If his boss had not later given him a Ling Aperture-Opening Pill that could only be called miraculous, Bunier probably would never have regained his confidence.
Now, Bunier showed no trace of arrogance in the Underground Base and was utterly deferential toward his boss. But in front of researchers from the outside world, he would damn well be a hundred times more arrogant than before!
They belonged to entirely different worlds. How could they even compare?
Still, although Bunier never acted arrogant in the Underground Base, nobody had ever ignored him like this. Even his boss valued him highly.
Yet this experimenter his boss had brought over was completely ignoring him, and that really hurt.
Even though his boss had already said Master Qiao was far more capable than Lu Jiu, he still found it hard to accept. Unless this fellow could actually prove he had the ability to justify ignoring him—by being as formidable as his boss, for instance.
"Master Qiao, could you help me solve a technical problem?" Bunier asked.
Master Qiao's mind was off somewhere else...
Shen Bing felt helpless too. He had never expected this Divine Puppet Artisan to have such an attitude!
He said, "Master Qiao, Mr. Bunier here is an important researcher working under me. I brought you here specifically to help him solve his problem."
Master Qiao dared to ignore Bunier, but he certainly did not dare to ignore Shen Bing. For one thing, Shen Bing was his Master. For another, he was afraid Shen Bing would lock him up in a dark room.
"Go ahead! There's no problem I, Master Qiao, can't solve." Master Qiao's tone was mild, but the sheer arrogance of his words was hard to stomach.
At least he was no longer treating everyone as beneath his notice. His