How Did the Reborn Empress Become My Bootlicker? - Chapter 34:

Chapter 34: The Great Sun Visualization Scripture! Me? An Empress Needing His Care?

[Ding! 2,000 Emotion Points consumed. Performing 1 Advanced Draw!]

[Drawing in progress…]

[Thank you for participating!]

Su Yuan: ???

When he saw the giant words “Thank you for participating,” Su Yuan nearly threw the showerhead in his hand.

What the hell?

Are you messing with me?

That’s 2,000 Emotion Points!

He had finally made up his mind to go all in for an Advanced Draw—and this is what he got?

“If I could collect my own Emotion Points, I’d probably have earned a whole lot just now.”

Su Yuan was too frustrated to even complain properly.

Still, it wasn’t entirely for nothing. At least—

The system panel now showed: Advanced Draw (1/100)!

“This is for that red-quality reward later on… just filling the pool. Not a loss, not a loss…”

Su Yuan kept trying to console himself.

But the more he looked at the remaining 400-plus Emotion Points, the more it hurt his eyes.

“According to the Law of Luck Balance, if I’m this unlucky in the Advanced Draw, maybe I can make up for it somewhere else?”

With that thought, Su Yuan decided to go all in with a four-time Basic Draw.

[Ding! 400 Emotion Points consumed. Performing 4 Basic Draws!]

[Drawing in progress…]

[Congratulations! 1 hour Time-Still Space obtained!]

[Congratulations! 1 Level-2 Source Crystal obtained!]

[Thank you for participating!]

[Congratulations! ‘Great Sun Visualization Scripture: Rising Sun Chapter’ (Purple Quality) obtained!]

Now this felt good.

Four draws, three hits—and even a purple-quality reward.

You had to know, each draw tier’s top reward quality was the same as its draw’s highest-tier prize.

Like last time, the Intermediate Draw gave him the gold-quality [Mark of the Sun], which was the upper limit for that tier.

This time, [Great Sun Visualization Scripture: Rising Sun Chapter] was the same.

“I now have 2 hours of Time-Still Space saved up. Don’t need to use it yet, I’ll hold onto it.”

“Level-2 Source Crystal… not bad, decent at least.”

Su Yuan’s eyes then landed on the jackpot prize:

[Great Sun Visualization Scripture: Rising Sun Chapter]: A spiritual force cultivation method. One visualizes the blazing sun within the Divine Palace to continuously refine spiritual power. Once mastered—”I am the Great Sun, and the Great Sun is me. With a single thought, the sun crosses the sky, burning all things under heaven.” However, only the first chapter is currently available.

After reading this, Su Yuan had only one thought—

Damn, this is epic!

I am the Great Sun!

The Great Sun is me!

One thought, and the sun blazes across the sky, burning everything in its path!

But Su Yuan did have one doubt.

According to the textbook Introduction to Martial Arts, a martial artist couldn’t cultivate spiritual power during the 1st to 3rd stage Exploration Realm, not even sense it.

At that stage, what they had was only referred to as awareness or willpower.

Only after reaching the 4th stage—the Fusion Realm—could one begin to sense spiritual power.

Also—

Unlike Source Energy cultivation, where everyone in the Great Xia Empire followed the Heavenly Origin Cultivation Method, there had never been a unified system or fixed method for spiritual force cultivation!

“If this Great Sun Visualization Scripture can only be cultivated at the 4th stage, then it’ll just sit there collecting dust for now.”

With that in mind, Su Yuan skimmed through its contents.

And just from this brief glance, he was pleasantly surprised.

This Great Sun Visualization Scripture: Rising Sun Chapter had no realm restriction. Even someone at the Awakening Stage could cultivate it!

More than that, according to the description, if one could absorb the power of the sun during cultivation, the effects would be multiplied!

“It even synergizes with the Mark of the Sun!”

Su Yuan’s smile widened. He couldn’t wait to try out this miraculous spiritual force cultivation method.

