Chapter 887: New Feature Unlocked

Hearing her words, many memories flooded his mind. He hadn't been completely unconscious just now; his awareness had simply been blurry, and he'd thought it was a dream or a hallucination. Now, with Mi Li's reminder, many scenes immediately came back to him.

He couldn't help but look at Bi Linglong. "Linglong, thank you." Saying "thank you" at that moment felt very strange; he almost wanted to slap himself. It seemed his mind wasn't quite clear after just recovering.

Bi Linglong's face flushed slightly. "It's just because you saved me many times before, so I'm saving you once. Don't overthink it."

Zu An couldn't help but chuckle. Mi Li, standing by, asked curiously, "What are you laughing at?"

Zu An replied, "I remembered a joke I once heard. A young lady was in danger in the wilderness and was saved by a man. If the man was ugly, she would say, 'I can never repay the gentleman's life-saving kindness; I'll be reborn as grass or an ox in the next life.' But if the man was as handsome as me, she would say, 'I can never repay the gentleman's life-saving kindness; I can only offer myself to him.'"

Mi Li was speechless. Bi Linglong was also speechless. Tears immediately welled up in her eyes. "Do you have to humiliate me like this?"

Mi Li, standing by, also felt he had gone a bit too far.

Zu An sighed and said, "Linglong, you saved my life. I should be the young lady who was saved, and you are the heroic rescuer. Right now, I just want to tell you: 'I can never repay your life-saving kindness; I can only offer myself to you.'"

Seeing him praise her beauty in such varied ways, Bi Linglong finally burst out laughing through her tears. "You're truly obnoxious! If I had known this, I should have had someone drag you out and bludgeon you to death the first time I saw you in the Eastern Palace." Women might not remember men who make them laugh, but they will definitely remember men who make them cry. At that moment, she truly wanted to pounce on him and bite him hard.

Zu An smiled and took her hand. "Indeed, the first time we met, you had a very haughty demeanor, and I was almost dragged away to be beaten with dozens of sticks."

Thinking back to that day, Bi Linglong's face also flushed. How the tables had turned! Back then, she had only meant to scare him, and not a single blow had actually landed. Yet, just now, he had 'beaten' her many, many times...

Seeing their hands unknowingly intertwined, Mi Li, standing nearby, rolled her eyes. This guy really knew how to charm women; no wonder so many unbelievably beautiful women loved to flock around him. "Hmph, what a scoundrel!"

After calming Bi Linglong, Zu An suddenly turned his head with a strange expression, looking at Mi Li. "How do I remember you seemingly entering my body just now?"

Just then, Mi Li swiftly extended a finger and pressed Bi Linglong's sleeping acupoint. "What are you doing?" Zu An was startled. "Hmph, worried about her already? Really..." Mi Li paused. She had intended to say something like 'new love, old forgotten,' but immediately realized it was inappropriate. "What I'm about to tell you isn't convenient for her to hear."

Zu An then felt relieved, as Mi Li's existence was, after all, a secret.

Mi Li hesitated for a moment, then said, "In my opinion, we should just silence her. This secret realm is so chaotic anyway; her death would be perfectly normal."

Zu An hastily replied, "No, absolutely not! Her status is special; she's the Crown Princess, after all. If she dies and I'm the only one to leave, the Emperor definitely won't let me off."

"Isn't Zhao Ruizhi outside a person?" Mi Li rolled her eyes. "Never mind, I knew you wouldn't be able to part with her. Unfortunately, in my current state, it's difficult to use the River of Oblivion again to make her forget my existence. I'm still a bit uneasy."

"What's wrong with you?" Zu An asked with concern.

"Your body was on the verge of collapsing back then, and I stabilized your injuries," Mi Li's face flushed. Even with her strong spiritual attributes, that matter was somewhat embarrassing to mention, so she quickly changed the subject. "Honestly, I owe you. Every time I spend a lot of time recovering, I end up expending a huge amount of soul power to save you, forcing me back into slumber."

Zu An's attention was indeed diverted. "Is it serious?"

"It's not fatal, but I'll probably have to fall into a period of slumber again," Mi Li's voice was full of frustration. The power absorbed by the Yin-Yang Five Elements Array earlier wasn't actually too much; the majority of it was spent on Zu An. The backlash from the 'Key' was incredibly powerful; to stabilize his collapsing body, she nearly dispersed her own soul. Now she was very weak, having barely held on just to ensure Zu An awoke safely.

