Qing Lin: Sister Medusa~

Snake-Person City, Divine Temple.

Two figures descended from the sky; they were none other than Gu Shenge and Medusa. Having left Shimo City, they did not linger on the road and returned directly to Snake-Person City.

Upon landing, Gu Shenge took out the Serenitea Pot. A ripple of spatial energy emerged, and he released Qing Lin from within.

Looking at the somewhat bewildered, delicate little beauty, Gu Shenge habitually patted her head and said softly, "Qing Lin, we have arrived."

Qing Lin regained her senses and looked around at the surrounding architecture. A trace of confusion flashed in her jade-green eyes—where was this?

"Big Brother, where is this place?"

Gu Shenge replied, "This is the Divine Temple of Snake-Person City."

Hearing that she had been brought to the Snake-Person Divine Temple, a look of shock appeared on Qing Lin's youthful, pretty face. She looked at Gu Shenge; could Big Brother be a Snake-Person? But why didn't he have a snake tail?

Noticing Qing Lin's confusion, Gu Shenge pointed at Medusa to explain to her.

"This is Queen Medusa. I believe you have heard of her reputation."

"Queen Medusa!"

Qing Lin exclaimed, her cherry lips agape. She looked at Medusa in disbelief. She had not expected that the red-clad big sister who had remained silent the whole time was actually the legendary Queen Medusa. A trace of fear appeared in her eyes, and her petite body began to tremble slightly.

After all, a person's name is like the shadow of a tree; in the desert, the mere name of Queen Medusa was enough to make children cry and adults tremble with fear, let alone facing her in person.

Seeing the fear revealed by the little girl, Gu Shenge shook his head helplessly and hurriedly comforted her.

"Don't be afraid, Qing Lin. The descriptions of Medusa you've heard are actually exaggerated. In fact, Medusa isn't fierce at all; on the contrary, she is very gentle, just a little tsundere. If you don't believe me, call her Sister Medusa and see if she answers you."

Hearing Gu Shenge call her a tsundere, Medusa glared at him slightly. Since when am I a tsundere?!

Comforted by Gu Shenge, Qing Lin looked at Medusa with skepticism and tentatively called out, her voice low, soft, and crisp.

"Sister Medusa~"

This "sister" made Medusa pause slightly. A flash of reminiscence and a faint sense of melancholy appeared in her beautiful eyes. Coming back to herself, she looked at Qing Lin, her gaze gradually softening, and she nodded slightly.

"Mm~"

This caused a joyful smile to bloom on Qing Lin's small face, and her eyes were no longer as fearful. It seemed Queen Medusa was not as terrifying as the adults said.

"Then what about you, Big Brother?" Qing Lin asked Gu Shenge curiously. Since the big sister was Queen Medusa, what about him?

Hearing this, Gu Shenge pointed at Medusa, then at himself, and said with a smile.

"I am your Sister Medusa's husband. However, Big Brother is not a Snake-Person, but a human. If Big Brother and Sister Medusa have children in the future, they will be half-human, half-snake hybrids like you."

After listening, Qing Lin gradually understood and nodded to show she understood.

Gu Shenge said, "Qing Lin, from now on you will live in the Divine Temple with Big Brother. When you have achieved success in your cultivation, you can go to Shimo City to see Xiao Ding and the others if you wish."

"Thank you, Big Brother. Qing Lin understands."

As long as she achieved success in her cultivation, she could go back to see the Captain and Sister Xuelan. She would definitely work hard, Qing Lin encouraged herself in her heart.

At this moment, Medusa's red lips parted slightly, her voice cold and arrogant: "Since you have already obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame, I am preparing to enter seclusion. I have entrusted the affairs of the Snake-People Tribe to the Four Great Elders. If there is anything, you can ask the elders for help."

Medusa could not wait to fuse with the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python Origin Points and did not want to delay any longer.

"Mm, I understand." Gu Shenge nodded and watched Medusa leave.

Afterward, he summoned Yue Mei and, pointing at her, said to Qing Lin, "Qing Lin, Big Brother also needs to go into seclusion for a period of time. During this time, you will stay with Sister Yue Mei. Yue Mei, this is Qing Lin; I leave her in your care for the time being."

Yue Mei saw at a glance that Qing Lin was a hybrid of a Snake-Person and a human. A look of astonishment appeared in her beautiful eyes; she subconsciously thought it was the daughter of the Queen and the Wang Fu, but she quickly denied it. The child was at least thirteen or fourteen years old; how could she be the Queen's daughter?

Moreover, hybrids of Snake-People and humans rarely lived past two or three years old. That this girl could live to this age was a miracle. She figured this must be why the Wang Fu had brought her back.

"Understood, Wang Fu." Yue Mei nodded respectfully.

Gu Shenge patted Qing Lin's head, telling her to go with Yue Mei first, and that he would come to find her when his seclusion ended.

Qing Lin nodded obediently and left, holding Yue Mei's hand.

Afterward, Gu Shenge found the Great Elder and asked her to arrange a place for his seclusion.

A long time later, in a quiet stone chamber, the Earth Fire Green Lotus, burning with the Green Lotus Core Flame, appeared in Gu Shenge's hands.

He placed the Earth Fire Green Lotus in front of him, sat cross-legged, and quickly formed seals with his hands. Strands of Solar Dou Qi emerged from his body, converging as his hand seals shifted. At the same time, the Green Lotus Core Flame felt an extreme pulling force, dragging it out of the Earth Fire Green Lotus. The Green Lotus Core Flame tried to resist, but it was suppressed by Gu Shenge's soul power and could only be forcibly absorbed into his body by Gu Shenge.

Even though it was suppressed, the energy of the Heavenly Flame was extremely violent, and its temperature was incredibly high.

The moment it entered his body, Gu Shenge felt a terrifying high temperature rise within him, burning his heart and scorching his meridians. His blood boiled, and his skin took on an unusual cyan hue. The Green Lotus Core Flame surged from his skin, burning his clothes to ashes; even the stone bed he sat on and the surrounding walls were melted!

The very space was distorted by the scorching heat.

Gu Shenge felt this burning pain, his face twisted and full of agony.

It was not that he was unwilling to take auxiliary pills, but the Nine Suns Burning World Scripture simply had none. It relied on one's own powerful physique to forcibly refine the Heavenly Flame and transform it into the Burning World Divine Sun.

There were supposed to be steps, starting from the lowest-tier beast flames and refining them step by step, using fire to temper the body until it could withstand a Heavenly Flame.

But Gu Shenge was overconfident, relying on his Solar Sacred Body to forcibly refine the Heavenly Flame. He had not expected the Heavenly Flame to be so powerful; even when suppressed, it still possessed such might.

Gu Shenge endured the burning pain, quickly formed seals, and operated the refining method from the Nine Suns Burning World Scripture to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame within him.

The Divine Sun within his flesh and blood also began to operate autonomously. His body bloomed with strands of golden light, suppressing the overflowing cyan flames and working with Gu Shenge to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame inside him.

The cyan flames flowed everywhere in Gu Shenge's body, burning every inch of his skin, every piece of flesh, and every meridian, incinerating his entire body.

But immediately afterward, another wave of warmth emerged from deep within his body, repairing the damage to his physique and reshaping his meridians. One after the other, this caused Gu Shenge's physique to seem as if it were undergoing thousands of hammerings, over and over again, constantly cycling between destruction and reconstruction, thereby growing stronger bit by bit, enjoying the tempering from the Heavenly Flame.

Under the dual refining of the flesh-and-blood Divine Sun and Gu Shenge himself, the Green Lotus Core Flame gradually transformed into a Green Lotus Divine Sun at his dantian.