"Borrowing Absolute Hit?"
Lucian remembered that the System had a function that let his followers borrow his conceptual abilities.
However, since his first followers, Tribios and Mortis, had never triggered it, he had no idea how Feixiao managed to trigger it.
Regardless, since Feixiao wanted to borrow it, Lucian did not hesitate and agreed right away.
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A few minutes ago, near the planet known as Sakin Chadu, the Xianzhou Yaoqing's fleet remained at their original position since their general, Feixiao, had been in a mysterious state for a full twenty-four minutes.
Everyone had agreed that if Feixiao didn't recover after a full day, they would retreat immediately and seek outside help, but thankfully, on the twenty-fifth minute, she suddenly opened her eyes.
However, Feixiao's current gaze seemed to carry the weight of countless stories—deep, distant, and changing.
"Hey, General is awake!"
Someone in the conference room suddenly shouted, causing all the commanders who had been waiting quietly to immediately gather around.
"General, what happened?"
"General, are you feeling all right?"
"Did you fall for some dirty trick from those abominations?"
Those of higher rank spoke first, while those of lower rank could only stand aside and watch.
Feixiao touched her ear, feeling as if someone had just pinched it.
'Oh right, it was Lucian who pinched it...'
'No, that's not right... Lucian was... a dream?'
'Or... was it not a dream...?'
Feixiao felt a bit dizzy as she felt like there were two lives coexisting in her mind.
One was the life after she escaped with Neergul, met Yueyu, became her disciple, and lived in the Yaoqing.
After years of training, she became a Cloud Knight before her master died, struck by an arrow fired by the Reignbow Arbiter Lan during the Third Abundance War. Later on, she herself inherited the position of Arbiter-General of the Yaoqing, replacing her master.
As for the other, it began when she triggered Moon Rage for the first time in Koolur and then met Lucian, who wiped out all the borisins on Koolur and made it their new homeland, crowning her the leader of Koolur, the White Fox King.
Later on, she met her master, Yueyu—not as master and disciple, but as comrades-in-arms.
Under Lucian's command, they achieved absolute victory in every battle, including the Third Abundance War—the very war that should have taken Yueyu's life.
At the victory banquet, she confessed to Lucian and then slept with him, only for Yueyu to join in, becoming one family with them.
Finally, Lucian suddenly told her he was leaving—and then, just like that, he was gone.
'Why did I live through this second life? Did some parallel worlds merge or something?'
Honestly, deep down, if she had to choose, Feixiao truly preferred the second life where Lucian existed. Even though she ended up sleeping with a man, at least everything had been perfect—it was the outcome she had always dreamed of.
At this moment, Feixiao truly hoped Lucian was real, so that perfect life could have really happened.
'No... that won't work... My relationship with Master would get too messy... And then I slept with an Emanator of Abundance and all that...'
Feixiao pressed her hand to her forehead, feeling troubled.
A perfect life, tangled with messy master-disciple and faction relationships.
Not only had the master who raised her become a 'sister' sharing the same man, but an Emanator of Abundance—who should have been her mortal enemy—had also become her beloved man.
'What the hell is all this?'
Her love for Lucian in the dream and her hatred for Abundance in reality were twisted tightly together, causing Feixiao to experience a fierce clash between her inner angel and devil.
"General?"
Jiaoqiu's voice snapped Feixiao out of her tangled thoughts.
"I'm fine. Just... some personal things I haven't sorted out..."
Feixiao waved her hand, then took a deep breath to calm her stirred heart.
Now that her mind had somewhat settled, Feixiao concluded that regardless of which life was real, the present was her reality. More importantly, she needed to find Lucian and Yueyu to decide which path she should follow.
"Could this be an early sign of Moon Rage?" Jiaoqiu muttered with a frown.
Reminded of her Moon Rage, Feixiao immediately checked her own condition.
Feixiao would've been fine without checking, but once she did...
'My Moon Rage... is completely gone?!'
In surprise, Feixiao soon realized that the disappearance of all the aftereffects caused by Moon Rage was because she now had a powerful blessing of Abundance inside her!
It should be noted that the borisins had powerful self-healing abilities, allowing them to use Moon Rage whenever they liked.
However, the foxians were not as fortunate.
Because their self-healing abilities were weak, every use of Moon Rage placed a tremendous burden on both their bodies and minds. If it happened too many times, they would lose all reason, their bodies would transform, and they would become wild beasts without reason.
Feixiao herself had already reached the late stages of Moon Rage, so with just a few more uses, she would be done for.
Yet now, all the hidden dangers brought on by Moon Rage had completely vanished—without even the slightest trace left, as if it had never been there in the first place—all thanks to the sudden blessing of Abundance.
Considering the blessing had appeared in the second set of memories she had—or more specifically, she had only received it after she and Lucian slept together...
"No... Moon Rage is no longer an issue."
Feixiao decided not to mention the blessing of Abundance.
If the Xianzhou Alliance found out, they would definitely take her back for questioning to see if she had defected to the enemy. Given that she had not yet seen Lucian or Yueyu, she absolutely could not get caught now, so she chose to keep it hidden for the time being.
Hearing that Feixiao was alright, Jiaoqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief
"General Feixiao, I'm so glad you're all right. I've been worried that something happened to you."
Just then, Jade entered the conference room with a contract in hand.
Hearing that Feixiao had recovered, Jade was obviously happier than anyone else because she could finally get the profit she aimed for.
"Ah, thank you for your concern."
Feixiao spoke while forcing a polite smile, since she knew perfectly well why the woman before her was so happy.
"Well, the Yaoqing and the IPC have been partners for many years, so there's a basic level of trust between us." Jade smiled elegantly as she handed the contract. "So, are we starting the abominations extermination now?"
Upon hearing this, Feixiao looked at the contract and saw that one of the clauses stated the resources of Sakin Chadu were to be split evenly.
'Half, huh...' Feixiao narrowed her eyes, feeling helpless. 'If only I could have that sure-hit ability Lucian always used...'
Needless to say, with that ability, no defense system would matter—she wouldn't have to split resources with the IPC at all, since she wouldn't need their help.
Unfortunately, she didn't have it.
Just as Feixiao was about to sign her name on the contract, a notification suddenly resounded in her mind.
[Lucian has agreed to lend you his conceptual ability, Absolute Hit.]
[Absolute Hit: Your thrown or launched projectiles will always hit their intended target.]
'Conceptual ability? Absolute Hit?'
Feixiao froze as the notification appeared.
'I see... so the mysterious power he always used is something called Absolute Hit?'