As soon as Shi Xing finished speaking, Yu Man quickly retracted his hand.

He was so shocked that he could not stand up, but he sat down and took two steps away from Shi Xing with fear in his eyes.

"Xingxing, you... have entered the mature stage?" Lu Lu, who was standing next to him, came to his senses and asked hesitantly.

The whole tree nest knew that Yu Man had entered the mature stage, and Lu Lu was very familiar with the racial characteristics of the Blue Star people, so he subconsciously guessed so.

Shi Xing's eyes finally fell on Lu Lu.

At this time, Lu Lu had just turned twenty, and had not yet entered the military academy, nor had he experienced the countless battles with the star beasts. The calmness in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows was gone, and he was undoubtedly young at the moment.

Just as the officer described, he still had a bit of innocent youthfulness.

Shi Xing somewhat missed Lu Lu like this, but he was not nostalgic.

Some things are difficult to cut, but if you really give them up, you will only feel peaceful and relieved.

After a few years, Shi Xing, who had experienced the world, had too complicated emotions in his eyes. Even though he glanced at Lu Lu lightly, the sensitive young master Lu still noticed the difference at the first time, and was inexplicably flustered by this glance.

Shi Xing smiled at Lu Lu, his smile was very light and faint, "Not yet."

"You're lying!" Yu Man retorted.

The next moment, Shi Xing put the back of his hand on Yu Man's forehead without saying anything. Thinking that Shi Xing was crazy and wanted to absorb his spiritual power, Yu Man screamed in fear. Just when he was about to struggle, he met Shi Xing's disgusted eyes and realized that nothing happened.

Shi Xing: "Am I lying?" Yu Man's

ears turned red with embarrassment.

Of course not, the fluctuation of spiritual power is difficult to deceive the Blue Star people. Not only did Shi Xing's hand not actively absorb his spiritual power, Yu Man did not feel the confusion that is unique to the mature stage, but... it was extremely stable. It

was even stable and didn't seem like it was before the mature stage.

Yu Man's silence was undoubtedly a powerful answer.

Shi Xing didn't care what Yu Man thought. After arguing, he said to Lu Lu, "Let's talk somewhere else?"

Lu Lu nodded, and then he saw Shi Xing didn't even bother to help Yu Man, and turned and left.

He felt that this was not like Shi Xing, but thinking about what Yu Man had just done, Lu Lu frowned and followed Shi Xing away.

When Yu Man slowly reacted to what everything that had just happened meant, he was shocked again, and the huge contrast made him clench his knuckles.

When did Shi Xing become so strong?

"Xingxing, are you entering the mature stage?"

They found a bench in a quiet place in the orchard and sat down. Without waiting for Shi Xing to speak, Lu Lu was the first to show a brilliant smile after the two were alone, and said without hesitation.

Shi Xing didn't know how to reply. Fortunately, Lu Lu didn't really want an accurate answer. Seeing that he didn't say anything, he took it as a tacit agreement and said, "I heard everything you said."

The boy's bright eyes stared at Shi Xing, and it seemed that there was golden light in his eyes under the setting sun, shining brightly.

It was so bright that Shi Xing felt a little burning pain in his eyes just by looking at it.

Once upon a time, what he liked most was Lu Lu's smile, which was hearty and warm, as if there was not a trace of haze.

Lu Lu glanced around and asked in a very low voice, "Are you really hungry?"

There was a hint of expectation in his words that Lu Lu himself didn't even notice.

"..."

The two faces were too close, Shi Xing pushed Lu Lu away a little without leaving a trace, and denied without any burden, "No."

Lu Lu felt a little disappointed that he didn't understand at first, but then he laughed again and said with genuine joy, "It's good that you're not, otherwise I would be worried about you."

The words were solemn and natural, and under Lu Lu's unblinking gaze, the atmosphere became uncontrollably ambiguous.

The setting sun also shone on Shi Xing's face, making his light blue eyes clear. Lu Lu looked at Shi Xing like this, and his hidden emotions in his heart fluctuated. He asked nervously, which was rare, "Aren't we going to talk about matching? Xingxing, what do you think?"

Just after asking, he seemed to think of something, and took out a handful of things from his pocket and stuffed them into Shi Xing's hand.

