Zhutian: Invincible from the Martial Spirit

Chapter 144: Conquering Medusa

The soul of the Sky-Swallowing Python comes from Queen Medusa and possesses some of her power. It is a fifth-level magical beast, equivalent to a Dou Wang powerhouse.

Generally speaking, the intelligence of a fifth-level magical beast is no less than that of humans and is extremely intelligent.

In order to subdue it, Xiang Gu Yi had to let down all his guard and completely open his mind and soul, which was very difficult.

But the Sky-Swallowing Python is different. It was born from Queen Medusa, but its soul is like a spotless piece of white paper and it is unfamiliar with anything in the world.

What Gu Yi has been doing these days is equivalent to leaving traces of pen and ink on this blank paper, staining it with his color.

Therefore, Gu Yi easily gained the trust of the Sky-Swallowing Python, which became very dependent on Gu Yi.

However, to be on the safe side, Gu Yi still cultivated his relationship with it for another month.

During this period, try little by little to let the Sky-Swallowing Python relax its mind.

Only after seeing that the Sky-Swallowing Python no longer resisted any of Gu Yi's actions did Gu Yi begin to take action.

Gu Yi mobilized the power of the soul and the power of the Heavens Gate to imprint his mark on the soul of the Sky-Swallowing Python, which had completely let go of its mind.

——This doesn’t mean that Gu Yi will take the Sky-Swallowing Python or Queen Medusa to travel through the world, but after leaving the mark, Gu Yi’s control over her will be even greater.

Otherwise, ordinary means cannot control the proud Queen Medusa.

After killing Queen Medusa, using blood shadow to create a puppet can ensure its loyalty, but her strength is fixed at the Dou Zong level, and her potential is no longer there.

This mark now has a stronger restraint than the one left on Qianlixue and Qinglin's souls before.

Because Gu Yi practiced the art of residual soul, his soul methods became more sophisticated and his attainments became deeper.

The mark left behind is naturally more complete, incorporating features of many abilities such as blood shadows and blood symbols of life and death.

Gu Yi can now use the mark to cause the target's soul to collapse with just a thought.

However, after some experiments, Gu Yi discovered that the mark left behind could not temporarily affect the soul of Queen Medusa.

Because the Sky-Swallowing Python and Queen Medusa have now split into two relatively independent souls due to evolution.

Either destroy Queen Medusa's soul and leave only the Sky-Swallowing Python's.

It’s just that the Sky-Swallowing Python is a part separated from Queen Medusa.

With Gu Yi's current spiritual attainments, he is unable to eliminate the other half of the soul that possesses Queen Medusa's consciousness and memories without harming the Sky-Swallowing Python.

If you act rashly, you might destroy both of their souls.

Besides, even if it succeeded, the Sky-Swallowing Python would have lost half of its soul, so its potential would be wasted.

Even if its bloodline reaches the eighth color, it is estimated that it will not be able to reach the peak of Dou Zun.

Not to mention being promoted to the Nine Colors, breaking through to the Fighting Saint, or even having one's bloodline upgraded to the level of a super beast from the upper realm, reaching the Heavenly Supreme...

So after thinking about it, Gu Yi decisively gave up this idea.

All that was left was to reintegrate the souls of the Sky-Swallowing Python and Queen Medusa.

At that time, the mark left by Gu Yi will continue to remain in the soul of the new Queen Medusa.

If one wants to merge the two souls, all one needs to do is let Queen Medusa take a soul-melting pill.

But the difficulty lies in that Queen Medusa is full of resistance and anger towards Gu Yi.

Because of Gu Yi's behavior towards the Sky-Swallowing Python these days, it is clear that he wants to keep her as a pet.

How could Queen Medusa, the queen of her clan and the always proud and cold queen, tolerate this?

During this month, Queen Medusa tried many times to take back the control of her body from the Sky-Swallowing Python, trying to fight to the death with Gu Yi.

The natural result was that he was suppressed by Gu Yi every time and unwillingly turned back into the Sky-Swallowing Python.

Therefore, even if Gu Yi refined the Rong Ling Pill, Queen Medusa would think that Gu Yi was trying to frame her in another way and would not actively cooperate.

Maybe he will take the opportunity to commit suicide.

So Gu Yi decided to have a talk with Queen Medusa, calm her down, and let her take the Rongling Pill with peace of mind.

On this day, Gu Yi had a thought and silently let the soul of the Sky-Swallowing Python fall into a deep sleep.

Without the control of the Sky-Devouring Python, Queen Medusa immediately took control of the body.

A beautiful little snake on the bed was shining with colorful light and quickly turned into a curvy body like a ripe peach.

As soon as Queen Medusa appeared, her eyes were filled with murderous intent. Colorful energy immediately condensed in her hands and she was about to kill Gu Yi.

But Gu Yi was not afraid at all and smiled at Queen Medusa.

The next second, the restrictions in her body were activated, quickly sealing her fighting spirit and turning her into an ordinary person in an instant.

Queen Medusa slapped Gu Yi with her palm, but it was soft and posed no threat at all.

