Battle Through the Heavens: Beauties Abound Starting with Yunlan and Her Disciples

117: Section 117Of course, although these two Snake-People Clan beauties were currently clinging to Yun Xiancheng like vines, such behavior might seem somewhat improper according to human etiquette.

But Xiao Yi Xian wasn’t certain if this was a unique way of expressing intimacy and friendship within the customs of the Snake-People Clan. Therefore, she didn’t feel it appropriate to rashly point anything out.

On the contrary, after her initial surprise, Xiao Yi Xian felt that the way these two snake-people sisters were so intimately close to her husband actually looked quite nice.

That unreserved attachment and passion made her feel envious, and she couldn’t help but secretly think that if she had the chance in the future, she might want to try this unique ”vining-style” intimate contact herself.

”Husband? Have the two sisters from the Snake-People Clan arrived?”

Just then, Nalan Yanran’s crisp and pleasant voice, accompanied by an increasingly rich and tempting aroma of chicken, drifted out from the small kitchen inside the carriage.

Following that, she and Purple Wing emerged from the kitchen, carefully carrying a large, steaming clay pot.

Inside the clay pot was a fragrant, golden-colored nourishing chicken soup. The chicken used as the ingredient was no ordinary poultry, but a second-rank magical beast.

Purple Wing had conveniently caught a few when they passed through the Magical Beast Mountain Range recently and stored them in a storage ring for future treats. ”Oh! You two sisters arrived just in time! Come, come! We’ve just finished stewing a pot of fragrant chicken soup and were about to start dinner!”

Seeing Yue Mei and Hua She Er, Nalan Yanran immediately showed a warm and enthusiastic smile, not treating them as outsiders at all. Of course, in a certain sense, they truly were no longer ”outsiders” now.

Yue Mei instinctively looked at Yun Xiancheng.

Yun Xiancheng nodded slightly. Then Yue Mei said:

”What a coincidence, we two sisters haven’t had lunch today either. Since you sisters have so graciously invited us, and our dear husband is here to accompany us, then we shall respectfully accept your hospitality!”

Subsequently, surrounded by the group of beauties, Yun Xiancheng obediently sat down at the dining table.

He even specifically adjusted his sitting posture, trying his best to sit as steadily as possible to avoid accidentally hurting the two ”beauty snakes” still clinging to him.

239 Cai Lin’s Minor Gaffe

Inside the carriage, the warm mealtime continued.

Yun Xiancheng put down his jade chopsticks and turned his gaze toward the two still somewhat restrained Snake-People Clan beauties. ”How has the Snake-People Clan been lately?” he asked softly, his tone peaceful.

He had no interest in such political affairs, but he was certain that Cai Lin would definitely want to know the recent situation of the snake-people.

”Replying to husband,” Yue Mei put down her jade chopsticks, a grateful smile appearing on her charming face as she said softly,

”Thanks to your great fortune, ever since you led our Snake-People Tribe to win that key battle against the Meteorite Empire last time, the days of our Snake-People Tribe have indeed become much better.”

She paused and continued to report in detail:

”Now, many human merchant caravans have begun to take the initiative to trade with us, and the scale is much larger than before. This has made our tribe’s cultivation resources much more abundant, and our overall strength has also improved significantly.”

”It can be said that everything in the Snake-People Tribe is heading in a better and better direction...” Within Yun Xiancheng’s spiritual sea, Queen Medusa Cai Lin, who had originally been leaning lazily on a swaying jade chair, was now sitting upright. She listened intently to Yue Mei’s report from the outside, hearing every word and sentence with extreme care.

As the female ruler of the Snake-People Clan, her duty to protect her people made her involuntarily enter her official state even during her leisure time.

Hearing that everything in the clan was well and even more prosperous than before, her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down completely as she breathed a long sigh of relief.

However, a slight doubt also rose in Cai Lin’s heart.

The talent of these two girls, Yue Mei and Hua She Er, seemed to be much higher now than in her impression.

In her memory, although these two girls were considered outstanding in the clan, their progress significantly slowed down after reaching the Dou Wang realm, almost coming to a standstill.

