A unique, fresh fragrance lingered in the clean and spacious room.

Outside the room’s three massive floor-to-ceiling windows stretched a beautiful vista of cosmic stars and galaxies. It felt as if you could hold the swirling cosmos in your eyes just by looking.

Jiang Zheyu choked slightly at Si Yu’s words. It felt as if he were looking at her like a pet about to perform a trick.

She was speechless.

Jiang Zheyu quickly composed herself, forcing a faint smile. "Mr. Si, how about I perform Spiritual Comfort for you now?"

’Nothing is more important than the mission. And nothing is more terrifying than this level of social suicide.’

Afraid he would misunderstand, she rushed to add, almost without breathing, "I’m a female with A+ Spiritual Power, so I can perform Spiritual Comfort just by holding your hand."

"But I’m only interested in the... more ’in-depth’ kind of Spiritual Comfort." Si Yu watched her, his dark green eyes perfectly calm, yet his words were entirely uncooperative.

If she didn’t know for a fact that Si Yu was unaware of her need to complete a daily purification mission, she would have suspected he was using it to threaten her.

’Although I’ve already talked myself into accepting Si Yu, I can’t just jump straight into bed with him.’

Jiang Zheyu kept the faint smile on her face. "As for that more ’in-depth’ method of comfort... we should wait until we’ve developed our feelings for each other. For now, let’s take things one step at a time and start with contact-based Spiritual Comfort."

"I refuse," Si Yu said lightly, his dark green eyes fixed on Jiang Zheyu with an amused glint.

The smile on Jiang Zheyu’s face nearly faltered.

"So this is your plan to make me fall for you?" Si Yu’s gaze casually drifted over the fair, lustrous skin visible on the girl in white before him.

"So, just give it a try," Jiang Zheyu could only soften her voice, putting on a cute act. Her tea-colored eyes, shimmering with the light of countless stars, gazed at him with a pitiable and adorable look. "What if you end up liking me?"

Si Yu’s gaze did indeed pause for a moment. Then, the corner of his lip quirked up. "Fine. Come on. Show me what this A+ Spiritual Power of yours can do."

"Okay!" Jiang Zheyu’s tea-colored eyes lit up.

She hurried over to Si Yu, sat down beside him, and took his hand.

Si Yu reflexively glanced at Jiang Zheyu.

The young woman offered a faint smile. "Don’t worry, this will be over soon."

His gaze fell to her hand holding his, then drifted up to her faint smile.

For a fleeting moment, Si Yu thought that maybe she really did like him.

His dark green eyes stilled. Then, his long lashes swept down, and he said no more.

Holding his hand, Jiang Zheyu closed her eyes.

A pure white Spiritual Domain Space.

A massive Dragon Bone Lizard lay prone on the ground. Its body was covered in scale-like bones the color of silver snow, forming what looked like indestructible bone armor. Its enormous, long tail was also covered in these bony plates.

Its pair of dark green eyes held the cold, mechanical indifference of an animal.

A great deal of black smoke swirled around the Dragon Bone Lizard. It looked like its Beastification Value was quite high.

Although she had prepared herself, now that she was standing here, seeing the enormous Dragon Bone Lizard with her own eyes, she couldn’t help but gulp.

’This kind of cold-blooded creature looks extremely aggressive. Not exactly pet material.’

The huge Dragon Bone Lizard lay there, motionless as a statue. Even its dark green eyes didn’t move. It was like a wild beast lying in wait, ready to explode into action the moment its prey drew near.

Jiang Zheyu slowly crept toward the black mist near the Dragon Bone Lizard’s tail.

Rather than face the Dragon Bone Lizard’s cold, mechanical eyes, Jiang Zheyu chose to sneak up from behind.

She got close to the tail and slowly grabbed five wisps of black energy. The Dragon Bone Lizard remained completely still, just like a statue.

So, getting greedy, Jiang Zheyu grabbed another five wisps.

Name: Jiang Zheyu

Gender: Female

Current Spiritual Power Value: S (570/3000)

Points: 443 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

In the blink of an eye, the silver-boned tail, which had been as still as a statue, suddenly shot out and wrapped itself tightly around her matchstick-figure body.

Once it had her trapped, it became as still as a statue again.

The tail coiled around her waist, as unyielding as solid iron.

It was one thing when it was still, but the moment it moved, it had captured its prey.

Jiang Zheyu was startled by the tail’s sudden movement. Before she could even react, her spiritual body was clamped in place by the silver-boned tail, held as if in an iron vise.

’Well, the mission’s done anyway.’ Jiang Zheyu slowly withdrew her spiritual power.

Si Yu hadn’t closed his Spiritual Domain Space or tried to trap her inside, so her spiritual power withdrew easily.

When Jiang Zheyu opened her eyes, she found herself sitting on Si Yu’s lap, his powerful arms wrapped around her waist.

His dark green eyes were narrowed in comfort.

As Jiang Zheyu withdrew her spiritual power and opened her eyes, his gaze met hers. His handsome face was extremely close, and his palm caressed her waist. "Again."

"What?" For a moment, Jiang Zheyu didn’t understand what he meant.

"Spiritual Comfort." Si Yu lowered his head and kissed her cheek. "It felt good."

Jiang Zheyu paused. ’He wants to go again just because he says so? Doesn’t he know that other females need a long rest after performing Spiritual Comfort just once?’

With this in mind, she slowly asked, "Are you aware that other females need to rest for a long time after performing Spiritual Comfort before they can do it again?"

"I didn’t know." Si Yu raised an eyebrow. And it was true—he didn’t know, having never received Spiritual Comfort before.

His Beastification Value had been holding at 89, right on the verge of full Beastification, but he refused to seek Spiritual Purification from any of those repulsive females.

That was why he had slowly retreated from his role as a rampaging Star Thief leader to a position behind the scenes, becoming the boss of many other madmen. He had spent a long time all alone, maintaining that near-critical Beastification Value by himself.

He was simply a madman who had hidden his fangs.

He was on the brink of his Beastification Value tipping over, of turning into a mindless beast. Many people were eagerly awaiting that moment, hoping he would become a feral monster. Everyone wanted him dead; no one was rooting for him to live.

But even if it meant turning into a beast, he refused to get close to those vapid females. In fact, having seen so many females abuse Beastmen, he had come to feel nothing but disgust for them.

"That’s other females. I’m different. I can perform Spiritual Comfort once a day," Jiang Zheyu said, leaning in as if sharing a little secret.

’Actually, I can do it multiple times a day, but I’ll just say once a day for now.’

Mostly, she just didn’t want to see the lizard too often.

Si Yu watched the young woman’s charming and playful expression, his dark green eyes shifting slightly as an unfamiliar flutter rose in his heart.