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

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"Go! Hurry up!"

This was Hai Bodong's only thought...

Of course, out of a sense of duty, Hai Bodong informed Jia Xingtian and the Mittel family of the news, and then headed straight out of the empire without looking back.

Regardless of whether the other party will retaliate for the sake of the snake people, Hai Bodong will not choose to return to the Jia Ma Empire within the next twenty years...

When Ye Chen and his group arrived at the Snake-Man Temple, the leaders of the eight tribes were still arguing about the withdrawal of their respective tribes.

The sudden appearance of Ye Chen and his group startled them.

However, Yin Shi, being a wise man, breathed a slight sigh of relief when he saw the seriously injured Second Elder among the group.

After a brief exchange with the Snake-People, Ye Chen immediately instructed Yin Shi to summon all the powerful members of the Snake-People who could speak up.

Originally, he thought that he only needed to leave behind some pills to train some strong individuals for the Snake-People to enable them to protect themselves. However, the current scene made Ye Chen realize that he had underestimated the enmity between the Snake-People and the surrounding human empires...

Of course, grudges and such are actually minor matters, especially within the human empire.

After all, the Serpent People might harbor hatred towards humans due to their heritage and the persecution they suffered, but the surrounding empires might not necessarily feel the same way...

If you think about it, the Gama Empire has only been established for a hundred years, so how could it possibly have some kind of deep-seated hatred with the Snake People that has lasted for thousands of years?

Everything is driven by self-interest!

Solving the snake-people's predicament is easy; they just need a powerful figure capable of contending with the surrounding nations, like the former Queen Medusa...

Alternatively, it could be to enhance the overall strength of the Snake-People race and have more Dou Huang-level experts emerge from them, which would make others more cautious.

However, neither of these two methods is easy for the current Serpent People to implement, especially with a crisis looming. Trying to improve their strength at the last minute is not an option.

Force is unrealistic.

Unless Ye Chen is willing to stay and oversee the Snake-People tribe for a period of time, giving them the opportunity to improve their strength...

Unfortunately, the current snake-people are not worth Ye Chen wasting so much of his precious time on.

Furthermore, Ye Chen could help the Snake People relocate from this vast desert and find them a safer and more secluded place nearby. Although this would deprive them of the protection of the Tagor Desert, it would be enough for the Snake People to grow stronger.

Once their strength increases, it wouldn't be impossible for them to form their own snake-people empire...

However, this is a decision for the snake people to make themselves. Ye Chen can't force them to move, can he?

However, this method, which Ye Chen considered the best option for the Snake-People, was met with collective opposition from the four remaining elders of the Snake-People clan...

Seeing the four people in front of her whose strength had been severely reduced, and even the snake-man elder who had reacted the most violently was unlikely to live much longer, she remained resolute.

Finally, it was the gentle-natured Second Elder, who had been rescued by Ye Chen and the others, who revealed the reason for their opposition...

"Mr. Ye, it's not that we old women are ungrateful. It's just that this place holds thousands of years of our Snake-People's heritage, our Snake-People's altar, and even the birth and baptism of every Medusa must be completed here..."

"And these things, my Serpent People lost the method of building them a thousand years ago. So if we leave, the lineage of my Serpent People will truly be severed!"

I see……

Ye Chen frowned. In that case, the snake-people would have very few options left.

After a moment's hesitation, Ye Chen finally said, "Then how about this? I will leave a spatial barrier outside the Snake-People's Holy City as their last line of defense. As for what happens to you afterward, that's up to you..."

This can be seen as a way of preserving a way out for the snake people's lineage, out of respect for Queen Medusa.

These words brought joy to the four elders present, and even the First Elder, who had previously been hostile, repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Ye Chen...

This choice might cause the Serpent People to lose many members, but clearly these four elders who are about to be buried do not care.

For them, death and their people are not important; what matters most is preserving the snake people's heritage and keeping their lineage alive!

Of course, compared to them, the leaders of the eight tribes looked much uglier.

Because they not only need to preserve the heritage of the snake people, but more importantly, they also have their own people to protect...

Although the pursuers from the Gama Empire who were originally hot on their heels suddenly disappeared after the Yao brothers made their move, and even the powerful figures from the Gama Empire vanished without a trace, how would they feed so many people if all the tribes were gathered in the Snake-People's Holy City?

The harsh environment of the desert means that there are not many resources, so the pressure of population becomes the most severe test for the eight tribes!

Unfortunately, given the current situation, their objections are futile...

