"The Black-Corner Region? It is indeed a good place to temper yourself. As for the Central Plains, with your talent and brilliance, perhaps that is where you could truly spread your wings."
Medusa inclined her head slightly and offered her assessment in a calm voice.
"Well..."
Seeing how calm Medusa was, Zhou Changqing hesitated before finally asking, "Your Majesty, what about you? Will you still come with me?"
After asking, anticipation flickered in his eyes.
She felt the young man's gaze on her, as though he were pleading, "Come on, come on. Come with me, please?"
Medusa lowered her eyes without answering, her thoughts unreadable.
After a moment of silence, Medusa suddenly shook her head slightly. "My lifelong wish has been to lead the Snake-People Tribe out of the desert, find a suitable place for us to live, and let our people stand proudly on the continent."
"Now that I have completed my evolution and advanced to the Dou Zong realm, I have the strength to fulfill that wish, so..."
Although Medusa did not finish, her meaning was already abundantly clear.
As the queen of the Snake-People Tribe, she would always consider her people's interests first.
Medusa could not abandon the Snake-People Tribe in the desert and leave to live freely simply for Zhou Changqing's sake.
At her words, the anticipation in Zhou Changqing's eyes swiftly dimmed. He did not know what to say.
Although it was somewhat clichéd, he had to admit that, ever since their paths had crossed and they had spent so much time together, he had unwittingly developed romantic feelings for Medusa.
It was inevitable.
At the end of the day, he was a man.
When a man spent so long with an extraordinarily beautiful woman, one who had helped him so much and treated him