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Faced with their question, Li Xiao revealed the items she had originally planned to collect.

If it were just socks, although it would still be a little embarrassing, at least the women present could accept it.

"Then, you men, get out of here!"

Funina spoke up, preparing to kick the men present out.

"But I need to stay here to prepare for the ceremony."

"Then Li Xiao will stay alone, everyone else go out!"

"Oh well! Looks like this isn't my business. I'll head out now."

After Leolis finished speaking, he left first.

Linni and Navelette didn't say much and went out together.

Li Xiao stayed where he was and, with the help of the system's friendly support, began to pretend to set up some incomprehensible rituals.

The others formed a human wall to block Li Xiao's view before taking off their socks.

Even Arecino and the others, who weren't particularly interested, didn't ignore it and pulled them over as well.

Before long, after he finished setting everything up, his front was filled with Fryna's white stockings, Lynette's pantyhose, Chizuru's black stockings, and Siegfried's white stockings...

With the white cloth he obtained from Fucaros, he was now ready to complete the task.

But he had an even more brilliant idea.

"System, after we finish the mission, could you dye my hair?"

It's possible, but you...

'That's fine.'

Okay, what color do you want?

"A grayish-white color, like that of an elderly person, is fine. You don't need to dye the whole area; just a sparse section will do."

After finishing his conversation with the system, he looked at the women who were now bare-legged.

"Alright, preparations are complete, I'll begin the ceremony now."

After saying that, he suddenly rose into the air amidst the expectant gazes of the women.

The symbols he had drawn on the ground suddenly lit up with a bright light, so bright that it was blinding.

A towering blue beam of light shot straight into the sky, visible throughout Fontainebleau.

"Looks like it's started. It's a pity we can't watch it live."

Leolis, who stood on either side of the door like a gatekeeper alongside Navelette, sighed.

Navelette didn't reply, but just stared blankly at the pillar of light.

Meanwhile, in the hall, the socks placed in front of Li Xiao and the white cloth he had put in his pocket all vanished in a flash of light.

At this point, he had already gained control over the water element, but he chose to continue acting and deliberately pretended to be struggling.

Seeing Li Xiao's seemingly strained appearance, the girls who looked up at him were also very worried.

Only his servant, who was extremely experienced in combat, could tell at a glance that he was acting.

But since he might be her boss in the future, she didn't expose him. She just silently watched his performance, which was decent but somewhat clumsy in her eyes.

But suddenly, Li Xiao seemed to lose her balance and bent over under the weight of something, her expression pained.

His body was covered in bulging veins, and blood would occasionally burst out. Strange blue flames climbed onto his skin, making him look extremely frightening.

"Ahhhh!!!"

Li Xiao suddenly felt a sharp, piercing pain.

"What the hell are you doing, system?! It's just special effects, why make it so realistic?!"

He immediately shouted at the system in his mind.

[Host, you need to understand that if I don't do this, they'll easily spot the flaws, and besides, this will also help improve your physique.]

Since the system has said that, what can Li Xiao do? Of course, he chooses to forgive it!

Li Xiao gritted her teeth, enduring the searing pain, and refused to show weakness in front of the women.

He's very concerned about his image in front of his woman!

"Hey!!! Li Xiao!!!"

Funina shouted loudly.

"If you can't hold on, let's call it quits this time! We'll have another chance!"

At worst, she can just continue playing the Water Goddess. Li Xiao's pained expression made her feel a little uncomfortable and sorry for her.

The expressions of the others changed as well, and they looked at him with more respect. His popularity with him immediately increased significantly.

Even the servant who had initially thought he was acting no longer doubted his sacrifice after seeing his extremely realistic performance.

“Li Xiao…”

Hiding in the Cardinal of the Proclamation and Judgment, Fukaros bit her lip, her eyes brimming with water, seemingly worried about Li Xiao's situation.

"You absolutely mustn't get hurt. As long as you're alright, I... I'll let you kiss me however you want..."

After a period of intense pain, he was suddenly overwhelmed by an intense feeling of comfort, which almost made him cry out.

Fortunately, he stopped in time, but this made his expression even more ferocious.

This made the hearts of the women who had been paying attention to him rise again.

Main text: Chapter Seventy-One: Successfully Saving Fontaine

All of this did not last long. About twenty minutes later, a light blue glow suddenly emerged from everyone's bodies and entered Li Xiao's body.

Everyone suddenly felt as if they had lost something, and a sense of weakness washed over them.

But then several beams of cyan light emerged from Li Xiao's body and entered the women's bodies, quickly eliminating their weakness.

Then the enormous beam of light, visible throughout Fontainebleau, began to slowly recede.

After everything disappeared, Li Xiao suddenly fell to the ground from the air.

Everyone rushed forward to surround him, frantically trying to help him up. But Li Xiao refused.

He was pale, but he smiled as he looked at them.

"I have succeeded in fulfilling my mission."

"Let's talk about that later. Are you feeling unwell?"

Funina anxiously reached out and touched him all over, seemingly to check his body.

Higewen also took out the equipment she carried with her to examine his body.

But Li Xiao is actually in very good condition now. His injuries have completely healed, and for some reason, the system managed to keep his clothes from burning despite the intense fire.

"I'm fine now."

Li Xiao smiled and comforted Fu Ningna.

"Hair! Your hair!"

Navia suddenly pointed at Li Xiao's hair and exclaimed in surprise.

Only then did everyone notice that the tips of Li Xiao's hair had turned grayish-white and were spreading.

Within seconds, Li Xiao's hair turned black and white.

"Eh? Why is that?"

No one understood the reason for this change.

"Make way! I'm a doctor!"

Higewen pushed through the crowd and gave Li Xiao a thorough full-body examination.

After the examination was completed, Hisewen looked solemn and muttered to herself.

"These symptoms? How is that possible?"

"Xigewen, what happened to Li Xiao? Tell me quickly!"

Funina panicked.

"He is aging naturally."

"what?"

The others looked incredulous.

"Although I don't know much about the physiological structure of gods, if I haven't made a mistake in my testing, he does look like he has suddenly aged many years."

Arecino thought of something.

"Was it that beam of light that just entered our bodies?"

Upon hearing this, they realized what had just happened and looked at Li Xiao for confirmation.

"Ugh!"

Li Xiao sighed, seemingly helpless.

"I was going to keep it from you, but it seems you figured it out after all."

Arecino continued recounting her speculations.

"That beam of blue light must be your life force, right?"

"You suddenly gave us life force because that thing that separated from our bodies takes our life force with it when it leaves?"

"You guessed it right."