This had originally been a scene where Xiao Yan showed off. As a Da Dou Shi, he had run wild in the Misty Cloud Sect, yet Yun Shan had been completely helpless against him.
But things were different now. With the changes brought about by Ye Qianqian, the great trickster, the Misty Cloud Sect had long since undergone a complete transformation.
Medusa saw all of this and gained a new understanding of Xiao Yan's stupidity.
The Misty Cloud Sect had never taken Xiao Yan seriously in the first place. One Dou Zong had left, and another had arrived. They had allowed Xiao Yan to cause trouble time and again, yet this fellow still had no idea when to stop. He had even tried to kill Yun Leng.
If the Misty Cloud Sect had truly wanted to keep Xiao Yan there, any one of its three Dou Zongs could have done it.
Seeing Xiao Yan fall from the sky, Medusa flew up and caught the unconscious Xiao Yan in her arms, thereby saving his life.
"Who are you? Let go of Xiao Yan!"
When Xiao Yi Xian saw Medusa holding Xiao Yan, she feared that the other woman was some great villain and immediately blocked Medusa's path.
The snake pupils deep in Medusa's eyes shifted slightly. She ignored Xiao Yi Xian's words and intended to leave the Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Yan.
The Misty Cloud Sect's foundation was beyond imagination now. With her current strength, it was better not to provoke them, or she would only create a great deal of trouble.
"Stop! You're not allowed to leave!"
Medusa naturally refused to stop. Xiao Yi Xian extended her right hand, and the power of the Gas-Gas Fruit surged forth, condensing into a pink lasso that directly bound Medusa's body.
After gaining control over her Calamity Poison Body, her strength had shot directly from the four-star Dou Emperor realm to the two-star Dou Zong realm. Her combat power was on par with Medusa's immediately after her evolution.
Medusa was secretly startled. She had never seen such a strange Dou Technique before. After being bound by the gas lasso, she felt a deadly poison corroding her flesh, forcing her to hurriedly circulate her Dou Qi and break free.
"This gas might be useful against others, but it has no effect on me whatsoever." Medusa tossed Xiao Yan aside and sneered arrogantly.
"Is that so?" Xiao Yi Xian was a proud girl as well. Seeing the mockery in Medusa's eyes, she was immediately enraged.
This time, she held nothing back. She released another black poisonous dragon, which surged toward Medusa amid billowing black smoke.
"That's the Calamity Poison Body?" Medusa was somewhat shaken. The Calamity Poison Body was extraordinary. She had heard about it from the elders of her clan ever since she was young. Its powerful poison was in no way inferior to that of the Snake People Clan.
Medusa did not dare to be careless. She opened her vermilion lips and spat out a miniature golden snake sword. It rapidly spun and expanded in midair before slashing fiercely at the poisonous mist dragon.
"Boom!"
In an instant, a massive red Dou Qi python surged forth and collided with the black poisonous dragon. The clouds roiled across the sky, and the earth shook violently.
Both of them were forced back repeatedly by the energy. Neither had gained the slightest advantage.
"I underestimated you." Through their battle just now, Medusa had gained a new understanding of Xiao Yi Xian. This woman before her was truly formidable. If she had not successfully evolved into the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, she might genuinely have been no match for her.
But Medusa was incredibly proud. Although she was wary of Xiao Yi Xian's poison deep down, she would never show it. Instead, she sneered. "If those are the only tricks you have, you won't be able to keep me here."
"Then try this."
Before her voice had even faded, Xiao Yi Xian's eyes turned completely gray-white. She gave a low shout, and the poisonous air surging around her transformed into a massive grayish-purple hand that slammed down at Medusa.
"Poison-Eroding Devil Hand!"
Black energy coiled around the giant hand, and deadly poison roiled within it. It was a full thirty meters tall as it crashed down from above, blotting out the sky like a hand of Shrouding the Heavens.
Medusa refused to be outdone. Seven-colored light flowed across her entire body before transforming into a dazzling rainbow that connected with the heavens and shone alongside the sun. At last, the light poured into the golden snake sword. The sword writhed enchantingly as if it were alive, then struck back in a frenzy like a raging golden serpent.
