After leaving the residence, Chi Yao walked towards the direction where the spaceship was docked.

After a moment, he spoke.

"If Xingxing asks you about what happened this afternoon, or anything about Lu Lu, just tell him directly."

The words were said to Fu Qing.

After all, there are only a few people who live in the dormitory for a long time.

At present, Chi Yao's previous accompanying military officers have almost been given to Shi Xing in name. Before the maturity period, Fei Chu and Fu Qing followed Shi Xing wherever he went. Now that the maturity period has passed, Fei Chu and Fu Qing's daily entourage has become flexible, and they don't always follow Shi Xing. Chi Yao will also accompany him when necessary, such as today.

Of course, there are deeper considerations for calling Fu Qing.

If Shi Xing asks about this matter in the future, Chi Yao will not avoid it, but if he doesn't ask him directly, then he must ensure that there is a reliable person to relay the truth.

Fu Qing nodded and agreed.

After walking two more steps, Chi Yao suddenly asked, "How is the border monitoring of star beasts recently?"

Fu Qing: "We have detected a lot of unknown energy sporadically. The distance is too far, and we are not sure whether it is a group of star beasts. Moreover, it is not only coming towards the border of the empire, but also many unknown energies have been detected at the borders of other planets. There is no conclusion yet."

The only thing that can be confirmed is that it seems to be coming towards their galaxy.

Chi Yao nodded.

"Go back."

Shi Xing, Er Ya and Fei Chu arrived at the tree nest near noon.

Shi Xing's identity is not ordinary, and the reception standards of the tree nest are also compared with Chi Yao.

Shi Xing did not say hello before coming and asked to keep everything simple. So after all the hassles, when he was having lunch with the administrator at noon, he found an opportunity to express his intention and canceled all the grand reception arrangements in the afternoon. It was enough for Tree Nest not to disturb the three of them.

After all, he came for business.

Only a few people who lived in the dormitory knew that Shi Xing had returned to Blue Star. Some of the characteristics of Blue Star people brought back from time were relayed to Tree Nest through Erya.

The administrator was very interested, and because Erya had her own planet to live on and was running around the galaxy all year round, Tree Nest did not investigate the source of the information and assumed that it was fragmented information that Erya had dug up from various planets.

"Have the sick Blue Star people used new treatment methods now?" Shi Xing asked.

The manager was very excited. "We have tried it. Some of them are useful, but some are not very effective."

Shi Xing: "Then there may be other pathogenic factors besides the lack of extensive energy absorption."

The manager nodded, "The doctor said so too."

The lunch was pleasant. After lunch, they stayed in the lounge for a while and then went to the orchard.

As soon as they stepped into the orchard, they saw the rich spiritual power of the mother tree. Fei Chu said, "The flow of energy is a little different."

Er Ya looked up. "Maybe this is the reason?"

Shi Xing and Fei Chu looked up. As far as they could see, the branches and leaves of the mother tree were shaking.

It was a large movement that was rarely seen with the naked eye.

Er Ya: "Does it want you to get closer?"

The branches facing them made movements that really looked like human waving.

Shi Xing: “It’s possible.”

Fei Chu: “You’ll know when you get closer.”

As they got closer, as expected, within the reach of the mother tree, the branches of the mother tree pressed down and rubbed against Shi Xing. Shi Xing felt itchy all over and wanted to laugh. He pushed the branches, but was surrounded by more branches.

“Hey, your head…”

Fei Chu just opened his mouth and saw several thick branches of the mother tree entangle Shi Xing, and then lifted Shi Xing up at a speed that was not suitable for a tree, and took him to the top of the tree.

Fei Chu was speechless.

Er Ya was the same.

If Fei Chu hadn't known that the mother tree wouldn't harm Shi Xing, he would have taken action long ago. Now...

Fei Chu looked at Er Ya: "What should we do?"

Er Ya was silent, "Just wait."

She had never seen the mother tree make such agile movements that didn't seem like a tree.

As soon as she finished speaking, a branch dropped down, brushing Er Ya soothingly, and shoved them inside.

