93: Chapter 93 The Cost of Simulation

The sea breeze whistled as a thousand warships, like bronze and iron behemoths, continued to sail south along the vast ocean.

On the flagship with the dragon head, Yun Zhu stood in a simple dress, her graceful figure poised as she let the sea breeze brush against her face.

A few strands of dark hair swayed with the wind, adding a touch of melancholy to her exquisite, pretty face.

A small Spirit Beast that looked like a toad, emitting an orange-gold glow, let out two " quack" croaks, jumped onto her shoulder, and spat out two gold coins onto her shoulder. It then rolled its eyes sideways, wearing an ugly-cute expression as if waiting for praise.

Yun Zhu reached out her slender, fair hand, and the Golden Fire Toad hopped onto it, its eyes rolling sideways again...

"Chuoer, I wonder how your father... is doing..."

As if it could understand its mistress, the Golden Fire Toad's eyes looked downward, and it seemed to pout, looking unhappy.

Yun Zhu sighed softly, gazing at the horizon where the seawater met the bright sun...

Suddenly, something rushed down from the sky!

The speed was extreme!!!

Not even any flying mount could compare to the speed of this object!

In less than a tenth of the time it takes to blink, that fleeting white object crashed down, slamming heavily onto the deck of the dragon-headed flagship!

"Enemy attack! Defend!!!"

A large group of elite guards and experts surrounded the object that had suddenly crashed onto the deck, looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Yun Zhu was also quite nervous. After tucking the Golden Fire Toad into her sleeve pocket, she stared at the white object that had suddenly crashed down...

"Is this a flying boat?"

Her eyes filled with confusion as she watched a stunningly beautiful woman emerge from the boat-like object, feeling that she looked somewhat familiar.

The beautiful woman before her seemed to shimmer with flowing light, spotless and glowing with beauty. Her face was exquisite and full of charm; beneath two faint, moth-like brows, her eyes were filled with affection, appearing both happy and reserved, a delicate and charming sight.

"Are you... the Queen Dowager??"

Yun Zhu looked at the familiar beauty and finally recognized that she was indeed the Queen Dowager.

But... how had the Queen Dowager become so young?

She had gone from a mature woman of forty to a beautiful, young-looking woman of thirty in an instant. Furthermore, she was shimmering with light, looking like a Fairy. What on earth was going on?

At this moment, the elite guards and experts seemed to recognize that this woman was the Queen Dowager, and they all dropped their weapons in unison and knelt on the deck to kowtow.

Hearing the commotion, Crown Prince Qi Xiaobai also ran out from the cabin.

"Mother?"

Crown Prince Qi Xiaobai ran to Jiang Ji, excited and surprised, his face full of disbelief: "Mother, how did you become so young?"

Jiang Ji took out a pre-written letter from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Crown Prince Qi Xiaobai: "Son, what I want to tell you is written here, including the reasons and consequences of my Immortal Ascension. I can't explain it clearly in a short time, so I've written it all in this letter."

After speaking to Crown Prince Qi Xiaobai, her beautiful eyes turned to Yun Zhu: "I have come here to take Yun Zhu with me."

Yun Zhu was slightly stunned, "Take me with you? Queen Dowager, what does this mean?"

Jiang Ji walked over and took her hand: "Silly child, I have come to take you to find your husband, Su Fans nickname."

Upon hearing this, tears uncontrollably fell from Yun Zhu's eyes. She bit her lip, looking like a pear blossom bathed in rain.

"Husband... how is my husband? Is he doing well?"

"He is doing very well, but he is on Earth. To see him, even taking this flowing light shuttle will take three years!"

"Earth?"

Yun Zhu didn't quite understand what kind of place this was.

But upon learning that her husband was well and that she would be able to see him again, she immediately stopped crying and nodded at Jiang Ji: "Queen Dowager, I will go with you to find him. Even if it's a mountain of blades or a sea of fire... I will go!"

"Well said, Little Zhu! Then let's go!"

Jiang Ji brought Yun Zhu onto the flowing light shuttle and then said to Crown Prince Qi Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, Mother will come back to see you in the future!"

After saying this, she piloted the flowing light shuttle, and in the blink of an eye, it flew thousands of miles away...

"Mother! Mother! Mother!!"

Crown Prince Qi Xiaobai watched the long-departed flowing light shuttle with a helpless expression, then opened the letter and began to read. In the letter, Jiang Ji mainly recounted why she had fallen in love with Su Fan, and how she had encountered the Reincarnation Tower of Life Experience and returned to her Fox Immortal status in one day...

"Although it is an ill-fated relationship, Mother still really wants to find him. Xiaobai, Mother will come back to see you in the future..."

When he finished reading the last sentence, Crown Prince Qi Xiaobai was completely stunned. He sighed and said: "Mother, I don't blame you. Go ahead. Just as he said, everyone has the right to pursue their own happiness. I will lead my soldiers well to expand our territory..."

...

In the light screen was a dreamlike scene of the bright sun's afterglow spilling over the Luoxia Deep Sea.

Su Ying was shouting with a grin: "Big Brother! Is it beautiful? Does it look good?"

Su Fan watched this scene, feeling a bit touched, and said to Empress Yan Yufei in the light screen: "Yufei, thank you for taking me on a virtual tour..."

"A virtual what?"

"It's nothing. Anyway, thank you..."

"Su Fan, I want to know, what exactly is the relationship between you and that vixen?"

Hearing Empress Yan Yufei ask her brother this, Su Ying also widened her eyes, wearing a curious expression, wanting to know the answer.

"What vixen? I don't know any vixen."

"That Jiang Ji. Isn't she your foster mother? Besides this relationship, what other relationship do you have with her in secret? You'd better confess honestly!" Empress Yan Yufei was determined to get to the bottom of it.

Meanwhile, Su Ying was already clutching her chest, appearing to be in discomfort.

Seizing the opportunity, Su Fan immediately said: "I see you two are feeling unwell again. Let's stop chatting. Yufei, Yingzi, I'm hanging up!"

After saying this, his Divine Sense immediately withdrew from the light screen.

On the other side, watching the small jade pendant gradually return to its original state and stop glowing, Su Ying patted Empress Yan Yufei's shoulder and laughed loudly: "Empress Yan Yufei! You have your days too! Hahahaha!"

Empress Yan Yufei immediately understood that her discomfort just now must have been faked; she clearly could have chatted with Su Fan for a few more sentences.

She wore a speechless expression, frowned, and said: "Yingzi, did you do that on purpose?"

"No..."

"You don't treat me as your sister-in-law. You are very annoying..."

"Not as annoying as you..."

...

After Su Fan's Divine Sense withdrew from the light screen, he couldn't help but feel puzzled. When he contacted Ji Yao before, only Ji Yao could initiate the contact; he couldn't contact Ji Yao...

Could it be related to who is holding the communication token?

Touching the [tear of the empress] under his neck, he shook his head and muttered to himself: "That's not right. The communication token is in my hand..."

Thinking of Ji Yao now, she felt like a first love—somewhat distant, yet so deeply ingrained in his heart that he found her unforgettable...

"Sigh, is the price of using this simulator... making one overly sentimental?"

Su Fan's thoughts were complex. Before the second simulation, he was convinced that he only loved Ji Yao and would never fall in love with another woman. But since the second simulation, he felt that his heart was no longer that firm...

"Yao, perhaps I shouldn't have done that; I shouldn't have told them I was on Earth..."

Thinking of this, he wanted to try merging his Divine Sense into the [tear of the empress] to see if he could actively contact Ji Yao.

And just at this moment, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang, and this ringtone pulled him completely back to the real world...