Battle Through the Heavens: The Alchemist Starting from the Ye Family

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Chapter 118 The Dispute in the Temple

"Master Ye, you have finally arrived. Her Majesty the Queen has been waiting in the temple for a long time. Please follow me."

Although she had already belittled Ye Chen to the dust in her heart, Yue Mei still maintained her smiling and charming demeanor on the surface.

Is it true that women are all born actresses...?

"Thank you for leading the way, Chief Yue Mei." Ye Chen smiled politely and followed behind her, heading towards the Holy City of the Snake People once again.

As the blazing sun was about to reach the foot of the sand dunes, Ye Chen and his companions once again saw the magnificent city nestled in the yellow sand.

The Little Fairy Doctor and her daughter, Qinglin, were both quite shocked as they arrived here for the first time. They never imagined that such a huge city could exist in the heart of such a dangerous desert...

Upon arriving at the temple, one finds that all eight leaders of the Serpent People had returned to their respective tribes. However, four more terrifying Serpent People elders have appeared in the main hall of the temple!

"Four nine-star Dou Huangs? When did the Snake-People race become so powerful?" Ye Chen couldn't help but be surprised, and he began to carefully recall the information about the Snake-People race in the original Doupo novel.

Unfortunately, although he had read the original novel more than once, he could only remember the general plot and some important characters and events. He certainly couldn't remember the extras who only appeared once.

Although the four elders of the Snake-People tribe held a prestigious position within the tribe, even above the leaders of the eight major tribes, they were merely minor characters without even a name in the original story, so it's not surprising that Ye Chen didn't remember them.

"Your Majesty, are you ready?" Ye Chen didn't waste any words and looked directly at the incomparably beautiful woman on the throne.

Queen Medusa glanced at Ye Chen and the others with her beautiful eyes, before finally settling on Ye Chen again, a fleeting glint of light disappearing in an instant.

"Hehe, Master Ye, rest assured. I have said I would never go back on my word, so you can rest assured." After a slight pause, Queen Medusa smiled brightly and continued, "Speaking of which, I must congratulate Master Ye on breaking through to the Dou Huang realm in less than a month. Your talent is truly astonishing!"

Although the bottleneck between Dou Wang and Dou Huang is not as terrifying as that between Dou Huang and Dou Zong, breaking through it is not easy either.

Ye Chen was able to break through and even stabilize his realm in such a short time, it seems he must have used the help of elixirs...

It must be said that even a queen like Queen Medusa felt a sense of envy towards those high-level alchemists.

Those cultivation bottlenecks that trouble everyone else are nothing more than a small matter that can be solved with a single pill for them. This is truly outrageous!

"Your Majesty flatters me; it was merely a fluke." Ye Chen smiled faintly, but his eyes remained fixed on her, quietly awaiting Queen Medusa's reply.

After a moment's hesitation, Queen Medusa finally gave up on further arguing and said softly, "How about this? It's getting late. Why don't you all rest at the temple for the night, and then continue your journey together tomorrow?"

Ye Chen did not object to this and nodded directly, saying, "Alright, then I'll take my leave."

Led by Hua She'er, the captain of the temple guards, Ye Chen and his group left the temple.

However, after they left, the atmosphere inside the temple suddenly became oppressive...

"Your Majesty, why didn't you refuse him just now? Did you really intend to go with that...?"

Ye Chen left, and then he's supposed to protect the Ye family for ten years?

The elder, who had a rather volatile temper, spoke directly, questioning Queen Medusa...

Her attitude immediately changed Queen Medusa's expression. However, remembering her decision, Queen Medusa suppressed her anger and said coldly, "When have I ever broken a promise?!"

"But what about the tribe? Are you just going to abandon the people you are supposed to protect? Don't forget your responsibilities as queen!" The elder, oblivious to the queen's expression, continued to roar.

After she finished speaking, the atmosphere in the entire hall became even more oppressive, and an invisible sense of killing intent began to spread, causing the three people beside her, who had remained silent until now, to tremble in their hearts...

They suddenly realized that they seemed to have returned to decades ago, to the time when the queen had just ascended the throne...

The Grand Elder at the time also argued with Her Majesty the Queen in a similar way, and then...

And that was the end of it. From that day on, the five elders of the snake people became four elders, and the eldest elder was replaced.

Is the situation of that year about to repeat itself?

At this moment, the Second Elder's heart was filled with fear...

We must never let things escalate to that irreversible point again!

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger!"

At the last moment, it was the more gentle Second Elder who stepped forward and broke the oppressive atmosphere.

Queen Medusa's icy gaze shifted to her, then she snorted coldly and sat back down on her throne, ignoring the four old stubborns.

This scene finally relieved the Second Elder, who then quickly pulled the First Elder, who was still glaring angrily like a fighting cock, over.

"Elder, I think Her Majesty's decision is not a bad choice..." The Second Elder's mind raced, and he slowly explained.

