Shang Ruoyan did not feel anything when her mental power entered Jing Yichen's body, but she did not know that a barrier had been built between them, and even her system could not enter at will. The exchange of pure energy between the two caused a ripple in the sky, and purple lightning appeared.
Yuebao was anxious.
[Master, wake up!]
[Master, stop the link!]
[Master, a calamity is going to strike!]
Purple thunder fell from the sky and straight to the barrier.
Yuebao had no idea why the thunder of calamity appeared, but the system must save its master. Yuebao could only use the system's protection to add another layer to Shang Ruoyan and Jing Yichen.
On the third strike, the system's protection shattered.
On the fifth strike, the barrier between Ruoyan and Yichen thinned out.
On the seventh strike, small holes appeared.
On the ninth strike, Shang Ruoyan and Jing Yichen were already bare, and it was also the strongest strike.
Shang Ruoyan, who had entered another state, finally felt the danger of the lightning strike, but it was too late for her to move. Her body felt like it was about to be disintegrated. She had no choice but to reach out and hold Jing Yichen's hand to withstand the calamity. With shared calamity, the unconscious body of the general shared her pain.
The thunder lasted for so long.
"It's amazing that I did not die!"
[Master, you need to consolidate the energy inside your body. You also need to let the power flow between you and the general, or the two of you might explode. Your veins have reached their limits.]
"Yuebao, I am in so much pain. How can I cultivate? At this point, I can only move my eyes."
[Master, just follow the cultivation method in this mental power upgrade manual.]
Shang Ruoyan read the manual.
She guided the energy between her and Jing Yichen. It was a painful process. She did not know how Jing Yichen was feeling because he was unconscious. But her body felt like tearing and breaking piece by piece before integrating, it was a cycle.
Beads of sweat poured out of her body, and her clothes were drenched and wet. She was slightly trembling, but Yuebao kept her awake. She couldn't stop cultivating halfway, or they would be severely injured.
Shang Ruoyan persevered despite the feeling of dying.
Two days later, the cultivation was a success. She was not expecting her physical power to upgrade to A-mid level, and her mental power stayed the same 3S-peak level.
"I feel much better, but my hunger might kill me."
[Congratulations, Master! You have successfully upgraded. Here are some potions to relieve your hunger temporarily. When we move to live on another planet, there would be more opportunities for you to eat natural food.]
"Is hunting and farming not prohibited on another planet? I think those natural foods like meat and plants are too expensive if we buy them online."
[Don't worry, Master. I chose Planet Bimu, which is relatively free to hunt and farm. It is also a B-ranked planet, and living there is relatively easy and less expensive compared to A and S-ranked planets.]
"When can we live? How do we bring the general out of this planet?"
[Don't worry, Master. Your system has a sleeping carrier storage. You can put the injured general there before we travel. There will be danger if he's out in the open. We also don't know how many enemies he has.]
"In this world, are there battle beasts?"
[You mean, war pets, Master? Some high-level people could contract beasts and turn them into war pets. They exist, Master.]
Ruoyan suddenly thought of her closest animal companion in her last life, a white tiger.
She was still an assassin when she got lost in the wild for a year. She had a slight memory loss, and she couldn't remember her identity. She once helped an injured white tiger cub in the woods. In her thoughts it was fate that arranged them to meet.
But the tiger became her solid follower.
When the assassin's guild sent people to look for her, the tiger had already become her closest companion. The tiger would follow her during missions, and the guild tried a few medicines to make it invisible in the wild. Their combination in every mission increased her success rate. The tiger died of old age, like her.
"How do we acquire battle pets?"
[Master, age is a restriction. Only adults could apply for owning a war pet from the Beast Guild Interstellar.]
Three days later, Shang Ruoyan boarded a starship for the first time.
She was wearing simple clothes and restraining her aura as much as possible. As an assassin, there must be an inexplicable aura of death around her. The etiquette she had learned growing up was unmatched, but she didn't need people to look her way, lest it attract conflict or desire. So she was cautious.
When she sat in one of the cubicles, she closed her eyes. Her body was not used to high altitudes, and she felt airsick. Someone came to sit beside her, but the aura of the person was so strong that she felt vigilant. When she pretentiously looked sideways, she caught a glimpse of a man with a familiar face.
The man looked pale.
Then, she smelled blood on him.
He must be injured.
"Yuebao, is there a way for us to know the identity of the man beside us?"
[Master, I can only identify important people from the novel. This includes your relatives.]
"Can you check his identity?"
[Master, this is one of the three brothers in the Qin family. Your second brother, who did not live a long life. He only appeared three times when you were recognized as the eldest lady of the Qin family. He died shortly.]
"Why is he injured?"
[Master, he is only mentally unstable, but there are no wounds in his body.]
"Did he kill someone?"
[Master, be prepared!]
"Why?"
[The interstellar pirates are coming to infiltrate and take control of the ship!]
"Am I so unlucky?"