Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant
Chapter 397 - 282: Reclusive Life

Chapter 397: Chapter 282: Reclusive Life

Ji Xinghuo knew Ren Mian might have noticed something.

The Star Fall Phenomenon was far enough away that she shouldn’t have been able to see it, but she controlled all the plants in Peach Blossom Valley, and it seemed he had flown in too fast.

"I flew around the area," He laughed as he replied, "Flying feels amazing!"

Ren Mian nodded and didn’t ask further.

"I’ve already prepared dinner, come and eat."

The two entered the cabin, where a fire burned warmly in the fireplace, and several simple dishes were laid on the table, covered with a moisture-preserving cover. Ren Mian brought two bowls of rice from the kitchen. As they sat down, Xiao Kui, riding on Qing Hong, teleported to the table, exclaiming loudly, "Sister, I want to eat too."

"It’s already prepared for you."

Ren Mian, with a gentle face, brought over a small set of tableware and placed it in front of Xiao Kui.

"So fragrant!"

After tasting a few bites, Ji Xinghuo exclaimed, "Ren Mian’s cooking skills are so good!" Back in Olympia, it was always Jiangnan Caiyi who cooked, and this was his first time eating her cooking.

"I rarely cook, but since you came today, I thought I’d show you," Ren Mian said with a smile, "If you like it, eat more."

"Then I’ll indulge myself," Ji Xinghuo didn’t hold back.

Qing Hong made a protest from the side.

Ji Xinghuo glanced at it and pulled out a whole roasted pig from his Dimension Stomach, which he had bought at Sky Falling Cliff, one of its favorite foods, and started eating heartily.

Xiao Kui, smelling the roasted meat, came over and bit into it, chewed a few times, and then spat it out with disgust, "This tastes terrible! Qing Hong, you actually eat this..."

Ji Xinghuo couldn’t help but laugh.

Ren Mian said, "Xiao Kui, like me, prefers light-tasting food. Usually, when I don’t cook, she eats some nectar and fruits."

"You’re like a fairy, aloof from the world and shrouded in mystery," Ji Xinghuo teased her.

Ren Mian laughed and denied it, "I’m no fairy."

"I am, I am!" Xiao Kui excitedly exclaimed from the side, "Brother Xinghuo, I am a little flower fairy!"

"Hahaha..."

Ji Xinghuo burst into laughter.

After the intimate dinner, Ji Xinghuo took it upon himself to do the dishes, efficiently cleaning up the kitchen. When he came out, Ren Mian was already sitting in a wicker chair by the fireplace, draped with a light blanket, lazily holding a book and browsing through it.

This warm scene made Ji Xinghuo’s heart skip a beat, filling him with an inexplicable impulse.

But he controlled himself. Since there was only one wicker chair in the room, he sat cross-legged on the thick carpet, admiring the beauty before him.

"Why are you looking at me?" Ren Mian had to close the book.

"Nothing else to do."

Ji Xinghuo spread his hands and suddenly asked, "Ren Mian, have you successfully fused with Rubber Body?"

"Yes, the fusion went quite smoothly this time," Ren Mian, feeling a bit awkward under his gaze, but still answered, "Rubber Body is originally an Ability that forms part of Crystal Light Servants, so the Fusion Success Rate is quite high."

As she spoke, she demonstrated it.

Her arm stretched out like a spring several meters long, reaching through to the second floor, placing the book on the bedroom’s shelf, then it retracted back.

"Congratulations, Ren Mian," Ji Xinghuo chuckled, "One step closer to becoming Legendary."

Ren Mian stood up, "Come with me."

"Where to?"

"You said you had nothing to do, so I’ll find you something to do."

Ji Xinghuo followed her out of the cabin with a puzzled look, the cold night outside making him somewhat reluctant to leave, but seeing Ren Mian walk through the garden, he could only continue following.

