The commotion drew the attention of the other beastmen.
When the remaining five beastmen looked over, Qin Mo happened to pick up the black stone and hand it to Yunyang.
“Female Master!” Fuyuan quickly swam over after getting a clear look at the stone. “This is it!”
Yunyang stared somewhat blankly at the stone Qin Mo had handed her.
Aside from its unusual color, the black stone didn’t seem to have anything special about it. Could this really be the treasure Fuyuan had mentioned?
Fuyuan opened his optical computer and scanned the black stone.
A holographic display unfolded before them, retrieving all the relevant information currently available in the Federation.
[Xi Ling Amber: A substance formed from the combination of deep-sea ore and merfolk tears. It is generally dark purple or black in color. Its effects are unknown.]
Even the optical computer couldn’t find any information about what Xi Ling Amber was used for?
Yunyang held the palm-sized black stone and examined it carefully. Although the optical computer said that Xi Ling Amber was usually dark purple or black, this particular piece was clearly different.
Even at a rough glance, one could see that quite a few other colors were mixed into the black.
Put simply…it was rainbow-colored black.
Still, the optical computer couldn’t be wrong.
Fuyuan said, “So it’s Xi Ling Amber. No wonder the old merfolk said it was good for mental power.”
Yunyang tilted her head slightly, signaling for him to continue.
Fuyuan gave her a simple explanation.
Merfolk tears were the final tears left behind when a merfolk naturally passed away.
When merfolk tears came into contact with certain special deep-sea ores, they formed Xi Ling Amber.
Xi Ling Amber by itself was not particularly useful. Only merfolk sonic waves could prompt the merfolk tears and deep-sea ore within the amber to fully fuse, thereby giving it other effects.
When Fuyuan had searched for Xi Ling Amber before, he had used sonic waves.
That was why the appearance of this piece differed somewhat from the description given by the optical computer.
“Female Master, you only need to absorb it the way you absorb insect cores.”
“I’m not entirely sure what effect it will have, but it definitely won’t cause any harm to your body.”
Yunyang weighed the Xi Ling Amber in her hand.
After thinking for a moment, she said, “I’ll absorb it after we return to Planet X92.”
They were traveling, after all. If anything unexpected happened, it would be difficult to deal with while they were away from home.
The six beastmen all agreed with her decision.
Yunyang put the Xi Ling Amber into her spatial button. Then, after touring the mineral vein for a while under Pei Wenye’s guidance, she left the seabed with the six beastmen.
Diving was truly exhausting.
Yunyang had only let herself slack off during these few days of vacation. Her stamina was still far better than it had been before.
Even so, making the trip there and back left her completely worn out. Once she returned to the starship, she didn’t want to move at all.
She still hadn’t recovered by the time they returned to their lodgings.
“Pack everything. We’re going home tomorrow.”
Tomorrow would be the seventh day. Although she hadn’t visited many places, she really had no energy left.
Besides, when she counted everything up, she had still visited quite a few places over the past several days.
Even if half of them couldn’t exactly be considered tourist attractions.
“Of course, Female Master. Rest up—we’ll do the packing.”
The six beastmen sprang into action. Two massaged her shoulders, two kneaded her legs, and the other two went to pack their belongings.
Once Yunyang had recovered a little, she didn’t forget to message the person in charge of the ancient-style botanical garden.
Since she was leaving a day early, the rosemary naturally had to be shipped a day ahead of schedule as well.
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After receiving Yunyang’s message about the earlier shipping date, the person in charge began making preparations.
Chen Yueli hadn’t managed to run into Yunyang that day, so he returned home in disappointment.
Seeing her most beloved son looking so dejected, Chen Qiaoyin immediately understood.
“You didn’t see Lady Yunyang today?”
The day before, Chen Yueli had returned home and asked her about Lady Yunyang’s lodgings on Planet S28. Chen Qiaoyin naturally understood that her son intended to pursue Lady Yunyang.
She was more than happy to see that happen, so she had told Chen Yueli where Yunyang was staying.
Chen Yueli had gone out for the entire day, yet had returned looking like this. Clearly, he had come up empty-handed.
“Lady Yunyang went somewhere else today, so I didn’t get a chance to speak with her.” Chen Yueli wasn’t discouraged. “But it’s all right. I’ll wait outside Lady Yunyang’s lodgings again tomorrow.”
Chen Qiaoyin glanced at the message she had received on her optical computer and smiled. “I’m afraid you won’t have the chance.”
Chen Yueli looked at his mother in confusion.
“Lady Yunyang has changed her plans. She’s leaving Planet S28 tomorrow.”
The tourism bureau still needed to reimburse Yunyang for her expenses on Planet S28, which was why Chen Qiaoyin had learned that Yunyang would be leaving early.
At those words, Chen Yueli’s head shot up.
Lady Yunyang was leaving?
Didn’t that mean he had no chance now?
But he really liked Lady Yunyang.
Chen Yueli shifted into his beast form, leaped onto the coffee table in front of Chen Qiaoyin, and sat there with a pair of enormous eyes, trying to look adorable.
“Mother, could you tell me Lady Yunyang’s address?”
His mother definitely knew it.
Chen Yueli and his father had become Chen Qiaoyin’s most beloved son and beastman husband precisely because they were so adorable after shrinking down in their beast forms.
Today, however, Chen Yueli’s charms were completely ineffective.
Chen Qiaoyin gave him a cool glance. “Chen Yueli, who taught you to pry into a female’s privacy?”
“If you ever have thoughts like that again, you can pack your things and go back to the Black Panther tribe with your father.”
She could tell him where Lady Yunyang was staying on Planet S28. That area had originally been prepared by the tourism bureau for visiting females, and even if she didn’t tell him, Chen Yueli could find it himself.
But when it came to Lady Yunyang’s home address, she couldn’t casually disclose it.
Even if he was her own son, that was still out of the question!
Chen Yueli’s father, who had been dragged into the matter for no reason: “…”
He handed Chen Qiaoyin a glass of water at a comfortable temperature, then unceremoniously thumped the black panther on the head with his fist.
“Did you hear what your mother said?”
The force was just right. It wouldn’t injure Chen Yueli, but it was enough to make him wince.
The black panther immediately wilted. “I know I was wrong. Mother and Father, your scolding is justified.”
Only then did Chen Qiaoyin look satisfied. She took a sip of water and pointed her son toward another path.
“If you want to see Lady Yunyang, you can wait until she opens purification appointments and make a reservation.”
“I understand. Thank you, Mother!”
Chen Yueli instantly sprang back to life.
He jumped to the floor, shifted back into human form, and opened his optical computer to search for when Yunyang would open purification appointments.
The first result was the official website Lao Wei had created for Yunyang.
A notice was pinned to the homepage:
[Lady Yunyang has other matters to attend to and will not be opening purification appointments in the near future.]
Although Lao Wei hadn’t said so outright, the beastmen all knew that Lady Yunyang and Lord Yulu had previously gone to Planet T01 to help. They understood completely.
Quite a few males even said that they had suppressants and told Yunyang not to rush into opening purification appointments.
Chen Yueli stared at the words “not in the near future” for a long time.
In other words, he wouldn’t have any chance to see Lady Yunyang anytime soon.
But Lady Yunyang had been busy for so long. She deserved some time to rest.
Chen Yueli bookmarked the appointment website and set up a notification. The moment the website opened purification appointments, he would receive the news immediately.
He wasn’t in a hurry at all.
Really.
