Regarding Bai Yan’s star level upgrade process, Xiao Jinsheng naturally didn’t understand the details.
But her target this ti was to upgrade to 7 stars of spiritual power.
The higher the star level, the more energy required for upgrading, so naturally, it wasn’t possible anymore for just one beast husband to upgrade her by two stars.
She was now at the critical point of reaching 7 stars; randomly choosing a beast husband could imdiately upgrade her.
But to play fair, she had to choose one she hadn’t been with before.
Xiao Jinsheng looked at the nas of Huaiqing, Yu Yunxiao, and Shi Xie, plunged into indecision.
After thinking for a while, she decided to leave it to fate.
No matter who she draws tonight, whether she’s been with them or not.
Either way, she wouldn’t lose out.
Playing fair was honestly so exhausting.
Xiao Jinsheng simply decided to lie flat and just as she stepped out of the door, she ran into Yu Yunxiao.
"ow~" Xiao Jinsheng couldn’t resist curling her finger and calling out playfully.
Yu Yunxiao instantly bristled, glaring at her: "Spent the night with Mo Jiao, huh? What’s wrong, did he eat your brain?"
Xiao Jinsheng: "...Little kitty, why are you so grumpy this morning?"
Yu Yunxiao turned his head and snorted, reaching his hand towards Xiao Jinsheng: "Co on, breakfast’s ready."
"So you ca to ask to breakfast?" Xiao Jinsheng asked with a smile.
"Just passing by," Yu Yunxiao said, keeping a stern face.
"Your house is on the right, but you ca from the direction of the dining room on the left—quite a detour for just ’passing by,’ huh?" Xiao Jinsheng sneered.
Yu Yunxiao’s fluffy cat ears flushed light pink in irritation.
He withdrew his hand, turned, and prepared to leave: "Eat or don’t eat, I don’t care."
"I can’t walk any further; carry ," Xiao Jinsheng didn’t chase after him, but simply stretched out her arms and called after him.
And sure enough, Yu Yunxiao hadn’t gone more than two steps before turning back again.
He crouched in front of Xiao Jinsheng, waited for her to climb up onto his back, and only then spoke: "You’re so lazy it’s unbelievable. Even this short distance is too much for you."
"Not listening, not listening, kitty is chanting," Xiao Jinsheng covered her ears, muttering to herself.
Yu Yunxiao snapped in exasperation: "You’re covering my ears!"
"Ears are ears; it’s the sa thing," Xiao Jinsheng grabbed his fluffy cat ears, rubbing them with her fingertips before giving them a light squeeze.
After breakfast, Xiao Jinsheng and the others left the space and followed their original plan, resuming the competition to gather high-point resources.
anwhile, the bridge over the Snow Cliff Ice Sea that had been blown up was repaired by the terminal.
Over two thousand contestants joined Cloud Island, and the competition officially began.
Bai Yan noticed that Xiao Jinsheng’s group and Ming Huaxin’s group hadn’t been spotted, whether amidst the chaos at Snow Cliff Ice Sea or after entering Cloud Island, and grew suspicious.
Since Xiao Jinsheng was soone Bai Yan recognized as a worthy opponent, she naturally had her skills.
Despite not seeing Xiao Jinsheng for ages, Bai Yan didn’t believe she had t with so sort of accident.
After all, the bombs Bai Yan planted hadn’t even had a chance to detonate.
"Could it be that there’s another path to Cloud Island besides through Snow Cliff Ice Sea?" Bai Yan wondered to herself.
Even though her mind was filled with doubt, there wasn’t ti to investigate further.
Cloud Island was in full swing—everyone was rushing to complete tasks, and Bai Yan certainly wasn’t going to fall behind.
While others had to scan resources with their bracelets to determine their point value.
Bai Yan had it easy.
She simply summoned her system.
Bai Yan: [Ti for you to pull your weight.]
System: [Understood.]
With the chanical voice confirmation, everything Bai Yan laid her eyes on was marked with its corresponding point value.
The system even had an automatic search alert function.
System: [Cloud Island has many peaks; this is the initial mountain. Resource values here are low.]
