Shy Young Lady-Yue Ti Xia
"In Queen Medusa's situation, a pill called the Spirit Fusion Pill could help her quickly fuse with the Heaven Swallowing Python's soul. But we don't have an alchemist in our group right now, so let them fuse slowly. It won't do Queen Medusa any harm..."
Tushan Rongrong set down her teacup, her gaze lingering on Medusa.
There were no Spirit Fusion Pills in Luo Yang's figurine collection room. After all, no manufacturer would be bored enough to turn something like that into a figurine or merchandise toy.
Even if Luo Yang wanted to buy one, he couldn't.
"We wouldn't presume to hope for that. We're already satisfied that the queen can successfully break through to Dou Zong and evolve her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline..." The First Elder took it in stride and wasn't insatiably greedy.
Their Snake-People Tribe had never been insatiably greedy to begin with. Compared with this time yesterday, when Queen Medusa had still been stuck at Peak Dou Emperor with no telling when she could break through, the surrounding human empires had been eyeing them like tigers, and the Snake-People Tribe had been hanging by a thread, they were now practically drowning in wins.
The only price they had to pay was for their queen to marry a human.
Fortunately, this human wasn't from any of the empires that held a grudge against them. His looks and talent for Dou Qi were both outstanding, so they could still give their tribespeople a reasonable account of it amid the internal discussions.
In other words, their Snake-People Tribe was actually marrying above its station.
They had also gained a son-in-law with a powerful background and limitless potential.
They had struck it rich.
The First and Third Elders continued talking with Tushan Rongrong, while the Second and Fourth Elders took Medusa to a side hall.
Only after asking did the First Elder explain that this was a marriage custom of the Snake-People Tribe. The bride and groom were not allowed to meet for several days before the wedding, and the bride had to learn wedding etiquette and the rules of married life from her family's elders.
Under the original tribal rules, Queen Medusa did not need to marry, nor would a man even marry into her household. The queen only needed to govern the Snake-People Tribe and give birth to the next queen when her talent had been exhausted.
Now that she suddenly needed to marry, she had to go and learn.
For these seven days, Luo Yang wouldn't be able to see Medusa.
The next time they met would be in the bridal chamber beneath the wedding candles.
For the first time, Luo Yang personally experienced what an arranged marriage was, and what it meant to marry first and fall in love afterward.
But it didn't matter. For him, it brought a hundred benefits and not a single harm anyway.
By intervening in Medusa's evolution, Luo Yang had already obtained a great deal of karma. Even after deducting the karma spent activating Little Sky Swallowing Python, he had still made a considerable profit.
When he married Medusa three days later, the karma he received would be even more immense.
Tushan Rongrong had previously estimated that it would be roughly enough to activate a fighter at the level of a Dou Zun expert.
And this was all just the down payment. Medusa was one of the two female leads personally designated by Heavenly Silkworm Potato, with abundant karma and a future as a Dou Di expert. Once the full payment arrived, while it might not necessarily provide enough karma to activate a Dou Di, a Peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng would at least be guaranteed.
Tushan Rongrong chatted with the First Elder for a long while longer. Luo Yang was so bored that he was almost nodding off, so he wanted to go out for a stroll.
It was his first time in the Snake-People Holy City, and he hadn't explored it yet.
"Luoluo, go bring Yue Ti Xia here."
Just as Luo Yang quietly asked Qing Lin whether she wanted to go out and play, Tushan Rongrong spoke.
Luo Yang paused for about two and a half seconds before understanding what Sister Rongrong meant.
"Huh? All right, Sister Rongrong."
Luo Yang closed his eyes and sank his consciousness inward.
A second later, he opened his eyes again.
Immediately afterward, a girl in blue-green clothes with her hair in a braid appeared in midair. She looked utterly bewildered before gravity pulled her down.
"Ah-" The intense sensation of weightlessness made the girl scream.
Luo Yang spread his arms and caught the falling girl with the braid.
Any activated figurine could be brought safely into reality. This had only happened because Luo Yang had done it on purpose.
"Are you all right?"
Luo Yang gave what he thought was a reasonably handsome smile and looked down at the braided girl in his arms.
"Huh? I'm fine... So handsome... So embarrassing, so embarrassing..."
Yue Ti Xia opened her eyes, and a man's handsome face came into view. Only then did she realize that he was still holding her. Such an intimate position immediately made her cover her face in embarrassment.
She kept murmuring, "So embarrassing, so embarrassing."
Yue Ti Xia, the leader of the Ancient Tree Yue Ti clan, was known as the Shy Young Lady.
She possessed one of the most treasured magical artifacts: the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree Bark. Although she had little combat ability, her clan's miraculous ability, Spring Follows in Her Wake, inspired envy and jealousy in countless experts even across the myriad heavens and worlds.
But right now, Yue Ti Xia was still very inexperienced, her cultivation was shallow, and she had yet to become the leader of the Yue Ti Tribe.
"Shy Young Lady, stop being shy for a moment. Could you get down first? You're so heavy~ My arms are getting sore..."
Although Luo Yang quite enjoyed holding a beautiful young lady, he still pretended to be exhausted and urged Yue Ti Xia to get down.
Sister Rongrong was still present, so he didn't dare get too carried away.
Hearing Luo Yang call her heavy halved Yue Ti Xia's embarrassment but doubled her anger.
Who called a girl heavy?
Besides, she only weighed a little over eighty jin. How was that heavy?
So annoying...
Although she inwardly complained about Luo Yang's ungentlemanly remark, Yue Ti Xia still obediently got down.
With her feet on the unfamiliar stone tiles, Yue Ti Xia curiously surveyed her surroundings.
The spacious palace wasn't particularly lavishly decorated, but it had a very distinctive style of another race. A stone chair carved with snake patterns stood on the raised platform in the center, directly opposite the entrance.
When her gaze landed on the Snake-People Tribe's First and Third Elders and she clearly saw their withered, frightening old faces, Yue Ti Xia turned as green as bamboo with fright and hurriedly hid behind Luo Yang.
A large patch of emerald-green moss sprouted where she had just been standing.
Activated figurines were all one hundred percent loyal to Luo Yang. Although she had some complaints about him calling her heavy just now, Luo Yang was the only person present she knew.
"Luoluo, take them outside first. The First Elder and I still have some things to discuss."
"All right, Sister Rongrong."
Luo Yang left the hall with Qing Lin and the Shy Young Lady.
Meanwhile, inside the Snake-People queen's bedchamber.
Medusa walked back and forth through the bedchamber, her bare, jade-like feet treading on the cold floor.
Having just shed the snake tail she had used for decades and gained human legs, Medusa was still somewhat unaccustomed to them. Like a child, she was also full of curiosity about new things.
The Fourth Elder slithered alongside her on her gray-black snake tail, explaining the etiquette and rules Queen Medusa would need to follow after marrying.
[Name: Yue Ti Xia] [Gender: Female] [Age: ??] [Height: 166 cm] [Weight: 41 kg] [Measurements: 86-57-85] [Cup size: C] [Personality: Sensitive, shy, innocent] [Preferred type: Handsome, tall, provides a sense of security] [Body: Virgin] [Race: Demon Tribe-Ancient Tree Yue Ti] [Identity: Daughter of the Yue Ti Tribe's leader] [Relationship: Master and servant] [Affection: 50 (initial)] [Cultivation: Great Demon/Dou Ling ★★] [Talent: Average] [Skill: Spring Follows in Her Wake (locked skill; wherever she goes, spring brings warmth and flowers bloom. Even dead land can regain vitality.)]