Entering the City, Beauty Veiled

"Alright."

Lu Xia withdrew his hand and said with a smile,

"From today onward, you are my maid."

"Remember your place. Don't try any tricks."

"Otherwise, you know the consequences."

"I understand..."

Medusa Queen lowered her head and replied softly.

The mighty Medusa Queen had actually fallen to the point of becoming a human's maid.

Still, she could only endure it for now.

A gentleman's revenge was never too late, even after ten years.

Once she broke through to Dou Zong, she would make that bastard pay the price!

Medusa Queen swore to herself.

Seeing her lower her head, unwilling yet forced to submit, Lu Xia found it rather amusing.

He had never expected that the lofty Medusa Queen would have a day like this.

Lu Xia patted her shoulder and said with a smile, "Follow me, and I won't treat you badly."

"You'll understand in the future."

Medusa Queen said nothing, merely snorting coldly.

She didn't believe him at all!

That bastard only knew how to bully her!

Lu Xia did not mind and said with a smile,

"Come on, let's enter the city."

"Enter the city?"

Medusa Queen raised her head and looked at him in confusion. "Where to?"

"Stone Desert City, of course."

Lu Xia smiled. "Since we're already here, naturally we should go in and have a look."

"Besides, I need to find someone."

"Find someone?"

Medusa Queen frowned. "Who?"

"You'll find out when the time comes."

Lu Xia gave a mysterious smile and said no more.

There was no need to tell her about Qinglin yet.

"Let's go."

As he spoke, Lu Xia headed toward Stone Desert City.

Medusa Queen hesitated for a moment before following him.

Right now, she had no other choice at all.

She could only follow that bastard for now and take things one step at a time.

Stone Desert City's gates were neither particularly tall nor imposing.

After all, it was only a small city in the desert, with limited scale.

Lu Xia brought Medusa Queen to the gates and lined up to enter the city.

"Wait."

Lu Xia suddenly stopped and turned to look at Medusa beside him.

"What is it?"

Medusa Queen frowned and asked impatiently.

She was still full of pent-up anger.

"Your face is too eye-catching."

Lu Xia looked at her and said calmly,

"Once we enter the city, it'll definitely cause a lot of trouble."

"Cover your face."

"Cover it?"

"What do you mean?"

She glared at Lu Xia. "Is this Queen's face too shameful to be seen?"

"It's not that it can't be seen. It's that it's too beautiful."

Lu Xia smiled. "With looks like yours, everyone on the street would turn around to stare."

"Then you'd attract a swarm of flies, and that would be troublesome."

"Besides, it's best not to expose your identity as the Snake-People Tribe's queen."

As he spoke, he took out a white veil from his storage ring and handed it to Medusa.

"Put it on. Just disguise yourself as an ordinary snake-woman."

"You're my maid now, so you have to listen to me."

Medusa Queen looked at the veil Lu Xia held out, unwilling to take it.

He wanted the great Medusa Queen to wear a veil and hide her face?

"This Queen won't wear it!"

Medusa Queen refused outright.

"You won't?"

Lu Xia raised a brow and looked at her with a half-smile. "Are you sure?"

"If you cause any trouble and delay my business..."

There was a trace of threat in his tone. "Think about the consequences yourself."

Medusa Queen bit her lip and stared at Lu Xia.

She wanted to retort, but the words reached her lips before she began to hesitate.

If she truly angered Lu Xia, who knew how he would torment her?

When you were under someone else's roof, you had no choice but to bow your head! Endure! Medusa Queen took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the anger in her heart as she snatched the veil from Lu Xia's hand.

"I'll wear it, then!"

She said viciously, then turned her back to him and reluctantly put the veil over her face.

The veil covered most of her face, revealing only a pair of violet eyes.

Even so, it could not conceal her breathtaking beauty.

The half-hidden look instead added a touch of mysterious allure.

"Tsk, tsk..."

Lu Xia looked at her and could not help praising her.

"As expected of a beauty. Even with your face covered, you're still this lovely."

"Shut up!"

Medusa Queen shot him a glare and said irritably,

"Are we entering the city or not?"

"We are, of course!"

Lu Xia stopped teasing her and turned toward the city gates.

Medusa Queen gritted her teeth and followed behind him.

She lowered her head, trying not to draw too much attention.

The mighty Medusa Queen had actually fallen to such a state...

The two entered Stone Desert City without issue.

Though Stone Desert City was not large, it was quite lively.

Shops and stalls lined both sides of the streets, and cries of hawkers rose one after another.

Most of the pedestrians were dressed as mercenaries, broad-shouldered and sturdy, with fierce auras.

As Lu Xia walked, he observed the surroundings.

According to the original story, Stone Desert City had three major mercenary groups, each controlling its own territory.

The Desert Iron Mercenary Group was one of those three major mercenary groups.

Qinglin was in the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, still working as a servant girl.

The Desert Iron Mercenary Group's leader and deputy leader were Xiao Yan's eldest brother, Xiao Ding, and second brother, Xiao Li.

However, Lu Xia did not pay them much mind.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li's current strength was merely average.

To him, they posed no threat whatsoever.

His main purpose in coming here was to find Qinglin.

As for Xiao Ding and Xiao Li... if they knew what was good for them, they could discuss things peacefully.

If not, then they could not blame him for being impolite!

With that in mind, Lu Xia first found an inn that looked fairly decent and walked inside.

"Sir, are you staying the night or having a meal?"

The waiter hurried over and greeted him warmly.

"A room. Give me two upper rooms."

Lu Xia replied calmly.

"Certainly, sir. This way, please."

The waiter nodded and bowed repeatedly, leading the two of them upstairs.

After arranging the rooms, Lu Xia called Medusa over.

"I have something to take care of. Stay in the room obediently and don't run around."

He looked at Medusa and spoke seriously.

"Understood."

Medusa Queen nodded reluctantly.

Yet inwardly, she was thinking of finding a chance to escape once Lu Xia left.

Lu Xia glanced at her, as though he had seen through her thoughts, and said with a faint smile,

"Don't even think about running away."

"If I catch you and bring you back, the consequences will be severe!"

"You!"

Medusa Queen felt a little guilty.

How did that bastard know everything?

"Who said I wanted to run away?"

She stubbornly replied,

"This Queen can't even be bothered to run."

"Good."

Lu Xia said nothing more and turned to leave the room.

After Lu Xia left, Medusa Queen was the only one remaining in the room.

She stood by the window, watching Lu Xia's figure disappear at the end of the street.

A fierce struggle began in her heart.

Run? Or not run?

If she ran, with her current Dou Ling strength, she truly would not get very far.

And if that bastard caught her, he would definitely torment her even more mercilessly.

But if she didn't run, was she really going to remain his maid forever?

She was the mighty Medusa Queen!

Medusa Queen bit her lip, torn by conflict inside.