"Do you have any requests?" Lotie asked first.
Lu Cang didn't bother with formalities. "If I become your disciple, do I have to believe in you completely?"
Lotie shook her head. "I wouldn't restrict your freedom of belief."
"I imagine someone like you... wouldn't be content to become the subordinate of some god, either."
Lu Cang had only entered Deep Earth by chance.
He had no prior connection to her, and Lotie understood that someone like him wouldn't casually put his faith in a god he'd only just met.
Getting him to become her devout follower was basically impossible.
Unless...
She forcibly controlled him.
But if she did that, Lu Cang would likely lose his potential for growth.
Growth in this world required thought. Forcibly controlling someone was tantamount to taking away their ability to think for themselves.
Besides, Lu Cang seemed utterly unafraid.
He might really have a way to escape her control. If so... she might end up making an enemy of him instead.
At present, Lu Cang was the only person who could leave Deep Earth.
That wasn't to say no one had ever left Deep Earth before.
But anyone who'd managed to leave in the past should already be dead...
If she fell out with Lu Cang, she would lose her means of influencing the real world from Deep Earth.
Furthermore,
judging by the abilities Lu Cang had shown so far... he was undoubtedly the most exceptional genius she'd ever met. If he survived, there was a good chance he could reach Level 9 or ascend to the God Realm.
Lotie had no desire to make an enemy of someone like that in the future.
After weighing the pros and cons, Lotie abandoned the idea of controlling Lu Cang completely.
"Fine. I'll tell you what I