2312 A Selection in the Astronomical Parliament Parliamentary Meeting “I still have around 1,500 of the rainbow fish coats. I will get some wood from fruit trees and roast them in honey tonight. The honey will make them tastier and keep them crispy longer while they’re stored in the Diamond fey storage box.” Wen Yu had been with Liu Jie in the marsh world’s territory and ate the food he cooked daily. After more than a month, Wen Yu was not fat but had still gained 1.5 kilograms. She hurriedly said, “Big Brother Liu, you don’t have to add honey. Even soft, the rainbow fish coats are delicious! If you add honey, I’ll have to eat at least ten pieces at a time. I will have to eat half a bowl less of food a day!” When Liu Jie heard what Wen Yu said, he grumbled to himself. You eat at least six large bowls of food every day. You eat more than me and Lin Yuan combined. So what if you eat half a bowl less each day? In the past, Liu Jie would have just vocalized such thoughts. But now, he knew it was inappropriate to be so straightforward. Otherwise, the carcinoma feys that the Insect Queen controlled would all dislike him once they gained intelligence. An example was Fat Dimension, which could not fly even when it flapped its wings. After swallowing his words, Liu Jie coughed and said, “Okay, I won’t add honey then. Normally, it only takes me 20 minutes to roast one fish coat. This time, I’ll roast it for a minute longer so that it’ll be crispier!” After consuming ten of the rainbow fish coats, a cat’s eye gem appeared at the center of Wen Yu’s forehead, and her eyes started to shine like stars. She no longer needed to be asleep to enter the Astronomical Parliament. Liu Jie and Lin Yuan felt a sense of weightlessness and found themselves on the golden thrones a second later. Before beginning the Astronomical Parliament parliamentary meeting, Wen Yu had sent word to the other members through the Thoughts Letter Paper. If any of them could not come immediately, Wen Yu would know to wait for them instead of having absent members during the meeting. Given the current situation, Lin Yuan would become busy again soon. There was no telling when the next parliamentary meeting would be held. Moreover, this parliamentary meeting aimed to pick someone to take the fourth golden throne. If there were any absences, they could not pick fairly. Besides Wen Yu, Liu Jie, and Lin Yuan, who already occupied the golden thrones, eight of the north-south constellation seats were filled. Bei Xu, Yin Lin, Ta Lei, and Su Yiren, who had joined first, as well as Bu Po, Wo Lun, Luo Lan, and Peace, who had joined later, had all been working diligently without taking any breaks. They were all looking forward to this Astronomical Parliament parliamentary meeting because it would involve deciding who from among them would be able to sit on the fourth golden throne. Yin Lin was the first to say her greetings. “Long time no see, Leo, Libra, and… Virgo.” Liu Jie had already made it clear that he was a man. Yin Lin could not help but feel strange when she was calling a man ‘Virgo’. After Yin Lin, the rest also said their greetings to Lin Yuan, Wen Yu, and Liu Jie before greeting each other. Once the group was done making small talk, Lin Yuan smiled and nodded. With the Thoughts Letter Paper, all of them had already become friends. Without the Thoughts Letter Paper, the parliamentary meeting would not have such a friendly atmosphere. “Almost three months have passed since the last Astronomical Parliament parliamentary meeting. All of you have grown during this time. I’m sure all of you remember what I said at the end of the last parliamentary meeting.” Lin Yuan’s words caused Yin Lin, Bei Xu, and the rest to shift to the edge of their seats. Luo Lan already had her hand raised. Lin Yuan could tell that she had something to say. Lin Yuan thought that she wanted to make her case for why she deserved to sit on one of the golden thrones. But it turned out that she did not have such thoughts at all. Instead, she said seriously, “I have been managing the Iron Hammer Federation for the past three months. Although almost everything in the Iron Hammer Federation has been settled, I only made it this far with your help! “But ever since I joined the Astronomical Parliament, all I’ve done is receive help from you. If you hadn’t provided me with martial power and your support, I would never have been able to settle everything in the past three months. As such, I have decided to give up on my bid for the golden throne!” Luo Lan had only said this after deep contemplation. She felt that she was the least accomplished out of the eight of them. Even Wo Lun had led a team to the Great Lush Federation’s harbor in the past three months and joined up with Lin Yuan. Although she had taken full control of the Iron Hammer Federation, it would not be fair to compare this accomplishment with the others because she had received the most aid from Lin Yuan. Almost immediately after Luo Lan was done speaking, Bu Po hurriedly added, “Leo was also the one who made me into a Creation Master. I was only picked by the Spirit Mother because I became a Creation Master. I might be the Spirit Mother’s second-in-line reserve disciple, but this accomplishment is also fully attributed to Leo. So, I will also be backing out of the selection!” Bu Po had only expressed his thoughts after hearing what Luo Lan said. But Bu Po’s words had mirrored the thoughts of Bei Xu, Ta Lei, Wo Lun, Peace, Su Yiren, and even Yin Lin. Every person who had joined the Astronomical Parliament had been about to plunge into the depths of despair or were already in it. They had only managed to find the reason and a goal to continue living because they had Lin Yuan’s help. All of them had started at different points on the ladder. For example, Yin Lin had started near the top, while Peace, Ta Lei, and Bei Xu had begun right on the ground. If they all excluded Lin Yuan’s help, all the hard work they had put in for the sake of the selection would have been for nothing. Lin Yuan sensed that the atmosphere had shifted but did not speak immediately. Instead, he waited for Bu Po to finish speaking and until the atmosphere could no longer sink any further before he said, “The Astronomical Parliament is not a one-man show. It is a group made up of all of us together. “Since it is a selection between the eight of you, Virgo, Libra, and I will not vote. All of you have one vote, but you can’t cast it for yourselves. The one with the most votes can pick a golden throne and change your affiliated constellation with the constellation of your chosen golden throne.”