But now, sensing their realm carefully, their cultivation speed in the Dou Huang stage after their breakthrough was still startlingly fast.

In just over half a year, they had already reached the level of three or four-star Dou Huang! This... this was much faster than when she herself was at this stage! When did the talent of these two girls become so good?

In Cai Lin’s mind, Yun Xiancheng’s handsome face with a faint, indifferent smile almost instinctively surfaced. It must be this guy’s doing!

Thinking carefully, it seemed that the women around him, whether human or magical beast, even those with the most mediocre aptitude, had talent that was definitely not bad—at least stronger than hers before her evolution.

How could so many people with such outstanding talent appear in a small place like the Jiama Empire? It must be Yun Xiancheng’s doing, no doubt about it.

Only, what kind of means did this guy use to achieve all this? Cai Lin was completely baffled, and her understanding of Yun Xiancheng’s mystery grew by a few more degrees.

In the real world, after Yue Mei finished reporting the various official matters of the Snake-People Tribe in detail,

Her tone suddenly shifted. With a gaze full of expectation and inquiry, she looked toward Yun Xiancheng and asked softly, ”Husband, I wonder how Her Majesty is doing now?”

Hearing this, Yun Xiancheng only nodded slightly without saying much. Then he pulled open his collar.

From the slightly open front of his blue robes, an incredibly cute little snake head suddenly poked out.

The little snake’s head was snowy white, with a tuft of flame-red feathers on top. A pair of dark, round eyes, like black gemstones, were watching Yue Mei and Hua She Er intently with a hint of innocence and curiosity.

”This... this... is this Her Majesty?!”

Looking at ”Xiaoer,” who had poked her head out from Yun Xiancheng’s collar and whose temperament revealed an indescribable cuteness and innocence, Yue Mei’s beautiful

peach-blossom eyes instantly widened, her tone filled with disbelief and shock.

”Xiaoer” was naturally not the real Queen Medusa Cai Lin. She merely shared the same physical body for the time being.

Strictly speaking, she could barely be considered Cai Lin’s daughter.

Of course, as for the ”cheap father” of her ”cheap daughter,” Queen Medusa Cai Lin herself would absolutely never admit it was the Young Master of Yun Lan with the elegant smile before her.

As for Yun Xiancheng?

Naturally, he didn’t admit to the relationship either.

Heh, he was still waiting to marry her. He couldn’t let ”Shen He” elbow it away.

Seeing Yue Mei’s shocked expression, Yun Xiancheng simply shook his head honestly and said, ”Her Majesty’s soul is still recuperating and has not yet fully awakened.”

Hearing this, Yue Mei touched her smooth chin thoughtfully. Then, a look of sudden realization flashed through her charming eyes, and she actually said something shocking:

”Oh! I understand! Could it be that Her Majesty... has already secretly conceived a child with you, husband, and given birth to the future heir of our Snake-People Clan?!” ”So she is still recuperating and it’s inconvenient for her to see anyone?”

The more she thought about it, the more she felt this possibility was extremely high. She couldn’t help but continue excitedly, ”But why isn’t Her Majesty in our family network?”

Yue Mei’s earth-shattering ”guess” caused the other young women present to look at her with strange gazes. ”Yue Mei!!!”

Watching the outspoken Yue Mei from the outside, Cai Lin’s face first turned red, as if stained with the most beautiful rouge, and then her eyebrows shot up and her phoenix eyes widened.

A roar of mixed shame and anger involuntarily escaped her mouth.

That flailing, exasperated appearance truly looked like an angry little cat that had its tail stepped on and was ”hissing” a threat.

But for some reason, after venting for a bit, the fire in her heart quickly died down like a punctured balloon. ”Hmph! When this Queen... when this Queen goes back, I will definitely teach you a lesson, you outspoken girl! Let’s see if you dare to talk such nonsense

again!” Cai Lin muttered fiercely to herself.

