Chi Yao said so, and a large number of medical staff and attendants Yu Guan left. Qin Jue and Xiang Fei thought about it and left too. The military officer left Fei Chu and Fu Qing, the doctor Er Ya, and the two attendants Xu Jin and Yan Changyue.

When almost everyone had left, Chi Yao couldn't help shaking after taking a breath.

Er Ya knew why.

"You should take a rest. Xingxing can't wake up, and you are also exhausted and need to recover."

Xu Jin stepped forward nervously, supported Chi Yao, and asked.

After discussing the matter of Shi Xing, Er Ya also had time to talk about Chi Yao's situation. "It's nothing, not a big problem, but self-healing consumes a lot of mental energy."

"Self-healing?" Xu Jin was surprised.

The other people in the room who didn't know about it also showed surprised expressions.

Erya nodded, "Yes, it healed itself."

"Xingxing absorbed the violent energy from a crack. Bellman's genes are strong, and he began to heal himself soon after."

Feeling that a result should be given, Erya added, "When Xingxing was not feeling well, Your Highness cut off his mental power at the first time. The crack did not completely disappear, but it shrunk a lot. There should still be some energy left in it."

Chi Yao did not look very happy.

Glancing at Shi Xing who was sleeping on the bed, she said in a deep voice, "I wonder how much he absorbed."

Er Ya counselled, "Be content, the situation is not the worst." Chi

Yao frowned slightly, very much disagreeing, "What is the worst?"

Er Ya spoke without hesitation, "For example, the star beast had not attacked you so many times that year, all the mental power was gathered together, and there was only one crack in your spiritual sea. You also saw that Shi Xing absorbed these energies in the wrong state. If it had not been dispersed, I don't know how much he would have absorbed. What do you think?"

Chi Yao couldn't breathe, "Thank you for your assumption." Er Ya shrugged

, "You're welcome."

Fei Chu: "..."

Fu Qing: "

..." Yan Changyue: "..."

Chi Yao changed his tone, raised his chin to Er Ya, and said coldly, "Get up, let me see Shi Xing."

Er Ya sat on the edge of the bed beside Shi Xing, which did hinder Chi Yao's investigation.

Erya stood up and moved aside, stretched her body, patted her shoulder and said, "I'll go downstairs to eat something. I'm hungry after all this trouble."

Xu Jin looked at the time and it was almost time for dinner.

Chi Yao reminded, "Don't forget to come back in the next hour to check on his spiritual sea."

Erya walked out and waved her hand, "I know, I won't forget."

Fei Chu chased Erya out of the door.

When they got outside, Fei Chu suddenly said, "Don't always talk to my cousin when he's in a bad mood."

Erya raised her eyebrows, curious.

"Are you worried that I'll make him angry?"

After a moment of silence, Fei Chu said: "After all, he is the emperor of the empire, and it's still scary when he gets angry."

Oh, this means that he is afraid that Chi Yao will target Erya.

Erya smiled, "Not really."

She said, "Your cousin won't be really angry with people who are not close enough to him."

Fei Chu choked, and searched his past memories carefully. It was just as Erya said.

The atmosphere was awkward for a moment.

In the room, Chi Yao reached out and touched Shi Xing's forehead. The temperature was normal, and he couldn't help but sigh.

He released his mental power to perceive, and the depression became even more lingering.

Shi Xing's spiritual sea was self-sealed, and he couldn't feel it, let alone other people.

What's more, there is still a connection between them.

Xu Jin on the side was still immersed in the excitement of Chi Yao's contraction of the cracks. When he slowly came to his senses and saw Shi Xing, it was as if a basin of cold water was poured on his head, and he calmed down again.

It is impossible to be purely happy before knowing the price.

Yan Changyue advised, "Your Majesty, please clean up."

Chi Yao did not move. At such a close distance, he did not respond, and Yan Changyue did not dare to say anything more.

Chi Yao suddenly said, "We were nervous when he had a fever before, but now we think it is better to have a fever."

Every time Shi Xing had a fever, it represented the rapid growth of his spiritual sea. Although everything was fine at the moment, it made people feel uneasy.

Chi Yao said softly, "Maybe, I shouldn't let him try..."

Hearing this, Xu Jin knew that Chi Yao was really upset.

Having grown up under the educational concept that "mistakes are not for regret, but for correction", Chi Yao would always seek solutions to problems as soon as he found them. Even if there was no solution, it was very difficult for him to have useless negative emotions such as "regret".

But at this moment, Xu Jin could clearly feel that Chi Yao regretted it.

"Your Majesty, please pack up. Lunch will be soon. Only by taking good care of yourself can you take better care of Xingxing."

