While the player is in Battle Through the Heavens, the system is in The Great Ruler.

Chapter 109 Choice
After a while,

Lu Yu and Qing Lin walked out of the quiet room and found that Little Fairy Doctor was already waiting outside the door.

"How about it?"

Little Fairy Doctor asked with a concerned look.

"It's a success, everything went smoothly."

Lu Yu smiled slightly and nodded in agreement.

"That's good."

Little Fairy Doctor breathed a sigh of relief, then turned her gaze to Qing Lin. When she noticed the seven-colored snake coiled around Qing Lin's wrist, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"Is this the legendary Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python?"

She asked softly, unable to resist taking a step forward.

Qinglin carefully raised her wrist, her face beaming with undisguised delight, and exclaimed, "Yes, Little Fairy Doctor, its name is Xiaocai. Look, its scales change seven colors in the sunlight, it's so beautiful!"

The colorful little snake seemed to understand their conversation, raising its tiny head, flicking its tongue, and its elegant body reflecting brilliant colors in the sunlight.

Little Fairy Doctor's eyes lit up, and she reached out her finger, but hesitated and stopped just before touching it.

"It...it won't bite, will it?"

Qinglin quickly shook her head and said earnestly, "No, Xiaocai is very docile."

As if to confirm her words, the seven-colored snake took the initiative to approach and affectionately rubbed against Little Fairy Doctor's palm. The cool touch made her chuckle softly.

Lu Yu stood to the side, a slight smile playing on his lips. As a legacy left by a high-level spirit insect master comparable to the Great Perfection of the Earthly Sovereign realm, the "Insect Control Heart Sutra" was naturally extremely profound.

According to its records, once the natal Gu is refined, the life and death of the Gu worm are entirely in the hands of the master. If the master perishes, the natal Gu will die; but if the natal Gu dies, the master will at most lose some soul power and will not be seriously harmed.

This contractual relationship is etched into the very souls of both parties the moment it is formed. This is why the highly intelligent little snake is so obedient to Qinglin.

It knew very well that from now on, its life and death would be firmly in the hands of the girl in front of it.

At the very same moment that Qinglin successfully refined his natal Gu.

Somewhere in the Tagor Desert, the scorching sun burns the golden sea of ​​sand.

Two dazzling streaks of light streaked across the sky. One of them, a woman in green, had her face covered by a light veil. Although her features were not clearly visible, her graceful and charming figure was enough to evoke all sorts of fantasies.

Accompanying her was not a human, but a giant black serpent that blotted out the sky.

This ferocious beast was entirely black, covered with eerie and colorful patterns, and its eight purplish-black wings blotted out the sky when spread. The spiral horns on its head gleamed with a deadly purple light, and the pattern on its forehead, like a crown, proclaimed its royal status, while its triangular snake eyes gleamed with a cunning light that rivaled that of humans.

It is none other than the infamous Eight-Winged Black Serpent King, a figure of dread on the Dou Qi Continent!

"White Fang, are you sure your senses are correct? Is the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil really in the Serpent Clan's Holy City?"

The woman in green spoke with a hint of doubt.

The giant snake swung its long tail, its tongue hissing, and said definitively, "Absolutely true! I have no mistake for this fluctuation."

It suddenly sighed regretfully, "What a pity! I wanted to spar with Queen Medusa, but I discovered this first. Alas, such a perfect woman, she was practically tailor-made for me..."

"wake up!"

The woman in green couldn't help but rub her forehead and complain, "Have you forgotten how badly she beat you last time?"

"Hehe, I love her ruthlessness."

The giant serpent swayed its head in ecstasy and said, "I heard that a powerful human recently injured her. Isn't this the perfect opportunity for me to take advantage of her weakness? If I could subdue Medusa and make her my favorite concubine..."

"Have your spring and autumn dreams!"

The woman in green interrupted her directly, shouting sharply, "Even a heavily injured Dou Zong expert is not someone we can deal with. Spatial power alone will be enough to give you a hard time."

Immediately, she said solemnly, "Now that we have confirmed the location of the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, we should quickly report to the Lord of the Manor and ask the Dou Zong Elder of the Manor to come and make a decision."

The giant serpent flicked its tongue in resentment, but finally flapped its eight wings and turned towards the horizon. Under the blazing sun, two figures sped away into the distance.

……

Soon after,

The Holy City of the Serpent People.

Inside the main hall in the center of the temple.

An exquisitely carved round stone table was placed in the center of the hall, around which Queen Medusa and Lu Yu and others sat.

