When Xiao Yan and the others returned, Xiao Xue was still in the desert, summoning Pill Lightning to strike Medusa.
After being struck by lightning for several days, Medusa had become quite adept at resisting it.
After returning to the Xiao Family, Xiao Yan and the others also used their communication jade tokens to contact Xiao Xue.
To this, Xiao Xue's response was—read but no reply.
If it were only Xiao Yan and the others, it wouldn't matter.
But Xiao Yan was still carrying Yao Lao with him.
If she returned now and let Yao Lao notice something, that would be interesting.
Watching the drama is a very happy thing, but when you are the drama, the flavor isn't so sweet anymore.
However, hiding forever wasn't a solution.
Who knew how long it would take to reshape a mature body.
After all, this time, the Little Heaven Swallowing Python was directly condensing a body that could transform and had the strength of the seventh rank.
This was equivalent to needing the total energy of a Dou Zong, or perhaps even more.
So, to put it bluntly, people from the Pill Tower might arrive while she was still carrying a snake.
Over such a long time, an anomaly would inevitably be discovered; it was just a matter of sooner or later.
What must be faced must be faced one day.
Should I... just lay my cards on the table?!
It's just a side effect of the Bloodline Fusion! It's not like it's something that can't be said!
Xiao Xue even wanted to ask Yao Lao if he had any solutions.
But right now, she couldn't bring herself to speak up.
Xiao Xue was annoyed, so... she beat Medusa up again.
Then, she consumed a seventh-grade pill, made full preparations, and prepared to take Medusa back to the Xiao Family.
Forget it, I won't say anything for now; I'll wait until I can't hide it anymore.
Mainly, Xiao Xue didn't know how to explain this matter to her family right now.
So, she subconsciously wanted to escape reality.
The medicinal power of a seventh-grade pill was extremely vast; even for the Little Heaven Swallowing Python that needed to reshape its body, it would take quite a while to absorb.
With sufficient energy, it should stay quiet and not jump out to cause trouble.
And her Soul Power was actually not weaker than the current Yao Lao's.
As long as she was careful, she might not be discovered.
Otherwise, if the Little Heaven Swallowing Python's Soul caused trouble because it was "hungry" after she returned to the Xiao Family and was exposed to everyone, that would be a disaster.
If she could get through this wave, she would directly go into "seclusion" until the Pill Tower sent people after the current plot points passed.
During "seclusion," she could take more pills and absorb more energy to "ripen" the Little Heaven Swallowing Python earlier, then find an opportunity to separate them.
This way, the Xiao Family Members would never know about it, and she could just throw the Heaven Swallowing Python directly to Medusa and be done with it.
What happened to the Little Heaven Swallowing Python later would have nothing to do with her.
Perhaps once the Little Heaven Swallowing Python matured and her connection with it was severed, she could use the System to directly separate it.
Directly stripping it away was impossible right now; the connection between the two was too tight and simply couldn't be divided.
If forcibly stripped, the Little Heaven Swallowing Python's Soul would surely die, and she would suffer a backlash, affecting her Soul.
If it could be stripped or if the Soul of the Little Heaven Swallowing Python could be annihilated, Xiao Xue would have acted at the very beginning.
Xiao Xiao: When I was little, my mom wanted to hit me, but she couldn't get rid of me.
Of course, if it really couldn't be hidden and was discovered by the Xiao Family—she'd just tell the truth and be done with it.
Speaking of which, Medusa had also been to the Xiao Residence several times, but she had never shown her face.
So this time, hearing that Xiao Xue was going to take her to the door, Medusa was actually unusually nervous.
"What, scared?"
Xiao Xue looked at Medusa and sneered, "So even the Queen can be afraid?"
Although Medusa's expression remained indifferent, Xiao Xue was certain.
In that instant just now, she had seen panic in her eyes!
However, Xiao Xue didn't care how she felt and pulled Medusa along as they headed back.
What a joke, at a time like this, how could she let Medusa shrink back?
If they weren't found out, then fine; but if they were discovered, two people suffering social death was better than one.
With Medusa's speed, returning from the desert to the Xiao Residence wouldn't even take a day.
