Drifting through the starsea, the night was deep.
The entire Interstellar Spaceship glided steadily through the pitch-black expanse, its engines humming long and low, becoming a gentle backdrop that made the late night seem all the more tranquil.
Lu Yuan's cabin was warm and tender, and the night stretched on.
At the other end of the ship, inside Ying Luan's cabin...
The lights had been dimmed. A faint, cold white glow spread across the spotless walls, chilly and solemn, much like her usual aloof and distant nature.
Ying Luan sat upright on a meditation cushion, her posture straight, her white robes untouched by dust, her features cold and detached.
She had intended to take advantage of the quiet midnight hours to conduct a deep Spiritual Power emptying test, stabilizing the spiritual foundation of her Star Extreme Realm.
Her gaze lowered slightly, her mind settling into stillness as she quietly thought, Let's begin the Spiritual Power emptying test.
With that thought, she slowly closed her eyes.
Her vast, condensed, and immeasurably deep Spiritual Power slowly spread from her sea of consciousness like a tide.
Invisible, intangible spiritual ripples drifted gently outward, sweeping through the corridors, passing over cabin doors, and flowing through every bedroom as they gently inspected the ship's overall condition.
She had always been disciplined and restrained. Outside influences had never disturbed her cultivation, and her mind had remained as still as an ancient well for years.
But the instant her Spiritual Power spread into the range of Lu Yuan's cabin—
Bzz—
A faint, fragmented, intimate, lingering fluctuation suddenly crashed into her sea of consciousness through the Spiritual Power feedback.
It was not the turbulence of battle, nor the spiritual energy tremors of cultivation. It was the intimate aura unique to a man and woman nestled close together, the