Xu Jin's level was still high. After he finished speaking, Chi Yao nodded, got up and went to the bathroom.

Fortunately, the bed was movable and could be separated. After discussion, Xu Jin separated the two beds in the master bedroom.

In view of the special situation of Shi Xing's coma, the two of them temporarily slept separately before he woke up completely.

The afternoon was normal, and in the evening, after another perception, Erya said with a heavy face, "He has more energy on the outer layer, and the energy superposition in his spiritual sea is also greater. His spiritual power is constantly pouring into the outer layer of the beach."

Chi Yao: "What do you mean?"

Erya: "I tend to increase the force of suppression."

In other words, that energy is very difficult for Shixing to absorb.

Erya: "I know why he closed his spiritual sea. He probably wants to seal off that extremely destructive energy to prevent it from escaping and hurting people."

Chi Yao: "Can you release your spiritual power into his spiritual sea to help?"

Erya: "I tend not to."

"Why?"

Erya said seriously, "Because the situation hasn't gotten to the worst, and his spiritual sea is in a very strange state right now. I'm not sure if suppression will be effective, nor am I sure he will accept it, and I'm even less sure if his spiritual sea will close to me after I release my spiritual power."

Chi Yao was silent.

Erya: "I think the best opportunity is to wait until he can no longer control me, and then release my spiritual power."

It would not be a pity if we fail at that time, and success would be the best.

Chi Yao accepted it.

Erya changed the time interval of the investigation from one hour to half an hour.

The changes in Shi Xing's spiritual sea became more and more intense, and Erya could sense from her vague perception that the waves in the spiritual sea were abnormal.

But in the end, it was within Shi Xing's tolerance range, from weak to strong, and then to weak, and it lasted until midnight before it calmed down.

When the spiritual sea was turbulent, it was a blessing in disguise. Because of the connection, although Chi Yao could not enter Shi Xing's spiritual sea, he could finally vaguely feel the changes inside.

In this way, Erya finally had time to breathe and went back to sleep for three hours.

Three hours later, he switched shifts with Chi Yao.

It was Chi Yao's turn to sleep for three hours.

He didn't know what time it was, nor where he was.

Shi Xing had a dream.

A psychedelic and gorgeous dream, everything was colorful, including the air.

The wind had its own unique color, and each gust of wind was different.

Shi Xing saw countless mother trees swaying in the psychedelic colors, and each tree had countless blue fruits.

Shi Xing heard that language again, or rather, the information transmitted by energy.

He couldn't speak it, but strangely, he could understand it all.

He even heard the blue fruits making sounds and communicating in a simple way.

Beyond the area where the mother trees were densely populated, he saw in a psychedelic state... people, all kinds of people. Their

facial features were very different, and they could pass through his body.

He heard that they were also using energy to carry information and communicate.

"You were called back all of a sudden, and you didn't say what happened. Why are you so nervous ?"

"I don't know. I asked the priestess but she wouldn't tell me."

"It can't be that she can't stand us all running out, right?"

"What are you thinking? Does the priestess not want to go out? It's obviously her who doesn't like to go out."

The fuss passed him by.

Shi Xing followed the crowd and went to another place. At first glance, it looked like a gathering place, but the buildings were very... unique. In any case, they were all black.

His shoulder was suddenly tapped.

Shi Xing was startled and turned around. A woman with gorgeous features smiled and said, "You're here, what a pity..." At the

same time, a spaceship landed behind him, and a person walked out of it with his arms spread out, saying loudly, "Ah, I'm finally back to Blue Star..."

Blue Star? Is it the Blue Star he was thinking of? !

As Shi Xing's mood fluctuated, everything around him suddenly twisted.

Shi Xing slept for four or five days, and during these four or five days, his spiritual sea was constantly active.

Every time the spiritual sea fluctuated too violently, Chi Yao and Erya would always have one person watching over Shi Xing, fearing that something might happen to him.

There were two times when Erya wanted to release his spiritual power, but Shi Xing's spiritual sea would always calm down at the last stage.

Day after day, even an iron man could not stand it.

On the fifth day, Erya fell asleep beside Shi Xing's bed and woke up with two dark circles under his eyes. After sensing it, he said to Chi Yao, "One good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

Chi Yao: "It's up to you."

Okay, you have to hear both anyway.

Erya: "The confrontation period should be over, and his spiritual sea has returned to normal fluctuations."

Chi Yao remained calm, "What about the bad news?"

Erya admired his composure, "Prepare medical care, attendants, and crystal beast cores. After completely absorbing that energy, his spiritual sea has begun to grow again. If nothing unexpected happens, he will directly enter the second stage when he wakes up."

