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Herta heard Chen Mu laugh and rolled her eyes at him, saying irritably:

"So, what did you need from me, Chen Mu? Or is this about Himeko and the others?"

Herta was in no mood.

The kid she had watched grow up had been taken a liking to and was about to be taken away?

How could she possibly be in a good mood?

Sigh, but in the end, it's because the kid is too outstanding, Herta thought with an inward sigh.

"No, it's something else."

Chen Mu shook his head and replied with a serious expression.

He did not want to get involved in this matter.

If he said they should stay, then March 7th would clearly be upset, and Himeko would be disappointed as well.

But if he said they should leave, then Herta and Asta would be upset.

So although his earlier noncommittal answer had indeed reflected his true thoughts, it was also because he could not take a stance himself.

"Didn't I say before that the reason I wasn't researching the star with you was because I had another project underway? I've run into some confusion with that research now, so I wanted to discuss it with you." Chen Mu got straight to the point.

"Oh?"

Herta's expression immediately turned interested upon hearing this, and she pushed the matter of Himeko and the others to the back of her mind.

After all, none of Chen Mu's research had ever been ordinary.

This time, he had even come to discuss it with her, so naturally Herta took it seriously.

As he spoke, Chen Mu took out the Longevity Medicine he had refined and handed it to Herta.

"This is...?"

Herta looked at Chen Mu with a puzzled expression and asked.

"Longevity Medicine. This is the Longevity Medicine I refined. Just like its name suggests, it can grant people eternal life."

Chen Mu answered.

"What?!!"

Herta's expression changed instantly, revealing her shock.

Longevity Medicine?

"You actually refined Longevity Medicine?!!"

Herta's voice made no attempt to conceal her astonishment.

This was the power of the Abundance Aeon—Yaoshi!

In this world, if one wished to attain eternal life, no one could escape the Abundance Aeon Yaoshi.

Or rather, eternal life itself was something bestowed by the Abundance Aeon Yaoshi.

But clearly, judging from Chen Mu's past accomplishments, this could not possibly be power granted by Yaoshi. It could only have been something Chen Mu had refined himself.

A human wielding the power of an Aeon...

In such a short time, first the Trailblaze Aeon Qlipoth, and now the Abundance Aeon Yaoshi...

Even Herta found it hard to believe, her heart far from calm.

This little guy really was a monster.

"Yeah, but I keep feeling that the process of making Longevity Medicine was far too simple, so I wanted to research it with you, Herta."

Chen Mu nodded and spoke with some confusion.

"Simple..."

Herta's mouth twitched upon hearing that.

For a moment, she did not know what to say.

Because it was too simple, he thought there was a problem?

With your intelligence, could you possibly not know whether there was a problem?

"Yes, and after the Longevity Medicine was completed, I also met the Abundance Aeon—Yaoshi." Chen Mu said.

There was naturally no need to hide that.

He told Herta directly.

"The Abundance Aeon—Yaoshi."

Herta was shaken to the core and found herself even more at a loss for words. Rubbing her temples, she said, "It looks like you've caught her attention, Chen Mu."

"Probably." Chen Mu nodded.

Herta said, "But the fact that you caught her attention also proves that your Longevity Medicine is real. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone out of her way to meet you."

Herta spoke with a serious, certain expression.

Chen Mu nodded.

That was what he thought as well.

Still, he wanted confirmation from Herta.

Sigh, in the end, it was all too simple—so simple it almost felt fake.

"However, you need to be careful too, Chen Mu. The Longevity Medicine may be real, but it could have unknown side effects. After all, the Abundance Aeon only cares about longevity, not the side effects that come with it."

Herta warned him.

She was not just talking nonsense.

The Mara-struck among the Long-lived Species on the Xianzhou were the best proof.

Chen Mu took a deep breath at her words and nodded. "I know."

Although he had improved it as much as possible, it still involved the mysterious domain of longevity.

Without testing it, Chen Mu did not dare claim that there would be no problems at all.

So, he still needed to conduct numerous experiments and observations to determine whether this Longevity Medicine could be used, as well as what side effects it might contain.

Hearing Chen Mu's answer, Herta was relieved as well.

She was not worried that Chen Mu would abuse the Longevity Medicine.

First, that simply was not the kind of person Chen Mu was.

Second, Chen Mu was still young. There was no urgent need for something like Longevity Medicine.

"Chen Mu, you absolutely cannot let the matter of the Longevity Medicine get out. Otherwise, I'm afraid the trouble will be considerable."

Herta warned him seriously.

Across the universe, there were simply too many people pursuing longevity.

Once news of the Longevity Medicine was exposed, there would be endless trouble.

Even if those people could not threaten Herta or Chen Mu, they could still make a nuisance of themselves without end.

"I know. I wasn't even planning to tell those people from the Genius Club. I only told you, Herta."

Chen Mu laughed.

He was not a child. How could he not understand that?

At his words, a smile immediately appeared on Herta's face.

This little guy.

He truly did not need her to tell him anything.

She had merely been concerned on instinct.

Looking at the Longevity Medicine in Chen Mu's hand, then at Chen Mu himself, Herta's gaze could not help but turn distant.

Recalling all of Chen Mu's accomplishments, she inexplicably sighed with emotion, "Come to think of it, Chen Mu, you may be the person in the universe who has met Aeons the most times—and met the greatest number of Aeons."

"When you researched Preservation, you met the Preservation Aeon Kliper. Later, you followed me to the Aeon of Erudition and met The Erudition. After that, through Star, you met the Destruction Aeon Nanook. And now, you've even met the Abundance Aeon—Yaoshi."

"To be honest, if the Trailblaze Aeon Qlipoth had not already fallen, I imagine that the moment you invented the Teleportation Array, the Trailblaze Aeon Qlipoth would have come to meet you as well."

At this point, even Herta could not help but laugh.

Chen Mu laughed as well.

But he had no idea why Herta had suddenly brought this up.

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The Man Who Created an Aeon

"It's just that you've clearly met so many Aeons, and so many Aeons have watched over you, yet you've never possessed the power of a Path or received an Aeon's favor. That's rather novel," Herta continued.

Chen Mu said, "Yeah. If I had a Path, I'd at least be at the Emanator level by now, right? Haha."

Herta smiled at Chen Mu's words, not denying it.

Because if that were truly the case, with Chen Mu's talent, it might really have been possible.

Come to think of it, whether for the entire universe or for Herta, the fact that Chen Mu possessed no power of a Path was utterly astonishing.

There were only a handful of beings in the world qualified to meet an Aeon.

Even Herta, as an Emanator of Erudition, had only met the Aeon of Erudition, The Erudition, two or three times over all these years.

Yet Chen Mu was still so young, and he had already met so many Aeons, so many times.

How could that not be absurd?

What was more, most of those Aeons had taken the initiative to meet Chen Mu.

Yet this, of all things...