# Chapter 1861: The Facade of Tranquility
The night was heavy as water, inside the Star Palace's palace lord's private chambers!
Jiangnan sat cheerfully on the bed, checking his gains!
Inside the alternate dimension, the money on the material rack was piled up like a mountain, and the various spirit beads in the dull sack were also sparkling!
Jiangnan was full of confusion — why hadn't this money decreased? Didn't the system baby normally automatically deduct the outstanding stall fees?
The system interface clearly showed it had been repaid, right?
And a huge pile of skill points had been converted — that long string of numbers was too much for Jiangnan to even bother checking!
(•︠ˍ•︡) "System baby? Are you having a change of heart because you saw how hard I was working to earn money?"
"Leaving me so many treasures?"
[After this baby's detection, the currency no longer holds its original value or purchasing power and cannot offset the stall fee debt!]
[The spirit beads from the transaction have been automatically deducted!]
[And the transaction proceeds have been automatically deducted at a ratio of 9.99:0.01!]
[Ehehe↜(⃔っಡ⥎ಡC)⃕✧]
Jiangnan: !!!
Ehehe your sister-in-law, damn it!
All of it was paid with spirit beads? Then what use do I have for all these tons of paper money?!
He couldn't help but grab the dull sack full of spirit beads and dump it wildly on the ground!
Sure enough, there were less than a hundred jin left — it was all deducted as stall fees!
٩(๑˃̶口˂̶)۶ "Ahhh!!!"
A groundhog's scream echoed through the Star Palace!
Earlier, he'd said that even Transcendent-level ones would be enough, and then they were all taken away in a blink?
System stinky treasure, your grandma's leg!
How did it get so smart? Little money couldn't satisfy you anymore?
"This is all my blood and sweat spirit beads! I was saving them as reserve supplies for when I go out! How could you bear to do this?!"
[(๑◔₃◔ิ๑) The good ones are all left for you~]
[When you go out, you can scam... pfft... earn more!]
Jiangnan then realized that the ones deducted were all low-level — things like Starlight, Dao Heaven, and the ceiling spirit beads he'd earned were all kept!
That made him feel a bit more balanced.
(◦`~´◦) "Hmph hmph, dead stinky treasure, so you do have a little conscience!"
But he was still very angry. He dashed to the super luxurious massage bathtub in the bathroom and soaked in Great Strength!
While soaking, he shook his iiOiiO and absorbed spirit beads!
Although he had the intention to visit Thousand Stars City, Jiangnan didn't plan on going right now.
The situation on Blue Star wasn't completely stable, and he couldn't rest easy until he got the Creation Beast.
If it fell into the hands of the Holy Star, it would be hard to snatch back — who knew what other tricks they had?
He thought about going into the dimensional rift later and having Wu Liang eat some Little Cherries to try his luck. He was quite durable anyway!
As he thought, Jiangnan's mind gradually drifted away.
Remembering something, the corner of his mouth curled into a smirk, and he let out a goose-like laugh!
In his mind, the scenes from when he used his soul to imprint during the blood incineration transformation began to replay. Also, the kisses in broad daylight — he remembered them all clearly!
Thinking about it, Jiangnan's face turned red.
But just then, a purple laser shot out from under Jiangnan's calf, cutting through the bathtub! The Great Strength bathwater boiled under the laser's heat!
Under Jiangnan's terrified gaze, the bathtub was cut into a round hole, and all the Great Strength bathwater drained through it!
(꒪ͦ▿꒪ͦ|||) "Cough cough... glug glug... cough pfft—"
From under the round hole came the sound of someone choking on water!
(｡･ˇ～ˇ･) "Meow meow meow! Did I cut a water pipe? Where is this? What kind of weird structure is this? Oh, there's light? Found the exit?"
Li Bing's head suddenly poked out from under the round hole, her hands gripping the edge of the bathtub!
Her face was covered in machine oil and soot, and she was wearing work clothes with anti-cutting goggles.
She was now staring at Jiangnan, who was sitting in the bathtub, limbs sprawled, looking terrified!
Li Bing widened her eyes, sucked in a cold breath, then grinned with teasing!
(≖ᴗ≖#) "Oh wow~ Young people sure have a lot of energy! Did you forget what they taught you in health class?"
"This won't do! Here, let big sister help you review it again!"
As she spoke, blue vine branches extended from behind her, reaching straight for Jiangnan!
Jiangnan: !!!
Teach your sister!
Don't just cut someone's bathtub and then crawl out of it like nothing happened!
And at the exact moment I was replaying my imprints?
Don't I have any dignity?
"What are you even doing in the Star Palace? Why are you appearing in my bathtub?!"
As he spoke, Source Quality Battle Armor covered his entire body, wrapping him tightly!
Li Bing scratched her head, looking completely matter-of-fact:
୧(｡･ˇ～ˇ･) "Oh~ I wanted to understand the structure of the Star Palace, so I just came over?"
"I got lost along the way, so... hehe~ Don't try to change the subject! You just now... giggle giggle~"
"Still embarrassed? Boys your age, it's totally normal! I—"
Jiangnan twitched his mouth:
(‾◡◝) "Uh, don't you feel like you're missing something?"
Li Bing looked confused: (•︠～•︡) "Hmm? Missing something? You must mean my sense of shame, right? How could I possibly have something so useless?"
But as she scratched her head, a "creak creak" friction sound came out!
Her brilliantly bald head mercilessly reflected the room's light!
Li Bing's expression froze. Her voice suddenly rose an octave as she touched her head in terror!
