Chapter 1207: Are You Into Men? Bountiful Harvest!

Lu Yunji's slender figure stood firm in the starry void.

Her crimson eyes reflected Xu Jingming's upright form, along with several charred corpses floating around.

Her red lips parted slightly, leaving her momentarily speechless.

"Senior Lu?"

Xu Jingming dismissed the black lightning swirling around him, a flicker of confusion passing through his purple eyes.

"You… are already Starlight Sixth Stage?"

Lu Yunji was always cold and composed, emotionally stable.

But now her voice carried a rare tremor.

Because she remembered clearly, three months ago when he fought Bazel.

He was only Starlight Fourth Stage!

"I've had a few breakthroughs lately."

Xu Jingming nodded with a smile.

He had planned to reveal his true strength only after returning to the Sacred Land.

Since Lu Yunji had already discovered it, there was no need to hide it.

"A few breakthroughs?"

Lu Yunji's lips twitched.

Rising two stages in three months could not be called "a few breakthroughs."

Moreover, the aura emanating from the surrounding corpses belonged to Starlight High Stage experts!

One of them was even a Starlight Eighth Stage!

This proved his level was genuine, not a hollow rank achieved through pills.

"Your talent is simply… incredible…"

Lu Yunji took a deep breath, her full, firm chest rising and falling beneath her crimson battle robe.

She had seen many geniuses, but a monster like Xu Jingming was unheard of even in the Noah Sacred Land.

"Who are these people?"

After her shock, Lu Yunji looked at the corpses.

"Probably space pirates. They thought I was an easy target."

Xu Jingming did not tell the truth.

That way, even if he killed Der later, no one would suspect him.

"Of course."

Lu Yunji snorted coldly. "The Empire's security must be improved—pirates are even active in places like this."

She turned her crimson eyes to Xu Jingming, curious: "From your flight path, you're also heading to Black Stone Star?"

"Yes, I want to train there."

Xu Jingming nodded, not hiding anything.

"I'm going there too. Want to travel together?"

Lu Yunji's beautiful eyes lit up as she extended the invitation.

She was deeply curious about this sudden prodigy, Xu Jingming.

If they spent time together, she might learn some unique cultivation methods.

After all, the saying goes: being around excellent people makes you excellent too.

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior, but I prefer traveling alone."

Xu Jingming shook his head in refusal.

On Black Stone Star, he would definitely use the system to boost his stats.

Eva was one of his own; the commotion during stat-boosting wouldn't matter in front of her.

But Lu Yunji was different—if he traveled with her, using the system would be troublesome.

"With me watching over you, you can walk all over Black Stone Star…"

Lu Yunji cut herself off, realizing Xu Jingming hadn't accepted—he had refused.

She froze, stunned.

The Noah Sacred Land had ten million prodigies, many of them beautiful women.

Yet she was confident that, among all those beauties, her appearance and figure ranked among the top.

Countless suitors had begged to accompany her on training expeditions—she had turned them all down.

But now, when she took the initiative to invite, she was rejected.

Has my charm failed?

Lu Yunji instinctively looked down.

The curves beneath her crimson battle robe remained exquisitely shaped, her full chest straining the fabric, making her unable to see her toes.

Her slender waist and rounded hips formed a perfect proportion.

Confident her allure was intact, Lu Yunji's crimson eyes scanned Xu Jingming up and down.

After a long moment, she spoke with a strange expression: "You… don't happen to like men, do you?"

Since she herself was fine, the problem must lie with Xu Jingming.

"Cough—"

Xu Jingming nearly choked, quickly saying: "I'm heterosexual."

Though sometimes he enjoyed the other path, it was strictly limited to the opposite sex.

"Really? I'm not quite convinced."

Lu Yunji gave a light snort, then waved a jade hand and said:

"Fine, suit yourself. But riding my ship to Black Stone Star next should be fine, right?"

"That's no problem." Xu Jingming nodded.

After collecting all the spoils from the four members of the Skeleton Squad, he boarded Lu Yunji's spaceship directly.

Compared to his own Clear Radiance, Lu Yunji's ship had a more spacious cabin and more lavish interior decoration.

A faint fragrance drifted through the air, similar to the scent on Lu Yunji herself.

The moment they entered the cabin, an intelligent robot served up two glasses of blood-red beverages.

"This is a specialty of my home planet — Blood Amber Dew. The taste is quite nice."

Lu Yunji took one glass and sat down on the sofa.

Her already full hip curves instantly pulled taut.

A pair of beautiful legs crossed together, looking even more slender.

Seeing this, Xu Jingming also picked up his glass and took a small sip.

The taste really was good — a clean fragrance with sweetness.

"I wonder what specialties your hometown has, Junior Xu?"

"There are a few, though I don't know how they'd strike you."

"Oh? Next time you could bring some for me to try."

"......"

Since it was boring anyway, Xu Jingming went along and chatted with Lu Yunji.

Honestly, having a great beauty for company was indeed more interesting than being alone.

Of course, while they talked—

He also divided his attention, splitting off some mental power to take stock of this haul.

The biggest gain was undoubtedly that D2-grade Viper spaceship.

Market price around 4.3 billion Noah coins, and its stealth module was comparable to a C-grade spaceship.

The Skeleton Squad's spatial rings held ten unregistered bank cards with a denomination of one hundred million each — worth one billion Noah coins, ready to use directly.

Beyond that, miscellaneous resources added up to roughly one billion Noah coins.

The only pity was that, without the password, the most valuable bank card on them couldn't be used.

"The banks are the biggest capitalists.

Across the whole universe, who knows how many people are in this situation.

The banks do nothing, yet every so often clearing out these untouched deposits is a huge windfall."

Xu Jingming sighed inwardly.

No wonder the Cosmic Star River Bank is one of humanity's peak powers.

That ability to gather wealth is simply terrifying.

What surprised him most was the spatial ring of that blue-haired woman.

Inside was enough neurotoxin for three people!

As long as this neurotoxin was smeared on a weapon, it could kill even peak Starlight-level experts at the highest.

Probably only because the reward from this employer was so generous that the other side wouldn't have used it on themselves.

All in all, this haul was extremely rich — roughly seven billion Noah coins in total.

Such a haul was something utterly impossible to achieve inside the Holy Land.

Of course, ordinary Starlight seventh- or eighth-stage experts wouldn't have such thick assets either.

Kill and rob to fill your belt — these assassination squads accumulate assets the fastest.