yan did not intend to clash with them. Even he would need to spend some time dealing with this group of snake people, and even if he defeated them, there would be no benefit to him; it would only be a waste of his energy.

For some reason, these snake-women stayed around the oasis chatting for a full hour without showing any sign of leaving.

Xiao Yan, who had been without water for a day, was already parched. If these snake-men didn't leave soon, he would have to force himself to get water.

Fortunately, just as Xiao Yan was about to lose patience, the group of snake women finally set off, seemingly only resting here briefly.

No sooner had they left than Xiao Yan arrived at the oasis. Without a word, he took a big gulp of water and then began to chug down his water bottle.

After a short while, Xiao Yan felt a slight dizziness.

From the oasis, a beautiful snake-woman with her upper body naked suddenly emerged, looking at Xiao Yan with a seductive expression: "How is it? My bathwater tastes good, doesn't it?"