Someone came out of the conference room.

Upon seeing them, the other party quickly greeted them: "Commander-in-Chief, Crown Princess."

Night Snow nodded in response.

After that person left, Ye Xingxue said to Ling Luo, "Wait a moment."

Ling Luo nodded: "Okay."

Ye Xingxue returned to the conference room and said to Wang Honghai, "I have something to do, so I'll leave first."

Wang Honghai suppressed the smile in his eyes, nodded seriously, and said, "Go."

Ye Xingxue nodded to the others again, then turned and left.

As the meeting drew to a close, and since the final matters to be discussed were mainly handled by Ye Zhenyan and Wang Honghai, no one seemed to mind if Ye Xingxue had to leave.

only……

Many people subtly glanced at Ling Luo, who was still standing at the door.

For the past five years, Ling Luo seemed to have hardly left the base; no one there had ever seen her.

I heard that when Ling Luo was developing training methods, she stayed at home and didn't even take school exams, focusing all her energy on research.

As a result, no one found it strange that Ling Luo stayed in the base for five years without leaving.

She hadn't left the house much in the past five years, but now she suddenly went out and rushed over to find Ye Xingxue while they were having a meeting. At first, everyone thought that after five years, she had finally made progress in the research of training methods. So, in her excitement, even though the timing was wrong, she couldn't help but run over to find Ye Xingxue and share her joy with him.

Judging from Ling Luo's expression at this moment, she seemed somewhat uneasy.

It doesn't look like there's any progress in training methods at all...

She came to find Ye Xingxue, which seemed more like something urgent had happened.

Ye Xingxue left the conference room, closed the door, and took Ling Luo's hand as they left.

On their way back to their lodgings, soldiers on duty kept greeting them, and they nodded in response, but they didn't exchange many words along the way.

Back at their lodgings, Ye Xingxue instructed someone to prepare food for Ling Luo.

He listed more than twenty dishes, all of which were Ling Luo's favorites.

Ye Xingxue is neither extravagant nor particular about food.

The guards were stunned when he listed so many dishes and explained their flavors and details.

After the guards left, Ye Xingxue looked at Ling Luo, who was standing obediently beside her as if punishing herself, instead of sitting down, and kept looking at him. She reached out her hand to Ling Luo and said, "Come here and let me hug you."

Ling Luo listened and walked towards him.

Ye Xingxue held her tightly in his arms, feeling her presence, without saying a word.

After a while, he slightly increased the distance between them, placed his large hand on her face again, gently stroking her cheek with his thumb, lightly pecking her lips, looking at her, and said, "Afraid I'll get angry?"

Upon hearing this, Ling Luo nodded hurriedly, "Yes!"

Ye Xingxue smiled helplessly, kissed her again, and asked gently, "After watching me for so long, has Luoluo figured out whether I'm angry or not?"

Ling Luo nestled in his arms, hugging his neck, her beautiful chin resting gently on his shoulder. She inhaled his familiar, pleasant scent, shook her head, and mumbled, "No..."

Although he was very gentle and knew she wanted to eat, he immediately called someone to make her something delicious, but that doesn't mean he wasn't angry with her.

Because she felt that even if he was angry, he wouldn't yell at her or ignore her.

Her actions made Ye Xingxue realize her dependence on and trust in him.

A smile spread across Ye Xingxue's lips. He turned his head slightly and kissed her ear, saying, "Since you're afraid I'll get angry, why are you hugging me so tightly, Luo Luo?"

Ling Luo nestled in his arms, paused, and said, "This is different..."

She was afraid of making him angry, not afraid of him.

Ling Luo didn't say it explicitly, but Ye Xingxue understood what she meant.

He sat down with her in his arms, kissed her forehead, and smiled, "Luo Luo, I'm not angry."

There must be a reason why she delayed her departure for so long.

Since she didn't do it on purpose, why is he angry with her?

However, he missed her terribly after not seeing her for so many years.

Thinking of this, his gaze towards her deepened.

Ling Luo nodded and smiled, "Mm."

Now, nestled in his arms, she could clearly sense that he was truly no longer angry with her.

Thinking of this, she took the initiative to kiss him.

Ye Xingxue smiled and gently responded to her kiss.

After a while, he gently wiped the corner of her lips and tenderly reminded her, "Luo Luo has been in seclusion for so many years. Now that she has emerged, she should go and report her work situation to Lieutenant General Sun."

Ling Luo nodded and asked again, "Now?"

"Um."

She went into seclusion for so long without explaining things clearly, and Sun Xinde and the others were quite understanding of her. Now that she has come out of seclusion, regardless of her identity, as long as she is still a member of Sun Xinde's department, it is only right and proper for them to go over and greet Sun Xinde as soon as possible.

This concerns her reputation.

That's why, even after five years apart, he hasn't really done anything with her; even his kisses have been brief and incomplete...