System: [Guide your team further in. The red mountain ahead has resources worth ten thousand points.]
Bai Yan had worked with her system countless tis on things like this.
Ignoring the resources along the way, she followed the system’s direction deeper into the island.
anwhile, Xiao Jinsheng and her group, after leaving the bamboo house, headed in the opposite direction of the snow-covered mountain where Chen Yunji and Xuan Jiu were located.
A mountain filled with red maple trees, brimming with the rich hues of autumn.
The team split into groups, one responsible for scanning resource values with hand rings and marking points.
The other group took charge of collecting the items.
Xiao Jinsheng only ever needed to wave her hand to stash away the resources the beast husbands had collected and sorted into her space.
Coordinating from the foot of the mountain, they worked their way up to about halfway.
Red Maple Mountain towered higher than any other mountain they had encountered before.
At dusk, Xiao Jinsheng decided it was ti to rest in the space.
As for reaching the top of Red Maple Mountain, that could wait until daylight.
The nightly routine used to be Que Zelian’s ritual question, "Who will you sleep with tonight?"
Ever since the schedule for seven beast husbands was set, the nightly ritual question had been canceled.
Now that the schedule was suspended again, the draw lots ritual had begun.
After they finished dinner, Xiao Jinsheng found herself faced with the hopeful gazes of the seven n present, staring silently at the drink in front of her, unable to et any of their eyes.
Seeing that Xiao Jinsheng wanted to keep things fair but was unwilling to speak, Yu Yunxiao snorted angrily and turned his head away.
Huaiqing calmly blew on the cup of hot water in his hand; as the steam fogged up his glasses, the expression behind them remained unreadable.
Su Ye’s fierce golden eyes softened as he sat at Xiao Jinsheng’s right front corner, staring straight at her.
Sitting on Xiao Jinsheng’s left-hand side, Que Zelian thoughtfully inserted a straw into her drink and offered it to her: "Would you like to drink now?"
"Yes." Xiao Jinsheng tilted her body to the left and bit down on the straw, only to feel a large, warm hand settle against her right rear waist.
Startled, Xiao Jinsheng turned her head to the right and saw Li resting his chin on his hand, red eyes smiling mischievously at her, his hand pressing firmly against her waist, moving restlessly.
Just as Xiao Jinsheng moved to pinch Li, a long leg stretched to her feet, the toe of a dress shoe hooked onto her ankle, and her leg was gently lifted under the dining table.
Feeling flustered, Xiao Jinsheng quickly sat upright, her gaze darting under the table to find the culprit lifting her leg.
Directly opposite her at the table was Mo Jiao, who had managed to claim that seat tonight.
eting Mo Jiao’s gaze as he took a sip of red wine, his alluring purple eyes locked onto hers in his usual seductive manner.
Xiao Jinsheng didn’t need to ask to know who was playing footsie.
She pulled her leg back and stomped down, her foot landing squarely on Mo Jiao’s dress shoe. She nudged at his shin with her toes, kicking the offending leg back into place before pulling out a slip of paper she had prepared in advance.
Spotting Shi Xie’s expectant gaze, Xiao Jinsheng maintained her fairness: "Let’s draw lots."
"Why are there still seven slips? Mo Jiao is included too?" Shi Xie asked, clearly disgruntled.
"I’m also her beast husband—is it so strange for to be included?" Mo Jiao retorted.
Shi Xie glanced up briefly at the standing Xiao Jinsheng, his ice-blue eyes filled with fragile sincerity as he spoke thoughtfully: "Mo Jiao is indeed the female master’s beast husband; it’s only right for you to be included."
"You’re my senior," Shi Xie turned his uncertain gaze towards the others as if contemplating whether he should continue speaking. After a pause, he pressed forward:
"But Mo Jiao isn’t the only senior here. Yesterday, he drew the number one lot. If he participates today and draws number one again, wouldn’t that be unfair to the other seniors?"
"I personally don’t mind, since I’m the last one to join."
"I’m only concerned for the other seniors. Luck is unpredictable, and soone with bad luck might go ten or twenty draws without ever getting number one."
Reviews
All reviews (0)