Tian Huhaoqi shifted positions, moving the head resting on the back of her left hand to the back of her right hand. She asked Aihao, "What do you think the odds are of me snatching her over and making her my apprentice?"
Aihao: "..." Why did she have to ask this every year?
Tian Huhaoqi did not fall silent because of Aihao's coldness. She said:
"Last time, Zhuri even tried to offer me ten SSS-rank Skills to teach Xunge a few of my signature moves. I said I could even teach her Heart of the Druid. My only condition was that I would become her official mentor too. Everyone only has one mentor, sure, but there's no rule saying they can't have two."
Aihao finally deigned to respond to Tian Huhaoqi. She asked curiously, "...What did she say?"
Tian Huhaoqi said regretfully, "We were still discussing it when news came that Xunge and the others had blown up Thief Bug Tavern. I said she alone would have to pay three hundred thousand, and Zhuri immediately declared that she was my apprentice... Do you think her words still count?"
Aihao: "If you can beat Zhuri, then they count."
Tian Huhaoqi: "..." Old people really loved stating the obvious.
Her gaze fell upon Blue-Spotted Grouper, who had plunged into the deep sea to search for Soul Fire, but her thoughts could not help drifting away.
That personality, so devoted to love and gratitude... If she were betrayed by someone closest to her, she wondered what her faith would collapse into.
The instant Canglong entered the sea, the temperature across the entire waters dropped by at least twenty degrees Celsius. Yu Xunge did not enter the Shadow World immediately.
She needed to prepare several escape routes so she could switch at once