"Don't worry about me. Check your own condition first," Mi Li said, still uneasy, asking for confirmation again.

As Zu An examined himself, he said, "Before, Ying Zheng left the latter half of the 'Primordial Chaos Scripture' in my sea of consciousness. I've now cultivated it to the fourth level."

Mi Li nodded approvingly. "Your talent is indeed rare in a thousand years. To learn such a vast and profound divine art so quickly is remarkable."

Zu An thought to himself that he hadn't truly learned it on his own. The keyboard system had previously notified him, asking if he wanted to learn the "Secret Tome of Xiquanqiu," and he just had to click 'yes.' Of course, reaching the current fourth level was genuinely thanks to his personal effort.

Mi Li continued, "Once the 'Primordial Chaos Scripture' reaches the fourth level, you can use Primordial Chaos True Qi to probe into others' bodies and help them treat various difficult illnesses. In other words, if you wish, you can now be a divine physician."

"A divine physician?" Zu An's face lit up with excitement. Wouldn't that mean he'd gain another impressive skill? In those urban novels from his previous life, male protagonists wouldn't dare show their faces if they didn't have some medical skills.

"Oh, so does that mean I can save lives without 'doing that' anymore?" Zu An suddenly realized something and asked. Although that method of saving people was quite enjoyable, bringing it up always made him feel like a pervert. What's more, what if he encountered men in trouble in the future? He might have to save brothers or elders.

Mi Li shook her head. "The fourth level of the 'Primordial Chaos Scripture' only allows you to be a doctor, not an immortal. If you encounter a situation like Chu Chuyan's before, the fourth level naturally won't be able to solve it. You'll still have to rely on the old method."

"That's truly a shame," Zu An sighed.

"Why do I see you smiling at the corner of your mouth?" Mi Li mercilessly exposed him.

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense," Zu An denied with a triple rejection.

"Alright, alright," Mi Li clearly understood his character and didn't bother to press the issue. She then asked him about his other conditions, only then truly feeling at ease. "Okay, I'm going to fall into slumber now. The rest is up to you." After speaking, she directly transformed into a wisp of smoke and entered the Tai'e Sword.

Zu An's face showed worry. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do to help Mi Li in her current state. He fumbled inside the Glazed Jewel, finally sighing in relief when he saw that the Everlasting Five-Color Flower was still there. In the future, he would gather those herbs as soon as possible to reconstruct Mi Li's body, so she wouldn't have to suffer like this.

Just as Zu An was about to wake Bi Linglong, he suddenly realized something and immediately began meditating, turning his gaze inward. Previously, when the "Primordial Chaos Scripture" was completed, it seemed to have notified him about a new system opening, but given his state at the time, he naturally didn't have the energy to pay attention. Upon investigating now, he finally discovered that the new system that had opened was the "Shop System."

Actually, the shop system had been open before, but it was incomplete then, with only a few items. Now, the shop was densely packed with various items, immediately piquing Zu An's interest. He briefly studied it and found that the items were divided into several major categories.

There was an array of weapons, most of which were Heaven-tier, valuable enough to be family heirlooms for minor clans in the world, and capable of causing bloodshed if they entered the martial arts world. However, Zu An currently wielded the Tai'e Sword, the Poisoned Dagger, and the Immortal Slaying Flying Dagger. Although two of them were still incomplete, their value surpassed Heaven-tier weapons, making this feature somewhat redundant for him. Fortunately, he noticed a small line of text: these weapons could be equipped by Valkyries. "It's not entirely useless," Zu An mused to himself. Daji's current weapon suited her well, so it wouldn't need changing, but other Valkyries he might summon in the future would likely require new equipment.

He continued to scroll down. Another major category was materials, containing all sorts of strange and rare items, many of which he had never heard of. He even found things like Taotie horns and dragon scales among them. Zu An suddenly realized that these items could also be bought directly from the shop. He had previously been concerned that Daji's skill upgrades required gathering Yuan Pills, dragon scales, Taotie horns, and silver. Silver was manageable, but the other items were obtained purely by chance. What if other Valkyries needed different materials for skill upgrades in the future and he couldn't find them? Now with the shop, this problem was solved.

