Self-struggle starting from Douluo

Chapter 212
Qinghuan looked at the woman sitting cross-legged with anticipation.

As the magical pill was taken, illusory images gradually began to emerge behind the woman, which meant her spirituality was being shaped.

It is difficult to explain spirituality in words. It is invisible and intangible, and we need to give it a shape ourselves.

The most superficial understanding of spirituality by humans is the soul. This understanding also makes the shape of the human soul consistent with itself.

The soul itself has no shape; it is human cognition that gives it shape.

At this moment, the woman is giving herself a spiritual shape through her own cognition... It should be the shape of the woman herself, right?
Qinghuan was very curious about what a woman looked like.

But as the shadow behind the woman gradually took shape, Qinghuan's expression became strange: it was not a person, but just a long strip of something?
As the shape of the spirit gradually became complete, Qing Huan's expression turned ugly.

Behind the woman, there was a sky-swallowing python that was over ten feet long and covered with colorful scales. It slowly moved its huge body, and its pair of enchanting snake eyes looked down at Qinghuan.

The woman’s Dharma image is actually a Sky-Swallowing Python, and a seven-colored Sky-Swallowing Python at that. Is there any need to guess the woman’s identity?

Queen Medusa!
The Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python was wrapped in a rich seven-colored glow, and its huge tail slammed the ground fiercely.

"boom--"

There was a huge sound, accompanied by the shaking of the earth, and the ground collapsed directly into a pit.

Just a tail flick has such power...and this is only the most superficial application of the Dharma. Once the spiritual uses of the Dharma are developed, the power is simply unimaginable.

But Qinghuan didn't have time to think about these things at the moment. He just stared at the image of the Sky-Swallowing Python with mixed feelings.

As the Dharma Image was retracted into her body, the woman opened her eyes, looked at Qing Huan, and said, "It's very powerful. I can feel that there is an even stronger power waiting to be developed."

The voice was cold and charming, exactly the voice of Medusa.

Qing Huan's expression changed, and finally he sighed and said, "You are more attractive when you are silent... Are you having fun teasing me?"

Medusa took off her mask, revealing her stunning and cold face underneath, and said, "Do you really think so?"

"What else?" Qinghuan herself couldn't explain what she was thinking.

Medusa smiled, looking incredibly beautiful, and said, "But as I remember, you clearly came here by yourself!"

Qinghuan's face suddenly darkened, and after thinking about it carefully, it was true.

When they met for the first time, Qinghuan was greedy and went over to share other people's barbecue and stew.

When they met for the second time, although they both liked the same bear paw, she gave up and left.

Later, when they left the town, Qing Huan chased after her...

Medusa sighed and said, "If we don't resolve the ties caused by some misunderstandings, it will be difficult for us to communicate calmly... This is my fault. I left a bad impression on you from the beginning."

"Wait a minute!" Qing Huan raised his hand and said, "How did you know that a barbecue would be enough to lure me in?"

Medusa laughed carefreely: "Even when we were looking for the strange fire, Qinglin had to bring pots, bowls and seasonings. Don't you like to eat?"

Qinghuan was speechless.

"I am the queen of the snake people. From the moment I was born, I have shouldered the mission of the snake people, and this mission is destined to make me hate humans!"

Medusa's tone was sincere, and she could no longer be seen as the proud and domineering queen she was before. She said, "I originally just wanted to secretly protect you for a while, and I will leave when you have the ability to protect yourself. This way I can repay you for refining the Evolution Pill for me and helping me evolve.

But after following you secretly for a while, I saw another kind of life.

Very leisurely, very comfortable, not worrying about anything, I can go whenever I want, eat whenever I want, and be free and easy... This is the life that I can never pray for as the queen of the snake people!
I couldn't help myself, so I cooked a barbecue, and then you came!"

As she spoke, Medusa laughed again.

How many times did Medusa laugh in this short moment? Did Medusa laugh in the original book?
Qing Huan couldn't remember, but at this moment he just felt embarrassed, and said with a dark face: "I fell into the trap after a barbecue, what a trick!"

