In the early morning, dazzling morning light spread onto the curtains, and soft, warm sunlight streamed into the room.
Longyue stirred her sleepy eyes and instinctively hugged the 'pillow' beside her, her palm naturally rubbing back and forth over the 'pillow.'
However, very quickly, she began to feel a mismatch. The sensation in her palm was not the soft pillow she was accustomed to, but a hard texture...
Longyue slowly opened her eyes. What greeted her was a handsome, elegant face with a stiff, helpless smile.
"Good morning, Empress. Can you let go of me now?"
"Hmm...?"
Not fully awake yet, Longyue's beautiful face showed a look of surprise. She looked down, only to find that at some point, she had wrapped her arm around the Demon Sovereign's arm. One of her legs was even sprawled across his body, and her palm was resting on his chest.
What she had just been rubbing was not a soft pillow, but the Demon Sovereign's body!
"D-De-Demon Sovereign! Who allowed you to get so close to this Empress?!"
"You definitely secretly did something to this Empress while I was sleeping, didn't you?!"
Upon realizing the situation, Longyue's beautiful face flushed crimson, and she instinctively threw a punch towards Lin Fan.
Lin Fan raised one hand and steadily caught the delicate fist that was aimed at his face, looking completely innocent.
"Empress, in all things, we must rely on evidence. Before resorting to violence, we must also distinguish right from wrong."
"This Sovereign did not do anything to you. It was you who crossed the line last night and insisted on snuggling up."
"Because you were hugging me, not only could I not get up, but I was also squeezed to the edge of the bed, almost falling off."
As he spoke, Lin Fan turned his head and glanced at the empty side of the bed next to him. Half of his backside was already squeezed off the bed.
Seeing Lin Fan on the verge of falling off the edge of the bed, and then looking back at the empty space behind her, Longyue's face immediately flushed with embarrassment.
It was crystal clear that the one who had crossed the line last night was not the Demon Sovereign, but herself...
And she had almost hit him...
"S-Sorry, this Empress wrongly accused you..."
Longyue hurriedly made room and said with a red face.
In the Immortal Realm, when she occasionally needed to sleep and rest, she liked to sleep while hugging a cool, soft pillow.
Last night, it seemed she had accidentally and habitually treated the Demon Sovereign next to her as a pillow.
Just last night I swore that I would never cross the line. This is truly embarrassing...
Ding-dong.
Just then, the doorbell from outside the room rang, breaking the awkwardness inside the room.
Longyue's delicate brow furrowed, and she looked warily towards the door.
"Demon Sovereign, it seems someone is here!"
"Oh, that must be the delivery I ordered yesterday."
Lin Fan said casually, getting up to open the door.
As expected, a courier holding a package stood at the door.
"Hello, may I ask if this is Mr. Lin? This is your delivery."
"Yes, thank you."
Lin Fan thanked him, took the package from the courier's hand, and then, without delay, opened the seal in the living room.
Before long, two brand new mobile phones were placed on the table.
"What is this thing?"
Longyue leaned closer and carefully examined the phones on the table, her eyes filled with curiosity and doubt.
With her thousand years of experience, she still could not comprehend what the object in front of her was.
"This thing is called a mobile phone. It is an extremely important tool in this era."
"For the people of this world, you can go without anything else, but you absolutely cannot be without a mobile phone!"
Lin Fan picked up one of the phones, his eyes full of nostalgia.
Touching a mobile phone again after hundreds of years, it still felt so familiar...
"Is this thing so important?" Longyue asked curiously.
"Of course. I'll give you a simple demonstration."
Lin Fan activated the phone and took a picture of Longyue standing in front of him in the cute Pikachu pajamas.
Longyue looked confused. Seeing Lin Fan holding the phone and pointing it at her, her brows furrowed slightly, a look of vigilance on her face.
"What are you doing to this Empress?"
"Taking a photo~"
Lin Fan smiled slightly and handed the photo he had just taken to Longyue.
Longyue focused her gaze on the photo, and her expression immediately showed shock.
"Th-This is this Empress!?"