"Human, let me go! Or kill me!" Medusa gritted her teeth, staring at Gu Yi with murderous eyes.

But the charm that inadvertently flashed in her eyes concealed the murderous intent within, and instead revealed an inexplicable temptation.

"I told you, my name is Gu Yi." Gu Yi smiled slightly.

"That day you suddenly turned into a small snake. If I hadn't shown mercy, you would have died."

"I would rather you kill me!" Queen Medusa said coldly.

Queen Medusa's soul was trapped inside her body, but she could see a little bit of what was happening in the outside world through the eyes of the Sky-Swallowing Python.

She watched with her own eyes as Gu Yi treated the Sky-Swallowing Python as a pet!
——Of course, Queen Medusa did not discover the tricks that Gu Yi played on the Sky-Swallowing Python’s soul using the Zhutian Sect. Her soul attainments were too weak, and Gu Yi chose to do it when Queen Medusa’s soul was asleep.

Now she is Gu Yi's trophy.

Queen Medusa was so proud that she would rather commit suicide than be humiliated by Gu Yi.

It’s a pity that Queen Medusa, who was under restrictions, couldn’t even understand herself.

"If you die, what will happen to the Snake People tribe?" Gu Yi said slowly: "Your Majesty, you don't want the Snake People tribe to be wiped out from now on."

Queen Medusa looked unhappy.

That's exactly what she was worried about.

Queen Medusa attaches great importance to her own tribe. In order to gain a better territory for her tribe, she is willing to use strange fire to carry out extremely dangerous evolution and forcibly break through from Douhuang to Douzong.

Otherwise, if she were given a dozen years, Queen Medusa could use a more reliable method to slowly cultivate to the level of Dou Zong on her own.

If she died, the snake people would have to suffer in the Tagor Desert for who knows how long.

Moreover, several surrounding empires all knew that she had broken through to the Dou Zong level.

It's okay in the short term, because due to her notorious reputation, the major empires will not do anything to the snake people.

But if she doesn't show up for a long time and the Snake People don't expand outward, some people from the Gama Empire will definitely try to see if she is still alive.

If you knew that she was no longer in the snake tribe.

It is possible that several people from the Gama Empire will join forces to eradicate the Snake People.

Because they will not allow the Snake People to produce new Dou Zong masters.

What's more, there is an enemy here that is more powerful than the Gama Empire.

That is the human being in front of you!
After a month of "contact", Queen Medusa already knew Gu Yi's identity. She knew that he was only seventeen years old, but was already a Dou Wang and had the strength of a Dou Zong.

If he wanted, he could wipe out the snake people at any time.

"In fact, I can let you go if I want." Gu Yi said, "As long as you can produce a strange fire ranked in the top ten of the strange fire list, or a treasure with a value equivalent to that of an eighth-level magical beast, I will set you free. How about that?"

Queen Medusa's expression froze, but her eyes were still fierce. Gu Yi chuckled, "Your Majesty, you should know how precious your blood is."

"Eight-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python, this is a powerful magical beast that only existed in ancient times. Its value is no less than that of an eighth-level magical beast."

“So I guess my request isn’t too much.”

Queen Medusa was silent for a moment, then said, "Let me go, and I will send you a strange fire or a treasure of equal value in the future."

"That won't do." Gu Yi shook his head, "Who knows if you will never come back."

Seeing that Queen Medusa refused to compromise, Gu Yi pretended to think and made a roundabout suggestion.

"How about this, I will no longer force you to transform back into the Sky-Swallowing Python. You will stay by my side and be my follower from now on."

"As long as you make enough contributions to me in the future, such as helping me obtain treasures that are worth more than you, or killing some enemies, I will set you free. How about that?"

Queen Medusa's expression changed, and the pride in her heart made her want to insist on dying rather than surrendering.

But thinking of the situation of the snake people, Queen Medusa nodded silently.

"I can be your follower, but I will only help you kill people. You must not make excessive demands!"

"If not..." Queen Medusa gritted her teeth, her eyes full of ferocity.

"Okay." Gu Yi smiled faintly.

Gu Yi looked at Queen Medusa and said, "Actually, you don't have to be so resistant to becoming my follower."

"You should know that I am a sixth-rank alchemist. With me here, you will never lack the resources you need for your future cultivation. Following me, the time it takes you to become a Dou Zun or Dou Sheng will be greatly reduced."

"For example, this pill is very suitable for you now..."

As he spoke, Gu Yi handed the paper recording the efficacy of the Rongling Pill to Queen Medusa.

Queen Medusa glanced around and saw the introduction to the sixth-grade advanced elixir, the Soul-Ronging Elixir, which could allow the soul and body to merge and allow the soul to recover quickly.

This is simply the best medicine for Queen Medusa, whose soul is divided into two.

"Can you refine the Soul-Relieving Pill?" Queen Medusa's eyes lit up.

She was fed up with the feeling of having no control over her body, and she just wanted to merge the soul of the Sky-Swallowing Python back as soon as possible.

