Medusa Queen...

"Mm~"

The next day, Yue Mei let out a soft murmur as she woke from her dreams. When she opened her eyes, she saw a handsome young man tucking the blanket around her, with a faintly gentle smile at the corner of his lips...

"Hubby!"

Yue Mei only froze for a moment before spreading her fair arms and hugging the young man before her without explanation. Her eyes were filled with happiness...

Because in her eyes, Gu Xia was a wonderful husband who had gotten up early, seen that his wife had kicked off her blanket while sleeping in, and gently covered her with it again!

But the truth was...

"Good lord, I took the whole blanket last night and was still a little cold. I seriously don't know how this vixen could sleep so soundly in such freezing conditions..."

This was Gu Xia's inner monologue after waking up first in the morning, wrapped up in the entire blanket...

"Forget it, it's already light out anyway. I'll just give the blanket back to you..."

After a while, feeling the temperature rise a little, Gu Xia freed himself from his caterpillar form. Once he was fully dressed, he planned to cover Yue Mei with the blanket. Just then, Yue Mei woke up, leading to the scene at the beginning...

"Hubby, I want kisses (^з^)"

Gu Xia's face darkened as he looked at the woman pushing her luck...

Watching those alluring red lips draw closer and the jade-like arms around his neck tighten, Gu Xia finally couldn't take it anymore!

"Big sis, you're drunk. Little Xia isn't your husband!"

Feeling her slender waist twisting about, Gu Xia shoved Yue Mei away, then reached back... and pulled out a necklace with a small bottle hanging from it.

Gu Xia tore off the little bottle and fed Yue Mei the tiny bit of powder inside...

Yue Mei, whom Gu Xia had pushed away, thought he was trying to play some strange domineering-CEO game again, so she did not resist at all. She even wrapped her long lower body around Gu Xia...

Perhaps the medicine in the little bottle had taken effect, because Yue Mei slowly fell asleep once more. The tail wrapped around Gu Xia lost its strength as its owner drifted off, gradually loosening from his body...

"Seriously, I only wanted to find some Heavenly Flames. Why does it have to be so troublesome..."

Looking at the sleeping Yue Mei, Gu Xia sighed helplessly.

His original plan had been to return to the Snake-People Tribe through Yue Mei and the others, then use his good looks to get close to Queen Medusa. After that, he would reveal a tiny bit of his strength and force her to tell him where the Heavenly Flames were. Finally, he could go over there and leave a mark on the place. Then everything would be settled!

But who could have expected that this seductive beauty had been out on vacation! Going on vacation was one thing, but she had also fallen for someone's handsome-man scheme and wanted to drug him with some strange medicine.

If Gu Xia still had his wits about him, he... uh... well, even if Gu Xia did nothing, he still would not have fallen for it.

In short, his plan had to change now. Yue Mei would definitely become suspicious of him after waking up, but if he did not cure Yue Mei of her computer parts—crossed out—medicine, then he would... would...

"Damn... Why did I cure her medicine? Wouldn't it have been great if I had just followed her back to Snake-People City? Why did I give up such an obedient tool person?!!!"

After thinking it over carefully, Gu Xia realized that curing Yue Mei had been an unbelievably stupid move! He could have happily lived off a woman, yet he had insistently turned it into something difficult...

"Fine. Since I've already cured her, I can only go out and catch a snake woman to ask where their city is..."

Having made up his mind, Gu Xia did not hesitate any longer. But before turning to leave, he inexplicably tucked Yue Mei's blanket around her. He also straightened her slightly messy dark hair. After giving that beautiful, captivating face one last complicated look,

he finally stepped out the door... Half an hour later...

"So this is the Snake-People Tribe's imperial city?"

Gu Xia stood in midair with a female member of the Snake-People Tribe hanging from one hand. He had neither Dou Qi wings nor any flying Dou Technique. He simply stood calmly in the empty sky...

"Since we're here, you're no longer useful..."

Gu Xia wore a black robe that concealed his true appearance. He glanced at the somewhat desolate Snake-People Tribe imperial city below and said nothing more, directly tossing the female Snake-People warrior down. Of course, he was not some devil.

He had given the female Snake-People warrior enough protection to ensure that she landed safely. After all, she had not drugged him...

"Boom..."

The sound of the female warrior landing quickly alarmed this somewhat bleak city. A large group of Snake-People guards rushed over, wanting to find out what had happened.

But before they could approach the female warrior, an unimaginably immense pressure descended upon the city amid the yellow sands...

"Th-this is at least a Dou Zun-level expert!"

Under this enormous pressure, only those at the Dou Wang level could barely speak a few words. Everyone below the Dou Wang level found even basic breathing extraordinarily difficult...

"May I ask what guidance this senior has for our Snake-People Tribe?"

Sure enough, faced with Gu Xia's Dou Zun-level pressure, a figure flew out from the palace at the center of the city. She wore a luxurious purple brocade robe that wrapped around a voluptuous, exquisite body like a ripe peach, exuding a faint charm. Her long dark hair cascaded casually from her fragrant shoulders to her slender willow-like waist. Beneath her robe, a section of purple snake tail swayed somewhat irritably. A wild, enchanting allure rushed toward him. Even a titanium-alloy-level straight man like Gu Xia found his eyes lighting up...

Of course, only his eyes lit up a little. Gu Xia did not feel much else. In his eyes, Queen Medusa was probably not even as good-looking as Heavenly Flames!

"Senior?"

Seeing that Gu Xia still had not answered and that his pressure continued to suppress everyone except himself, Medusa did not know what this old Dou Zun monster wanted. But there was one thing she could be certain of! Whatever he intended to do definitely involved her!

"You, come with me..."

Gu Xia deliberately made his voice hoarse, like an old man's. He did not want to reveal his true appearance before Medusa yet. Although it was partly for show, it could also save Gu Xia some trouble, couldn't it?

The moment Gu Xia withdrew his pressure, a fierce-looking male Snake-People Dou Wang immediately flew over. But his words and actions displeased Gu Xia...

"Your Majesty, no..."

The instant that male Snake-People Dou Wang uttered the word "no," Gu Xia moved... He casually waved his right hand at the male Snake-People Dou Wang, sending him crashing back to the ground like a shooting star before Medusa's astonished eyes...

The violent impact kicked up a huge cloud of dust around the point of impact...

"This is not your place to speak!"

"You, come with me. I don't have the patience to waste time with you people..."

After saying that, Gu Xia turned around. He was not afraid that Queen Medusa would refuse to follow. Without looking back, he headed to a sand dune not far outside the Snake-People imperial city...

In barely ten seconds, Medusa caught up with him...

"Senior, what do you need me to do?"

"I want you..."