Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

After listening for nearly a few hours, the bishop above finally stopped.

"The Lord has heard our prayers. Now please come up to receive the blessing and follow the Holy Messengers to the Pool of Life."

As soon as he finished speaking, energy surged in the hands of the bishop above, and the next moment a golden staff appeared in his hand.

The people from the five empires stood up first and walked to the altar one by one to wait for the bishop's blessing.

"The first one to go up is the crown prince of the First Empire, Lan Yuming." A gentle and pleasant voice sounded, and Xia Jiumeng looked up.

The man had messy brown hair, three-dimensional facial features, delicate eyebrows and eyes, and looked very harmless.

"Hello, Miss Xia. I am the Second Prince, Shen Yanmo. You can call me Yanmo."

"I've always heard rumors about Miss Xia, but unfortunately I couldn't visit her due to illness. I hope you don't mind." Shen Yanmo introduced himself.

Since the other party had taken the initiative to talk to her, Xia Jiumeng naturally couldn't ignore him, so she nodded politely and replied, "Second Prince, you are so polite."

Shen Yanmo nodded slightly and followed the team forward without saying anything else.

But in his heart he thought, when he spoke to her just now, it seemed that she was only distant from him but not on guard, so it seemed that she didn't dislike him anymore.

My third brother is such an obviously bad person that he is destined to never achieve anything great.

Soon it was their turn. Seeing the princes in front of her raised their wrists and handed the Nafuzhu bracelet given by the maid yesterday to the bishop for blessing, she took out the thing and put it on quickly.

When I got this bead yesterday, I felt a strange discomfort so I didn't wear it right away.

When he handed her his newly beaded wrist, the bishop paused for a rare moment.

Suddenly he said in an ambiguous tone, "Miss, you are a blessed person. God will bless you." Then he slowly tapped the tip of the scepter on the beads.

"Miss, please follow me." A messenger of God came over to lead the way for Xia Jiumeng.

Take her down from the right side of the altar.

Xia Jiumeng, who was following behind, held the beads in her hand and subconsciously wrapped them with her mental power. Only then did the strange chill feel better.

She always felt there was something wrong with this thing.

Following the dimly lit corridor, the messenger of God led her around several corners before arriving at a small cave that looked like an underground hot spring.

The messenger stopped when he saw the hot spring steaming out from the cracks in the rocks.

"Miss, this is the Holy Pool. It is formed by the gathering of the temple's unique divine core. The specific effects vary from person to person."

"May God bless you." The messenger prayed devoutly to the pool, then put a set of spare clothes and bath towel aside and left.

Xia Jiumeng “.......” Thank you, I think I can protect myself.

But since I'm here, I naturally want to experience what the so-called God's gift in this world is.

And she could clearly feel that the pool was indeed full of vital energy.

It's good stuff!

She did not take off her clothes, but sat slowly in the pool in this outfit.

The temperature of the pool water is slightly higher than body temperature, but this allows the human body to better absorb the energy in the water.

The chill on the wrist bead just now also disappeared completely after entering the pool water.

After noticing nothing unusual or dangerous, Xia Jiumeng soaked in the water with peace of mind.

This pool is full of life and energy, which are all good things.

.....

A few hours later, Xia Jiumeng opened her eyes again. Looking at the clear and less foggy pool in front of her, she stood up and went ashore with satisfaction.

Hey, absorbed it cleanly~

However, after leaving the pool, the chill of being peeped came back again, and she directly used her mental power to wrap the beads.

That feeling is gone.

Xia Jiumeng raised her wrist and looked at the red bead, and there was indeed something wrong.

Let’s go back to the room and study first.

After wiping herself and changing into new clothes, she walked to the entrance of the pool and pressed the candlestick above it.

"Click." The wall connected to the candlestick flipped over, and a lift platform that could only accommodate one person appeared in front of her.

This was the way to leave that the messenger told her.

The entrance to the sacred pool is one-way, and you can only leave from the other side.

As the lift rose, Xia Jiumeng appeared in a small room. As soon as she walked out, two waiters came in from outside with palm-sized instruments.

"Miss, don't be nervous. This is an instrument for detecting your body data." One of the maids turned on the instrument and showed it to her, indicating that the instrument was harmless.

