Sui Ning took out wood-element Crystal Cores of different grades and closed her eyes to sense them.
The whole world fell silent. She “saw” that the Crystal Core in her hand was not the lush, jade-green thing it appeared to be—instead, it was dull and dim, its emerald points of light wrapped in grayish-white harmful impurities like slime.
Different grades contained different densities, brightness, and total amounts of light points.
As far as she knew, because of the special nature of the harmful impurities and light points, only after a Female awakened to purification performed an initial purification could instruments be used for further refinement and tempering.
When a Female purified a Crystal Core, she used Mental Power to pick out the dense light points—it was no different from picking seeds out of a dragon fruit…
Even the resulting Energy Liquid would still retain ten to twenty percent stubborn impurities.
Compared to the pitifully scarce elements in the air, aside from some low-pollution plants and animals containing a bit of energy, Energy Liquid was the warriors’ main source for raising their Combat Power Value and replenishing energy.
These impurities more or less affected a Beastman’s mind and body, and were one of the factors behind Males’ Mental Turbulence.
What was more, over the long river of time, strange beasts and the Zerg had strengthened and evolved their genes. Simple machinery did little damage to them, while causing severe environmental destruction.
Warriors fought strange beasts and the Zerg with their own Special Abilities and Energy Guns loaded with Crystal Cores.
When their abilities ran out, they needed Energy Liquid to replenish their energy in time—this was unavoidable!
Sui Ning opened her eyes and took out from her Spatial Ring a blue-white tube of Energy Liquid marked with the character “Lightning.” She took a sip, and the liquid, carrying lightning attributes and violent energy, darted wildly around her mouth like sharp blades wrapped in it, even carrying a faint scent of roasted meat!
The Energy Liquid slid down her throat and exploded in her stomach, charging recklessly toward every part of her body.
Like other Females, the original owner of this body had awakened Mental Power but no Special Ability, so her body was frail, her meridians thin and fragile.
But Sui Ning’s transmigration had caused this body to awaken dual lightning and wood attributes.
Of all the elements, lightning carried the most Heavenly Dao Rules, and was a natural, direct, and crude shortcut to marrow cleansing and meridian purification.
Now she mobilized her Mental Power to forcefully guide the Energy Liquid into her meridians, widening and tempering them over and over, until after five full circulation cycles it settled into her dantian!
Every second of pain made her whole body’s muscles tense, her gums bleeding from clenching her teeth so hard—this was the necessary path for ability users to grow stronger.
Only after drinking the entire tube of Energy Liquid in ten sips did she fully master her Lightning Ability, and her whole body felt refreshed.
Watching the orb of light in her palm, transformed from the lightning attribute in her dantian, constantly shifting into metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, darkness, ice, and lightning, Sui Ning finally grinned in a silent laugh!
Beneath her nostrils rose the fishy stench of the foul blood, impurities, and toxins expelled from her body. She couldn’t help retching, then hurried to the bathroom to wash off the crust of grime. Her whole body was as fair and smooth as a peeled egg, her features even more exquisite and ethereal, carrying the otherworldly grace of a fox immortal.
Sui Ning instructed Dongfang Hong No. 1 to clean the bathroom and wash her clothes as well.
She held a Level-1 Wood Element Crystal Core in her hand. This time, she activated the purification derived from her lightning ability, and hair-thin threads of electricity wrapped around the crystal core, slowly seeping into it. The impurities were burned to ash, and the wood element gradually flowed together, condensing into dazzling emerald-green droplets—without a trace of impurity or contamination, instead brimming with the rich vitality of spring returning to the earth.
Sui Ning took out Healing Agents and added one drop to each tube—but she only managed to fill ten tubes!
She could sense that Jun Lin had a Wind-type Ability, which was considered a mutated form of the wood element. Wind Element crystal cores were hard to find, costing more than ten times the price of other types.
Her Spatial Ring contained crystal cores and Energy Liquids of every other element—except Wind Element.
Sui Ning found some Wood Element Energy Liquid, first purified it, reducing the contamination to ten percent, then converted the wood element into wind element.
She stopped after making only five tubes.
By then, she felt mentally exhausted. Checking the time, three hours had already passed!
Sui Ning didn’t even have the strength to make it to the bedroom; she collapsed straight onto the sofa and fell into a deep sleep.
She didn’t know how much time had passed when the sky was still dark, and a message from Jun Lin arrived.
【Path of Arrival】: Suisui, we’re wrapping things up here. We’ll set out right after we eat.
Sui Ning lazily opened her eyes. After a sleep, her energy had mostly recovered.
Although she hadn’t tested it with any equipment, according to the interstellar classification of Mental Power Levels, after using her mental power last night to assist the lightning element in cleansing her marrow, she should have jumped from C+ to B+.
She believed that once her mental power fully merged with this body, she could reach at least A+!
【Speaking for Zhonghua in the Interstellar Age】: Jun Lin, could you come over for a bit? I have something to give you.
【Path of Arrival】: Wait for me, Suisui!
Jun Lin said to wait for him, but before Sui Ning could even open the message, he had already pushed open the door and come in.
Last night, he had registered with the dorm supervisor, and his information had been entered into the door access system.
Looking at Sui Ning, who had scrambled up to sit, wearing a pink nightgown and gazing at him in a dazed, sleepy haze, Jun Lin froze too. He stepped back out to check the room number—no mistake. If it were wrong, he couldn’t have gotten in.
How was it that after just half a night, he had swapped in a Wife-Lord even prettier than before?
Sui Ning covered her face with both hands, peeking at him through the gaps between her fingers, and asked in a muffled voice, “Can I claim to be Sui Ning’s sister?”
She could only blame her own lack of vigilance—she should have tidied herself up first before contacting him.
Jun Lin closed the door, walking almost stiffly, and sat down beside her extraordinarily upright, none of his daytime clinginess left—except that his pair of fox ears popped out in an instant.
“No, you can’t. A good fox doesn’t serve two masters!”
Sui Ning, on the other hand, became calm about it. The two of them were in this for the long haul; the reveal was bound to happen sooner or later.
She pressed her lips together in a light smile, straightened up, and reached out both hands to pinch his ears, following the longing she’d felt during the day. They were warm, soft, and fluffy. Without beating around the bush, she directly explained why she’d called him over: “Jun Lin, my Mental Power Level isn’t high, but I can more or less help you purify your Irritability Value.”
Jun Lin let out a muffled groan, every muscle in his body tensing. He turned his head with difficulty—his little Wife-Lord was smiling brightly, like a seductive enchantress from his dreams.
He grabbed her hand, pulled her into his arms, and continued nuzzling her neck, shaking his head in disagreement:
“No, Suisui. I know you soothed other clan members at home before.
But their Irritability Values weren’t high—at most seventy or eighty percent. And back then, your Mental Power Level was high too.”
“I… I’ve never been soothed before. I’m afraid I won’t be able to control myself from over-drawing on your Mental Power.”
“It’s precisely because I have experience that I can withdraw my Mental Power in time.
Besides, you’ve been able to hold back from finding a Soother to help sort out your Mental Power, so your self-control is pretty good.
You won’t hurt me, right?”
She pushed him out of her embrace, lifted her head to look at him earnestly, and continued, “The most important thing is that I want you to return safely.”
Jun Lin reached out to cover her eyes, devoutly pressed a kiss to her forehead, and said softly, “Then, if I transform into my Beast-form, will you give me a light Soothing?”