A nine-star reward...
The last Martial Soul Awakening Pill had come from a level-seven reward, obtained when he won over the Ice Empress. This one was a full two tiers higher.
It must be because of the state of my martial soul. My martial soul is already at the very pinnacle, so only a reward of this caliber could possibly make it stronger.
As his thoughts reached this point, they were only a few thousand meters from the academy gates. Gu Qingnian's eyesight was so sharp that he could already see the two teachers standing there.
Ma Xiaotao's eyesight naturally wasn't as good as Gu Qingnian's. Only as the academy buildings gradually came into view did she realize that she was still in his arms. She couldn't help hesitating over whether to get down. When they passed through the academy, her teacher or the other students might spot them, and then...
Yet with her personality, she didn't want to hide their relationship either. The main problem was that their relationship was still awkward: they seemed like a couple, yet not quite. Most importantly, they had done that together. Although Gu Qingnian had just said he would take responsibility, it still felt a little... were they really a couple now?
If she said something, she feared Gu Qingnian might be unhappy and accuse her of deciding things on her own. Besides, how long had they even known each other? Would it be too direct, too fast? Most importantly, if Gu Qingnian hadn't been serious, she might kill him on the spot.
But if she said nothing, Gu Qingnian was supposedly a man who wandered through a garden of women, involved with many of them and living carefree in the Outer Court. She feared he would keep picking up women everywhere, and