Earth's center island.
In the hot spring pool.
The calm water surface makes it impossible to tell what is hidden at the bottom of the lake, but the few small bubbles that appear on the surface from time to time prove that the pool is not simple.
After all, this is a man-made hot spring.
If it is a purely natural hot spring, it is normal for the water to bubble.
But just after the blisters appeared for the thirteenth time, a beautiful figure suddenly jumped out of it, with jet black hair with traces of water droplets, as beautiful as an illustration that could be used as a background image.
"Why……"
A faint sigh sounded.
With some obvious sense of relief.
After sighing, the woman started to use her fighting spirit. With just a slight shock, her originally wet hair quickly turned into a dry and loose state, and spread behind her, covering her flawless white back.
He took out a simple set of headwear from the wooden platform floating on the water. He simply pulled up his hair and fixed it with a gold hairpin. The curvature displayed was enough to make most men lose control.
Her name is Medusa.
That's right.
She is Queen Medusa of the snake-people clan.
It's the infamous Queen Medusa.
After pulling up her hair, Queen Medusa leaned casually on the edge of the hot spring pool, and counted the jewelry in the wooden box with great interest. Then she closed the wooden box and placed it casually behind her. on the ground.
Then, there was a burst of fighting spirit.
Not far away, a fruit plate filled with grapes, pomegranates, oranges and many other fruits flew towards her, and then she caught it firmly.
"It feels like I'm alive again..."
Queen Medusa slowly peeled open the orange.
The cold orange entrance and the warm hot spring below formed two extreme stimulations, which also made Queen Medusa narrow her eyes involuntarily.
She is the queen of the snake people.
Naturally, he is also a snake person.
And she also has the shortcomings that snake people have.
For example: blood!
Snakes are cold-blooded animals.
There is no need to say more about this.
Humans, on the other hand, are warm-blooded animals.
Although this description is a bit strange, humans are definitely not cold-blooded animals.
Therefore, depending on the blood, snakes prefer cool and humid places, while humans prefer warm, neither humid nor dry places.
These two habits are obviously in conflict.
so……
Eat cool fruits in the warm hot springs...
It's her little known hobby.
Doesn't matter.
But it is indeed easy to damage her image.
Therefore, she doesn't like to be like this in front of outsiders.
But……
today……
a man...
But I don’t know when I stood here!
Neatly dressed and wearing a black gauze hat.
Instead of standing behind her, he stood in front of her.
Looking at her across the calm water.
Queen Medusa did not panic. Even under Lu Yuan's gaze, she did not panic at all. She did not even get up. She just calmly adjusted her soft armor and remained silent.
Lu Yuan had no intention of speaking.
After a pause, he turned around.
Showing his defenseless back to the eyes of Queen Medusa.
Seeing this, Queen Medusa's eyes couldn't help but flicker slightly. She seemed to be thinking and preparing for the next battle. In short, she spoke calmly after more than ten seconds of silence. He said, "I wonder what your purpose is for coming here?"
"Please lift the seal."
Lu Yuan answered simply and neatly.
Immediately, he added: "You are very smart, so you should be able to understand what I mean, and you should also be able to understand what kind of seal I am talking about. Of course, it may not be a seal, but a curse."
Queen Medusa naturally understood the meaning of Lu Yuan's words.
After all, we are all smart people.
She would not ask anything irrelevant at this juncture.
For example: How did you know I was here?
Another example: Who betrayed me?
Another example: you will be responsible for me after seeing my body.
Queen Medusa doesn't want to say any of the nonsense like the above, not to mention that she is not completely exposed.
Isn’t it just the arms and collarbone?
At most, add a back.
Just watch if you want to. Anyway, when she gets the chance, she will dig out those impolite tricks. Besides, if she just watches gradually, she won't lose a piece of meat, so what's the point of being embarrassed about?
on the contrary.
People like Lu Xueqi are rare.
However, this is also a difference in concepts and culture.
but……
Staring is rude after all!
This was also the reason why Lu Yuan turned around.
In any case, he has had enough troubles and troubles now. If you look at him, you respect yourself, and if you only look at him, you respect others.
Furthermore, it is also a way to release kindness.
even though……
His presence here is inherently malicious...
Not to mention that he also killed a snake-man fighting king...
Of course, there are also a small number of ordinary snake people...
All in all, although he did come with bad intentions, he still hoped to have a friendly exchange with Queen Medusa.
What's more, if Queen Medusa and Xiao Yan really get married one day in the future, if he uses violence to kidnap Queen Medusa today, both sides will look bad.
Therefore, he still hopes that Queen Medusa's attitude can be more easy-going.
