Chapter 2366: The Vanished Planet
The group traveled through the Celestial Palace galaxy, letting the golden stardust brush past their bodies as they admired the spectacular sights of the galaxy!
Along the way, they saw neutron stars, white dwarfs, red dwarfs, blue giants, red supergiants, and meteorite belts composed of massive ice crystals, spreading through the starry sky like a cold veil.
Jiangnan's eyes couldn't take it all in!
Wu Liang covered his face: (。•ˇﾛˇ•。)"Oh wow? What the hell is that? So blinding?"
Following the direction he pointed, they saw a row of over a dozen planets running on the same orbit, revolving around a red giant star!
The surfaces of the planets reflected dazzling light!
Jiangnan's eyes bulged out, instantly turning into ¥ shapes!
٩(¥﹃¥๑٩)"Holy crap! Holy crap! A diamond planet? The entire planet is made of diamond material? Jackpot! Jackpot! Take it! Take it all! It's mine!"
Shouting, Jiangnan warp-drived straight over, afraid someone else might snatch it first.
Chong Feiyu was utterly speechless: (≖～≖٥)"Isn't it just an ordinary diamond planet? There are countless in a galaxy. It's not even a rare cultivation resource. What's so special about it?"
Zhong Yingxue smiled: "Back in the Blue Star era, this was very valuable. A one-carat diamond ring cost tens of thousands of dollars. Little Nan's reaction is perfectly normal."
Xia Yao's big eyes sparkled with starlight: ˚₊*(ˊॢO̶̶̷̤ꇴO̴̶̷̤ˋॢ)*₊˚"Diamonds are forever, one stone lasts forever! This is the eternal symbol of love~ As indestructible as a diamond!"
"After all, girls just love shiny things, right?"
Chong Feiyu: (≖◠≖)
What strange customs do humans have? I don't understand!
A diamond is hard? Just pinch it and it crumbles!
Qian Benying drooled: ٩(º﹃º٩〃)"Slurp~ I really want to collect one and take it away! But there's no room in my alternate dimension!"
"That Jiang Bad Guy said he wants to take it away? How? This diamond planet's diameter is nearly thirty thousand kilometers, right?"
But Lan had already rushed out following behind Jiangnan!
ﾚ(ﾟꇴﾟ〃)ﾍ"Jiangnan-gege~ Wait for me! I want to come too!"
Wu Liang: (•́ω•̀٥)
Space-types really do all have the same habits~
Just as Qian Benying was wondering how Jiangnan would take it away, Jiangnan directly used Void Barrier!
Several surfaces spliced together into a giant starry sky blade, and he swung it at the diamond planet before him!
With a loud "Boom," the incredibly hard diamond planet was sliced cleanly in half by Jiangnan's blade, like chopping a watermelon!
Under everyone's shocked gazes, he actually used the Void Barrier to carve the diamond planet into a teardrop shape with eight hearts and eight arrows, shining even brighter under the red giant's light!
Jiangnan licked his lips: "Palm Realm! MAX Version!"
With his Transcendent Phase Two skill base stats, he couldn't compress a planet using Palm Realm.
But Jiangnan could increase the skill range by pouring more spiritual power into it!
He dumped all his spiritual power into it, and the space containing the diamond planet was compressed crazily.
Eventually, it turned into a glass-like marble-sized sphere, held in Jiangnan's palm.
Inside was a diamond planet, gleaming exceptionally brightly when viewed against the red giant.
Zhong Yingxue: ∑(°口°๑) That works?
Xia Yao stared blankly: (ʃƪ⁰̷̴△⁰̷̴)"Picking stars with bare hands? Little Nan has impressed me again! Dammit!"
Jiangnan, as if possessed, ate a big mouthful of durian pulp and then noisily cut up all twelve diamond planets, compressing each into glass marbles with Palm Realm!
Qian Benying was full of envy: Kukusu~ We're both Transcendent, why are you so excellent?
I can't do this, dammit!
