Queen Medusa couldn't help but recall when Yue Mei returned to the tribe, and how all the Elders drooled over her.
A single Seventh Grade Metamorphosis Pill nearly conquered them, proclaiming it was for the good of the tribe, but wasn't it just to please Xu Ran so they could also get a chance at obtaining a Metamorphosis Pill?
If those guys knew Xu Ran could refine higher quality elixirs, they probably wouldn't even care about her status as queen and would sell her out in a heartbeat.
When it comes to something beneficial for them, those old fellows can change their faces very quickly.
"Lord Xu Ran, what kind of person do you think I, Queen Medusa, am? If I, Queen Medusa, wanted a man, it wouldn't be someone who could be easily coaxed. As for the race, our Snake-People Tribe will carve out our own piece of the world, there is no need for you to worry about that."
"Oh? Is that so? Then why don't you describe what your ideal man would be like. Maybe I'll meet all the criteria," Xu Ran said with a smile.
"First of all, he must be brimming with talent, not in cultivation or alchemy, but in literature, painting, and the like," Queen Medusa contemplated with a frown. In the continent, everyone was dedicated to cultivation; who would delve into music, chess, calligraphy, and painting?
Seeing Xu Ran's high proficiency in alchemy, Queen Medusa was sure he wouldn't be skilled in other areas, so she deliberately posed difficulties.
"How about it? If you really like me, why don't you compose a poem on the spot? If you can't manage it, then, my lord, you should withdraw those thoughts, and we can discuss other areas of collaboration instead." Queen Medusa tilted her head high, her face revealing a smug smile.
She did not believe Xu Ran could excel in this area too.
It wasn't that she truly fancied such a man, but to avoid Xu Ran's entanglement, she could only come up with this method to make him give up.
After all, she couldn't beat Xu Ran, and if he really made a fuss to the level of the Snake-People Tribe, the Elders might actually force her to be with Xu Ran.
She was not afraid of those people, but she did not want to tear her face with her own kin.
"Are you serious? Do you have any requirements for this poem?" Xu Ran asked leisurely. This woman, trying to give him a hard time? Wasn't she just asking for trouble?
His achievements in this area, with the foundation of Huaxia's five thousand years of civilization, were something he didn't fear at all.
Be it writing about bamboo, the moon, rivers, or mountains... he could do it effortlessly.
"You really know how to write?" Queen Medusa started to panic.
"Then write a love poem. Aren't you a lecher? Then write about how beautiful I am!" Queen Medusa said with a slightly red face, after giving it some thought.
"Then watch carefully. I'll write it for you right away."
Xu Ran took out pen and ink from his Space Ring, and high-quality paper hung suspended in the air.
Xu Ran slowly started to write.
His calligraphy was spirited and swift, the strokes lean yet full, producing very large characters that were strong and vigorous yet displayed an elegant charm. His calligraphy was like an art form, mesmerizing Queen Medusa in an instant.
"Clothes as light as a cloud, face as beautiful as a flower, spring breeze sweeps the threshold with heavy dew. If not seen upon the mountain of gems, she would be met beneath the moon of the jade palace." Queen Medusa was spellbound, and involuntarily recited it aloud.
That seductive voice and absolutely charming face truly matched the poem.
"You, you..."
Having read the poem, Queen Medusa's face flushed down to her neck.
This poem, in her eyes, was simply impeccable. She had never learned those things and had never come into contact with music, chess, calligraphy, or painting since she began her cultivation at a young age. Yet even she could sense the beauty within this poem.
Could this really be the work of Xu Ran?
But who else could it be if not Xu Ran?
Moreover, the style of the writing was another kind of beauty, carrying an immortal aura, ethereal and unrestrained.
"How is it, satisfied?" Xu Ran watched Queen Medusa's reaction and smiled knowingly. You think you can use this against me? Isn't that just asking for trouble?
"I hadn't expected Lord Xu Ran to be so exceptionally talented; I underestimated you before," Queen Medusa's eyes, like pools of autumn water, stared intently at Xu Ran as if trying to see through him.
She simply couldn't understand why Xu Ran was so bewitching.
Xu Ran was already very strong and an epoch-making alchemist, and now he excelled in literature as well.
To be honest, if he weren't too much of a philanderer, she might genuinely be moved by him.
But she had heard too many cases of human men who abandoned their wives and children. A powerful man like Xu Ran might care for her when she was beautiful, but it would be different once her beauty faded with age.
"Do you have any other requirements? If there's nothing else, then I think..." Xu Ran extended his hand, ready to draw Queen Medusa into his embrace. To tell the truth, Yue Mei didn't look very pretty with her snake tail as her lower body, but it was different with Medusa.
However, Xu Ran had a question at the moment.
That place was right at the junction between the human body and the snake tail, so was it human, or was it snake?
Cough cough...
This seemed to be a problem worth considering.
"Lord Xu Ran, let me tell you the truth. Our Medusa bloodline commands such a high status within the Snake-People Tribe because, compared to others of our tribe, we possess the bloodline of the Sky-Swallowing Python. Our Medusa lineage must maintain the purity of our bloodline so that we can continue to produce strong descendants. Otherwise, even if I grow strong now, our line will disappear after a few hundred years if our bloodline dilutes," Queen Medusa stated very rationally.
She hadn't told other tribe members these things, for it would cause a huge shock.
If the Medusa lineage declined, then the Snake-People Tribe would not produce powerful beings and would be doomed to fall into a third-rate group.
"Why does your Medusa clan possess the descendants of the Sky-Swallowing Python?" Xu Ran asked out of curiosity.
"It seems that many years ago, a powerful Snake-Person fell in love with a Sky-Swallowing Python, and their offspring are our lineage. Because of our bloodline, we are naturally stronger than other Snake-People, and generation after generation, we have been the kings of the Snake-People Tribe," Medusa said with pride.
The Sky-Swallowing Python was a primordial beast!
Having such a supreme bloodline was also her pride.
"Oh, is that so. Well then, that's even less of an issue. Don't even mention the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python; even a Nine-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python couldn't match my bloodline. If you were to bear me a daughter, she would definitely surpass the original Queen Medusa in power," Xu Ran said with a smile.
After understanding the origin of Queen Medusa's bloodline, Xu Ran had even fewer reservations.
His own bloodline was the most powerful and primal in this world.
"Are you implying you're a Magical Beast? That's impossible!" Queen Medusa's pupils contracted.