Looking at Luo Shuang's rather strange expression, Bai Yu was clearly bewildered. Had the rumors outside spread this far already?
Even the people around him believed them without a shred of doubt?
What exactly had Jing Lingzi done?
Luo Shuang, however, had an entirely different train of thought.
She was only at the second level of the Integration realm. An Imperial Weapon and reaching the ninth rank as an alchemist were distant dreams for her.
After all, without sufficient foundations, how could either of those things be so easily accomplished?
Of course, Bai Yu was an exception. Ever since their days in Midstream, she had witnessed far too many miracles from him, the most outstanding of which was the rise in his cultivation.
With Madam Jiang's talent, reaching Mahayana was no problem, but she was the first to condense an Imperial Weapon immediately after her breakthrough.
In ancient times, anyone capable of such a feat had been a monstrous prodigy with terrifying talent.
Yet this woman had easily accomplished it after getting involved with Bai Yu.
So Bai Yu was the root of it all.
As for how to improve, Luo Shuang knew perfectly well. After all, among the many people around Bai Yu, practically everyone whose strength soared used the same cultivation method. That was also why she had fallen so far behind so many of them.
And now Bai Yu had brought out the Black Emperor's legacy and explained how to condense an Imperial Weapon. Did she even need to guess what lay behind that?
"I think you may have misunderstood me."
Bai Yu sighed softly and spoke helplessly.
"Misunderstood?"
Luo Shuang raised an eyebrow.
"Luo Ning is my sworn elder sister, and you're her mother..."
"So this really is just a legacy."
At that, Luo Shuang's expression