The elental power directly blocked Xuan Jiu’s path upstairs.
Xuan Jiu turned around and saw Chen Yunji with his lips tightly pressed together, his usually aloof deanor now tinged with anxiety.
"Oh my, oh my," Xuan Jiu teased with a grin. "Soone’s actually in a rush now."
"What exactly are you trying to do?" Chen Yunji asked, his voice slightly heavier.
"Helping you, of course," Xuan Jiu replied with a playful smile.
Looking at Chen Yunji, Xuan Jiu shook his head, puzzled. "I really can’t figure out how soone can hold back so much."
"You’re silent as a stone, did you expect Xiao Jinsheng to use mind-reading on you or what?" Xuan Jiu scoffed.
In the past, when the mind-reading superpower was still usable...
Whatever Chen Yunji thought in front of him was completely transparent.
Despite Chen Yunji’s surface deanor of keeping others at bay and being indifferent...
When Xuan Jiu used mind-reading, he saw firsthand how Chen Yunji looked dazed outwardly, but inwardly had an entire drama running.
One man, yet he could embody an entire city’s population.
All the gemstones in his mind had their own numbers and nas.
Those gemstones represented the soldiers of various nations inside Chen Yunji’s mind.
And then... his mind staged the Gem Three Kingdoms war.
Xuan Jiu had once suspected Chen Yunji wasn’t normal.
How could soone’s outward coldness conceal such a lively imagination?
Through the mind-reading superpower, Xuan Jiu discovered Chen Yunji wasn’t the expressive type.
Whatever bothered him, he internalized it.
Even if he had grievances or grudges against soone, he’d never argue.
If it could be solved through actions, he’d deal with it decisively.
If actions couldn’t sort it out, he’d wrestle with it ntally.
Wrestle alone, wrestle with the gemstone army, wrestle within the Gem Three Kingdoms.
Yet, what Xuan Jiu didn’t expect was that despite Chen Yunji living with Xiao Jinsheng, he still restrained himself this much.
Upon understanding this, Xuan Jiu also realized why Xiao Jinsheng’s seven Beast Husbands were wary of him but trusted Chen Yunji.
After all, in these three months...
Chen Yunji had integrated into the household well but still didn’t manage to get any alone ti with Xiao Jinsheng.
And he couldn’t find a reason or opportunity to stay by Xiao Jinsheng’s side.
"She can read minds," Chen Yunji replied.
Xuan Jiu froze for a mont and then retorted, "Are you seriously planning on staying silent and waiting for her to read your thoughts and figure out your feelings for her?"
"That’s not possible anymore," Chen Yunji replied. "Your superpower isn’t functional, and she can’t replicate your mind-reading ability."
Xuan Jiu was speechless for a mont before laughing in exasperation.
How could soone’s mind be so convoluted?
"Enough chit-chat," Xuan Jiu said sternly. "As an outsider, why are you staying in soone else’s house? With you here, Xiao Jinsheng, living in her own ho, finds everything inconvenient."
"Either move out or confess your feelings to Xiao Jinsheng, tell her about the little thoughts you started having back at Snow Peak."
"It’s useless," Chen Yunji said softly, lowering his gaze. "I won’t live long."
Every ti Xuan Jiu talked to Chen Yunji, he felt a headache.
He held out his hands in exasperation. "The terminal has already sentenced us all to death. When the ti cos, we’ll all die — you’re not alone in not having much ti left."
That was the truth of it.
But Chen Yunji had his own concerns.
Especially in these recent days of living here, he had watched as Xiao Jinsheng’s seven Beast Husbands engaged in all sorts of open and covert rivalries.
He wanted to confess his feelings to Xiao Jinsheng.
But he estimated that the mont he got within two ters of her, he’d imdiately find himself under the watchful gazes of four or five suspicious n.
"Her Beast Husbands won’t agree to it," Chen Yunji said.
In just three months of observing the chaos...
The seven Beast Husbands had gone from scheduled turns to having their schedule wrecked by Li.
Scheduled turns were manageable.
Now that there was no schedule, those seven n had each beco a magnet for six jealous enemies.
"Seven opponents, that’s all, simple really." Xuan Jiu grinned cryptically. "Let help you."
"You’re genuinely that kind-hearted?" Chen Yunji doubted.
Xuan Jiu pressed a hand to his dantian with a sigh, shaking his head. "Ah, I’m broken now. Can’t rely on brute force anymore, can only use brains."
"I don’t ask for much. Since I’ve lost my ability to protect myself, living alone is tough. As a forr brother-in-arms, I just want to rely on you."
"Co on, we’ve stabbed each other a good few hundred tis before — supporting for my last five months of food and lodging isn’t asking too much."
"That’s all, yet you still don’t trust with your plans?" Chen Yunji said warily.
Xuan Jiu waved dismissively. "I gave you two choices; it was you who chose this one. We could leave, but you refused to part ways."
"I may have a thinner skin than you, but I’ve got my limits." Xuan Jiu wasn’t shy, disregarding Chen Yunji’s increasingly stormy expression.
Still, he muttered, "We’ve been through life-and-death situations together, if you end up with Xiao Jinsheng, as brothers, there’d be no sha in crashing here for a few more days."
"Relax, I’ll handle it. Her seven Beast Husbands won’t be an issue," Xuan Jiu declared confidently. "Once you two seal the deal, don’t forget to sponsor so Star Stones, Crystal Cores, and treasure — anything valuable, as much as possible."
"No," Chen Yunji rejected.
Xuan Jiu beca agitated. "Was your brain frozen at Snow Peak? Why’s it so hard to communicate with you!"
"Snow Peak didn’t freeze away your fiery temper, did it?" Chen Yunji retorted. "When I said ’no,’ I ant I can’t give you these kinds of resources."
"Once we bind a terminal contract or sign a contractual totem, my assets naturally beco hers. I won’t give them to you." Chen Yunji explained.
Xuan Jiu stood there, dumbstruck like a statue. "You’re pretty good at dreaming, aren’t you?"
Not a hand held...
Yet you’ve already planned out how to transfer your property.
"I can offer you compensation, but only after I turn over the portion for my Female Master and carve out ti to help you find things separately," Chen Yunji reasoned.
"Fine, fine, a mosquito’s at is still at," Xuan Jiu waved away dismissively. "What can I even do in this sorry state? Just scraping by every little bit."
"Dinner is coming up. Act as usual and leave the rest to ," Xuan Jiu reminded.
"Okay." Chen Yunji nodded, withdrawing the elental power surrounding him and Xuan Jiu.
The villa was already large enough for a family ho.
But it was overcrowded.
Everyone was a Beastman with heightened senses.
If you talk about anything without an elental barrier, it’s easy for others to overhear.
At Eleven Stars level, with the barriers Chen Yunji set up using his superpowers, they were safe from soone overhearing unless they got physically close.
As a culinary master, Xuan Jiu hadn’t secured cooking duty for tonight.
Dinner was still based on the original schedule, with Huaiqing and others taking charge.
When dinner was ready and Xuan Jiu sat at the table, he awkwardly spoke up, "Does your household still hire chefs?"
"Just cover food and housing; don’t need wages," Xuan Jiu sighed. "I’ve got no Star Stones and can’t use my powers anymore."
"Naturally can’t take on missions to kill zombies or Fog Corpses."
"But a person has to live. No matter how tough or bitter life gets, one must survive."
"Even without the power to defend or fight, I want to make a living with my own hands."
"My cooking is top-notch, and besides cooking, I’m excellent at cleaning."
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