Whith the spaceship's custom speed, we arrived at the central stellar field only 2 hours later.
"Destination reached! Anatatos galaxy is in sight."
A loud and clear mechanical voice resounded inside the spaceship as Mei and I woke up.
Mei was excited as she rushed out of my embrace to look outside the window. Her eyes narrowed as she looked at the huge red and orange cluster of gigantic stars. She asked "Is that...Anatatos galaxy?"
"Yea...see those stars? They provide energy supplies here instead of huge formations like those in Shen Tian. This is more conservative as thermal energy produced by star is more effecient than those huge formations stacked on top of each other"
"l see..."
Mei nodded as she understood the hidden meaning in my words.
Anatatos Galaxy was highly advanced. They had effecient sources of energy, their economy wasn't reliant on any other forces and the last but not least - they were united.
"Though...…Mages and Magicians are the prominent classes here and there aren't many cultivators here…..immortal temples are also few in number….."
Now you may ask, whats the difference between mages and magicians?
Both are actually quite same. Both of them manipulate external mana to imitate natural mana and extract vitality from it in order to elongate their life-span. Mages cultivate arts based on battle and combat effectiveness. While magicians lean more towards the scholarly practice of this convention.
"I know...….I had a friend who was originally from Anatatos galaxy and she also told me about mages and magicians...though she also told me that this routine is actually inferior to cultivation..."
I was surprised by Mei's words, not because she said that mages and magicians were inferior to cultivators. I already knew that. But the fact that her friend who was from Anatatos galaxy actually accepted this fact.
Being the most advanced civilisation of the entire cosmos, these people were anything but modest. They will never accept the fact that the revered and mystic practices created by thier ancestors, were inferior to the routine made by the ancestors of the bumpkins from the backwater eastern starry sky.
There pride couldn't take it.
"This friend of yours...she is interesting…..what's her background?"
Not everyone was capable or resourceful enough to travel between stellar fields. If someone was able to do so…..their family or they themselves should at the least be a lord of a colonised planet of Anatatos galaxy.
"She always talked in a roundabout way when it came to her background....but she never revealed it…..no one suspected her because she always talked freely and modestly unlike someone from a noble background...and she was very devoted to cultivation."
It couldn't be her right....?
My thoughts wandered around as my gaze pierced through the void and landed on a golden colored star towards the west of Anatatos galaxy.
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Soon the spaceship stopped as it levitated over a blue star just around the corner of galactic boundary.
I looked at Mei with a smile and said while holding her hand "Let's go….I will take you to meet with my friends...."
Mei was surprised but complied as she nodded.
We exited the spaceship through the exit door on the bottom. We levitated over the star only a kilometer away from the suface.
"This is a old artificial star made by the star spirit race...….There sould be many guardians inside let's just hide our presence and sneak in…..I dont want to go through those entrance procedures..."
Star spirit race are actually ancestral elves with a more seclusive nature. They are very mystic and blessed with high mana control, tenacious bodies and soul so strong that it's virtually impossible for thier cultivation to deviate. They have both elven blood and
Though they rank the highest on the hierarchy of Anatatos galaxy they are very very few in numbers as all of them are evolved elves. Since this race can't copulate, thier race hardly increase. There are only 126 of them the last time I read about it. Though most of them are immortal.
I made a seal with my hand as our bodies dissapeared and became ethereal. I flew straight through the surface of star and entered the room at the utmost center.
Short Story:-
Mei sometimes slept at afternoon after gardening. Her sleeping face was very beautiful and peaceful which gave others the feeling of calmness.
Young Yuan was doing his research on the atmospheric and climate conditions of Gu Tian all night. As he returned to cottage, all his tirednes dissolved as he saw Mei's slepping face as she laid on the bed sleeping.
She looked so defenceless that he cant help but having itch in his heart to tease her. He didn't know why he felt this way but this feeling always made his heart race and he couldn't help but panic.
He put down his stuff before walking towards the bed and sitting on the floor side where Mei was facing.
His hands unconsciously started ruffling her hair as a gentle smile formed on his face.
"Mei Mei's cute when she's sleeping too....."