Yun Yun's Temper

"Teacher, with your abilities, couldn't you awaken Medusa by yourself? Why did you need Master Gu He and Big Brother Yun to help you?"

Xiao Yan slung the Heavy Profound Ruler onto his back and held the Green Lotus Platform in his left hand. Only after getting far away from the Snake-People Holy City did he ask.

"If I use too much of my soul power, I'll leave a soul mark on that body. If certain people discover it or use it against us, the consequences would be unthinkable!"

Yao Lao replied softly.

"That's also why I told you to leave the Snake-People Holy City quickly and not devour the Heavenly Flame there. If anything unexpected happened, I'd have no choice but to show myself to save you. That would bring trouble down on us!"

"Oh, I see... Queen Medusa really is generous, even giving us the Green Lotus Platform. It's a shame we still had to leave most of the lotus seeds behind..."

Xiao Yan nodded, then spoke with a mix of delight and regret.

"You should be grateful. You basically got a Heavenly Flame for free, yet you're still greedy. On top of that, a whole bunch of Dou Kings and Dou Emperors trained you, feeding you moves for over a month. Now you could even go toe-to-toe with a Da Dou Shi."

Yao Lao chuckled, scolding him without much bite.

"After you finish devouring the Heavenly Flame, it'll be time for desert training. There's only a little over half a year left until the Three-Year Agreement!"

"That's right. It's my chance to wipe away the humiliation the Xiao Clan suffered."

Xiao Yan sighed.

"But catching up to Big Brother Yun—that's my real goal!"

"That boy really is a genius. A Dou Emperor at twenty-one—he'd be considered a genius even in the Central Plains!"

Yao Lao praised him sincerely.

"His cultivation technique seems to be Earth-tier. It should be the technique Yun Potian used back then. Who would've thought that after all these years, another Yun Potian would appear in this remote northwest?"

"Considered?"

Xiao Yan realized for the first time how powerful the Central Plains was. Someone like Yun Zimo could only be considered a genius?

"Have you ever seen a Dou Emperor at ten and a Dou Zong at fifteen?"

"Have you ever seen a seventh-tier alchemist at eighteen?"

"Have you ever seen a genius who, as a newly advanced Da Dou Shi, defeated someone halfway to becoming a Dou Wang?"

"..."

With every person Yao Lao mentioned, Xiao Yan's expression darkened another shade. The pride and joy on his face slowly faded.

A frog at the bottom of a well!

For the first time, Xiao Yan felt that he really was a frog at the bottom of a well. He'd once taken pride in his meager talent, but only after learning more about this world did he realize just how vast it truly was!

Seeing the pride drain from Xiao Yan's face, Yao Lao stopped there. He hadn't even mentioned the monsters from the Ancient Eight Clans, but this was enough. Lately, Xiao Yan had been getting a little too full of himself. He needed to be knocked down a peg now and then to keep him grounded!

"Teacher, you didn't have to put me down so hard, did you?"

Xiao Yan's frustration had already passed, but he still sounded a little helpless. He wasn't the arrogant, conceited Xiao Yan he'd been back then!

Yao Lao roared with laughter. Master and disciple strolled across the desert, gradually disappearing into the endless yellow sands...

"Her Majesty Queen Medusa, please consider this matter carefully. Whatever you decide, the Misty Cloud Sect and the Snake-Person Tribe will always be your friends!"

Gu He slightly altered Yun Zimo's words, then spread his wings and left the Snake-People Holy City.

A few days earlier, Yun Zimo had received an urgent message from Yun Shan. After giving Gu He a few instructions, he had returned to the Misty Cloud Sect. Gu He had struggled with the decision, but before leaving, he had still conveyed Yun Zimo's message to Medusa.

"Soul Hall, Dou Zong!"

"Yun Zimo wouldn't say something like that!"

Dressed in a crimson brocade robe, Medusa stood atop the Snake-People Holy City's wall, gazing silently across the boundless sea of yellow sand.

Yun Zimo always tried to convince people with those ridiculous, childish arguments of his. If he couldn't talk them around, he'd fight them instead.

And yet, Medusa found herself reassured by his sincerity?

Medusa didn't understand it either. Irritated, she waved over a female attendant.

"Send an envoy to the Jia Ma Imperial Family and tell them what I've decided!"

