The battle between Star Luo City, taking the opportunity of Lu Ren's release from seclusion, ended here.
Naturally, someone will take over the follow-up finishing work. On the frontal battlefield, Ju Zi, the female War God Yuanshi, is here to clean up, so Lu Ren is naturally happy to relax.
As for Ye Guyi, naturally she followed him every step of the way.
Everything on the battlefield has been settled, and the two of them did not stay any longer.
Lu Ren raised his hand and hugged Ye Guyi's waist. With a thought, the power of space spread around the two of them like ripples.
Almost at the same moment, the scene in front of him switched from the scorched earth of Star Luo City, where blood and fire intertwined, to a quiet courtyard.
The whole process only took a second or two, just teleporting from the Star Luo Empire to the Sun Moon Empire.
This was the first place he settled when he first entered this Mingdu.
The yard is not big, but it is neatly taken care of.
There is a faint scent of vegetation floating in the air, which is in sharp contrast to the choking smoke and blood smell on the Just now battlefield.
Ye Guyi looked left and right, seeing that he was back in this familiar place, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
From Star Luo City to Mingdu, there is more than a thousand miles in between?
Even if Tsukumo class Limit Douluo were to travel at full speed, they would still have to fly for most of the day.
But this guy is good. As soon as he closes his eyes and opens them, people will be there.
Ye Guyi didn't even feel the usual dizziness and squeezing feeling when space moved.
The whole process was as smooth as taking a step forward, it was that simple.
"What's wrong?" Lu Ren turned his head and looked at her.
"No, I just still think you are such a pervert."
Ye Guyi stood beside him, her shoulder almost touching his arm, with a hint of emotion in her tone.
She has known Lu Ren for quite some time, but every time she sees his extraordinary methods, she still can't help but sigh in her heart whether this guy is still a human being.
Lu Ren: "Speaking of which, although Spirit Pagoda has a headquarters, if I am free, I will still come back and live here."
Ye Guyi said softly, his eyes falling on the carefully tended flowers and plants in the courtyard, with a hint of nostalgia in his tone.
"There are people cleaning here, and everything is kept in its original condition.
"Every time I finish working for a while, I want to come back and stay for a few days. Even if I don't do anything, just sitting here makes me feel at ease."
This yard has extraordinary significance to Ye Guyi.
This is the starting point for her to fight side by side with Lu Ren, and it is also the only anchor point where she can be sure that "there is a place to go back to" between countless lives and deaths.
Spirit City's headquarters, no matter how grand and majestic it is, is not as warm to her as this small courtyard.
The most important thing is that there is a room just for her.
There is also a room dedicated to Lu Ren.
Sometimes when Lu Ren is away, Ye Guyi will secretly sneak into Lu Ren's room and do many things when he comes back.
For example, many times after spending a night in Lu Ren's room, I would come out with Lu Ren's quilt and wash it diligently the next day----
As for what she did, it's quite intriguing----
"Are you alone?" Lu Ren asked casually.
"No." Ye Guyi shook his head and counted on his fingers, "Nana and I, and sometimes that girl Meng Hongchen."
When talking about Meng Hongchen, Ye Guyi suddenly seemed to remember something unpleasant, puffed up his cheeks, and said with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone, "Huh, that girl comes here every time--what does this place have to do with her? I obviously occupied it first--"
Lu Ren looked at her appearance and couldn't help but smile, "----You seem to be a few years older than Meng Hongchen, right? She is a girl, what are you?
Ye Guyi raised her chin confidently. "Eighteen-year-old beautiful girl."
Lu Ren heard this and calculated it carefully.
"Well----you are almost the same age as me. Now five years have passed and you seem to be over eighteen----"
Before he finished speaking, Ye Guyi glared at him fiercely and pinched the flesh of his arm. "Are you going to die if you don't say this?"
"Now I really believe that you have never been in contact with a girl. Don't you know that you can't mention the girl's age? Huh?"
"There are so many rules."
Lu Ren pursed his lips but said nothing.
The two of them just stood side by side in the yard, neither of them speaking.
After being quiet for a while, Ye Guyi asked the question that she had always wanted to ask but had never dared to ask, "Lu Ren----How long will you stay at the Douluo Continent?"
The fact that Lu Ren wants Ascension to the Divine Realm is like a sword hanging above her head.
She didn't know when the sword would fall, or how many days he would stay by her side.
She only knew that if she could stay with him one more day, she would earn one more day.
After hearing this, Lu Ren thought for a moment and then Just now said, "I can't tell clearly. It depends on the specific situation."
"I can't completely decide on the matter of ascension. You don't have to be afraid. I will spend some time with you anyway."
