117: Chapter 117 Star Ring

Their home was Villa No. 18. When they followed the door number to find the house, their eyes immediately lit up.

The villa was huge; the main building alone exceeded 300 square meters. In front of the house, there was a large swimming pool, an outdoor fitness area, and a flower room.

The architectural style of the house leaned towards European, which perfectly suited the aesthetic of the three girls.

Thus, when they saw the actual appearance of the house, they immediately let out soft exclamations.

"Wow, it's so beautiful! Are we going to live here from now on?"

Tian Yingying's eyes were filled with starlight.

She came from the Old City District, where the most she had seen in her life were dilapidated old buildings. Even the living conditions in Chenxiang Garden had felt amazing to her.

Now, moving to a place like this, she felt as if she were dreaming.

Ye Qingzhu actually felt much the same way.

However, the three-month deadline pressing down on her prevented her from fully releasing her inner joy, so she just smiled along with Tian Yingying.

As for W, she came from Sky City and had seen even more luxurious buildings.

The reason she was happy was that she could live together with her little sisters; this was what she wanted.

Among the four, only Ling Yichen had a lukewarm reaction.

He really wasn't picky about living conditions; as long as he could live there and had his own private space, it was fine.

"Ha, the children are back! Come in quickly, dinner is already prepared!"

The three adults led Ling Yixuan out to greet them, their faces brimming with smiles.

The eight of them entered the house together, and after washing their hands, they sat around a long table made of red nanmu wood. On the table were over a dozen exquisite dishes.

Just as they were about to start eating, a lazy, sexy voice came from outside the main door.

"Oh my, it seems you've already finished everything. I was planning on coming over to help!"

As the voice faded, Liu Mei was seen walking in, holding a plate in each hand. Following behind her were two men, a middle-aged man and an elderly man.

The middle-aged man was none other than Deacon Hu of the Twelve Deacons, while the elderly man was Elder Hu of the Supernatural Management Association, who was also Liu Mei's grandfather, Uncle Liu.

"I've come uninvited, I hope I haven't disturbed you all!" Uncle Liu said with a smile.

Everyone stood up to greet him. Although Tian Xingliang was a bit flustered, he still said politely: "No, no, it is our honor that you could come!"

They had actually already met during the day when they first moved in and were aware of Uncle Liu's identity.

They were incredibly shocked; after all, they were just ordinary people, not even an Awakened One. Seeing such high-level figures all of a sudden, it was inevitable that they felt a bit uncomfortable.

However, after a brief acquaintance, they discovered that Uncle Liu was a very approachable old man, and he seemed quite lonely in his daily life, especially liking lively company.

After a day of interaction, the relationship between them had instantly become much closer.

"Have you eaten? If not, why not join us?" Tian Xingliang stood up and offered his seat to Uncle Liu.

Uncle Liu immediately said with a smile: "Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

Saying this, he sat down very naturally. Likewise, Deacon Hu also sat down beside him quite naturally.

The others also took their seats in turn. Only Liu Mei, carrying a plate, walked specifically to Ling Yichen's side. After putting down the plate, she sat next to him, and then, without forgetting, she leaned over Ling Yichen to look at Ye Qingzhu on the other side.

"Hee hee, Little Sister Qingzhu, we meet again. From now on, we'll be neighbors and can see each other every day!"

As she spoke, her gaze turned back to Ling Yichen, scanning him back and forth; her eyes were truly not innocent.

Ling Yichen felt as if he were being mentally raped by her. He sighed, and after the old man started to eat, he immediately buried his head in his meal.

However, after just a few bites, he heard Uncle Liu's voice say: "You must be that young man!"

Ling Yichen immediately felt everyone's gaze focus on him. He hurriedly put down his chopsticks and looked towards Uncle Liu's position.

He saw Uncle Liu looking at him with great interest. To an ordinary person, it would look like he was just scrutinizing him.

But to Ling Yichen, he felt as if he were being illuminated by two spotlights. A powerful sense of oppression washed over him, and at the same time, there was a feeling that his mental defenses were about to be breached.

This made him very uncomfortable. His sword-like brows knit together, and he immediately mobilized his Mental Energy to resist.

As his spiritual sea of consciousness vibrated, a vast and majestic wave of Mental Energy surged out, counterattacking towards Uncle Liu.

It easily shattered Uncle Liu's mental oppression and even launched a small counterattack.

Uncle Liu's body trembled slightly, then a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he stared at Ling Yichen with eyes full of shock.

After a few seconds, he burst into laughter: "Hahaha, not bad, not bad! The younger generation is to be feared, truly to be feared!"

