Chapter 835: Chapter 508: Testing the Waters
"Ren jie, can you still absorb it?"
"I can’t anymore."
Ye Zhen was half-lying on a garden chair, her entire body filled to the brim with life force, as if drunk. Her cheeks flushed, with a dreamy look in her eyes, she shook her head, "I can’t store any more."
She looked at Ji Xinghuo, who was still as energetic as ever, finally understanding how strong he actually was.
"You’re truly a monster!" Ye Zhen exclaimed in amazement, with a hint of envy.
"Hehe..."
Ji Xinghuo smiled proudly.
After a while, Ye Zhen managed to absorb a little life force, rapidly growing her Star Power. She sat up straight, "This is enough for me and the children to digest for half a Star Realm Month. You don’t have to stay here with me all the time, just come back periodically."
"I don’t have anything urgent to do." Ji Xinghuo shook his head, "I plan to stay with you until the children are born."
"Oh?"
Ye Zhen’s eyes sparkled, with a half-smile, "You’re not going back to Earth to see Zhao Manying?"
"Cough..." Ji Xinghuo scratched his head awkwardly.
"Alright, alright, you don’t need to explain to me."
Ye Zhen waved generously, stroking her belly, "The children have just fused with your genes, and are nourished by your life force, requiring a longer gestation period. The expected birth date has to be postponed a few months."
Ji Xinghuo said softly, "It’s too hard on Ren jie."
"Who makes me a mother?" Ye Zhen smiled contentedly and said solemnly, "The leader needs you; the country needs you, and many people depend on you. I’m not that selfish; you don’t need to linger here."
"I’ll listen to Ren jie." Ji Xinghuo nodded.
Ye Zhen reminded, "Remember to come back once every 30 days or so. If it’s time to give birth, I’ll let Caiyi notify you."
"Caiyi?"
Ji Xinghuo hadn’t seen Jiangnan Caiyi in the Secret Realm.
"She’s with your second brother Zhong Ming’s team, hunting in the Bloody Plateau for the past half a year, in the area between Peach Blossom Valley and Sky Falling Cliff." Ye Zhen replied, "Caiyi secretly came to see me in Peach Blossom Valley a few times."
Ji Xinghuo was a bit surprised, "They ventured to the Bloody Plateau so soon."
"Zhong Ming’s potential and character are very strong; he has a great future ahead." Ye Zhen commented.
"Ren jie met the second brother?"
"Didn’t meet him face to face." Ye Zhen smiled, "When they’re near Peach Blossom Valley, I secretly observed them a few times through plant sentinels." She didn’t mention anything else, "Alright, go ahead."
Ji Xinghuo got up, holding Ye Zhen’s delicate body, planting a gentle kiss on her lips.
"Goodbye."
He waved to the garden.
Doomsday transformed into a ray of light and fused into his skin. Qing Hong bid farewell to Little Kui, growing from mini size to over five meters long, returning to his side.
Ji Xinghuo rode on Qing Hong, leaping out of the Secret Realm, disappearing into the sky.
All the way to the east.
Qing Hong walked in the air at high altitude, not particularly fast. Ji Xinghuo sat on its back, scanning around. The Macro Heavenly Eye was already activated, swiftly skimming through the plateau within thousands of kilometers, searching for the second brother and his group.
Sky Falling Cliff lies to the northeast direction of Peach Blossom Valley, over six thousand kilometers away.
Finding a few people in such a large area is not easy.
Half a day passed, still no luck.
"Let’s head to Sky Falling Cliff first."
Ji Xinghuo let Qing Hong shrink and hide on his body, transforming into a bolt of electricity, accelerating his flight, like thunder crossing high altitude. The Macro Heavenly Eye kept scanning until Sky Falling Cliff emerged on the horizon ahead, still not finding Zhong Ming and his group.
"The Void Spirit Guest elder is not at Sky Falling Cliff."
Ji Xinghuo’s electromagnetic induction enveloped the city established on the cliff top, including the central stone palace, finding no one inside.
The Snow Ape Tribe guarded under the palace mountain, and Chief Han Qiu remained at home as usual.
Stopping more than a hundred kilometers away, Ji Xinghuo’s figure became invisible in the sky, watching Sky Falling Cliff.
After pondering for a while, he finally shook his head.
"Forget it."
Initially wanting to see Han Qiu and check if the exchange list had been updated, perhaps there were items of personal interest, especially the previously listed Eclipse Species, "Fortune," also known as "Destined Fate."
The treasures on the exchange list are offered at super low discount prices, all at ten percent of the original, or even just one percent.
"Fortune" was priced at 100,000 Ether Crystals.
This Eclipse Species, although it doesn’t directly enhance strength, unlike "Multiple Personalities," which has flaws, is still a Mysterious Element Ability, and bound to be highly sought after.
"Multiple Personalities" could be sold for 17.5 million Dragon Crystals, and Fortune’s price would only be higher.
Previously, he didn’t know and bought many items from the Void Spirit Guest, unknowingly owing many favors.
Now knowing the price is skewed low, going to buy it would be very unwise.
The first time he saw the Void Spirit Guest, he spoke a phrase, "All things have a price, all matters have no end," which carried depth.
A Shepherd Star Saint-level "Galaxy merchant" absolutely wouldn’t engage in losing business.
Business is business.
Ji Xinghuo didn’t want to take such a huge advantage from the Void Spirit Guest now, only to repay tenfold or a hundredfold in the future.
"Just an Eclipse Species, nothing to be excited about."
Moreover, he’d better not meet the Void Spirit Guest directly now, "Once I advance to Shepherd Star Saint, I’ll see him again and repay the favors owed in the past."
Ji Xinghuo made up his mind.
He gazed at Sky Falling Cliff, the Macro Heavenly Eye sweeping through various parts of the city, observing people’s movements and conversations, trying to find clues of the second brother Zhong Ming and his group. They were hunting in the east of the Bloody Plateau, inevitably coming around Sky Falling Cliff, leaving traces.
The courtyard of Xia Qingyu had already been occupied by others.
"Wonder where Xia Qingyu went?"
As he pondered, Ji Xinghuo discovered a clue. In a potions shop, they mentioned that a Hunting Team purchased a batch of fire-resistant, high-temperature-resistant, and antidote potions more than ten days ago. From the description, it can be inferred that it’s Zhong Ming and others.