My Endless Life.

Chapter 613 Reward
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"oops!"

A foot reached out and kicked Xinlian, sending her sprawling several times in the fading space of her consciousness before she finally stopped.

Xinlian cried out in pain and squatted down on the ground, rubbing the spot where she had been kicked.

Li Qi stood in front of Li Qiao, squinting at Xin Lian:

"What are you doing?"

Li Qi's eyes were dangerous, but Xin Lian wasn't intimidated at all. She stood up and said confidently:
"Since you're going to abandon me, of course I need to choose a successor for myself!"

"So you chose my sister?"

"Huh? She really is your sister?"

Xinlian was taken aback when she heard Li Qi say that.

Li Qiao introduced herself as Li Qi's older sister, but Xinlian didn't believe her because the two didn't look alike at all.

However, since Li Qiao appeared in Li Qi's consciousness space, it means that Li Qi completely trusts her. Therefore, regardless of her identity, she is very suitable to be the temporary successor of Xinlian.

Most importantly, Li Qiao does not have a real body; her current state exists here relying on Li Qi's consciousness.

Therefore, passing it on to Li Qiao is essentially the same as passing it on to Li Qi, and she still longs for Li Qi's mecha!
That's why Xinlian was so eager to connect her consciousness with Li Qiao's, but she didn't expect that Li Qi would regain his consciousness before she could succeed.

Ignoring the stunned Xinlian, Li Qi turned to Li Qiao, his expression unusually gentle, and asked her:
"When did it come out?"

"Just now... how much time has passed now?"

"How do you feel about sixteen years or so?"

"It's okay... I just felt like I took a nap, nothing else was particularly special."

Although she was sealed inside Li Qi's soul core for more than ten years, for Li Qiao, it really was just a nap.

Her consciousness was still stuck in the moment when Li Qi took her away in her previous life, so she didn't have any special feelings. At most, she just thought that the current Li Qi was... cute.

Li Qi and Li Qiao chatted happily, while Xin Lian, watching the collapsing consciousness space from afar, began to grow anxious:
"Hey you guys! Stop chatting away! The consciousness space is about to collapse! I'm about to be ejected, so hurry up and figure something out!"

Li Qi then turned to Xinlian and asked a slightly ambiguous question:

"You really want to stay by my side that much?"

"What do you think, holder of the heart of love?"

Xinlian revealed her reason for staying by Li Qi's side.

The only Heart of Love in the entire interstellar era is the most suitable successor to Heart of Love. Apart from Li Qi, Heart of Love would not look down on anyone else and would not choose them.

Perhaps because of his past relationship with Xinlian, Li Qi can now somewhat sense Xinlian's feelings.

She genuinely wanted to stay by Li Qi's side, and it's also true that she had no ill intentions towards him.

Having noticed these things, Li Qi closed his eyes briefly in thought, then extended his right hand towards Xinlian:

"Since that's the case, you should know the method of refining 'soul weapons' with soul power. You should stay here as a 'soul weapon' for now, and we'll think of another way later."

Soul power cultivators are similar to immortal cultivators in some ways.

Most of them have their own Horcruxes, which merge with their own souls, increasing their strength several times over.

Li Qi's consciousness has now been transformed into soul power, and his consciousness space is about to dissipate. Xinlian will also be expelled. If he does not want Xinlian to leave, he only needs to transform her into his own soul weapon and then store her in his dantian.

Although it will take time to refine Xinlian into a soul weapon through blood and sweat, Xinlian cannot easily leave Li Qi's body until then.

However, Li Qi doesn't really need Xinlian's combat power right now, so this point can be ignored.

Moreover, Xinlian had secretly collected a lot of Li Qi's soul power before, and her own consciousness also had the shadow of soul power, so it wouldn't be too difficult for Li Qi to refine it.

Seeing that Li Qi agreed to let her stay, Xinlian's eyes lit up.

Without any hesitation, she immediately overlapped her palm with Li Qi's palm.

The next instant, Xinlian's body turned into a phantom and dissipated along with the surrounding space of consciousness, becoming part of Li Qi's soul power.

In the final stage of the existence of the consciousness space, Li Qi turned to look at Li Qiao and said:

"I will try to find you a body. For now, you'll have to stay here for a while."

"It's okay, I'm going to take a nap. Just wake me up when you're ready."

Li Qiao responded gently to Li Qi.

Li Qi nodded to her, then took a deep breath and chose to return to reality from the consciousness space.

It was just a trip to a world I once knew, and it caused so much trouble.

I don't know how long I've been sleeping outside, but I hope it won't delay my wedding with Sophie.

Thinking this, Li Qi gently closed his eyes.

……

Before he could even open his eyes, Li Qi felt something gently stroking his face.