Fei Chu: "What do you mean?"

Er Ya: "It should be for us to wait under the trunk..."

As soon as she finished speaking, the branch swayed violently twice.

Fei Chu: "..."

Okay, that's not impossible.

On the other side, Shi Xing was pulled up by the mother tree, and all the branches along the way made way for him. He could feel the joy revealed in the mother tree's mental power, especially the branches close to him, which were shaking particularly vigorously.

Finally, Shi Xing was placed by the mother tree in the center of the tree crown. The thick branches and twigs formed a ready-made seat for him. As soon as Shi Xing sat down, countless branches and leaves rubbed against him.

Shi Xing couldn't help laughing. After a while, Shi Xing finally stopped giving in and used his mental power to push away all the branches and leaves. The mother tree rubbed against his barrier for a while, and finally restrained its overly enthusiastic welcome when it saw Shi Xing's firm attitude.

Shi Xing was surprised. He had never seen the mother tree so excited when he came back before.

Could it be because he had passed the maturity period?

It made sense, but Shi Xing felt it was not the case.

After all, every batch of Blue Star people will return to the tree nest after reaching maturity. The mother tree has never made such a big move before, and there has been no such reaction to the Erya mother tree.

Suddenly, something flashed through his mind, and Shi Xing had an epiphany.

He opened the barrier, touched the branches of the mother tree, and whispered, "Do you feel the breath of Blue Star on me?"

Shi Xing was brought back to Blue Star by the priest, and he should have been contaminated with a lot of energy unique to Blue Star.

The words were full of spiritual power, which is the traditional way of communication on Blue Star.

As soon as the words fell, the mother tree trembled, as if agreeing, but also like a sad cry.

Shi Xing touched the trunk, feeling the spiritual power flowing from the mother tree, and said to her, "I saw other mother trees, and also saw the place where you once took root."

"They... all miss you very much."

The branches swayed.

"Do you miss them too?"

The leaves rubbed against each other, making a rustling sound.

The branches swayed, and Shi Xing was on the mother tree, being conveyed by the thick branches one by one. Realizing that the mother tree might want to tell him something, Shi Xing did not move, allowing the mother tree to take him upwards.

The mother trees on Blue Star are often pruned, and most of them are very clean and simple. When he reached the crown of the tree, Shi Xing discovered that the mother trees in the empire had many branches. It was probably because Blue Star disappeared suddenly, and the people of the empire were not very good at raising mother trees. And because they were breeding blue fruits, they dared not easily cut the mother trees. Touching

the trunk of the tree, Shi Xing asked her, "Do you need to prune the branches and leaves?"

The mother tree responded frantically.

Shi Xing patted the trunk of the tree, "I'll tell them before I leave."

The leaves rubbed him again in gratitude, and Shi Xing felt itchy, so he smiled and pushed them away.

When he arrived at the place the mother tree took him to, Shi Xing couldn't laugh.

It was a blue fruit.

But it was... a blue fruit that Shi Xing could no longer feel the energy flowing.

Shi Xing reached out and touched it, and the fruit fell on him.

It had been dead for a long time, and before Shi Xing touched it, it was about to fall off naturally.

The mother tree took Shi Xing around the crown of the tree, and Shi Xing collected five or six blue fruits that no longer had energy fluctuations. The mother tree's mental power made a long sound, sad but helpless.

Shi Xing hugged the blue fruits and knew why.

Even though the mother tree is rooted in a crystal vein of the empire, the energy density in the air is too low, so the maturity rate of blue fruit is still very low, and there are many empty fruits in each batch.

Shi Xing held the fruit, leaned against the trunk of the mother tree, and asked her, "Do you really want to go back to Blue Star?"

A rustling sound rang in his ears.

After all, that is where the mother tree grows and takes root.

Shi Xing whispered, "I know."

He touched the empty fruit in his arms and said slowly but firmly, "There will be that day."

The rustling sound of the leaves continued.

The voice of the priest rang in Shi Xing's ears again.