"Once entering the second stage, I can't let him try to treat you anymore."

Thinking of something, Erya drooped her eyelashes and said meaningfully, "You also have to grasp the bottom line yourself."

Chi Yao nodded, feeling relieved in his heart, but not showing it on his face.

He replied, "I know, but I didn't intend to let him try to treat me again when he matured, so it's not bad news."

Erya stretched her back and said, "I'm so tired. Is there a suspension to carry me out directly? I'm so sleepy."

"I'll call a human suspension for you."

Erya's brain was also numb. She didn't react at first. After a while, she saw Fei Chu enter the room and realized what Chi Yao was talking about.

Erya: "Thank you."

Chi Yao: "Reciprocity."

Erya: "..."

Erya still walked out.

Later in the evening, Shi Xing began to have a fever. Xu Jin asked Chi Yao to rest at night. Chi Yao was afraid of any accidents, so he endured it all night and confirmed that all the indicators of Shi Xing were in line with the characteristics of the mental growth stage, not other changes.

In the next few days, Chi Yao remained normal, sleeping for 6 hours a day. The rest of the time, as the New Year was approaching, he did not deal with official business, and discussed with Xu Jin the celebration of Shi Xing's birthday and the preparations for the New Year.

Yes, Chi Yao felt that Shi Xing would wake up before his birthday.

In fact, it was true, but it was a little different from what Chi Yao had imagined.

After the high fever subsided, the fog dissipated, and it no longer rejected the mental power, Shi Xing still did not wake up.

Erya observed for a whole morning and saw some clues, "It will take some time to be finalized."

"What?" Fei Chu did not understand.

Without waiting for Erya's answer, Chi Yao said directly, "After the first stage, the spiritual sea of ​​the Blue Star people will be roughly finalized. The growth of spiritual power in the second year mainly comes from the increase in the depth of the spiritual sea and the re-densification of spiritual threads."

After speaking, he looked at Erya, "Are you sure?"

"Not sure, but it is likely that the spiritual sea of ​​Shixing has two parts. I feel that the area is being adjusted. The outer layer is still increasing, and the inner layer is fixed."

Erya: "It should be because there are too few destructive sources of spiritual power in daily life."

The treatment of Chi Yao was completed in one step.

He slept for many days, and just when he was about to add more ingredients to the daily nutrient solution, two days before Shi Xing's birthday, he finally woke up.

And he woke up gasping for breath.

Just woke up, Shi Xing covered his chest with a layer of cold sweat, Chi Yao called his name beside him, until he was hugged, Shi Xing finally came to his senses and explained, "It's not a nightmare, it's, a very strange dream."

"I seem to dream about Lan Xing, Your Highness..."

Shi Xing was about to say something after briefly escaping from Chi Yao's arms, but was suddenly distracted by what he saw in front of him, and said in surprise, "Your Highness, why do you look so bad?"

"You..."

Noticing that Chi Yao was not in a good mood, Shi Xing realized belatedly, "How long have I slept?"

He got a hoarse answer, "The day after tomorrow is your birthday. It's almost half a month since the day you fell into a coma."

Shi Xing was speechless.

Knowing that Shi Xing did not have a nightmare, Chi Yao began to call people in.

After half a month, Shi Xing finally had dinner with everyone again.

He felt soft all over when he walked. Er Ya pointed out the key point at a glance, "Your body hasn't recovered yet, it will be fine in two days." After

the meal, after checking Shi Xing's body and confirming that his spirit was in good condition, Er Ya said, "By the way, you have entered the second stage of maturity."

Shi Xing was surprised, and after repeated confirmation, he laughed.

Er Ya: "Don't be happy too early, I have something else to tell you."

"The second stage has too many variables, and the treatment will not continue."

Shi Xing's expression changed, and he was about to argue, but was blocked by Chi Yao's next words.

Chi Yao: "This is the result of everyone's discussion. You must first ensure that you are fine. Since my spiritual sea can be repaired, it can also be

repaired after you mature." Erya: "And even if you try again, it may not be able to continue to repair. It is still very difficult for you to absorb this kind of energy. You entered the thinnest crack. The rest are relatively wide. This crack has not disappeared yet. You should wait until you become a doctor before considering the matter of completely curing your prince."

Shi Xing was anxious and blurted out, "Then... What if I can't become a doctor?"

Erya choked.

Chi Yao's face fell visibly.

Erya looked back and forth between the two of them, and pursed her lips, "Why don't you discuss this issue first?"