"The young people nowadays are becoming more and more talented. It seems a great era is truly about to arrive!"

Uncle Liu sighed, then turned to look at Deacon Hu beside him.

Deacon Hu, as if receiving some kind of hint, immediately looked at Ling Yichen, his eyes filled with fighting spirit!

Ling Yichen didn't understand why, only slightly frowning. He was a bit confused about the current situation.

Fortunately, at this moment, he heard Liu Mei from the side say: "My grandfather wants me to marry that blockhead, but I'm not willing, so I told my grandfather that I've already fallen in love with you and will only marry you!"

"So my grandfather had to come and see you. As for that blockhead... he now treats you as a love rival! Hee hee~"

Ling Yichen immediately turned his head and glared at her. If looks could curse, he would have cursed very filthily by now.

"Damn it, what kind of situation is this? If you don't want to marry him, why drag me into it?"

Ling Yichen was really annoyed~ Nothing good ever happened when he encountered this woman!

He didn't know when this Liu Mei had started pestering him; he clearly hadn't given her any signals! How annoying!

"Using others as a shield, you're being too unscrupulous!" Ye Qingzhu said with slight anger.

However, Liu Mei tilted her head and smiled: "Big brother shouldn't laugh at the second brother; aren't you the same?"

As she said this, her gaze swept over Luo Heng, who was not far away at the dining table.

Ye Qingzhu was instantly speechless. She had wanted to retort, but upon careful thought, she was in the wrong.

Indeed, wasn't she also using Ling Yichen right now to fend off the talented elites of the Eight Great Factions?

Although it wasn't something she asked for, but rather Ling Yichen's own will. But the result was the same, and she really couldn't refute anything.

So she could only lower her head sullenly, feeling a bit uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Ling Yichen immediately reached out and held her small hand, whispering: "It's not the same. We are a real couple. If someone covets my wife, of course I cannot sit idly by. Clearing obstacles is my nature as a man!"

The word "wife" instantly made Ye Qingzhu's little face flush red as blood. She was too shy to look up, but her heart was already soaring with joy!

"Ahahaha, he called me wife, I am his wife! Hahahaha! Wife, husband, that sounds really good! Hehe."

At this moment, if anyone could hear Ye Qingzhu's inner voice, they would probably laugh their heads off. The contrast between Ye Qingzhu's inner self and her outward appearance was huge.

At this time, W, who was beside Ye Qingzhu, suddenly interjected: "Restrain yourself. If you keep laughing, your mouth corners will stretch to behind your ears, and you'll become a big-mouthed woman!"

Hearing W tease her, Ye Qingzhu indeed restrained some of the joy she couldn't hide, and then pinched W hard on the waist.

"I'll deal with you when we get back to the room later!"

The elders clearly saw the little actions between the young ones, but they just smiled and didn't say anything more.

The dinner party thus began, with adults talking to adults, and young people talking to young people.

After eating for about half an hour, Ling Yichen was the first to leave the table, chose a room, and went to wash up and change clothes.

After a simple wash, Ling Yichen silently practiced in the room for a while, waiting for the arrival of nightfall!

- Two hours later, nightfall arrived.

As the night covered the area, the clouds and mist on the mountain quietly drifted down, lingering at the foot of Green Fox Mountain, making the environment of Green Fox Mountain even more eerie.

Uncle Liu had also taken Liu Mei and Deacon Hu back half an hour ago.

Ling Yichen stood in front of the window, quietly waiting for the moon to appear.

After waiting for another half an hour, the moon finally rose slowly from the distant horizon.

Ling Yichen used his left eye's vision to look, but he never saw the strange phenomenon he had seen in the morning again. The moon was just the moon, not an eye pupil.

Yet he did not doubt himself, because he was very certain that when he bought breakfast in the morning, that fleeting glance had truly seen the moon turn into an eye pupil.

He pondered for a moment, then grabbed his coat and walked directly out of the house.

As he was leaving, he happened to meet Ye Qingzhu.

"Where are you going?" Ye Qingzhu asked.

Ling Yichen's gaze shifted, and he immediately went over to take her hand and replied: "Going for a walk on the mountain to digest. Do you want to come along?"

Ye Qingzhu nodded without hesitation and turned back to the room to get her coat.

But when she came out, W and Tian Yingying also followed, and they were all wearing coats, looking like they were going too.

"We also want to go for a stroll, will we be disturbing you?" W asked.

Ling Yichen smiled and replied softly: "Not at all!"

Then he led them downstairs together.

