X-Dragon Era

Listening to Xin Yun's gentle words, Chu Rui's eyes couldn't help but blur, and for a moment, she felt a warmth in her heart. This scene felt so familiar... In this world, only her mother would talk to her like this; such warmth could only be given by her mother.

She gazed at Xin Yun through her hazy eyes, at his gentle, warm smile, and in that moment... Chu Rui felt a surge of warmth in her heart. If only... if only Xin Yun were her brother, how wonderful it would be to have such an outstanding brother who doted on her so much. It must be a very joyful thing.

Chu Rui was a smart child, incredibly smart. She glanced at Xin Yun, then at Yi Luo Xiang and Yan Qingying, and in the next moment... a hint of a smile seeped from the corners of Chu Rui's mouth.

Chu Rui knew that although she was still young, it was indisputable that she was a little beauty, and the kind that could make a strange uncle itch with desire—a beauty not inferior to any other, perhaps even more enticing. Therefore... if she truly wanted to blend into the Fantasy Dream Team, she needed an appropriate identity; otherwise, not to mention anything else, Yi Luo Xiang and Yan Qingying would always guard against her.

With her inner desire in mind, Chu Rui quickly made up her mind. She looked up earnestly at Xin Yun, bit her lip weakly, and said, "Brother Xin Yun... may I be your sister?"

"Huh?..." Hearing Chu Rui's words, Xin Yun was taken aback, while Po Kong sharply inhaled, his old face turning ashen in an instant!

Seeing this, Chu Rui smiled sweetly and said, "Don't misunderstand, by 'sister', I mean a real sister, like a true younger sister. My hope is that you would dote on and care for me like a real brother would."

Upon hearing Chu Rui's words, Po Kong let out a huge sigh of relief, and his facial expression immediately relaxed, even breaking into a broad smile. After all... when a girl says such words to a boy, it means she has no other intentions towards him; this relationship of brother and sister meant just that, devoid of all romantic or wild thoughts.

Meanwhile, Yan Qingying and Yi Luo Xiang exchanged a look, revealing admiring smiles on their faces simultaneously. This little girl was just too clever, almost wickedly so!

As for Xin Yun, he was momentarily stunned, then burst into heartfelt laughter, nodding vigorously. Standing up in excitement, Xin Yun said, "Good, that's really great! From now on, Chu Rui is Xin Yun's dearest sister."

"Yeah..." Seeing the genuine joy in Xin Yun's heart, Chu Rui couldn't help but be happy as well, she chirped, "From now on, Xin Yun is Chu Rui's dearest brother!"

"Hahaha..." Just then, Po Kong stood up boldly, laughing loudly, "This is truly something to be happy about! After the match is over, let's celebrate together, how about it?"

Facing Po Kong's invitation, Xin Yun smiled and shook his head. There was plenty of time for drinking, but he was simply too busy lately. With Dragon Gate changing to Sky-opening Sect, there were too many things to handle; where would he find the time to drink? That could delay important matters.

While thinking, Xin Yun smiled and looked at Chu Rui, "Since I've become your brother, I should have a gift for you, but may I ask what level your strength has reached now?"

In response to Xin Yun's query, Chu Rui shyly stuck out her tongue and said, "I've been training slowly, I've only just reached Silver Four Star; don't laugh at me."

"Well..." Hearing Chu Rui's response, Xin Yun couldn't help but exclaim in awe. Reaching Silver Four Star at the age of fourteen was definitely impressive, truly worthy of being close to Yi Luo Xiang.

But what should he give her? For a moment... Xin Yun frowned in thought, and suddenly, in the depths of his mind, an idea from Greenie rang out clearly, "Brother Yun... I just happen to have refined two batches of Silver Immortal Pills, enough to make one bottle. Use this as the gift; it's perfect."

"What!" Hearing Greenie's suggestion, Xin Yun couldn't believe it and inwardly exclaimed, "Really? You can refine Silver Immortal Pills now?"

Facing Xin Yun's query, Greenie chuckled and explained, "Of course not that quickly. In fact... these five Silver Immortal Pills were a fortunate success after failing more than a thousand trials. As of now, trying to refine Silver Immortal Pills is still too early for me, and I've given up continuing as it's a waste of materials."

"Well..." Upon hearing Greenie's explanation, Xin Yun subconsciously wiped away some sweat; with a success rate of one in a thousand after so many attempts, it was indeed challenging. But wasn't each batch supposed to produce eighty-one pills?

While Xin Yun was pondering, Greenie quickly clarified, "It's eighty-one indeed, but the remaining Silver Immortal Pills were taken by Yan Qingying—twelve of them—and the rest, sixty-nine pills, were taken by your Four Great Sword Souls, a total of sixty-four, leaving me with just five."

"What!" At Greenie's words, Xin Yun was thrilled beyond expectation, this was truly too good to be true. Although the Four Great Sword Souls had used sixty-four Silver Immortal Pills, it also meant that now, at the very least, they each had the strength of Gold tier. As long as the Four Great Sword Souls all had the strength of Gold Three Star, Xin Yun could converge the energy into the Great Dragon Pearl, increasing his strength by One Star, to reach the Six Star Crystal level.