Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

It's a pity that due to the erosion of time, this exquisite and charming painting has faded and yellowed.

"Does it look good?" Qi Yu suddenly spoke.

"It's beautiful and gives people a feeling of peace and tranquility." Xia Jiumeng said sincerely. Even people like her who don't understand paintings couldn't help but stop and watch.

However, she always felt that the place in the painting looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it.

"I also think it's beautiful. It's a great masterpiece. I decided to buy it back."

Qi Yu said this as he carefully took the painting off the easel.

Xia Jiumeng looked at him and nodded, as if he was touched by the beauty of the painting and wanted to collect it.

"it is good."

Qi Yu always likes to appreciate rare and beautiful things.

But this time, Xia Jiumeng saw a hint of sadness in his heart.

This painting...I'm afraid it's not just a simple landscape.

The boss behind them just smiled and said nothing, but a gleam of light flashed in his cloudy eyes.

Good things will eventually return to their original owners.

counter.

"Majesty."

Xia Jiumeng was a little surprised to hear the price. Are the prices in second-hand shops so affordable?

She thought she would be ripped off.

The boss saw what she was thinking and laughed.

"Haha, the things I have here are all fair and honest, and I definitely won't ask for exorbitant prices."

"The old man is really down-to-earth."

Xia Jiumeng looked at him respectfully.

In this crisis-ridden world, there are very few people who can maintain their original intentions.

"It's just a small business. Everything here has its own story. It's fate that you can take them away."

The boss smiled and wrapped up the painting and necklace and handed them to them.

"Walk slowly."

Xia Jiumeng felt a little strange when she left the second-hand shop. The boss's attitude seemed unusual.

Especially the way he looked at her, it was strange, but there was no malice in it.

Forget it, never mind.

*

After leaving the antique shop, the two went straight back to the hotel. After putting the painting away, Qi Yu looked at Xia Jiumeng who was fiddling with the pendant and sat down beside her.

"Is this pendant the source of the strange energy?"

"Well, to be precise, it doesn't emit supernatural energy, it emits spiritual power."

Xia Jiumeng said as she looked at the crystal clear gem on the necklace in her hand that looked like a tear.

She had previously analyzed the strange energy in her home studio. To be honest, that energy was very similar to Kester's spiritual power, except that it was very thin and contained a lot of impurities.

If humans absorb it, they will definitely mutate. After all, the human body does not have the ability to separate such impurities, especially humans who have not yet unlocked their genes.

Although it is not as strong as mental power, it is also a powerful force in many middle and high-level worlds.

As a new world, or a world that is stuck in a cycle and unable to break out and is on the verge of destruction, it is incredible that there are so many forces similar to spiritual power.

However, if this world were to perish, the new world that would emerge billions of years later would probably be at the level of an advanced civilization from the very beginning.

Unfortunately, now that she is here, this world has no chance of extinction, but this power did give her a good inspiration.

"Spiritual power? What is it?"

"Well, it's a bit complicated to explain. You can think of it as a power that can be absorbed by others without any side effects."

"so smart?"

"Isn't that the same as the evol potion?"

Seeing Qi Yu's interested expression, Xia Jiumeng placed the necklace in his palm so that he could observe it closely.

"It's different. It's an invisible force that exists between all things. It's not something that ordinary people can absorb."

This is also where the saying "everything has a spirit" comes from.

If anyone can easily absorb this power, then what is the point of those practitioners spending their entire lives researching these skills?

"I see, then it doesn't seem to be of any use."

"But it's pretty, and it works for me."

Xia Jiumeng smiled and took the necklace back and put it around her fair and delicate neck.

"Doesn't it look good?"

"It looks good and suits you very well."

Qi Yu praised.

"But..." Xia Jiumeng looked at the necklace and leveled it with Qi Yu's face. "I think this gem suits you better. Your eyes are also that blue."

Qi Yu's heart suddenly skipped a beat because of her words.

When had she ever observed his eyes?

But the inexplicable joy in his heart made him want to tease her.

"This color is obviously different from my eye color. Humph, my eyes are a unique color."

Xia Jiumeng looked at his eyes with a gradient of blue and purple, which were like a colorful world under the deep sea.

"It's a little bit different, so I won't send you off yet."

She put the necklace away with a wicked smile.

"Hey, weren't you going to give it to me? How can you go back on your word?"

As soon as Qi Yu heard that the necklace was for him, he immediately wanted to take it in his hand.

How can I regret giving him something?

"No, no, no!"

The two of them started playing on the sofa like children.

...

In the end, even though Qi Yu pushed Xia Jiumeng down on the sofa, he still failed to snatch the necklace.

Because it was tightly held in Xia Jiumeng's hand, and how could he bear to use force to pry her hand away.

Xia Jiumeng looked at the person above her. Because he was leaning over her, his handsome short hair drooped slightly, and his delicate and handsome face was a little red because of the fight.

Their eyes only reflected each other's faces at this moment, and the atmosphere became extremely ambiguous for a moment.

However, Xia Jiumeng subconsciously frowned when she felt the uncomfortable foreign body sensation in her calf.

"Well, if you don't want to send me off, then forget it, huh." Qi Yu suddenly withdrew with a flushed face.

"I'm not not giving it to you. I'm planning to take it back and modify it."

Seeing that he was a little unhappy, Xia Jiumeng replied subconsciously.

“No need to renovate, it looks great like this.”

Qi Yu felt that as long as it was a gift from her, he would like anything.

"No, no, no, I want to change it into an ear clip."

"How about I give it to you on your birthday?"

Seeing that she insisted, Qi Yu had no choice but to give up, but he still reminded her proudly.

"You can't forget! I remember it. If you don't send it to me, I will come to your house and ask for it when the time comes."

As he spoke, he counted in his mind how many days were left until his birthday.