Chapter 84: Lighthouse Village (Part 2)

Er Miao, currently updating, had no perception of the outside world, and naturally did not know that someone had entered Su Xi's bedroom.

The short-haired white-haired youth arrived at the bedside and looked at Su Xi's sleeping face, "I am going to rest here. If you don't agree, say something; if you don't speak, I will take it as your consent."

Su Xi was sleeping quietly and peacefully; let alone speaking, even her breathing was light and shallow.

The youth lay down behind Su Xi, his figure gradually growing larger, his short hair also turning into long hair, the light-silk-like ends finally trailing onto the floor...

In her dream, time seemed to turn back.

She had returned to two days before her grand wedding with Zhou Chuchen.

Zhou Chuchen had personally made a jade hairpin, pinned up her long hair with it, and pressed a gentle kiss onto her slender, snow-white nape.

"Will you stay by my side from now on?"

"Impossible." Su Xi laughed: "I still have to cultivate; I am only at the Golden Core Stage right now."

"Can you delay your cultivation and live a simple, ordinary mortal life with me for a while?" Zhou Chuchen's voice carried a trace of longing.

Su Xi looked up at him and finally nodded slightly, "Would it be alright if I accompany Your Majesty for a hundred years? After the hundred years are up, I really must cultivate."

Zhou Chuchen picked her up and walked toward the bedchamber, "This is what you said; you are not allowed to go back on your word."

Su Xi laughed: "Why would I go back on this? Besides, I also want to..."

As she spoke, her face turned completely red.

Zhou Chuchen raised an eyebrow slightly, "Want what?"

Su Xi raised her hand to cover his lips, her face as red as sunset clouds.

The bed curtains, embroidered with continuous patterns of dragons, phoenixes, and melons, fell gently...

After a night of enchanting dreams, when Su Xi woke up, she felt exhausted all over.

Her face was also hot and red, as if she were still amidst the clouds and rain...

【Damn it! How could I have such a dream?!】 Su Xi raised her hand and slapped her own forehead; the force was not light, making her a bit more clear-headed.

'Ding-dong~' The doorbell rang.

Su Xi remembered that she had an appointment with the player next door, Xiao Yan, to go do a mission together.

"Coming." She answered while looking at her pajamas; they were wrinkled, so she put on a coat before going over to open the door.

Xiao Yan pushed a breakfast cart and stood outside the door.

"Good morning, Sister Miao. There are too many people in the restaurant downstairs, so I ordered some food. I wanted to eat with you and talk about the mission at the same time."

"That's great, come in quickly." Su Xi led him into the small living room, "Just put the food on the coffee table; I'll go wash up first."

"Go ahead, Sister Miao. After I set the food down, I'll take the cart back first."

"Okay." Su Xi hurried into the bathroom.

After Xiao Yan set the food down, he pushed the cart outside the door.

Seeing a waiter passing by, he called out to him.

The waiter pushed the cart away.

Xiao Yan returned to the room, listening to the sound of running water from the bathroom, his ears turning slightly red... Then he turned on the hotel's Video Device and watched the news about the God-Favored Game playing on it.

After Su Xi rinsed off quickly, she came out of the bathroom.

She was wearing a tracksuit, looking very casual and comfortable.

"Sister Miao, I ordered this myself; I don't know if it suits your taste." Xiao Yan replied shyly.

Su Xi nodded, "As long as it's not too spicy or too sour, it's acceptable. What I like most is sweet food."

"I've noted that; I'll order more sweet things next time." Xiao Yan replied very tamely.

Su Xi looked at him and suddenly felt that this youth was very cute, "Let's eat."

"Mm." Xiao Yan picked up his chopsticks and first placed a fried wing into Su Xi's bowl, "Sister Miao, try this; it's this hotel's signature dish."

"Don't worry about me, you eat too." Su Xi also placed a piece for him.

The Video Device played an emergency report—【All players please note: affected by galactic force majeure, some player systems may appear to be in an updating state without notification. Currently, after the system updates, game data will not be affected in any way, and defensive performance will be improved to varying degrees.】

Hearing this report, Su Xi hurriedly opened her system—【Update complete! System is restarting... 3, 2, 1, startup successful.】

Er Miao said to Su Xi: 【Host, Er Miao's defense is very powerful now! It has already reached S-level!】

【What does S-level mean?】

【It means it can resist attacks from S-level Skills.】

【Mm! That's quite good. There was just a notification saying that due to galactic force majeure, some player systems would update without warning; it seems you are that lucky one.】

【Yes, Host, the system's defense is especially important.】

【Definitely. When I cultivate, I also have to set up defenses first, especially when undergoing tribulation; defense is absolutely the top priority.】

"My system didn't update." Xiao Yan said to Su Xi.

Su Xi laughed: "Mine did. Game data is unaffected, and defense has improved."

Xiao Yan nodded, "I hope I'm the next lucky one."

Su Xi ate a vegetable roll, "Mm, it will definitely be you."

After eating, Su Xi prepared to check out.

Xiao Yan said: "This hotel is quite good; are we not coming back?"

"During my last mission, I stayed outside for three years... no, it was three months, so I'm not sure if I'll be coming back."

"Then should we prepare some camping supplies?"

"Mm! Yes, but I can just buy them in the System Store."

"The prices in the System Store are a bit expensive; it's better to go to the Player Exchange Market. Some players there sell idle items, and some prices are only half of the System Store."

"Oh?" Su Xi opened her eyes wide in surprise, "Where is that Player Exchange Market?"

"It's right in the game system."

"Help me take a look." Su Xi opened the system.

Er Miao hummed and hawed: 【Host, why didn't you ask me? Aren't system matters all my business?】

Su Xi was stunned, 【That's right.】

Then, looking at Xiao Yan, who was earnestly helping her operate it, she said to Er Miao: 【This is to increase rapport with a teammate, just bear with it.】

【Just this once!】 Er Miao said indignantly.

【Alright, alright, alright.】 Su Xi agreed readily.

Xiao Yan found the Player Exchange Market in the God-Favored Game forum, "It's right here. Sister Miao needs to log in using player information; player names here can be virtual, but they can only be changed once a month, and you need to purchase a Name Change Item in the God-Favored Game, which costs 5,000 points each."

"I don't need to." Su Xi just used Da Miao's name and logged in directly.

There were many players selling equipment here, and for a moment, Su Xi was dazzled.

"There is a search function here; Sister Miao can search for whatever she wants." Xiao Yan leaned in close to Su Xi and helped her type the two characters 'camping'.

Then, the first thing listed was... XX Lubricant!

Xiao Yan hurriedly raised a hand to cover it, her little face flushed red.

Su Xi said to Er Miao: 【Let's just go to the System Store to buy it.】