# Chapter 1857: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Sun
Speaking of this, that mining team leader immediately got excited!
He quickly took out a square box made of Origin Stone from the city and stuffed it into Jiangnan's hands!
∠(⊙*)"Everything refined during this period is here, nothing hidden away. Please inspect it, King of Kings!"
Jiangnan chuckled happily, directly opening the box lid to check!
In an instant, an incredibly intoxicating orange fragrant wind hit his nostrils!
The mining team went crazy, scratching their big nostrils and frantically inhaling!
Even Wu Liang and Xiong Er couldn't escape this temptation—one sniff could let them live several more months, damn!
Sniffing isn't shameful; one sniff gives you spirit!
Jiangnan's eyes widened:
∑(°口°๑)"Hiss... th-this much?"
Inside the box were a total of 136 Incense Beads!
Thinking back to when they chewed out the Moon Eye back then, they only refined nine!
With so many moons of Jupiter, getting this many from refinement was understandable!
And the subsequently refined ones were clearly much purer!
Even Jiang Ning's eyes sparkled with little stars:
(*⁰̷̴﹏⁰̷̴)"Heavens, this is truly an astonishing fortune!"
Jiangnan, however, was completely unfazed:
(๑◔～◔ิ๑)"Sister Ningning, are these Incense Beads really worth a star? One is worth a lot of small money?"
"Really? Aren't Incense Beads just something you casually refine and get?"
Jiang Ning rubbed her brow: "How could they not be valuable? The Star-Devouring Giant Worm itself is extremely precious, okay? Even if you have a large starry pasture for the Star-Devouring Giant Worm to eat!"
"But without the Star-Devouring Giant Worm, it's useless! A single egg could even trigger a war between two civilizations!"
"That's why I said Igor was crazy when he brought two Star-Devouring Giant Worms back then! The Holy Star really went all out!"
Since this violated the Ten Thousand Races Accord and was done secretly, bringing two eggs over wouldn't attract attention. They could slowly raise them and chew the moon to pieces!
The imagination was beautiful, but in the end, Jiangnan got his hands on them, making them his own mining machines!
Jiangnan chuckled:
(๑͡°.̫͡°)"Now we won't be short on Incense Beads! Come on, let's all live a few hundred more years first!"
"Mira, your body is weak. You consumed too much in the previous battle, so you need to make up for it!"
As he spoke, he took out the Incense Diffuser Ball, put Incense Beads into it separately, and hung one around each team member's neck!
He'd arrange some for Brother Zhu and Old Pi later too—rejuvenating them and giving them a second spring was no problem at all!
Zhong Yingxue scratched her head: ୧(๑･᷄～･᷅)"We still have a long lifespan. It's a waste to use it on me. Good steel should be used on the blade edge! I'd rather..."
Before she could finish, Jiangnan looked at Zhong Yingxue with full seriousness, not saying a word!
Zhong Yingxue said helplessly:
(♡･᷄◡･᷅)"Alright, I am the blade edge!"
Jiangnan grinned: "That's right! There'll be plenty of Incense Beads in the future, don't be stingy!"
Seeing the mining team leader's eyes full of longing, Jiangnan naturally wouldn't treat them poorly!
According to the agreement, one out of every five would be given to them. With 136 total, he gave them 27!
Maybe it was a bit much, but Jiangnan still gave it!
After all, mining alone in this desolate universe is no ordinary hardship. Jiangnan couldn't bring himself to do things like killing the donkey after it finishes grinding or going back on his word!
These were just small profits. When the wages are decent, the mining team works with real drive!
The mining team leader was so excited he was moved to tears. The King of Kings was truly good—he actually paid out!
Jiangnan propped his chin: (͡°ก͡°)"Hmm... the remaining question is how to move the Star-Devouring Giant Worm to the Andromeda Galaxy?"
It was so huge, the Star Gate diameter wasn't enough either? Even the Dull Sack, no matter how abnormal, couldn't hold this thing, right?
Just as Jiangnan was worrying, Xia Yao sneakily came up to him and whispered:
(ﾉ)ớ₃ờ)"Use the Mouse Biscuit!"
Jiangnan's eyes lit up:
(๑◔◡◔ิ)"As expected of Big Wolf Annihilation! You got smart right after using the Incense Bead!"
Xia Yao rolled her eyes. You just didn't want to think, right?
The side effect of the Mouse Biscuit was shrinking things by a hundred times. First shrink the Star-Devouring Giant Worm, then enlarge the Star Gate by a hundred times, and it should be about right!
If it still couldn't pass through, then slice it up and stuff it in—it would grow back anyway, right?
Let's do it!
First, he fed the Star-Devouring Giant Worm over a hundred Mouse Biscuits. Afraid that if the body was too big, eating too few wouldn't work, he then quietly waited for the side effects to kick in!
During this time, Jiangnan wasn't idle either. He eventually took everyone on a tour of the eight planets!
Except for the gas giants, which couldn't be carved, he left marks on all the others!
If you write your name on it, it's yours!
After touring everything, Jiangnan looked at the bright spot representing the sun on the star chart, and his heart itched!
Wu Liang shuddered violently:
(๑ŏ﹏ŏ๑)"Brother Nan! Th-this is really not somewhere you can go! It's already very hot on Mercury!"
"And you want to take a stroll on the sun? Are you really going to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun?"
Jiangnan swallowed his saliva, sweat pouring from his forehead, a bit timid:
(‧̣̥̇･᷄ㅂ･᷅)"I'd like to take a stroll, but I'm afraid I won't come back. Let's just forget it!"