୧(´ﾟ口ﾟ`)୨ "Sigh— Great Strength? You took a bath in Great Strength?! You—"
(☍口⁰。) "Ahhh—"
Another groundhog's scream echoed through the Star Palace! Li Bing jumped out of the bathtub in a flash, put on a safety helmet, and sprinted away!
"Mila, save me! There's still time! It has to be in time!"
Her voice was even choked with tears! Do you know how much damage a whole bathtub of Great Strength pouring over your head does to a leftover woman in her thirties who hasn't married yet?!
[From Li Bing: Resentment +777!]
Jiangnan looked at the cut bathtub with heartache, then used his Star Pupil Cannon to weld it back together, even polishing it with a Rift-Saw Blade angle grinder until no trace remained. Only then was he satisfied.
This was his own home — he had to take good care of it!
Outside the Star Palace, in an inconspicuous garbage recycling station at the camp, there was a "ripping" sound. A torn sack buried in the trash suddenly split open!
Martin stood there in a pair of big shorts, fists clenched, his face dark as he stood on the spot, exuding a charming fragrance!
The shirt on his body and the socks on his feet had all disappeared!
Hmm — don't ask where they went. If you ask, they were used as leaves...
(cao min cao#) "Old Pi! I~%?…;#*'☆! I'll kill you!"
Do you have any idea how I spent these 24 hours? I spent an entire day in a sack with my own five-grain cycle products!
You guys were out there feasting, and I was wiping myself with stinky clothes in a sack!
Just you wait!
...
Since that battle ended, the Holy Star seemed to have completely vanished from Blue Star, making no moves at all!
Humanity took this opportunity to frantically recover, but the war was far from over. The two sides were more like fighting a silent war now!
Over the past few days, countries all over the world had been acting according to plan. The four Transcendents kept making moves — the peak beast groups on land had been scattered, and their leaders beheaded!
They had even started to intervene with the beast groups in the oceans!
Xing Cheng was traveling around the world, eating here, snacking there — the entire Blue Star seemed to have become her dinner plate!
Various countries followed behind Xing Cheng to build city fortresses and reclaim lost territory!
In Hua Xia, the progress was especially gratifying!
The Beast Martial Legion, the Pupil Clan, the Sentinel Mechanical Legion, and all the new powerhouses that had grown!
The number of Dao Heaven rankers had also reached an astonishing figure!
The Bad Beast Group was sweeping across Hua Xia's land, dealing with beast groups like cutting vegetables. They had an absolute advantage against space-type spirit beasts!
Besides, the Bad Beast Group was a bunch of sneaky bastards. With their help, Hua Xia rapidly reclaimed lost territory!
They followed the ancient Great Wall line southward, frantically supplying resources to the Celestial Sky Green Vine!
Its level had already exceeded the peak of Dao Heaven Ten Stars, but it hadn't reached Star Breaker level yet. However, it was only a matter of time!
Just one final step!
And the former students of the Pioneer Academy were starting to make a name for themselves on the battlefield, gradually building reputations like rising new stars!
But Jiangnan, who should have been of the same generation, was already standing at the top of the pyramid, looking down!
The city fortresses built by Hua Xia were gradually spreading, blooming everywhere. One day, they would ignite this fertile land with a prairie fire!
Some of the residents who had taken refuge in the Ling Xu had already moved back into the city fortresses to live!
Of course, the first batch to return were all spirit martial artists. The current situation wasn't yet safe enough for ordinary people to live worry-free on this land!
But it had to be admitted that control of this planet was slowly returning to human hands!
However, this was just the surface after all. The real crisis had never been resolved!
Time flew by — a month had passed!
Blue Star was covered in war flames everywhere, yet it seemed calm!
At Eagle Country's Golden Ancient City, the beast groups below were densely packed, surging and roaring!
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao and the others were below, using powerful firepower to block the beast groups!
They wouldn't let the beast groups escape, while in the center of the beast group, the main attackers were Qin Shou, Ye Xinghe, Hua Ling, and the other students!
Jiangnan sat on the spatial barrier above, holding a chubby orange cat and petting it nonstop, watching the battle below with interest while absorbing spirit beads!
He was already at Starlight Nine Stars!
Do you think Jiangnan only went up one star in over a month? No, no — how could that be?
Jiangnan went up three stars, but two of them were pulled out and stored in small fire jars!
Hmm — Jiangnan, who hadn't slept for over a month, was still pretty energetic, even starting to believe Wang Gang's theory was correct!
Beside him, Zi Yuan's scalp went numb:
(•̆﹏•̆‧̣̥̇) "You're even more beastly than Qin Shou! You're making Qin Shou and the others — a bunch of little Diamonds — be the main attackers against a super-large beast group led by a Dao Heaven Eight Star Town Demon Elephant?"
"Are you really afraid they'll live too long?"
Jiangnan grinned mischievously: "What's there to panic about? A Dao Heaven Eight is nothing. Xuexue and the others can handle it. No one's going to die. Besides, I'm watching!"
"If you don't sharpen the blade, it won't cut. People are forged by pressure!"
Zi Yuan twitched her mouth: (•́ω•̀٥) "Literal meaning?"
Jiangnan rolled his eyes: "Anyway, how accurate are your dreams? I did come to this Golden Ancient City. Is something good really going to happen here?"
Zi Yuan put her hands on her hips, looking smug:
(︶.̮︶〃) "Do you think I make my daydreams randomly? Just wait and see!"
"Hope for the best, don't ask about the future!"