Snake Ji's Idea!

"Chen Xuan?"

"What an interesting fellow!"

A smile appeared in Queen Medusa's beautiful eyes as she looked at the Heaven-Rank Dou Technique and hairpin in her hands.

"But since you're already sharing my body..."

"This little bit of rent isn't enough!"

After learning that Chen Xuan posed little threat and could even help her, Queen Medusa relaxed both physically and mentally.

First, she indulged in a lovely bath, the fragrance of roses filling the tub. Just as Medusa was enjoying herself, something suddenly occurred to her, and her exquisite face changed.

"Oh no!"

"That fellow Chen Xuan is a man, and he shares my body. Doesn't that mean I have no secrets left?!"

By now, Medusa had gained some understanding of their situation.

She and Chen Xuan were two souls in one body. Harm to one meant harm to both; their lives were bound together.

Every night, Medusa's own soul would emerge, while during the day, Chen Xuan would take her place in the body. She had absolutely no idea what he did during those daylight hours.

Medusa still remembered the first time her body had been controlled. Her chest had ached faintly afterward. Chen Xuan must have done something lewd.

"I have to lay down some ground rules!"

"I can't let this pervert use my body to do whatever shameless things he pleases."

Queen Medusa immediately came to her senses and spoke through gritted teeth.

After her bath, Medusa changed into a fresh outfit and stood before a bronze mirror, dressing herself up for the first time in ages.

Her beautiful eyes fell on the Black Hairpin in her hand, and with a swish of her snake tail, she moved straight before a bronze mirror.

Her alluring figure was reflected in the mirror, full where it should be full and slender without a trace of excess flesh where it should be slim. The purple snake tail forming her lower body lent her an untamed beauty.

"This suits me quite well. He does have a little taste!"

She pinned up her waterfall of long, jet-black hair and slid the Black Hairpin through it. Looking at her reflection in the bronze mirror, Queen Medusa spoke with haughty satisfaction.

Queen Medusa was very confident in her appearance. Tales of her beauty were widespread even among the Human Race, but her formidable strength and ruthless methods meant almost no one dared provoke her.

Even powerful members of the Snake-People Tribe trembled in Queen Medusa's presence.

For the first time, Queen Medusa felt something different!

It was a feeling of sweetness and delight in her heart, something she could not put into words.

"Hmph, does he think he can fob me off with these little trinkets?"

"In his dreams!"

Then Medusa's expression changed in an instant, and she gave a cold snort.

That fellow was definitely a pig's trotter of a man.

Humans were all deceitful and sinister at heart. She had to be careful with this fellow, too.

Chen Xuan would never have imagined that his kindly gift of a hairpin would earn him the labels of sinister and deceitful.

In the bronze mirror, Queen Medusa wore red robes that half concealed and half revealed her body. Her long hair fell down, and the Black Hairpin threaded through it complemented her golden crown.

Her already bewitching, exquisite features looked even more beautiful now.

Although her face remained as icy as ever, something had changed. There was now a hint of a softer, feminine air.

Proud and aloof, yet no less womanly.

"As expected, my charm remains irresistible!"

Looking at herself in the bronze mirror, Medusa spoke with more than a little vanity.

Indeed, whether judged by Snake-People or human standards, Queen Medusa was a peerless beauty.

"Your Majesty, Great Elder Snake Ji and the Eight Leaders have arrived!"

Suddenly, the voice of her maid, She Yue, came from outside the hall.

At those words, Medusa's expression instantly changed, returning to her usual cold aloofness.

"Let them in!" Seated on the throne in her palace, Medusa spoke coldly.

Before long, Elder Snake Ji and the eight leaders of the Snake-People Tribe, including Yue Mei, appeared in the great hall.

As soon as they entered the palace, everyone saw their proud, aloof queen. Their expressions briefly froze, but they quickly recovered.

"Elder Snake Ji, is something the matter?" Medusa slowly asked as she looked at Great Elder Snake Ji and the eight leaders of the Snake-People Tribe.

Great Elder Snake Ji looked solemnly at Queen Medusa and said, "Your Majesty, you spoke to me today about transforming the entire Snake-People Tribe. I have some ideas."

Transform the Snake-People Tribe?!

Queen Medusa was also briefly taken aback. She knew this had to be another idea that pig's trotter Chen Xuan had come up with.

But judging by Great Elder Snake Ji's expression, Chen Xuan really had won this elder over.

After all, the Snake-People Tribe was far from weak.

The Eight Leaders all possessed Dou Wang strength, while their four reclusive great elders had reached the Dou Emperor level.

Including her, their queen, the Snake-People Tribe possessed five Dou Emperors and eight Dou Wangs. Even the entire Jia Ma Empire probably had no more strength than that.

However, the Snake-People Tribe's Four Great Elders almost never emerged from seclusion, nor did they take part in outside conflicts.

Their purpose was to preserve the Snake-People Tribe when it faced a life-or-death crisis.

Looking at the solemn Great Elder Snake Ji, Medusa played along and asked, "Oh?"

"What ideas do you have, Elder Snake Ji?"

"Your Majesty, I believe that if the entire Snake-People Tribe is to change, it must do so from within and without."

"Some of our rigid, outdated internal systems need to change."

"As for the outside, our living environment also needs to change. The Tagor Desert is simply too barren."

A sharp light shone in Great Elder Snake Ji's aged eyes as she looked at Medusa.

"Just as you said, Your Majesty, it is time to break the Snake-People Tribe's old system. That old system has restricted our development!"

As the previous queen of the Snake-People Tribe, Snake Ji naturally had some insight. After Chen Xuan beat some sense into her, she had gone back and reflected at length, ultimately coming to agree deeply with his ideas.

"What do you intend to do?"

At those words, Queen Medusa's expression also grew serious.

"The Snake-People Tribe's system isn't much of a problem. With a single wave of your hand, Your Majesty, I imagine most of our people would agree. The trouble now lies with the other three elders."

"They are the greatest obstacle!"

The Snake-People Tribe had four elders. Aside from Snake Ji, there were three others whose strength had reached the Dou Emperor level, and their influence over the entire tribe was considerable.

"Those three elders are rather stubborn. They won't agree easily." Looking at Queen Medusa, Snake Ji felt helpless.

These were three Dou Emperors.

Without their agreement, internal reform of the Snake-People Tribe would naturally be difficult.

Queen Medusa was well aware of all this.

Many affairs of the Snake-People Tribe were, in truth, beyond Medusa's control. The Four Great Elders also held considerable authority in deliberations.

A cold, fierce glint appeared in Medusa's eyes as she said, "If those old fossils insist on blocking the way, they can't blame me for being ruthless."

At her words, the expressions of Snake Ji and the Eight Leaders all changed.

Was she going to use force?!

But these were their own people!

"However... we should avoid fighting if we can. It would be best to persuade them." Then Medusa's eyes flickered, and she continued, "The elders have worked hard and contributed greatly to the Snake-People Tribe, and they are powerful. Fighting them would do enormous harm to our tribe."

"I know, I know. Leave this matter to me!"

"Elder Snake Ji, continue. What about the external crisis?"

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