"Oh, by the way, I said I would give it to you before. It just happens that you have reached maturity."

It was a handful of crystals.

High-level crystals, with rich and pure energy. When they were in the tree nest, Lu Lu often fed Shi Xing a handful of them

when they met. Feeling the energy surge in the crystals, Shi Xing's expression was complicated.

The current Lu Lu has never hurt him. On the contrary, he gives him care and help.

Shi Xing had forgotten how he developed this habit. Anyway, the Prince's Mansion didn't lack these things. At first, he would refuse, but later, he made up his mind to follow Lu Lu, so he never refused again. Now...

Shi Xing handed the crystal back to Lu Lu and said softly, "Your elder brother didn't bring back many black crystals from the mineral planet outside the blockade line. It's too expensive to give it to me."

"Why..." Lu Lu was surprised. He didn't remember telling Shi Xing this.

Shi Xing lowered his eyes for a moment and interrupted him, "Lu Lu, I think we are not very suitable."

The words that he wanted to refuse were finally softened by the goodwill in the past and became euphemistic.

If possible, Shi Xing still wanted the two of them to part ways amicably and owe each other nothing.

Lu Lu was stunned, "What do you mean?"

Shi Xing looked straight into Lu Lu's eyes, "Have you ever thought that I might be a burden to you, and you... can't support me?"

Lu Lu was stunned again, and then laughed uncontrollably, "Xingxing, are you kidding me? The Prince's Palace has as many crystals and beast cores as you want, how could you be hungry?"

But Shi Xing was not joking, and said seriously, "There are indeed a lot of ordinary crystals and beast cores in the Prince's Palace, but what if I need more than that?"

"If I need high-level crystals, S-level and above mental power, and high-level beast cores beyond S-level for support, Lu Lu, what will you do?"

The smile on Lu Lu's mouth froze.

As we all know, the Blue Star people are weak in the mature stage, and need a lot of energy to nourish their ability to grow. The stronger the healer is after the mature stage, the more energy they need during the mature stage.

From ordinary crystals to advanced crystals.

From excellent A-level mental power to S-level.

These are all fine.

However, S-level beast cores are rarely available on the market, and those above S-level can basically only be obtained on the battlefield.

But Lu Lu still knew what SS-level star beasts that could surpass S-level were like. He asked himself, during Shi Xing's maturity period, he could not grow synchronously to be strong enough to kill them,

but...

"If it comes to the point where SS-level beast cores are needed, the talent ability must at least reach S-level." Lu Lu said seriously, "But in the past ten years, among the three batches of Blue Star people who participated in the matching, the highest talent assessment given by Tree Nest has only been A-level."

Before Shi Xing could say anything that he was different from others, Lu Lu put his hand on Shi Xing's forehead, "Are you feeling uncomfortable after entering maturity?"

"Matching is a big deal. It's normal if you can't think it through for a while. I don't mean to rush you. Don't panic. I won't force you, Xingxing."

"But don't say that next time, okay?"

Lu Lu smiled again, and said in a strong tone, "Otherwise I'll think you're just looking for an excuse to reject me."

Shi Xing: "..."

Realizing that Lu Lu didn't think his evaluation could exceed A, Shi Xing fell silent. With the last sentence, Shi Xing had no doubt that if he continued to argue, Lu Lu would think that he was just looking for an excuse, and his words would be even more distorted.

The evaluation reminded Shi Xing, and he retreated to advance, "The evaluation will be in two days, so we'll see then."

There was no point in arguing, it was better to speak with facts.

If the evaluation was higher than A, and all parties were involved in the competition, they would no longer have any intersection.

Lu Lu had already determined that he was in a bad mood because he had entered the mature stage, so he didn't take it seriously, and even said in a coaxing tone, "Okay, okay, Xingxing, your rating will definitely not be low, I'll wait and see."

Shi Xing: "…………"

Shi Xing really didn't want to talk anymore.

Back in the room, Shi Xing immediately took out all the crystals he had hidden and released by the tree nest, and absorbed them one by one.

