You said you would be the reborn empress, why did you become my bootlicker?

"Squeak--"

The door opened.

A little head poked out from behind the door. When Shangguan Meng saw that it was Su Yuan, she blinked gently:

"Xiao Yuan?"

Since her identity was exposed, she naturally no longer called Su Yuan "Brother Su Yuan" as usual, because that was no longer appropriate.

The role-playing game ended here. As for what would happen next... Shangguan Meng hadn't thought about it yet, because she knew that she might not have a future.

She knew Mu Ji.

If even this miracle doctor was helpless with her sequelae, then there might be no one in the world who could stop her vitality from fading, right?

The fall of realm might be secondary, but once most of the vitality is lost, she will become old and ugly, right?

She couldn't accept such a fate...

"I prepared a gift for you."

Su Yuan walked into the room with a smile.

This is the room that truly belongs to Shangguan Meng.

Before going to Lancheng, she spent most of her time here, except when she was on a mission.

But...

This room seemed a little too monotonous, so Su Yuan was a little stunned.

He had also been to Xu Anyan's room. If Xu Anyan's room was well-organized and orderly, then Shangguan Meng's room was "simple" to the extreme.

A bed.

A wardrobe.

A table and a chair.

Apart from that, there was nothing.

The blankness seemed a little... too much.

It was hard to imagine what she did on weekdays in such a room?

However, Shangguan Meng seemed not to realize that there was anything wrong, or she had long been accustomed to this monotonous life, and those happy times in the training hall were just unexpected surprises.

But after hearing the word "gift", her eyes lit up slightly:

"Gift?"

"Yeah."

Su Yuan retracted his gaze, his eyes complicated.

It was fine before he knew nothing, but now, he knew Shangguan Meng's identity, her broken family relationship with the Shangguan family, her life of carrying out high-risk missions for many years, and living on the edge of a knife...

So even though Shangguan Meng still looked the same as when they first met, and still smiled so sweetly, he saw a shadow called "loneliness" under that sweet smile.

Even --

He also knew her destined death.

I won't let this happen.

I will let a smile appear on her face forever.

Su Yuan came to his senses, took out the jewelry box containing the Nether Stone Pendant Necklace, handed it to Shangguan Meng, and said softly:

"I bought you a necklace... Open it and see if you like it."

Shangguan Meng's breathing paused very briefly, and her beautiful eyes stared at the jewelry box in Su Yuan's hand, lost in thought.

After a long while, she finally reacted. Her eyes suddenly looked a little helpless. She turned her head slightly and said casually:

"This kind of thing can't be given to others easily, right?"

Su Yuan was stunned for a moment, but he quickly realized what Shangguan Meng meant and explained awkwardly:

"I... I didn't mean that. I just felt that this necklace was very suitable for you, so I bought it... Sorry."

"Tsk."

Shangguan Meng snorted softly, and a smile appeared on her face again. A hint of cunning flashed in her eyes, and she snatched the jewelry box from Su Yuan's hand as if her trick had succeeded:

"You will be easily deceived in the future if you do this!"

"Uh... I don't think so."

"Okay, okay, you go out first, I want to see it myself!"

"Don't you want me to help you put it on?"

"Of course not!"

Shangguan Meng pushed Su Yuan out of the door.

Su Yuan was somewhat helpless, but he had to let her do what she wanted. However, before leaving, he casually asked:

"Your room is so stuffy, and you are still wearing long sleeves... Aren't you hot?"

Hearing this, Shangguan Meng subconsciously tugged at her sleeves, and a flash of panic flashed across her face:

"No!"

......

After Su Yuan left.

The room became quiet again.

Shangguan Meng leaned against the door with her back, looking down at the jewelry box in her hand.

"Thump."

"Thump."

"Thump."

The heartbeat was so clear.

Her breathing slowed down, her eyes became complicated, she bit her lips gently, and tried to open it several times, but she seemed to have no courage. As soon as her hand touched it, she retracted it.

"Huh——"

She took a deep breath.

As if she had thought something through, she walked to the table and opened the drawer. In the drawer was aA pack of lemon candies, a few of her favorite comic books, and a few small pieces of letter paper.

Shangguan Meng carefully put the jewelry box into the drawer and was about to lock it.

Suddenly, she froze for a moment, as if she... felt something different.

She hesitated again and again, and finally took it out again, and put it on the table for a long time before she made up her mind to open it.

"Click."

The jewelry box was opened.

What came into view was the intoxicatingly beautiful purple gem.

The fluorescent clouds in the center were like the Milky Way in the starry sky. In comparison, the broken diamonds inlaid around it all lost their luster.

So beautiful.

But...

In addition to the simple "beauty", this gem seemed to have some kind of irresistible attraction to her, which made her instinctively pick it up and put it in the palm of her hand.

A magical scene happened.

I saw a faint purple light coming out from the beautiful gem like a galaxy, sinking into her body, and the familiar feeling in the dark...

Shangguan Meng suddenly seemed to think of something, and suddenly looked down at her left hand!

She held her breath and pulled up her sleeves little by little...

See!

The purple veins that originally spread from the palm of her hand, like a spider web, were slowly fading away!

What is this! ?

Shangguan Meng's pupils shrank.

She stared blankly at the gem that slowly emitted a purple light.

After a long time, she came back to her senses and tightened the pendant little by little.

After a while, she stood up and came to the mirror, like a girl fiddling with her favorite hairpin, and adjusted it for a long time, and finally she was satisfied.

She looked at herself in the mirror, carefully hid the pendant in her clothes, and pressed it against her chest, feeling the connection between her body and mind, and murmured softly:

"It was the first time since I met the Abyss Crack and the four Abyss Demons."

"Until I killed the blood bug and you killed Murong Zhen, we were even."

"Now..."

"The necklace you gave me was the second time."

"I owe you twice."

"What should I do..."

......

"It feels a bit wrong."

After returning to the room, Su Yuan thought carefully, and it seemed that it was not appropriate for him to give Xiao Meng a necklace.

After all...

What identity did he use to give it?

This kind of thing is ambiguous. From the perspective of a brother to a sister, it is easy to cause misunderstandings, right?

"Forget it, it's already been given, so there's no need to worry about it."

Su Yuan shook his head and stopped thinking about it, but began to try to practice.

But after a while, he stopped.

The ancient god bloodline burned out, making his cultivation much more difficult. The energy absorption that was as simple as drinking water before became extremely difficult.

Even the essence of blood and qi in the body could only be absorbed passively, and the speed was extremely slow.

"It is easy to go from simple to luxurious, but it is difficult to go from luxurious to simple."

Su Yuan shook his head, but this road was blocked, so he took another road.

Mental power was cultivated bit by bit by himself, and it had nothing to do with the physical body.

So he turned around and began to absorb Murong Zhen's soul fragments, nourishing and improving his mental power bit by bit...

...

Later.

"Dong Dong Dong——"

The door knocked.

Su Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

He glanced at the system panel, and his mental strength had increased from the original 3 Hertz to 4 Hertz, which was a very gratifying progress.

With this endless source of nourishment, combined with the Great Sun Visualization Sutra and the Dragon Soul Pearl, the spiritual power training in the next period of time will be as rapid as riding a rocket.

After turning off the system panel, Su Yuan got up and opened the door.

After seeing that the person standing outside the door was not someone else, but Xu Anyan, a teammate of the "Crossing & Rebirth Alliance".

He thought for a moment:

"If I'm not mistaken-"

"Is it time for the Queen's massage?"

Xu Anyan: ???

......