While others had to wait until the 4th stage to start refining spiritual power, he could begin right now—from the Awakening Stage!

That would let him leave everyone else far behind.

…

After finishing his shower, Su Yuan didn’t go back to his room right away. Instead, he headed to the living room.

Aunt Xu Qingling had already finished preparing the late-night snack. It was his favorite—fried instant noodles.

Not exactly nutritious, but so tasty. Golden, fragrant, and sizzling—just the way he liked it.

“Delicious!”

One bite full of oil and green onions—pure satisfaction.

As she watched the boy devour the food before her, a gentle smile lingered on Xu Qingling’s face. But beneath her smiling eyes was a trace of melancholy.

She knew it wouldn’t be long before both Su Yuan and Xu Anyan left her to start their own brilliant lives.

Before that happened, doing what little she could—even something as simple as a late-night meal—was enough to make her feel content.

“Eat slowly,” Xu Qingling reminded with a smile.

Her gaze inadvertently fell on Su Yuan.

Fresh out of the shower, Su Yuan wore a short-sleeved pajama top. His physique, balanced and powerful, made her momentarily dazed.

That little boy who used to chase behind her yelling “I want a hug”—when did he grow into this tall, strong, handsome teenager?

And Xiao Yan too.

She was now a tall, beautiful young woman.

Though her personality was still so cold… always icy to everyone but herself.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingling couldn’t help but worry. She wanted to speak but hesitated, unsure where to start.

Su Yuan noticed Aunt Xu’s hesitation and set down his bowl and chopsticks. “Aunt Xu, is there something you want to say?”

Xu Qingling paused, then finally spoke, “It’s nothing major, really.”

“It’s just…”

“Both you and Xiao Yan have awakened SSS-level Talents. You’re destined to leave Lan City. Your stage is the Great Xia Empire—maybe even the entire world.”

“Xiao Yuan, I trust you. But… Xiao Yan worries me. You know how cold her personality is. I’m afraid it’ll cause her trouble out there.”

“So…”

“If possible, I hope you can look after her when you’re out there.”

Su Yuan thought it was something serious—but it turned out to be this.

He smiled and said jokingly, “Aunt Xu, what kind of person do you think I am? Do you even need to remind me about that?”

After his parents’ accident, it was Xu Qingling who took him in, who became the light in his dark world.

Whether or not Xu Anyan deserved it, just for Xu Qingling’s sake, Su Yuan could never abandon her only daughter.

Xu Qingling sighed, “I know what kind of person you are, Xiao Yuan. It’s just… over the past year, Xiao Yan’s been so cold to you. Like you’re strangers. I’m afraid that might’ve caused a rift between you two…”

Su Yuan didn’t mind at all.

In fact, he recalled the moment before he awakened his Talent—Xu Anyan had stepped in and chased away Zhao Rizhu for him.

He smiled, “I know she didn’t do it on purpose. That’s just how she is. I understand.”

“Besides, even just for your sake, Aunt Xu, I would never ignore her. No matter what happens—me and her, we’re separate people, but I’ll always have her back.”

Hearing this, Xu Qingling finally relaxed. Her smile returned, warm and full.

“Thank you, Xiao Yuan.”

The rest of their conversation returned to normal.

Neither of them noticed that, in the shadows nearby, a patch of darkness had deepened in color.

…

Inside her room, Xu Anyan wore a blank expression.

Let Su Yuan… take care of her?

What a joke.

From sweeping across Blue Star to dominating the starry skies, crowned as one of the ‘Ten Radiances’ and earning the title of Empress—

She had always relied on herself.

If anything, it was she who looked after Su Yuan—for Aunt Xu Qingling’s sake.

“Forget it.”

Xu Anyan was speechless.

She simply calmed her mind and resumed her cultivation.

She was currently in the middle of forming her first Source Aperture.

Tonight… she would succeed.

Once the gap between her and Su Yuan started to widen—

She’d show him just how ridiculous it was for him to say he’d “take care of her.”