After the four elders at the head of the table approved of Ye Chen's idea, a strange glint flashed in the eyes of the eldest elder. Then she said to Ye Chen, "Mr. Ye, we have no way to repay your kindness to our snake-people. I have some secret techniques of the snake-people that may be of some help to you..."

---Aside---

I just got back from accompanying my child. She's been transferred to the city hospital and will have surgery in a few days, so updates won't be very consistent during this time, but I'll try my best to keep updating...

Chapter 293 Has she been accepted by her family?

When it comes to the secret techniques of the Snake People, Ye Chen immediately thought of Queen Medusa's bloodline advancement, a method unique to the Snake People.

Despite the current miserable state of the Snake People, who have been driven deep into the Tagor Desert and nearly wiped out...

However, the Snake People were once a race that could rival the Human Race for dominance on the continent.

Unfortunately, in the end, the human race won, while the snake-people were defeated. As a result, the human race ruled the continent, while the snake-people could only eke out a living.

In the entire world of the original "Battle Through the Heavens," only two snake-people tribes exist. One is the snake-people tribe in the present-day Tagor Desert, which has preserved its ethnic heritage for countless years, and even has a lineage of royalty like Queen Medusa that has survived to this day…

The other branch was only mentioned once, namely the snake-people tribes that sought refuge with the Nine Netherworld Python Clan.

Although the latter is undoubtedly stronger in terms of sheer power, Ye Chen has always believed that the true lineage of the Snake-People should still lie with Medusa's branch.

Such an ancient race, when it comes to secret arts, should give us some surprises, right?

Moreover, what this eccentric and conservative elder could produce must not be anything ordinary...

Ye Chen was indeed right about this. But he simply missed a step in the way.

That is, although the snake people have many secret techniques, most of these are suitable for their own race. For Ye Chen, a human powerhouse, even if those secret techniques are the best, they are probably just a mirage.

Moreover, how much of the good stuff left by their ancestors can the snake people have preserved in their current state?

"What this old woman wants to tell you, sir, is the most important secret method passed down through generations of my snake-people clan: the method for nourishing the Medusa baby!"

Sure enough, the old woman's words completely stunned Ye Chen...

The Medusa Baby's Nourishing Secrets? What's the use of telling me this?

However, Ye Chen quickly realized what was happening...

"Damn, does this old man think I've gotten their queen pregnant?"

This is truly a huge injustice...

Although Ye Chen did not deny that he had this idea in his mind, the key point was that it had not been implemented yet, so he would not take the blame for it!

"Elder, as I said before, Cai Die is in seclusion cultivating, not... well, you know. So you should keep this secret technique..." Ye Chen explained patiently, then decisively refused.

Unexpectedly, the elder suddenly became amiable, her hoarse voice laughing like an owl, but she herself didn't seem to realize it, and was laughing happily.

"Mr. Ye, it would be best to accept it. Even if you don't need it right now, you can always..."

after……

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow; this old guy was implying something.

So you've decided that if I, Ye, were to have any special thoughts about your queen?

Of course, in the end, Ye Chen still accepted the snake-people's secret technique...

According to the secret method recorded by the Grand Elder, the nourishment of Medusa infants can be divided into three grades: superior, middle, and inferior.

The babies nurtured using these three methods each possess different potential...

If an infant is nurtured using inferior secret methods, without a great stroke of luck in the future, they will be stuck at the Douhuang level and unable to advance any further.

That would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

If nurtured with a mid-level secret technique, its potential is enough to reach the Dou Zong level; as for a superior secret technique, it is even stronger...

"What does 'stronger' mean? Does it mean it can reach the Dou Zun level?" Ye Chen asked curiously.

The elder shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

"The conditions required for the secret method of nourishment are extremely demanding. When we used the intermediate secret method on the current queen, it took most of the snake people's resources to complete it. It took a high-level alchemist a long time to complete it."

As for superior secret techniques, I've only heard of them; their specific effects are rarely recorded even in the clan's records..."

At this point, all four old women looked disappointed and regretful.

However, if Queen Medusa, who was cultivated using a mid-level secret method, could awaken the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python bloodline after advancing her bloodline with the help of a strange fire, what about if she was cultivated using a high-level secret method?

This can be seen in the original novel, where Ye Chen and Queen Medusa's daughter, Xiao Xiao, was born with the Dou Zong realm because she coexisted with the Seven-Colored Devouring Python...

Leaving aside the bloodline sublimation brought about by Xiao Yan's postnatal training and advancement to Dou Di, this point alone is already terrifying enough!

