A Mystic Lord powerhouse!
“Let me see the Myriad Snake Queen! I have urgent business with her!”
That voice—Yun Xiu?!
Yan Zhen and the Myriad Snake Queen recognized it instantly, their expressions shifting in different ways.
Holy crap, Yun Xiu really had barged in! He had to stop the conflict from escalating!
That was his plan, anyway, but with the Myriad Snake Queen restraining him, he couldn’t budge.
He struggled urgently.
“My girlfriend’s here to pick me up! Let me go quick—she’s a Mystic Lord powerhouse too. If you two really fight, it won’t end well for anyone.”
Girlfriend?! The Myriad Snake Queen’s expression darkened slightly. She knew he was saying it on purpose, but it still irked her.
“This Queen would like to see just what makes your so-called Mystic Lord girlfriend so impressive.”
Yan Zhen realized he’d said the wrong thing. The Myriad Snake Queen was the type who responded to a soft approach but not threats—taunting her with Mystic Lord status was just asking for it.
“What I meant was, there’s no need for things to get so tense between us. It’s all a misunderstanding!”
The Myriad Snake Queen replied coldly.
“After taking advantage of This Queen, you think a simple ‘misunderstanding’ settles it?”
“I already told you it was to heal you.” Yan Zhen was about to lose it with this slithery woman. “Besides, we had a deal—you wouldn’t cause me trouble afterward!”
“…That was just a temporary measure.”
“Hah? Hey, you’re not going back on your word, are you?”
The Myriad Snake Queen tilted her chin up slightly and flashed him a triumphant smile.
“And if I am?”
“You—”
You damn well better believe I’ll give you the three-holes treatment plus a “Second Master’s carelessness” special later!
Yan Zhen’s anger meter kept ticking up, but he was powerless against her.
He couldn’t beat her, couldn’t escape, didn’t have much of a case, and even trash-talk wasn’t working.
Sounds of fighting were already echoing from outside—Yun Xiu clearly couldn’t get in through normal channels and was forcing her way to rescue him.
Besides Yun Xiu, there were four other powerful Mystic Lord auras. If Yan Zhen wasn’t mistaken, they were the four Snake Generals who’d just withdrawn.
Yun Xiu’s strength was beyond doubt; few in her realm could match her. But against four opponents wielding a combined Mystic Technique, if things got heated, she’d be at a disadvantage.
“What exactly do you want from me? Spell it out.” Yan Zhen frowned. “If I can do it, I will.”
The Myriad Snake Queen could tell he was worried about Yun Xiu outside and planning to compromise. She sneered inwardly.
“Human boy, you trespassed on our clan’s forbidden grounds first, then defiled This Queen’s purity. By the law, you should be thrown into the Scorpion Basin to be devoured by ten thousand serpents in agony until death—and that’s not all. Your corpse would then go into the Water Prison to be—”
Scorpion Basin? Yan Zhen’s face turned green. He cut her off with a wave.
“Let’s talk this out nicely. No need to jump straight to one torture after another. That’s no fun.”
Hmph, look at you squirm.
The Myriad Snake Queen shot a glance at the shameless brat, then adopted a haughty pose.
“If you don’t want punishment, there’s one other way.”
“Tell me.”
“In the City of Water, the only one allowed into the Holy Spring Pool and to touch This Queen’s skin is This Queen’s consort.”
Perfect! I’m your future husband, after all. Mwah~
He badly wanted to tease her like that, but feared this beauty of a snake would slap him dead.
“What do you mean by that, Sovereign Lady?”
Playing dumb again, huh… The Myriad Snake Queen’s cheeks warmed slightly, but she kept her composure and said coldly.
“This Queen gives you two choices: accept punishment immediately, or become This Queen’s consort.”
Yan Zhen blinked, utterly baffled by what the Myriad Snake Queen could be thinking. But making him her consort? That was out of the question. A man’s pride was secondary—what truly mattered was that it didn’t match the script at all. The script called for the Myriad Snake Queen to marry him, and it should be a marriage where she was the one bestowed upon him as a wife.
“Could we negotiate a different condition? I already have a girlfriend—the Mystic Lord powerhouse outside. How could I possibly become the Sovereign Lady’s consort?”
“What’s stopping you? Just break up with her.”
Damn it, she’s deliberately trying to drive a wedge between us, teasing me like this. Yan Zhen grew increasingly annoyed and pouted as he replied, “I’m just a mere Mystic Scholar. I’m hardly worthy of the Sovereign Lady. Please seek someone more suitable.”
“This Sovereign is also a Mystic Lord powerhouse,” the Myriad Snake Queen said meaningfully. “What’s this? The woman outside is good enough, but This Sovereign isn’t?”
“Sovereign Lady, please stop teasing me. Let’s talk seriously about how to resolve this, alright?”
“This Sovereign is deadly serious.”
“But… what exactly do you see in me, Sovereign Lady? I’m just an ordinary young traveler.”
“Would an ordinary young man have a girlfriend at the Mystic Lord Realm?”
“I was just bragging. She’s actually a senior of mine. I’m really quite ordinary.”
“A few days ago, you were a Three-Star Mystic Scholar, and now you’re a Seven-Star Mystic Scholar. How exactly are you ‘ordinary’?” The Myriad Snake Queen leisurely appraised her prospective little husband. “Moreover, you carry a very strong aura of Extreme Flame on you, clearly having refined one. Your cultivation technique is exceptionally unique, capable of suppressing the Extreme Flame, and that crystal pendant around your neck is a spatial secret treasure… You call yourself ordinary?”
“I think it’s fine.”
“A genius youth with no background is precisely This Sovereign’s ideal match. He can sire excellent offspring with This Sovereign without threatening This Sovereign’s rule.” The Myriad Snake Queen caressed Yan Zhen’s face as if stroking a treasured work of art. “Now do you understand why This Sovereign is giving you this chance?”
—Wait… you’re serious about this?
Yan Zhen was momentarily speechless, but he quickly sensed something off.
To preserve the purity of the Snake God bloodline, the people of the City of Water rarely married outsiders, let alone the Sovereign Lady.
If she were to select a consort, it would have to be someone rich in Snake God bloodline. Otherwise, even if the Myriad Snake Queen desired it, the Three Snake God Priests would never approve.
In the script, when Yan Zhen came to propose marriage, he faced the Three Snake God Priests’ obstruction and slapped them down with his strength.
This snake beauty must be toying with him, right?
The sounds of battle outside suddenly fell silent, and Yun Xiu’s aura rapidly approached. Had she sensed his presence and broken through the encirclement of the Four Great Snake Generals to rescue him?
As Yan Zhen was lost in thought, the Myriad Snake Queen’s hand, which had been gently stroking his face, slid to the back of his head. She pulled him closer while leaning in with her alluring crimson lips.
Mmm~
Their lips met. To be precise, Yan Zhen had once again been forcibly kissed by the Myriad Snake Queen.
Before he could react, her slender, elongated “snake tongue” nimbly slipped into his mouth, wrapping around his tongue tightly like a real serpent.
“Mmph~”
Yan Zhen struggled fiercely, but could he so easily break free from a snake’s coils?
The wet sounds of their kiss filled his ears. Yan Zhen’s tongue tip tingled with numbness and soreness, his mind growing hazy as if he’d been envenomed.
The Myriad Snake Queen plunged as deeply as she could into Yan Zhen’s mouth, kissing him fiercely as if venting her desires.
“Yan Zhen!”
A fierce gust of wind burst into the grand hall. Amid the pale green wind Mystic power emerged Yun Xiu’s figure. She was about to shout “Where are you?” when she spotted the scene on the throne. She froze in place.
