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

After thinking for a while.

Su Yuan decided to take Uncle Bai's advice and play it straight.

If Shangguan Meng really had sequelae, and the Tianyuan Liquid could help her, Su Yuan would give her the remaining drop of Tianyuan Liquid without hesitation.

He could kill the 7th-level Murong Zhen with the help of the Divine Blood Prison, but it was still unknown whether he could kill the 8th-level Fengwang Realm strongman...

It is highly likely that he could not.

So without Xiao Meng, he would have died.

When a person dies, everything is empty.

Do what you say.

A few minutes later.

Su Yuan found Shangguan Meng directly and stated his purpose.

"Hmm?"

"Sequelae?"

Shangguan Meng blinked.

"Yes, sequelae."

Su Yuan looked directly into Shangguan Meng's eyes:

"Just like my strength dropped after killing Murong Zhen, Xiao Meng, aren't you affected at all?"

"Hmm..."

Shangguan Meng was hesitating.

During this period, the gem pendant Xiao Yuan gave her dimmed again.

She roughly estimated that it should last for about four or five days, and the energy in it might be exhausted...

"Xiao Meng."

Su Yuan frowned rarely:

"What is our relationship now?"

"Eh... Eh!?"

Shangguan Meng was shocked.

She had seen such lines in many comics.

But she never thought that one day it would happen to her.

However... this is really a puzzling question.

From her point of view, she is a sister, a big sister who is responsible for taking care of and protecting Xiao Ru and Xiao Yuan.

But after Xiao Yuan knew her identity, not only did he not change his words and call her sister, but he still called her Xiao Meng as before... But he can call her whatever he wants, but what kind of relationship is this?

She didn't know.

So she shook her head honestly:

"I don't know."

"I don't know!?"

Su Yuan was very hurt.

"We have experienced life and death together, right?"

"Hmm."

Shangguan Meng nodded gently, but soon shook her head and said seriously:

"Twice."

"Ah?"

Su Yuan was stunned for a moment.

The 'experienced life and death together' he was referring to was the last attack, where did this extra time come from?

Wait...

She wasn't referring to the last time she encountered the abyss crack! ?

That's a dark history!

Forget it, it doesn't matter.

"No matter how many times, we are determined to protect each other, right?"

"Otherwise, neither Xiao Meng nor I would use the power beyond our control, right?"

Shangguan Meng nodded gently.

"Then I am here to protect you, so you must not lie to me, understand?"

Huh?

Is there such a saying?

Shangguan Meng was stunned for a moment.

Shouldn't there be 'white lies'?

Her eyes unconsciously glanced at the light novel she read yesterday.

As a reader, she really hoped that the hero and heroine could explain everything to each other.

But once such a thing really happened to her, she would always be as cautious as the people in the book... Besides, she and Xiao Yuan were not the hero and heroine.

Following Shangguan Meng's gaze.

Su Yuan also glanced at the various bloody love light novels and comics on the bookshelf next to him.

Ah!

These are the things that harm teenagers!

He retracted his gaze, his expression gradually became serious, and he said solemnly:

"Xiao Meng."

"Those old-fashioned stories like 'hiding one's misfortune for the sake of others' and 'cheating to avoid becoming a burden' are a thing of the past."

"That is an outdated way of writing that has been abandoned by the market."

"What is popular now is..."

"A new genre of 'comrades are honest with each other, united, and face difficulties together'!"

"So——"

"Please tell me the truth!"

As long as it is performed by the right person, the power of persuasion is infinite.

Shangguan Meng lowered her head, her eyelashes fluttering gently, as if she was thinking about the correctness of Su Yuan's words.

She has never been a person who is easily persuaded.

She never changes her decision.

She...

She raised her head and looked at Su Yuan:

"What if this is something that will be very troublesome?"

Su Yuan smiled brightly:

"There are always more solutions than problems."

"Besides-"

"Companions should rely on each other."

Shangguan Meng nodded.

Anyway, I already owed Xiao Yuan twice, then it should be okay to add it again, right?

I will definitely return it to him in the future...

After convincing myself.

She rolled up her sleeves gently, and the dark purple spider web veins on her fair wrists had faded a lot, but they were still visible.