Even for a Dou Wang like Xiao Xue, it wouldn't take more than a few days to get back.
In the end, the two of them spent nearly a week on the road.
Xiao Xue naturally wouldn't choose to fly herself; she let Medusa carry her with Dou Qi.
Xiao Xue naturally noticed Medusa was slacking off, but she only gave a symbolic urge.
Medusa agreed and continued to loaf around, and Xiao Xue didn't bother further; the two of them slowly made their way toward the Xiao Residence.
As a result, by the time the two of them reached the Xiao Residence, the Alchemist Convention had already begun.
Of course, it had only just started with the initial testing.
After the testing, a batch of unqualified candidates would be filtered out before the preliminary rounds began.
There was still some time before the semi-finals and the finals.
However, the most direct impact of the Alchemist Convention on Xiao Xue was that Xiao Yan and Yao Lao were not at home right now.
Xiao Yi Xian had also gone to participate in the Alchemist Convention, and her Junior Sister Qing Lin had followed along to cheer for her.
Even Zi Yan couldn't bear the loneliness and followed Qing Lin and the others to watch the excitement at the Alchemist Convention.
Back then, Medusa had seen the problem with Xiao Xue at a glance because she hadn't been hiding it at all.
As long as she paid attention, with Xiao Xue's current Soul Power, probably only Yao Lao might be able to see her abnormality.
So now, although she had returned to the Xiao Residence, she didn't need to worry about being exposed for the time being.
In front of the Xiao Residence's main hall, Medusa brought Xiao Xue down from the high sky.
The return of Medusa, the strongest expert in the Alliance, along with Xiao Xue, naturally drew the attention of everyone in the Xiao Residence.
In an instant, many people gathered around.
Most of them were curiously sizing up Medusa.
After all, Medusa was a top-tier celebrity in the Northwest Continent.
Residents of the Northwest Continent might not know Gu Yuan or Hun Tiandi, but they definitely knew Medusa.
Furthermore, it had long since ceased to be a secret that Medusa had joined the Alliance.
Therefore, many people had various guesses about Medusa's appearance at the Xiao Residence.
Medusa ignored the curious crowd around her and stood quietly to the side with her hands down.
Xiao Xue's Soul Power swept out and found that her cheap father Xiao Zhan and the others were all in the main hall.
"Let's go."
After saying that, Xiao Xue took the lead and stepped into the main hall, with Medusa following behind.
"Haha, Xue'er..."
Seeing Xiao Xue return, Xiao Zhan and the other Elders of the Xiao Family in the hall naturally had a lot to say.
However, after seeing Medusa behind her, Xiao Zhan and the several Elders instinctively fell silent.
Although they had never seen Medusa in person before, they had seen portraits and such.
Moreover, the temperament Medusa carried could not be faked.
An emperor might be able to play a commoner, but a commoner could absolutely not play an emperor.
That kind of temperament cannot be faked by someone who hasn't experienced it.
"It's fine, Father, Three Elders, let's just chat amongst ourselves; don't mind her."
As Xiao Xue spoke, she casually pulled over a chair and sat down, then pointed to the guest seat and said to Medusa, "Sit."
Xiao Zhan and the others were still worried; although Xiao Xue was the Alliance Leader, was it too rude to treat a Dou Zong like Medusa this way?
After all, to them right now, Medusa was still a super expert.
In the end, before they could say anything, Xiao Zhan and the others saw Medusa nod and silently walk to the guest seat to sit down.
She didn't even cross her legs; her legs were unconsciously held slightly together, with her knees touching.
—She looked as steady as a rock, but in reality, she was panicking inside.
Aside from Xiao Xue being a Dou Wang, the strongest person in this hall was only a Dou Ling.
However, facing these humans whose strength was not as great as hers and whose age was countless years younger than hers...
In Medusa's heart, a sense of tension like a Junior meeting an Elder actually arose.
She was very worried right now that if any abnormality was discovered in Xiao Xue...
Would the Xiao Family Members, in a fit of rage, crush some jade tablet or something and call over a super expert to roast her for soup... On the other side, Xiao Yan, who was preparing for the Alchemist Convention test, suddenly sneezed.
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