A Night at the Desert Oasis

"It's almost dark. Pick up the pace. Let's rest here."

Tushan Rongrong took the map from Qing Lin, examined it carefully, and finally rested her gaze on the nearest oasis marker.

"But we'll have to keep a low profile. The Charming Snake Tribe is a hundred li south of this oasis. Let's avoid unnecessary conflict..."

An oasis in the desert was a treasure more precious than gold or jewels.

"The Charming Snake Tribe?"

At those words, Luo Yang's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help recalling the Tagor Desert storyline from the last time he had reviewed the original novel.

It was the Snake-People Tribe settlement closest to the Snake-People Holy City. Although this wasn't the settlement itself, it still lay within the Charming Snake Tribe's territory.

When Tudou first introduced Yue Mei, the leader of the Charming Snake Tribe, he described her as having "long hair resting against her snow-white, fragrant shoulders, droplets of water clinging to skin so delicate a breath might break it, then following her shoulders down past her alluring slender waist before finally dripping into the lake and sending ripples spreading across it."

She was utterly seductive, enough to set one's blood boiling.

Never mind surpassing Queen Medusa-she was, after all, Tudou's designated female lead-but Yue Mei was certainly more gorgeous than the female celebrities and influencers Luo Yang had seen before transmigrating, even with their makeup and beauty filters cranked to the maximum.

Slurp... He really did want to see her with his own eyes...

"Hiss-ah! Sister Rongrong, what are you doing?"

Luo Yang had been imagining that scene when a sharp pain shot through his ear, making him suck in a breath.

"Have you started thinking about lewd things again?" Tushan Rongrong asked mildly, tugging his ear.

No one knew Luo Yang like Tushan Rongrong did.

After spending the past six months together, Tushan Rongrong could now guess what he was dreaming about just from the way he rolled over in his sleep...

"Hehe..."

Luo Yang gave an awkward laugh.

He had no secrets whatsoever from Sister Rongrong.

Perhaps to spare his wounded feelings, Tushan Rongrong released his ear and gently rubbed it before continuing.

"Luoluo, there's no need to rush. Before long, you'll be able to say goodbye to your virginity..."

"Really?"

Delighted, Luo Yang's eyes instantly lit up.

He had transmigrated more than six months ago, and although he had met several top-class beauties, he hadn't managed to take things further with any of them, much less have that sort of relationship.

"No."

Tushan Rongrong answered without hesitation.

Luo Yang: "..."

Damn it!

He had known this would happen.

This wasn't the first time Tushan Rongrong had teased him like this.

He should have known better. He had gotten excited for nothing.

With a sigh, Luo Yang strode swiftly toward the distant oasis, carrying the light, supple Tushan Rongrong on his back.

After crossing two large dunes, they spotted flecks of green.

Presumably, that was the oasis marked on the map.

As the old saying went, a horse could run itself to death chasing a mountain in sight. That seemingly distant speck took them over another hour to reach.

The moment they entered the oasis, they clearly felt the air temperature drop several degrees, and a cool breeze brushed their faces.

Although the oasis was only a tiny dot on the map, it was quite large in reality, roughly the size of several soccer fields.

In an arid desert, an oasis too small to retain its water would probably have disappeared long ago.

"Let's spend the night here and look for Queen Medusa tomorrow."

As the sky gradually darkened, they ate dinner, then Tushan Rongrong, Qing Lin, and Luo Yang split into two groups and found small lakes within the oasis to bathe in.

Bathing was an incredible luxury in the desert.

Although Hai Bodong was an ice practitioner, he wasn't particularly fond of water. His body temperature stayed below that of an ordinary person all year round, and as a Dou Huang expert, he didn't get dirty easily or sweat in the desert, so it made little difference whether he bathed.

Luo Yang had wanted to bathe with Tushan Rongrong, just as they had back in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Unfortunately, Tushan Rongrong refused on the grounds that Qing Lin was there.

Qing Lin didn't actually object to... bathing with Luo Yang, but before she could say so, Tushan Rongrong dragged her away.

