How Did the Reborn Empress Become My Bootlicker? - Chapter 10:

Chapter 10: A Perfect Hit! Golden Quality Reward Returns! Mark of the Sun!

[Ding! Congratulations, you have received a golden quality reward: Mark of the Sun!]

Su Yuan, “??? What is this? A golden quality reward? I just casually tried one lottery draw and suddenly hit the jackpot? A perfect strike?”

He was stunned.

After all, an Intermediate Draw required 500 Emotion Points per attempt, and only after 100 cumulative draws would it guarantee a golden quality reward.

This luck was insane!

Without hesitation, Su Yuan immediately added 100 more Emotion Points and performed another Basic Draw!

[Ding! Thank you for participating!]

Su Yuan, “…”

Alright then.

Turns out luck doesn’t always follow through.

He sighed and looked at the reward he had just received.

Mark of the Sun… it sounded powerful.

[Mark of the Sun: In a certain world’s cultivation system, those who carry the Mark of the Sun are called Radiant Holy Sons. They can absorb the power of the sun and store it in the Mark.]

[Note: The ‘sun’ here actually refers to ‘stars.’]

[Note: As one’s strength increases, the amount and quality of solar energy the Mark can contain will continue to improve.]

[Remark: The Radiant Power deals additional damage to any being with dark attributes.]

Oh?

Absorbing the energy of a star and storing it in the Mark of the Sun?

That meant, besides using Source Energy, he now had another method to deal with enemies.

And more importantly—

It specifically dealt extra damage to beings with ‘dark’ attributes?

Su Yuan couldn’t help but picture Xu Anyan in his mind.

Her Talent was Shadow Control.

And shadows, without a doubt, fell under the ‘dark’ attribute.

In other words, this reward was a direct counter to Xu Anyan’s Talent—it could even trigger critical hits?

“But then again, I won’t ever have a conflict with Xu Anyan. After all, she’s Aunt Xu’s daughter.”

Su Yuan chuckled and shook his head as he chose to fuse with the Mark of the Sun.

Compared to the overwhelming vision triggered when he fused with the SSS-level Talent, Ancient God Bloodline, the process of fusing with the Mark of the Sun was much calmer.

A sun-like pattern slowly formed on the back of his right hand. It looked mysterious and profound.

Curious to try out the effect of the Mark, Su Yuan paused his cultivation and opened his eyes.

What greeted him first were the stunned stares of his classmates, like they were seeing a monster. Even Class Teacher Old Wu looked dumbfounded… and beside him… was the principal?

Su Yuan ignored the looks, stood up calmly, stretched a bit, and felt the overflowing Source Energy in his body. Then he glanced out the window—

It was exactly noon, the blazing sun hung high in the sky.

The perfect moment to absorb solar power with the Mark of the Sun.

He walked toward the classroom door.

“Old Wu, Principal, I need to go out for a moment.”

“Huh? Go out? Where to?” Old Wu asked, still dazed.

Principal Xiao Jianguo was also confused.

Su Yuan pointed toward the sun in the sky, “Sunbathing. To get stronger.”

Everyone, “?”

…

Sunbathing… to get stronger?

What the hell?

Everyone looked at one another in disbelief.

Principal Xiao Jianguo was the first to react. His eyes lit up.

Su Yuan awakened a physical enhancement type Talent!

Could it be…

This was one of the abilities within his Talent?

He asked eagerly, “Su Yuan, does this ‘sunbathing to get stronger’ have something to do with your Talent?”

Su Yuan thought for a moment.

According to the system, the Mark of the Sun was from another world’s cultivation system. Explaining it would just confuse them. So he simply nodded, “Yes, it’s part of my Talent.”

Upon hearing that, everyone around groaned.

Even sunbathing could make him stronger? Was he even human?

[Shock 14]

[Shock 11]

[Shock 2]

[Shock 3]

…

Amid the confusion and astonishment of his classmates, Su Yuan left the classroom and headed to the school field to test the Mark under direct sunlight.

Principal Xiao Jianguo followed close behind, eager to witness this extraordinary Talent in action.

As the two passed by Class 1’s door, many students spotted them and asked curiously, “Huh? Isn’t that Su God from Class 3? Why is the principal following him? Where are they going?”

“No idea.”

“Why didn’t they bring Goddess Xu?”

“Beats me.”