At the very least...
Well, don't let him take her away...
certainly.
Queen Medusa and Ice King Haibodong already have a grudge.
It can't be considered a mortal enemy.
Anyway, if there was no hatred, Queen Medusa would not fight Ice King Haibodong. Even if there was no hatred during the fight, there would be hatred after the fight.
But that's not what he needs to think about.
There is only one question he needs to consider: how to solve the seal!
This is the fundamental purpose of his trip.
As for the Qinglian Earth Heart Fire...
It would be useless if he asked for it.
It would be better to help Xiao Yan get better.
Anyway, Xiao Yan has never lost money on his investment. In all the worlds, Xiao Yan is one of the few people whose investment is guaranteed.
certainly.
There are also investment stocks such as Ye Tiandi.
But there are so many factors to consider with that kind of investment.
Want to invest in Ye Tiandi?
It's not impossible.
The premise is that you need to obtain the ruthless person's consent.
The Great Emperor who can go up against the long river of time is not a being that can be despised. What's more, after reaching that level, his mastery of the three powers of space, time and destiny will never be inferior to him. His only With all the advantages gone, how dare you continue to fool around under the noses of these beings?
Invest invest.
He just wants to make a buck.
When you really can't do it, give your thighs a hug.
I don’t want to risk my life!
As for whether his past self will help him...
Um……
It cannot be said that this is not possible...
But this possibility is indeed very small!
If that person in the past was really him, some real news would have been revealed to him in his words. And according to this theory, everything about him is actually extremely uncertain!
For example: several clones in Zhu Xian!
That was the first time he had done such a novel move.
It was also the first time he sliced himself.
Although he only divided the body evenly and did not separate the soul, but if he was not controlling his own body at that time, but the body and soul of a kitten and puppy, he would perfectly divide a kitten into two parts. A brand new kitten is not impossible!
Same reason.
For the strong, nothing is impossible!
Isn’t it just the soul?
Isn’t it just a matter of creating one?
Isn't it just memory?
Wouldn't it be fine if you just instill it the day after tomorrow?
Even both hands can modify the soul!
Although the rules are different from world to world...
However, it is enough to prove that: nothing can be subverted in the hands of a strong man. If not, it is just that the strong man is not strong enough!
So, from this perspective…
Maybe he really is the future.
It is one of thousands of futures.
Even his memories are false.
Therefore, if the critical moment comes, it is still unclear whether the past person will take action to save him.
Just like he is now.
He can indeed see the future.
However, the future is not destined.
He can only pay attention to thousands of future directions.
Then, guide, not change.
However, if he is strong enough, these directions can be changed. However, only he himself will know at that time whether he is willing to pay the price for these meaningless actions.
After all, in terms of absolute rationality.
The existence of these destiny trends is only for the better development of oneself. If it does not work, it actually proves that this road is unworkable and has completed its own mission. There is no need for rescue at all!
There’s not even a need for waste recycling!
This is the cruel fact!
certainly.
These are just his analytical inferences.
No one can guarantee whether these analyzes are right or wrong.
After all, no one has answered his questions directly.
Therefore, based on all the above analysis, it is not a safe choice to rashly invest in some protagonists with big backgrounds. The truly safe choice is to invest in protagonists like Xiao Yan, without worrying about being hidden in the dark. The defenders were killed as villains.
However, it is too early to consider this now.
None of Queen Medusa's problems are solved.
Talking about investment is still too overestimating.
In any case, Queen Medusa is a Nine-Star Fighting Emperor with a solid foundation. Although she cannot compare with the direct descendants of those big forces, she is still a very outstanding Fighting Emperor among all the Fighting Emperors on the northwest continent. Emperor.
It’s almost the same as Yunshan.
However, Yunshan is now a fake Douzong.
Although Yunshan's fighting power during the Nine-Star Douhuang period was the same as that of Medusa at this moment, and although Yunshan's ideal Douzong realm was still a bit short, it does not mean that Yunshan's Douzong was a parallel import made entirely of drugs. Dou Zong!
Yunshan's strength is quite good.
Don't look at Xiao Yan defeating Yunshan in the original work.
In fact, it was Yao Chen who provided huge help to Xiao Yan in the middle. The guidance of a Dou Zun, or the guidance of a transformed Dou Zun, had exceeded the limit of Yunshan's vision at that time by countless times!
After all, the founder of Yunlan Sect, Yun Potian, was only a two-star or three-star Dou Zun, similar to the current old man Mu Gu.
After such a comparison, we can see the difference between Yun Potian and Yao Chen.