He subconsciously looked at the price of the Taotie horn. Items in the shop were all paid for with Rage points, and he had accumulated quite a few recently. However, upon seeing the long string of zeros after those items, he couldn't help but curse out loud, "Damn it, this is daylight robbery!" "Is it easy for me to painstakingly earn these Rage points? And then any small item in here costs several zeros. Damn it, not even Zimbabwean currency depreciates this much!" He scowled and skipped past that section entirely.

The next section contained some familiar items, such as Vitality Fruits, Marrow Cleansing Pills, and various special ores. Zu An was surprised because he remembered Shang Liuyu mentioning in class at the Brightmoon Academy that many of these ores were very precious and essential for forging high-grade weapons. He hadn't expected them to be available in this shop, though the required Rage points were clearly substantial.

He continued to look down. The fourth section contained only one item: Tiger Talismans, which offered a chance to summon Valkyries! "Tiger Talismans can be bought directly!" Zu An's eyes lit up. If he could summon more Valkyries in the future, he wouldn't even need to fight himself; his harem army could just overwhelm the enemies, or at least charm them to death even if they couldn't win. The thought of that scenario made him drool a little, but when he saw the Rage points required for the Tiger Talismans—, he immediately snapped out of his fantasy. It was too expensive! He hadn't drawn a lottery in a long time, and his accumulated Rage points so far were only [value], enough to buy merely six Tiger Talismans. The crucial point was that the probability of summoning a Valkyrie with a Tiger Talisman was already very low; these few talismans would likely vanish without a trace. These 430,000 Rage points would be better spent on the lottery, where he could not only get other items but also potentially luck out and draw a few Tiger Talismans. Zu An gradually realized that directly exchanging Rage points for items in this shop was a bit of a loss; it was best to obtain these items through other means, such as Taotie horns, dragon scales, and gathering Yuan Pills.

Understanding this, Zu An's agitated heart gradually calmed down, and he continued scrolling. When he saw the last section, Zu An's eyes widened. He had never imagined that this section's theme would be "Clothing"! A small note below explained that the clothing inside could be worn by Valkyries.

Ever since he acquired Daji, Zu An had studied her quite a bit. Although she obeyed his various commands, she prohibited any intimate gestures, not even allowing hand-holding. As for clothes, it was even more impossible for Zu An to touch them. Zu An had previously bought many beautiful dresses, hoping Daji would wear them, but she remained indifferent, looking at him as if he were an idiot.

"Are they crazy? Who would spend so many Rage points just to buy a dress?" Zu An sneered repeatedly. So what if he could make the Valkyries change clothes? He could only look anyway. Besides, their own clothes were already excellent and seemed to have dust-repelling arrays or similar enchantments, never getting dirty or stained, so they could wear them for a lifetime without issue. Moreover, these clothes didn't provide even a tiny bit of skill or combat assistance. "Anyone who buys this is an idiot!" Zu An decisively concluded.

However, he was still worried about missing information, so he decided to look at the clothing first. But once he saw them, his eyes widened, and his breathing became rapid. "Hmm, this skirt seems to use much less fabric." "Doesn't that expose the thighs?" "And this one, you should be able to see cleavage, right?" ...Until he saw a later outfit, he was completely stunned, because it was a black lace bikini! "Damn! The developer of this system must be a pervert!"

Zu An stared fixedly at the outfit, thinking that he absolutely had to get one like this. Whether it was a bikini or not didn't matter; the main thing was to save fabric for the system. He completely forgot his earlier firm conclusion and pressed the purchase button without hesitation, but a line of text immediately flashed: "Insufficient Rage points!" "Damn it!" Zu An gritted his teeth, furious that this item was so expensive! Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions... He was too lazy to count the string of zeros. "Forget it, Rage points are needed everywhere right now, so I won't buy this for now." Zu An kept consoling himself, but he still reluctantly gazed at the outfit in the shop, imagining how devilishly alluring Daji would look wearing it.

Zu An eventually returned to reality and began to ponder the purpose of this shop. After observing it, he found that few items in the shop could directly improve him. These items seemed to primarily serve the Valkyries. "It seems these Valkyries have a promising future... oh, ahem, their potential is promising."