The Secret Realm’s space was quite small, no more than three thousand meters at its furthest point, with terrain that mirrored the lakeside outside, slightly sloped and filled with countless exotic flowers and plants. Each plant here was extraordinary, categorized and planted in its own area.

Ren Mian walked into a forest, where the Fluorescent Grass on the ground lit up.

"Sky Trees!"

Ji Xinghuo recognized this patch of forest, every tree a Sky Tree, each slightly taller than the one in Olympia, but none exceeding ten meters.

There were at least two to three hundred Sky Trees here.

Moreover, each tree bore Sky Blue Fruits, a few sporting merely a couple of unripe fruits, while others were laden like loquats, heavily burdened with fruits.

"Holy shit!"

Ji Xinghuo was astounded, the value of so many Sky Blue Fruits was immeasurable.

Even though Sky Blue Fruits were only effective for Mutants of up to Third Rank, their market demand was tremendous, without any worry about lack of buyers or needing to drop prices, allowing for a complete market monopoly.

One Sky Blue Fruit in exchange for an Ethereal Crystal was more than sufficient, sometimes even fetching two.

After selling the Sky Blue Fruits, more would regrow.

"No wonder Ren Mian is so rich!" Ji Xinghuo couldn’t help but exclaim, "If all these Sky Blue Fruits were exchanged for Ethereal Crystals, she really might rival a nation in wealth."

However, Ren Mian shook her head, "It’s not possible to exchange them all. There’s no channel to facilitate selling so many Sky Blue Fruits, nor are there enough Ethereal Crystals available, at least not in Thousand Peak Abyss Forest and Bloody Plateau. Exchanging them for Ya Yuan or other currencies isn’t worthwhile or meaningful."

"That’s true."

Ji Xinghuo agreed, as usual currencies weren’t of much use to her anymore.

He suddenly thought of Void Spirit Guest.

Void Spirit Guest’s trade list included Sky Blue Fruits, one fruit could fetch three Ethereal Crystals!

But the existence of Void Spirit Guest, without permission, could not be disclosed. Ren Mian mentioned she had no channels, which meant she probably didn’t know about Void Spirit Guest, otherwise she would’ve already exchanged them.

If Ren Mian kept the Sky Blue Fruits for herself and then sold them to the Void Spirit Guest...

Ji Xinghuo considered the feasibility.

Knowing the Void Spirit Guest’s way of doing things, once he realized that he could get a large quantity of Sky Blue Fruit, and that the supply would be stable in the future, he would definitely drive the price down.

This had a certain risk.

Although the Void Spirit Guest repeatedly emphasized that he had no malice and adhered to the principles of fair trade, faced with such immense benefits, Ji Xinghuo dare not guarantee that the other party would not harbor ill intentions. Facing a Shepherd Star Saint, he and Ren Mian together would only have one way to death.

He never liked to rely on others’ moral standards for his own safety.

This matter still needed to be considered in the long run.

Unaware of Ji Xinghuo’s thoughts, Ren Mian walked to the middle of the forest. There stood a tall Sky Tree, the tallest among the surrounding Sky Trees, over twenty meters high with a thick trunk resembling that of a cinnamon tree, and lush with many branches and leaves, bearing hundreds of Sky Blue Fruits, emitting bursts of fragrance.

Below the tree was a large empty space, surrounded by neatly laid stone slabs, with various types of exercise equipment laid out, all quite comprehensive.

"You can cultivate here," Ren Mian said.

When Ji Xinghuo entered the forest, he immediately sensed something unusual, the density of Ether Energy here was much higher than elsewhere.

"Almost twice the average density!" he exclaimed silently.

The higher the density of Ether Energy, the higher the efficiency of absorption, a pattern already discovered by research institutions on Earth.

The greater the density, the quicker the efficiency.

They were positively correlated; although double the density wouldn’t double the speed of cultivation, it would at least increase efficiency by 50%.

