Lin Shuguang did not object to Su Muyu's suggestion, but neither did he immediately emerge from the Thunderstorm. Instead, he kept extracting lightning elemental ore from the mountain wall and refining it right in front of Pei Xi...
The girl's eyes practically bulged. She unleashed her blood energy to withstand the numbing shocks of lightning, her wide, bloodshot eyes fixed on Lin Shuguang as she seemed to mutter something.
Su Muyu paused, then carefully edged closer to make out her words. Every time Lin Shuguang finished refining an energy crystal, he heard Pei Xi say, "That was fifty thousand... gone," "That one's so big, it's worth more. At least a hundred thousand..." or "He won't let me absorb even a mouthful. I'm furious!"
Su Muyu was speechless. "..."
Still, he looked suspiciously between Lin Shuguang and Pei Xi, wondering just what their relationship was.
Lin Shuguang absorbed everything in one go, completely exhausting all the lightning elemental ore around him. The bare stretch was painful to look at. All that glittering money had gone straight into his stomach.
At some point, Pei Xi had retreated from the lightning barrier. She lay on the ground with vacant eyes, looking as though she had nothing left to live for.
Crack-
Perhaps because Lin Shuguang had absorbed too much, the barrier inside the vein shattered on its own.
Pei Xi immediately sprang to her feet and charged in with her arms spread wide. Had Lin Shuguang not reacted quickly, she would have plunged straight into his arms.
The corner of Su Muyu's mouth twitched. Too embarrassed to act as uninhibitedly as Pei Xi, he instead gave Lin Shuguang an inquiring look.
"There isn't much time. Take what you can, quickly." Lin Shuguang did not stop them.
They had already agreed on the proportions.