"Xun Er, Little Fairy Doctor, this Queen bids farewell."
"Xun Er, Little Fairy Doctor, see you later. I'll trouble you to help then."
Queen Medusa left the Xiao Family in Wu Tan City swiftly, taking Yun Yun.
Xun Er looked up at the sky and smiled at the Little Fairy Doctor. "Sister Little Fairy Doctor, I don't think we'll need to rest tonight."
"I don't feel sleepy at all," the Little Fairy Doctor's gray-purple eyes were brighter than the moonlight, filled with excitement and strong curiosity for the new discovery. "Xun Er, do you think there might be other functions we haven't discovered yet?"
"Hard to say. Our research on the copy is still too little," Xun Er felt she needed to find opportunities to experiment more.
Reading the Journal to learn about opportunities, past, and future secrets.
Being mentioned by name granted one Plane Blessing.
In her view, these were already enormous opportunities. She hadn't dared hope for more.
She hadn't expected there to be soul imprint binding and voice transmission functions that ignored distance and barriers.
There might be even more profound functions waiting for them to explore.
"Then shall we research together?" Xun Er was also full of enthusiasm.
If not for Medusa and Yun Yun, she and the Little Fairy Doctor wouldn't have known when they would discover the messaging function.
The feeling of falling behind others was very unpleasant.
"Sure." The Little Fairy Doctor sat down beside Xun Er.
Both manifested their Journal copies and began studying seriously.
They busied themselves for a long time. By the time the sun rose in the east, they still hadn't found anything new.
"It seems that even if there are other abilities, they require certain conditions to unlock," Xun Er rubbed her brows with her jade-like hand and temporarily decided to give up.
Judging by the time, Xiao Ting should have finished his Purple Qi Rising Visualization Method cultivation and would soon come find her for breakfast.
"Aunt Ling, where is Big Brother Xiao Ting?" Xun Er asked.
"Miss, Young Master Xiao Ting didn't go up the mountain to watch the sunrise today," Ling Yue's voice appeared.
He didn't go?
That's right. Big Brother Xiao Ting had obtained the Purple Beast Flame Visualization Method and no longer needed to visualize the Purple Qi Eastward.
Just then, Xun Er and the Little Fairy Doctor sensed movement in the imprints deep in their souls.
…
[Medusa]: I have already met Qing Lin. She is the same as us.
…
Rock Desert City, Manly Steel Mercenary.
With the accurate address provided by Xun Er, Queen Medusa only needed a little over an hour to arrive easily.
She had thought finding Qing Lin would take some effort, but she happened to encounter the scene where the girl used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
A maid wanted to push the heavy chores onto Qing Lin, only to be hypnotized by her into doing them herself.
Sensing the special energy fluctuation, Queen Medusa descended from the sky and appeared before Qing Lin.
"Who are you!?"
Her gaze swept over the purple snake tail on Medusa's lower body. Tension flashed in Qing Lin's emerald eyes.
She feared this Snake-Person had come after sensing the energy fluctuation of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
She hadn't seen Young Master Xiao Ting yet. She didn't want to die.
"This Queen is Medusa of the Snake-People Clan," Medusa introduced herself.
"You are Queen Medusa!" Qing Lin's pupils shrank. She had never expected to meet the famous Dou Emperor expert under such circumstances.
Queen Medusa's fierce reputation in the eastern provinces of the Jia Ma Empire was enough to stop children from crying.
"Do you know Xiao Ting?" Medusa asked.
Uncontrollable panic appeared on Qing Lin's face.
But she wasn't stupid and reacted instantly. "H-how do you know Fourth Young Master's name?"
"As expected." A bit more approval appeared in Queen Medusa's eyes. "This Queen is the same as you—we both know the truth of the story."
Upon hearing this, Qing Lin didn't feel joy. Instead, she became even more nervous. "You won't harm Young Master Xiao Ting, will you!"
