Chapter 38 I can call you aunt!
When Qiu Ling emerged from the workshop, it was already past dinner time, and Wu Yan had come looking for her.She pursed her lips in a smile, her eyes still gleaming with excitement, and one by one, she returned Yan Zhao's ring and the one Wu Yan had given her at noon.
"Yan Zhao, drip a drop of blood onto the ring.
Once the blood is absorbed, place it on your forehead and slowly sense it.
.. Your Mental Energy hasn't recovered, so I modified the refining steps.
After it's refined, just silently say 'hide'!
"Yan Zhao's old ring used to look like a high-quality antique, exquisite and beautiful with a lustrous sheen.
But now, holding the dull, seemingly much more understated and smaller ring, a chill ran through his heart.He glanced at his wife, whose eyes were full of confident luster, and silently reminded himself that this was his high-match.
He couldn't hit her, couldn't scold her.
If the ring was gone, he could earn crystal stones and buy another!
Yan Zhao, enduring Wu Yan's sympathetic and schadenfreude-filled gaze, expressionlessly followed Qiu Ling's method, biting his fingertip to squeeze out blood and refine the ring on his left ring finger.The blood should have slid off the ring when it dripped, but the ring seemed to be made of paper, allowing the blood to soak in and spread.His heart skipped a beat, and he held his breath, placing the ring on his forehead to sense it.Yan Zhao felt as if some of his Mental Energy was drawn out, circulating around the ring a few times before he completely perceived the ring's existence and ownership!
Moreover, the ring disappeared from his left ring finger, leaving behind only a delicate, small anchor tattoo.He was rarely dumbfounded.
A space of one thousand square meters and ten meters high had suddenly become five thousand square meters and twenty meters high, an increase of ten times.
And the flow of time had increased a hundredfold.
What, what exactly did this mean?It was probably like an ordinary person suddenly being told they owned a shuttle.
He was so shaken by the immense joy that he completely didn't know how to express it.Qiu Ling stood on tiptoe and flicked his forehead, "Yan Zhao, come back to your senses!
"Yan Zhao hugged her tightly, "Darling, how are you so capable?
What kind of luck do I have to be matched with you?
"He felt that the heavens had opened their eyes.
He had suffered severe Mental Energy damage and lost his combat ability while rescuing Trainees.
His Rank had plummeted from the envied SSS-grade all the way down to A-grade.
So many people, both in reality and online, had aimed linguistic daggers at him.What did a life-saving grace matter?
Humans were the most forgetful animals. Even the Trainees he saved felt ashamed of him, an A-grade combatant and a cripple.And the Family Members of the deceased Trainees felt that he hadn't tried hard enough, sacrificing so many lives!
Two years felt more bitter and difficult than the twenty years he had lived before.Even when he learned he was being matched by the system matchmaking, a chill and despair ran deep in his heart.
He couldn't imagine being scorned by his wife and Bonded Brother.Fortunately, she was Qiu Ling, his Darling, whom he had found delightful at first sight.There really was such a thing as love at first sight.
.. Qiu Ling smiled and hugged him back, "Yan Zhao, you are all very formidable!
You were once the object of countless women's affections, the one they longed to marry.Your lives are long.
Who knows when an Opportunity will come, and you'll be able to leap out of the muddy pit and soar into the sky.Don't deny yourselves completely just because your Mental Energy is damaged.
Don't follow those wicked people and let yourselves be demeaned into the dust.My men, Qiu Ling's men, are all Dragons latent in the abyss!
"Wu Yan was somewhat moved and chuckled, "Only you would think that way.
We have no combat ability, we can't even protect ourselves, and in the Interstellar, we're treated as cripples.
""That's right, Darling. When your Mental Energy was devoured by Devilish Qi, how did those people you usually refined Medicinal Pills for treat you?
"Yan Zhao held Qiu Ling dearly, rubbing against her like a big dog, unable to express the joy in his heart.Qiu Ling's eyes flickered.
If the Original Owner were here, she would definitely be greatly disheartened.
But she had lived for over two thousand years, and her Sea of Consciousness stored too many things.
Any one of them was enough for her to establish herself in the Interstellar.
With confidence, her heart was naturally calm.
"So, we are fellow sufferers," Qiu Ling chuckled softly.Yan Zhao caressed the anchor mark, held Qiu Ling's shoulders, and pulled her away to look at her hand.Qiu Ling had a blue fox tail tattoo on her left pinky, but her ring finger had a ship's rudder tattoo!
Wu Yan also noticed and immediately handed over the white jade storage ring from his thumb, "Ling Ling, you can't be biased.
"Qiu Ling took it with a smile, and her Divine Sense probed inside, discovering that it was two one-thousand-square-meter storage rings stacked together.However, Wu Yan had already used over ninety percent of the two-thousand-square-meter space.
"Alright, tomorrow morning, I'll refine your storage ring first!
"Wu Yan nodded, "Ling Ling, take a look at the things inside and see if there's anything you can use.I don't have many expenses normally.
When I encounter good things during gathering, I always use crystal stones to buy them first."Once crystal stones reach a certain amount, they are just a string of pretty numbers.
Good Materials, however, are mostly rare and priceless!
Qiu Ling naturally saw them and her eyes crinkled in a smile, "Okay, I'll sort through them later and see what good items I can make.
"Wu Yan had foresight. The supplies collected in the two storage rings had been accumulated for who knew how many years.It made her feel an urge to roll up her sleeves, turn around, and immerse herself in the workshop, forgetting food and sleep!
When they returned to the base, a bonfire was lit in the square.
Several Family Members came over smiling and invited them to join for a barbecue and relax.The Warriors were fighting intensely on the front lines, their nerves constantly strained, which caused great damage to their Mental Energy.
They needed appropriate recreation to relax their minds.Singing, dancing, and eating barbecue around the bonfire, venting suppressed emotions, was one way for everyone to find joy in hardship.Wu Yan held Qiu Ling's hand and walked to the square, where Yuan Su waved them over.
"General Wu, bring little sister-in-law over here!
There are plenty of black shuttle crabs boiling in the pot, each one fatter than the last, and lots of fish and shrimp too!
"Around that bonfire sat the generals, strategists, and division commanders, so naturally, the good things were prioritized for them.Wu Yan was not polite.
He took Qiu Ling and Yan Zhao to sit down, nodded to everyone, then first scooped out a few crabs and, with Yan Zhao, began to peel them for Qiu Ling.Yuan Xu, holding a roasted bamboo rat leg, was eating with an oily mouth.
Seeing Qiu Ling, he ran over, but both sides were occupied, so he simply plopped down on his bottom in front of Qiu Ling!
"Sister, didn't you say you'd let me come play with you?
But you weren't in the shuttle!" He bit viciously into the meat, grumbling with dissatisfaction.Wu Yan glanced at him, "Call her Auntie.
"Yuan Xu's bright, clear eyes nodded repeatedly, "General Wu, whatever you say goes.
You want me to call her Great-Aunt? That's fine too!
"Qiu Ling leaned on Wu Yan's shoulder and laughed, "If I'm Great-Aunt, then I go from being a generation below you to your elder.
Come on, General Wu, call me 'Auntie' and let me hear it.
"Wu Yan helplessly put a piece of crab meat into her mouth.Yan Zhao looked down at his own shoulder.
Was he not as sturdy and broad as Wu Yan?
He smiled and leaned in, whispering, "Darling, if you love me, I'll call you Great-Aunt too!
"Qiu Ling simply turned her back to him, indicating she didn't know this thick-skinned person.