At the same time, Lu Ren muttered in his heart, the specific time when he will ascend depends on Huo Yuhao.
But now Huo Yuhao's body is still in his Cursed Spirit, so he is not afraid of that.
That Cursed Spirit is very special, it can always maintain the state of Huo Yuhao just dead, so as long as it stays there, Lu Ren can use Reverse Cursed Technique to revive it at any time.
Ye Guyi felt hot at what Lu Ren said, and a faint blush appeared on his face.
She turned away and pretended to look at the flowers and plants in the yard, but her voice contained a smile that couldn't be hidden, "Okay----"
But her arms unconsciously tightened a little tighter.
The night is getting darker.
The lights in the yard were turned on, and the dim warm light shone through the window paper onto the floor.
The two walked into the house from the yard, from walking side by side to intertwining their fingers, from whispering to smiling at each other, the distance between them shortened bit by bit, and their breaths blended bit by bit.
Ye Guyi When she raised her head and looked at him, her beautiful eyes reflected the light of the candle, as gentle as a pool of spring water.
Lu Ren looked at her and suddenly felt that the boring and long days and nights in the past five years of retreat had become worthwhile at this moment.
He doesn't want to say those beautiful love words, nor does he want to imitate those romances.
After the two of them just chatted in the room for a long time, the atmosphere gradually became a little uncomfortable.
Ye Guyi suddenly stopped talking, and then silently leaned his head on Lu Ren's shoulder.
Feeling the warmth from his body through the fabric of his clothes.
Lu Ren's body stiffened slightly.
After all, he was still not used to this kind of close contact, but this time he didn't avoid it, he just turned his shoulders slightly to make Ye Guyi lean more comfortably.
The night wind blew over again, carrying body fragrance mixed with the fragrance of her hair, and penetrated into his nostrils.
Lu Ren lowered his head, looked at the head leaning on his shoulder, stretched out his hand out of nowhere, and gently covered the back of her hand.
Ye Guyi's fingers trembled, then slowly held his hand.
The two of them stayed close to each other like this for a long time. Later, they didn't know who moved first or who turned their head first.
When they stood up, Lu Ren took Ye Guyi's hand, and the two walked into the house one after the other.
The door closed gently behind him.
The lights in the house then went out.
At first there were intermittent voices.
It was low, like a whisper between lovers, but it was hard to hear what was specifically said.
Only a chuckle or two occasionally escaped.
The next morning.
Ye Guyi When I woke up, I felt as if all the bones in my body had been disassembled and reassembled, and they were extremely sore.
She opened her eyes in a daze, and what she saw was the warm chest. Looking up, she saw the sleeping face of Lu Ren, so close at hand.
His expression was particularly relaxed when he was sleeping, without his usual playful smile, and he looked very peaceful.
Ye Guyi stared at his sleeping face for a long time, then quietly stretched out his hand, hovering his fingertips an inch above his face, hesitated, and then took it back.
She pursed her lips, suppressed the smile that could not be suppressed at the corner of her mouth, and gently tried to get out of his arms.
As soon as she moved, the arm around her waist tightened and pulled her back again.
"Don't move."
A muffled voice came from above.
"Take a break again."
Ye Guyi's face suddenly turned red, but her body honestly stopped struggling and nestled obediently in his arms, like a cat that finally found a heater.
She buried her face in his chest and listened to his steady and powerful heartbeat. She felt that she had never been so at ease in her life.
But after a while, the voice of Lu Ren came to my ears again. "Let's start another round?"
Ye Guyi was immediately frightened, with a slightly frightened expression on his face. "Are you coming again?"
"I've unlocked the special CG for you overnight, isn't it enough?
, Lu Ren:
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He said no more, but carried out his actions.
By the time the two of them really got up, it was already noon.
Ye Guyi was sitting by the bed with her coat on, watching Lu Ren looking up at Sky Manipulation outside the yard. The morning light fell on him and she suddenly felt that it would be pretty good if her life could go on like this.
Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Artificial Soul Spirit department.
Now Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen are responsible for the project Artificial Soul Spirit.
At this time, in Laboratory, Meng Hongchen was wearing a white lab coat. Her long hair was tied casually to the side of her head. A few strands of broken hair fell from her temples and she didn't bother to tuck them behind her ears.
The workbench in front of her was filled with densely packed test tubes, as well as various Soul Tool equipment and various unnamed precious materials.
Soul Power fluctuations formed an aura visible to the naked eye around her, and she was looking attentively at the soul guidance screen that kept popping up information in front of her.
She had maintained this position for six full hours without even taking a sip of water.
Xiao Hongchen looked at his sister's back, his brows knitted tightly.
