Return to the Place of Inheritance

Facing Zi Yan's anger, Xiao Yan understood it completely and had long expected it. That was precisely why he did his best to soothe Zi Yan in her fury.

"Sooner or later, I'll chop off that beast's head and offer it to the ancestors of Ancient Dragon Island."

Zi Yan said indignantly. Xiao Yan nodded silently. This time, that really was what should be done.

After the meeting, Xiao Yan first helped Medusa remove the demonic aura clinging to her body like maggots to bone.

"...This time, I have you to thank."

Medusa fell silent for a moment before speaking. Even now, she was not particularly warm or proactive by nature. For her to speak up like this was already an extremely rare occurrence.

Even Yao Wan could not help feeling somewhat surprised by Medusa's sudden and rather abrupt remark. After a while, she gently shook her head.

She smiled. "What are you saying? I should be thanking you instead. If I had been alone, then even if I had survived the Extreme Southern Region by sheer luck, I probably would have returned with only half a breath left."

"You don't understand."

Medusa merely shook her head lightly. She did not dwell on the matter and followed Xiao Yan to tend to her injuries first.

Her injuries this time were somewhat lighter than Yao Wan's. Yet having endured an attack from the Insect Dragon, whose cultivation had reached Six-star Dou Sheng, through sheer physical strength, Medusa was actually injured even more severely than Yao Wan. The only reason she still looked as though nothing had happened was because she was relying entirely on the formidable physique of a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to hold herself together.

After entering the secret chamber with Medusa, Medusa, who had previously looked calm and