78: Birthday gifts

Hearing Qiu Ye's words, Shangguan Yuexi's eyes dimmed slightly, and she waved her hand, "You two may leave first!"

"Understood!"

The two nodded, turned, and left.

Shangguan Yuexi looked at Nangong Yu, "Yuer, your Imperial Grandmother and the others sent you gifts. Shall we go take a look?"

"Okay!"

Nangong Yu nodded obediently.

He also knew that today was a bit special; it was not only his birthday but also his cheap father's death anniversary, so it was normal for his mother to be in a bad mood!

Because of this, he tried his best to appear happier today, just wanting to make his mother happy too.

The two arrived at the pavilion.

They saw six exquisite gift boxes on the table and two small gift boxes on the ground.

Seeing this, Shangguan Yuexi smiled, "There are messages on them. You can see who gave them to you and what's inside?"

"Mhm, okay!"

Nangong Yu nodded, stood at the table, and looked at a gift box in front of him. The gift box was almost as tall as he was, and there was only one sentence on it:

→May Yuer be happy every day!←

Nangong Yu smiled, "Although there's no name, Yuer has seen Imperial Uncle's handwriting. This is from Imperial Uncle!"

As he spoke, he carefully opened the gift box, only to see a silver Spirit Beast egg lying inside, exuding vigorous vitality as if pulsating.

"The aura of a Dragon, it should be a Dragon-attributed Spirit Beast. I just don't know exactly what it is."

Shangguan Yuexi nodded and said, "Judging by its appearance, its Bloodline shouldn't be bad. Your Imperial Uncle put thought into this."

Nangong Yu nodded, faced the direction of the Imperial Palace, and bowed slightly, "Thank you, Imperial Uncle!"

Immediately, he turned to continue looking at the other gift boxes.

But before he could look further, Shangguan Yuexi handed him a small gift box, "Yuer, this is your one-year birthday gift from Mother. Open it and see!"

"Thank you, Mother!"

Nangong Yu quickly took it and kissed his mother's beautiful cheek.

Shangguan Yuexi smiled slightly, "Open it and see, perhaps you might need it too."

Hearing this, Nangong Yu's face was filled with anticipation. He quickly opened the gift box, only to see an exquisite silver ring lying inside!

Nangong Yu looked up at Shangguan Yuexi, who smiled slightly and said, "This is a special storage ring called Clear Rain. Unlike ordinary storage rings, its internal space is more than ten times larger, and it has sentience. It can be called a Spiritual Artifact-grade storage ring!"

"Moreover, once this storage ring is worn on the hand, its appearance can be hidden. Outsiders cannot see it unless they use Divine Thought to probe!"

"In addition, this storage ring can adapt to finger size. Even your small finger, Yuer, can wear it, or even on your wrist!"

"Of course, another point is that a Spiritual Artifact-grade storage ring can recognize its master, allowing you to store and retrieve items without spiritual energy, which is perfect for Yuer now!"

Hearing this, Nangong Yu's face was delighted, "Thank you, Mother!"

Now with this ring, he could store his own things himself.

"Oh, and the things His Majesty bestowed upon you when you were born, as well as the gifts you received at your full moon banquet, are all inside. You can check them out when you have time!"

"Thank you, Mother!"

Nangong Yu's face was beaming. He couldn't resist kissing her again, which made his mother's eyes narrow slightly, revealing a deep smile.

Nangong Yu didn't hesitate, casually bit his little finger, and dripped a drop of blood onto the ring.

"Silly Yuer, why are you so reckless?" Shangguan Yuexi's expression changed slightly. She quickly took out a rejuvenation pill and fed it to him, and Nangong Yu's little finger wound quickly disappeared.

Seeing this, Nangong Yu felt warm inside, but secretly added: Mother, if you were any slower, it would have already healed!

But he naturally wouldn't say that out loud!

Nangong Yu smiled, put the storage ring on his left index finger, and placed the Spirit Beast egg inside.

