Not Just "Us"

"..."

Zhao Ruohan hurriedly looked away and lowered her head, not daring to meet Chen Huan's eyes.

She felt a little baffled.

Why was she looking at her? Wasn't she and Xiao Ye just tagging along?

Seeing this, Chen Huan calmly shifted her gaze away and turned to Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu.

After a brief moment of thought, she said:

"You all performed well in this competition."

With that, she waved her hand, sending out four streaks of spiritual light that drifted down before the four of them.

Chi Jiuyu hurriedly looked over. The spiritual light surrounding one of them faded, revealing a strange radiance like a swimming dragon—

[Star Pole Soul Essence]

It was no thicker than a thumb and nine inches and nine-tenths long. Flecks of stardust shimmered and flowed within it. As it circled and darted about, it drew the brilliance of the stars, while wisps of icy, razor-sharp intent pierced the heart with a chill.

The four [Star Pole Soul Essences] swam through the air together, making everything around them grow much brighter and colder.

This treasure had been born from the light of the stars after Chen Huan attained the Dao and ascended to immortality, and the Great Profound Realm observed the Dao she wielded to perfect its own.

The Four Star Regions stretched without end. Each contained countless stars, yet only twelve strands of this treasure had ever been born.

Chi Jiuyu stared at it for a while.

Then she was the first to raise her hand and lightly poke it with her index finger.

At her touch, the strange radiance, so like a swimming dragon, seemed to be startled. It flowed straight through her fingertip and into her body.

A cool sensation passed from her fingertip, spreading throughout her in