The Proactive Medusa Queen

Just as the three Xiao brothers—Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan—were enduring untold hardships, the "culprit" behind it all had already arrived deep within the Tagore Desert, in the sacred city of the snake-people tribes.

Inside Medusa Temple, Yang Chen sat in a chair off to one side with his arms crossed. Below him, Qing Lin timidly curled up in a broad seat, carefully holding the little Purple Crystal Winged Lion in her arms. A tiny fiery-red two-headed snake was wrapped cautiously around her slender arm.

At the very bottom sat Hai Bodong in an ice-blue robe, seemingly unconcerned. At his feet lay a purple male lion only about ten feet long—the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King in its reduced form.

Opposite Yang Chen sat all eight leaders of the snake-people tribes. However, the seat directly across from Yang Chen was empty. Yin Shi, the most respected among them, sat opposite Qing Lin, followed in turn by Yue Mei, Yan Ci, Mo Bas, and the other snake-people leaders.

At the very center, seated atop the noble purple crystal throne, was the Medusa Queen in a blazing red gown. A regal and imposing aura radiated from her.

At that moment, Medusa Temple was utterly silent. No one spoke. Yang Chen could not figure out why the Medusa Queen had insisted on bringing him to the temple.

As for Yin Shi, Yan Ci, Mo Bas, and the others across from him, they wore strange expressions as their gazes swept over Yang Chen, Hai Bodong, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King before finally settling on Qing Lin. The corners of their mouths twitched faintly.

What sort of family let a little girl who had not even truly begun cultivating raise two powerful magical beasts at once? And both beasts had extraordinary origins. Even more absurdly, the girl was a mixed-blood child of a snake-person and a human.

There was no need to mention the fourth-tier Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with its mutated bloodline. Such special magical beasts with mutated bloodlines theoretically had no upper limit, and they could generally reach the sixth tier.

Compared to the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, the little Purple Crystal Winged Lion quietly lying in Qing Lin's arms like a cat was even more astonishing to veteran snake-person experts like Yin Shi, who had seen much in their lives.

Purple Crystal Winged Lions were naturally gifted magical beasts, generally at least fifth tier. A Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cub could reach the sixth tier, not to mention that this Purple Crystal Winged Lion before them seemed somewhat different.

Ordinary Purple Crystal Winged Lions were covered in crystalline purple scales and bore violet-red horns on their heads. Yet the tip of this young lion's horn already carried a trace of gold, while its purple crystal scales contained a faint golden light that made one's heart tremble.

Clearly, this Purple Crystal Winged Lion was also extraordinary. It was guaranteed to reach the sixth tier and might even attain a higher rank.

Yet compared to all of that, what intrigued Yin Shi most was still that young man. Not only had he subdued a sixth-tier magical beast, but he had also made the once-proud Ice Emperor Hai Bodong willingly acknowledge him as master.

More importantly, this human was the first human ever brought back by Her Majesty the Queen—and he was a man.

Though this man was indeed excessively handsome, Yin Shi would never believe that Her Majesty the Queen was so shallow that she would take him as her husband simply because of his looks.

After all, Her Majesty the Queen was incomparably proud. She would never be like Yue Mei, unable to tear her eyes away whenever she saw a handsome man.

Helplessly glancing at Yue Mei beside him, whose eyes were practically glued to Yang Chen, Yin Shi felt a headache coming on.

It was one thing for Her Majesty the Queen to suddenly bring a man back to the tribe and order them to wait in the temple before she had even arrived. But now Yue Mei, the leader of the Charm Snake Tribe and a renowned practitioner of seduction arts, looked as though she had been struck by a seduction technique herself. Without these old bones of his, the snake-people would collapse sooner or later!

"Ahem, ahem! May I ask why Your Majesty has suddenly summoned us?"

After inadvertently catching the Queen's murderous gaze from the corner of his eye, Yin Shi hurriedly coughed twice, startling Yue Mei awake before speaking.

Having just snapped back to her senses, Yue Mei instinctively looked up at the Medusa Queen upon hearing Yin Shi's words. The moment she met those icy, murderous eyes, her heart nearly stopped in fright.

Once she recovered, Yue Mei hurriedly lowered her head and did not dare look at Yang Chen again.

Yang Chen, who was seated and examining the system rewards, suddenly sensed an unfriendly gaze. He turned his head, only to find the Medusa Queen glaring at him with faint displeasure. Thoroughly baffled, Yang Chen merely assumed snake-people had their own special times and did not pay it much mind.

Who knew what fit the system had thrown, or whether whoever was handling it had slacked off and skipped work? Only just now had a system mail arrived, informing him that he had completed the achievement of suppressing a sect alone and granting him several rewards. Yang Chen had briefly looked them over.

Most of the rewards were useless to Yang Chen, but there was one special divine beast bloodline that was rather good. Unfortunately, Yang Chen did not currently have any bird-type magical beasts.

"From today onward, I shall enter seclusion and devote all my efforts to breaking through to the Dou Zong realm!"

In truth, the Medusa Queen was doing so for a bloodline evolution, but she did not reveal her agreement with Yang Chen regarding the secret technique. If she mentioned evolving her bloodline, those below would definitely do everything in their power to stop her.

"Therefore, while I am in seclusion, the tribe's affairs..."

As the Medusa Queen spoke, her gaze passed one by one over Yue Mei, Yan Ci, and the others below before finally settling on Yin Shi, who was about to nod. Her red lips parted slightly.

"I will trouble Chief Yin Shi to assist him with all your strength. There must not be the slightest negligence. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Your Majesty... No, Your Majesty, this, this..."

Yin Shi was about to agree when he suddenly realized something was wrong. This was not like the previous times. She was not asking him to oversee the snake-people's affairs, but to assist—this human?

For a moment, Yin Shi was completely stunned. He stared at the Medusa Queen in disbelief. As an elder of the snake-people, Yin Shi understood perfectly what Her Majesty's order meant—this human was her man!

"Your Majesty!"

Mo Bas, seated below, cried out as well. He was about to glare angrily at Yang Chen, but the moment his eyes met the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's disdainful gaze, he instantly deflated.

"What do you mean by this?" Yang Chen frowned. It was not as though he did not know the special nature of the Medusa Queen's lineage. Was this woman just going to latch onto him directly?

"Young Master Yang, was this not our agreement? From now on, my snake-people will obey your commands. I always keep my word!" The Medusa Queen's lips curled into a smug smile. Then her fiery red lips moved, yet no sound emerged. Still, Yang Chen understood what she was saying.

"Since you will not come conquer me, then I will come conquer you!"