When they just parted, Lu Lu wanted to force the crystals on him, but he firmly refused. After the stalemate, Lu Lu didn't force him, probably because he felt that he was in a mature stage and his emotions were unstable, so he had to accommodate him.

When he felt the fullness of the spiritual sea again, Shi Xing used himself as the center of the circle and released his spiritual power.

Extending layer by layer, spreading out, it didn't stop until it felt strenuous.

When he found himself hungry today, he also discovered something else.

Now Shi Xing confirmed that his feelings were correct.

Although he has not yet entered the mature stage, his abilities are not what he had at that time.

His spiritual sea is broad and deep, not the form before his maturity, but the moment when he lost his abilities.

However, his mental power is still very weak.

But now his body has also been hungry for a long time. Shi Xing cannot be sure whether it is the consequence of this behavior or the weak characteristics before entering the mature stage.

In short, he is currently unable to mobilize the spiritual threads inside the spiritual sea.

The mental power that can be mobilized and used is unexpectedly in line with the size of his spiritual sea back then.

Not long after, Shi Xing felt a period of fatigue. He had been hungry for so long before, and today he suddenly absorbed too much energy. He needs time to digest it.

Since he didn't understand, he decided to put it aside and wait until tomorrow when he had digested all the energy to see if the situation had changed.

After washing up and going to bed, Shi Xing couldn't keep his eyelids open as soon as his head touched the pillow.

In the middle of the night, Shi Xing was woken up by the heat. He had absorbed a large amount of crystals before going to bed, but his spiritual sea felt lacking again, even hungrier than before absorbing the crystals. He couldn't get through it by willpower at all.

With a slap on his forehead, Shi Xing suddenly had an epiphany .

Maturity.

If he hadn't been starving himself on purpose, Yu Man would have entered the maturity stage, so after he fed himself...

damn it.

The feeling of hunger kept getting worse, and he suddenly entered the maturity stage. Shi Xing needed more crystals.

Realizing that his body could not wait, Shi Xing changed his clothes with great difficulty and went out to find the administrator. Just after he left, the broadcast in the room sounded, asking all Blue Star people to stay in the room, and the tree nest would be closed for a few hours to receive important guests.

If Shi Xing had left a step later, he would have realized that an important person had come.

Therefore, when Shi Xing went to the administrator through the main entrance as usual, he felt that the quiet journey was a bit abnormal.

But he didn't care about that. His forehead was getting hotter and hotter, and beads of sweat were dripping. After a short distance, Shi Xing felt dizzy and his steps were unsteady.

His senses became more and more ethereal. Shi Xing supported himself against the wall, but the communicator could not contact the administrator.

Turning another corner, Shi Xing bent his body and lowered his head.

Before he saw that he was about to collide with a group of people, his spiritual sea first sensed several high-level spiritual powers that spread out instantly, penetrating and covering him in shock.

"Stop!"

"Who?"

The scolding exploded in his ears. The weak Shi Xing was swept by the spiritual power and his knees softened. Before he knelt down, a pair of hands supported him steadily. Sensing the flow of spiritual power, his body grasped the other party's long fingers before thinking.

The spiritual power instantly flowed into his body along the knuckles.

Several voices were panicked, "Your Highness."

"Your Highness!"

"Let go..."

The other hand that supported him raised slightly, and the surroundings immediately became quiet again.

Very... very high-level spiritual power, not just S, SS? Or SSS?

In short, Shi Xing only absorbed a little, and the dizziness was much better.

His vision became clear, and Shi Xing saw that the knuckles supporting him were slender, and the material of the shirt inside the cuffs was good. A slight change in the angle would cause golden light to flow. The cuffs of the jacket were heavily embroidered, gorgeous and complicated, and seemed to have a special family pattern. Shi Xing looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

He should have run into a big shot who participated in this match.

After taking a breath, Shi Xing's condition improved visibly, and the other party did not hesitate to retract his mental power.

This scene also made Shi Xing feel familiar.

He struggled to stand up a little, and the clasped hands turned an angle, continuing to give him considerate support.

A small red mole appeared on the outside of the little finger.

Shi Xing was stunned.

He slowly raised his head and met a pair of smoky gray eyes.

"Are you okay?"

Time and space changed, and they met again. The other party asked the same question.