Yun Shan and the others in the distance wore solemn expressions. Both women were Dou Zongs. If a great battle broke out here, innocent people would likely be caught up in it.
When Xiao Yan had caused trouble at the Misty Cloud Sect earlier, Yun Shan, Xie Biyan, and the others had originally intended to intervene. However, they had suddenly received a voice transmission from Ye Qianqian, so they had allowed Xiao Yan to continue his rampage. But things were different now. If they did not stop these two women, the Misty Cloud Sect itself would be destroyed.
"Stop!"
Ye Qianqian flew out of the main hall and pointed at the Dou Qi energy of the two women. The world-shattering sea of energy suddenly dispersed deep into space like a deflated ball.
"Ding!"
Congratulations, Host, you have obtained 5,000 Shock Points from Queen Medusa.
Congratulations, Host, you have obtained 1,000 Shock Points from Xiao Yi Xian.
"A Dou Zun!"
Medusa's snake pupils were filled with terror. The Misty Cloud Sect truly had a Dou Zun guarding it. This was going to be troublesome.
Although she was proud by nature, given her current condition, she had no way to escape from a Dou Zun. What was she supposed to do?
"You're the current Queen Medusa of the Snake People Clan, right?" Ye Qianqian landed on the ground and looked her up and down.
There was no denying that this Medusa had an incredible figure. Her height and proportions were all exceptional.
If Xiao Yi Xian was a pure, flawless, and elegant lily, then Medusa was a passionate, fiery, and enchanting thorny rose. The two women each had their own merits.
"Senior, this junior is indeed the current leader of the Snake People Clan, Queen Medusa."
Medusa was extremely curious about Ye Qianqian before her. This mysterious and unfathomable ancestor of the Misty Cloud Sect was actually a little girl of only five or six years old.
"Mm." Ye Qianqian put on the air of an expert while secretly pondering how she could trick Medusa into a daze.
Suddenly, she flicked a finger. A streak of light shot rapidly toward Medusa, startling her into hastily retreating. She thought Ye Qianqian was about to attack her, only to see a medicinal pill floating before her. She was immediately shocked.
"This is... a Spirit Merging Pill?"
Medusa's beautiful eyes widened. The medicinal pill before her was precisely the Spirit Merging Pill she needed!
Her soul and the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's soul were currently difficult to merge, so she had always been unable to fight at full strength. With a Spirit Merging Pill, she would certainly be able to fuse her soul with that of the Sky Swallowing Python. Only then would she truly become Queen Medusa.
"Such a precious gift makes this junior feel undeserving. If Senior has any instructions, this junior will not refuse under false pretenses!"
Medusa was no three-year-old child. The ancestor of the Misty Cloud Sect had given her an extremely precious pill for no reason. She obviously wanted her to do something.
Ye Qianqian shook her head and gestured for Medusa to put the pill away. Smiling brightly, she asked, "Have you eaten breakfast?"
"N-No..." Medusa was stunned.
"Perfect. I haven't eaten either. Have breakfast with me and Xiao Xian'er. We'll talk after we finish."
"Alright." Medusa nodded in astonishment and followed Ye Qianqian into the main hall. As for Xiao Yan, who was lying unconscious on the ground, he had long since been forgotten.
A sumptuous breakfast was brought out by several attendants. As the ancestor of the Misty Cloud Sect, Ye Qianqian enjoyed an exceptionally high standard of food.
Fragrant and mellow Green King Jadeite Tea, aromatic Blazing Wind-Chasing Chicken, mouthwatering Eight-Treasure Ice Fish, exquisite Devouring Wood Savage Bear Paws, and incredibly precious Lightning Greenbird Eggs were served on seven large plates and eight large bowls. Even Medusa, a queen, could not stop swallowing.
This meal was even more lavish than what she ate in the Snake People Clan!
"Eat!"
Once Ye Qianqian spoke, Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa did not hold back. They had fought for half a day and were utterly exhausted, while their hungry stomachs were rumbling loudly.
The instant they picked up their chopsticks, Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa began fighting again. Each held her chopsticks and battled over the dishes, their beautiful eyes nearly spitting fire. Only after Ye Qianqian shouted angrily did the two women finally calm down.