——"When you return to Blue Star, all the answers will naturally appear before your eyes."

——"We have left behind the spark of civilization. After Blue Star returns to the galaxy where it was born, everything will be prosperous and restarted."

The key is to set foot on Blue Star first.

So many years have passed, and I don't know what Blue Star, which is occupied by star beasts, looks like now.

Shi Xing leaned against the mother tree and closed his eyes. The branches and leaves of the mother tree leaned over, as if embracing, and also quietly surrounded Shi Xing.

Shi Xing landed on the ground with the empty fruit, said goodbye to the mother tree, and left the orchard with Erya and Fei Chu who were waiting.

He handed the empty fruit to the staff of the tree nest and received several shocked faces.

After returning from Blue Star, Shi Xing knew how to deal with it and suggested, "Just cut it open and bury it in the open air."

There is still energy inside that has not dissipated.

The staff of the Tree Nest naturally knew what it looked like when it was cut open.

Fei Chu was curious and wanted to see it, so he asked Er Ya and Shi Xing. After getting their affirmation, he asked the staff of the Tree Nest to take a knife and directly open the empty fruit in the open space.

When it was cut open, Fei Chu and Er Ya saw nothing but empty fruits.

And because they stopped growing, many of them did not grow to the size that could accommodate a baby and decayed.

From Shi Xing's perspective, everything was different. When

it was cut open, Shi Xing could see the chaotic energy surging out of the blue fruit. They were all high-level energies that were easy to dissipate and existed very little in the air.

There are some differences between empty fruits. The ones that have been empty for a long time have thin energy when opened, and some of it has already dissipated. The ones that have just been empty have more energy.

It should still be an environmental problem. The environment of the empire makes it impossible to maintain the energy in the empty fruit. Once it stops developing, the energy will begin to dissipate, sooner or later.

On the way back, Fei Chu was still sighing, "If you look carefully, you can feel the flow of energy, but it is too subtle. If you don't say it specifically, you can hardly feel it."

Erya: "Because you are within the coverage of the mother tree's spiritual power, those energies are born from the mother tree. Under the coverage of the spiritual power, it would be strange if you can sense it without being informed."

Fei Chu thought about it and agreed, "That's right."

Erya: "Why doesn't Xingxing talk?"

Looking out the window, Shi Xing came back to his senses.

Facing Erya's concern, he said truthfully without hiding anything, "I think the environment of the empire is still not suitable for the growth of mother trees. The mother trees on Blue Star will not have such a high rate of empty fruits."

Erya lowered her eyes and said softly, "After all, it is a native plant of Blue Star and is compatible with the biological chain of Blue Star."

She should not have grown up in the empire.

Shi Xing: "You are right."

Although they were not together, Shi Xing then asked the question that Chi Yao had asked, asking about the recent situation at the border.

After getting the answer, Shi Xing looked out the window again.

He didn't speak, but for two moments, neither Erya nor Fei Chu disturbed him.

Inexplicably, he felt that Shi Xing was thinking about something very important. When

they met again in the evening, Shi Xing and Chi Yao talked about their experiences today and the movements of the mother tree.

Chi Yao: "Well, I got the news that the mother tree was pruned in the evening, and it seemed that it was very happy."

Shi Xing nodded, but his expression was unusually calm.

"What's wrong, are you unhappy?"

Shi Xing shook his head, stared at Chi Yao for a moment, pushed away the documents in front of them, and lay down on Chi Yao's legs.

Chi Yao was surprised, "Suddenly acting coquettishly?"

The tone was humorous, which made Shi Xing smile, but the smile was fleeting.

Shi Xing confided his heart and said, "Your Highness, I don't know if I can do it."

The volume was not loud, and the expression was not serious, but it was particularly serious.

Chi Yao reached out and touched Shi Xing's cheek, in return for an intimate rub.

Shi Xing half closed his eyes, feeling a little tired, not physically, but in his heart.

Chi Yao's voice was gentle, "Just do your best."

"Isn't that the mantra you always say?"

