107: Chapter 107 Xiao Yun'er, her acting is so convincing.

“So fast?” Yun Yun asked with a look of surprise. “According to our calculations, shouldn't it have taken you at least another year to break through using the power of the Green Lotus Core Flame?”

“Mm.” Queen Medusa’s lips curled slightly as she leaned against a nearby table, resting her chin on one hand. “As it turns out, the Plane Blessing is indeed quite wonderful. Of course, it also has to do with the fact that I previously obtained a damaged monster core and remnant soul of a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python. Otherwise, even with the daily bloodline enhancement, it would likely still take around three months.”

“But the reason I was able to obtain that damaged core and soul was also because of the Plane Blessing, so in the end, it’s the same thing.”

“A breakthrough at least a year ahead of schedule, and one that is smoother, more perfect, and without risk.” Yun Yun felt genuine envy, but then she grew a bit worried. “But if you break through so quickly, won't Xiao Ting suspect something is wrong?”

“Furthermore, if you rely on yourself to break through, you wouldn't have a reason to continue staying by Xiao Ting’s side, would you?”

“Since I plan to break through, I naturally have a way.” Medusa smiled calmly, looking confident. “Xun'er thought of a method long ago. When the time comes, we’ll just tell Xiao Ting that she found a damaged monster core and remnant soul of a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python for me, which is why the evolution is happening early.”

“The condition for her giving me these resources is that after I break through to Dou Zong, I must protect Xiao Ting for at least three years.”

“That way, I can reasonably ask him to help me with the final evolution.”

“And my protection of him becomes a transaction with Xun'er, making it perfectly logical.”

Didn't Xiao Ting like to 'eat soft rice' and do so with such righteous confidence and peace of mind?

Then Xun'er would help make that 'rice' even softer, and she, Medusa, would also come to support the act.

How hard could it be to fabricate an excuse to give Xiao Ting an advantage?

“I see.” Yun Yun felt that this plan was truly seamless, much better than her staying by Medusa's side as a maid.

“When did you two come up with these plans?” Yun Yun asked curiously.

“A few days ago, while eating pastries, reading books, and chatting, we just came up with it.” Medusa tilted her chin up slightly. “Why, Maid Yun Yun, do Xun'er and I need to report to you in advance?”

“I didn't mean that.” Yun Yun immediately waved her hands and smiled. “I was just thinking that you two never discussed it in the group.”

“What is there to discuss?” Medusa shook her head slightly and then said, “Go, fetch a plate of fruit from the kitchen for me.”

Yun Yun: ?

“Sister Medusa, you’re really using me as a maid.” Yun Yun showed a somewhat helpless expression; Queen Medusa was getting too into her role.

“What do you mean, using you as a maid?” Medusa leaned in, reaching out to pinch Yun Yun's cheek, her narrow eyes filled with playfulness. “To make the act convincing, you really do have my Snake Seal inside you. It’s just not as powerful as Hai Bodong’s and is very easy to remove.”

“When you proposed this script, Xun'er said we must strive for realism and that we should all act according to our own personalities.”

“Tell me, if I had captured you, would I not order you around constantly?”

“Little Yun'er, the acting must be realistic.”

“Is my script even right?” Yun Yun suddenly felt like she had been foolish.

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Meanwhile, in the most luxurious restaurant in the Jia Ma Empire's Jia Ma Holy City, Huo Zhi and Yao Ling sat facing each other. Beside them sat a woman with a charming and moving aura.

“You say your name is Yao Ling?” The mature beauty in the red dress leaned in to scrutinize Yao Ling.

“Yes, Senior Fairy Huo Ling,” Yao Ling answered somewhat nervously.

Although the person before her was only a soul energy clone of Fairy Huo Ling, she was still a powerhouse comparable to a Three-Star Dou Sheng. Her main body was a late-stage Seven-Star Dou Sheng, even more powerful than the Medicine Clan's strongest member, her grandfather.

