93: Chapter 93 Ice Emperor: Nightmares Lead to Reality

"Queen Medusa, if you come out with us, it will cause panic in the city. There might even be experts following us to monitor our movements. I think it's better to skip it." Xiao Ting tried to persuade Medusa not to come along, wearing a look of anticipation on his face.

"That's because they fear me, but I don't fear them. Besides, if I accompany you, I can clear the area in an instant. Wouldn't that be better?" Medusa showed a stubborn determination to go.

"Fine." Xiao Ting looked helpless, as if he had no choice but to agree.

Medusa curled the corners of her lips, pleased with her victory.

Whatever Xiao Ting didn't want her to do, she was determined to do.

【Diary entry: Queen Medusa is not only a woman who says one thing while her body does another, but she is also highly competitive and easily provoked by challenges.】

【Some people need to be coaxed, but with Queen Medusa, you just have to go against her and pretend you can't win the argument; she'll happily fall for it.】

【Clever as I am, I successfully brought her along.】

Medusa suddenly couldn't smile:!

It wasn't because Xiao Ting had found a way to guide her.

It was because she was angry at herself; she knew perfectly well that Xiao Ting's goal was to take her out, yet she had smugly fallen for it.

"Let's go."

Xiao Ting nodded at Xun'er and Qing Lin, then took the lead and headed downstairs.

After walking a few steps, he turned back to look at Medusa and said with an expectant face: "Queen Medusa, why don't you think about it again and just stay behind?"

If she didn't possess the Diary and know what Xiao Ting was thinking, Medusa felt she would have definitely been fooled by him.

That was just her personality; the more you, Xiao Ting, didn't want me to do something, the more I would insist on doing it.

Therefore, she was definitely going now!

But Xiao Ting's inner thoughts clearly indicated that he wanted her to go.

Based on her temper, she wouldn't go, unless Xiao Ting begged her.

But she couldn't reveal that she knew Xiao Ting's true inner thoughts.

"Let's go!" Medusa smiled, though she felt incredibly stifled inside.

Xun'er and Qing Lin were struggling to hold back their laughter; they felt that Xiao Ting and Medusa were truly a pair of fated rivals.

"I want this."

"I want that too."

"I want to buy this whole pile."

"Get lost, or I'll kill you. Take the money."

"..."

What to do when you're unhappy inside but can't show it to Xiao Ting?

Queen Medusa self-taught the innate female superpower: transforming into a shopping spree machine.

She bought candied hawthorns, snacks from street stalls, and every piece of clothing she liked when they walked into a shop.

If anyone recognized her identity and tried to flee, she would threaten them, then immediately make Xiao Ting pay for whatever they were holding.

Regarding this, Xiao Ting didn't mind; it was just a little pocket change, as long as Queen Medusa was happy.

"Why buy this?" Walking into a shoe store, Xiao Ting turned to leave, but Medusa wanted to buy everything: "You don't even have a use for them."

"There will naturally be a time when I can wear them in the future," Medusa replied.

"Can't we just buy them then?" Xiao Ting's mouth twitched slightly.

It wasn't that the money was a lot, and the items could all be put into the storage ring, so there was no need to carry them around, but Queen Medusa was buying a bit too much.

"I'm happy to." Medusa cast a glance at him, her tone teasing: "What, is Young Master Xiao reluctant to spend this money on me? Is this the real reason you didn't want me to come along?"

"You got that right." Xiao Ting didn't refute her, but instead took Xun'er's hand: "Queen Medusa, my money is all managed by Xun'er. It's not appropriate to spend it on women outside."

Medusa's expression stiffened immediately, but Xun'er stepped in to smooth things over: "Then let's pack them all up. Sister Medusa will be able to wear them in the future."

"No need to buy them all." Medusa was just giving Xiao Ting a hard time; she didn't want Xun'er to waste money on her for nothing, so she immediately said: "Just pick one or two pairs."

"Brother Xiao Ting, you pick two pairs for Sister Medusa." Xun'er lowered her eyes and smiled.

"Can his taste be trusted?" Medusa snorted softly.

"My taste isn't good." Xiao Ting raised a hand, palm up towards Xun'er: "This is the proof of my taste."

Medusa: "..."

I really can't argue with you on that.

In the end, Xiao Ting picked out a few pairs of beautiful, glamorous shoes for Medusa.

Medusa finally lost interest in shopping and asked when they could return to the inn.

"I want to buy some maps to get a detailed understanding of the Jia Ma Empire and the surrounding regions. I heard there is a good map shop in this Mo City. Come with me." Xiao Ting finally mentioned the goal of this trip.

The three women naturally had no objections.

Xiao Ting stopped a passerby on the road, asked for directions, and the group headed straight to the map shop named "Gu Tu".

From the outside, it didn't look luxurious or flashy, but rather antique and simple.

Pushing the door open and walking inside, one could see the interior space wasn't large. Two moonstones were embedded in the corners for simple lighting, which made the whole room quite bright.

Perhaps because they arrived quite late, there wasn't a single customer in the shop, nor was the owner there, and there were no attendants to greet them.

The group walked straight into the shop and came to the counter to look around, discovering many hand-drawn maps where various locations and routes were marked very clearly.

Xiao Ting only looked for a moment before walking straight to a wooden shelf nearby that looked quite old, worn out, and ready to fall apart at any moment, picking up the maps stacked on it.

Some of the maps were yellowed, while others felt incomplete, looking like a pile of trash.

Xiao Ting swept it with his soul power and found one of the targets of this trip: a tattered, ancient-looking map.

This was one of the fragmented maps of the Purification Lotus Demon Flame, but it was only half of what Hai Bodong had; the other half was still in his hands.

Just then, the temperature in the shop suddenly plummeted, and a cold voice followed: "This shop is not open at night. Put down what you are holding and leave."

As the voice spoke, a door in the middle of the wall behind the counter was pushed open from the inside. An elderly man with a head of silver hair and a withered appearance walked out. His eyes were cloudy, yet people dared not look at him for too long.

"Hmm?"

After walking out, the old man was about to continue chasing them away, but before he could speak, he seemed to see some terrifying magical beast. He instinctively took a step back, his voice trembling: "Me, Medusa, Queen!?"

His pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks, his whole body trembled, and his facial expression control completely collapsed.

After swallowing hard several times, he started pinching his own arms and thighs repeatedly.

Not only that, but he closed and opened his eyes several times, seemingly hoping that what he was seeing was an illusion.

Seeing this scene, a lyric suddenly popped into Xiao Ting's mind.

【Don't dare to open my eyes, hoping it's my illusion <Photo> X9】

【Jie Jie Jie, bringing Queen Medusa here really did reveal an interesting scene. Hai Bodong has been tortured by her seal for over a decade.】

【Queen Medusa is the nightmare he thinks about day and night!】

The women: "..."

You Hall of Souls' Venerable Xiao, still doing the "Jie Jie Jie."