Director of the Education Bureau, sending warmth online~

Inside the rented room.

"Alright! I understand! How about this, I'll help you open it!"

Saying that, Shen Xingyao nodded, and with a wave of her jade hand—

"Swish!"

As a blue light flashed, a complete set of Fifth-Tier equipment and ten blue Spirit Cores immediately appeared on the bed!

All these Spirit Cores were strung together by a special rope, forming a circular, pink-blue crystal pendant.

It looked very beautiful!

But she didn't know... why was it designed like this?

"This is... a Fifth-Tier set and Fifth-Tier Spirit Cores!"

Su Bai's eyes widened instantly, somewhat disbelieving.

A complete set of Fifth-Tier equipment... would cost at least several million, right?

Adding ten Fifth-Tier Spirit Cores, this must be over ten million!

As expected of the Huaxia official... they were generous with their rewards!

One must know, Su Bai had only killed one Fifth-Tier demon, so logically, he shouldn't have received such a high level of reward!

Within this, there must have been an intention to Cultivate or win him over!

After all, there were simply too many demons above Fifth-Tier in the Demon Race!

One must remember, on the Starry Sky Battlefield, in any small battle, tens of thousands of demons of Seventh-Tier or Eighth-Tier and above would be killed.

Could it be that every killer would be compensated with hundreds of millions in rewards?

That's impossible!

No matter how great the nation's financial resources, it couldn't withstand this level of consumption!

Seeing Su Bai lost in thought again, Shen Xingyao patted his shoulder:

"How is it? Do you like it? These are all Fifth-Tier items!"

Let alone Su Bai, even she wanted these rewards!

Although her Shen Family was a large and prosperous Family, with influence spanning across the entire Blue Star, and she herself was the Director of the Education Bureau of Jiang City and Vice President of the Heavenly God Society, ten million Huaxia coins was still not a small sum!

"Phew~~~, Director Shen, please help me put all this equipment back! You know, I'm only First-Tier right now... I can't wear it! As for these Spirit Cores... just leave them... thank you!"

After taking a deep breath, Su Bai made his decision.

Shen Xingyao smiled slightly, indicating that she understood.

Then, she waved her jade hand again, putting all the equipment scattered on the bed back into the small and exquisite storage watch.

Just then, Xia Qingyan, who had been secretly observing their actions from the side, suddenly came over with a curious expression... Her beautiful eyes sparkled with curiosity and fondness, staring directly at the glowing blue pendant on the ground:

"Wow! What is this? It's so beautiful!"

Across from her, upon hearing Xia Qingyan's praise, Su Bai was slightly startled at first, and then a doting smile appeared on his face.

Subconsciously, he slowly extended his right hand, gently stroked Xia Qingyan's silky smooth black hair, then unhesitatingly picked up the Spirit Core pendant from the bed, gently wiped it, and then placed it around Xia Qingyan's fair and beautiful neck.

After doing this, Su Bai said with a smile:

"Qingyan, since you like it, I'll give it to you!"

"Ah? O-okay!"

Xia Qingyan was stunned, somewhat at a loss.

"..."

Beside them, Shen Xingyao was instantly speechless!

She felt like she was a huge third wheel!

Damn it!

She kindly brought him equipment, but in the end... they fed her dog food?

She was only good for shining brightly, right?

Such a frustrating situation!

"Cough! Since the reward has been delivered, I'll be leaving now, shall I?"

Shen Xingyao shook her head and left the rented room with a dejected expression.

After she left, the rented room instantly fell silent.

The atmosphere between the two of them was a bit subtle.

Finally, it was Xia Qingyan who broke the silence.

She gently stroked the pendant around her neck and said happily:

"Su Bai, I think this pendant is really special. I seem to feel... a very warm power inside it!"

Su Bai nodded and explained with a smile:

"Yan Yan, this pendant is not simple. The Spirit Cores on this pendant can continuously emit Spiritual Qi, which can increase Cultivation speed. Although you don't have a Cultivation foundation, wearing it for a long time might bring many benefits to your body!"

Hearing this, Xia Qingyan's eyes widened in surprise:

"Really? Then it's truly a treasure! How about... we give it a name? How about... 'Crystal of Love'?"

"'Crystal of Love'? That's a very good name!"

Saying that, Su Bai's lips curved into a gentle smile.

Xia Qingyan's cheeks flushed slightly: "As long as you think it's good, that's all that matters!"

"Haha!" Hearing this, Su Bai felt extremely happy.

He felt that with that sentence, it was worth it!

...Su Bai thought to himself, since Xia Qingyan had this "Crystal of Love" pendant made of Fifth-Tier Spirit Cores, and he also had the Spirit Cores he obtained from killing demons last time, then he could try to Cultivate now!

However, he suddenly realized that Xia Qingyan seemed to lack a Cultivation Technique?

So, Su Bai looked at Xia Qingyan and said gently:

"Yan Yan, you now have this pendant that can accelerate Cultivation, but you probably don't have a Cultivation Technique yet, do you? How about we go to the city library and see if we can buy a Cultivation Technique suitable for you?"

Xia Qingyan was startled when she heard this, and then she smiled and said:

"Su Bai, actually, I have the Xia Family's inherited Cultivation Technique!"

After tilting her head and thinking for a moment, Xia Qingyan continued:

"Su Bai, my Family's Cultivation Technique is very powerful. Since we're going to Cultivate together, how about I share this Cultivation Technique with you?"

After hearing this, Su Bai's heart warmed.

One must know,

On Blue Star,

Family Cultivation Techniques generally could not be passed on to outsiders!

But Xia Qingyan was actually willing to share it with him!

And he knew that Xia Qingyan truly wanted to help him.

However, he also had his own exclusive Cultivation Technique!

His Cultivation Technique was something he accidentally obtained in a demon cave during his previous life, after becoming an Eighth-Tier Expert, when he went to the starry sky to slay the Demon Race. Its name was—[Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art]!

Although it was obtained in a demon cave, he, as a member of the Human Race, found that Cultivating it was surprisingly effective and smooth!

This Cultivation Technique was extremely domineering, capable of forcibly devouring the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth, and even... the Devilish Qi of the Demon Race!

The rank of this Cultivation Technique was even as high as—SSS-rank!

Moreover, he later discovered that this seemed to be only a fragmented scroll!

But even a fragmented scroll was enough to Cultivate to the Heavenly God Realm!

Unfortunately, he only obtained it for less than two months before he died... Otherwise, he would definitely have become a Ninth-Rank Expert by now!

So, Su Bai waved his hand:

"Yan Yan, thank you for your kind offer, but I have a Cultivation Technique!"

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