After eating and drinking their fill, Ye Qianqian brought Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian to the rear mountain of the Misty Cloud Sect. She looked at Medusa with deep emotion and gave her a benevolent smile.
"Do you know why I didn't attack you just now?"
"This junior does not know."
Medusa was equally puzzled.
She and Xiao Yi Xian had fought with earth-shaking force just now and had nearly destroyed the Misty Cloud Sect. Whoever it was would have refused to let her off.
Yet this ancestor of the Misty Cloud Sect had not only refrained from attacking her, but had even given her a precious Spirit Merging Pill. She simply could not understand it.
"That's because you are the descendant of an old friend of mine from a thousand years ago."
"What?" Medusa's beautiful face suddenly stiffened. She felt that the other woman's words were absurd. How could the Snake People Clan have any connection to the Misty Cloud Sect? Could this ancestor of the Misty Cloud Sect be deliberately trying to win her over and had therefore fabricated this lie?
Ye Qianqian paid no attention to Medusa's doubt and wariness and continued speaking to herself:
"A thousand years ago, I had a close friend named Zi Ling. The blood flowing through her veins was exactly the same as the blood flowing through yours. However, her race was not called the Snake People Clan. It was known as the Nuwa Descendants."
"Nuwa Descendants?" Medusa was puzzled once more. She had never even heard of those four words, and there was no record of them among the Snake People Clan either. She secretly thought that this ancestor of the Misty Cloud Sect was indeed lying.
"Let me first tell you what kind of existence Nuwa was!"
Ye Qianqian spoke vividly. "Nuwa was an existence from the ancient era of the Dou Qi Continent who surpassed even Dou Emperors. She was also the mother of all races on the Dou Qi Continent. Whether human or Magical Beast, all revered her immensely.
"The goddess Nuwa possessed a special ability: she could create humans from clay. In a single day, she transformed seventy times, imitating her own appearance with yellow clay to create humanity and establishing the institution of marriage, thereby blessing countless living beings.
"Later, because the ancient gods fought without end and shattered the firmament, the heavens collapsed and the earth split apart. Countless living beings died one after another. The Great Emperor Nuwa could not bear to see all beings suffer, so she exhausted her blood essence to condense tens of millions of nine-colored primordial stones and used them to mend the heavens. In the end, she died after exhausting her blood essence. After her death, she transformed into her true form, and that true form split into three kinds of serpents. One of them was the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python."
Medusa's heart was thrown into turmoil. The secret canon of the Snake People Clan contained records of the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python. It was the ultimate form that every generation of Queen Medusa had most desired to evolve into, and outsiders had no way of knowing about it. Could it be that the Snake People Clan truly was descended from the Great Emperor Nuwa?
Ye Qianqian continued, "Although Nuwa died, her descendants still remain. Most of them live in a half-human, half-snake form. My friend Zi Ling was the same back then. Unfortunately, the passage of time erodes certain bonds. The Nuwa Clan was once revered by the world, but now they have become the hated Snake People Clan."
"Mending the heavens with stones, creating humans from clay, establishing the laws and institutions of the world, and being worshiped as gods by all humans and Magical Beasts—these were the glories forged by my ancestors?"
Medusa was completely bewildered. Although she still maintained a skeptical attitude, after hearing about Nuwa's glorious deeds, she felt an indescribable sense of belonging deep within her heart.
That sense of belonging constantly guided her toward believing that she was a descendant of the Great Emperor Nuwa. Slowly, it transformed into a sense of pride.
They were the half-human, half-snake descendants of Nuwa, devoted to saving all living beings under heaven. To all life in existence, they were its mothers.
What a noble and glorious mission this was!
"Mm-hmm." Ye Qianqian hurriedly nodded and said with a smile, "That's right. You are a descendant of Nuwa, as well as a descendant of my old friend. You are even the mother of the Magical Beast and human races. Young lady, you must shoulder the responsibility of saving the world in the future. The future of the countless living beings on the Dou Qi Continent will depend on you to protect it!"
"Ding!"
Congratulations, Host, you have obtained 10,000 Shock Points from Queen Medusa.
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