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Chapter 618: I’ll Never Leave Again

“I never thought you’d come back Do you have any idea how happy I was to find out I rong? I didn’t touch a drop of wine I just stood in the winery, watching you go back and forth on your errands I told ain That’s why I’m afraid, because if I offend you you et to see you every day, that’s enough for h there is a lot to keep o a day without seeing your face”

The Clockmaker was silent, and dropped her head “I’m sorry Now I understand why you haven’t created your dharh you were always more talented than I was It was… because of me?”

He sht frame of mind to create a dharma, and confidence I’m just an alcoholic, I don’t deserve a dharma”

The Clockmaker lifted her hand and extended it toward the Wine Master He looked at her in surprise, but this time did not hesitate He slipped his hand into hers

She pulled him closer, next to her

“Time may be my realm, but that doesn’t mean I can control it If I could I would , all I can do is proain”

The Wine Master smiled, his first real, satisfied smile in years There was real joy in his face

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Zeus-1 was on its way at top speed The Blinding Stone was activated, engaging their cloaking syste spotted by any radar Lan Jue was very vigilant, especially since they’d once narrowlya similar route

After two day of travel, Lan Jue returned to the pirate haven they’d vacated only ten days earlier Su Xiaosu guided theerous passes of the Starfield’s shifting landscape Lan Jue and his teauo, the Psychic Tide, was seated in Zeus-1’s captain’s chair with a helh the ship and out into space around them No one knew if the alien planets were still here, or where they ht suddenly appear

It wasn’t unthinkable for thereatest fear

Zeus-1 reduced speed, choosing safety over efficiency The slower the ship ran, the less it affected its environ Stone they were practically invisible

Lan Jue was by the ship’s controls Once they’d entered into the Starfields he couldn’t keep his concentration on cultivation He had to be ready to react the instant danger reared its head

Asteroids flitted by their s constantly Every few seconds one of the luiants would pass at several thousands of kilometers per hour If it weren’t for a crack pilot and soer of being sravitational pull It was important to kno much distance was needed to clear thee

“How far are we from where the three main planets used to be?” Lan Jue asked Su Xiaosu

Her voice was soft “At our current speed, about a day and a half”

“We aren’t in a rush,” Lan Jue explained “Safety first”

“Aye” She nodded

The Driver calass in hand He handed another one to Lan Jue “Relax We aren’t going to run into the aliens so quick”

Lan Jue didn’t even have time to refuse before Xiaosu’s voice interrupted sharply “Boss, look!”

His head snapped to the radar screen There was a red dot rapidly closing in on their location

“Analysis says there’s an eighty-six percent chance it’s alive,” the Accountant cried

Lan Jue drained the contents of his whisky glass in a single gulp, then turned to the Driver “You’re a goddaoing to blame this on me? I wasn’t serious!”

They bantered, but Lan Jue’s mind was sharp His eyes were plastered to the s He didn’t have to wait long before it showed up on the horizon

The purple, shuttle-shaped body lurched into view It was one of the carrier aliens, like the one they killed before