Looking at the Friendship notification that appeared on the Character Panel, it seemed Kuki Shinobu's Friendship with him was nearly maxed out too.
Li Qiuzhi smiled, nodded, and said:
"It sounds like your sister is worried about you, so it's only natural for her to nag a little."
"Of course I know that..." Kuki Shinobu sighed.
Precisely because she knew, she felt helpless. Knowing the other person was worried about her meant she couldn't even argue back when she started nagging.
Li Qiuzhi thought for a moment, increased his output of harmonization energy, and said as he strengthened Kuki Shinobu:
"It's easy to stop your sister from worrying about you. Just get stronger like this until she feels no monster can beat you. Then she won't worry."
Feeling both her elemental power and physical strength rapidly increasing, Kuki Shinobu couldn't help looking surprised.
"You... you don't need to waste your power like this..."
Her face flushed with embarrassment, and she tried to pull her arm back.
As far as Kuki Shinobu knew, treasures that could directly increase someone's strength were extremely rare. Li Qiuzhi was probably doing this at the cost of depleting his own power.
Li Qiuzhi didn't release Kuki Shinobu's wrist. He gently shook his head and said:
"It's fine. This energy recovers naturally, and very quickly at that. Besides, its quality is so high that you really can't use much of it."
"All right, then."
Now that she understood the situation, and since it didn't harm Li Qiuzhi, Kuki Shinobu gladly accepted his gift.
After all, they were friends. There really was no need to stand on ceremony.
[Kuki Shinobu developed affection for you. Gained 360 Friendship points. Current Friendship level: Lv. 10 (max)]
A Friendship notification appeared on the Character Panel, and Li Qiuzhi