"It's easy to get money, but it's hard to find a true friend!"

Medusa looked at Qing Huan and said, "I can feel that you are eager to find a confidant and hope to find someone who shares the same interests and can communicate with you. Although I don't know how to make medicine, let alone pills, just because I don't speak, you can tell me so much, including the practice philosophy of your own practice method, which shows how eager you are!

When you are trying, you can’t find anyone to talk to. When you fail, you can’t find anyone to talk to. Even if you succeed, there is no one to share your experience with. I can understand that feeling!”

Qing Huan blurted out: "What the hell can you understand!"

"Are you angry?"

Medusa smiled freely and easily, a smile from the heart that made her even more beautiful: "Don't forget, I am the queen of the snake people. I was born high and mighty, and no one can talk to me on an equal footing.

When I’m happy or sad, I can only hide it and suppress it by myself. Sometimes when I feel tired, there is no one I can talk to... Is this very similar to you?

I have to say that the time I spent with you was the most relaxing time I have ever had since I was born.

I didn't mean to hide anything, and I wasn't kidding you. If at the beginning I just wanted to protect you secretly to repay a favor, later on I just wanted to make friends with you.

That was the first time I cooked for someone else, and it tasted pretty good, right? Of course, it wasn’t as good as your cooking, but I felt like we were already friends the moment you ate it.”

Qing Huan frowned and snorted coldly: "The mouth of a bamboo snake and the sting of a wasp are not poisonous. The most poisonous thing is the heart of a woman... I can't afford to be your friend."

Medusa was not angry, but laughed even more happily, saying: "You need friends just like me, to share your success and failure, why do you need to deceive yourself?
Do you mean that you can only let go of your pride when you are drunk? I have some wine here, right? "

Qing Huan thought about it and repeated what he said before: "You are more likable when you are silent."

"Pfft!"

Medusa burst out laughing in a very ungraceful manner and said, "I can't remain silent forever. It's actually very uncomfortable to pretend to be deaf and dumb."

Qing Huan pretended to be angry and said, "I just like women who can't talk!"

Medusa almost couldn't sit still from laughing, and after a while she calmed down and said, "You hate Queen Medusa, but you don't hate dumb women, right?

Because Queen Medusa reminded you of your father's hatred and your thoughts about Qing Lin, so even though you knew it was a misunderstanding, you still didn't like Queen Medusa. "

Qing Huan said with a cold face: "I'm not that narrow-minded."

"That's right, otherwise you wouldn't have adopted Qinglin and the others."

Medusa nodded in agreement and said, "You are the first person to taste the food I cooked, you are the first person to make me laugh, and you are the first person I can talk to calmly... I will be very sorry if we cannot become friends like this."

Since her identity was exposed, every word and every sentence of Medusa was full of sincerity!

Qinghuan's sincerity made him reflect on whether he had gone too far.
Medusa said: "Everyone in this world will live with a mask. Queen Medusa is my mask. She needs to be high and mighty, to kill decisively, to take on missions, and to hate humans.

When I put on the mask, isn't that the same as taking off the mask of "Queen Medusa"?

In fact, you can continue to pretend to be a mute woman, but you can suddenly speak... Um, green scales, red scales, yellow scales, black scales...

I have to say, your ability in naming is far inferior to your ability in making pills!

You can call me Cai Lin, to distinguish me from the mute woman Queen Medusa!"

Qing Huan said unhappily: "I didn't raise you."

No one knew what had touched Cai Lin's funny bone with these words, but she burst into laughter again without any image.

In fact, having said that, Qinghuan has already compromised.

He longed for like-minded people and a confidant. Although Cai Lin was not qualified in alchemy, as a confidant, it was enough for them to be relaxed when getting along with each other.

Moreover, Qinghuan found it really hard to associate this woman in front of him, who laughed so freely and without any burden, with the cold and elegant Queen Medusa.

Perhaps, the fusion of two souls during evolution damaged the brain - Qinghuan's malicious guess.

(End of this chapter)