Seeing that Xu Tianran seemed disinclined to probe further, Ju Zi quietly relaxed her tight grip on the wheelchair handles and said calmly, "Your Highness, in my opinion, Lin Qing is a kind, gentle man who remains true to himself.
"He possesses an ultimate talent that appears once in a thousand years, yet none of Wang Shaojie's sickening arrogance. He treats every student in the Hongchen Class with courtesy and kindness. We respect him as our class monitor and are more than willing to support him.
"The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy spares no expense in nurturing Lin Qing. Dean Jing Hongchen has opened the Metal World to him without limits so his ultimate metal can devour materials and cultivate. If, as you said, Level 9 Soul Engineers have begun taking him seriously, I imagine power, money, and women are already within easy reach.
"Trying to win him over with worldly things would only backfire."
"A spotless egg without a crack, pure in body and mind, then." Xu Tianran frowned deeply. "He does bear some resemblance to the Silver Moon Douluo. Over the past century and more, countless imperial relatives have sought the Silver Moon Douluo's support, only to return with their feathers clipped, every last one.
"Lin Qing possesses ultimate metal. I had intended to select some exceptionally rare metals from the Crown Prince's Residence's treasury as a first-meeting gift. It seems I needn't bother now."
At those words, Corporal Xiao Xiaoju's red lips parted slightly, her gaze wavering.
She seemed to have accidentally ruined the general's gray-market business. In truth, Lin Qing desperately needed top-grade rare metals. The red demon fine gold used to create the Dragon Gland Thermonuclear Cannon's core array had come from the winnings he made by going all in on himself to knock