Medusa was willing to give the humans a chance. The letter she was sending carried a trace of Dou Zong might. If the humans still insisted on waging war, she wouldn't mind putting a new ruler on the throne of the Jia Ma Empire!

"Yun Zimo..."

Medusa murmured softly inside the Snake-Person Temple, while Yun Zimo was already facing a bit of a headache.

"Not bad. You've rooted out the parasites, strengthened the sect, and expanded the halls. You've done a better job as acting sect master than I did!"

Yun Yun wore a smile on her lovely face, though Yun Zimo couldn't help feeling there was a chill to it.

"Cough, well, the elders did a good job carrying things out. I only made a few decisions. You flatter me, Sect Master."

Seeing that the mood was off, Yun Zimo didn't dare act so flippantly around Yun Yun anymore.

"The Beast Taming Hall, Butterfly Medical Valley, Alchemy Hall..."

Yun Yun softly listed the halls Yun Zimo had established. Aside from Gu He, the heads of two of them were little girls!

"I won't say much about the two heads of the Beast Taming Hall."

They were too young. Yun Zimo wasn't that kind of pervert, so Yun Yun naturally skipped over Qing Lin and Little Zi Yan. But Xiao Yi Xian...

"For the sake of this Butterfly Medical Valley, you really did travel a thousand miles and toil away!"

Hearing the sarcasm in Yun Yun's voice, Yun Zimo swallowed and put on a conciliatory smile.

"Well, Xiao Yi Xian is practically my successor in medicine. Even though she hasn't formally joined, she's still half a disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect."

Then Yun Zimo gently massaged Yun Yun's shoulders as he softly told her about Xiao Yi Xian's past. With his fluent tongue and heartfelt delivery, he managed to draw Yun Yun into the story.

"Ah, she's had such a hard life..."

Yun Yun sighed. Xiao Yi Xian's past really was tragic, but...

"So, after spending so much time together, you fell in love and stole that little girl's heart?"

Yun Zimo gave an awkward smile but stayed silent. He didn't want to lie to Yun Yun.

At first, perhaps he'd only felt pity for Xiao Yi Xian and wanted to teach her. But at the time, his feelings for Yun Yun were unclear, and that had left him troubled. Little by little, he'd been drawn to Xiao Yi Xian's gentle nature. With the added influence of his past-life impression of her, he'd finally figured things out during his travels in the years that followed.

Since he'd come to this world, he might as well follow his heart. If he loved someone, then he loved her; if he didn't, then he didn't. After that, he'd never pursued another girl, always presenting a false face to the world!

"Sis, I..."

"Enough. You don't have to say anything."

Yun Yun understood what Yun Zimo meant from his expression and could only sigh.

"If you can beat me, I won't bring up Xiao Yi Xian again!"

With Yun Yun's proud temperament, she would never back down easily. But this was Yun Zimo. She was only saying this to give herself a way out.

A pale blue battle armor formed around her, and streams of wind attribute energy swirled about her. With a three-foot azure sword in hand, Yun Yun drifted outside.

Yun Zimo sensed that Yun Yun was already a Seven-Star Dou Huang. She had summoned her battle armor, but hadn't drawn the Judgment Sword.

Yun Yun began with Extreme Wind, then unleashed one powerful Dou Technique after another. She even used the Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Technique, Wind Annihilation Gale Brake!

Yun Zimo kept resisting and dodging, until at last he had no choice but to draw his sword and fight back. Their swordplay intertwined; rather than a battle, they looked more like they were performing a sword dance.

"Sis, I lost..."

Yun Yun held her sword across Yun Zimo's throat. He spoke helplessly.

"Forget it. I won't hold it against you. Even if you hadn't gone after Xiao Yi Xian, Uncle Yun Yin would've forced you to marry again sooner or later."

Yun Yun smiled helplessly. Fortunately, she was the sect master of the Misty Cloud Sect, and her teacher was open-minded. Otherwise, in this Dou Qi Continent...

"But you have to promise me that from now on, you'll never go chasing after other women again!"

"Of course, of course!"

Yun Zimo smiled ingratiatingly, quietly letting out a breath of relief...

On the Dou Qi Continent, the stronger someone was, the harder it became for them to have children. For the sake of continuing their bloodlines, it had become an unspoken rule among families of every size to force men to take two or three wives and women to keep three or five male lovers.

But if you were strong enough, there was nothing wrong with doing as you pleased...