Chapter 1707: An Unexpected Creator

Chapter 1707: Chapter 1707: An Unexpected Creator

When Chu Jiaojiao pulled out the soul artifact, Liu Fufeng, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke: "That was made by my mom."

Ji You: "!!!"

Chu Jiaojiao, He Bi: "!!!"

Liu Fufeng’s gaze was fixed on the Peach Blossom Soul Device, with a look of surprise, emotion, confusion... and also a hint of sadness and indignation.

In short, his expression was very complicated.

With a tone of certainty, Liu Fufeng repeated: "That was made by my mom."

Ji You: "Huh?"

Chu Jiaojiao and He Bi both wore looks of shock, and Ji You was so surprised that her mouth remained open for a while: "You... you said it was made by your mom?"

Liu Fufeng: "Yes."

"But..."

"But hasn’t your mom been dead for a long time?" Chu Jiaojiao blurted out, and then immediately realized her wording was somewhat inappropriate, quickly correcting herself: "Sorry, I was too surprised. I mean, your mother, Empress Xia Man, hasn’t she been dead for 50 years?"

If Empress Xia Man has been gone for 50 years, how did this soul artifact manage to cross the river of time and remain intact till now?

Chu Jiaojiao remembered that the time she acquired this soul artifact at the Star Network Auction was just a month ago! She looked down, checked the time on her Light Computer, to be precise, it was 30 days, 10 hours, and 50 minutes ago.

At that time, Chu Jiaojiao was about to enter the Space Rift and was worried her spiritual power might not be sufficient and would drag her teammates down, so she worked hard to find soul devices.

This Peach Blossom Soul Device was found by chance.

Could it really be Empress Xia Man’s work?

How... how is that possible?

Chu Jiaojiao still found it very absurd and said: "Aren’t you mistaken? I’ve never heard of a low-level soul artifact lasting for decades. Even for a high-level soul device, it’s quite unlikely."

The engagement ring made by Master Deng Mingguang for the Emperor and Empress of the Galaxy Empire is a high-level soul device and is currently recognized as the soul artifact with the longest usage lifespan, extending over 50 years...

But—

It is said that this engagement ring is also on the verge of collapsing.

As soon as this thought emerged, Chu Jiaojiao’s expression turned very odd because she remembered that Liu Fufeng had casually taken out this historically significant engagement ring a while ago to go fishing for crayfish.

Whether it’s genuinely collapsing or not, it’s easily broken.

"Ahem..." Chu Jiaojiao coughed awkwardly and said: "You said it was made by Empress Xia Man, do you have proof?"

"No." Liu Fufeng replied straightforwardly.

"..." Chu Jiaojiao was speechless: "You don’t, then how do you know it was made by Empress Xia Man? Besides, I’ve never heard that Empress Xia Man could make soul artifacts."

Historically, the legendary Empress from Lanyue Star of the Alliance, who captured the heart of the Emperor merely with her beauty, is famed for her love story with the Emperor, well-known across the Alliance, the Empire, and other human territories and nations.

As a bridge, she connected the Alliance and Empire, effectively easing the tense relations between them.

...

But, nowhere is it recorded that Empress Xia Man could make soul devices.

Chu Jiaojiao stared and said: "Student Fufeng, although I also admire and respect Empress Xia Man, you shouldn’t say such things without conclusive evidence."

Ji You stared at Liu Fufeng.

He Bi also looked at him.

Liu Fufeng was silent for a moment, pursing his lips, and said: "My mom was a soul artifact maker, and except for a few in the Xia Family and the Galaxy Empire’s Imperial Family, no one else knew. Of course, now beside the honorable Emperor and me, no third person knows."

Chu Jiaojiao, Ji You, and He Bi opened their mouths.

Ji You keenly noticed that when he mentioned the Emperor, he used an honorific instead of saying ’my dad’.

The father-son relationship was terrible, that was a certainty.

Just—

Before Ji You could delve into this issue, she suddenly saw Liu Fufeng raise his hand and pull out a ring with the ’century ring’ moniker, stored in his Space Button, looking at the three and said: "Many people know this was personally crafted by Master Deng Mingguang over several years."

The three remained silent.

Liu Fufeng’s eyes lowered slightly, and he said blandly: "But no one knows that my mom and Master Deng Mingguang co-developed it... to be accurate, my mom proposed the theory, provided the design concept, the soul device map, and guided Master Deng Mingguang in making it."

Seeing the startled expressions of Ji You and the others, Liu Fufeng remained composed, lifted his gaze, and looked towards a blurry, bloody Two-headed Bull above, saying: "Surprised? I was very surprised when I knew too."

With mouths agape, Ji You said: "Indeed very surprised. I wonder why in the end this soul device wasn’t co-credited to Empress Xia Man?"

Logically, since it was completed by both, it should bear both names. Why only Master Deng Mingguang was credited?

Liu Fufeng’s tone was indifferent: "He said he wished for her to be just his queen, purely his... didn’t want her name to have any other suffixes... so she agreed."

In the widened eyes of Ji You and the others, Liu Fufeng’s voice grew increasingly indifferent, even carrying a significant amount of coldness and sarcasm, saying: "She was love-driven."

As the words fell, the atmosphere on the deck turned a bit awkward.

Liu Fufeng said: "In other words, a fool."

Ji You and company: "..."

Shaking off his prior frailty, Liu Fufeng stood hands behind his back and said: "Weren’t you curious why I’m so sure my mom made it? My spiritual power is special; I can sense the spiritual power flowing within this soul device... that was my mom’s."

Ji You and company: "!!!"

Liu Fufeng said: "Or, you could simply understand it as a bloodline connection sensing."

On the deck, Ji You and the other two didn’t know what to say; mainly because the development of all this was really unexpected, and they also heard so many secretive things from Liu Fufeng...

"Ahem..." After being stunned for a moment, Chu Jiaojiao quickly handed the soul device to Liu Fufeng and said: "Since this is your mom’s thing, I’ll give it to you."

Liu Fufeng stepped back, refusing: "I don’t want it."

Chu Jiaojiao grinned and chuckled: "Don’t be shy, take it, take it. Although I’m stingy, finding your mom’s relic for 3 million can be considered a good deed."

Liu Fufeng stepped further back, saying: "Thank you, but I already have plenty of my mom’s relics, I don’t lack this one."

Chu Jiaojiao: "..."

Ji You clearly saw Chu Jiaojiao’s mouth twitch noticeably. For a moment, Ji You couldn’t help but raise her hand to rub her temples.

Liu Fufeng’s skill in ruining the atmosphere was evidently not small either.

Ji You regained her thoughts amidst the slight chaos and said: "Let’s put these aside for now, and deal with the Old Yellow Bull problem first."