The thing was very smooth and warm, like someone's fingers.

Smelling the familiar scent in the air and hearing the breath so close to his face, Li Qi opened his eyes and met the gaze of the person who was about to kiss him. "Sophie, good morning."

Li Qi greeted someone with a smile.

Sophiuna's bright green eyes widened instantly, and then her face turned from fair to crimson in a visible flash. She disappeared from Li Qi's side in an instant, ran to a chair next to him, and sat down with a serious and solemn expression.

If Li Qi hadn't noticed what she was doing the moment he opened his eyes, he probably would have thought she hadn't done anything at all.

Seeing Sophiuna's reaction, Li Qi found it amusing:

"What are you afraid of? We've done everything we could..."

"Shhh!!!"

Before Li Qi could finish speaking, Sophiuna rushed to his side and covered his mouth with her hand:

"Rich! Stop talking, Lady Zelia might be listening!"

"what……"

It turned out to be the case.

Li Qi immediately understood why, even though they had already done everything they were supposed to do, Sophiuna was still being secretive and afraid to be seen when she kissed him.

It turns out she was worried about Zelia.

That's true. If we look at it from a more ancient perspective, Sophiuna's behavior would be like a brat sleeping with his beautiful daughter before marriage, in Zelia's eyes.

Anyone would be angry in that situation.

Moreover, Zelia was extremely fond of Li Qi.

It's normal for Sophiuna to be worried.

Seeing Sophiuna's nervous expression, Li Qi teased, "I thought you weren't afraid of anyone except Her Majesty the Queen."

"...Lady Zelia is, after all, your mother...I wasn't afraid of her originally, but now..."

As a princess with the right to inherit the throne, Sophiuna dared to challenge even Zelia to her face before she was engaged to Li Qi.

But not now.

Li Qi is about to marry her. If his actions anger Zelia and she cancels the wedding, Sophiuna will have nowhere to turn for help.

Moreover, even disregarding the other party's political identity, the fact that she is Li Qi's mother is enough for Li Qi to treat Zelia with respect.

In short, Sophie's fear of Zelia stems from her love for Richard.

Once this is understood, Sophiuna's fear of Zelia becomes an endearing trait.

Since Sophiuna was so timid now, Li Qi didn't continue to scare her.

He got out of bed, looked at his white silk pajamas and the slightly dim sunlight outside, and asked Sophie:

"How long have I slept?"

Sophiuna released Li Qi and sat down next to him, answering:

“It’s been a month. I was thinking of asking the royal physician to come and see you, but Lady Zelia said that you were just absorbing power through a fortuitous encounter, which is normal, so I didn’t do that… Richie, how are you feeling?”

Finally, Zelia asked Li Qi with concern.

"Feels...not bad?"

Li Qi clenched his fist and answered softly.

Consciousness was completely transformed into soul power. The consciousness that had been enhanced by merging with Xinlian was further enhanced after being transformed into soul power.

Li Qi's current soul power level is equivalent to the sixth rank, which means he is at the same level as Sophiuna.

Of course, Sophiuna is at the high level of the seventh rank, and her soul power is somewhat suppressed in the interstellar world, so Li Qi's actual strength is weaker than his apparent strength.

But... if you add alchemy, then it's a different story!

The alchemy passed down by a mysterious powerful figure is a mysterious alchemy that is not rejected by any world. What Li Qi can do in the Misty World, he can also do naturally in the Interstellar Era!

The alchemy used with sixth-order soul power actually made Li Qi's true power stronger than it appeared!
Therefore, Li Qi's current strength can no longer be judged by his rank.

If he could comprehend the rules and combine them with alchemy, Li Qi's sixth-tier strength would be enough to fight against a seventh-tier opponent!
So, this trip to the small world actually made his strength jump by almost two levels?
What an incredible adventure!
Li Qi was experiencing his current power, while Sophiuna seemed a little reserved. She hesitated for a moment and asked:
"...Since you're alright, then let's have our wedding..."

"Wasn't the wedding going as scheduled?" Li Qi asked, regaining his senses.

Sophiuna said, "Because you are unconscious, Lady Zelia has postponed the wedding slightly."

"I see. I'll talk to Mother about it later. Don't worry."

Now that he's awake, there's no need to postpone the wedding. Besides, the news of the postponement hasn't been fully released yet. Li Qi can talk to Zelia and the wedding can proceed as scheduled.

"There's no need to worry about that," Li Qi suddenly said with a smile to Sophiuna.
"Sophie, do you want to go out for a walk? Let's go to the Imperial Star."

Li Qi could tell at a glance that Sophie was somewhat aroused. Considering that she had visited him every day while he was unconscious, Li Qi decided to reward her.

And while I'm at it, I'll treat myself too.

(End of this chapter)