While Jiangnan was picking stars, Lan followed behind him, picking up the cut planet fragments and stuffing them into her alternate dimension, busy as a bee!
Jiangnan seemed to have some plan, teleporting back to Zhong Yingxue's side using a mark.
His eyes wandered, and his face visibly reddened. He hemmed and hawed for a long time.
Then, his little hand extended toward Zhong Yingxue, and a small whip extended out, wrapping around the glass marble, forming the shape of a ring!
The diamond planet inside the glass marble was incredibly dazzling.
(◔◠◔ิ⑉)っ"Hey~ Xuexue. For... for you. I don't need that many. Keep it for me!"
Zhong Yingxue stared at the diamond ring Jiangnan handed her, completely frozen, gazing at Jiangnan.
Picking a diamond planet, holding it in his palm, making it into a diamond ring, and giving it to her?
Truly: I could pick the stars from the sky and give them to you.
At that moment, Zhong Yingxue felt her heart racing off the charts. She didn't know what to say.
Giving her a ring? A diamond ring? Little Nan, he, he, he...
Thinking of something, Zhong Yingxue's face flushed bright red. She suddenly covered her face and turned away.
(ﾉ)≥﹏≤(ヾ)
Then, with a "Whoosh," flames burst from Zhong Yingxue's body, soaring into the sky. She was completely ablaze, emitting a heat more terrifying than the red giant!
Startled, Xia Yao quickly tried to calm her down:
੧੧(☍﹏⁰。)"Xuexue! Calm down! Calm down! You're on fire! You're on fire!"
Jiangnan's face turned even redder—maybe from the heat.
(๑ᵒ̴̶̷◠ᵒ̴̶̷)っ"Don't... don't you like it? Then I..."
But Zhong Yingxue's hand shot out like lightning, snatching the ring from Jiangnan's hand and holding it close to her chest.
(⑉Ծ﹏Ծ⑉)"I like it! I like it the most! I'll treasure it forever!"
The atmosphere in the group suddenly became awkward. Wu Liang and Xiong Er looked at Jiangnan with teasing expressions.
(。ಡˇ⥎ˇಡ。)(͡°⥎͡°)
Xia Yao sighed with satisfaction:
(ʃƪᵒ̴̶̷᷄ꇴᵒ̴̶̷᷅)"Ahhh~ Little Nan has grown up! Picking the stars from the sky and giving them to you—this is the romance of a true man, right?"
She looked at Jiangnan expectantly, raising her eyebrows repeatedly.
(ʃƪᵒ̶̶̷̫̀˂̶́)♡
As if to say: What about mine? Mine, mine?
Jiangnan blushed: (⑉ˇ^ˇ⑉)っ"What are you looking at? You get one too. Here!"
He made another ring and shoved it into Xia Yao's arms. Xia Yao stared at the ring in her hand, full of satisfaction. Two blushes flew to her cheeks. She shivered violently, and her beast ears and wolf tail involuntarily popped out.
(˵ಡヮಡ)"Don't be so tsundere! If you pair it with some cheesy love words when you give it, the effect might be even better~"
Jiangnan pouted: (︶^︶〃)っ"Then give the ring back! I'll give it again properly!"
Xia Yao giggled: "No way! If I give it back, you won't give it to me again!"
She stuffed the ring into her chest pocket, her cheeks still flushed.
Looking forward to the day you put it on me with your own hands.
But just as he finished giving rings to Xia Yao and Zhong Yingxue, Qian Benying couldn't hold back anymore.
(*ﾟﾛﾟ)ฅ"Me! I want one too!"
Jiangnan looked up: (⑉￣^￣)"No, no! Get your own!"
Qian Benying twisted her body, acting cute and begging:
(ॢᵒ̴̶̷᷄^ᵒ̴̶̷᷅ॢ)"Mmm~ Nan Shen~ Mmm hmm~"
Jiangnan shuddered violently, annoyed: (︶益︶٥)っ"Tch~ Fine, fine! Gross! Take good care of it, okay? Others sell one carat for so much. This diamond ring of mine is who knows how many trillions of tons. You can slowly pay me back by working!"