The table was laden with delicacies unique to the Snake-People tribe: roasted sand lizard skewers, crystal scorpion soup, desserts made from desert dates... The rich aroma filled the entire hall. Zi Yan was feasting without any regard for appearances, and the plates in front of her were already piled up like a small mountain.

Qinglin carefully took a sip of the amber-colored sea buckthorn wine, and her face immediately turned red from the spiciness, and she kept sticking out her tongue.

Little Cai was perched at her feet, wolfing down a large plate of fresh monster meat.

Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor sat opposite Queen Medusa.

Medusa's eerie vertical pupils stared at Xiao Cai on the ground, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes.

She sighed softly, her red lips parted slightly, and said, "Sir, you truly have remarkable skills... to be able to revive this soul..."

Lu Yu took a sip of the amber-colored wine in his glass and said calmly, "It's just a few petty tricks. My business is settled. Have you made arrangements for the affairs of the clan?"

Medusa nodded slightly, her slender fingers gently tracing the rim of the crystal glass, and said softly, "I have ordered Flower Snake to temporarily assume the throne. The clan elders will use a secret technique to help her temporarily break through to the Dou Huang realm..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu nodded, his expression unchanged.

On the northwestern continent, although the Serpent People are in decline and constantly being ostracized and suppressed by the surrounding empires, their heritage is undeniably extraordinary.

Whether it's the sealing techniques like the Serpent Sealing Spell and the Five Serpent Poison Seal, or the forbidden method of breaking through using a different kind of fire, they all demonstrate the profound heritage of this race. Therefore, it's not surprising to hear of a secret method for passing on power now.

However, such secret methods are naturally very expensive.

Thinking of this, Lu Yu couldn't help but recall the Heaven-Burning Spirit-Igniting Secret Technique he possessed. This technique had almost no side effects except for consuming the strange fire, and theoretically, it could even continue operating indefinitely.

Its superiority is self-evident compared to ordinary secret techniques that can only last for a short time.

"pity……"

Lu Yu sighed inwardly, realizing that the strength of the strange fire was ultimately limited and could not sustain the continuous operation of this secret technique.

Even more regrettably, this secret technique cannot be used in combination like the Three Transformations of Heavenly Fire; otherwise, its astonishing sustainability alone would be enough to place it among the ranks of Heavenly Rank secret techniques.

"gentlemen?"

Medusa's cool voice pulled him back from his reverie. Lu Yu looked up and saw that her body was brimming with fighting spirit, indicating that her injuries had clearly healed.

"When do we set off?" she asked again.

Lu Yu didn't answer immediately. Instead, he asked thoughtfully, "Medusa... is that your real name?"

"Real name?"

Medusa was visibly taken aback, then shook her head and said, "All the queens of the snake-people throughout history have inherited the name 'Medusa.' As for my original name..."

She paused for a moment, then said, "It has long been lost to time."

Lu Yu nodded, then suggested, "Since you're leaving the Snake-People tribe, why not choose a new name?"

"New name..."

Medusa's eyes flickered slightly, her gaze involuntarily falling on the seven-colored figure at Qinglin's feet.

After a moment of silence, she parted her red lips slightly: "Let's call it... Rainbow Scales."

"Colorful scales?"

Lu Yu's eyebrows twitched slightly, his gaze lingered on Xiao Cai for a moment, and he nodded thoughtfully.

He gently swirled the amber liquid in his glass and continued, "Although you have agreed to be my bodyguard for ten years, people's hearts are fickle. Therefore, I have a suggestion."

"You can form a bloodline bond with Xiao Cai. This technique comes from a cultivation method I possess called the Insect Control Heart Sutra. Once completed, the two of you will be bound together by life and death..."

"What?" Cai Lin's pupils contracted slightly, and she subconsciously looked at the seven-colored snake.

"Do not be nervous."

Lu Yu put down his wine glass and said seriously, "Although this technique has limitations, its benefits are even more significant. You will be able to share Xiao Cai's newborn talent and absorb the battle qi of other snake-type magical beasts for your own use, increasing your cultivation speed by at least three times."

Cai Lin's slender fingers unconsciously tightened around the hem of her dress. As the former queen of the snake people, she naturally understood the value of this proposal, but she was also aware of the constraints it placed upon her.

"Of course, this is just a suggestion."

"The bloodline link technique has a duration; it will automatically dissolve after ten years."

Lu Yu tapped the table lightly with his fingertips and continued, "I'll give you three days to consider. If you're unwilling to accept this proposal, you have another option: merge with my separated strange fire seed. Once you betray me, you will suffer the punishment of being burned by the strange fire."

"I will need your final answer when I depart in three days."

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(End of this chapter)