"After Her Majesty's successful evolution, she now possesses endless possibilities, but growth comes at a price. Although our Snake-People race has some foundation, we are still far behind the Human race, and we lack advanced alchemists, which is our Snake-People race's biggest weakness..."

After each Medusa Queen successfully broke through to the Dou Zong realm, she would choose to leave her clan and head to the Central Continent in order to grow stronger quickly. Only by increasing her strength could she be qualified to lead her people to a better future…

Hearing the Second Elder's words, the First Elder's originally resolute attitude gradually softened, especially after hearing about the experiences of the Medusa Queens who went to Zhongzhou, which made her expression turn ugly.

Unfortunately, Medusa Queens are naturally alluring, especially after their evolution. Coupled with their characteristic of remaining devoted to a man once they truly accept him, all Medusa Queens become the objects of pursuit for men. Inevitably, this leads to encountering some disgusting tactics, and some even lose their lives as a result...

All of this brings them endless danger.

"If the Queen could have a powerful backer, her journey in Zhongzhou would be much smoother. Besides, the other party is a powerful alchemist family, which would bring even more benefits!" The Second Elder patiently analyzed the situation.

"It's only ten years. Although we four old women are old, we can still protect the tribe for ten years. By then, when the Queen returns, she might be able to lead the tribe out of this dangerous desert. Isn't that what our snake-people tribe has longed for for thousands of years?"

Chapter 119 Black Storm

Queen Medusa eventually left with Ye Chen and the others.

Although the Gama Empire was not a powerful country in the Northwest Continent, its territory was very vast. In addition, although the Giant Winged Eagle was good at flying, its flight speed was only average. Therefore, it took more than ten days to leave the territory of the Gama Empire.

Once outside the Gama Empire, the landscape becomes monotonous, consisting only of towering mountains and dense forests, with absolutely no human presence.

This type of terrain is the dominant feature of the entire continent, while human habitation covers only about a quarter of it...

After more than ten days of flying after leaving the Gama Empire, the monotonous, endless mountains below suddenly became more sparse.

Ye Chen's gaze swept into the distance, and he saw that at the end of his line of sight, a pitch-black plain, like a black line, completely separated the outside world from the inside world.

"This must be the Black Plains..." Queen Medusa said softly as she stood side by side with Ye Chen.

Ye Chen glanced at her perfect profile and asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, have you not visited the Black Corner Region all these years?"

Although the Black Corner Region is some distance from the Gama Empire, it shouldn't be a problem for a Dou Huang powerhouse.

Queen Medusa shook her head and said, "No, I rarely left the Tagor Desert in the past."

There was no other way; before they evolved into human form, the characteristics of the snake-people were far too obvious. The only possibility for them to go to the Black Corner Region was to be captured by those powerful forces and sold into slavery like ordinary snake-people women…

"besides……"

Turning her head slightly, Queen Medusa looked into Ye Chen's eyes and said in a deep voice, "From now on, young master, you should stop calling me Queen. I am now just a retainer of the Ye family. You can call me Cai Die..."

"Colorful Butterfly?" Ye Chen glanced at the alluring woman beside him with a strange look, feeling quite puzzled.

You call yourself a snake-woman queen, and you call yourself Butterfly? Aren't you a snake? Just like the White Snake is a white snake, you should be called Rainbow Snake...

"Is this Her Majesty the Queen's real name?" Ye Chen asked curiously.

In the original novel, Queen Medusa was named "Cai Lin," but that was a name given to her by Xiao Yan, and it's definitely impossible for her to appear now.

Upon hearing this, Queen Medusa's expression flashed with pain for a fleeting moment before she said indifferently, "None of the Medusa Queens had names! This 'Butterfly' is the name of an old friend..."

This scene did not escape Ye Chen's eyes, which immediately aroused his suspicions...

"What's going on? Could it be that even original storylines from the anime from my previous life have been incorporated into this world?"

If Ye Chen remembered correctly, the side stories of the Battle Through the Heavens anime in his previous life did indeed create some original plots about the grudges between Hai Bodong and Queen Medusa. Among them, there was also an original sister of Queen Medusa, whose name seemed to be "Die".

As he pondered this, Ye Chen couldn't help but chuckle self-deprecatingly. He was really overthinking things...

Who cares if those events actually happened? It all happened many years ago, so what does it have to do with him now?

Thinking so much is just asking for trouble, so Ye Chen decided to stop thinking about it.

After entering the Black Domain Plains, the group had a preliminary glimpse of...

Just how chaotic has the Black Corner Region become...?

However, after flying only a few dozen miles, Ye Chen and his group witnessed several fierce battles. Although they were just fighting between a group of Battle Masters and Great Battle Masters, the level of bloodshed was far beyond what the mercenaries of the Gama Empire could do. This made Alita, who prided herself on having fought among mercenaries since childhood, turn pale.

