The original owner of this body, who owed the Empire 2.5 billion Star Coins, was therefore an exception.

Jiang Zheyu browsed for a while longer before feeling a bit tired and exiting the app.

She’d also realized that as long as she was a female, it didn’t matter what kind of streamer she became—if she streamed on the Star Network, she was guaranteed to make money. Countless Male Beastmen would follow her.

It was almost too easy.

Jiang Zheyu lay down on her bed, not forgetting that she still had a five-point purification task.

She recalled Su Yan saying he would be back tonight. After a moment of hesitant deliberation, she cautiously sent a message to him: "Mr. Su, are we doing the Spiritual Comfort tonight?"

She was just about to put down her Light Brain when Su Yan replied almost instantly: "Yes. Wait for me tonight."

Jiang Zheyu paused, then replied: "Okay."

She thought of Su Yan’s spiritual body—that enormous, thick snake—and swallowed, feeling a little scared.

Although Jiang Zheyu was still afraid and resistant deep down, she had already promised Su Yan she would fulfill her duties as a Female Master and perform Spiritual Comfort for him. She couldn’t go back on her word, so she could only bite the bullet and help him quickly purify all of his Beastification Value.

Night fell, just as expected.

Jiang Zheyu had been worried Su Yan wouldn’t make it back before midnight, so seeing him return at nine o’clock put her somewhat at ease.

Still, she felt she had to go to the Beast Slave Market and buy a well-behaved Beastman to keep at the other villa. Otherwise, relying on a single man for her tasks—a man who might become part of the heroine’s harem, no less—felt far too unstable.

Take today, for example. If Su Yan hadn’t returned before midnight, her mission would have been a failure.

In the villa’s main hall, the incandescent lights cast a bright, gentle glow.

"Mr. Su." Jiang Zheyu stood up from the sofa. Her pretty face was fair, her soft, limpid, tea-colored eyes meeting Su Yan’s from across the room.

Su Yan’s red, phoenix-like eyes wavered slightly, like fine red wine swirling to create heart-stirring ripples. He gave a gentle nod in response.

He walked to her side, catching the faint, fresh scent of camellia blossoms on her.

The young woman’s frame was slender and petite, as if he could hold her and meld her entirely into his embrace.

Su Yan lowered his gaze slightly, hiding the surge of impulse in his eyes.

He attributed it to his Snake Beastman nature acting up.

Nature could be suppressed. He would not become a crazed, tyrannical Beastman like his father.

Everyone said Snake Beastmen were tyrannical and cold-blooded, but he was determined to be the most stable and rational of them all.

"Female Master, shall we begin the Comfort now?" Su Yan lifted his thin eyelids again, his pair of red eyes having grown calm.

"Mhm." Jiang Zheyu nodded slightly. "Mr. Su, give me your hand."

Su Yan had noticed long ago that his Female Master’s way of addressing him had changed, becoming more distant...

He extended a hand—pale, cool, and beautifully defined by its knuckles. As Jiang Zheyu took it, he gently tightened his grip, holding hers in return.

As expected, the young woman looked at him, slightly surprised and a little uncomfortable.

Jiang Zheyu felt the large hand covering her own small one carry a coolness like that of the night.

"Female Master, just call me A yuan." Su Yan gazed down at Jiang Zheyu. The girl’s hand was exquisitely soft, a comfortable fit in his palm.

"Okay." Jiang Zheyu tore her gaze away from Su Yan’s cool, red eyes. Averting her face slightly, she closed her eyes. "I-I’m starting the Spiritual Comfort now."

"Mhm," Su Yan responded softly.

Within the pure white space, a massive black python lay coiled in the distance. The black mist still shrouded it, and within that dark fog, a pair of vertical red pupils was exceptionally distinct.

Seeing this great snake, Jiang Zheyu couldn’t help it—her heart raced, her mind tensed, her scalp prickled, and her limbs grew cold.

In the outside world, Su Yan easily saw the young woman’s face turn pale, her long lashes trembling violently in distress. His lips tightened imperceptibly, a flicker of restless irritation passing through his red eyes.

She was still afraid of his spiritual body. Terrified, in fact.

Inside the pure white Spiritual Domain Space.

Jiang Zheyu had to give herself another pep talk, slowly and arduously extending her Spiritual Touch Silk toward it.

But she froze midway.

Because she saw the great snake, which had been lying coiled peacefully on the ground, suddenly slide toward her!

The enormous serpent slid over as if in a rush. Its massive head drew near her Spiritual Touch Silk, its forked tongue repeatedly licking at it, its vertical red pupils filled with excitement and urgency.

Jiang Zheyu, however, felt as if her entire body was being licked, a sensation that was wet, cold, and cloying.

She began to tremble all over. Her Spiritual Touch Silk stiffly reached out to grasp the black energy on the serpent’s body as she deliberately tried to ignore the sensation.

The giant snake completely enveloped Jiang Zheyu’s wisp of Spiritual Touch Silk within the coils of its long tail. Lowering its massive head, it flicked out its bright red, forked tongue, repeatedly licking that single strand of silk from end to end.

The strand of Spiritual Touch Silk trembled, growing smaller and smaller.

Outside, Su Yan had unconsciously pulled Jiang Zheyu into his arms.

The young woman was trembling softly in his embrace. His hand was clasped forcefully around her waist, and his head was buried in the nape of her slender neck as he restrainedly, gently, inhaled her scent.

When Jiang Zheyu heard the system announce the task was complete, she swiftly withdrew her Spiritual Touch Silk. Her forehead was slick with cold sweat, and her tea-colored eyes were wide and blank, lost in a daze.

As the light fell into her eyes, she blinked gently and slowly came back to her senses.

Jiang Zheyu sluggishly noticed Su Yan holding her tightly. Though his body temperature was low, she found that his embrace somehow made her feel less afraid.

During the process of Spiritual Comfort, Male Beastmen would uncontrollably press close to the one performing it, attempting to obtain more comfort.

She knew this, so she didn’t blame Su Yan.

Jiang Zheyu gave him a little push and said unnaturally, "Mr. Su, the Spiritual Comfort is finished..."

The moment she spoke, she realized her voice had become soft and weak.

Su Yan seemed to stiffen for a moment before slowly releasing the hand clamped around Jiang Zheyu’s waist. Beneath his messy red hair, his red eyes stared at her for a moment. His voice was a little hoarse. "Sorry."

"It’s... it’s okay." Jiang Zheyu lowered her gaze, turning again as if wanting to make a quick escape. "I-I’ll go back now."

The next second, Su Yan caught her wrist. As she looked at him, bewildered, he slightly lowered his handsome eyes, his voice quiet. "Don’t be afraid of it. It means no harm."

The "it" he referred to was his spiritual body, the great snake.

Jiang Zheyu’s eyelashes trembled. She said softly, "I... I know."

Su Yan looked at the cold sweat on her forehead. He took a silk handkerchief from his pocket, intending to wipe it for her, but midway, he changed his mind and placed it in her palm instead. "Female Master, you’re sweating. Wipe it off."