Downstairs, Tang Juan and Lu Yu were washing dishes and cleaning in the kitchen. Although the villa came with two cleaners and a chef, Tang Juan and Lu Yu both liked to do things themselves.

Ling Yichen greeted Tian Xingliang, and then they went out.

As soon as they stepped out, the four of them saw the ethereal clouds and mist at the entrance, as if they had stepped into a fantasy realm.

"Wow, so beautiful!" Tian Yingying couldn't help but exclaim.

"Indeed, so beautiful!" Ye Qingzhu and W also echoed the exclamation.

At this moment, Green Fox Mountain, under the cover of night, with its ethereal clouds and mist, combined with the dim light of the moon, gave them the feeling of having entered a fairyland.

Ling Yichen had no heart for exclamation; he took Ye Qingzhu's hand and walked towards the mountain path behind.

Ye Qingzhu then took W's hand, and W took Tian Yingying's hand. The four of them immediately held hands and walked quickly up Green Fox Mountain.

From afar, the mountain looked small, but up close, it was huge, especially when they really stepped onto the mountain path, they realized how enormous Green Fox Mountain actually was.

The four of them had decent strength and were not slow, but even so, they walked for a full half-hour before barely reaching the mountainside.

And after reaching the mountainside, they had an even stronger feeling of being in a fairyland; they couldn't even see the top or the foot of the mountain, feeling only that they were in a void of ethereal mist.

"We won't get lost later, right?" Tian Yingying asked with some concern.

"No, I can use my Mental Energy to scout the path!" After saying this, Ling Yichen immediately released his Mental Energy.

As a result, when his Mental Energy was released, he was surprised to find that his Mental Energy seemed to be greatly suppressed here.

With his current strength of Mental Energy, he could already expand it to a distance of more than a hundred meters. But here, it could only spread out to a distance of ten meters! This shocked him greatly.

"This Green Fox Mountain seems somewhat unusual. Could there really be fox immortals here?"

He hadn't really believed the fox spirits Ye Qingzhu mentioned before. But at this moment, he suddenly felt that this Green Fox Mountain was indeed unusual, and fox spirits might really exist.

"My Mental Energy is restricted, so we can't go up any further. Let's rest here for a while!"

Ling Yichen discovered that the higher his Mental Energy went, the greater the suppression. He wasn't sure what would happen if they continued up.

His original intention for coming to the mountain was just to find a place without people to activate the Star Source Conduction Formation and investigate the situation of the moon.

So he immediately said to the three girls: "You can wander around nearby, but don't go too far from me. I need to practice here for a while!"

Hearing this, they nodded immediately and walked to the side together.

He sat cross-legged and began to focus his mind on his spiritual sea of consciousness, activating the Star Source Conduction Formation.

He saw that within his spiritual sea of consciousness, stars were shining in the void, hundreds of them!

He had intentionally not combined these stars into the Star Source Conduction Formation. Because once the Star Source Conduction Formation was formed, it would automatically absorb the Mental Energy drifting in the air.

At that time, his body would become a terrifying black hole, crazily absorbing Mental Energy, which would scare others.

So he usually let these stars scatter in his spiritual sea of consciousness, and only when necessary would he form the Star Source Conduction Formation, like now!

With a thought, hundreds of stars were instantly moved. He saw nine stars instantly arranged in a circle, and a Star Source Conduction Formation immediately formed.

In an instant, a strong suction force erupted from Ling Yichen's body, beginning to absorb the drifting Mental Energy.

But this was just the beginning. He saw eighteen stars instantly form a second Star Source Conduction Formation, attached to the periphery of the first Star Source Conduction Formation.

Boom~

The power erupted by the Star Source Conduction Formation was instantly strengthened several times. A more powerful suction force erupted from Ling Yichen's body, directly forming a whirlwind that swept up all the fallen leaves and clouds and mist around Ling Yichen.

At this moment, with Ling Yichen as the center, an eye of the storm was formed, and everything around him began to rotate around him, which was incredibly eerie!

However, this was not the end. With a thought, thirty-six stars gathered instantly, forming a third Star Source Conduction Formation, also attached to the periphery of the second Star Source Conduction Formation.

Ling Yichen, in one go, moved seventy-two stars again, instantly condensing them into a fourth Star Source Conduction Formation, attached to the periphery of the third Star Source Conduction Formation.

Then one hundred and forty-four stars gathered, instantly condensing into a fifth Star Source Conduction Formation, attached to the periphery of the fourth Star Source Conduction Formation.

Thus, the five Star Source Conduction Formations, from small to large, formed a five-ringed star halo.