The palace in the Holy City.
Yue Mei, Mo Bass, Yin Shi, and the other five leaders of the Snake-People Tribe trembled as they gazed up at Queen Medusa with utmost reverence.
Their queen's expression was growing colder by the moment.
None of them wanted to invite her wrath. Nor could they fathom who had the ability to slip past their watch and reach the Snake-People Holy Temple!
Above them, Queen Medusa reclined on her side, a length of her purple snake tail swaying gently. Her stunning figure was on full display, exuding a subtle allure. Only the constant rubbing of her long nails betrayed her unsettled mood.
No, this person is too mysterious, and I can't control him. What if he takes control of my body again and does something to harm the Snake-People Tribe?
No, I have to find a way!
Suddenly, as though something had occurred to her, a glimmer appeared in Queen Medusa's chilly eyes.
"You may withdraw!"
"I'll be entering seclusion for a while. I leave the defense of Snake People City to you."
Then Medusa raised her head slightly and addressed Yue Mei and the others below.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Yue Mei and the others exchanged glances before answering respectfully.
"Your Majesty, the Great Elder said this morning that she had an important matter to discuss with you. When would you like to pay her a visit?"
Just as everyone was about to leave, Mo Bass seemed to remember something and spoke again.
The Great Elder?!
The instant Mo Bass finished speaking, Medusa's expression changed.
Rumble!
A terrifying pressure erupted from Medusa's body. It bore down on them from their bodies to the depths of their souls. In an instant, Yue Mei and the other seven leaders sank under its crushing weight.
This was the pressure of her bloodline!
"The Great Elder wants me to go to her?"
"Don't forget, I am the queen!"
Medusa stared at them with icy eyes and snapped.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
At her words, the expressions of Yue Mei, Mo Bass, Yin Shi, and the other five leaders of the Snake-People Tribe changed. They answered with utmost reverence.
"Leave!"
Medusa spoke coldly once more.
Once Yue Mei and the other seven leaders reached the outside of the hall, they wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and let out deep sighs of relief.
Mo Bass, meanwhile, was utterly bewildered!
What was going on?!
"Mo Bass, you're a complete idiot! You knew Her Majesty was angry, yet you still poured oil on the fire!"
Yan Ci looked at Mo Bass, speechless.
Mo Bass looked helpless too. "It was the Great Elder's order. What could I do? Besides, Her Majesty agreed quite readily this morning."
"And Her Majesty's mood seems especially unstable today. She's impossible to read."
Everyone present nodded in heartfelt agreement at Mo Bass's words.
None of them knew what had happened!
Their queen's unpredictable moods made things difficult for them.
She unleashed her bloodline pressure at the slightest provocation. Even they found it frightening.
"Besides, didn't Her Majesty only just break through to Nine-Star Dou Emperor today?"
"Why is she going into seclusion again?!"
Yan Ci glanced back at Queen Medusa's palace, then spoke cautiously, as though afraid she might hear him.
The others shook their heads slightly, unable to make sense of it no matter how hard they thought.
Normally, stabilizing her cultivation would have been enough, yet their queen intended to enter seclusion again. Something was certainly amiss.
Meanwhile, inside the palace, a trace of helplessness appeared in Queen Medusa's beautiful eyes.
She did not want to enter seclusion either!
But there was nothing else she could do.
She had no idea whether the mysterious person who could control her body had left. If he seized control again, she would have no way to stop him.
If he then did something extreme to the Snake-People Tribe, the sin would fall upon her, Queen Medusa.
So the best solution now was to find somewhere to enter seclusion-preferably a place even she could not freely enter or leave.
Meanwhile, Chen Xuan's soul felt the world spin around him, and suddenly he appeared in an unfamiliar space.
Where was this?!
How had I suddenly appeared here?!
Ding! Host, this is Queen Medusa's consciousness space. Host, you and Queen Medusa share a symbiotic relationship. This body can be considered your shared possession. As such, you each have equal time to control the body. The host controls it during the day, while Queen Medusa herself controls it at night.
Suddenly, a system notification rang out in Chen Xuan's mind.
After hearing the system's explanation, Chen Xuan understood.
Essentially, he controlled the body during the day, and Medusa controlled it at night.
He then turned his gaze toward this voidlike space.
Unfamiliar, hollow, empty. There seemed to be nothing here.
"Wahaha~! Big sister, what do you want to do in the future?"
"I want to become queen. One day, I'll lead the Snake-People Tribe out of this desert and give our people peaceful, happy lives. What about you, little sister?"
"Big sister, you'll definitely become an outstanding queen. I want to travel all across the Jia Ma Empire, and even leave it to see the world..."
Suddenly, an illusory scene appeared within the empty space.
Two women of the Snake-People Tribe with identical faces smiled as they discussed their beautiful visions of the future.
"Is that Queen Medusa when she was young?" Chen Xuan looked at one of the illusory figures in surprise, then turned toward the other. "Then the other one must be Queen Medusa's younger sister, Die, who yearned for freedom!"
The scenes kept shifting, showing Queen Medusa's past.
To become a worthy queen, Medusa had always cultivated diligently, striving toward her dream.
Back then, Queen Medusa still smiled from time to time, looking forward to a beautiful future.
Until one day...
Queen Medusa learned that, to choose a queen, the strongest had to be selected from between Medusa and her younger sister.
The strong would live; the weak would die!
At that moment, the sky came crashing down!
To ensure Medusa could become queen, her younger sister Die deliberately died at her hands.
In the end, Medusa became queen of the Snake-People Tribe, but her smile vanished, buried beneath cold indifference.
"Sigh!"
"Even the strongest person buries tenderness deep within." Chen Xuan sighed. "I never imagined Queen Medusa had a past like this."
It was hard to imagine what Medusa had felt upon learning the cruel truth that one queen had to be chosen between the two sisters.
If something like that happened to him, Chen Xuan truly doubted he could be as strong as Queen Medusa.
Perhaps it was precisely this cruelty that had allowed Queen Medusa to reach her current heights.
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