Catherine was an exceptionally obedient disciple, which greatly pleased Saine.
Her tenacious will and independent nature also made Saine hold great hopes for her future.
After Saine advanced to Level 6 and Catherine to Level 3, he finally began teaching this little girl the Ashes of Fire Profound Truths.
In truth, Catherine was already nearly a thousand years old and could no longer really be called a "little girl."
But before Saine, her mentor, she was still merely a junior girl.
As he taught Catherine, Saine increasingly felt a few echoes of the circumstances his own mentor, Lulianman, had once faced.
Watching the talent and outstanding comprehension Catherine displayed in the field of Ashes of Fire Profound Truths, Saine could not help but smile with gratification.
Catherine, too, greatly enjoyed—indeed, even depended on—the times Saine was by her side.
No one knew exactly when it had begun.
Perhaps it had been during those years when Saine had begun her Body Tempering Experiments at an early age.
Learned, gentle, and powerful, Saine gradually entered Catherine's heart after countless experimental lessons.
Because of certain experiences from her childhood and apprenticeship years,
Catherine had no interest whatsoever in members of the opposite sex who were younger than her, or excessively "childish."
Over these years at Ash Holy Tower, she had also stood out like a flower among the crowd.
There were only more, never fewer, Formal-Ranked Magicians and above pursuing her.
Of course, her status as the Tower Master's disciple also gave her no small advantage.
But Catherine felt nothing for any of those male magicians.
That included one dean who had already reached Demigod-level strength.
That man actually had no flaws. He was stronger than Catherine, and in every respect seemed rather suited to her preferences in a mate.
Yet Catherine still