"Could it be that this thing is a picture-recording stone that records people and scenes? No! A picture-recording stone is incapable of recording such realistic images!"
In the Immortal Demon Continent, there was a type of disposable treasure called a picture-recording stone. As long as one activated it with spiritual energy, it could engrave the image in front of it. However, the scene engraved was colorless, only a rough, blurry shadow.
But the photo in front of her had clear, sharp colors; even the expression on her face was recorded with perfect clarity!
Seeing Longyue's shocked expression, Lin Fan couldn't help but smile proudly.
"A picture-recording stone can't compare to this."
As he spoke, Lin Fan zoomed and rotated the photo on the phone, and even added a pair of cat ears to the photo directly.
"Th-This...! Is this still this Empress? How could I become a member of the Beast Tribe...?"
Longyue looked at the image of herself with added cat ears, momentarily stunned.
She had never seen a 'picture-recording stone' that could modify an image!
"Taking pictures is just the most basic function of a mobile phone. It also allows people separated by thousands of miles to communicate with each other through sound."
Lin Fan took out two old SIM cards he had prepared and inserted them into the phones. Then, he used one phone to call the other.
Soon, the other phone began to ring and vibrate.
"Empress, try pressing the green button on the phone screen."
"Oh..."
Following Lin Fan's instruction, Longyue picked up the other phone and pressed the answer button on the screen.
In the next second, Lin Fan's voice came from the other end:
"Hello hello~"
"I can hear your voice!"
"This thing also has the function of a sound-transmitting stone?!"
Hearing the voice from the other end of the phone, Longyue was greatly surprised.
This was not all. Lin Fan then opened the flashlight in front of her, followed by the music player, and randomly played a song.
When the melodious singing flowed from the phone, Longyue was already completely stunned on the spot.
In a short amount of time, she had been shocked multiple times.
This seemingly ordinary object actually possessed so many functions!
The Immortal Realm had many magical treasures, but their functions and effects were often very singular. Even looking across the entire Immortal Realm, she had never seen a magical treasure that could integrate so many rich functions!
Even the most famous skilled craftsmen and genius refiners in the Immortal Realm might not be able to create such a magical treasure!
It was truly unbelievable that something like this was actually created by the hands of ordinary mortals!
"These things I've shown you are just the most basic functions of this phone. Its uses are far more than this; you will slowly discover them in the future."
"Only the most basic capabilities?!"
Longyue couldn't help but pick up the phone, her eyes filled with awe and reverence.
"The ordinary person who created this must be an extraordinary figure!"
"Can this Empress meet him?!"
As she spoke, Longyue looked at Lin Fan with a face full of anticipation.
Lin Fan showed an awkward expression.
"Er... that might not be possible..."
"Is that so? That's truly a pity..."
Hearing this, Longyue's face couldn't help but show sadness and regret.
If such a talent could be recruited to serve her Immortal Realm, how wonderful that would be...
"Demon Sovereign, this is for you."
Longyue reluctantly offered the phone in her hand back to Lin Fan.
If such a treasure, with such rich and complete functions, could be kept by her side, it might help the future refinement of artifacts in the Immortal Realm if she took it back for study...
Lin Fan did not take the phone Longyue offered, but instead shook his head gently.
"This Sovereign has already said, in this world, a mobile phone is an irreplaceable item. This phone is specifically for you."
"For, for this Empress?! Such a precious item...?"
Longyue's expression showed her surprise; she even doubted for a moment whether she had misheard.
Lin Fan didn't mind.
"This thing is actually not that precious. It's just a budget phone."
"You and I both have very little spiritual energy left and cannot communicate through voice transmission. Having a mobile phone will make it easier for us to contact each other in the future."
"Th-Then, thank you..."
Longyue looked at Lin Fan with gratitude, the corners of her lips unable to stop a slight smile. Looking at the phone in her hand, her eyes shone, much like a child who had just received an extraordinary treasure.
Lin Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the sight.
But it made sense when he thought about it. This was the Empress's first mobile phone in her life. In the past, when he got his first phone, he also felt incredibly happy. It was unavoidable to be a little excited...