Xiahou Aotian lay there for a few minutes, then rolled over and sat up. He opened the living room refrigerator, took out a high-sugar drink, and guzzled it down.
After draining the 600-milliliter bottle, he burped in satisfaction. Dopamine rapidly flooded his brain, leaving him excited and happy as it washed away the exhaustion and oppression brought on by the S-class instance.
I'm never entering an instance again. Not for the rest of this year. Even if Yuanshi Tianzun cries, begs, and kneels before me, he can forget about making me enter another instance! Xiahou Aotian secretly swore to himself.
After clearing Southern Garden of Shu Mountain, he had developed a psychological shadow toward high-difficulty instances. Yet the stubbornness and pride of a protagonist had driven him to resolutely solo the family instance!
He regretted it beyond measure!
After accurately tossing the empty bottle into a trash can several meters away, Xiahou Aotian wheeled out a speaker half his height from beside the computer desk, aimed it at the window, and pressed the power button.
A deafening roar blared from the speaker:
"Xiahou Aotian has emerged from seclusion!
"Xiahou Aotian has emerged from seclusion!
"Emerged from seclusion..."
Amid the noise spreading throughout the Xiahou Family villa district, Xiahou Aotian picked up his phone and dialed Yuanshi Tianzun's number.
Looking at the dejected Demon Eye Heavenly King, whose eyes were filled with unwillingness, Zhang Yuanqing sighed inwardly, unsure how to comfort him.
Of course, the dignified Demon Eye Heavenly King did not need comforting. But the man had invested so much time and effort in him, and now Zhang Yuanqing had suddenly told him the project had fallen through. He still felt guilty.
So he said, "Given the current situation, all we can do is take things one step at