Therefore, even if Yun Potian comes back from the dead, it remains to be seen whether he can defeat Yao Chen who is not at his peak state. A mere Douzong in Yunshan is still a person who did not rely on his own strength to break through. The fake Douzong did not meet the standards for Douzong in the martial arts passed down by Yun Potian. Facing Xiao Yan under the guidance of Yaochen, he was undefeated. Who could defeat him?
This is no longer a question of whether the protagonist is the protagonist or not.
It is true that Xiao Yan's configuration is too good.
At the very least, no one on the northwest road dares to say that his configuration is better than Xiao Yan's.
certainly.
Xiao Xun'er cannot be counted among them.
Although Xiao Xun'er is also in the northwest continent, Xiao Xun'er is a member of the ancient tribe after all. The resources and treatment she can enjoy are based on the top configuration in Zhongzhou. Even as an instructor, Gu Yuan, a nine-star Dou Holy shit, who else dares to point fingers?
The only thing where Gu Yuan was not as good as Yao Chen was in refining medicine.
Therefore, comparing Xiao Xun'er with Xiao Yan is really a bit bullying Xiao Yan.
Queen Medusa didn't know what Lu Yuan was thinking, let alone that Lu Yuan was thinking about these messy questions. She briefly thought about the meaning of Lu Yuan's words, and couldn't help but frown slightly: "Hai Bodong?"
Queen Medusa pronounced the name.
Although she was sure.
But in order to avoid some own situations.
She still asked in this dubious tone.
Lu Yuan nodded.
It didn't explain anything.
He just said calmly: "Go or stay, you choose one!"
"You always have to speak clearly, right?"
Queen Medusa stood up slowly.
The shiny scaly snake tail gradually moved away from the hot spring pool, supporting Queen Medusa's body and allowing her to swim slowly to the shore.
Then, he took out a set of clothes from the ring.
After cleaning it up briefly, he added:
"Let's go, what price do I have to pay?"
"What price do I have to pay to stay?"
"You may not know the grudge between us."
"You are also very strong."
"If you can use the power of space, you are at least a Dou Sect."
"I have seen Yunshan."
"Other than that, there are no Douzongs in the Jiama Empire. Even if there is a Douhuang who is about to break through the Douzong, there is no Dou Zong in the Jiama Empire. Not to mention that you are here for Ice Emperor Haibodong. Come."
"Based on the above, it can be seen that you are not from the Jia Ma Empire. Although I still don't know what price Hai Bodong paid for you to take action, but I think that the price that our snake people can pay is far more than him. !”
"However, for you, maybe you really have no interest in knowing these rubbish things, and this action is just entrusted by others..."
"However, I still hope you can give me an explanation."
"After all, as the queen of the snake people, I can't obediently run to Ice King Haibodong and unlock the seal for him because of your words. Even if it is unlocked, if he retaliates against me for this, then Isn’t it even more worth the loss?”
Queen Medusa is wide awake.
I didn’t get lost in the lake because of the hot springs.
She knew very well that she could not defeat Lu Yuan.
certainly.
It's not absolutely impossible to beat.
There are many factors that determine the outcome of a battle. Cultivation is only one aspect, spells are only one aspect, on-the-spot response and many, many factors are only one aspect.
The only thing that can determine the outcome is each other's prediction of the outcome of the battle.
A battle between strong players is never too complicated.
Just like the strong and the weak competing.
I just rely on my strength to beat you!
There are no tactics.
There are no tricks.
If you hit me with a punch, I can react.
But if I punch you back, you won't be able to react.
One punch can actually determine the outcome!
In the battle between the top experts, both sides are actually predicting what kind of moves the opponent will use, and then it turns into a combination attack that neither side predicts, relying entirely on on-the-spot adaptability and the characteristics of spells.
I know you're predicting me.
You know I know you're predicting me.
I know you know I know you're predicting me.
If this goes on like this, everyone actually understands it.
Everyone’s heart is equally dirty.
In this aspect of brain power, reverse thinking will occur all the time. Therefore, the higher the cultivation level, the fewer times you will need to predict.
Same reason.
Spells become more and more instinctive.
Sometimes you don’t even have to think about it.
Whenever you see a move, you will react subconsciously.
Therefore, in the face of such extremely fast reactions, any prediction is in vain. Real prediction only exists in those processes where the game is not too high-end and the gap in cultivation and strength between the two sides is not too large.
Otherwise, strength will always come from playing!
Most extraordinary people understand the concept of armchair warfare!
Queen Medusa naturally understands this truth. Although Lu Yuan is a Dou Zong, you will only know if you can beat him.