From the day Spirit Pagoda Headquarters moved into Spirit City and the Artificial Soul Spirit department was officially established, Meng Hongchen plunged headlong into this project.
I don't know how much time has passed, but in the past five years, while they were responsible for other projects, they also took over the Artificial Soul Spirit project.
But after Meng Hongchen completed other projects as quickly as possible, he spent almost all his time in this Laboratory.
Xiao Hongchen Of course I know why my sister is so desperate.
But he couldn't bear to see Meng Hongchen studying the Artificial Soul Spirit project in an almost masochistic way.
In a short period of time, I can really rely on Titled Douluo's strong physique and Elixir for support, so there is no problem.
But if it stays in this state for a long time, even Titled Douluo will not be able to hold it.
So Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but stepped forward. "Meng, take a break. You have been working continuously for five years. You need some time to rest. If you continue like this, your body will collapse."
Meng Hongchen didn't even raise his head and kept moving his hands. "Brother, please leave me alone. The results are about to come out. I have a good idea now. If I interrupt, I have to start over again."
Xiao Hongchen has heard this sentence hundreds of times in the past five years.
Every time he wanted to take his sister to eat, rest or relax, he got almost the same answer.
"The results are coming soon----"
"The idea is right----"
"Leave me alone----"
These words have almost become Meng Hongchen's mantra in the past five years, and it makes Xiao Hongchen's ears go numb.
Xiao Hongchen sighed helplessly and was silent for a long time before finally speaking out the words that had been in his heart for many years, "Meng, tell me, you are working so hard - isn't it just for Lu Ren?"
Hearing this, the movements of Meng Hongchen's hands suddenly stopped.
She stared blankly at the screen in front of her, and after a few seconds, she suddenly turned around, a blush quickly appeared on her fair cheeks, and her eyes showed the panic and embarrassment of someone poking at the center of things. "Brother! You, what are you talking about!"
"Who did it for him! I just think this project is interesting and want to make it happen!"
Meng Hongchen said, while pushing Xiao Hongchen out, he angrily scolded him, "If you don't study your Soul Tool project carefully every day, why do you come here to care about everything?"
"Come on, come on, don't bother me here!"
Xiao Hongchen was pushed all the way out of Laboratory's door by her. She was not annoyed, but had a look of laughter on her face.
His sister's reaction was almost a disguised admission.
"Okay, okay, I'm going, I'm going." Xiao Hongchen raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, stood outside the door, and looked back, "But remember to balance work and rest, eat on time, and sleep on time."
"If you collapse from exhaustion in Laboratory, I won't be able to explain it to grandpa.
"I know, I know!" Meng Hongchen slammed Laboratory's door shut.
After the door closed, Meng Hongchen stood there with his back against the door panel and was quiet for a while.
Her chest was rising and falling slightly. The panic caused by her brother's revelation had not completely subsided, and the blush on her cheeks had not completely faded.
Meng Hongchen pursed his lips, stretched out his hand to touch his somewhat hot cheek, and muttered in a low voice, "----For his sake, I just want to complete this project."
But she knew in her heart that this sentence could not convince even herself.
She walked back to the experimental table and her eyes fell on the pile of research materials about Artificial Soul Spirit.
Among them is a manuscript with neat and elegant handwriting, marked with dense annotations and derivation processes, which was left by Huo Yuhao when he was working at Spirit Pagoda.
A few years ago, when Huo Yuhao was still at Spirit Pagoda, with his incredible talent and deep understanding of Soul Spirit System, he had almost perfected the concept of Artificial Soul Spirit.
From the theoretical framework to the foundation, to energy, and the life project of Artificial Soul Spirit, he almost chewed off all the hardest bones and left behind a fairly complete set of research results.
What Meng Hongchen needs to do now is to realize the actual birth of Artificial Soul Spirit based on that set of results.
Turn the theory on paper into a living thing that can actually operate, and turn it into a container that can truly nurture the soul.
This is a more difficult path than theoretical research.
Perfect ideas in theory are often shattered by countless small variables in practice.
She has failed countless times over the past few years.
Every time she failed, she would lock herself in Laboratory and deduce it over and over again, find out what the problem was, and then start all over again.
But Meng Hongchen never gave up.
Because Lu Ren is about to ascend.
After that person ascends, the supply of Soul Spirit will be cut off.
Meng Hongchen doesn't want the whole Douluo Continent and Soul Spirit System to become passive water after he leaves.
Someone must guard the stall that the person left behind before he left.
Even if he didn't know what she had done for him, even if what she did might never be known to him, she would still make this thing.
If not for anything else, just for the few years before he left, she also wanted to contribute to this huge plan and wanted him to know that she was not alone.