"Why are these people so bloodthirsty?" The kind-hearted Little Fairy Doctor couldn't bear to see this, and her heart was filled with doubt.

It's like those highway robbers who, having already gotten what they wanted, still want to kill everyone.

This is completely different from empires that possess order.

Ye Chen pulled the little girl aside, making her look away from the bloody battlefield below, and then said softly, "In this chaotic world, killing needs no reason."

This is the essence of the Black Corner Domain, and the root of its chaos.

Ye Chen had no intention of wasting time in such a place. When they came across a small town on the plain, Ye Chen immediately asked Hu Tianxia to get a map of the Black Corner Region, and then they began to head towards Maple City.

"Young master, when I was buying the map, I heard someone say that a huge black storm will appear on the Black Domain Plain. People caught in the storm will not be able to distinguish directions. If you encounter it, be careful." Hu Tian told Ye Chen the information he had found out.

Ye Chen was naturally aware of this as well.

However, this storm was not very dangerous. If it weren't for the presence of Little Fairy Doctor and her daughter Qinglin, the three of them alone would have been able to easily pass through it.

Whether it was because the black storm was occurring too frequently or because they were just unlucky, not long after Hu Tian gave the warning, Ye Chen and the others spotted the rolling black clouds in the distance...

"Tsk, this really came out of nowhere..."

Ye Chen shook his head slightly, then stepped on the giant eagle beneath his feet, causing it to land on the ground.

Looking at the three girls, Little Fairy Doctor and Fairy Doctor, whose expressions were somewhat solemn, Ye Chen chuckled and comforted them, "Don't worry, it's just a small storm, it will pass in a while."

After saying that, Ye Chen had the giant eagle squat there with its back to the wind, spreading its wings to create a good haven for everyone.

Just as everything was prepared, everyone noticed that the already dim sky suddenly plunged into complete darkness without any warning...

Soon after, a howling gale suddenly swept down from the sky.

A black gale swept down from the dark sky, like a demon with its jaws wide open, devouring everything in its path.

The giant eagle's iron-blade-like feathers were ruffled by the wind, but its massive body remained motionless, like a stubborn rock in a hurricane.

As for Ye Chen and the others, who were under the wings of the giant eagle, apart from the whistling wind in their ears and the grass and trees being swept up outside, they did not feel the blade-like gale at all.

The black storm came and went quickly; in just a quarter of an hour, the howling wind had already disappeared.

Ye Chen and the others emerged unharmed from beneath the giant eagle, while the giant eagle, having endured the storm, struggled to preen its feathers.

"Alright, the storm has passed, let's continue." Ye Chen said to everyone with a smile, and then immediately called out, preparing to invite everyone to board the giant eagle.

Chapter 120 The Three Yao Brothers

Just as Ye Chen and the others were about to set off, the sounds of metal clashing together, accompanied by angry shouts from humans, came from not far away.

Those who discovered this were speechless; hadn't the Black Corner Region gone too far into chaos?

The black storm has just passed, and people are already fighting. Aren't you afraid of being blown away by the wind?

If he were in the air, Ye Chen wouldn't care about all this nonsense, but judging from the situation now, it seems the battle is not far away, and the sounds are coming towards him.

Sure enough, when Ye Chen and the others looked in the direction of the battle, they saw a group of more than ten people chasing after three men who were rapidly approaching.

However, to Ye Chen's surprise, the two sides in this battle were not the same as before, such as Dou Shi or Da Dou Shi. The three people being chased in front of him were actually three peak Dou Ling level experts, and the ones chasing them from behind were also Dou Ling level!

"Huh? The scale of this battle has obviously increased." Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh.

Whether they are Dou Ling or Dou Wang, they are all trash that can be easily destroyed in front of this team with two Dou Zong level experts.

I just hope these people will be more sensible...

At this moment, both sides in the battle also noticed Ye Chen and his group, especially the giant eagle's enormous body, which made it impossible for them not to see it.

"Someone's here?" The middle-aged man, clearly the leader of the pursuers, immediately stopped what he was doing, and then looked at Ye Chen and the others with a pair of murderous eyes.

However, after seeing the composition of Ye Chen's group, they were immediately surprised.

"What's going on? Someone brought their whole family to the Black Corner Region?"

There was no way around it; Ye Chen and his group were just too much like a family...

However, when these people saw the cold and beautiful Medusa Queen, everyone's eyes widened in astonishment.

"Boss, look!" A lewd-looking man next to him, drooling, couldn't help but say to the leader of the pursuers, "Look at that woman, she's so beautiful! And those two kids aren't bad either. If we can snatch them back, we might be able to sell them for a good price!"

These words caused all the pursuers to look at the three women beside Ye Chen, their eyes revealing greed.

Alita, the "ordinary"-looking woman, was ignored by these guys, which made Alita, who had heard everything they said, extremely unhappy.

Seeing that the pursuers' gazes were drawn to a group of people who had suddenly appeared, the three being hunted had an idea and their minds began to work.