Sekai Saionji, outwardly helping Makoto Ito pursue Kotonoha Katsura while secretly claiming to support their relationship?
As Chu Yuan listened to Ji Xuanyuan saying she had already become best friends with his childhood sweetheart, he inexplicably thought of School Days, and the unease that arose in his heart made him shiver.
One had to know, Sekai Saionji and Kotonoha Katsura were also a pair of “best friends” who were “heart to heart and deeply concerned for each other.”
No way?
It shouldn’t be… right?
Chu Yuan swallowed his saliva and sent a sound transmission to ask:
[Your Highness the Crown Princess, what exactly are you trying to do?]
Ji Xuanyuan’s phoenix eyes curved slightly, her smile deepening.
She didn’t answer directly but defended herself with a guilty conscience:
[Young Master Yuan, what do you mean by that?]
[I am kindly supporting your romance, and you’re still not grateful?]
[Could it be that you think I am getting close to Fairy Gu just because I like you, so I can stay by your side?]
Chu Yuan fell silent.
Serving a sovereign is like living with a tiger.
He really couldn’t pin down what this woman was trying to do.
Ji Xuanyuan stopped defending herself, pretending to be calmly indifferent:
[Alright! Young Master Yuan, just cooperate and help me cultivate!]
As her words fell, the force with which she absorbed spiritual energy suddenly intensified.
The speed of his spiritual power loss sharply increased, gushing out from Chu Yuan’s body like a river through a burst dam.
Chu Yuan’s body stiffened abruptly, and a suppressed moan escaped his throat:
“UGH!!!”
Hearing this, Gu Su Die, who had just cried herself unconscious, suddenly propped up her furry beastly body. Looking up at Chu Yuan’s face twisted in pain, tears still wet in her vertical pupils, new ones welled up again:
“Cook! My cook!!!”
She pounced forward, her small claws holding Chu Yuan’s face, and roared again at the Crown Princess:
“You ugly woman, get the hell off my cook!”
She cursed in a childish voice, her dragon tail madly lashing out at Ji Xuanyuan.
However, Gu Su Die didn’t know that all her attacks had become resources for her rival.
[Physique +1]
[Physique +1]
…
Enjoying this kind of body-tempering massage service, Ji Xuanyuan contentedly closed her eyes, focusing on refining the massive amount of spiritual energy she had absorbed, which naturally included the spiritual power drawn from Chu Yuan’s body.
On the other hand, Chu Yuan couldn’t bear to see his Sovereign waste her efforts and quickly advised:
“Stop it! Your Majesty the Sovereign, given the agreement between me and the Crown Princess, she won’t harm my foundation. It’s just a depletion of spiritual energy.”
But Gu Su Die shook her head:
“No! In the previous life, you were already ruined by this woman. I absolutely will not allow you to be stubbornly attached to her this time.”
Previous life?
Hearing this, Chu Yuan was puzzled:
“Your Majesty the Sovereign, did I have any dealings with the Crown Princess in my previous life?”
Hearing the cook say this, Gu Su Die was startled.
“Oh? Cook doesn’t know?”
This Crown Princess was his senior sister in the previous life!
Seeing that Gu Su Die was about to reveal her past life identity, Ji Xuanyuan quickly sent a wary sound transmission:
[You damn dragon, if you dare expose my identity, you won’t ever be with your cook in this life!!!]
In her panic, she even released a hint of killing intent.
Ji Xuanyuan couldn’t imagine her junior brother’s reaction upon learning her true identity. If it was extreme coldness and complete distancing, she feared her Dao Heart would shatter again.
Faced with such killing intent, Gu Su Die trembled but stubbornly said:
Though she said this, she was indeed afraid the other party would actually do it.
At the same time, Gu Su Die muttered to herself:
Wait! If I say this, what will happen to the cook?
Will he be led by the nose by this bad woman again?
Will this life repeat the same mistakes?
Will I have to watch helplessly again as that man circles around that woman?
No!
I absolutely don’t want that!
Gu Su Die clenched her teeth and forcibly swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue:
“No matter what! I will never hand you over to this ugly woman!”
Having said that, Gu Su Die continued swinging her dragon tail, lashing at Ji Xuanyuan.
However, her strength was getting lighter and lighter.
There was no help for it! She had only just hatched two days ago, and her stamina was ultimately limited.
At some point, Gu Su Die’s tail suddenly drooped down, lying limply on the edge of the bed.
Collapsed in Chu Yuan’s arms, the little one was finally exhausted and completely fainted, tears still flowing from her closed eyes.
Seeing his Sovereign suddenly go silent, Chu Yuan worried:
“Your Majesty?”
As he spoke, he quickly extended his Divine Sense to check.
After confirming that Gu Su Die had no major issues and was only unconscious, Chu Yuan let out a long sigh of relief. His tense shoulders finally relaxed. Feeling the warmth on his chest, a surge of emotion stirred within him.
In the previous life, he was controlled by the System; in this life, he was schemed against by various parties. People came and went by his side. The Sovereign was one of the few people who treated him sincerely.
After his musings, Chu Yuan knew he could no longer let this detestable Crown Princess drain him dry.
Closing his eyes, he began to circulate the newly learned Sleeping Art: Returning Yang Posture, and started absorbing spiritual energy.
His breathing gradually deepened, and the pores on his body slowly opened, like a sleeping flower quietly blooming in the night.
This attempt was extraordinary.
A sea of spiritual power surged from all directions. Unlike before, when he could only be passively drained, this time he could feel the free spiritual energy of heaven and earth being drawn by an invisible hand, surging into his meridians before being transmitted into Ji Xuanyuan’s body.
To some extent, Chu Yuan had become the Crown Princess’s Gathering Spirit Array.
Feeling the spiritual energy flowing through his own body, he was secretly astonished:
The effects of the Crown Princess’s cultivation of the Yin Yang Harmony Sutra are way too violent, right?
What exactly is the origin of this technique?
It can actually gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth by using another person’s body, treating them as a transfer station for spiritual power?
While marveling, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind:
If that’s the case—
I can completely use the tips recorded in the Sleeping Art to change the flow of spiritual energy.
Those streams of spiritual energy flowing through his meridians were like river water passing through a channel. Although the destination of the channel could not be changed, the course of the river was determined by the riverbed!
As long as I can control the path of the spiritual energy circulating within my own body, I can retain a portion of it while the spiritual power “passes through,” recovering myself by skimming off some of the flow!
As soon as this thought arose, Chu Yuan couldn’t wait to try it out.
Continuing to circulate the Sleeping Art, he began to change the flow of spiritual energy pouring into his body.
If before, the spiritual energy had passed through Chu Yuan’s Dantian and directly merged into Ji Xuanyuan’s body—now, the flow of spiritual energy first circulated nine times through the meridians of his four limbs and hundreds of bones before surging toward the Crown Princess.
As a result, the spiritual power, like a flood from a burst dam, washed through his various meridians wave after wave.
Chu Yuan could clearly feel his blood vessels swell by a full circle, as if someone had lit a fire inside him, burning from his Dantian to his crown, from his fingertips to the soles of his feet.
Those dried-up meridians were being re-infused by the spiritual spring. Every blockage was washed open, and every acupoint was rejoicing.
Not only were the lost spiritual powers replenished, but they were also continuously climbing.
Chu Yuan felt extremely comfortable.
After learning how to skim off the profits, his long-dry riverbed finally welcomed the nourishment of a rainstorm.
He could feel his cultivation base recovering at a visible rate.
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