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Several elders exchanged glances. The shifting expressions on their faces showed that they had all thought of the same person.

The only one in the room who still could not make sense of it, completely baffled, was probably Medusa Queen.

At that moment, Medusa Queen's usual pride, coldness, and decisiveness had all vanished. Her rosy lips parted slightly as though she wanted to say something, while her slender, fair neck bobbed once. Before she realized it, a faint blush had appeared on it.

She refused inwardly, so it did not matter who the elders had chosen for her. What mattered was that, under the authority of the Four Great Elders, she actually did not dare voice her refusal.

Third Elder was lost in thought for a while before asking, "Great Elder, do you truly think that boy Mo Yun is suitable? After all, he's only a Great Dou Shi now!"

"Mo Yun?" Upon hearing from Third Elder that Mo Yun was the candidate the elders favored, Medusa stared at them in stunned disbelief. No matter how calm she usually was, she had undoubtedly been shocked into a daze.

It was not as though Medusa had never considered whom the four elders might arrange for her to unite with. In her mind, the most likely candidate had perhaps been Mo Bas, leader of the Mo Snake Tribe.

Mo Bas possessed a pure bloodline and was the strongest male snake-person in the Snake-People Tribe. As for Mo Yun? That brat she had just brought back, who had left her feeling stifled for quite some time because of Lü Man from Heavenly Snake Mansion?

What a joke!

Just as Medusa was feeling rather dissatisfied with this, an idea suddenly struck her, and her thoughts rapidly unfolded.

If the Four Great Elders had recommended Mo Bas, it would probably have been very difficult for her to oppose it. But if it was Mo Yun, that brat, then she would have plenty of reasons to object to this decision, Medusa thought to herself.

Great Elder merely smiled and asked Third Elder in return, "He is indeed only at the Great Dou Shi level, but how old is he?"

"Hiss—" Third Elder suddenly realized that he had overlooked Mo Yun's age.

Great Elder said, "Great Dou Shi strength truly amounts to nothing, but with his age taken into account, there is currently no one in the Snake-People Tribe who can compare to him! Including Medusa!"

Medusa Queen also realized that Mo Yun was only twelve or thirteen years old, yet he had already reached the Great Dou Shi level. Even she had fallen short of such cultivation progress back then.

Reason for objection -1!

"Age!" A flash of inspiration struck Medusa.

Reason for objection +1!

Gathering her courage, she finally opened her mouth. "Four elders, Mo Yun is only twelve or thirteen. He's still just a child. There's such a huge age gap between us. Isn't that inappropriate?"

Great Elder did not speak, but Second Elder replied, "There is no need to consider age. On the continent, there are quite a few powerful people with huge age gaps who have united. Back then, I..."

Just as Second Elder was about to recount his glorious history, Great Elder stopped him. Then he turned back to Medusa and said, "Mo Yun is already twelve or thirteen. According to the human custom of holding an adulthood ceremony at fifteen, he will be an adult in another two or three years. As for the age gap you mentioned, what does that amount to on the Dou Qi Continent?"

Since she had already started, Medusa was determined to oppose it to the end. She continued, "Great Elder, are you so certain he is suitable? Can he make up for the effects brought by the secret technique and... with me... produce a high-quality Medusa bloodline?"

Great Elder smiled faintly. He seemed extremely confident as he said with certainty, "If it were someone else, they might truly not be suitable. But he possesses the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, so no one is more suitable than him!"

"Just because of a pair of eyes?" Medusa felt somewhat resentful and unwilling. By that logic, did that mean anyone with a pair of Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could be with her...

"The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils are far more than just a pair of eyes. Although they are the result of a mutation caused by the interweaving of Snake-People Tribe and human bloodlines, they are the crystallization of an essential evolution in the Snake-People Tribe bloodline. Rather than calling them merely a pair of eyes, it would be more accurate to say they are an ancestral mutation of the ancient magical beast bloodline within our Snake-People Tribe bloodline!"

"Do you think the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils can command magical beasts above their level solely because of spiritual strength? What truly makes snake-type magical beasts submit is the bloodline pressure of the ancient magical beast represented by the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils!" Great Elder slowly explained.

"..."

She had failed when using strength as an argument, and she had also failed when trying to use age as an excuse. Now, Medusa instead felt that the more she refused, the more satisfied Great Elder became with that brat Mo Yun.

Could it be that she really had to destroy Mo Yun's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils?

But even destroying those eyes would not fundamentally change his bloodline...

Medusa gradually began to despair.

But at that moment, Fourth Elder, who had barely made his presence known, spoke up. "Mo Yun's talent and bloodline are indeed highly suitable for uniting with Medusa, but..."

Light suddenly returned to Medusa's unfocused eyes. There was a turn!

"But he has joined the Snake-People Tribe for less than a month. Whether he has truly pledged his heart to the Snake-People Tribe remains open to question, so this matter is inappropriate!"

Fourth Elder really was the best!

Medusa also turned to look at Great Elder, who held the final decision. After all, this was her only remaining reason.

Great Elder remained unhurried. "Whether Mo Yun has truly pledged his heart to the Snake-People Tribe can only be determined by time. We can observe his conduct over the coming period. I believe we will have an answer!"

"By the time our assessment is nearly complete, this little fellow should have reached adulthood as well. After all, as you said, he's still just a child!"

Fourth Elder nodded in agreement and said nothing further.

Although she had not completely changed Great Elder and the others' minds, there was at least enough room for delay. Medusa was not overly disappointed.

After leaving the Bamboo House where the four elders lived, Medusa returned to the Snake-People Tribe Great Hall.

Leaning lazily against the chair at the head of the hall, having regained her queenly bearing, she turned her gaze to Hua She Er. "Speed up the collection of the Ice Spirit Cold Spring. Place all the Ice Spirit Cold Spring we collect at the City Southeast Altar."

"Yes! But Your Majesty, ever since we began using the new altar, the southeast altar has gone unused for a long time. The Guard Army has also neglected patrols in that area. Is it appropriate to place something as important as the Ice Spirit Cold Spring there?" Hua She Er asked carefully.

"Just do as I say. The fewer people who know, the better. You need not concern yourself with anything else!" Medusa looked at her raised palm, her tone leaving no room for dispute.

In her mind, the figure of someone she had not known for long emerged.

"If I had known this would happen, even if you possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, I should never have brought you back to the Snake-People Tribe. It would have been easier to throw you straight into the magma back then. Union is absolutely impossible!"