Shi Xing then realized that Chi Yao's face was very ugly. Chi Yao didn't say anything and turned away.

Shi Xing realized belatedly that he had said the wrong thing, which made Chi Yao angry.

He wanted to chase him, but was stopped by Erya, who reminded him, "I really couldn't stand the half month you were in a coma. I stayed with you every day for only the past few days, and slept three hours at a time. Your family has been sleeping like this all the time, and his spiritual sea has just been repaired... Fighting is just like this. If you still want to make up your mind, don't say such unlucky words."

Shi Xing: "But..."

Erya: "No buts, even if he can't be cured, he won't die with you around."

"What about you, don't you know what the consequences will be if you can't pass the maturity period?"

Shi Xing was choked.

Erya patted Shixing on the shoulder, "Don't think too much. You worry about him, and he worries about you too."

There was some regret in her eyes, which only existed for a very short moment, "Cherish it."

Shixing felt that Erya had something to say.

After Erya left, Shixing saw Feichu standing behind him. He didn't know how long he had been standing there. Shixing just saw him, Feichu came over and stuffed a crystal fruit into his hand, smiling as usual, "Changyue asked me to give it to you, saying that you like it."

"I drink nutrient solution every day, and I have lost a lot of weight. I will replenish it well during the New Year."

Shixing nodded and thanked him.

The crystal fruit is really sweet.

That night, Shixing didn't coax Chiyao well, so he didn't have the chance. He returned to the room and found that he had fallen asleep. Thinking of Erya's words, he sighed, washed up, and climbed into bed.

Fortunately, Xu Jin and the others were very efficient and had already put the two beds together, so Shi Xing could sleep next to Chi Yao.

After muttering "Your Highness" a few times, Chi Yao unconsciously reached out his hand, perhaps because he felt someone was beside him.

The moment he was hugged unconsciously by the other party, Shi Xing felt an indescribable intimacy in his heart, which dispelled all his worries. He buried his face in Chi Yao's shoulder, said good night, and fell asleep with Chi Yao.

The next day, Chi Yao dealt with the backlog of official business. Only then did Shi Xing realize that Chi Yao had turned down all the unimportant documents recently.

He woke up, but the other party had no time to rest and started working again.

Fortunately, the working hours were not long, and they slept long during the lunch break and got off work early. The rest of the time, everyone was together, and it was not easy for Shi Xing to find Chi Yao to talk in private.

Shi Xing slept for too long and needed to move around. At night, Erya pulled him to jump around in the living room.

When he returned to the room, Chi Yao was asleep again. Shi Xing climbed onto the bed resigned to his fate

. On the third day, Shi Xing was awakened by the sound of confetti.

It was his birthday, and Xu Jin had been planning for a long time. Today was the time to celebrate.

New clothes, new accessories, and a new itinerary.

In the morning, he went to the Xinghai Pavilion. Standing in the underwater passage, Shi Xing looked at the large ancient flying shark flying over his head with his mouth wide open. He

lowered his head and Chi Yao stuffed him with a bite of sweet fruit.

"So beautiful?"

Without hearing what Chi Yao's tone was, Shi Xing bit off the fruit and started chewing. Before he could answer, Xu Jin called him forward again.

Later, Shi Xing also touched a large fish in the Star Sea, which is a project of the Star Sea Museum. Without wearing a diving suit, Chi Yao's spiritual power wrapped him up and built an air channel underwater to carry him in the water and ensure that he was surrounded by air.

At noon, we had a meal at a family restaurant with a star-studded history that we had booked. The food was so delicious that Shi Xing ate a little too much.

If he hadn't known that they didn't provide takeout, Shi Xing would have really wanted to ask before leaving.

In the afternoon, we went to the game hall in the imperial capital. Shi Xing had been here once before, but he only went to one last time. This time he went to three. From mechas to spaceships and battleships, he played all kinds of models. What made Shi Xing disappointed was that Er Ya unexpectedly played well, and he was still the worst one.

But as for the game, winning or losing is not a big deal, Shi Xing didn't mind it very much.

In the evening, they returned to the palace, blew out candles, ate cake, and finally accepted everyone's gifts.

Chi Yao's was the last to be opened. When he took it out, it turned out to be a pendant. It was not small, half the size of a palm, but it was surprisingly light in his hand.

It was made of... crystal and animal core. I don't know what technology was used. It was made of many high-level crystals and animal cores to present beautiful patterns. There was also a layer of transparent something on the outside. Shi Xing couldn't figure it out, so he stretched his neck to observe it repeatedly.

"Do you want to touch it?" Chi Yao asked.

