After playing little games with Bai Ling'er all night, Long Xiao barged into Medusa's room first thing in the morning, leaped into the air, and came crashing down like Mount Tai.
"What do you want now?"
Medusa's eyes were bleary with sleep. Clearly, she had long since grown used to this sort of thing.
"I want to watch the balls and score a goal," Long Xiao said with a grin.
"No chance today."
Medusa kicked Long Xiao straight off the bed. Of course she knew what he meant; he had said it often enough before.
Long Xiao refused to give up. He secretly took out the Nine Dragons Heaven-Binding Chains, hoping to ambush her like last time. After all, he really was no match for Medusa now.
"Give me one reason to let you live." Medusa spotted his little scheme and spoke coldly.
"Uh... does not having had my fill of screwing Medusa count?" Long Xiao rubbed the back of his head and grinned.
"Then you'd better die."
A nine-colored snake tail suddenly emerged from beneath the covers, coiled around Long Xiao, and pulled him beside Medusa. Their eyes met.
"Listen, Long Xiao, you need to get serious about cultivating. Your essence blood and vital essence aren't doing nearly as much for me anymore."
Medusa spoke very seriously.
After her latest transformation, the energy she absorbed after "battling" Long Xiao was no longer as substantial as before.
It wasn't that the effects had vanished, of course, but that Long Xiao's cultivation hadn't improved, and the bloodline within him hadn't fully manifested its power.
"Sigh... all right."
That cut deep. Medusa was turning her nose up at him.
He immediately abandoned his plans to start work at sunrise.
"Get up. It's time to head back."
In the end, Long Xiao could