Seeing Zhu Zhuqing asking him for guidance like this, Huo Yuhao could not help feeling puzzled again.
If Zhu Zhuqing really has drawn a god's attention, then why does she still need to ask me for guidance with a god helping her? Hasn't the god taught her some cultivation method or improved her aptitude, the way Tang San was given the Tang Sect Secret Arts to cultivate?
At this thought, another conjecture arose in Huo Yuhao's mind. Over the course of the day, he had gotten to know these seven people to some extent. Apart from Tang San, who was most likely to have drawn a god's attention, and Xiao Wu, who was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, the other five had shown no abilities beyond the bounds of exceptional talent, nor did they possess any other special powers. Had his initial line of thinking been wrong? Was it not these seven who had drawn a god's attention, but Tang San alone?
At least, this conjecture made sense to Huo Yuhao as things stood. With that thought, he asked Zhu Zhuqing, who stood before him, "Why do you want to become stronger?"
At his words, Zhu Zhuqing straightened up and said, "I want to escape the fate awaiting me. As for why, I can't tell you."
Huo Yuhao smiled at her answer, then spoke in an authentic Star Luo City accent from the Star Luo Empire. "Zhu Zhuqing, why do you want to become stronger?"
Hearing Huo Yuhao's authentic hometown accent, Zhu Zhuqing first froze, then looked at him with some wariness.
It was only because of his accent that Zhu Zhuqing now examined Huo Yuhao's features closely from such a short distance. Although Huo Yuhao had become female after his rebirth, and his appearance bore a seventy-percent