Many descendants

Seeing Su Yan eating fruit, the shopkeeper immediately smiled warmly and said, "This is a specialty fruit from my hometown called Qingxin Plum. It was delivered a couple of days ago. If you like it, I'll pack a box and give it to you later."

"Sell me all of these fruits, boss. It's rare that she likes them so much," Ziqi said with a smile.

The shopkeeper placed the jade box on the table. "If you, esteemed guest, accept this Soul-Nourishing Fruit, I will give you the whole thing. Also, the seed can be planted. It will definitely flower and bear fruit within three years, and the flowers will be very beautiful and last for a month."

“Alright, let’s take a look at the Soul Nourishing Fruit first,” Ziqi replied.

The shopkeeper immediately opened the jade box with delight, inside which was a white, spherical fruit emitting a cold mist.

Su Yan leaned closer and smelled the Soul-Nourishing Fruit; it had a faint, indescribable fragrance.

Then, he swallowed it in one gulp!

The boss and Ziqi both looked at her.

"Can this stuff be eaten directly?!" The shopkeeper looked bewildered. "Isn't it supposed to be refined first, and then combined with warming ingredients before it can be consumed?"

Ziqi was also worried that she had eaten something bad. "Yan Yan, are you alright?"

"Delicious!" Su Yan belatedly realized that eating the fruit was purely a physical instinct.

[Xiaomei, is this fruit very important?]

[The fetus's talent is taking shape; consuming more rare and precious herbs imbued with the aura of rules will be extremely beneficial. Manman was able to awaken her dark talent because one of the fruits you ate contained a spiritual material imbued with dark rules.]

What are the rules for this Soul-Nourishing Fruit?

[I don't know, there's just an aura of rules. The world contains all sorts of rules; whether one can awaken a major rule depends on luck.]

"I understand." Su Yan patted her stomach. "I'm so full."

Ziqi chuckled softly and said to the shopkeeper, "How much? Name your price."

Since we've already eaten, we can let them set the price.

But the boss was a smart man. He knew that such a generous guest was someone he wanted to cooperate with long-term. Besides, he hadn't spent much to acquire the Soul-Nourishing Fruit; he had doubled his money in the end. "100 million gold coins, what do you think?"

“Sure.” Ziqi didn’t haggle at all. “Are there any other spiritual materials? You can bring those too, I can collect them all.”

The shopkeeper thought to himself, "He's definitely a big customer." "Alright, I'll go get it right away. Please wait a moment. Also, I'll have someone bring this Qingxinmei plum over right away."

Su Yan let out a burp, "Looks like I ate the right Soul Nourishing Fruit, I'm so full."

"Hmm." Ziqi gently tapped her belly, which wasn't bulging yet. "She likes to eat seafood and isn't afraid of the cold. It must be from my water-based mystical arts."

Su Yan touched her belly and lay down. "I'm a little sleepy. This baby is probably going to be a lazy baby who likes to sleep a lot."

"Go to sleep." Ziqi placed her behind his neck, feeling her softness, and picked up the half-eaten plum she had eaten and continued eating.

It tastes really good. When he gets back, he'll plant a patch of it for her.

Ziqi collected all the spiritual materials the shopkeeper had brought. Without spending a single gold coin, she simply signed a bill and told the shopkeeper to settle the account with the Holy War Committee.

The boss then learned that they were the Holy Female Candidate Team.

The wealthiest place on the Holy Capital Continent is the Holy War Committee, and it's common knowledge that all expenses for these Holy Female candidate teams within the Holy Capital are covered by the Holy War Committee. No wonder the boss was overjoyed, not even bothering to negotiate the price.

With the boss's extremely warm farewell, Ziqi left Hongbao Auction House.

They still went through the back door.

"No need to deliver it, boss. I'll come back the day after tomorrow. If you have any good stuff, please keep it with me first."

"Of course, esteemed guest, please watch your step and walk slowly."

……

Su Yan stretched and looked around. It was dark and gloomy, with a dark lake nearby.

The little paw patted Ziqi's shoulder, "Where are we?"

“Yu Yan and Yin Zang were at Evil Dragon Lake. Although they escaped unscathed, it took them a lot of effort,” Zi Qi replied.

After leaving the auction house, he took Su Yan back to the hotel. But as soon as they arrived at the hotel entrance, someone used a teleportation spell on them.

This teleportation technique is a special skill possessed by Zhuang Jiu, the strongest member of Lin Xue'er's team.

The trigger condition requires leaving a mark of the teleportation spell on the target through physical contact. It can be activated at any time.

But it can only be used once.

During the time Ziqi was in Lin Xueer's team, Zhuang Jiu frequently approached him. Later, after learning about his ultimate technique, he realized that he might have fallen for it.

He had been on guard, planning to activate it after the third phase began, but he didn't expect to use it now.

It seems that Lin Xueer's situation is not optimistic.

Su Yan opened the system map and looked around.

Upon seeing this, their eyes widened immediately, and they clapped their little paws vigorously, exclaiming, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there are spiritual herbs over there! Go and pick them quickly!"

"..." Ziqi looked at the excited Su Yan, who seemed not afraid of the current situation at all.

"That's ambergris, a highly poisonous medicinal herb. Don't even think about it."

"Host, you can eat without worry," Xiao Mei replied.

Su Yan said, "Xiao Mei said I can eat it. Besides, if there really were any problems, I used to eat all sorts of random things in the Beast Forest when I was alone, and I got sick long ago, but I'm still fine."

Ziqi felt pity and shame, but still did not set off.

He didn't want to pick poisonous mushrooms for her.

"To leave from here, you need to enter Dragon Lake. There is a teleportation array at the bottom of the lake that can take you to the Northern Continent."

"The Northern Continent? Isn't that the Holy Capital Continent?"

"No. There's a teleportation array on the Northern Continent that leads to the Holy Capital Continent, but it costs 100,000 spirit stones. Or..." Ziqi looked at the Evil Dragon Lake, "...kill the evil dragon, and you should be able to use dragon crystals."

"By the way, Your Majesty, dragons like to collect treasures. Could they also have a treasure vault or something?"

"Go and see."

Ziqi pulled her into his arms, right up to her heart.

Su Yan popped her head up again, "I still want to eat that ambergris mushroom."

"..." Ziqi had no choice but to go pick ambergris mushrooms first. "Are you sure it's okay to eat them?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Su Yan's round ears twitched, looking incredibly cute.

Ziqi: "I miss Xiaoqi."

"Then look at me more." Su Yan's eyes blinked brightly, like stars.

Ziqi chuckled softly, her chest trembling slightly. "Okay."

"Do you think Xiao Qi will grow older than me?" Su Yan said wistfully, "Look at Yin Zang's beast form, it's strong and powerful, and the beast form is even more powerful than the human form."

Ziqi touched her little ears, "Xiaoqi is protected by Ziyuan and the others now, so there's no need to worry about her safety."

"Ah."

Ziqi first used arcane magic to create a small barrier, which enveloped her.

"Get some sleep."

"I want to see you fight the dragon."

"It's better to sleep."

His fighting would inevitably worry her, and since she was pregnant, she didn't want to be afraid.