Tang Wutong lowered her eyes quietly as she listened. Her thick pink-blue eyelashes, like butterfly wings, cast a small shadow beneath her lids and trembled gently with her younger brother's words.
Though she had never seen Lu Jun in his youth, through her brother's emotional, detailed descriptions, a figure gradually took shape in her mind.
He had been a young man whose sharp edge had only just emerged, whose presence was fierce and cutting, yet beneath his hard exterior lay a peculiar sense of principle and responsibility.
Compared to the Lu Jun of today—ruthless in his methods, unfathomable, and treating Deities as Chess Pieces—he seemed to possess more of youth's passion and purity, and less of the chilling coldness and calculation he now inspired.
Perhaps everyone changed.
Or perhaps he had always been this complicated.
After hearing her brother's account, Tang Wutong nodded lightly. She said nothing, but deep within her, her understanding of Lu Jun seemed to loosen ever so slightly.
It was no longer pure hatred and fear. An indescribably complicated emotion had mixed in, along with an exceedingly faint and uncertain expectation for the future, born from her brother's trust.
"Let's go."
Tang Wutong's tone regained the calmness befitting the Daughter of a God King:
"Time is limited. I'll first help you sort through the progress of your Sea God Divine Power fusion and resolve a few key issues."
"Then we'll plan out the next steps of the inheritance in detail."
"Alright!"
Tang Wulin leaped to his feet excitedly and eagerly followed his sister.
For the time being, the siblings set aside their past grudges and barriers, beginning their first true collaboration concerning the inheritance of a divine position.
Though they only had three days, those three days might change many things.
Meanwhile, in the center