"Mi-mi-mi..."
In Aedes Elysiae, the pink-haired ball of fluff, Mimi, floated in midair. She tilted her head and stared at Ye Qiong, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, her face full of confusion.
She couldn't quite figure out what Ye Qiong was doing.
What were those yellow and purple rings of light swirling around him?
"Mi?"
Suddenly, a surge of power flowed into her body. She felt wonderfully refreshed all over, and at the same time, it was as if some marvelous knowledge had poured into her mind.
A Soul Skill? What was that? It seemed pretty powerful.
Mimi excitedly waved her tiny fists.
He had finished absorbing the Soul Rings. Ye Qiong slowly opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Mimi excitedly waving her tiny fists in midair.
He couldn't help laughing at the sight.
Mimi was as adorable as ever.
"Mi?"
Apparently sensing Ye Qiong's gaze, Mimi immediately stopped and turned to look at him.
As soon as Ye Qiong stood up, she excitedly flew into his arms.
"Mi!"
Ye Qiong rubbed her little head and asked with a smile, "Mimi, did you learn a Soul Skill?"
Mimi blinked her big, round eyes and nodded excitedly.
Seeing this, Ye Qiong immediately summoned his Soul Rings.
Two yellow and one purple: one yellow ring was five hundred years old, the other eight hundred, and the purple ring was a thousand years old.
For now, he didn't need to worry about the so-called Soul Ring Configuration.
After all, his Soul Rings could stack their years, so their configuration didn't matter to him. As long as they let him break through to the next level, that was enough.
After absorbing the three Soul Rings, he had successfully reached level thirty-two. Now he just needed to work hard at cultivat—
Ye Qiong froze, because he suddenly remembered another use for Emotion Points.
Raising his level!
What the hell was the point of cultivating, then? Wouldn't it be better to just use Emotion Points to level up?
Cultivating? Not a chance. Not in this lifetime.
But he was running a little low on Emotion Points now. Looks like he'd have to chat more with the group members.
As for the Soul Skills from his three Soul Rings, Ye Qiong knew them very well.
They were all skills he'd used while fighting alongside Mimi in Amphoreus in his previous life.
The skill Mimi had just used should be his current third Soul Skill.
Third Soul Skill: Bad Guy! What a Nuisance!
He remembered this skill being incredibly powerful. Especially in the Currency Wars developed by the Interastral Peace Corporation, Mimi could transform directly into Platinum Mimi after using it.
Then she'd go Ora Ora Ora on her enemies...
"Mimi, remember this Soul Skill. When we go adventuring and run into bad guys, use it on them to protect me, okay?"
"Mi! Mi!"
Hearing Ye Qiong say this, Mimi looked at him and nodded seriously.
Mimi would help Ye Qiong beat up the bad guys!
Seeing how obedient Mimi was made Ye Qiong feel even happier.
Holding Mimi, he walked over to a giant tree.
This was the place he'd visited most often with Cyrene.
The little pond, the giant tree, the swing...
Over the years, he'd consciously kept everything here much the same.
Look at those two little seals. They were still keeping each other company in the pond to this day.
"Mi-mi..."
Mimi looked around. Everything seemed familiar, but she couldn't remember anything, so she looked up at Ye Qiong for help.
Ye Qiong lowered his head and gently stroked her, saying, "It all feels familiar, but you can't remember what this place is, right?"
"That's okay. Take your time. One day, you'll remember. I believe that day will come."
With the Chat Group, all he had to do was keep earning Emotion Points. One day, he'd be able to turn Mimi back into Cyrene and help her remember everything from the past.
And after that, he'd take Cyrene adventuring through Douluo Continent,
then return to the Honkai Star Rail World and continue to Trailblaze toward tomorrow!
Two days later, Ye Qiong held the pink-haired ball of fluff, Mimi, and tapped the screen with his fingertip, reopening the Chat Group, which had been quiet for two days.
"Mi-mi?"
Mimi tilted her head, curiously watching the screen in front of Ye Qiong. Her tiny paws even tried to touch it.
Ye Qiong smiled and ruffled her fluffy head. He saw that the group already had 999+ messages.
"Do they ever stop talking?" Ye Qiong chuckled, then tapped the AI summary that only he could access.
A few seconds later, Ye Qiong learned from the system's AI summary of the group chat that after he'd left the chat two days ago, Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong had kept arguing nonstop, giving the group members plenty of juicy gossip to feast on.
Also, Liu Erlong's alias had been exposed, just like Bibi Dong's. And the person who'd exposed her was Bibi Dong.
"Ah, women." Ye Qiong couldn't help sighing.
But to be fair, Yu Xiaogang had managed to make two powerful women so devoted and so crazy about him. He had to give him credit for that.
Of course, none of this changed Ye Qiong's opinion that Yu Xiaogang was despicable and incompetent.
[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: [Wishing you prosperity]]
???
Ye Qiong stared at the sudden message on the screen, baffled. Then he immediately caught on and tapped furiously.
"Holy crap! Thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins!"
What a generous boss! The boss was amazing!
"Just what you'd expect from the eldest daughter of the richest sect in the world, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. She's so generous!" Ye Qiong couldn't help praising her.
He hadn't expected the women to learn how to use the red packet function in the group chat so quickly. Ning Rongrong had seized the opportunity to send one and show off her wealth.
Although Gold Soul Coins weren't much use to Ye Qiong right now,
they'd come in handy eventually, once he could leave here and go out into the world.
He'd save them for later.
[First Cute Bunny claimed your lucky red packet.]
[Begonia Blossoms claimed your lucky red packet.]
[...]
[First Cute Bunny: What a generous boss!]
[Begonia Blossoms: What a generous boss!]
[No Petting Cats: +1]
[I Am Not Swallow: What a generous boss!]
[I Am Not Swallow: What a generous boss!]
[...]
At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, a pink-haired girl looked at the string of "What a generous boss!" messages on her screen, beaming with pride.
She'd discovered the red packet function by chance while exploring the chat features just now.
Then she'd gotten the idea to see if she could bundle up some Gold Soul Coins in one of these so-called red packets and share them with everyone.
To her surprise, it actually worked!
Ning Rongrong thought making friends by being generous was a great idea.
Just look! This was the strength of their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
But she wasn't doing it just to show off her wealth.
The people in this group were all so awesome, and they were so nice to talk to. She really liked it here.
Hiding her identity and chatting with everyone in the group gave her an experience she'd never had before.
It was much more interesting than the people in the sect who only knew how to flatter her.
[Your red packet was fully claimed in 30 seconds. Face-Tanking Ultimate was the luckiest recipient.]
[First Cute Bunny: !]
[I Am Not Yanzi: ?]
[I Am Not Swallow: ?]
[No Petting Cats: .]
[...]
Well, damn...
Ever since the Group Owner had said two days ago that he'd spill more secrets next time, they hadn't seen him in the group at all.
They hadn't expected one red packet to bring him out of hiding today.
[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Group Owner, have you come back to life?]
[Face-Tanking Ultimate: @Pagoda Suppresses River Demon, watch that mouth! Are you cursing me or what?]
[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Hehe.]
[Face-Tanking Ultimate: @everyone, Hey, hey, hey! I'm back!]
[First Cute Bunny: Big Brother Group Owner! Where have you been these past two days?]
[I Am Not Yanzi: I thought you'd gone offline.]
[Fire-Breathing Dragon: Hmph! What are you up to now, you bastard? I'm warning you, don't you dare pull anything on me!]
Seeing Liu Erlong's warning, Ye Qiong let out a cackle.
How dare she threaten the Group Owner?
Heh heh. Then she was in for a world of pain!
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