At Hun Changqing's utterly perfunctory tone, the rare warmth in Medusa's beautiful eyes froze over once more. A cold, piercing gaze shot from her eyes as she followed his gaze to the scaled snake in his hand. She was about to say something, but after studying the snake closely, she frowned slightly.
"What has she evolved into? Why does she look so strange, so unlike ordinary snake-type magical beasts?"
Confusion flickered in Medusa's eyes as she questioned Hun Changqing in surprise. The green-armored scaled snake's head was not rounded; two small bumps protruded from it. Nor was her belly smooth like an ordinary snake's. Instead, it was uneven, looking utterly out of proportion. Her overall appearance was distinctly awkward.
A strange light also flickered in Hun Changqing's eyes as he examined the scaled snake. Naturally, the abnormalities on her body could not escape his notice. They bore some resemblance to a certain creature he remembered, but he could not be sure, as those features had not fully developed. Without examining her carefully, he could not determine whether her evolution was incomplete or whether the evolution itself had simply left her somewhat malformed. Moreover, Qing Lin should have had no connection whatsoever to that creature. Thus, in response to Medusa's confusion, Hun Changqing merely shook his head and said calmly,
"Aside from a few magical beasts unique to the Central Plains, I know even less about magical beasts than you do, so I don't know what kind she has evolved into either. Perhaps she is an ancient variant that vanished long ago. But like you, her evolution is probably incomplete. Your true form, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, can still evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Only then will you reach your true, complete form. Your true form is simply