As the two chatted and laughed, a beam of light shot from the queen's bedchamber, piercing straight into the clouds.
The next instant, two immense auras enveloped the entire Snake-People Holy City. Countless residents emerged into the streets upon sensing them, staring blankly at the two figures in the sky.
The man was strikingly handsome, with a rare air of effortless grace. Who else could he be but Xiao Yan?
The woman had a seductive figure and an exquisite face, beautiful enough to bewitch all living beings.
"It's the queen! The queen has returned!" Fanatical excitement appeared on countless Snake-People faces.
In their hearts, the queen was the strongest member of the Snake-People Tribe. With her return, the tribe would once again enjoy peace and stability.
But when they saw that Medusa's original serpent tail had been replaced by a seven-colored dress, curiosity and confusion flickered across their faces.
Only those experts who had reached Dou Ling or higher understood what this meant: their queen had broken through her bottleneck and reached a higher realm.
And when they looked at the black-clad youth opposite her, countless guesses arose in their minds.
"Is that fellow Xiao Yan, the one the Snake-People Tribe High-Ranking Members called a savior sent from heaven?"
Many experts of the Snake-People Tribe looked at the straight-backed youth in the sky with skeptical eyes.
Ever since Yue Mei and the others had returned, they had spread word of Xiao Yan's deeds and strength throughout the Snake-People Tribe. But most of the tribe's middle- and lower-ranking members refused to acknowledge that a human could become their savior.
However, the powerful aura Xiao Yan had displayed upon arriving a few days earlier had made many Snake-People acknowledge his strength. Even so, every one of them believed that he should still