Sitting cross-legged with his arms folded, he lowered his head in thought, as though countless sheep were grazing and the whole world was filled with bleating—yet he still couldn't figure it out.
"...So, to test whether this... um, young lady from the Heavenly God Clan was telling the truth, you summoned me here?"
In the end, Xiao Luo SIR gave up thinking.
"Yes." Meimei nodded obediently. "I didn't expect it to really work. I really didn't do it on purpose."
Is that so...
Not even a ghost would believe that, right?
Xiao Luo SIR couldn't help giving a bitter laugh. Putting aside whether he could even get angry about it—the problem was that he still owed Twin Sister a few debts. She had at least passed on several of Mount Xiyue's secret techniques to him. He could only console himself with that and didn't dare think in terms of a romantic debt.
...Mainly because Lord Tianzun had earnestly persuaded him to sign some agreement forbidding improper relationships.
"Then... since your experiment succeeded, can you send me back?" Xiao Luo SIR offered a compromise. "I was in the middle of something, and my companion was right beside me. If I suddenly disappear, I'm afraid he'll worry."
"A woman?" Meimei's sword intent surged.
"A man! An old man! My uncle!"
"Oh." Meimei nodded. "Were you doing something important?"
"I suppose so?" Xiao Luo SIR murmured, but a sudden thought stirred in his heart... If he went back now, would Uncle continue trying to pass his cultivation power to him?
It wasn't that he was unwilling to improve his strength. The key was that he felt there was still some power in his body that he hadn't truly digested. One couldn't become fat from eating a single bite. He already felt terribly weak