"Don't start by saying things like that..." Luluwei murmured in a tiny voice.
Even so, Lu Cang heard her words clearly.
Lu Cang's gaze wasn't as sharp and serious as it was during battle, nor was it as calm and expressionless as usual.
This time, his gaze was gentle.
"Sorry for making you worry."
Luluwei's face turned completely red. "What are you talking about...? I was never worried about you. Not once."
"You're so strong. There's no way anything could happen to you, okay?"
"So... who was worried about you?"
"Not me."
Lu Cang gently raised a hand toward Luluwei. She didn't feel herself being pulled at all, yet suddenly Lu Cang was right in front of her.
Seeing Yuna beside her, Luluwei realized that Lu Cang had pulled her over.
But the process...
She hadn't felt a thing.
Lu Cang could see into Luluwei's sea of consciousness and read her mind.
Luluwei's sea of consciousness... had actually been completely purified.
When they'd parted, Luluwei had still been half-corrupted. But now, her sea of consciousness was crystal clear.
What puzzled Lu Cang even more was how Luluwei had reached level 8.
Yuna had inherited the Sage's legacy and been trained by Yog, so her advancement was understandable. Yog was a Moon Star, with authority over the domain of knowledge. It was only reasonable that he could train a level 8 Scholar.
After all, pouring knowledge into a Scholar was practically a shortcut to leveling up.
But Luluwei...
Ahem.
It wasn't that Lu Cang looked down on her. Luluwei was talented—at least, back when she was level 4, she'd managed to fight his level 3 self to a near standstill.
Lu Cang had never doubted that Luluwei had the potential to reach level 8.
As long as she worked hard...
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