"Lower-grade secret techniques only require some common, energy-rich elixirs. Intermediate-grade secret techniques, however, initially require a sixth-grade elixir called 'Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill' as the main ingredient..."

As for advanced secret techniques, they require a pill called "Heavenly Soul Blood Bone Pill," which is extremely difficult to refine!

This pill is a seventh-grade medicine, capable of maximizing the potential of the Medusa infant, leading to terrifying future achievements...

However, this kind of elixir is extremely difficult to refine, and because it possesses the power to seize the heavens, a calamity accompanies its completion. If one is not careful, the elixir is destroyed and the person dies—this is a very common occurrence. In all these years, my Serpent-People race has never produced a single person of Medusa bloodline nurtured by a superior secret method…”

At this point, the Grand Elder's gaze shifted to Ye Chen, and he said in a deep voice, "Mr. Ye comes from a noble family and is also a powerful alchemist. This mere seventh-grade pill should be no problem for him. If Mr. Ye and the Queen have a daughter in the future, she will surely receive the best nourishment..."

Ye Chen was speechless. Did this kind of thing even need to be said?

But why does it have to be a daughter? Can't we have a son?

But that doesn't seem right either. It seems that Queen Medusa's lineage could only produce daughters due to special circumstances, right...?

After concluding his discussion with the four elders about raising the Medusa baby, Ye Chen immediately began to generously distribute medicine.

Although most of them were said to be mid-grade pills of the fifth or sixth rank, this still left the snake-people speechless.

In truth, they had never seen such a wealthy alchemist before!

In addition to these, Ye Chen also took out twenty or thirty Rank 7 pills of various kinds and gave them all to the group of powerful members of the Snake-People Clan, striving to help them improve their strength in the shortest possible time.

Perhaps pleased by the sensible actions of the Grand Elder, he was quite happy to have spent all the pills he had saved, even though it had almost completely emptied Ye Chen's reserves...

Anyway, he doesn't need these things. Most of them were originally intended as snacks for Ziyan. Now that they've been given to the snake people, it'll just mean that Ziyan will have to go hungry for a while. It won't have any real impact.

Zi Yan: "...!!"

Okay, maybe the little girl would throw a tantrum if she found out...

Chapter 294 Preparing for the Return Trip

The Serpent People's Holy City, located in the heart of the desert, is vast and surrounded by towering mountains, making it no easy task to set up a complete spatial barrier.

However, with both Ye Chen and Little Fairy Doctor working together, the task was completed within three days.

Looking at the city that had already disappeared into the void from the sky, Ye Chen nodded slightly and said, "Although this is the first time I've done something like this, overall the results are quite good..."

Because Little Fairy Doctor mixed this barrier with Calamity Poison, anyone who tries to forcibly break it will likely be attacked by the terrifying poison, thus greatly improving the safety of this place.

"Thank you Mr. Ye!"

Seeing that the Serpent Clan's inheritance site was finally completely safe, the four elders were all excited and thanked Ye Chen.

Ye Chen simply smiled and didn't say anything more.

Although his intervention preserved most of the Serpent People's strength, their high-level combat power was severely depleted. The four elders, originally the pillars of strength and the last line of defense, had all miraculously survived, but their aging bodies had been overwhelmed by the battle; not only were their strength severely damaged, but they also only had a few years left to live…

Next, we'll see how long it takes for the leaders of the eight tribes to break through and become Battle Emperors, so they can once again secure a place for the Snake-People race to survive.

As for Ye Chen and the others, they chose to return home...

Black Corner

Even after the departure of the three Yao brothers, the Three Beasts Sect still attracted the covetous eyes of some desperate criminals.

After several probing attacks and surprise assaults, it was confirmed that the Three Beasts Sect was currently being led by only a three-star Dou Huang level expert. Instantly, three first-rate forces launched an attack on them.

When Ye Chen and the others returned to the Black Corner Region, they were met with a chaotic killing field engulfed in battle...

Frowning, Ye Chen had no intention of personally dealing with these trivial matters. He directly said to Hu Tian and the three Yao brothers, "Go and handle things. Meet us in the inner courtyard of Canaan Academy in three days, and then we will return to Zhongzhou!"

"Yes, son!"

"Yes, Master!" *3

After the four left, Ye Chen gently held the soft hand of the girl beside him and chuckled, "Alright, let's wait for them in the inner courtyard..."

Little Fairy Doctor smiled gently and nodded obediently.