CHAPTER 107: CHAPTER 107: BROTHER, YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE I TRUST

In the villa district, Lu Shinian dragged Su Ruan back home.

After the two sat down, Su Ruan began to confess.

"Previously, when I got the Energy Stone, I could see a cloud of black mist inside it."

"I tried to use spiritual power to guide them, and unexpectedly, it worked."

"But my spiritual power was too weak, I only managed to succeed with one stone."

"After entering the Second World, I tried again, and found that I could also purify the Energy Stones in the Second World..."

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After Su Ruan finished speaking, she quickly glanced at Lu Shinian, lowered her head, paused for two seconds, and then said, "I wanted to tell you earlier, but I couldn’t find the right opportunity."

Moreover, she didn’t know how to bring it up to him.

Lu Shinian’s eyes were deep, and his gaze towards Su Ruan was filled with complex meanings.

"Ruan Ruan." He took the initiative to grab her small hand and held it tightly, "I’m glad you could tell me all this."

No one understood better than him how extraordinary the ability to purify Energy Stones was.

If she had kept it a secret, he would have understood.

Once this ability was exposed, she would immediately become a target, even if she was the Commander’s Wife, and even if he could protect her.

But he could only protect her for a time, not forever.

In his position, Lu Shinian also had his own helplessness. He didn’t dare think about what madness would ensue if others knew about Su Ruan’s ability.

If possible, he hoped she could be a little more selfish, keep this secret hidden forever, ideally never seeing the light of day, at least she wouldn’t be in danger.

Lu Shinian held Su Ruan in his arms with an unexpectedly strong grip.

For a moment, Su Ruan even felt that Lu Shinian wanted to crush her, blend her into his bones.

Su Ruan’s long eyelashes trembled, her small hand wrapped around Lu Shinian’s arm, she looked up at him and smiled.

"Brother, now we’re in the same boat."

She knew too little about high spiritual power, but seeing Lu Shinian’s reaction, her ability was more important than she imagined, but equally dangerous.

This danger wasn’t the ability itself, but those lurking in the shadows.

"Ruan Ruan." Lu Shinian furrowed his brow, "I’m not strong enough yet."

Although the title of Commander was useful, beyond the Third Legion and Central Star, his control and influence were not as extensive as Second Master’s.

If Second Master intended to act, with his power, it would be hard to avoid oversight.

Moreover, the Federation Empire was so vast, and after the war with the Insect Race ten years ago, the planets were riddled with holes, each having to rebuild, reducing Central Star’s influence significantly.

Now even Your Majesty was merely a figurehead, without real power.

Let alone him who only commanded the Third Legion.

Lu Shinian’s eyes darkened as he held Su Ruan tighter, lowered his voice, and asked, "Who else knows about this?"

Su Ruan shook her head, "No one, besides you, no one else knows."

She gently wrapped her arms around Lu Shinian’s waist, whispering, "I only trust you."

Lu Shinian’s body stiffened, seemingly with a surge of intense emotions that made his body heat up.

His breath caught slightly, his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down, emitting a deeply attractive hum from his nose.

"Hmm."

He was happy with her trust, but also worried about it.

Lu Shinian lowered his head, his expression taut with seriousness as he looked at Su Ruan, gently caressing her face, and said earnestly, "Ruan Ruan, you don’t have to tell me all your secrets."

After a pause, he added, "Not until my Ancestral Stage completely ends."

Although now during his Ancestral Stage he only kept her physically, no one knew if something might happen if it recurred.

He had no memory of his Ancestral Stage, and if he accidentally said something hurtful during it, he wouldn’t deserve forgiveness even if he died a hundred times.

Su Ruan lightly nodded, her small fingers hooked around his forefinger, shaking it gently, "I believe your Ancestral Stage will end soon."

Lu Shinian raised his hand, ruffling Su Ruan’s hair.

He was different from others; his Ancestral Stage wasn’t just due to impurities in the Energy Stones, but also other reasons.

Relying solely on Energy Stones wasn’t enough to completely eliminate his ancestral phenomena.

Moreover, low-level energy stones had very limited effects on him.

Not wanting Su Ruan to worry, Lu Shinian only gave a low "hmm."

Su Ruan exhaled softly and continued, "So what are you planning to do now? I can only purify one Level 2 Energy Stone in reality."

"What about the Level 1 Energy Stone?" Lu Shinian asked.

Su Ruan quickly calculated in her mind, "About ten stones a day."

"Purify some Level 1 Energy Stones these days." Lu Shinian quickly thought of a solution, "I have a plan."

Since Level 1 Energy Stones with zero impurities couldn’t be concealed, why not publicize it boldly?

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A few days later, a topic titled #ZongFamilyVeinFindsZeroImpurityLevel1EnergyStone# shot to the top of the Star Network headlines.

In just a short time, families like the Huo Family, Xia Family, and others with private mines all reported discoveries of Level 1 Energy Stones with zero impurities.

It’s said these Level 1 Energy Stones were produced from the vein, and the surrounding stones had high impurities, except for one or two with zero impurities.

According to experts, this was a phenomenon of absolute impurity transfer. Since it wasn’t isolated, experts predicted some condition must have changed to cause this.

As for what condition it was, experts were still researching.

The experts also designated these zero impurity Level 1 Energy Stones as "Pure Energy Stones," and it’s said a single Pure Energy Stone could sell for as high as ten million.

The appearance of Pure Energy Stones seemed to bring hope for curbing ancestral phenomena and drew widespread attention to groups with mining veins.

Lu Shinian, who owned several mining veins, naturally became a focal point.

Fortunately, his veins also "uncovered" Pure Energy Stones, and in considerable amount — a total of ten stones.

These ten stones were distributed by Lu Shinian to soldiers in the Third Legion with Spiritual Power Level B who were already exhibiting ancestral phenomena; such Level 1 Pure Energy Stones could exert the greatest effect on them.

With just one, the ancestral phenomena in those B-level soldiers were effectively alleviated, with no recurrence expected for at least ten years.

Lu Shinian’s actions made the soldiers of the Third Legion more devoted and grateful to him as Commander, swearing to defend the Third Legion’s honor, pledging full allegiance to Commander Lu.

Everything was developing according to Lu Shinian’s plan, except...