Chen Luo gently pushed open the bedroom door and saw Mi Li wearing black-framed glasses, reading a classic at the desk.
The glasses gave Mi Li a slightly intellectual air, different from her usual look.
Mi Li smiled sweetly when she saw Chen Luo.
Chen Luo smiled. "Why are you wearing glasses? Don't tell me you're nearsighted."
Mi Li said, "No, wearing glasses just puts me more in the mood to read."
Chen Luo chuckled. "I think you look pretty good in glasses, too."
Mi Li blushed.
Chen Luo wrapped his arms around Mi Li from behind. "Let me show you a treasure."
Since there was no way to reach King Rank before Bai Hao arrived, the Light King-Rank Crystal he carried was no longer much use to him.
Once he used his spacetime esper ability, the crystal would shatter, leaving him unable to use Void Walk.
Between Chen Luo and Bai Hao, one of them was bound to die.
And that would definitely be Bai Hao.
He could use Bai Hao's crystal to advance to King Rank afterward. For now, he would give this Light crystal to Mi Li, whose attribute matched it.
Chen Luo firmly pressed it into Mi Li's hands. "All right, reach level ten sooner so you can help me better."
Since Mi Li had already absorbed a level-ten Light crystal that day, she had to wait until tomorrow.
The next day, Mi Li reached level ten.
Throughout her progress from level nine to level ten, Mi Li had been absorbing level-ten Light crystals. With help from the Hallucinogenic Fruit tree Chen Luo had brought back from the mountain, her crystal absorption speed had increased.
With a King-Rank Crystal to absorb that day, her advancement from level nine to level ten came naturally. In less than