Just then, Yun Xiancheng’s illusory head, formed from consciousness, slowly emerged in front of Cai Lin. Looking at Cai Lin’s puffed-up, cute appearance, he still wore that smile as he spoke to remind her:

”My Queen, Yue Mei is my wife now. It’s not quite right for you to threaten my wife like this.” ”!?”

Hearing Yun Xiancheng’s protective words, Cai Lin’s heart was instantly flooded with an indescribable, sour sense of urgency.

She almost subconsciously retorted, ”Then what about me?! Am I not?!” As soon as the words left her mouth, she realized she had said something wrong.

Thinking back carefully, there really didn’t seem to be any formal status between her and this guy yet. For a moment, her already rosy face turned even redder, like burning clouds, flushing all the way to her ears.

She abruptly turned her face away, her voice carrying a hint of embarrassment and anger as she huffed, ”Hmph! I’m ignoring you! This Queen doesn’t care at all!” Yun Xiancheng’s consciousness slowly drifted in front of her, a gentle smile on his face as he said softly, ”I’ll wait for you right here.”

Looking at his peerlessly handsome yet somewhat ”punchable” smiling face, Cai Lin felt that nameless fire in her heart flare up again.

Unable to hold back any longer, she reached out her slender jade hand and pinched Yun Xiancheng’s illusory cheek, her mouth still relentlessly protesting.

”I’m ignoring you! Ignoring you! Just ignoring you! I am the high and mighty Queen Medusa! I am the sovereign of the entire Snake-People Tribe! It’s impossible for me to become your wife!”

To the side, if Medicine Lady hadn’t been with Xiao Yan but was instead ”watching the battle” here in the mental sea, she would have had another vivid and colorful piece of precious material to tease her ”cold and aloof roommate” with in the future.

Just as Yun Xiancheng and Cai Lin were making a fuss in the consciousness space, the Yun Xiancheng in the real world suddenly furrowed his brows slightly. The consciousness of the bickering Yun Xiancheng instantly returned to its place.

He keenly sensed the aura of an unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar Dou Huang expert rapidly approaching the carriage from not far away.

His eyes, which still held a hint of a lazy smile, instantly became sharp.

Almost at the same time, the ancient longsword that had been hanging on the inner wall of the carriage flew into his hand automatically, as if it had a life of its own.

”Husband, don’t be nervous, it’s one of our own...” Seeing the change in Yun Xiancheng’s expression, Hua She Er, who had been paying attention, quickly reached out her soft little hand and gently pressed against Yun Xiancheng’s hand holding the sword hilt, her voice urgent as she whispered.

Meanwhile, within the consciousness space, Queen Medusa Cai Lin’s brows, which were slightly furrowed from embarrassment, instantly smoothed out. ”It’s her...” ”Who?” Yun Xiancheng was slightly stunned and asked in confusion.

”It’s my sister, Die, you can also call her Colorful Butterfly.” Cai Lin’s voice sounded in Yun Xiancheng’s mind, her tone carrying a hint of complexity. Cai Lin’s sister? Colorful Butterfly?

Hearing this, Yun Xiancheng couldn’t help but rub his chin, falling into a brief moment of contemplation.

As a veteran ”novel fan,” he knew the plot of the original work like the back of his hand, yet he seemed to have never heard of Queen Medusa having a sister named ”Die.”

However, he also knew that every world was unique; after all, even Xiao Yan existed, so he had to learn to accept changes. This Colorful Butterfly was most likely a character from the animation; he had heard a bit about her but didn’t know much.

”The two of us are identical twins.” As if sensing the doubt in Yun Xiancheng’s heart, Cai Lin took the initiative to explain:

”According to the ancient traditions of our Snake-People Clan, even with identical twin bloodlines, only one person can ultimately inherit the throne. So between the two of us...”

”...we made an agreement—whoever breaks through to the Dou Huang realm first will be the next Queen of the Snake-People Clan.”

She paused, a bit of icy killing intent entering her voice:

”However, those pedantic old fools in the clan felt that this peaceful agreement between us sisters didn’t comply with the so-called ’ancestral rules.’ They wanted to force us sisters into a cruel and bloody life-and-death struggle until only one remained!”