Without waiting for Shi Xing to answer, he stuffed the necklace into Shi Xing's hand. Shi Xing found that he could not absorb the energy of the crystal and animal core through the transparent medium.

"Yes, a pendant?" Shi Xing asked hesitantly.

"It's a pendant, and it's also for you to use in times of danger."

Chi Yao hung the pendant around Shi Xing's neck and explained, "The outer layer will fall off when you need to absorb energy. Once the outer layer falls off, the inside can be disassembled. Due to size, only seven pieces are placed, but the level of the seven pieces is not low, and they are sealed daily, so there will be no energy dissipation. In case of need, you can temporarily use it to absorb..."

After a pause, Chi Yao continued unhappily, "It's used to save your life."

"Don't you have the habit of carrying a few crystals on your body? Carry it in the future."

Hearing this tone, Shi Xing knew that the other party was thinking about his unintentional words that day.

Looking at the glittering crystals, Shi Xing was speechless.

In fact, Chi Yao didn't need to go through so much trouble to send him crystals, after all, crystal beast cores would be absorbed by him, but ordinary gems wouldn't. However...

Shi Xing suddenly realized that his existence might be very important to Chi Yao.

So important that he would pay attention to his little habits in life, so important that the gifts he gave him were both ornamental and practical.

Considering that it would take at least a month to prepare this gift, Chi Yao must have been thinking about it a long time ago...

At a certain moment, Shi Xing felt deeply loved.

He was loved.

That night, Shi Xing finally caught the awake prince before Chi Yao closed his eyes. After

a series of apologies and assurances, he saw that Chi Yao didn't respond, and he didn't know where he learned it from, so he went on to do something else.

Chi Yao held down Shi Xing's hand and asked curiously, "Who taught you this?"

Shi Xing was a little embarrassed, "Sister Erya said so."

Chi Yao: "..."

Chi Yao: "What did she say again?"

Shi Xing was innocent, "Fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed?"

Chi Yao closed his eyes, "I thank her."

Pushing Shi Xing away a little, Chi Yao let out a long sigh, "I'm not angry."

"Just... not feeling well."

Maybe Chi Yao would get angry if Shi Xing said this normally, but this time, after a long sleep, Chi Yao felt very different. Long-term lack of sleep would give him a vague sense of reality, as if...

Chi Yao frowned for a moment, waved away those thoughts, and said tiredly, "Don't say that, I will take it seriously."

His voice was very soft, but his tone was extremely helpless.

Shi Xing's heart was tightened.

After a while, he muttered, "I thought it would be partially cured this time."

But it didn't work, and everyone was worried about him.

"Are you unhappy because of this?"

Shi Xing nodded.

Chi Yao laughed, "That's good, we're even."

After a moment's reaction, Shi Xing realized that Chi Yao was talking about his feelings after he was unconscious and heard that sentence.

Shi Xing still had self-awareness, "I'm afraid it's still not even, I... I won't say that next time."

Chi Yao denied, "Wrong." Shi

Xing was stunned.

Chi Yao seriously corrected him, "You should say there won't be a next time."

The smoky gray eyes stared at him, forcing him to say it again. Shi Xing finished speaking, and Chi Yao nodded and let it go.

After chatting for a few more sentences, Shi Xing felt that Chi Yao was really not angry, so he felt relieved. However, he felt that the other party was in a bad mood, but he didn't know why.

Just when he was hesitating whether to ask, Chi Yao said good night to him.

Two days later, Shi Xing found that his feelings were correct, Chi Yao was indeed in a bad mood.

Suspecting that he was too angry with him, Shi Xing didn't dare to ask the person directly.

After talking about it secretly, only Erya understood his hint.

"Are you still not angry?"

Shi Xing hesitated: "It's not that I'm angry, it's just that I feel that His Highness is not as happy as before, I..."

Erya: "Are you trying to make people happy?"

There was a moment of embarrassment after being exposed, and under Erya's sight, Shi Xing still nodded.

He really liked the gift that His Highness gave him. Maybe he could do something for him to make him happy.

Erya laughed, "That's easy. Just open the book I passed to you last time and take a look."

Shi Xing was confused.

Erya only nodded and said nothing more.

During lunch break, he finally remembered, "passed to him." The key is the first word.

For so long, Erya only passed something to him once, and that was...

During lunch break, Shi Xing was in his room. He and Chi Yao had different lunch breaks, so they separated.

After taking the book out, Shi Xing hesitated for a while, and finally reached out for it.

It's always good to broaden your horizons, and it doesn't have to be this way...

Last time, His Highness didn't seem to like it very much and rejected him...

When Shi Xing opened it, he simply thought so.