30: Chapter 30: The Contract Activated! Soul Merging with Leia

Laya leaned softly against Li Yuan's shoulder.

At this moment, Elia was fully focused on channeling the Moonlight Power; the ice crystals and snowflakes swirling around her were even denser than before, clearly indicating she had entered a deep state of cultivation and was completely unaware of the anomaly beside her.

Li Yuan, however, was completely immersed in a long-lost pleasure.

Deep in his consciousness, those subtle notification sounds now sounded more beautiful to him than any music in the world.

Every notification reminded him of the days spent mining in online games in his past life—boring, yet filled with the satisfaction of a harvest.

"This feeling..." Li Yuan muttered to himself, "It's just like mining in Legend of Mir 2 back in the day: mining at high noon, sweat dripping onto the mining soil, mining only copper with a purity of 5..."

His attention was entirely focused on the constantly jumping numbers.

The bei ming core continued to rotate unhurriedly, converting the surrounding spiritual energy into energy and essence; the entire process was smooth and natural, as if it were meant to be.

Just then, a foreign object suddenly intruded into his conscious field of vision.

It was a petite figure about a finger's height, hovering not far before his eyes.

Twelve pairs of wings condensed from radiance were spread behind her, each wing flowing with brilliant golden light, as if carrying the brilliance of an entire galaxy.

Her bright golden hair cascaded down like a waterfall, drifting gently in the void, with every strand seemingly containing sacred power.

Her figure was graceful and curvaceous, completely devoid of clothing, yet her most intimate parts were covered by dense holy light, masking them completely and adding a touch of mystery and sanctity instead.

"Damn holy light..." Li Yuan instinctively complained in his heart, which reminded him of those always-censored images from his past life.

He then suddenly froze, "Wait, this appearance... why does it look so much like Laya?"

That exquisitely beautiful face was clearly a miniature version of Laya!

Only now, she appeared even more sacred.

Her petite face wore a serene expression, long eyelashes cast faint shadows beneath her eyelids, and her pink, tender lips were slightly parted, as if whispering some sacred secret.

Li Yuan suddenly felt a wave of embarrassment, as if he had been caught peeking red-handed, and instinctively wanted to look away.

Meanwhile, in Laya's perception, the scene was completely different.

She found herself floating in a boundless sea of stars.

Countless shining star points rushed in from afar, like a swarm of bees returning to their hive or pilgrims on a journey.

Every time these star points brushed past her body, they brought a massive surge of energy, making her feel both fulfilled and somewhat overwhelmed.

The star points shimmered with various colors; some were as scorching as the sun, some as cool as the moon, and others as heavy as the earth, each containing unique energy characteristics.

At the center of the sea of stars, an indescribably massive existence overlooked the entire universe.

His gaze was as deep as an abyss and as heavy as a prison; just by sweeping over her body, it made her soul tremble.

It was a fear stemming from the instinct of her soul, rendering her unable to move, with even her thoughts nearly frozen.

In the presence of this existence, she felt as small as dust, as if she could be crushed by that vast pressure at any moment.

Just when she thought she was about to be eternally imprisoned like this, a familiar murmur came:

"Damn holy light... huh, why does it look so much like Laya..."

As if some kind of restraint had been broken, Laya suddenly found she could move.

She looked closely; there was no terrifying god, it was clearly Li Yuan's soul projection!

It was just that in this soul space, his image was magnified infinitely, like a deity ruling over the stars.

Only now did she realize that the ultimate target of those star points was a pale purple core within Li Yuan's soul projection that resembled a black hole.

"Holy light?" Laya then belatedly looked down at herself.

"Ah—!" A cry of surprise echoed through the soul space.

She realized she was stark naked; although her key parts were covered by holy light, being seen in this state by her master still made her so ashamed she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

She instinctively covered her chest with her arms, but immediately realized it was completely futile.

Seeing that Li Yuan seemed about to shift his gaze back, Laya hurriedly vibrated her light wings, transforming into a streak of light to hide where Li Yuan's soul projection couldn't see—to be precise, she hid above his head.

Here, she was finally able to temporarily avoid that gaze which made her so shy.

However, the moment her soul sat on Li Yuan's head and made contact with his soul projection, a strange sensation instantly spread throughout her entire body.

It was an indescribable sense of intimacy and satisfaction, a comfort of soul and body merging, a satisfaction of being full and satiated, a satisfaction of being fully charged, which instantly made her lose focus.

"Master..." she murmured instinctively, her voice echoing in the soul space.

As their souls merged, the speed of those star points rushing through the sea of stars suddenly accelerated.

The energy, which had originally been like a stream, now turned into a rushing river.

Countless starlight rained down upon her soul like a torrential downpour, the impact of which she found hard to bear.

Every star point that merged into her body brought a violent energy fluctuation, causing her soul form to tremble slightly.

"Too, too much..." Laya felt as if her soul were about to be filled to the brim; that extreme sense of fullness brought an indescribable satisfaction.

After only a moment, her consciousness began to blur, and eventually, she lost consciousness completely.

In Li Yuan's perception, however, the situation was somewhat different.

The moment that petite Laya soul hid above his head, the rotation speed of the bei ming core suddenly increased by a level.

Notification sounds from deep within his consciousness began to chime at an astonishing frequency:

[Energy +100] [Energy +100] [Energy +100] [Essence +50] [Essence +50] [Essence +50]

The speed at which the notifications flooded the screen was astonishing, with several popping up almost every second.

The efficiency of acquiring energy and essence had increased by more than a hundred times compared to before!

Li Yuan could clearly feel that the bei ming core seemed to have found a key breakthrough, and its operational efficiency had undergone a qualitative change.

"This is... what mechanism did I trigger?" Li Yuan was both surprised and delighted, but he dared not act rashly.

He could feel the bei ming core operating at an unprecedented efficiency, with the surrounding spiritual energy being frantically devoured and converted into the purest energy and essence.

However, good times did not last long.

After only three minutes, Li Yuan suddenly felt a chill on the top of his head, carrying some indescribable sacred aura.

Subsequently, the frequency of the notification sounds began to drop significantly, quickly returning to the previous level.

"It's raining? It can rain here?" Li Yuan was bewildered, "Huh, where's Laya? Why is she gone again?"

Only then did he realize that the petite Laya soul had disappeared at some point.

Just as he was puzzled, in the cultivation room in the real world, an abnormality had already occurred.

With Li Yuan as the center, the spiritual energy in the entire cultivation room began to surge wildly.

The originally evenly distributed spiritual energy was now being stirred as if by an invisible hand, forming a visible energy vortex.

The spiritual energy generator was running in overload, emitting a dazzling light.

The concentration of energy in the cultivation room was rising at an astonishing speed.

Not far from Li Yuan, Elia's surrounding Moonlight Power had become so dense it was practically solid, and a blazing pillar of light shot up into the sky, illuminating the entire cultivation room as if it were daytime.

The ice crystals and snowflakes were no longer falling slowly, but were swirling and roaring around her like a blizzard, forming a bone-chilling coldness around her.

However, amidst this coldness, Elia's cheeks flushed with an abnormal crimson, as if the cold could no longer suppress the heat within her body, and her breathing became rapid.

The hot air she exhaled condensed in the cold, like mist and illusion.

Perhaps unable to bear the sensation of cold and heat intermingling, a soft and delicate moan escaped from Aria's small mouth.