Legend Management Bureau Chapter 162

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“Sh-shouting?” Medusa put on a display of painfully awkward acting. “No, is there anyone else nearby?”

Bai Suzhen slowly stood up and looked around.

“Is there really no one? Perhaps I heard wrong.” She shook her head, then cupped her hands toward Medusa. “Fellow Daoist, please forgive my earlier rudeness. I truly owe you my thanks this time, otherwise I would have been beaten back into my original form.”

“Commoner, there is no need to be so polite.” Medusa waved her hand. “I told you I am your younger sister, and I came here just to help you.”

Bai Suzhen really couldn’t understand. The woman in front of her kept calling herself “younger sister,” but she didn’t call Bai Suzhen “older sister,” instead calling her “commoner.”

“Never mind… Regardless, you saved my life, Fellow Daoist…” Bai Suzhen slowly stepped forward, offering the pills in her hand, and said, “Since I have successfully survived the tribulation, these pills should be returned to their rightful owner.”

“Unnecessary.” Medusa shook her head. “Those pills are of no use to me anymore. I am giving them to you.”

“G-giving them to me?” Bai Suzhen paused in surprise. “Fellow Daoist, what exactly do you mean? These pills are worth at least a million spirit stones. Why give them to me so casually?”

“Spirit stones? What kind of stones are those?” Medusa said disdainfully. “I do not lack stones. Stones cannot represent glory. Where I live, there are human-shaped stones everywhere.”

“Umm… Little sister, what did you say your name was just now?”

“I am Me… I am Xiaoqing,” Medusa declared. “From now on, I will follow you.”

Bai Suzhen felt that this Xiaoqing spoke in a rather strange manner, but she could tell that Xiaoqing was also a snake demon, which naturally made her feel a sense of closeness.

The dark clouds in the sky completely dispersed, and a radiant light simultaneously illuminated both of their bodies.

Medusa paused, quickly looking down at her palms. “So powerful… Is this the strength bestowed upon me by the lightning?”

Looking at Bai Suzhen, her lower half gradually transformed into a pair of pale, slender legs. Her entire being now appeared as an absolutely breathtakingly beautiful woman, without a single serpentine trait remaining.

Du Yu then glanced at Medusa. Even though she had gone through the transformation tribulation, her appearance had not changed at all. Could it be because she had previously “exploited a glitch” to become human beforehand?

However, the oppressive aura radiating from her was completely incomparable to before. Once they returned, he definitely had to let Big Cat check what cultivation realm she had reached.

“Du Yu, what should we do next?” Dong Qianqiu asked.

“Sister Qianqiu, I have this feeling that their relationship is still missing one final spark.”

“One final spark?” Dong Qianqiu pondered for a moment. Du Yu was right. Even though those two had just experienced a brush with death together, they definitely hadn’t become lifelong sworn sisters yet. “How do you plan to ignite this spark?”

“That’s easy,” Du Yu stated. “I am the villain right now! I will do it myself!”

With that said, Du Yu slowly emerged from the shadows.

Upon seeing Du Yu, Medusa was momentarily taken aback before desperately holding back a smile. It had only been a few minutes since they last saw each other, so how did Du Yu end up completely bald?

“Halt! You two snake demons!” Du Yu roared at the top of his lungs. “To think this humble monk would catch you red-handed! Today, I shall exact justice on behalf of the heavens!”

Medusa frowned in confusion. This scene was not in the script the Legend Administration had given her beforehand.

“Emperor Medusa, Du Yu is likely trying to help you two,” Dong Qianqiu explained. “He is planning to improve your relationship with her, so you need to play along.”

“But, Miss Dong, this is different from what we agreed upon. What should I do?” Medusa whispered back.

“That… I don’t know either. Once you’ve known Du Yu long enough, you’ll realize that a ‘script’ means absolutely nothing to him. He can come up with all sorts of bizarre ideas on the fly. Just try your best to cooperate with him.”

Medusa still didn’t understand. She was told to play along, but what exactly counted as playing along?

Du Yu glared at Medusa and shouted, “Oh my! You green snake! You’re actually covered in injuries and definitely ‘unable to move’ right now. This is the perfect opportunity to slay you!”

Du Yu purposefully emphasized the words “unable to move”. Medusa seemed to understand, yet also seemed completely lost.

If she stayed completely still, wouldn’t she genuinely be injured by Du Yu?

After delivering his line, Du Yu rushed forward without another word, raising his fist to strike Medusa.

Medusa’s mind raced as she rapidly weighed her options. Should she move, or not?

After a mere half-second of deliberation, she made her decision.

If Du Yu truly wanted her life, she would just give it to him.

But at this critical juncture, Bai Suzhen suddenly lunged forward and blocked Du Yu’s strike.

Medusa froze. She never would have anticipated such a scene. This insolent commoner actually took a blow for her? Yet, when she glanced at Du Yu’s expression, it was as if this had all been entirely within his expectations.

“Master, please stay your hand!” Bai Suzhen pleaded anxiously. “We harbor no ill intentions toward humans. This humble woman only borrowed your esteemed land to undergo my tribulation. If we have disturbed you, we will leave immediately.”

