As he spoke, Dai Chengfeng gently held Zhu Zhuqing's shoulders. "Divine power is, after all, God-level power!"
"Even if it's only a trace of its aura, for you right now..."
"It's an existence far beyond what you can withstand!"
Zhu Zhuqing nodded instinctively, and Dai Chengfeng continued, "If I don't control it well, or if a rejection reaction appears while you're adapting, you may be injured, or it may even damage your foundation."
"So the decision is yours."
"If you're unwilling, we'll just pretend nothing happened today. I'll keep thinking of ways to suppress the divine power and look for other possibilities for fusion."
Dai Chengfeng spoke with great sincerity, giving Zhu Zhuqing the right to choose.
Zhu Zhuqing fell silent.
She lowered her head and looked at her hand. The place where she had clasped Dai Chengfeng's hand just now seemed to still hold the warmth of his palm and that strange sensation of flowing spirit power.
That feeling wasn't bad. It was even... a little comfortable.
It was like an ice-cold body soaking in a hot spring at just the right temperature, every pore relaxing open.
Power.
Greater power.
She thought of the brutal competition within the Star Luo Imperial Family, thought of the responsibility on her shoulders, and thought of the undercurrents surging around Dai Chengfeng.
If she could possess greater power, if she could fight shoulder to shoulder with him instead of merely being protected behind him...
"How dangerous is it?"
She raised her head and looked straight into Dai Chengfeng's eyes.
Dai Chengfeng hadn't expected her to ask that first. He paused for a moment before answering seriously:
"If you cooperate fully, let me guide the flow of spirit power, and strictly control the amount of divine power that seeps out, the danger can be