“That 'Fairy' just saved you.” Fairy Huo Ling tapped Yao Ling’s forehead. “Otherwise, I would have to go to the Medicine Clan and ask that old fellow Yao Dan what he meant by giving his granddaughter the same name as me. Does he want to be my grandfather?”

“My grandfather definitely didn't mean that.” Yao Ling’s heart tightened, and she immediately explained, “He said he hoped I would be sensible and clever, so he chose the character 'Ling'. Sharing a name with the Fairy only shows that it is indeed a good name.”

“You certainly know how to talk.” A hint of surprise flashed in Fairy Huo Ling’s eyes as she asked with interest, “Why would you come to a remote place like the Northwest Continent?”

To have the exact same goal as her own little niece... it felt like quite a coincidence.

“To gain experience.” Yao Ling’s gaze was honest as she told the truth. “I heard that the Northwest Continent was the starting place of the strongest Ancient Clan from a thousand years ago, the Xiao Clan. I’ve heard the legends of Xiao Xuan and wanted to come here to see for myself.”

“Oh?” Now Fairy Huo Ling was truly surprised. She chuckled. “It’s rare for someone from the Medicine Clan to have the idea of leaving the Medicine World to see the outside. You are different from those other arrogant, narrow-minded, and conservative fools of the Medicine Clan.”

Yao Ling immediately gave an awkward smile, thinking to herself, So this is how people from other Ancient Clans view the Medicine Clan?

As if guessing her thoughts, Fairy Huo Ling leaned back in her chair and said, “Setting aside the Medicine Clan and the Hun Clan, even my Yan Clan and the Lei Clan have Eight Star Dou Shengs living in this world. We still don't forget to frequently travel to the outside world for experience, looking for opportunities left by predecessors and discovering commoner geniuses.”

“Back then, Xiao Xuan discovered the Ancestor Fen Yan of the Burning Flame Valley. For someone without a Dou Di Bloodline to actually grow to the level of a Nine-Star Dou Sheng... he really set a great example.”

“As for your Medicine Clan, the strongest in the whole clan is just that Seven-Star Dou Sheng Yao Dan holding things up, and he’s still not this Fairy's match. Yet you still look down on this and that. Truly laughable.”

“Take Yao Chen, for example. If the Medicine Clan had just taken him back, you would have gained another Dou Sheng long ago, and one capable of refining Ninth Grade Pills at that. But you just had to refuse.”

“This Fairy often thinks that if the Medicine Clan is ever destroyed, it will certainly be because of excessive arrogance.”

In Fairy Huo Ling’s view, as descendants of an Ancient Clan, it was appropriate and correct to have an invincible heart, to be proud of one's bloodline, and to believe one is not inferior to anyone.

But to be as blindly conceited as the Medicine Clan... that was a path to self-destruction.

“Senior, your criticism is correct.”

If this were in the past, Yao Ling would certainly have been submissive in speech but defiant in heart.

In the entire Fighting Qi Continent, all the high-level Alchemists combined were not as numerous as those in the Medicine Clan.

The Medicine Clan were descendants of a Dou Di and possessed countless medicinal pills; it was normal for them to feel powerful.

But now that she had the Diary, she was no longer that frog in the well. However, some deep-seated personality traits were indeed not something that could be changed overnight.

“Senior, I've been getting along quite well with Sister Huo Zhi.” Yao Ling’s beautiful eyes moved as she spoke with a smile. “My elder brother, Yao Tian, is a few years older than me. He has already broken through to Dou Zun, and his soul state has reached the peak of the Ling Realm. Do you think he is qualified to ask for Sister Huo Zhi’s hand in marriage?”

Fairy Huo Ling: ?

The jump in the conversation topic was so large that this Seven-Star Dou Sheng almost threw out her back.

Huo Zhi’s mouth twitched slightly: Setting aside everything else, Yao Ling’s execution of a plan is certainly strong.