Qian Benying took the ring, her mouth twitching. Others count diamonds by carats; you count by trillions of tons as the unit?
How generous!
But seeing Qian Benying get one by acting cute, Wu Liang, Xiong Er, Mila, Lan, and Xiao Jiuwo all crowded around Jiangnan, twisting their bodies and whining "Mmm~" nonstop.
Jiangnan's forehead was full of black lines: (Ŏ﹏Ŏ|||)っ"Aiya~ Everyone gets one!"
He turned all the diamond planets he had collected into rings and handed them out. Wu Liang could give one to Iron Ox later, and Xiong Er had An Xiaoqi.
As for Xing Cheng, she just shoved it into her mouth and ate it.
In her worldview, things were only divided into edible and inedible.
Even Chong Feiyu received a diamond ring from Jiangnan.
Chong Feiyu swallowed hard. According to human customs, this was supposed to be the eternal symbol of love, right?
That's why Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao blushed. Was this really something she could accept?
But seeing that Wu Liang and Xiong Er had all accepted theirs, and Wang Youzhi even put it on his finger to admire it.
(°ꇴ°〃)"Oh~ Big Brother sure knows how to do things. Learned! Learned!"
Chong Feiyu's mouth twitched. So it should be fine for her to accept it too.
She took the ring with a blush, pulled a few silk threads from her head, wove them into a string, threaded the ring, and hung it around her neck.
(๑◔₃◔ิ๑)"Tha... thanks~"
In the end, Jiangnan didn't have a single one left. He had given them all away.
The group continued exploring the Celestial Palace galaxy. Jiangnan looked around to see if he could find any other diamond planets.
Chong Feiyu, however, was not picky. She casually picked a spot in the Celestial Palace galaxy and was about to clear the space to build her insect nest.
After all, she would eventually fill the entire Celestial Palace galaxy.
But just as she was about to start, Jiangnan's eyes suddenly widened:
(｡･ˇ_ˇ･)☛"Wait! Hold on! That golden planet—is it made of gold?"
Everyone followed Jiangnan's gaze. A planet with a diameter of a hundred thousand kilometers was moving quietly along its fixed orbit in the starry sky.
The planet's atmosphere was covered by a layer of golden clouds, emitting a faint golden light.
This planet gave Jiangnan a very jarring feeling, as if it didn't fit the surrounding environment at all, making it extremely conspicuous.
Chong Feiyu covered her face: (ﾉ)﹏(ヾ)"What are you looking for all the way? Gold? Although it's a rare material in the universe, it's not a cultivation resource and not valuable. Why are you so obsessed with this metal?"
"Is it a gold planet? Let's go see!"
She immediately sent a squad of bug soldiers to break through the golden planet's atmosphere and head straight for the surface.
Wang Youzhi rested his chin: (͡°ก͡°)"Whoa? What's up with this planet? Its orbit doesn't seem right."
"What is it orbiting?"
There were other galaxies nearby—a small galaxy centered on a blue giant, and several small galaxies centered on red dwarfs.
Logically, given this golden planet's mass, it should have been captured by the blue giant's gravity and orbit around it.
But it wasn't. Its orbit was completely different from all the other planets in the blue giant's system, even opposite.
In this case, unless the golden planet was captured by a celestial body with greater mass than the blue giant.
But looking around, there was no star with greater mass than the blue giant nearby.
So what was this golden planet orbiting?
Jiangnan was puzzled: (๑•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣"I also feel that this golden planet seems out of place in this starry sky. Is it my imagination? Or... ah!"
The next moment, everyone was stunned. Under their watch, a strange fluctuation spread out, and the golden planet suddenly vanished before their eyes!
Disappeared instantly, as if it had never existed!
Jiangnan froze!
Wang Youzhi: !!!
(*ﾟﾛﾟ)"Holy crap! Big Brother! Send me over to check it out! Now! Right where that planet disappeared!"