Even the system hadn't expected Gu Shenge to be so bold.
According to its calculations, Gu Shenge would use the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the gravely wounded Medusa, then help her break through to Dou Zong with a Perfect Sect-Breaking Pill, thereby gaining a Dou Zong subordinate.
It had never expected Gu Shenge to force Medusa to marry him. That had wildly exceeded the system's calculations.
With the pressure gone, Gu Shenge began teasing Medusa. A pill appeared in his hand, its colors unusual: purple and red, each taking up half of it like a taiji symbol. Nine golden Pill Patterns swirled around it, while a rich Pill Glow spread through the air. Its fragrance filled the surroundings, accompanied by strange sounds and heavenly chants. It was an extraordinary sight.
The Heaven Soul Blood-Melting Pill produced by the system was no ordinary pill. It surpassed the limits of seventh-grade pills and had reached the ninth grade!
"The Heaven Soul Blood-Melting Pill!"
As Medusa looked at the ninth-grade Heaven Soul Blood-Melting Pill, a flicker of shock crossed her beautiful eyes. She had seen descriptions of the pill in ancient texts and records from her clan. Apart from its Pill Patterns and Pill Glow, this one was identical to those descriptions—and even rounder and more perfect. It was clear just how high its quality was.
Even she had only used a Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill back then.
This guy had really prepared for everything!
Medusa glared at Gu Shenge, gritting her teeth so hard that her enchanting face twisted into a scowl.
She had dominated the Northwest Continent for decades, and countless Dou Wang and Dou Huang experts had fallen at her hands. She'd never imagined that today she'd be schemed against by a mere ant without the slightest cultivation, and forced to sign a Marriage Contract that bound her life to his. Damn it!!
"Ant, don't think that the so-called Marriage Contract can restrain me. I'll break this damned Contract sooner or later! Then I'll kill you!"
Medusa growled at Gu Shenge. In her fury, her serpent tail swung and slammed into the ground, blasting countless tiny stones apart and leaving a long, deep trench. If that blow had landed on a person, it would have reduced them to dust.
Looking at the Snake-Person Queen, whose anger was through the roof, Gu Shenge wasn't worried at all~
Unless Medusa possessed power greater than the system's, she had no chance of breaking the Marriage Contract. Of course, there was one other way: Gu Shenge could choose to dissolve it himself.
In response to Medusa's threat, Gu Shenge took out two more things. The first was a fist-sized, nine-colored orb, dazzling beyond compare. Nine-colored serpents coiled around it as the Law of Devouring filled the air. The Purple Nether Flame Snake inside Medusa stirred violently, sending out an overwhelming wave of longing. That feeling spread to Medusa, and desire appeared in her eyes as well.
The second was a nine-colored jade slip, recording an Emperor-Tier Cultivation Technique called the Heaven-Swallowing Treasure Record.
But Gu Shenge didn't immediately hand the two things over to Medusa. He merely showed them to her and took the time to explain.
"My dear wife, the item in my left hand is the Origin of the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python. The Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python is the evolved form of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, a being capable of contending with the Ancient Heaven Snake King. Once you fuse with this Origin, my dear wife, you can surpass the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and become a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python in one leap."
"And the item in my right hand is the Emperor-Tier Cultivation Technique, the Heaven-Swallowing Treasure Record. It's a cultivation technique made specifically for the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python. With the two together, you'll be able to reach the realm of Dou Di one day. This is the bride price I'm giving you. What do you think, my dear wife? Are you tempted?"
After Gu Shenge finished explaining, Medusa's eyes burned with excitement. The Origin of the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and an Emperor-Tier Cultivation Technique—either one of them was enough to tempt her. These two—no, add in the Heaven Soul Blood-Melting Pill, and all three were part of her bride price.
And there was also the Po Zong Pill as the betrothal gift.
Thinking it over, Medusa suddenly felt she'd made out like a bandit.
But the moment she remembered she'd been tricked by a mere ant, her anger flared again.
"Heh. Ant, do you really think I'd give myself to you just because of these two things? Dream on!"
Though she badly wanted the bride price, Medusa still refused to admit it. She couldn't set aside her queenly pride.
Gu Shenge immediately put the Origin of the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and the Heaven-Swallowing Treasure Record back into the System Space. Medusa grew anxious at the sight. Hadn't those been her bride price? Why was he taking them back?
What a shameless, two-faced ant!
Noticing the trace of anxiety on Medusa's enchanting face, Gu Shenge knew she really wanted those two things. But a bride price was something you gave after consummating the marriage.
Otherwise, it would be like tossing a meat bun to a dog: gone, with nothing to show for it.
There had been plenty of cases of people tricking others into paying a bride price in his previous life.
Looking at Medusa, who wanted the things but was too proud to say so, Gu Shenge gave her a teasing look. "Weren't you just saying how little you cared about these two things, my dear wife? Why do you look like that? Could it be that you're saying one thing but feeling another?"
Hearing him call her his dear wife over and over made Medusa so furious that her Three Corpse Gods leaped. She wasn't his dear wife! She immediately rebuked Gu Shenge.
"Ant, shut your mouth! I'm not your dear wife! Once I break this damned Marriage Contract, I'll tear you to pieces and scatter your ashes across the desert!"
"I'll be waiting."
Gu Shenge smiled faintly and paid Medusa no more mind. At least until the Marriage Contract was dissolved, she wouldn't attack him again. She would even have to protect him.
After all, if anything happened to him, she'd have to die with him.
Seeing how unconcerned he looked, Medusa's expression grew even more vicious. She clenched her pearly teeth, nearly grinding her molars to dust.
Next, Gu Shenge took out the Origin of the Flawless Sun Physique right in front of Medusa.
It was a golden orb of light, warm and gentle yet shining with brilliant radiance. About the size of a soccer ball, it resembled a miniature sun: supremely radiant and sacred, majestic and holy. It drove back darkness and ill omens, purifying all the evils of the heavens.
Once he fused with it, his constitution would transform into the Flawless Sun Physique. He just didn't know whether, like Ye Tong from Shrouding the Heavens, he'd automatically gain the flawless Sun Emperor Scripture as well.
Medusa looked at the golden orb of light in Gu Shenge's hand. What was this now?
She could sense the Law of the Sun contained within it, vast and mighty. It was as if she were standing before an immortal, eternal, supreme divine sun!
After examining it for a moment, Gu Shenge gently pressed the Origin of the Flawless Sun Physique against his chest and fused it with his body.
As the Flawless Sun Physique entered Gu Shenge's body, countless Sun God Marks appeared, forged as if from immortal gold and radiating immense, blazing power. Soon, a sphere of light formed from the Sun God Marks enveloped him, nurturing new life.
Medusa watched the miraculous scene, astonished. She wanted to move closer, but an irresistible force pushed her away, keeping her at a distance.
The Snake-Person Queen was somewhat irritated, but there was nothing she could do. She gave up on trying to get a closer look.
Time passed, and the Sun God Marks on the sphere of light gradually brightened and dimmed, like a person breathing. It was profoundly mysterious. An endless tide of the Law of the Sun surged through the air, and the blazing sun overhead seemed to sense it, shining even brighter than usual.
Medusa, the one nearest to Gu Shenge, couldn't endure the blazing heat radiating from the sphere of light because of the cold bloodline within her. Unable to stay any longer, she left the island before her wounds had fully healed.
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