Hai Bodong stared blankly at Medusa, who had suddenly appeared before him, feeling the aura emanating from her that represented a five-star Dou Zong.
Who could tell him why Medusa was here? Why was Medusa a five-star Dou Zong? Why had she discovered him the moment he broke through to Dou Zong and tried to show off?
Hai Bodong was sweating profusely, his lips trembling.
"M...Queen Medusa? Would you believe me if I told you that what happened just now was a misunderstanding?"
Medusa's eyes flashed with ruthlessness after hearing Hai Bodong's words. Her face was icy cold as she sneered,
"Heh, so it's that little bug I accidentally let go over thirty years ago. It seems that your advancement to Dou Zong has given you plenty of confidence, huh? You want to cause me trouble."
"This..."
Hai Bodong swallowed hard, unsure of what to say. His tall and strong body trembled slightly as he felt the overwhelming killing intent emanating from Queen Medusa.
Suddenly, he remembered that Medusa seemed to have come down from the mountaintop. Connecting this to the seven-colored snake that Hun Changqing had brought out of the Snake-Man Desert, he felt he had discovered something extraordinary. He quickly exclaimed,
"Queen Medusa, you...you are the Lord's wife, aren't you?! I am the Lord's follower, you are my mistress! The Lord never told me this before. If he had, I would never have said such things!"
Medusa, who was gathering her fighting spirit and about to unleash a ruthless attack, paused upon hearing Hai Bodong's words, her delicate eyebrows slightly raised.
For some reason, Medusa felt a surge of joy upon hearing Hai Bodong's use of the word "mistress," though she didn't show it.
"Oh? Mistress? Heh, how did you figure that out? Does that bastard even deserve her?"
Medusa remained defiant, her tone cold and merciless.
However, Hai Bodong's heart leaped with joy upon hearing Medusa's words. He was an experienced old man; how could he not hear the almost overwhelming resentment in Medusa's voice? She sounded exactly like a young wife abandoned by her husband.
"So these two had a fight! No wonder they're so hostile! I'm in deep trouble!"
Hai Bodong lamented inwardly, but dared not show it on his face, instead adopting a fawning expression.
"Your Highness, did you two have a quarrel? Your Highness is such a stunning beauty, so incredibly lovely. It's his good fortune to have met you.
he would surely cherish and love a woman like you dearly. How could you have such a disagreement? Is there some misunderstanding?
Your Highness is quite straightforward and always speaks his mind. If your words have displeased His Highness, you should..." " Please bear with me.
Besides, the master is someone who responds better to gentle persuasion than force. If there's any misunderstanding, the mistress only needs to talk to him properly, and once the misunderstanding is cleared up, everyone will be happy!"
Hai Bodong frantically spoke well of the two of them and offered Medusa advice, while inwardly cursing them fiercely. Every time he encountered something related to Hun Changqing, it was never a good thing. The first time they met, he almost sent him away on the spot.
Later, he went to the capital to pimp for him, but Hun Changqing went off to have fun, while he stayed in the palace and got beaten up by Jia Xingtian.
Now there's Medusa. Hun Changqing angered her, and now Medusa wants to take it out on him, while he has to carefully speak up for Hun Changqing.
He plays both the good guy and the bad guy, while Hun Changqing is the one who hugs the beautiful women. After Hun Changqing finishes hugging them, he just leaves them there, pats their butts, and disappears somewhere. Every time, Hun Changqing has to leave them behind to clean up the mess. The thought of his once-powerful Ice Emperor falling to such a state filled Hai Bodong with resentment and immense grievance.
Medusa, upon hearing Hai Bodong's words, unconsciously nodded in agreement. Aside from his initial beastly behavior, Hun Changqing had indeed shown her considerable care and concern afterward.
She had been the one to speak bluntly earlier, so it seemed she couldn't blame him?
However, recalling Hun Changqing's attitude and actions, Medusa felt a surge of resentment and anger.
Why should she be the one to talk to Hun Changqing properly? Why shouldn't Hun Changqing talk to her? In an instant, Medusa's temper flared up again.
"What does he have to do with me? I have no relation to him, and there's no misunderstanding. It's better if that bastard dies!"
Medusa said mercilessly again, but she didn't make things difficult for Hai Bodong any further. She simply stepped into the air and left the valley.
Hai Bodong watched Medusa's departing figure and thought to himself,
"What nonsense about having no relation. If you really had no relation to him, you would have already attacked him. Why would you be explaining to me? Hurry up and leave. Seeing the two of you makes me annoyed."
However, after seeing Medusa leave, Hai Bodong breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to leave the valley, he suddenly remembered what Hun Changqing had said to him on the other side of the river, as well as that meaningful look in his eyes. For a moment, his expression became uncertain.
"Sigh~"
After a while, Hai Bodong sighed with a bitter face, sat back down on the ground, and began to cultivate again.
...
At this time , the Shennong Mountain Range
in Zhongzhou was originally a peaceful place. Clouds and mist swirled around it, and the mountains were verdant and continuous. The rolling mountains met the blue sky, and the clouds shrouded the treetops between the mountains. The green trees swayed in the wind, and the white waters flowed gently, making it seem like a fairyland on earth. Usually, there were few people around. Countless precious medicinal herbs were planted freely in every corner of the mountain range, some of which even reached the ninth level. Some gentle and rare magical beasts lived in harmony in this paradise. There was no strife, no chaos, a stark contrast to the seemingly peaceful but fiercely competitive Central Plains outside, resembling a paradise on earth. The reason for this was that within the Shennong Mountains lived a gentle, six-star Dou Sheng and ninth-grade alchemist—the Elder Shennong. No one dared to act recklessly within these mountains. However, today, the peace and tranquility of these mountains, preserved for millennia, were shattered. At this moment, the Shennong Mountains were shattered, the ground cracked, and terrifying golden flames raged, destroying all life for hundreds of thousands of miles. Countless precious medicinal herbs were utterly destroyed, and countless magical beasts perished in the cataclysmic flames. Space within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles collapsed and shattered, the sky torn open with countless spatial rifts, emanating terrifying suction forces that pulled at everything within the mountain range, leaving the entire region in ruins. Deep within the valley, an elderly man with white hair, his body mangled and covered in blood, his body ablaze with green flames, knelt heavily in the void, his eyes fixed on the distance, filled with resentment. Standing before him in the void were three figures: an elderly man with a goatee, a beautiful middle-aged woman, and a middle-aged man in white robes with a refined, scholarly appearance.