The Crazed Little Darling: Pampered by the Possesive Commander!-Chapter 288: An Energy Stone Without Black Mist Is Just a Useless Rock
Cheng Qingye was the first to stand up and nodded at Su Ruan.
"Sister."
He opened his arms, already prepared for a hug.
Su Ruan walked quickly down the stairs, intending to give her third brother a big hug, but was stopped by Lu Shinian.
Lu Shinian directly stood between the two, turning Su Ruan’s hug towards him instead.
She looked up and blinked, "Brother Lu?"
Lu Shinian casually pulled Su Ruan into his embrace and responded softly, "Hmm, I’m here."
He curved his lips with a hint of a smile, "Ruan Ruan is very enthusiastic."
He completely ignored the fact that the hug was originally meant for Cheng Qingye.
He either ignored it or deliberately misunderstood, but Cheng Qingye certainly wouldn’t ignore or misunderstand it.
"Sister was intending to hug me," Cheng Qingye said directly.
Lu Shinian pulled Su Ruan to the side of the sofa to sit down, wrapping his large hand possessively around her slim waist.
"Hug you?" Lu Shinian raised an eyebrow at Cheng Qingye, "How come I didn’t know that?"
"Wasn’t Ruan Ruan heading straight to hug me?"
Cheng Qingye was somewhat shocked by Lu Shinian’s brazenness.
"I didn’t expect you to be so thick-skinned," he said bluntly, "You weren’t this thick-skinned before."
Lu Shinian wore a faint smile on his lips, "There are many things you didn’t expect."
"Such as the fact that Ruan Ruan and I are already married."
"I know that," Cheng Qingye sat down with a calm gaze, "I know more than you might think."
Although in this life he doesn’t know much, he still retains the memory of his past life.
Even though in the past life he was away in the Insect Domain looking for ways to help his sister, after she passed away, he came to the Federation. It was then he found out the Insect Queen’s crystal they had been searching for all along was in Lu Shinian’s Spiritual Sea.
This made Cheng Qingye even more curious about what had really happened during those years.
His sister’s craving for the Queen Bug Crystal was innate, and staying by Lu Shinian’s side should have helped alleviate the turmoil caused by her powerful spiritual power. So why did she still end up attracting low-level Insect Clan members who devoured her?
Unfortunately, even in his past life, using all of his abilities, he never fully uncovered this mystery.
As for this life, it seems even less likely to be solved.
After all...
Cheng Qingye’s eyes fell on Su Ruan, sensing that her current spiritual power was very stable and calm, without any signs of turmoil.
This indicates that her spiritual power must have mingled with Lu Shinian’s, otherwise, it couldn’t be so calm.
As expected, being reborn makes things different.
Cheng Qingye thought to himself but didn’t voice the fact about rebirth.
Such a defiant thing is best kept secret with as few people knowing as possible.
Su Ruan noticed her third brother looking at her and proactively said, "Third brother, weren’t you in the Insect Domain? Why did you suddenly come to Chaos Star?"
"Came to check on you," Cheng Qingye replied, "And to see Lu Shinian as well."
To see what exactly is going on with this man.
He now confirmed that Lu Shinian had fused with the Queen Bug Crystal.
"It seems you two are getting along well, which saves me from worrying," Cheng Qingye thought for a moment then asked, "When do you plan on having kids?"
Su Ruan’s ears turned slightly red, "Third brother, why are you suddenly asking this?"
"It’s not even something we can decide right now."
She felt they seemed more concerned about the kid than even she and Lu Shinian were.
Cheng Qingye didn’t fully understand the differences between humans and the Insect Race, so when Su Ruan said that, he stopped pressing further. Instead, he took out two Energy Stones that Su Ruan had purified from a space bag unique to the Insect Race.
"Sister, these Energy Stones have your spiritual power on them."
Cheng Qingye placed the two Pure Energy Stones on the coffee table in front of them.
"What about these Energy Stones?" Su Ruan asked curiously.
At this moment, Su Heyuan, who had been a silent background presence, finally found an opportunity to speak up.
"They were found on Duan Mengjun," Su Heyuan informed.
Su Ruan came to a realization, "I did indeed give those to Duan Mengjun."
Cheng Qingye’s eyes filled with some doubt, "Why would you give her two useless stones?"
Thinking about the differences between humans and the Insect Race, he asked, "For remembrance?"
Su Ruan: ...
"No." She picked up a Pure Energy Stone, sensing the energy inside, which was plentiful and certainly not ’useless.’
"It’s not a useless stone." She explained, "It’s a Pure Energy Stone."
"Not a useless stone?" Cheng Qingye picked up the other Pure Energy Stone, carefully perceived it, and found no energy inside. "There’s no energy in it at all. How is it not a useless stone?"
Su Ruan: ???
She handed the Pure Energy Stone in her hand to Lu Shinian, "Brother Lu, take a look at this."
Lu Shinian held the Energy Stone, carefully sensing it, and made a conclusion.
"The energy inside is plentiful."
"It’s not a useless stone."
Su Ruan then passed the Pure Energy Stone to Su Heyuan, letting him feel it.
Su Heyuan arrived at the same conclusion as Lu Shinian.
But Cheng Qingye insisted that there wasn’t any energy inside.
The matter fell into an impasse.
Su Ruan’s mind quickly flashed through something, and she took out a Level 5 Energy Stone she had only purified two-thirds of from her Space Button, handing it to Cheng Qingye.
"Third brother, see if there’s energy in this one."
Cheng Qingye picked up the Level 5 Energy Stone, carefully sensing it.
"There’s energy, but not much."
"It’s barely enough to count as an edible stone."
Su Ruan didn’t mind Cheng Qingye’s "edible" comment. She took back the Level 5 Energy Stone and spent a few minutes completing its purification.
Afterward, she handed the fully purified Level 5 Energy Stone back to Cheng Qingye, "Third brother, feel it again."
Cheng Qingye sensed it once more and, quite surprised, said, "There’s no energy now."
Thinking about Su Ruan’s earlier actions, he raised his brow slightly, "Sister, did you absorb the energy from this Energy Stone?"
"You can absorb the energy without biting the stone?"
In Su Ruan’s mind, several clues rapidly connected, and she almost confirmed that the energy within an Energy Stone is seen differently by humans and the Insect Race.
For the Insect Race, the black mist within an Energy Stone is consumable, but they can’t extract it, so they just devour the entire Energy Stone.
For humans, conversely, the black mist in an Energy Stone is the main culprit behind regression symptoms.
The part humans need is precisely the part unneeded by the Insect Race.
If the black mist in Energy Stones can be extracted and compressed into a certain item by some method, wouldn’t it help mitigate the resource conflict between humans and the Insect Race?
With this idea, Su Ruan’s eyes brightened, and she voiced her conjecture.