With Earth’s technological level, only a small area could be altered to change the distribution of Ether Energy, at a very high cost that required vast human and material resources, only the top tycoons and powerful individuals could afford to cultivate in such a high-density environment.

"Great place!"

Ji Xinghuo exclaimed, "Ren Jie, did you create this training paradise?"

"Exactly," Ren Mian nodded indifferently, explaining, "The Sky Tree is a very magical plant, not only does it grow Sky Blue Fruits, it also attracts Ether Energy. The more and denser the trees, the higher the density of Ether Energy collected. Cultivating here can increase your efficiency by half."

Ji Xinghuo was full of admiration.

Speeding up the cultivation pace by half was closely aligned with his own assessment.

"This grove, if people knew it existed, countless would spend all they had to cultivate here," Ji Xinghuo thought emotionally. "And with so many Sky Blue Fruits, Ren Jie, aren’t you afraid I might leak the secret?"

"I brought you here because I trust you. If you like, feel free to eat them," Ren Mian said with a light smile.

"Better not, they’re money!"

Ji Xinghuo quickly shook his head, seeing each fruit on the tree as shining Ether Crystals, hardly something he would willingly eat.

"Do you have any potions that assist in cultivation?" Ren Mian asked again.

"I have this."

Ji Xinghuo took out a bottle of "Ether Refining Solvent."

Ren Mian recognized it at a glance, "The Ether Refining Solvent works very well, I don’t have anything better than this. Before you start cultivating, you can eat an ’Emperor Blood Mushroom’ to further speed up the absorption of Ether Energy, by how much varies from person to person, and the effect lasts six hours."

She pointed towards a planting area outside the Qingkong Forest, where a transparent greenhouse was built, growing a type of bright red mushroom.

Clearly, these mushrooms were cultivated specifically for cultivation purposes.

Ji Xinghuo, who had never heard of Emperor Blood Mushrooms before, upon hearing Ren Mian’s earnest introduction, knew they must be valuable and suddenly asked, "Do they taste good?"

"The taste is average; you can cook them before eating, it won’t affect the result," Ren Mian answered unenthusiastically.

"I’ll try one now."

Ji Xinghuo flew into the forest, entered the greenhouse, and picked an Emperor Blood Mushroom to bring back.

The mushroom canopy was vividly red and the stem white as jade.

The standard "red canopy, white stem" appearance made him a bit apprehensive, but under Ren Mian’s expectant gaze, he still stuffed it into his mouth, chewed a few times, and swallowed it.

After just half a minute, Ji Xinghuo felt a warmth inside his body.

"Whew..."

He exhaled a breath of warm air.

Even before starting to cultivate, Ji Xinghuo already felt the difference; he drank the Ether Refining Solvent he held, then buried himself in cultivation.

A short while later.

Ji Xinghuo felt the effect and immersed himself within it.

After watching for a while, Ren Mian went back to the cabin.

Six hours later, Ji Xinghuo opened his interface and saw that his Star Power had grown exactly by 6 points!

In the Star Realm, one could cultivate more than 40 hours a day, which would increase more than 40 points of Star Power, the efficiency of cultivation was more than three times faster than before, he would only need a little over 200 days to reach the bottleneck of a Super Mutant.

With his spirits buoyed, Ji Xinghuo picked another Emperor Blood Mushroom to eat, then returned to the Qingkong Forest to continue cultivating.

Not until the late night did he return to his treehouse to rest.

After only two or three hours of sleep, Ji Xinghuo woke up refreshed, walked outside into the cold air, and saw it all silver-clad.

Last night’s heavy snow had transformed Peach Blossom Valley into a winter wonderland.

Ren Mian was already up; through the kitchen window, he saw her slender silhouette, smoke billowing from the chimney, and the scent of breakfast wafting out.

With a beautiful snowy landscape and a beauty for company, Ji Xinghuo suddenly felt this secluded life was quite pleasant!

"Then I’ll stay for a while as a form of relaxation," he decided in his heart.

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