Han Li smiled faintly at this and said casually:
"It's nothing. Our cultivation is simply one stage higher than his. By the rules of the Cultivation World, he should indeed call me Senior!"
A flash of delight crossed Mo Caihuan's eyes, and she said with an even brighter grin:
"Whenever I remember that ridiculous look on his face when he saw me appear, I still can't help laughing!"
This time, Han Li said nothing. He merely watched Mo Caihuan with a smile.
Before long, Mo Caihuan shyly turned her face aside and fell silent as well.
But then she suddenly said something that took Han Li completely by surprise:
"Senior Brother, is it really impossible to become a Cultivator without a spirit root? I want to become a Cultivator like you, too!"
When Mo Caihuan turned back to him, her face was filled with sorrow, and her voice brimmed with hope.
At the sight, a flicker of pain crossed Han Li's face, then vanished. He had no answer.
Beside them, Naruto's expression remained calm, and he felt no stirring of emotion. She wanted a spirit root? He could actually give her one—even a single spirit root.
But that would require his system to awaken again.
In this Cultivation World, however, those without spirit roots had never been able to practice magic arts. This had been an unchanging truth for hundreds of thousands of years!
For someone without a spirit root to obtain one and cultivate, they would need to ascend to the Spirit Realm before the problem could be solved. No one in the current Cultivation World had ever accomplished it.
Seeing Han Li's expression, Mo Caihuan felt her hopeful heart turn cold. It seemed that even this extraordinarily capable senior brother of hers could do nothing.
Her face dimmed,