But……
Once you take action...
Even if you can't beat him, there is no room for regret!
Queen Medusa didn't like this choice of life or death, so she asked this somewhat pointed question.
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She hopes to get a satisfactory answer.
Even if she knew it well, Lu Yuan could not give her a satisfactory answer.
after all……
In reality, she is the fish on the chopping board!
Lu Yuan is the chef with the knife!
Lu Yuan really couldn't solve the seal, otherwise he wouldn't have come to her. She could also stabilize her mentality and refuse to let Hai Bodong solve the seal.
Then what?
The results of it?
The result is that Lu Yuan can find a new method!
And her end, of course, is death.
Of course, there could be a more miserable ending.
For example, being pregnant, holding two babies, etc...
But Queen Medusa felt that Lu Yuan would not let her retaliate against her in this way. Besides, Lu Yuan did not seem to be a person who was blinded by desire, and Lu Yuan's face, although immature, had already begun to grow. With his charming face, coupled with Lu Yuan's current Dou Zong level realm and strength, he could win over a large number of young girls just by waving on the street. There was no need to take advantage of her...
Pooh……
How could it be that she was being advantaged!
Shouldn't it be that she took advantage of the other party?
Queen Medusa kicked the idea out of her mind instantly.
Lu Yuan stood there calmly.
Then, slowly turned around.
Looking at Queen Medusa's face, which was now covered with a red veil, she shook her head in disappointment. She didn't say anything because of this, but asked calmly:
"If I tell you, will you believe it?"
"If I don't tell you, won't you imagine?"
"What's the difference if I say it or not?"
"It's nothing more than to appease your mentality. For the whole thing, this comfort can be said to be the cheapest thing in it!"
"Just think about it, don't you?"
Queen Medusa was immediately silenced by these words.
Although I know what you said is the truth.
And it’s an extremely heart-wrenching truth.
But……
Is it really okay for you to be so honest?
Moreover, if you are so honest, what do you want me to say?
Queen Medusa was silent for a long time.
Lu Yuan was not in a hurry.
He stood calmly waiting for Queen Medusa.
It wasn't until two or three minutes later that Queen Medusa, who still had a look of confusion on her face after the battle between heaven and man, asked in a deep voice: "Can I make a condition?"
Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly.
The eye of fate turns slightly.
A thread of fate suddenly appeared.
Later, he found out.
"Can."
"I agreed."
Lu Yuan nodded and said a word without beginning or end.
Queen Medusa was stunned.
no……
She hasn’t said it yet, okay!
How did you know?
You know what I'm talking about?
With this doubt in mind, Queen Medusa reminded her with a tangled voice: "I mean, can you let me make a condition..."
"I know."
Lu Yuan waved his hand.
Ignoring Queen Medusa's shocked expression, she asked calmly: "Don't you just want to say that on the basis that the snake people will not provoke Ice Emperor Haibodong, we hope that Ice Emperor Haibodong will not provoke him either. Are the snake people our enemies?"
After that, he slowly added:
"Isn't this the principle that water from a well does not offend the river?"
"A very reasonable request."
"It's not too much."
"So I promise you."
"What's wrong with this?"
Queen Medusa was speechless and choked.
Any questions?
In a sense, there's nothing wrong with that.
But from another perspective, the problem is huge!
Could it be...
Can he hear my heart?
Queen Medusa held a skeptical attitude and repeated this sentence in her heart, but Lu Yuan seemed to have not heard this sentence and asked in a deep voice: "So, what questions do you have now?"
Because Queen Medusa was thinking this sentence in her heart.
Therefore, there is no possibility of speaking out.
Nature cannot be observed by fate either.
Lu Yuan was not interested in sensing a person's soul.
After all, everyone's soul has a corresponding yang side and a yin side, and the bewitching power of the yin side is obviously more powerful than that of the yang side. Listening to a person's voice for a long time can easily make you become suspicious.
You may even suffer from persecution paranoia.
Lu Yuan allowed himself to think a lot.
But don’t allow yourself to be too paranoid.
If a person is always immersed in doubt, even if he has great ability, he will adopt a check and balance attitude in everything because of doubt.
In the end, the monarch and his ministers could only be separated like Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty for thousands of years. Instead of Cao Wei, Sima Yi was the only one who was worried.
After all, who is Boss Cao’s suspicion?
He never doubted his eldest son Cao Ang.
He had no doubts about Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia.
He had no doubts about Dian Wei and Xu Chu.
He also never doubted a certain defeated general.
Therefore, it is normal to be appropriately suspicious.
But being excessively suspicious is abnormal.
