CHAPTER 73: CHAPTER 73: BROTHER, COME HOME WITH ME?

"No." Su Ruan said rather helplessly, "Get up first."

Pressing her like this, and in the Imperial Palace, what did that say?

Lu Shinian sat up reluctantly, his wolf tail drooping on the ground, not moving at all.

The night was deep, and the dim light fell on him, making him look so pitiful.

Su Ruan propped her body up and sat, knowing very well that they couldn’t stay here long.

As the First Commander of the Third Legion, if Lu Shinian experienced an uncontrolled Ancestral Stage, he would certainly be plotted against by the people from the other three legions.

Even within the Third Legion, they might temporarily have him step down.

After all, a commander who might lose control at any time cannot undertake the responsibility of command.

Luckily, there was no Insect Race invasion right now; otherwise, in Lu Shinian’s current state, it would be difficult for him to stay in this position.

Helping Lu Shinian stand, Su Ruan murmured, "We need to go home."

Maybe fearing that Lu Shinian wouldn’t listen, she softened her voice and changed her wording.

"Brother, come home with me? Hmm?"

Something in her words seemed to trigger Lu Shinian, and his wolf tail swayed quickly, his red eyes lighting up as he nodded repeatedly.

"Mm-hmm!"

Su Ruan supported Lu Shinian and quickly left.

In the garden, the wind blew, dispersing dandelions, and one small floret landed in the palm of the Your Majesty hiding behind the pillar.

Your Majesty looked at the now empty garden, the wrinkles on his face still holding signs of shock and worry.

After a long while, a low murmur sounded in the empty garden.

"Ancestral Stage... is it?"

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All the way, Lu Shinian was very obedient, his face taut and silent, quite like his usual self.

But once he spoke, the tail hidden under his coat began to wag happily.

"Ruan Ruan~"

The voice lifted slightly, dragging out the tone.

Su Ruan took a deep breath and pulled Lu Shinian out of the hovercar.

"We’re home." She said, leading him inside.

This Ancestral Stage of Lu Shinian was longer than she had imagined, was it getting worse?

Su Ruan looked at Lu Shinian’s well-defined right hand, her long eyelashes fluttering slightly.

Fortunately, no other features of Beastification appeared this time.

While thinking, they had already entered the villa.

Upon arriving at the villa, Lu Shinian seemed to receive a signal, wrapping his big hand around Su Ruan’s waist, the slightly cool pads pressing on her belly.

After a moment, Su Ruan’s belly wasn’t as bloated as before, Lu Shinian noticed, pouting, "No little one."

Su Ruan amusedly replied, "I told you, there’s no little one."

Lu Shinian’s ears drooped for a moment, and then suddenly perked up, gently quivering as if he realized something.

The wolf tail swayed excitedly, his eyes glowing blue, "No little one, can be intimate!"

Su Ruan: ???

Before she could react, Lu Shinian suddenly scooped her up, heading upstairs.

The night was seductive, the beauty even more so.

On the curtains, shadows loomed, appearing sometimes as one person, sometimes as two.

Unclear, more ambiguous.

In a daze, Su Ruan heard Lu Shinian’s low whisper in her ear.

"Ruan Ruan."

The voice was low and sexy, with a hoarseness she was all too familiar with.

Before falling asleep, she had only one thought.

Was Lu Shinian using the Ancestral Stage as an excuse to be rogue?

This was a question doomed to go unanswered, for she soon fell into a deep, blank sleep.

It wasn’t until the next noon that Su Ruan groggily awoke.

Lu Shinian had already gone to the Military Department, and there were a few messages in the Light Brain from him.

[Good morning, Ruan Ruan.]

[Remember to reply when you wake up.]

Su Ruan yawned and replied with a [Awake], then got out of bed to tidy up.

The energy stones she listed yesterday had sold, and today she needed to go purchase materials for making military uniforms, preparing to start production.

After entering the Second World, Su Ruan headed to the trading center for procurement.

The fabric needed for making military uniforms was quite special, containing a substance called "Spiritual Sand," said to be produced by a type of Spiritual Insect from the Insect Race, with rare yield and therefore extremely expensive.

After selling the two energy stones yesterday, and deducting the system’s 30% commission, she had 140,000 Virtual Coins left, plus the several thousand Virtual Coins in her account, totaling 200,000 Virtual Coins, barely enough to buy the fabric for one military uniform.

After buying the materials, Su Ruan began crafting according to the design patterns.

For several days straight, Su Ruan was immersed in creating her first military uniform in the Second World.

A few days later, she had Tangtang list the energy stones she had purified in her free time on the auto-sell zone.

Notably, after the first time selling required a manual operation at the auto-sell zone, subsequent sales only needed data submission to proceed, and with Tangtang’s help, she didn’t even need to visit the trading center to list the energy stones there.

Again, she set the price at 100,000, and casually listed a Level 2 Energy Stone at one million.

This purified Level 2 Energy Stone was her store’s treasure, as not everyone had a million Virtual Coins to spend; she didn’t really plan to sell it.

When purifying the Level 2 Energy Stone, she intentionally left a bit of the black mist, estimating an impurity content at around 5%, unlike the Level 1 Energy Stones where the black mist was completely cleared.

But even this 5% impurity content was enough to astonish many.

Zhao Wu was keeping an eye on the auto-sell zone, and when new energy stones popped up, he bought them all without even looking, only to receive a [Insufficient balance] prompt.

Stunned, Zhao Wu knew that he had been allocated a million Virtual Coins from the Third, enough to buy ten Level 1 Energy Stones, so how could the balance be insufficient!

Upon closer inspection, he found that the items he selected included a Level 2 Energy Stone.

Opening the detailed description, he saw the impurity content was 5%!

Zhao Wu knew full well that this wasn’t something he could decide on, so he hurriedly contacted the Captain and the Strategist, waiting for their response.

Unfortunately, Su Hu was tied up in real life and wasn’t in the Second World, and Ye Qing was busy with dungeon runs and wasn’t checking his messages.

Zhao Wu was growing anxious, watching as the originally abundant Level 1 Energy Stones dwindled one by one!

Without a second thought, he hastily bought the last two Level 1 Energy Stones.

As for that one Level 2 Energy Stone, the other party likely didn’t have enough money, so it went unbought.

The lone Level 2 Energy Stone stood there, showing no signs of abnormality.

Seeing it, Zhao Wu quickly logged off to contact the Captain.

Similarly, Ji Bai reached out to Second Master.

What they didn’t know was that after they left, someone else stumbled upon this small shop selling priced energy stones.