Immediately, he continued to look at the other gift boxes.

"This is from Imperial Grandmother!"

Nangong Yu opened the second gift box, only to see a Jade Slip quietly lying within.

Shangguan Yuexi was slightly startled. She took out the Jade Slip and glanced at it, then said, "This is the Earth-Grade Spirit Technique, Chaotic God Spear, which is a relatively strong Earth-Grade Spirit Technique. You can't Cultivate it yet, so put it away for now!"

"Thank you, Imperial Grandmother!"

Nangong Yu bowed towards the Imperial Palace as usual, then put away the Jade Slip!

"This is from Imperial Aunt!"

...

A moment later, Nangong Yu finally finished opening the gift boxes.

Han Liyan gave him a Tranquil Heart Jade, which can calm the mind and aid in Cultivation.

Nangong Ruoxue gave him a stack of Spirit Talismans, some for attack, some for defense, all second and third-grade Spirit Talismans, likely drawn by her herself!

Nangong Ruoshui gave him a high-grade spirit nurturing pill, saying she hoped he would work harder and quickly join them at the Supervision Office!

Nangong Jingqi gave him a second-grade Spirit Medicine called Forget-Worry Grass, symbolizing forgetting worries!

Aunt Cui and Eunuch Yan both chose to give him a storage talisman, each containing a thousand Spirit Stones!

The storage talisman was a special third-grade Spirit Talisman, a one-time use item that would be destroyed after items were taken out.

Nangong Yu put all the gifts away, his small face filled with joy.

At this moment, Shangguan Yuexi smiled, "Yuer, go play with Qing Ling for a while. Mother needs to handle some matters, and then we can eat!"

"Okay!"

Nangong Yu agreed and ran out without asking further questions.

Seeing him leave, Shangguan Yuexi then looked at Aunt Shen and said, "Prepare dishes and clear wine. After commemorating the Prince, everyone in the manor will eat something and then rest well for the night!"

"Yes, Your Highness the Grand Consort!" Aunt Shen replied, and the manor began to bustle.

On the other side, Nangong Yu found Qing Ling and pulled her directly to the main residence.

"Qing Ling, stand guard outside. I want to be alone for a bit!"

"Qing Ling obeys!"

Qing Ling nodded in agreement.

Now, half a year later, Nangong Yu had almost learned most of the common Human Race characters.

Shangguan Yuexi didn't want Nangong Yu to learn anything else, so she had almost nothing to do; she just had to be a good maid!

Nangong Yu entered the room, lay on the bed, and his consciousness entered the Time-Space Merchant Guild.

With a thought, the storage ring Clear Rain appeared in his hand. He casually exchanged a hundred thousand Spirit Stones for points, leaving the other Spirit Stones untouched!

Then, he began to inventory the items in Clear Rain.

He opened all the gifts received at the full moon banquet, categorized and stored useful and potentially useful items, and placed the rest on the round table to be sold collectively.

Before long, his points increased by 625,800.

"Indeed, those who could participate in my full moon banquet, how could they be simple individuals?"

Nangong Yu sighed, then placed the Spirit Beast egg on the white jade shelf.

Soon, he received information about the Spirit Beast egg.

[White Flood Dragon Spirit Beast Egg: Contains a trace of Silver Dragon Bloodline. After hatching, there is a high probability of Awakening the White Flood Dragon Bloodline. When transforming, there is a high probability of condensing a Supreme-grade Spiritual Root!

If the White Flood Dragon grows and has a Heaven-Defying Opportunity, it can undergo Bloodline reversion to Incarnate into a Silver Dragon, obtaining the Silver Dragon Bloodline, and its Spiritual Root can also likely be upgraded to an Earthly Spiritual Root or even a Heavenly Spiritual Root!]

Seeing this, Nangong Yu couldn't help but frown slightly, "Spiritual Roots can actually be upgraded?"