Thinking of this, he looked at Ling Luo and his eyes darkened even more. He told her to go find Sun Xinde, but when he held her hand, he couldn't help but tighten it.

Ling Luo tried to get up, but then paused when she noticed the tightening grip on his arm.

Ye Xingxue took a deep breath, slowly released her hand, kissed her, let go of her, and instructed, "Remember to come back for dinner after we're done talking."

Ling Luo nodded: "Okay."

After locating Sun Xinde, Ling Luo headed to the training ground.

Not long after Ling Luo emerged from seclusion, the news of her return spread throughout the entire base.

People at the training ground weren't very surprised to see her, but they were quite excited. Since training hadn't officially started yet, discipline was relatively lax, and everyone greeted her with, "Greetings, Crown Princess."

Ling Luo nodded: "Hello."

Upon seeing her, Sun Xinde immediately came over to greet her, saying, "Your Highness, you've arrived."

"Okay." Ling Luo nodded and said, "I'm sorry, I've been busy with something and only just got around to coming to see you now."

The reason she went into seclusion for so long this time was because during her previous seclusion, while writing cultivation techniques for the soldiers, a sudden inspiration struck her, and she came up with a cultivation technique that was extremely suitable for her.

As she continued to deduce and refine the technique in her mind, her body involuntarily began to practice according to the technique that was gradually taking shape in her mind.

Once, twice, ten times, a hundred times—

She quickly became completely absorbed in the moment.

When she came to her senses, she had already advanced from less than the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and was on the verge of a breakthrough.

This cultivation method was excellent, and it was more suitable for her than any other profound cultivation method left behind by ancient powerful beings that she had seen in the cultivation world before, which increased her cultivation speed several times over.

Therefore, after leaving the base and passing through the tribulation to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, she consolidated her cultivation and advanced from the newly reached Nascent Soul stage to the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, she is now a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Sun Xinde, however, assumed she was busy researching training methods and said, "It's alright, it's alright. It's good to be focused on what you're doing. We understand."

She had only been in seclusion for a short time when she went off to cultivate, and Ling Luo neglected her work.

She felt quite embarrassed about this.

However, she now has a deeper understanding of martial arts masters and has made considerable progress in her skills.

She can now write better cultivation methods for them.

Hearing Sun Xinde say this, in order to make up for her mistakes over the past few years, she felt that she should spend more time organizing and writing some better exercises for them.

However, this will take some time.

besides.

She was not present when Ye Xingxue and the others discussed the mecha issue at the meeting, but she listened to the whole thing.

The mecha issue is of paramount importance.

She will probably process a batch of mechs first, and then write the cultivation techniques for the soldiers.

Thinking of this, she said to Sun Xinde, "Regarding the cultivation method, we'll have to wait a while longer, but I'll do it as soon as possible."

Her "as soon as possible" actually refers to the time after she finished processing the mecha.

It could be two or three months from now.

When she appeared outside the conference room, everyone noticed that she looked unwell and mistakenly assumed that she hadn't made much progress in training methods.

Along with the news of her sudden appearance, the news that she had made no progress in training methods also spread throughout the base.

Therefore, when others heard her words, they mistakenly thought that she was blaming herself for not making any progress in her research on training methods over the past five years.

As for Ling Luo's suggestion to wait a while longer, they assumed it meant waiting another three to five years or so.

When they first learned that she hadn't made any progress in her training methods, everyone was somewhat disappointed, but not particularly disappointed.

Five years ago, after a year of research on ancient martial arts, researchers from multiple interstellar empires' training method research institutes did indeed develop a new training method that was one-third more effective than the traditional training methods they had used in the past.

However, in the past five years, the researchers at the various Imperial Training Methods Research Institutes seem to have made little progress in their research on ancient martial arts.

So far, the best results they've achieved with the latest training methods developed based on ancient martial arts research are only slightly better than the original methods.

It still can't compare to the training methods that Ling Luo had previously researched.

With so many powerful experts from various interstellar empires researching for so many years without any progress, it's actually quite normal that Ling Luo has made little progress in his research over five years.

After all, a person's abilities are limited.

Ling Luo has already tried her best, and none of them think she needs to blame herself.

Hearing Ling Luo say this, Sun Xinde comforted her, "The training methods we are using now are already very good. Your Highness, please take your time. We are not in a hurry."

Ling Luo nodded: "Okay, I'll arrange my time accordingly." After saying that, she added: "Then you go ahead with your work, I'll be going now."

"good."

Ling Luo hadn't noticed before, but just as she was about to turn and leave, she realized that Luo Yi was also in the team that was about to start training.

She and Luo Yi are now considered acquaintances.

The training camp hadn't officially started yet. Ling Luo paused, jumped off the platform, and walked towards Luo Yi, saying, "You're here too?"