Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 344 - 338: Celebrating the New Year at the Captain’s Home
Josh was dumbfounded: "Captain? Weren’t you going home? Why are you back?"
Yuze raised an eyebrow fiercely: "I should be asking you that, right? Weren’t you going back to Granel City for the New Year? Why are you still at the guild?"
Before Josh could answer, Yuze’s gaze had already passed through her to the room behind her.
Everything in the room was neatly put back in place, not packed up at all.
Clearly, the owner had no intention of leaving anytime soon.
Yuze’s face darkened: "You weren’t planning to spend the New Year here alone, were you?"
Josh, feeling a bit guilty, scratched her nose: "No... I’ll go back tomorrow."
"Josh." Yuze’s dark eyes stared deeply at her.
After a moment, Josh finally gave in: "Alright, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have lied..."
Feeling a bit embarrassed about her compromise, she added: "The guild didn’t say you can’t celebrate the New Year here."
Yuze took a deep breath, looking at her, "So you plan to keep it from everyone and spend the New Year all alone at the base?"
Josh shrank her neck, seeing he was about to get angry, and quickly changed the subject: "Captain, why did you come back? Did you forget something?"
Yuze grabbed her and forcibly pulled her into the spaceship cabin: "Come spend New Year’s at my place."
"No, no!" Josh immediately began to struggle: "I don’t want to leave Burn City. Captain, you go back, I’m fine here alone!"
Yuze saw her struggling and kicking like a little fluffed-up kitten.
Yuze, feeling agitated by her rubbing, pressed her onto his leg and gave her a slap on the butt: "Behave yourself!"
"Damn!" Josh instantly tensed up. Why did he act just like her master, slapping her butt when he got mad!
She immediately calmed down, straightening her body and not daring to move.
Yuze realized their position was a bit suggestive. He took a deep breath, reminding himself repeatedly that the person on his lap was a minor, calming himself down, and flipped her onto the back seat: "Behave! What’s so great about spending New Year in Burn City? Come with me to Layena Star!"
As soon as Josh was tossed onto the back seat, she bounced up and climbed towards the window. Hearing "Layena Star," she silently retracted half of her body: "Spending New Year on Layena Star?"
"Uh-huh, don’t worry. You’ve met my parents; they’re both very easygoing people. Bringing you back for New Year would make them happier than seeing me." Yuze parked the Mighty General on the first floor.
Josh calmed down, blinking at the sky outside.
Layena Star, the largest Main Star!
The Federation World is composed of seven Main Stars, twenty-eight Central Stars, 108 asteroids, and over 3,000 Garbage Stars.
Only the Main Stars and Central Stars have Spiritual Energy.
Burn City is the largest of the Central Stars, and the Spiritual Energy there is already very dense.
But Layena Star is the largest Main Star, and she could sense the density of Spiritual Power there even from across the star river!
She couldn’t imagine how much fun she’d have spending a winter vacation on that planet.
Josh, trying to please, clawed at the front seat: "Captain, why didn’t you tell me earlier that your family is on Layena Star?"
Yuze, finding her little eager-to-please demeanor amusing, glanced at her through the rearview mirror: "You knew my mom is Catherine; I thought you’d know my family lives on Layena Star as well."
Josh slapped her forehead. That was her blunder.
Catherine, as the only female Duke among the seven Dukes and the most popular one, living on Layena Main Star was common knowledge!
Josh had forgotten this bit.
Thankfully, Yuze came back; otherwise, she couldn’t imagine how she would have refused such a massive advantage during the day!
She leaned forward again: "So, Captain, why did you suddenly come back?"
Yuze pressed a button on the control panel, and the backseat door opened automatically: "To pick up Er Niu."
The big golden retriever hopped in excitedly when the door opened, seeing Josh, and pounced on her with kisses and licks.
Yuze shot a dark look at Er Niu: "Get off and sit properly, or I’ll toss you out!"
Er Niu cast a pitiful glance at Yuze with its dog eyes, and only when it saw he was truly angry did it reluctantly get off Josh, lying down on the seat beside her.
Starting the spaceship, Yuze said, "Keep an eye on her for me. Once we get to Layena Star, this fool gets so excited she bounces onto the control panel. You’ll be sitting in the back; it’ll be easier to hold her down. Silly dog!"
Josh nodded: "Okay."
Scolded, Er Niu barked angrily at Yuze, glaring at him with her dog eyes, then haughtily turned her face away.
Yuze couldn’t help but laugh: "Oh, you’ve got some nerve, haven’t you? Not sitting properly in the backseat, running off on your own. I had to drive back all the way home just to pick you up!"
Josh then realized she had benefited from Er Niu’s mistake.
If Er Niu hadn’t sneaked off the ship and gone unnoticed by Yuze, he probably wouldn’t have come back to find the dog and picked her up in passing.
Josh asked curiously: "Is it far from here to Layena Star?"
Yuze: "Not far, just half a day’s journey."
Indeed, he had left in the morning, realized the dog was missing when he got home, and returned only after dark.
Josh suddenly said: "I haven’t packed my things!"
Yuze: "No worries, my family’s got everything. I’ve already messaged my mom; we have all the daily essentials you’ll need."
Josh touched her nose: "Isn’t this a bit impolite..."
Her master told her to be courteous. It’s her first time visiting someone’s house for New Year’s, and she didn’t bring anything, yet she needed them to prepare her daily necessities...
Yuze: "Don’t worry, it’s no trouble. You saved her life last time, and after that, she’s already prepared everything, just waiting for you to come over."
Josh still felt a bit embarrassed.
She thought for a moment, then redeemed some ancient-style Copper Coins from Pinduoduo, clasped them between her hands, and began channeling Spiritual Power to craft a gift.
Her master had taught her the Five Longevity Coins.
A Magic Artifact capable of defying fate and extending lifespan.
She remembered Duke Catherine had a heart condition, and her appearance didn’t predict longevity...
Josh looked at the item in her hands. Since the opportunity was here, why not give it a try?
But given her current low level, struggling with Spiritual Power cultivation, she was at a mere small Golden Core Stage.
In their Cultivation World, they had established a fully developed and simplified system. The stages were Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Refining Void, Void, Mahayana, Tribulation, Feathered Ascension.
Back then, she had toiled under her sect’s supervision to reach the Transcendance Tribulation Stage as a cultivator.
But upon returning, her inner core was only the size of a soybean.
Compressed to the Golden Core Stage.
It seemed this world’s laws placed restrictions on her inner core.
But in the dungeon, using gemstones to condense into Spiritual Energy, whenever she captured sleep time to cultivate, her speed was incredibly fast. This might be related to her high original realm; starting back at the Golden Core Stage became simple and swift.
But once returning to this reality world, it felt like something was limiting her here; Spiritual Power breathing was slow, cultivation speed slow.
However, diligently capturing dungeon time for cultivation, her Golden Core was barely on the verge of breaking through to the Nascent Soul.
