Was this satisfactory or not? After all, it was their first meeting in forty years, and she didn't want things to be too unpleasant...
The previous moment was an accident. Couldn't she try again?
Just then, she suddenly noticed the electric currents flashing around the man's body. Her brow furrowed sharply! Her feet instinctively moved closer...
Noticing her movement, Long Lixing's brow furrowed immediately. He thought to himself that not only was this illusion going beyond reality, but it also dared to continue playing along?
However, a faint scent of coldness assailed him, and in the blink of an eye, the woman was standing close before him. A stern chill flashed in her clear eyes!
"This... did the Dean do this?"
Around the man's waist, fine lightning bolts spread across the chain. From a distance, she had thought it was just the reflection of light from the sky, but upon seeing the scars on his waist, she felt her entire being falter! A chilling rage surged within her...
She pressed her thin lips together, her face extremely grim. She had thought he was merely sealed in some place, or perhaps just in a deep slumber unable to wake up, as before. She never expected him to be enduring the scorching of lightning here!!
Her delicate fingers gently rested on the man's waist. The warmth of her touch made the man tremble uncontrollably! His ears immediately turned completely red, and his heart pounded wildly!
This peculiar sensation was something the previous illusions had never offered! The handsome man couldn't help but lower his gaze to her, as if he too had noticed something was amiss! His deep purple eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly spoke...
"Jin Baoer?"
At his words, the woman's head shot up. Her complex and angry pupils met his gaze, filled with a clear, profound emotion that stirred deep within him, causing ripples and intense feelings...
In the world engulfed by darkness, the tall, disheveled, cool, and sexy man's eyes were filled with focus and tenderness. The woman in his arms, clad in ethereal, seductive gauze, looked up with a heart full of pain. Above them, swirling clouds and thunder lingered long, and the man's back was adorned with flashing currents, which occasionally flickered even on the dark red chains...
Gu Luoxian, upon reaching the central area, witnessed this scene and was immediately shocked!
Setting aside why Jin Baoer had changed her clothes, why was she holding a naked man? Although he looked quite handsome, what was that on the man? Having a man meant having a fatal weakness!!
Seducing respectable women? She couldn't forgive this!
"Stop it! Let her go!"
After her shout, she shot forward like a rocket, "whoosh!" Jin Baoer heard the voice and turned to see a dark, ink-black figure charging madly towards her...
Then...
With a "duang!!" and a thud, she directly crashed into the large iron block bound by dark red chains, and fainted on the spot!
Long Lixing had already recognized Jin Baoer by now. Before he could express his overwhelming joy, he raised an eyebrow upon seeing the newcomer...
"What is... that?"
He asked this primarily because the humanoid creature before him truly didn't resemble a human. Her hair was tied up in a messy bun, making her head swell like a balloon. Her face was so dark that her features were almost invisible, and her clothes were tattered and largely scorched!
Most importantly, she charged headfirst into the iron block. Would a normal person do such a thing? Clearly, the answer was no!
Jin Baoer recognized Gu Luoxian and quickly went over to check. Assured that the other person had only fainted from the impact, she let out a slight sigh of relief! She then fed her a pill and smoothed out her spiritual energy...
"She's from the ancient martial cultivation world... and the first friend I made after arriving here!"
She spoke, her tone laced with a hint of helplessness. After all, the other person had accompanied her for so long and had even drawn away the lightning for her just now...
After doing so, she looked at the chains on the man's waist, her brow furrowed.
"This doesn't seem to be made of ordinary material."
Otherwise, with Long Lixing's abilities, he would have broken free long ago! Moreover, its dark red hue was unusual; few irons were this color.
Long Lixing nodded, suppressing the surging joy in his heart! He suddenly blushed and averted his gaze shyly...
"Indeed. It is smelted from pure iron elements over ten thousand years to create Ten Thousand Year Red Iron! This is Iron Star, where iron elements are most abundant..."
As he spoke, he slightly turned his head and, upon seeing something, quickly averted his gaze again! His eyes flickered, his breathing became more erratic, the muscles in his chest subtly accelerated their rise and fall, and his mind buzzed. His ears were now redder than blood!
Hearing this, Jin Baoer fell into thought. Iron elements, known as the hardest substance in the entire universe, were indeed difficult to break. Moreover, it was Ten Thousand Year Red Iron; just hearing the name suggested its rarity.
It wasn't until she heard the distinct "thump-thump" heartbeat from above her that she sensed something was wrong. Looking up, she noticed the man's expression was somewhat strange. She moved closer, her face full of confused concern.
"What's wrong? Why is your heart beating so fast? Is the electric shock too strong?"
She wished she could destroy the electric light, but it was connected to the Ten Thousand Year Red Iron. If she acted rashly, she would undoubtedly trigger a massive release of electricity, and not only Long Lixing but also she and Gu Luoxian would be affected...
However, as the woman drew closer, the man's heart rate accelerated, reaching almost three beats per second! His bronze skin turned completely red, and his expression was uncharacteristically... bashful?!
Shy??
Jin Baoer paused. At his subtle signal, she lowered her gaze and only then realized what was happening. She froze on the spot as if struck by lightning, her face instantly flushed crimson! She covered her chest with her hands and stumbled backward repeatedly...
Ah!!! Ahhhhh!
She hadn't noticed at all that the angle from a moment ago was rather suggestive! Her strapless top exposed a sliver of skin at the neckline, perfectly revealing...
While alluring, there had never been such an ambiguous intimacy between them! It was... so embarrassing!
Long Lixing, too, was noticing it from this perspective for the first time. His blood-red ears twitched slightly, and his usually stern face spoke with earnestness.
"Cough, cough. Although Ten Thousand Year Red Iron is incredibly strong, it is not entirely unbreakable! It can only be melted by the Myriad Ages Celestial Flowing Fire."
With that, he subtly shifted the topic, alleviating the awkwardness! But immediately after, he regretted it slightly, as he didn't want Jin Baoer to trouble herself with rescuing him!
Jin Baoer's attention was drawn away, and her heartbeat soon returned to normal. Her eyes flickered with confusion.
"Myriad Ages Celestial Flowing Fire? What is that? Where can I find it?"
Even though she had tried her best to understand the history of Blue Star and the universe in the past few days, there were still many things she didn't know...
Long Lixing also considered this. After some thought, he had no choice but to continue.
"Within the Blue Star Library, there is a record called the Cosmic Blueprint. It states that the Myriad Ages Celestial Flowing Fire was a spark generated during the universe's explosion and reconstruction! It can only be found in the hottest places in the world..."
But where the hottest place was, and how to retrieve the Myriad Ages Celestial Flowing Fire, no one knew!