Su Yuan's pupils shrank slightly.

Sure enough.

He knew there was a problem.

Everything in the world is clearly marked with a price.

You use power beyond the scope, and you will always pay the corresponding price.

"And the necklace you gave me before, Xiaoyuan..."

Shangguan Meng took off the necklace, and her tone was a little depressed:

"I made it ugly."

Su Yuan's eyes fell on the Nether Stone.

The originally beautiful and mysterious dark purple gem has lost its brilliance and has obviously dimmed a lot.

"Mr. Mu treated me before, and he said... my vitality is constantly draining away, but he can't find the source and reason..."

"But there seems to be some energy in it that I can absorb, which temporarily suppresses the loss of vitality..."

Hearing this.

Su Yuan was somewhat relieved.

He was relieved that he had sent the Nether Stone away.

At least it played a certain inhibitory role.

But in addition to being relieved, he was also very worried.

The loss of vitality... Such sequelae were much more serious than he had imagined.

He burned the blood of the ancient gods, but his strength was only weakened, and everything else was normal.

Then why did Xiao Meng pay such a high price for using his power?

Mr. Mu couldn't find the source of the disease either?

Could it be a problem with the bloodline like himself?

If it was really a problem with the bloodline, should the Tianyuan liquid be able to save it?

He thought about it, and carefully asked Shangguan Meng about the feeling of using that power, and compared her description with his own feeling when using the God Blood Prison... There are many similarities between the two.

"I don't know where this power comes from, it feels like... It's always been hidden in my body, but after that time, it woke up."

Shangguan Meng's subsequent words also made Su Yuan more inclined to believe that this was a problem caused by blood talent.

However.

This is not a trivial matter.

It is not so easy to draw conclusions for the time being.

By the way.

Since Xu Anyan can recognize the 'Netherworld Stone', maybe she will know something... I can go ask her.

"..."

Shangguan Meng saw the worry in Su Yuan's eyes.

She began to doubt whether it was the right choice for her to tell this matter.

She spoke softly:

"Does it make you feel embarrassed?"

"No."

Su Yuan shook his head without any hesitation:

"Give me some time--"

He glanced at the much dimmer Netherworld Stone and made up his mind:

"Before it completely loses its function, I will find a solution."

......

With a heavy heart.

Su Yuan found Xu Anyan.

"You know the Netherworld Stone I gave to Xiao Meng, right?"

Xu Anyan nodded calmly:

"Yes. But it is generally called Netherworld Crystal in the starry sky."

"No matter what you call it...what is this thing used for?"

Xu Anyan glanced at Su Yuan lightly:

"It's yours, don't you know what it's used for? Then where did you get it from?"

"......"

Su Yuan did not answer.

Xu Anyan shook her head and did not ask.

Because this involves the special ability of the 'chosen one', she knew her limits and was too lazy to ask.

"Nether crystals are usually produced in the Nether Realm... Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you. You just need to know that it is a special area in the starry sky, where there are a large number of monsters, called 'Nether Demons'."

"Haven't you been in contact with the Abyss Crack before? There are also Abyss Cracks in the starry sky, and they are larger in scale."

"The Nether Realm is similar to the Abyss, and the Nether Demons and Abyss Demons are not much different."

"Nether crystals contain a special power called Nether Power. Most Nether Demons use Nether Power. Nether crystals are similar to source crystals to us."

"Except for Nether Demons, normal practitioners cannot absorb the Nether Power in Nether Crystals. At most, they collect it as jewelry or gems."

! ?

Su Yuan was stunned.

Nether Crystals are to Nether Demons like Source Crystals are to humans?

Except for Nether Demons, normal practitioners cannot absorb the energy in them?

Then Xiao Meng can absorb the power in Nether Crystals... She——

Xu Anyan noticed Su Yuan's abnormality and glanced at him:

"If you are worried about Shangguan Meng's accident, then you can...It is not necessary."

"Unlike source crystals, the dark power in them will not dissipate and will not harm people, so they can be used as collectibles."

Su Yuan was silent for a long time, and slowly spoke:

"Has no one ever been able to use dark crystals to practice?"

"Never."

Xu Anyan shook her head, and said affirmatively:

"Except for the dark demon."

"......"

......