Nestled in his lover's arms, Shi Xing really closed his eyes and whispered, "I'm afraid that just trying my best is not enough."

"I... also carry the expectations of the priests and the entire Blue Star."

The reconstruction of a planet's civilization, the escaped previous beast king, countless mutant beasts...

When Shi Xing thought of Blue Star, the first thing that came to his mind was these things.

It's not that I want to escape, but... each one will make people feel particularly difficult.

Chi Yao smiled: "If you want to ask me something else, I can't answer, but I am familiar with this."

Chi Yao also grew up like this, carrying the expectations of countless people and shouldering the future of the empire.

Shi Xing buried his face in Chi Yao's arms.

Chi Yao hugged him.

He said calmly, "I was troubled for a while during my growth, but it soon became over."

"Because these are two different things. Other people's expectations and responsibilities are what outsiders think of you."

"They are things that are bestowed upon us."

"They are not created by us, nor can we change them."

"I usually don't care about things that cannot be changed. I just do what I can. Regardless of whether I meet the so-called expectations of others, at least I have done my best, that's enough."

Shi Xing actually understood the truth.

Chi Yao also knew that he understood it.

But sometimes it is like this. Those in power are confused. Even if they know there is no better solution, they always want to grasp something stable in the turmoil.

Shi Xing said in a muffled voice: "Your Highness, I am a little worried."

Chi Yao stroked Shi Xing's cheek with his long fingers, and said in a flat but unshakable voice.

"It's okay, I'm with you."

Realizing what this meant, Shi Xing looked up.

His blue eyes were sparkling, and the confusion in his eyes brought out a rare sense of fragility, shining brightly, making people's hearts beat.

Something was conveyed in the silent eye contact, and then confirmed.

Shi Xing lowered his eyes again and rested his chin on Chi Yao.

When he spoke again, the panic in his voice faded and became calm and stable, "Yeah."

Shi Xing turned sideways and kissed the long fingers that Chi Yao placed on his face.

Shi Xing was proficient in using his talent, and the matter of treating Chi Yao could not be delayed any longer.

After another half-day of negotiation in the palace, the treatment time was finally decided.

The situation at the border is unknown and may become dangerous at any moment, so the sooner the treatment is done, the better.

So they set the time for the next day.

This decision was not limited to the palace.

Half an hour after the time was set, it quickly spread to the Senate and the Council of Elders, as well as the top leaders of the First Army.

Not daring to disturb Shi Xing and Chi Yao, everyone contacted Xu Jin at the same time.

Received the affirmation of the Chief Aide-de-Camp.

The next day, Ren Yanyong, Wei Zhen, and veterans of the First Army, such as Zhuang Yuanyin and Ye Jun, who found various excuses to wait outside the palace, all had dark circles under their eyes, indicating the quality of their sleep the day before.

Everyone was both looking forward to and worried.

When Xu Jin heard the number of visitors, he was too lazy to play along, so he arranged all the people with different excuses to a palace for unified reception.

Ren Yanyong didn't think much when he saw Wei Zhen, but when he saw familiar faces, everyone realized it later and wanted to go together to know the treatment results as soon as possible.

I don't know which veteran was the first to sigh, "Your Majesty's talent when he was a child was the strongest among the modern royal family."

However, after injuring his spiritual sea when he was more than ten years old, his spiritual power has never been fully utilized.

This also evoked Ren Yanyong's memories, and he sighed, "Yes, when the previous king was in power, his spiritual power always enveloped the imperial capital."

This is not difficult for people of their level.

In fact, it's just a piece of cake.

But in the hearts of the people, the feeling is completely different.

Under the spiritual power of the royal family, it represents safety and stability, and also demonstrates the strength of the empire's leaders.

Wei Zhen smiled, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten it."

It was a long time ago.

Ye Jun was about to speak, when suddenly a surge of spiritual power erupted from the back of the palace.

The air around them began to swirl, forming indoor currents.

Zhuang Yuanyin, who had been silent all the time, spoke and affirmed: "It is your majesty's talent."

"The treatment has begun."