Heavenly Snake Manor

Chapter 23

With a transmigrator like Xiao Lin disrupting things, the original plot had naturally changed completely.

Take Qing Lin, for example. She should have still been at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where the Green Clothed Woman would have discovered and taken her away.

Yet because of Xiao Lin's interference, everything had changed, causing the Green Clothed Woman to appear in Wutan City.

Still, that was only reasonable. A butterfly flapped its wings, and the entire world was bound to change.

It was worth mentioning that although Xiao Yan's first meeting with Qing Lin had changed, after nearly a year of living together, he had accepted this strange Young Girl whom the old man had brought home.

So when the Green Clothed Woman made her move, Xiao Yan immediately had Yao Lao act.

Powerful strength coursed through Xiao Yan's entire body, his aura swelling continuously as Bone Spirit Cold Flame flowed over him. Yao Lao had taken over!

High in the sky, three figures appeared: Xiao Lin in a green robe, Xiao Yan wreathed in Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Hai Bodong in blue robes.

Before them stood the green-robed Woman who had taken Qing Lin.

Although the green veil over her cheeks concealed her appearance, the exquisite curves beneath her green clothes made it clear that her looks were unlikely to be poor.

At that moment, the mysterious Green Clothed Woman lightly flicked Qing Lin's forehead with her slender finger. Qing Lin, who had been struggling in her arms, immediately fainted.

"Hehe, little one, don't worry. I couldn't bear to hurt you."

Gently stroking Qing Lin's little face, the Green Clothed Woman smiled softly and held her lightly in her left arm. Only then did she raise her head, gaze at the three Dou Emperors before her, and say with a smile,

"I heard that the Misty Cloud Sect is the number one sect in the Jia Ma Empire. But now that I see it, it is far inferior to the Xiao Family of Wutan City. Three Dou Emperors in one family—tch, tch..."

Even while surrounded by three Dou Emperors, the Green Clothed Woman seemed to feel no pressure at all, merely smiling faintly.

"Who are you? Why did you take Qing Lin?" Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes at the Green Clothed Woman's actions and shouted coldly.

"So this little one is called Qing Lin? Hehe, not bad."

The Green Clothed Woman smiled. Carefully lifting Qing Lin's lowered eyelid with a slender finger, she stared intently at the three faint black dots surrounding her pupil. Only then did she nod in satisfaction and murmur softly,

"So it really is the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. It seems White Fang's senses were not wrong."

Boom!

A rumble suddenly sounded from the distant Monster Beast Mountain Range. Immediately afterward, an enormous beast nearly thirty meters long shot into the sky and flew toward them, its massive shadow covering a broad stretch of ground.

The beast had an extremely long body and looked somewhat like a snake-type Magical Beast.

Its flight speed was so fast that it was shocking. With a flick and sway of its enormous tail, it seemed to teleport. After several flashes, it had arrived not far from the Green Clothed Woman.

The giant snake was colossal, entirely black, with colorful patterns running across its dark body, giving it a rather strange appearance.

On either side of its body grew eight black wings tinged with purple. A black, spiraled horn also protruded from its head, faint purple light glittering at its tip. It was clearly highly poisonous.

Faint colorful patterns around its head vaguely outlined the shape of a crown. Its triangular pupils were not dull; instead, they were filled with a human-like cunning and intelligence.

"The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor!"

Hai Bodong drew in a sharp breath and exclaimed in shock.

"The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor is a uniquely gifted exotic beast, the evolved form of the third-rank Magical Beast, the Two-Winged Black Snake. Starting from the third rank, it gains an additional pair of wings for every rank it advances. Once it reaches eight wings, it becomes the infamous Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor of the Dou Qi Continent!"

Yao Lao clearly knew more and explained as such.

"Go to the Monster Beast Mountain Range. If we fight here, all of Wutan City will be destroyed."

Under the pressure and guidance of Xiao Lin's group, the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and the Green Clothed Woman moved above the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

"I do not wish to slaughter innocents either. I only want to take this little girl away."

The Green Clothed Woman cooperated with Xiao Lin's group. After arriving above the Monster Beast Mountain Range, she finally said this.

"What a joke. You come when you please and leave when you please. What do you take our Xiao Family for?" Xiao Lin gave a cold laugh, a green light hidden within his eyes, and directly revealed the Green Clothed Woman's identity.

"So what if you come from the Heavenly Snake Manor of the Heavenly Snake Empire?"

"Heavenly Snake Manor... That will not be easy to deal with..."

Yao Lao's voice carried a trace of helplessness. Heavenly Snake Manor was a first-rate force, one capable of standing alongside the powerful factions of Middle Continent.

"Lü Man, how did you expose our identity?" The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor looked at the green-robed Woman and asked with some surprise.

The green-robed Woman rolled her eyes at him, then looked toward Xiao Lin.

"Since you have recognized our identities, do you still intend to stop us? I can guarantee that we will not do anything harmful to this little girl."

Xiao Lin's gaze was deep. He knew that Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils were the bane of all snake-type Magical Beasts. Aside from the extremely few snake-type Magical Beasts with pure ancient bloodlines, such as Queen Medusa's Seven-Colored Heavenly Python, all others were in great danger before the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Precisely because of this, Qing Lin was something the Heavenly Snake Manor had to obtain. They would never allow the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to slip beyond their control.

"Let Qing Lin make her own choice. Do not think that merely because you come from the Heavenly Snake Manor, you can act so arrogantly and recklessly at my Xiao Family."

Xiao Lin knew that going to the Heavenly Snake Manor was Qing Lin's best option, but he would not silently allow others to take her away. Would that not be trampling on the Xiao Family's dignity?

He extended his hand and curled his five fingers slightly. In an instant, the Dou Qi between heaven and earth gathered toward his palm. Wild winds rose, and even the sky seemed to turn green.

"One Five-Star Dou Huang and one Four-Star Dou Huang, and you dare act arrogantly before me?"

As soon as he spoke, an incomparably powerful aura erupted from Xiao Lin's body. Under that aura, the bodies of Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor seemed to tremble.

"How is this possible?! Who exactly is he?!"

The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor widened his snake eyes. Even as a Magical Beast known for its physical body, he felt countless tiny Wind Blades slicing through his flesh. Yet he knew this was merely the other party's aura. Xiao Lin had not even truly attacked him!

Lü Man's face turned pale, and the calm control she had displayed at the beginning was finally gone. Her beautiful eyes were filled with deep shock and vigilance.

"Have you thought this through? We are from the Heavenly Snake Manor!" Although Lü Man and her companion felt that they had made a mistake, they still stubbornly resisted.

"Do you think the Heavenly Snake Manor would be able to trace it here if I killed you?"

Xiao Lin lightly clenched his hand. Rays of green light gathered throughout the heavens and earth, transforming into brilliant, crystalline longswords.

Thousands of longswords—tens of thousands of longswords—pointed at them. The cold sword aura leaking from them alone made their expressions change drastically.