"You're very impressive."
After passing on the information related to the ritual, Claudio continued by expressing his sincere admiration for Li Min.
"To have achieved so much at such a young age is no small feat. Talent and hard work are both essential."
"You're too kind. I owe a lot to my teacher's valuable guidance."
Li Min was very modest, and spoke of her teacher with great admiration.
"Is that so?"
Claudio didn't seem particularly surprised.
"Your teacher must be outstanding to have taught a student like you. I'd love to meet him someday."
"My teacher really was amazing, but unfortunately, he's passed away."
Li Min sounded rather melancholy.
"That's a real shame!"
Li Min's words made Claudio pause. After expressing his regret, he said nothing more, instead turning to look at Fu Qian and studying him for a long time.
"Mr. Che, I heard about you before. At first, I didn't quite believe it, so I wanted to see you with my own eyes."
"Now that I've seen you, I realize Roland's description wasn't exaggerated at all. If anything, he was being conservative."
"You flatter me."
Claudio's praise was rather over the top, yet Fu Qian merely responded casually, despite the lavish compliment.
His rather impolite attitude left Roland and the others looking completely stunned.
Fu Qian paid them no mind.
Just as he could tell that Claudio was no ordinary person, Fu Qian didn't believe Claudio could have failed to notice that something about him was unusual.
Besides, Fu Qian hadn't made much effort to hide it.
From Roland's reaction, Claudio was clearly the central figure among their group.
The secret of the Inner Eye they were searching for might well lie with him.
So Fu Qian was all the more interested in seeing how Claudio would