She Xian brought every skill he had to bear, squeezing out from between the two soft, fragrant bodies at an incredibly tricky angle.
The instant he hit the ground, he took a deep breath.
At last, he could breathe air untainted by any woman's fragrance.
With the warmth in her arms gone, Bai Suzhen's phoenix eyes flashed with disappointment. Her slender hands remained in the same embrace.
Queen Medusa merely gave a cold snort.
Her snake tail curled in displeasure, and her pale-purple phoenix eyes brimmed with disdain.
She Xian took two steps back and folded his arms across his chest, his gaze sweeping twice between the two of them... the two snake demons.
"Ahem. Let's sort this out first."
He looked at Bai Suzhen. "You, go first."
"Where did you come from?"
"And how did you become my Martial Soul?"
At his words, Bai Suzhen tilted her head and thought carefully for a moment.
"This humble woman is Bai Suzhen. All I remember is that I've been searching for my husband."
Her voice was as gentle as a spring breeze brushing the water.
"Some unseen force drew me onward, guiding me all this way."
"Then, just now, when that light appeared, I found myself here."
As she spoke,
she raised her tender, smiling almond eyes and gazed at She Xian with unwavering affection.
"You are the one I've been searching for, husband."
"I'm absolutely certain of it. I'd stake my life on it."
She Xian's mouth twitched.
He studied that peerlessly beautiful face.
Skin like snow and features like flowers, eyes full of tenderness, robes white as snow—her very bearing was gentle to the core.
She looked exactly like Xiao Bai, straight out of White Snake: Origin.
But the problem was...
"Are you sure you haven't mistaken me for someone else?"
She Xian pointed at himself with a stern expression.
"My name is She Xian. She—Xian. Not Xu Xian."
"Even our surnames are different. How can you be so sure I'm your husband?"
Bai Suzhen blinked, looking perfectly matter-of-fact. "A husband is a husband. His name doesn't matter."
She Xian: "..."
Well, that was one way of looking at it.
He decided to set that ridiculous topic aside for the time being and turned to the other one.
"And you?"
At his words, Queen Medusa narrowed her pale-purple phoenix eyes slightly, seeming reluctant to waste words on a human.
But after a moment of silence, she spoke coldly.
"This Queen... remembers being deep in the Tagore Desert, searching for the Green Lotus Core Flame."
Her long fingers curled slightly, and a faint crease formed between her brows.
"Just as I was about to take the flame, something happened."
"My consciousness grew hazy, and when I came to... I was in this damned place."
She Xian's pupils contracted sharply.
The Tagor Desert!
The Green Lotus Core Flame!
A string in his mind twanged hard.
Wasn't this the plot of Battle Through the Heavens?
Was she really Queen Medusa from the Dou Qi Continent?
Had a character from the Dou Qi Continent crossed over to the Douluo Continent?
No. To be precise, she had become his Martial Soul.
For a moment, She Xian nearly lost control of his expression.
The two before him—
one was a devoted snake demon who had waited a thousand years,
and the other was the ruthless queen of the Snake-People Tribe.
"Human, take your eyes off me!"
Queen Medusa's cold voice cut through his thoughts.
Her phoenix eyes were now filled with undisguised disgust.
Her snake tail slowly rose, its tip hissing with menace.
"I don't know why I'm trapped in this place, but if you keep staring at me with that disgusting look—"
Killing intent spread through the air like a tangible thing.
"!!!"
The hairs on She Xian's back stood on end.
But just then, a white figure flashed past.
Bai Suzhen had somehow appeared in front of She Xian.
Her wide sleeves fluttered, and her gentle face had taken on a hint of solemnity.
"Sister, my husband belongs to me."
Her voice remained gentle, but every word rang clear and firm.
"Please don't hurt him."
Queen Medusa's phoenix eyes turned sharp. "Don't call me sister!"
"Then... little sister?"
"You're asking for death?!"
The air crackled with hostility.
She Xian stood behind Bai Suzhen with one hand pressed to his forehead.
Why did these two seem like oil and water?
But then a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
Were they really his Martial Souls?
She Xian took a deep breath and tentatively stirred the Soul Power within him.
A faint ripple of Soul Power welled up from his dantian.
The next second,
Bai Suzhen's body trembled slightly, and a flash of silver light shimmered around her.
Queen Medusa's snake tail stiffened, and purple light spilled uncontrollably between her scales.
Both of them felt the connection at the same time.
"This is..."
Bai Suzhen lowered her head to look at her hands, then turned toward She Xian. Delight shone in her almond eyes.
"Just as I thought!"
"Even after a thousand years, the bond between my husband and me remains unbreakable!"
She clasped her hands together, smiling like a blooming flower, so happy she nearly spun in a circle.
Queen Medusa's reaction was the complete opposite.
She froze in place.
Having begun to understand the situation, her face turned from pale to ashen, then twisted almost beyond recognition.
"This Queen actually has to depend on a human to survive?"
As the queen of the Snake-People Tribe, she could not accept this.
She Xian fell silent for a second, then honestly nodded.
Flames of fury surged in Queen Medusa's phoenix eyes.
She glared at She Xian as if she could burn two holes right through him.
But then she felt it.
No matter how much killing intent she harbored, her body couldn't inflict any real harm on the human before her.
He was her "host."
Hurting him would be the same as hurting herself.
That realization nearly drove Queen Medusa mad on the spot.
"Damn it!"
She spat out the words through clenched teeth, purple light flaring around her.
"Despicable human!"
Her slender, curvaceous body transformed into a mass of purple light, merged into She Xian's body, and vanished.
She Xian's mouth twitched slightly.
Well, Her Majesty the Queen had gotten so angry she'd run off.
But...
He turned to Bai Suzhen, then looked down at his own hands.
Twin snake Martial Souls. Snake demons taking human form.
One came from the legend of the White Snake, with the consciousness and knowledge of a thousand-year-old snake demon.
The other came from Battle Through the Heavens, with the combat experience and insight of a Dou Huang expert from the Dou Qi Continent.
This was clearly his cheat!
She Xian took a deep breath, his expression turning solemn.
"Xiao Bai." It was the first time he had called Bai Suzhen that.
Bai Suzhen paused, then a smile spread across her eyes and brows. "What is it, husband?"
"The fact that Beast Martial Souls can take human form must never be revealed to anyone."
His tone was unusually serious.
"I can reveal that I have twin snake-shaped Martial Souls. I can even reveal that my Martial Souls possess intelligence."
"But your human forms are our greatest trump card."
There were intelligent Martial Souls in Douluo Continent that could leave their hosts' bodies, like Luo Sanpao.
But a Martial Soul that was both intelligent and human-shaped was unheard of.
"If this gets out, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Bai Suzhen nodded solemnly. "I understand."
"Don't worry, husband. I won't let anyone find out."
She Xian let out a long breath.
Good. At least when it came to keeping this secret, their sides were temporarily united.
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