Battle Through the Heavens, Reborn as Xiao Yan's Sister

Chapter 92 The City in the Heart of the Desert

Half a month later,

In the very heart of the vast desert, the sun blazes high, and waves of heat roll in.

The land, predominantly reddish-brown, stretches as far as the eye can see, with only occasional sand dunes and Gobi deserts resembling isolated islands in a vast ocean, sculpted by the wind into ever-changing shapes.

On this seemingly desolate land, a magnificent city wall can be vaguely seen, like an ancient dragon winding through the desert.

Holy City!

This is a sacred place in the hearts of countless snake-people tribes.

The magnificent and towering city walls are built from huge, hard obsidian blocks. Each stone seems to have been polished smooth and hard by the wind and sand of time, and is carved with intricate serpentine totems that twist and coil as if they could come to life at any moment, showing the serpent people's awe and worship of their ancestors.

"What a beautiful city in the heart of the desert."

Xiao Yue exclaimed in admiration.
At this point, half a month had passed since the trip to the Rock Tribe.

The reason it took so long to reach the holy city of the snake people in the center of the desert was that Queen Medusa would stop her magnificent sand boat and inspect the small and medium-sized snake people tribes along the way.

Although the speed is much slower.
This suited Xiao Yue's intentions perfectly. She had always planned to travel to various countries in the Northwest Continent, and the snake people in the Tagor Desert were essentially a different kind of country.

Although the empires were far smaller than human empires in terms of both population and area, they provided Xiao Yue with a good experience, allowing her to appreciate different regional customs and the construction of alien civilizations. This was precisely why she chose to travel to various countries while seeking opportunities for her martial arts path.

Xiao Yue's reputation has become quite well-known in some of the smaller tribes of the Snake-People race, because during Queen Medusa's inspection tour over the past two weeks, Xiao Yue would impart her knowledge to each tribe she visited.

To know,
The knowledge Xiao Yue imparted was not limited to agriculture and developing the oasis environment, but also included some basic medical knowledge, which was undoubtedly a great help to the snake people living in harsh conditions.

The knowledge seemed simple, but anything produced by Xiao Yue was bound to be of high quality; nothing she summarized was simple! And for a human to receive such respect from those snake-people tribes was truly unique.

Standing on the sand barge,
Xiao Yue gazed at the majestic holy city of the Serpent People in the distance. The city walls reflected a dazzling light under the blazing sun, seemingly telling the story of the Serpent People's glorious history.

As the sand barges slowly approached, the serpentine totems on the city wall gradually became clearer. The mythical beasts on each totem were carved so vividly that they seemed ready to break free from the stone at any moment.

"How does our Snake-People's Holy City compare to the capital of your Gama Empire?" Queen Medusa's voice rang out behind Xiao Yue, carrying a hint of barely perceptible pride.

After spending these days together, she gradually let go of her queenly aloofness and was no longer as haughty as before in front of Xiao Yue. The atmosphere between the two became much more harmonious.

Xiao Yue turned around, looked at Queen Medusa, smiled slightly, and said, "Each has its own merits. The capital of Gama is bustling with people and prosperous, while your snake people's holy city is built in this vast desert and is full of mystery and ancient history."

Queen Medusa's eyes flashed with satisfaction upon hearing this. She was well aware of the gap between her Serpent Clan's Holy City and the capital of Gama. In terms of prosperity, it was far inferior to human cities, but she simply enjoyed hearing Xiao Yue say such nice things.

quickly,

Under the command of the beast tamers above them, the nine-headed serpents dragged the magnificent palace across the desert. Before long, they arrived at the city walls. To welcome the return of the Queen's palace, the nearly 100-meter-high city gates slowly opened, revealing a road leading into the city.

The sand barges slowly sailed into the city.

The main street inside the city walls was wide enough to accommodate this enormous mobile palace.

The streets were now lined with snake-people, men, women, and children, all dressed in various snake-patterned garments. When Queen Medusa's sandship appeared, they all turned in worship, their faces showing piety and reverence. Queen Medusa stood on the deck of the sandship, her purple brocade robe shimmering in the sunlight like a blooming red spider lily—beautiful yet deadly, cold yet noble. She calmly looked down at her kneeling subjects, her expression unchanging.

Eastern part of the Holy City - Royal Palace

Upon learning that Queen Medusa was about to return to the palace, all the maids in her palace lined up outside the palace early to greet her in a respectful manner.

"See Her Majesty the Queen!"

"Get up, all of you..." Queen Medusa said calmly.

Queen Medusa nodded, looked around, and then her gaze fell on Xiao Yue again. "She is my guest. You can call her Miss Silver Moon."

The maids were all taken aback upon hearing this.

The Medusa Queen in their hearts has always been cold and ruthless, and her arrogant nature makes her even more merciless when dealing with people of other races. It is truly puzzling that she would now recognize a human as a guest.

Xiao Yue also noticed their strange looks, and she smiled wryly, but she didn't seem to care.

Anyway, fortunes change, let's let Her Majesty the Queen be happy for a while.

In the days that followed,

She stayed in Queen Medusa's bedroom.

Although the social structure of the Serpent People is ancient, it is very stable. The kingship is supreme, and the Medusa Queens of each generation are the spiritual pillars and absolute rulers of this group. In the hearts of the Serpent People, the status of the Medusa Queen is almost comparable to that of a god.

Therefore, even though Queen Medusa brought back a strange human woman, no one dared to say anything. Xiao Yue's life in the palace was quite pleasant. She could move around freely in Medusa's palace and learn about the ancient heritage of this holy city of the snake people.

As time went by, Xiao Yue's fame and status in the palace gradually increased.

So far,

In this holy city of snake people with a population of nearly one million, everyone knows that Her Majesty the Queen recently brought a silver-haired human woman into the palace, and has shown her great favor and even indulgence.
It's not just humans who love gossip; snake people, who are also a group of intelligent beings, are no exception.

For a time,

The snake-people, who had extremely limited entertainment options, also began to discuss these gossips with great interest during their leisure time after meals. Various speculations about Xiao Yue's identity spread rapidly throughout the Holy City like a spring breeze.

Numerous versions of the story have emerged. Some say she was a powerful alchemist from a neighboring empire who, for some reason, defected to Queen Medusa. Others claim she was a princess from a human empire who, after catching the eye of the queen, was captured and kept as a concubine in the palace.

Some even speculate that she is Her Majesty the Queen's long-lost half-sister, who has returned to the Holy City to vie for the throne with Her Majesty the Queen... There are also rumors that she is the future Queen of the Snake People, and a plaything of the Queen...

The gossip in the Holy City is so outrageous that it rivals the tabloid news in human society.

Outside the holy city
In that boundless desert, the seeds that Xiao Yue had sown along the way in the snake-people tribes had begun to take root and sprout silently. Although these changes were small, they gradually had a profound impact on the small and medium-sized snake-people tribes in the outside world.

(End of this chapter)