“Oh?” Du Yu feigned surprise. “No ill intentions? And what is the relationship between the two of you?”

“Master, we did not know each other prior to this,” Bai Suzhen replied truthfully. “It is just that this fellow Daoist has a kind heart and came specifically to help me through my tribulation. I beg you not to harm her.”

“What a joke!” Du Yu pretended to be furious. “You two don’t know each other, yet she used her own flesh and blood to shield you from the transformation lightning?! I saw the whole thing! You still want to lie to me? Today, I absolutely must slay this green snake!”

With that, Du Yu shoved Bai Suzhen aside and prepared to launch another attack at Medusa.

But despite her severe injuries, Bai Suzhen dragged herself back in front of Medusa. “Master! You cannot harm her!”

Du Yu rolled his eyes cunningly and demanded, “You protect her so fiercely, yet you still claim you don’t know each other? If you confess your true relationship, I might just spare her life.”

“I confess, I confess!” Bai Suzhen said in a panic. “She is my younger sister, Xiaoqing. I beg the Master to be merciful!”

Medusa stared in dumbfounded shock.

It was settled just like that? Du Yu was actually somewhat impressive.

However, Du Yu showed absolutely no intention of letting the two of them go.

“Younger sister?” Du Yu put on the typical sneer of a television villain. “So that’s how it is! It seems you, the ‘older sister’, are the biggest menace here. This humble monk will start by executing you!”

As soon as the words left his mouth, Du Yu channeled the power of Zhongli Chun and threw a punch straight at Bai Suzhen. He held back slightly on this strike, intending only to inflict a minor injury.

Having just endured the transformation tribulation, how could Bai Suzhen possibly withstand such an attack?

She was sent flying by Du Yu’s fist, crashing heavily into a nearby tree.

‘Holy crap…’ Du Yu instantly felt a pang of regret. ‘I actually hit a woman… I deserve a thousand deaths…’

Medusa watched this unfold blankly, completely at a loss for what to do.

Du Yu kept winking frantically at Medusa, but she just couldn’t grasp his meaning. Sighing in frustration at her ineptitude, Du Yu marched directly toward Bai Suzhen.

“White snake! This monk will now claim your life!”

“Master, please don’t!” Bai Suzhen coughed violently as she pleaded. “Although I am a snake demon, I have never harmed a human. I beg you for leniency!”

“I don’t care!” Du Yu bellowed. “A demon is a demon! Even if I beat you to death right now, absolutely no one will come to save you!”

Saying this, Du Yu raised his hand, constantly stealing glances at Medusa from the corner of his eye.

‘My god… how can she be this dense…’ Du Yu sighed inwardly.

“White snake, do you really think ‘someone will come to save you’ now?!” Du Yu yelled at the top of his lungs again, yet Medusa remained completely unresponsive.

Shaking his head in exasperation, Du Yu added, “Could it be that ‘a green snake’ will come to rescue you?!”

Being prompted to such an obvious degree, Medusa finally saw the light and immediately shouted, “Please, stop!”

Du Yu immediately lowered his hand and turned to look at Medusa. “Oh?! Someone is actually coming to save you? Consider yourself lucky. I’ll dispose of this green snake first!”

Although she had managed to stop Du Yu, Medusa had no clue what her next move should be.

Du Yu’s eyes were filled with absolute despair. He had no choice but to raise his voice even louder. “Green snake, what are you trying to do? Are you going to ‘send me flying with a single punch’? In your dreams!”

This time, Medusa seemed to understand. She hurriedly ran up to Du Yu and threw a soft, limp punch at him.

Du Yu blinked. Even though Medusa’s acting was agonizingly clumsy, at least her reaction was quick.

“Ahhhhh!!!!”

Du Yu let out a bloodcurdling scream and was abruptly sent flying through the air. After hitting the ground, as if feeling he hadn’t flown far enough, he deliberately rolled a few more times in the dirt.

Du Yu lay on the ground, wailing non-stop, which completely terrified Medusa into a stupor.

“To think you, a mere green snake, possessed such a technique…” Du Yu roared. “You actually ‘exchanged a more severe injury to yourself for a brief burst of attack power’! Even though you sent me flying, you definitely aren’t feeling too good yourself!”

Medusa looked at Du Yu awkwardly, then hastily clutched her stomach. “Ah! I… I… I am injured…”

Du Yu nodded in satisfaction, murmuring, “The student can be taught.”

“Hmph!” Du Yu suddenly jumped to his feet and declared, “Listen closely, you two sisters! My master, Fahai, will not let either of you off! I am going back to report this right now. In a one-on-one fight, neither of you would ever be his match. Sticking together might be your only slim chance of survival!”

Having delivered his parting threat, Du Yu turned and bolted, diving straight into the bushes.

Seeing the “director” leave, Medusa instantly forgot how to act once again.

Fortunately, Bai Suzhen rushed over with a worried expression and cried, “Xiaoqing! Are you alright? Why would you repeatedly risk your life for me?”

Medusa could only use the momentum to sit down, having absolutely no idea how to explain herself.

“Xiaoqing, if you don’t wish to say, I will not force you. But I believe you mean me no harm. Let your older sister heal your wounds.”