As night deepened, a crooked shadow swept across the skies above Sea God Island.
Long Jinyu felt as though his eyelids weighed a thousand jin. The scenery in his vision twisted and spun, while his Soul Power stagnated in his meridians like glue.
He forced himself to fly across the shimmering Sea God Lake with the last shred of his consciousness. Having barely reached the airspace above Sea God Island, the taut string within him finally snapped.
"System Treasure..."
He only called out vaguely in his heart before completely losing consciousness.
Just as he was about to intimately meet the ground, a faint glimmer flashed. A phantom of a silver-haired woman, roughly his build, appeared out of thin air. She lightly caught his falling body and steadily placed him upon the soft grass.
Curled up among the grass, Long Jinyu's breathing gradually evened out as he fell into a deep sleep.
[What an idiot host. You should trust this treasure once in a while.]
The phantom muttered a complaint before dissolving into specks of light in the night.
[Points: -10086]
*...*
No wonder Long Jinyu usually did not dare to casually "trouble" the system. This "profiteer" charged far too ruthlessly.
Had he been awake, he would probably rather have taken a solid fall than let this black-hearted system deduct ten thousand points for nothing.
With his physique, he would at most be sore for a few days. Bodily pain was bearable; heartache was what truly killed...
It was only around seven in the evening. Sea God Island was vast and tranquil, and where Long Jinyu had fallen was near the lakeshore, far from the long bridge connecting to the outer courtyard.
Even by nine in the evening, no one had noticed the extra sleeping figure on the grass.
Under normal