The absolute strength, the loneliness that arises from this, teaches you to love--
Meng Hongchen took a deep breath and re-invested in the dizzyingly complicated Artificial Soul Spirit project.
Outside Laboratory, Xiao Hongchen looked at the closed door, shook his head, turned around and walked out along Corridor.
He walked to the floor-to-ceiling window at the end of Corridor, stopped, and looked out the window.
With the height of Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, it is enough to overlook the entire Spirit City.
This city, planned, built and operated by Spirit Pagoda, has risen from the ruins in just a few years and has become the most prosperous, advanced and desirable place in the entire continent.
Everything here is thriving and full of vitality, which is completely different from the devastated ruins a few years ago.
The original headquarters of Spirit Pagoda was in Mingdu. Later, after Spirit City was built, the entire headquarters was moved here.
After all, this is the central hub of the entire continent. From any perspective, it is more suitable to be the core residence of Spirit Pagoda than Mingdu.
Xiao Hongchen looked at the scenery outside the window and was silent for a long time. Suddenly he muttered to himself in a low voice, "Lu Ren ah Lu Ren, you guy, you stole my sister's heart and you stayed in seclusion irresponsibly for five years."
"Five years, do you know how my sister has lived these five years?"
"She soaks in Laboratory every day, doesn't eat well, and doesn't meditate well. She relies on the energy provided by Elixir and the highest quality ingredients to support her."
"Next you are going to the Ascension to the Divine Realm. You have ascended to the top and become majestic. From now on, you will be able to roam the heavens and the earth."
"But what should you do with someone who has a relationship with you?"
"What should I do about my sister? She cares about you, but you are going to a place where no one can go. This departure may mean goodbye forever."
"How much of what she did can you see?"
Xiao Hongchen sighed again.
In the past five years, why didn't he, the elder brother, notice what his sister had done?
Meng Hongchen is becoming more and more taciturn. The sister who used to laugh and make trouble and always bicker with him has become much quieter. I don't know when she started to become quieter.
Meng Hongchen no longer quarreled with him, or even complained about the difficult experimental conditions, nor talked about Soul Tool-related matters. She just worked and researched silently.
When I'm not working, I'm always in a daze, staring in a certain direction outside the window, not knowing what I'm thinking.
Every time I see my sister in a daze, Xiao Hongchen, the older brother, feels uncomfortable.
He would rather his sister was noisy with him like before, than see her holding everything in her heart.
But Xiao Hongchen can't do anything.
Things like feelings are never something that others can interfere with.
He could only try his best to take good care of his sister's health so that she could at least have a hot meal while working hard.
So, a few more days passed.
That night, Xiao Hongchen carried the food box, walked through the empty Corridor under the moonlight, and came to the door of Laboratory.
The food box contained some of Meng Hongchen's favorite dishes that he specially asked the kitchen to prepare, along with a cup of thickly stewed nourishing soup.
In his other hand, he was holding a small porcelain bottle, which contained a few pills of Elixir to restore energy.
He has often done this over the years, forcing her to supplement her nutrition and make her eat well and take medicine.
Although their brother and sister's current Titled Douluo cultivation levels would allow them to go without food for a long time, regular consumption of the highest-end ingredients can nourish the body, warm Meridians and speed up their cultivation, which is also of great benefit to them.
Unless Meng Hongchen chooses to practice meditation, in which case it would be fine to not eat all the time.
But my sister has been soaking in Laboratory and doesn't practice or meditate at all?
Then I can only rely on Elixir and food to replenish energy.
Therefore, no matter how busy Xiao Hongchen is, he almost never stops delivering meals to his sister, rain or shine.
He stood outside the Laboratory door and used Spiritual Power to transmit the message inside. "Meng, come out to eat."
Waited for a while.
There was no movement.
Xiao Hongchen frowned and sent another message: "Meng? Did you hear that? Come out to eat and listen to your brother."
Still no movement.
"That's it again."
Xiao Hongchen curled his lips.
He has encountered this situation too many times in the past five years.
Once my sister was immersed in the experiment, she was completely deaf to what was going on outside the window. Not to mention the sound transmission, she might not be able to hear even gongs and drums being played in her ears.
He had to force his way in every time to pull this workaholic out of his selfless state.
"This situation, hey, it's hopeless. Let's go back to the same old situation. I force you to come out. You must make up for it----" Xiao Hongchen muttered, raised his hand, and was about to use Soul Power to break open Laboratory's access control.
However, just when his palm was about to touch the door panel, an explosive cheer suddenly came from Laboratory: "Hahahaha, I succeeded! I succeeded!!!"
"Artificial Soul Spirit, I succeeded!!!"