Hearing the commotion, Xu Anyan lazily glanced outside. After a moment of thought, she controlled her Shadow Attendant to step out and catch up with Xiao Jianguo.

“!?”

The sudden shadow startled Xiao Jianguo.

The shadow rose and took humanoid form. Its mouth opened and asked in a hoarse voice that sounded quite similar to Xu Anyan’s, “Principal, when will we go to the Education Bureau for resource-tilt certification?”

Xiao Jianguo was a little taken aback.

Su Yuan watched the talking shadow with admiration.

“What a convenient Talent. It really suits someone like Xu Anyan with her cold personality. She won’t even need to talk to people anymore—her shadow can do it. I just hope it doesn’t make her more reclusive…”

Xiao Jianguo had no idea what Su Yuan was thinking and answered seriously, “Hold on a bit. Once Su Yuan finishes verifying his Talent, we’ll head to the Education Bureau.”

“Alright.”

The shadow nodded slightly, showed no interest in what ‘Talent verification’ meant, and melted back into the ground, returning to Xu Anyan’s side like a tide.

Xiao Jianguo couldn’t help but sigh, “What an amazing Talent…”

Su Yuan nodded in agreement, “It really is.”

…

After arriving at the sports field, Su Yuan found the sunniest, most open spot with no shade and sat down cross-legged.

According to the system’s introduction, the Mark of the Sun was an innate Talent in that other world.

To absorb the sun’s energy, he didn’t need to activate any techniques or cultivation methods—it would happen naturally.

As for whether that world’s sun was the same as the one on Blue Star—

Su Yuan figured it was close enough.

A star is a star, after all.

However—

Since Xiao Jianguo didn’t know about the Mark of the Sun and Su Yuan was just sitting leisurely under the sun doing seemingly nothing, a few minutes later, Xiao Jianguo was filled with question marks.

Really?

This was how he got stronger?

Was this a joke?

If this worked, how was anyone else supposed to keep up?

…

Over ten minutes passed.

Once Su Yuan felt the Mark of the Sun was fully charged with Radiant Power, he stood up, ready to test the effect of this new power.

Xiao Jianguo quickly approached and asked, “How is it?”

Su Yuan grinned, “Not bad.”

Xiao Jianguo hesitated for a moment, then asked, “Can you show me?”

He truly wanted to see how someone could get stronger just by sunbathing.

Su Yuan readily agreed. He raised his right hand and casually pointed at a willow tree not far away.

“Whoosh!”

The sun-pattern on the back of his hand lit up.

A blazing beam of Radiant Power shot out instantly, pierced through the tree trunk, and ignited it on the spot.

Xiao Jianguo’s eyes widened, “Your Source Energy… now has elemental attributes!? And that level of power… it’s almost at Tier 1 Upper Level!”

[Shock 20]

Unlike Xiao Jianguo’s disbelief, Su Yuan remained calm.

After all, the Mark of the Sun was a golden quality reward that could rival the SSS-level Talent Ancient God Bloodline.

As his strength improved, the amount of Radiant Power it could hold would grow, and its destructive force would become even more terrifying.

Someday, with just a flick of his finger, the sun would rise and explosions would erupt everywhere. That would be truly epic.

Right now?

Not bad. Just alright.

Xiao Jianguo stood on the edge of an existential crisis.

Before today, he’d always believed—

Among SSS-level Talents, Su Yuan’s was slightly weaker than Xu Anyan’s.

That wasn’t bias—it was the general consensus.

Physical enhancement Talents were stronger in the early and middle stages. But once someone ascended to higher realms, and life itself evolved, everyone’s physical strength would reach a similar level.

At that point, the competition would be all about output power.

And elemental or mystical-type Talents would have the upper hand.

But now!

Su Yuan’s physique could actually convert sunlight into Source Energy and give it elemental properties!

This was flat-out cheating!

He was getting the best of both worlds!

Damn it!

That’s not even fair!

[Envy 20]

[Jealousy 10]

“Principal?”

Su Yuan called out when Xiao Jianguo didn’t respond for a long time.

“Ahem…”

Snapping out of his daze, Xiao Jianguo quickly pulled himself together.

But his gaze toward Su Yuan was full of complex emotions.

After a deep breath, he finally accepted the truth that the gap between people… sometimes was even bigger than the one between humans and dogs.

“Let’s go. To the Education Bureau!”