”Heh, I naturally wouldn’t let them have their way. So I killed all those old things who didn’t follow my orders.” At this point, Cai Lin’s tone was terrifyingly calm, as if she were merely stating a trivial matter.

”After that, Butterfly chose to enter seclusion for bitter cultivation until now. Looking at it now, she should have successfully broken through to the Dou Huang realm shortly after I left the clan.”

Yun Xiancheng was also very calm upon hearing this: ”Good kill. Most of those so-called old things are mediocre in talent yet love to put on airs and rely on their status; if they’re dead, they’re dead.”

Looking at Yun Xiancheng’s handsome face, which showed a hint of understanding and agreement, Cai Lin’s heart couldn’t help but stir. She remembered the internal strife in Cloud Mist not long ago; this youth had also killed the older generation of Cloud Mist one by one.

In this respect, they were truly alike. Damn it.

Cai Lin murmured in her heart: He and I really are a perfect match.

240 Twin Snake Women, Colorful Butterfly

The night was as dark as ink, with sparse stars and a hidden moon.

Night in the Tagor Desert always came earlier and colder than elsewhere.

The intense heat of the day, enough to melt steel, had long since vanished without a trace, replaced by a bone-chilling cold.

A luxurious carriage, like a mobile palace and comparable in size to an ordinary person’s small house, was parked quietly beside a sand dune. Outside the carriage, a beautiful figure stood gracefully.

She wore a somewhat thick white cotton robe that tightly wrapped her exquisite figure, revealing only a peerlessly beautiful face that was almost identical to Queen Medusa Cai Lin’s.

However, unlike the cold elegance mixed with majesty always found between Cai Lin’s brows, her temperament appeared more gentle and peaceful, like a piece of unpolished fine jade, emitting a faint, reassuringly soft glow.

At this moment, her long and charming golden vertical pupils, identical to Cai Lin’s, were quietly gazing at the carriage emitting a faint warm light. Her expression was tranquil and serene, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking.

She always maintained a proper distance from the carriage, neither too distant nor showing any intention of taking the initiative to step forward and offend.

The night wind whistled past, kicking up sand on the ground with a rustling sound. She waited patiently in this boundless silence and cold. ”Creak—”

The door of the carriage finally pushed open slowly from the inside.

A tall figure dressed in green stepped slowly out of the carriage. The one who came out was, naturally, Yun Xiancheng.

He immediately saw the white figure looking somewhat thin in the night wind, as well as that peerlessly beautiful face that was almost a replica of the Queen in his consciousness sea.

Regarding this, there was no look of surprise on his face, as if he had already expected it.

He just asked in an ordinary, gentle tone, as if treating a friend he was meeting for the first time:

”Miss, I presume you must be Lady Colorful Butterfly? If you don’t mind, why not come into my humble abode to rest for a while?” ”Hello, our clan’s... Second King Highness.” Hearing this, a tiny ripple flashed through Colorful Butterfly’s beautiful golden vertical pupils.

She nodded slightly and bowed to Yun Xiancheng, her voice crisp and pleasant, like a clear spring flowing through a valley. The title of Purple Wing has been pinned on me? Hmm... it must have been Yue Mei’s doing.

Although Yun Xiancheng had some doubts and confusion in his heart, he didn’t show any of it on his face.

He simply accepted this slightly peculiar title calmly, gazing gently at Colorful Butterfly before him.

Looking at the matchless face before her, Colorful Butterfly also couldn’t help but silently praise him in her heart. She wasn’t surprised at all that he could accurately call out her name. She figured that Yue Mei and Hua She Er must have already informed him about her.

Or perhaps... it was her sister, who had currently ”run away from home,” who had secretly communicated with him.

She hesitated for a moment before finally being unable to resist asking, her voice carrying a hint of undeniable concern: ”Second King Highness, may I ask... my”

”sister, Cai Lin... is she doing well now?”

”Cai Lin is doing very well, everything is fine, and she’s living quite freely,” Yun Xiancheng nodded and answered truthfully.