"It seems you didn't know," the corner of Medusa's lips curved. "The copy has restrictions. If you develop malicious intent toward Xiao Ting, actively do anything that harms him, or actively leak its contents, you will be punished or even erased!"
Qing Lin really hadn't known this. After all, she had never thought of harming Xiao Ting, nor had she thought of leaking the Journal's contents to anyone.
Learning that the Journal copy had such restrictions, she felt very happy. Even if there were other copy owners, no one would harm Young Master Xiao Ting's interests.
Yet despite the joy in her heart, hostility showed on her face. "So that means you have thought about harming Young Master Xiao Ting?"
Otherwise, how would Medusa know about this restriction?
"Interesting."
Looking at the expression on Qing Lin's delicate, porcelain-like little face, Medusa reached out with interest and held her chin.
This girl's reaction was completely beyond her expectations.
There was no joy or relief at meeting a fellow copy owner.
No regret at not being the only Journal copy owner.
No arrogance after becoming a Journal copy owner.
She was actually angry that Medusa might want to harm Xiao Ting.
"What will you do?" Queen Medusa deliberately released a trace of her aura. "The Journal copy restricts this Queen from doing anything that harms Xiao Ting, but it doesn't restrict this Queen from harming you."
"I!" Qing Lin's little face paled. She inwardly cursed herself for being foolish.
Without strength, how could she show hostility toward Queen Medusa?
But she just couldn't help getting angry.
"Young Master Xiao Ting is coming to find me soon. If you dare kill me or harm me, Young Master Xiao Ting won't forgive you!" Qing Lin's body trembled, but her eyes were extremely firm. "At that time, Young Master Xiao Ting won't let you off."
"What wouldn't this Queen dare to do!?" Queen Medusa raised one hand and grabbed toward Qing Lin like lightning.
The latter instinctively closed her eyes, but no pain or attack came for a long time.
Slowly opening her eyes, she saw Queen Medusa looking at her with a teasing expression, one slender jade finger resting on her forehead.
"Flick!"
Before Qing Lin could speak, Medusa flicked her finger.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch!" Qing Lin cried out, clutching her forehead and squatting down with both hands.
It took her a while before she raised her teary, red-rimmed eyes and glared at Medusa like a wounded little animal.
"Fun, too fun." Medusa was amused by Qing Lin.
This was an interesting little girl.
But she hadn't forgotten the purpose of her trip. With a thought, she summoned her Journal copy.
"Little girl, manifest your Journal copy. You and this Queen can become friends."
"You can also contact Yun Yun, Xun Er, and the Little Fairy Doctor."
Hearing the first half, Qing Lin instinctively wanted to refuse.
She didn't want to become friends with Queen Medusa.
But the second half made her eyes light up.
In her understanding, Xun Er would absolutely never harm Xiao Ting and was someone trustworthy and reliable.
Thus, the two established contact, leading to the scene at the beginning where Medusa messaged the group.
[Xun Er]: Can we add Qing Lin to the group chat?
[Medusa]: This Queen will try.
[Little Fairy Doctor]: Yes, yes. I can sense her imprint, and I can establish an independent link with her too.
[Xun Er]: That's great. In the future, if we encounter other copy owners, we can just pull them into the group chat and add their imprints.
[Yun Yun]: Why isn't Qing Lin saying anything?
[Qing Lin]: Sister Xun Er, Queen Medusa bullied me. She even wanted to kill Young Master Xiao Ting.
[Xun Er]: ?
[Medusa]: ...
This girl was a bit too straightforward and stubborn.
[Medusa]: This Queen told her about the copy's restrictions. Her focus was that this Queen wanted to harm Xiao Ting.
[Qing Lin]: Isn't that the case?
[Medusa]: This Queen only thought about capturing Xiao Ting when she first obtained the copy. Now that she realizes she can't control him, she no longer has that intention. If this Queen truly had hostile intent toward Xiao Ting, do you think Xun Er would have let this Queen live?
[Qing Lin]: Then you should have explained clearly earlier instead of hitting me.
[Medusa]: ...
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