Thus, Luo Yang could only go bathe by himself.

There was some distance between the two little lakes. Even if Luo Yang wanted to hear them splashing around, he couldn't.

"You said~ you hated on someone you shouldn't have... You could hardly hide the excitement in your heart..."

Luo Yang hummed the little Kun song "When Kun Awakens" as he stripped, treating it as a warm-up.

"You said~ you've had your fill of the hardship of being an ikun... Even the innocent bystanders wear their hair parted down the middle..."

"You said the little haters hide among the crowd... You even suspect it's Kun-Kun~ himself!!!"

He hadn't worn much in the first place to stay cool while traveling through the desert, so he stripped naked in no time.

Splash-

Tossing his clothes onto the grass by the shore, Luo Yang plunged into the water.

"Phew~"

"Life gives you thirty-six thousand days. Every day you get to show off is a day well spent..."

Only after swimming underwater for quite a while did Luo Yang lift his head out, shake the water from his hair, and take a deep breath.

The last time he remembered enjoying the water this much had been back in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

After swimming for a while, Luo Yang felt a little hungry, so he swam to shore and took out the water and snacks he had bought in Stone Desert City from his Storage Ring.

Once he had eaten and drunk his fill, drowsiness crept over him. He slowly closed his eyes, relaxed his body, and slid into the lake, drifting freely in the water with only his nose exposed to breathe.

Soon, he fell asleep.

In his sleep, Luo Yang vaguely heard several clear female voices chattering away. He assumed he was dreaming-a dream of spring...

He blew a bubble and continued sleeping.

Two and a half minutes earlier...

A group had arrived outside the oasis... Snake-People.

Moreover, they were all female Snake-People, with graceful figures and scant clothing that left broad expanses of skin exposed to the air. Their long snake tails lent them a wild allure and left winding tracks in the sand.

The female Snake-Person leading them was a fifth-rank magical beast, equivalent to a human Dou Wang expert. Beside her were four third-rank female Snake-People, equivalent to human Da Dou Shi experts.

Within the Snake-People Tribe, apart from Queen Medusa and the captain of the guards who stayed by her side, there was only one beautiful female Snake-Person with Dou Wang cultivation...

Yue Mei, leader of the Charming Snake Tribe.

Having just finished a day of patrols, Yue Mei swayed along with several personal guards, coming to the oasis where she bathed and played in the water as usual.

The desert was scorching hot, and Yue Mei liked to come here every evening to bathe, washing away the day's sweat and exhaustion.

For some unknown reason, the queen had suddenly ordered a complete lockdown several days earlier. Every tribe was to patrol the desert and investigate anything suspicious.

Although they didn't know why, they didn't dare ask questions and simply followed their orders.

Chatting among themselves, the women arrived at the lake where they bathed.

Officially, they were superior and subordinates, but in private, Yue Mei was very approachable with her underlings. They could bathe and play in the water together, entirely unlike the overbearing male leaders of the other seven tribes with their strict hierarchies.

The women slowly shed their scant, lightweight "clothes," exposing the last of their soft, smooth skin to the cool breeze, then slipped into the water one after another and began bathing.

Sometimes they splashed and played, sometimes they scrubbed one another's backs, and sometimes they launched surprise attacks on one another's sensitive spots. Their voices chirped and trilled as they enjoyed themselves immensely.

As she swam, Yue Mei felt her tail touch something. It was a little hard, but it wasn't a stone or a branch. It even seemed to have a little give and... warmth.

[Name: Yue Mei]

[Sex: Female]

[Age: ??]

[Body length: 4.42 m]

[Weight: 143 kg]

[Cup size: D+]

[Measurements: 91-60-93]

[Personality: Venomous, ruthless, lonely, empty]

[Body: Virgin]

[Race: Snake-Person]

[Identity: Leader of the Snake-People Tribe's Charming Snake Tribe]

[Cultivation: Dou Wang ★★★★★★★]

[Talent: Excellent]

[Skills: Snake's Curse Seal, Snake Spirit Technique, Venomous Snake's Fang]