If he got roasted into carbon ash, that would be interesting. The Rabbit Spit Recovery Pill definitely couldn't withstand the scorching heat of the sun, right?
Just then, Zhong Yingxue suddenly stepped forward and took Jiangnan's hand, her expression serious!
(⑉･᷅～･᷄)"I'll take you!"
Jiangnan's eyes lit up brightly: "R-really? Can we really go to the sun's surface?"
Zhong Yingxue smiled warmly:
(∗❛ั◡❛ั)"We can! Does anyone else want to come along?"
At this moment, even the usually adventurous Big Wolf Annihilation chickened out, shaking her head like a rattle!
=͟͟͞͞(꒪﹏꒪‧̣̥̇)"W-we'll just watch from afar!"
Jiangnan was full of excitement and immediately had the Star Gate connect near the sun!
Under the scorching starry sky, a Star Gate vortex appeared!
Mira used a Time-Stopping Light Sphere to protect everyone, allowing them to face the sun up close!
Before them was incomparable light and heat. The massive sun burned quietly, violent yet also captivating!
Zhong Yingxue took Jiangnan's hand and smiled brightly: "Ready?"
Jiangnan nodded excitedly. The next moment, Zhong Yingxue instantly transformed into her Flame Spirit form, and the scorching plasma flames wrapped around both of them!
With a sharp cry, a magnificent nine-headed White Phoenix flew out from the Time-Stopping Light Sphere, heading straight for the sun!
This scene under the starry sky was incredibly beautiful!
Xia Yao's eyes sparkled as she watched the White Phoenix chasing the sun, her heart surging!
˚₊*(ˊॢO̶̶̷̤꒨O̴̶̷̤ˋॢ)*₊˚"Wow! Xuexue finally took the initiative for once! This is too romantic, right?"
Wu Liang swallowed his saliva: "A Southern Man walking on the sun? Holy crap! How many more possibilities does humanity have?"
On the sun's surface, Zhong Yingxue and Jiangnan held hands, wrapped in the White Phoenix, freely flying, passing through sky-scorching heat waves!
They spiraled under the arched solar prominences!
Wrapped in the blazing sun, Jiangnan couldn't feel the sun's scorching heat—it even felt a bit cool!
After all, Zhong Yingxue's plasma flame temperature handling the sun's surface heat was a piece of cake!
Walking on the sun's surface—people like Xiao Chuihuo or Odin could also do it!
They just couldn't get here!
Jiangnan laughed like an idiot, constantly cheering like a kid on a roller coaster!
Zhong Yingxue smiled even sweeter, continuously using the White Phoenix to perform difficult flight maneuvers, showing Jiangnan the scenery on the sun!
What he saw today, Jiangnan dared say he would never forget in his life!
Zhong Yingxue said softly: "Xiao Nan, do you remember that year's end, when you took everyone to see the fireworks?"
"You rushed out under the starry sky to see the stars, and that time when the satellite passed by?"
Jiangnan smiled: "I remember! Why?"
Zhong Yingxue's eyes were full of memories: "Back then, the era wasn't this crazy yet, the world was still beautiful!"
"Everything feels like it happened yesterday, and we weren't left so far behind by you..."
"Today, I can still accompany you to rush to the sun and enjoy the scenery!"
"But in the near future, I really don't know if I can still keep up with your pace anymore..."
At this point, Zhong Yingxue couldn't hold it in anymore. Tears fell in big drops, but they instantly evaporated into nothingness from the high temperature!
(⑉ᵒ̴̶̷̥́﹏ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀)
Jiangnan's heart trembled violently. No wonder he felt Xuexue's mood wasn't right along the way!
Was it because she heard the news that he was going to the Thousand Stars City?
Jiangnan kept shaking his head, pulled Zhong Yingxue over, and continuously stroked her head, his eyes full of heartache: "Don't cry, don't cry. I won't leave, and I won't disappear!"
Zhong Yingxue sobbed, wiping her tears with the back of her hand:
(ᵒ̴̶̷̥́﹏ก̀｡)"N-no! That's not it! I couldn't help at all in the God-Slaying War. I could only watch you charge ahead and fight desperately, unable to make any difference!"
"I've really tried hard, but I still can't keep up. And I don't want you to accommodate my feelings, waiting for us to catch up or anything!"
"But I'm afraid that if I look up again, I won't even see your back!"
"I don't want that! I don't want to leave you! Never in this life!"
She no longer knew what she was saying, becoming somewhat incoherent!
Perhaps Zhong Yingxue had already felt the crisis before, but she could still control it. However, hearing that Jiangnan was going to the Thousand Stars City, to the stars who knows how far away—
Zhong Yingxue's heart felt like it had been hollowed out!
She had a feeling that Jiangnan would disappear from her world, but she couldn't make him stop!
Stopping to wait for her to catch up would only burden Jiangnan!
Zhong Yingxue had already considered this!
Jiangnan was like a train that would never stop, only running faster and faster, the tracks extending infinitely!
Zhong Yingxue felt like she was the person chasing the train, who would one day be left so far behind that even the train's shadow would be invisible!
This feeling became more apparent after experiencing the God-Slaying War!
Jiangnan's heart melted. Although they didn't usually say it, how could he not see Zhong Yingxue's efforts?
Among their peers, except for Jiangnan, no one could compare with Zhong Yingxue, Xia Yao, and Wu Liang in combat power!
At the Star Glory rank, even killing Dao Heaven rankers didn't take much effort!
But unfortunately, Jiangnan was too abnormal!
Even such terrifying combat power still couldn't match Jiangnan, and was even getting left further behind!