Medusa, I'm Coming (Third Update, Please Bookmark)

"Don't go. I'm not asking for much, just give me something, at least."

Watching the figure vanish from the horizon in no time, Chen Mo sighed.

"Ah, so stingy."

As he descended from the sky, the trial card's time had just run out.

The Desert Iron Mercenary Group members who had not been ransomed by Ling Ying were all being held by Shaluo and his men.

"Old man, don't touch me!" A voluptuous woman snapped, struggling to break free from Shaluo's grasp.

"Your captain abandoned you, so what are you struggling for? Why not just follow me?" Shaluo stroked Xuelan's face, pinching her fair, tender cheek as he clicked his tongue. "You're already in your thirties, yet your skin is still like a young girl's."

"Have you forgotten how Moxing died? You really have no memory at all." Chen Mo and Nalan Yanran walked over.

Shaluo shuddered and hurriedly released Xuelan. "Pavilion Master."

"Pavilion Master," the Lingyan Pavilion members beside him called in unison.

Freed from her restraints, Xuelan looked fearfully at the young man before her. He did not appear to be more than twenty, yet he could wield strength comparable to a Dou Emperor.

To him, people like them were no more than ants.

How would he treat her?

Having realized that her life was no longer in her own hands, Xuelan's heart was filled with despair.

When the other Desert Iron Mercenary Group members saw Chen Mo approach, they all lowered their heads in fear, not daring to resist in the slightest.

Chen Mo paid no attention to Xuelan.

The sole reason he had come over was the petite girl standing among the crowd, dressed in light green, elegant clothes and wearing a pitiful, aggrieved expression.

Chen Mo walked toward the girl.

The girl clearly looked frightened when she saw him approaching.

"You don't need to be afraid. I won't hurt you." As he spoke, he rolled up the sleeve on her left arm.

Qing Lin: (°ー°〃)

Nalan Yanran: (д)

Everyone: shocked.jpg

Shaluo: "Could it be that the Pavilion Master likes this sort?"

Yet in the next moment, they were all stunned.

A few scales had actually grown on the girl's snow-white wrist.

"A snake person," Shaluo said in surprise.

Nalan Yanran was equally shocked, and her gaze instinctively drifted toward the girl's legs.

Seeing everyone looking at her as though she were a monster, the girl's face, already somewhat pale because of Xiao Yan, turned even whiter. She hurriedly pulled down her sleeve and cautiously retreated two steps, her body trembling without end.

"What is your name?" Chen Mo crouched down and asked kindly.

The girl instinctively feared the man who had driven away Young Master Xiao Yan. With a hint of tears in her voice, she said, "Q-Qing Lin."

So it really is Qing Lin. Chen Mo rose to his feet, rubbed Qing Lin's head, and smiled. "Don't be afraid. From today onward, you are a member of Lingyan Pavilion."

After taking Qing Lin into Lingyan Pavilion on his own authority, Chen Mo turned halfway around to face the remaining Desert Iron Mercenary Group members. "Your captain ran away and abandoned you, but Lingyan Pavilion upholds the principle of mutual aid. We are willing to take you in."

"From now on, those willing to join Lingyan Pavilion may register with Pavilion Master Sha on the left. Anyone who joins Lingyan Pavilion will receive one Grade 2 Pill. As for those unwilling, you may leave now."

After all, they had just fought with his people. Chen Mo could not possibly reward them with Grade 3 Pills so soon.

"What are you standing around for? Lingyan Pavilion has countless experts, and there are more Dou Wang experts than can be counted. The Overall Pavilion Master is even a Dou Emperor. It is your honor that the Overall Pavilion Master is willing to accept you. Hurry up and register!"

Seeing no reaction, Shaluo quickly bellowed.

Chen Mo glanced at him. He had not expected Shaluo to possess such a talent.

Sixteen members of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group had survived. Thirteen chose to join Lingyan Pavilion, including Xuelan, while the other three chose to leave.

Chen Mo and the others did not stop them.

Seeing that everything out in the open had been settled, Nalan Yanran looked at him with flickering eyes, as though demanding that Chen Mo explain what had just happened.

How was Chen Mo supposed to explain that?

Was he supposed to come clean and tell her, I, Chen Mo, am a transmigrator, and I've got a fucking cheat?

So Chen Mo's explanation was no explanation at all.

Instead, he had her lead Lingyan Pavilion in absorbing all the mercenary groups, large and small, in Desert City.

First the soft approach, then the hard one.

As for Chen Mo himself, he rode a Green Beak Eagle toward the Snake People Tribe without stopping.

In a dense forest somewhere in the eastern part of the empire.

"His spine has been severed. Even with careful treatment, it will take a long time to heal. During that time, he cannot fight again." After applying medicine to Xiao Ding, Ling Ying looked at Xiao Yan, who had nearly lost his fighting spirit, and snorted. "Brat, I truly don't know what Miss sees in you."

Xiao Yan lay half-prone on the grass, both hands clawing into the ground as he sank into deep self-reproach. He had even torn up large chunks of turf.

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't underestimated him and assumed he was only a Da Dou Shi, none of this would have happened, and Eldest Brother wouldn't have been hurt."

Xiao Li did not know how to comfort him, so he could only ask Ling Ying, "May I ask how this old sir should be addressed?"

"There is no need. I am merely following orders." Ling Ying was deeply disappointed in Xiao Yan, and he did not tell Xiao Li his name either.

After confirming there was no danger nearby, he concealed himself in the void once more.

At that moment, Elder Ya spoke.

"This defeat is not entirely a bad thing for you. At the very least, it has shown you that there are always stronger people out there and higher skies beyond the sky. It has taught you that you cannot act so rashly in the future." Elder Ya sighed. "There are some forces that even I cannot afford to provoke."

Xiao Yan was still unwilling to accept it. "Then what do we do? Just leave like this?"

"Ah, go to the Black Corner Region. Perhaps it will be a new trial for you."

As Xiao Yan and the others prepared to leave, an aged voice came from the void. "If you know what is good for you, do not provoke that boy again. You are not his opponent yet."

The night was hazy.

Within the Snake People Tribe, negotiations had failed, and battle erupted.

Mo Bas stood atop the city walls, raising his weapon as he roared, "Kill these humans!"

At an oasis some distance from the central city in the desert, Chen Mo tied the Green Beak Eagle up in a secluded spot.

Hearing the commotion in the distance, Chen Mo frowned slightly.

Shouldn't it have been daytime?

Why had they started fighting at night?

He activated the Aura Concealment Technique, stepped on Flowing Brush, Swimming Dragon, and sped toward the central city.

Upon reaching the central city, Chen Mo took out a black robe from his Storage Ring while the city walls were in chaos.

Covered from head to toe in the black robe, Chen Mo slipped inside amid the disorder.

At the very moment he sneaked in—

The system began chiming nonstop.

They were all notifications telling Chen Mo to Plunder something.

Chen Mo ignored them all and, following the descriptions in the novel, sped toward the eastern part of the city.

He slipped into an enormous temple, passed through dark corridors, and avoided the patrolling guards. Soon, a small lake appeared before Chen Mo's eyes.

There was a small island in the lake, particularly eye-catching.

"Medusa, I'm coming." Chen Mo stuffed more than ten pills that neutralized snake venom into his mouth in one go. Thunder Fire wrapped around his body as he plunged headfirst into the lake.

Following a reader's suggestion, the fifth-tier Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake has been changed to fourth-tier, with a reward of 4,600 Fortune Points.

Also, I've seen everyone's tips and recommendation votes. I'll post a separate chapter to thank you all another day!

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