Zi Che Shao Hao let her wipe his hands.
"When one does things with the person they love, how can it be considered a waste?"
After Lin Yan finished cleaning his hands, he stood up and extended his hands towards her.
Lin Yan placed her hands on his and stood up, guided by his strength. Though both were cultivators, they now behaved like mortals, yet neither felt anything amiss.
Zi Che Shao Hao took the handkerchief that had become dirty from wiping his hands and burned it with his spiritual fire.
An ice-blue flame rose in his palm, exquisitely beautiful.
They chose not to use their spiritual powers but to explore the immortal ruins on foot. The few high-level demonic beasts that were here had foolishly challenged Zi Che Shao Hao and were now fertilizer for the plants.
As a result, all the demonic beasts in the immortal ruins avoided the pair.
Hand in hand, they strolled through the immortal ruins. A gust of wind blew, scattering flower petals around them.
"Huh?" Lin Yan stopped.
"What is it?" Zi Che Shao Hao also stopped.
"The 'Yu' character imprint is almost repaired," Lin Yan could feel the small imprint being mended, needing only a little more to be fully restored.
"Then let's go back and see," she said, referring to the cave dwelling.
"Mm."
Zi Che Shao Hao embraced her waist and led her towards the cave dwelling.
The closer they got to the cave dwelling, the more profoundly Lin Yan felt the 'Yu' character imprint. Especially the 'Zhou' character imprint within her body, its attraction to the 'Yu' imprint grew stronger. She was almost pulled towards it by the 'Zhou' imprint.
As Lin Yan reached the entrance of the cave dwelling, the 'Zhou' character imprint flew out of her body.
After leaving her body, the 'Zhou' character imprint transformed into a beam of light and entered the cave dwelling.
Zi Che Shao Hao immediately brought Lin Yan into the cave dwelling.
Upon entering, they saw the two imprints close together. The repair of the 'Yu' character imprint was in its final stages. Lin Yan had a premonition that the two imprints might merge.
Indeed, as the cracks on the 'Yu' character imprint disappeared, the 'Zhou' character imprint drew closer, and then the two imprints were pressed together like two pieces of clay.
Lin Yan watched them merge. Zi Che Shao Hao was also somewhat surprised.
The material of these two imprints was completely different, and they felt distinct. He had already found their mutual attraction unusual, but he never expected them to merge.
The two small imprints transformed into a single seal. As they fully fused, it emitted a powerful radiance.
Zi Che Shao Hao immediately set up a barrier to contain the seal's light.
And as the small imprints completely merged, the system in Lin Yan's mind spoke, its electronic voice filled with excitement.
"Host, the Main God has sent a message."
"What message?" Lin Yan summoned the seal back and saw that it was inscribed with the characters "Universe" beneath it.
"The Main God wishes to reclaim this 'Universe' seal. It states that you can name your price."
"I can name my price?" Was this seal that important?
"Universe" here did not carry the modern meaning.
"'Past and future are called Zhou, and up, down, left, and right are called Yu.' These two characters encompass space and time, making it a divine artifact," Zi Che Shao Hao walked to Lin Yan's side and examined the seal with her.
"It seems this small imprint is very important to your Main God, otherwise, it wouldn't have offered to let you name your price."