"I don't have the recipe for this pill yet, and I can't refine it for the time being." Gu Yi smiled slightly, "But you will get it soon."

The recipe for the Rongling Pill is the reward for the champion of the Gama Empire Alchemist Conference to be held a few months later.

The pill recipes in the Douqi Continent are written with soul power, and the number of times they can be read is limited.

In addition, this pill recipe is not the private collection of President Fa Ma, but the internal property of the Alchemist Guild.

Therefore, even though Gu Yi is Fa Ma's disciple, he cannot break the rules and bring the pill recipe in advance.

He wants, must win the conference game.

Gu Yi was not in a hurry about this.

It just so happens that with Gu Yi's current level of alchemy skills, he is still unable to refine the Rongling Pill with a 100% success rate.

Moreover, he didn't have the herbs to make the Rongling Pill now.

During these few months, Gu Yi was able to continue to improve his own soul power, transform the alchemy experience in the Venerable's memory into his own, and integrate it into his own, improving his alchemy skills to the sixth-grade advanced/Xuan-level upper grade.

Of course, Gu Yi could still learn about the medicinal materials needed for the Rongling Pill from Fa Ma in advance and collect them in advance.

After hearing Gu Yi's plan, Queen Medusa calmed down.

However, Gu Yi's next sentence made her eyebrows raise.

"But if you want to get this Rongling Pill, you must make a contribution of no less than its value, or exchange it for a treasure of the same value."

Gu Yi said: "Your life and freedom are still in my hands, and you need to exchange them for treasures. This elixir and the elixir you need for future cultivation are naturally no exception."

"Okay!" Queen Medusa gritted her teeth.

"Wait a minute. Once the deal is done, I will make sure you are in trouble!"

In the eyes of Queen Medusa, being a follower is a transaction. Once a treasure or contribution equivalent to the entire fortune of a Dou Zun strongman is paid, the transaction is over.

Until then……

Queen Medusa didn't believe that Gu Yi would always be stronger than her.

As long as she becomes a high-level Dou Zong or Dou Zun, she will have a deeper understanding of the power of space and will definitely surpass Gu Yi.

At that time, Gu Yi will naturally have to pay the price.

Gu Yi had such a sharp sense that he naturally sensed the murderous intent in Queen Medusa's gaze.

But he didn't care.

As long as the Soul-Releasing Pill is refined and the souls of Queen Medusa and the Sky-Swallowing Python are fused, Queen Medusa will have no say in the matter.

……

After reaching the follower agreement, Gu Yi did not let Queen Medusa transform back into the Sky-Swallowing Python.

Gu Yi used the mark to make the soul of the Sky-Swallowing Python fall into a deep sleep.

However, Queen Medusa felt that it was her own soul power that suppressed the Sky-Devouring Python.

After all, as long as Gu Yi doesn't use his force to suppress her, the Sky-Swallowing Python is indeed no match for Queen Medusa, and her body will naturally be dominated by her.

So after evolving with the strange fire, Queen Medusa still maintained her human form.

Only after being knocked down to the sand dunes by Gu Yi and falling into a coma, did the Sky-Swallowing Python come out.

Leaving Queen Medusa in his exclusive alchemy room for the time being, Gu Yi headed towards the eastern area of ​​the Alchemist Guild.

This is where the Alchemist Guild trades and does business. Many alchemists trade medicinal materials, pill recipes, elixirs, medicine cauldrons, etc. here.

As soon as Gu Yi stepped into this place, he immediately attracted countless people's eager and admiring gazes.

The news of the battle with the Snake People had spread throughout the Gama Empire within this month.

Everyone in the imperial capital knew that Gu Yi was already a Dou Wang warrior, possessing the strange fire Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire!
Dou Wang, this is the top powerful man in the Jia Ma Empire.

Rumor has it that Gu Yi can even fight Queen Medusa!
Such amazing strength is one of the best in the Gama Empire!
Even the proud alchemists in the Alchemist Guild were filled with awe for such a powerful being.

Not to mention, in addition to his powerful strength, Gu Yi's alchemy skills are also amazing.

News spread in the guild that Gu Yi had become a fifth-grade alchemist!
Because someone in Gu Yi's alchemy room smelled a rich aroma that surpassed that of a fourth-grade elixir, and felt the energy ripples that only appeared with fifth-grade elixirs and above! !
This news is even more shocking than Gu Yi being the Dou Wang.

Because of the powerful Dou Wang, a new one will appear in the Jia Ma Empire every one or two years.

But a fifth-grade alchemist might not appear for decades! !
There are no more than two fifth-grade alchemists in the Jiama Empire! !

So it’s no wonder that these people look at him with such admiration.

Gu Yi has become accustomed to these looks.

He has been to the Eastern Region several times in this month.

So he didn't care, but just scanned the square tables where various treasures were placed.

With his current perspective, most of the things here are not worthy of his attention.

Only a few relatively rare medicinal materials that can be used as auxiliary materials for refining high-level elixirs can make him stop for a while and make a purchase.

(End of this chapter)