Realizing that he couldn't make much use of the shop right now, Zu An didn't pay much attention to it. What he needed to address now was another problem.

Zu An helped Bi Linglong up and unsealed her sleeping acupoint. With a soft moan, the beauty in his arms slowly opened her eyes. Normally, her phoenix eyes were quite dignified, but now, those same eyes appeared slender and charming.

"What... what happened to me?" As soon as Bi Linglong opened her eyes, she saw his face looking at her from close range, and her heart couldn't help but pound.

"You must have been too tired just now," Zu An casually offered an excuse.

Bi Linglong, however, immediately recalled what the two of them had done just now, and her cheeks flushed crimson.

Zu An then realized his words were a bit ambiguous, but he had no intention of explaining. "Linglong, you're truly beautiful."

Bi Linglong was too shy to look at him again and gently turned her head to the side.

Zu An was accustomed to seeing her in her usual haughty, even arrogant, demeanor. Now, seeing her in such a rare state of shyness, his heart stirred, and he couldn't resist lowering his head to kiss her.

Bi Linglong instinctively wanted to dodge, but then immediately thought that they had just been intimate, and there seemed to be no need to hide anymore. So, she slowly closed her eyes, only her long eyelashes gently trembling, showing how fiercely her heart was beating at that moment.

Zu An leaned in to kiss her, not expecting her lips to be so soft, with a hint of sweetness. Bi Linglong moaned softly, her entire body snuggling into his arms like a ball of cotton. Having just experienced intimacy, she was inherently clingy towards the man to whom she had given everything. What had just happened was a bit rushed; now that Zu An had recovered his energy, he immediately wanted to savor the moment more deeply.

Bi Linglong, normally of noble status and exceptionally proud by nature, was unaccustomed to anyone treating her this way. She quickly succumbed completely to his skillful flirtation, nestling obediently in his arms, appearing entirely at his mercy.

Just then, Zhao Ruizhi's rather simple-minded voice suddenly came from outside: "Linglong, Linglong, where are you? I'm scared..." His voice was filled with grievance and helplessness.

Bi Linglong's body stiffened. She instinctively sat up and pushed the man beside her away.

Zu An's face was full of gloom. This idiotic fatso just had to wake up at this critical moment, disturbing them. He flashed outside, and soon Zhao Ruizhi's voice disappeared.

When he returned, Bi Linglong couldn't help but ask, "What did you do to him?"

Zu An replied, "Don't worry, I just knocked him out. So, shall we continue?"

Bi Linglong's face flushed slightly, but she shook her head firmly.

Zu An noticed that she had already tidied her disheveled clothes, knowing there would be no more opportunities today. He then mentally cursed the idiotic fatso a few more times.

"Let's discuss what we should do next," Bi Linglong said, a deep worry clouding her brow.

"How about we just get rid of that idiotic fatso and then go live together?" Zu An chuckled.

"No," Bi Linglong hastily shook her head. "Although there's no affection between us, we are nominally husband and wife. I've already... already done him a great disservice, how could I possibly kill him now?"

Zu An smiled. For someone like her, who had received a noble education since childhood, how could she possibly do something so unseemly... Wait, I'm certainly not Ximen Qing.

"But if we don't kill him, it will be very troublesome once we leave," Zu An reminded her. In truth, he didn't want to kill Zhao Ruizhi and then go on the run, as he had many familiar friends waiting for him. However, he couldn't directly express this, fearing that Bi Linglong would think he didn't care about her, so he had to put on an act.

Fortunately, Bi Linglong's answer was not unexpected. "If the Emperor's clone hadn't died, I would definitely run as far as possible. But now that his clone has been absorbed by that octopus monster, it leaves us with a lot of room for maneuver." Bi Linglong was initially hesitant, but as she spoke, she became calmer, clearly having formed a plan in her mind. She had been managing everything for years and was now more than halfway to achieving her ultimate goal, so naturally, she was unwilling to abandon everything in the capital.

"Everything that happened here is easy enough to explain to outsiders, but deceiving the old Emperor won't be easy," Zu An said in a deep voice. To be honest, Emperor Zhao Hao's cunning and ruthless image was too deeply ingrained.

"I have a plan. We can do this..." Bi Linglong leaned close to his ear and whispered softly.