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Chapter 723 Is she our Snake Clan's Guide?
Melia's hands trembled slightly. She had used too much force and was also angry. Her head was spinning, and she staggered back two steps before she could steady herself by bracing herself on the long table next to her.

Yu Xia raised her hand slightly without making a sound, but ultimately held back.

Melia, an S-rank guide, was helpless against the two sentries in front of her.

"You two are utterly hopeless!" Melia dug her nails into the table, her tone filled with disappointment in her two younger brothers. If the infighting within the Snake family was a problem left over from previous generations, then...

They want to seize power and profit; winning or losing is their fate.

Alex and Alair, along with the two brothers standing before her, were all survivors of the previous power struggle within the Serpent Clan.

She believed that starting with their generation, the Snake family could enter a peaceful era, and at least she would no longer allow her blood-related brothers and sisters to kill each other.

But she was wrong.

Kaiser and his group are not only vying for the rights of the Serpent Clan, but they even dared to kidnap Ivi from the Holy City.

“Don’t look at us like that.” Kleeman felt uncomfortable seeing Melia’s indifferent gaze. “Ariel and the others can rule the Serpent Clan, so can we. They can have guides, so why can’t we?”

Catherine nodded slightly to Melia in agreement.

“She is Ivi,” Melia’s voice trembled. “The Holy City has done so much for everyone, yet you, for your own selfish desires, have…”

Melia took a deep breath and looked at the girl in Kleeman's arms. She saw that her eyes were clear and filled with curiosity and confusion, and she did not look like she had been coerced by them.

Melia straightened up a bit and looked at Cather, her gaze questioning.

Catherine poured her a glass of wine and handed it to her. "We didn't do anything to her. We asked you to come here so we could help us check if she has any memory problems or if her mental imagery has been damaged."

A flicker of hesitation crossed Melia's eyes. She sized up Yu Xia for a moment, then asked her softly, "What's your name?"

Kleeman immediately replied, "Her name is Yu Xia."

“I didn’t ask you.” Melia glared at him, and Kleeman curled his lip, saying nothing more.

Yu Xia said, "My name is Yu Xia. Do I know you, sister?"

Melia walked up to her, grabbed Kleeman's hand that was around her, and threw it aside. "Get out of here."

Kleeman had no choice but to get up and stand aside.

Melia sat down next to Yu Xia and held out her hand. "May I have your hand?"

Yu Xia glanced at Kleeman and Cather, and only after Cather nodded did she place her hand in her palm.

Seeing her actions, Melia asked, "You trust them a lot?"

Yu Xia nodded and said softly, "I only know them."

After hearing this, Melia carefully examined her face, feeling somewhat puzzled.

Has she seen her somewhere before?
Holy City?

Melia was a guide who studied under Ivi in ​​the Holy City and had met many Ivi, but most of the time she was in the outer city. She couldn't set foot in many places in the inner city, and there were some Ivi she had never met.

Seeing the slightly unfamiliar Ivy in front of her, she wasn't surprised; what was strange was the feeling Ivy gave her.

Because she didn't find the spiritual energy aura emanating from Ivy unfamiliar, they must have had some kind of spiritual contact before.

Melia picked up a strand of the girl's soft, long hair. Her hair was more beautiful than Ivy's hair, and lighter in color, radiating a soft glow in the dim light.

"Can you release your mental energy?" Melia asked Yu Xia.

“Mental power?” Yu Xia asked, “What is that?” Melia paused, about to speak, when Cather, standing beside her, impatiently asked, “Is what she said true or false?”

Melia glanced at him and said, "Did you send me here to examine her memory, or to administer a lie detector test?"

“Yes, we have both.” Catherine smiled and said, “You forgot, she used to be our Snake Clan’s guide, and a very deceptive one at that. We did this for peace of mind.”

Upon hearing his words, Melia exclaimed in surprise, "She's our Snake Clan's guide?"

Katherine said, “I have no reason to lie to you. If you don’t believe me, go into her mental landscape right now and see her memories. Right now, she only remembers that her name is Yu Xia. She has forgotten what a guide or a sentinel is. I want to know if her memories end before she was brought back to our Snake Clan.”

Melia couldn't understand what Cather was saying. When did the Snake Family get such a guide?

Even if Ivi had visited their snake family before
Melia suddenly stopped, and a memory of the Holy City appearing at the Serpent's House not long ago flashed through her mind. Then, several blurry fragments of memory emerged.

She was certain that her memories had been tampered with, but not maliciously.

“You don’t remember her, do you? This is what she did.” Catherine said bluntly to Melia. “She’s very capable. Please help us examine her carefully, sister.”

“However,” Catherine pressed her hand on Melia’s shoulder, “you’d better not hide anything from us. Tell us everything she sees in her mind. Think carefully about Alaire.”

Upon hearing Alair's voice, Melia slapped his hand away, took a deep breath, and closed her eyes. "I understand. I will tell you what I saw."

Hearing their conversation, Yu Xia became somewhat uneasy and asked, "Are they going to do something to me?"

Cather patted her head reassuringly, "Don't be afraid, she's here to help you, to see if she can help you remember something."

Melia frowned; these two brothers must have lied to her a lot.

She took Yu Xia's hand and said, "Your name is Yu Xia, right? Relax, you'll feel better after a good night's sleep."

Melia's mental energy slowly seeped into Yu Xia's brain. She first tentatively guided Yu Xia's mental energy, and was somewhat surprised to see that Yu Xia's mental energy was not touched at all, and did not even have any instinctive resistance.

This Ivy's mental strength is too... peaceful.

Any guide with spiritual power would react to the intrusion of another's spiritual power, but she had only seen such a peaceful and calm spiritual power in a few elders of the Holy City.

One of them was her teacher.

This Ivy is so young, her mental strength probably doesn't reach their level yet.
Melia delved deeper into Yu Xia's mental landscape with her doubts.

After confirming that her mental imagery did not contain any excessive defense or attack, Melia's consciousness sank into it.

An endless expanse of darkness.

"strangeness."

Melia wandered through Yu Xia's mental landscape, but saw nothing. Logically, it was impossible for there to be nothing there.

"Melia."

A clear, ethereal voice sounded behind Melia.

Melia was startled and turned around abruptly.

It was empty, still completely dark.

Just as she was wondering, a golden lotus-shaped flower slowly rose up in front of her.

"This is.?!"