Xia Jiumeng looked at the various physical indicators displayed on the instrument and nodded. It was indeed a routine physical examination.

She sat on a chair and let two maids examine her.

After a few beeps, the two maids smiled and put away the instruments.

"Miss, you are in very good health. Your supernatural power has increased by 3 levels, and your physical indicators have also increased by 40%."

"According to common calculations, you've extended your time by at least 30 years."

"Congratulations! It seems God likes you very much."

From the words of the two maids, Xia Jiumeng roughly understood what the temple's blessing was all about.

It turns out that the ether core of the temple is called God's Gift, which has the power to transform life energy. The transformed life energy can be absorbed by people and improve their level or physical condition to achieve the purpose of prolonging life.

Although the effects are different for each person, never underestimate the temptation of longevity for humans, especially those who have tried to achieve immortality.

The ability to prolong life is truly a 'gift from God'.

When Xia Jiumeng came out of the temple again, she saw Chunqing, Li Shen and their cat standing very straight like standard bearers, and she immediately thought they were cute.

"Sorry for the long wait." Xia Jiumeng walked forward and picked up Li Shen naturally.

"Miss, you look much better." Chun Qing sighed as she looked at Xia Jiumeng's lighter aura.

"A little." But it was of no use to her.

On the way back, I met the second prince, and his originally gloomy expression seemed to have improved a lot.

"What a coincidence! It seems Miss Xia is also out a little late." He looked at Xia Jiumeng pretending to be a little surprised.

Xia Jiumeng felt something was wrong in her heart, but she nodded politely. "It's okay. It looks like the Second Prince is much better. Congratulations."

"It's just good luck. Miss Xia, do you want to go back?"

"kindness."

"Mind joining us?"

Xia Jiumeng raised her eyebrows. Does this mean you want to talk to me?

"of course can."

Chunqing also guessed the second prince's intention, and wisely took a step back and followed the two of them.

The second prince looked at the calm woman beside him and couldn't help but sigh that she was also a good disguiser.

She was able to disguise herself so perfectly that even he couldn't see through her.

"Miss Xia, do you know His Majesty's plans?"

"Of course. Why? The Second Prince wants to join in the fun too?"

"Miss Xia, you're worrying too much. I don't care about that position. I just want to negotiate a deal with you." The second prince coughed lightly and shook his head.

Now it was Xia Jiumeng's turn to be a little surprised. He actually had no idea about the throne?

"Oh, what deal?"

She was too lazy to investigate whether it was true or not.

"Miss Xia's uncontaminated core is probably already known to many nobles and royal families of other empires."

"Miss, you should understand that it is a crime to possess a treasure." The second prince smiled harmlessly.

"So what?" Xia Jiumeng asked calmly, waiting for his next words.

"The Duke's Mansion alone is not enough to protect the core and you. There are many people in this world who are not afraid of death."

"Maybe you need a partner."

"A partner who can help you achieve safety and freedom." Shen Yanmo looked at Xia Jiumeng confidently. She was a smart person.

The eldest prince and the third prince were just using her and the Duke's Mansion as bargaining chips to seize the throne, but he was different. He was just a businessman who simply wanted to cooperate with her and could also provide her with help and protection.

Xia Jiumeng played with the ears of the kitten in her arms and said nonchalantly, "As far as I know, the Second Prince has never been competitive and doesn't even have his own guard team. How can he help me?"

The second prince had a different background from the other two princes. Although his mother was also one of the concubines, she was a businessman with little power, and even his family had few members.

Compared with the powerful eldest prince and third prince from their mother's family, they are somewhat insignificant.

"Miss Xia, don't worry. Since you dare to bring it up, you must be prepared." Shen Yanmo was offended by her words but was not annoyed. He just took out a badge engraved with a black rose and handed it to her.

"This is sincerity, Miss Xia can consider it."

"I can see that Miss Xia doesn't like dabbling in royal power any more than I do."

After saying that, he nodded politely and walked in another direction.

It seemed as if he didn't care whether Xia Jiumeng would choose to cooperate with him.

Chunqing quickened her pace only after she saw the Second Prince's figure completely disappear from her sight.

"Miss."

"Go check this badge." Xia Jiumeng handed the badge to Chunqing.

"Yes."