Li Chenglong rolled his eyes and said, "Is there a difference?"
Zuo Xiaoduo sighed softly. "There is. If you choose to be a strategist, you could very well reach a height where you stand beneath one person and above ten thousand... But as combat support, even if you don't fade into the common crowd, you'd at least find it hard to attain that sort of position."
Li Chenglong rolled his eyes again. "Is there a difference?"
Zuo Xiaoduo pondered for a long time before finally breaking into a smile. "There really isn't. I was too caught up in appearances." (No explanation here either; everyone can interpret this for themselves.)
He patted Li Chenglong on the shoulder. "Zhongzhong, how many times have you walked the Thorny Road?"
Li Chenglong sighed. "Lately, I've been absorbing the power of upper-grade star soul jade to improve my efficiency. My Dantian fills to overflowing far faster than before, and suppressing the agitation of my True Qi has gone quite smoothly too. I'm on my seventh time now, and I still have something left in reserve. But I reckon I'll only be able to suppress it eight times at most. Any more would be going too far, which is just as bad as falling short!"
He sighed softly. "And that's only thanks to you helping me draw out the cold energy every night. This longstanding affliction of mine actually became nourishment that benefited me. Every carving and every peck was predetermined. But now, all the cold energy has been drawn out, and my reserves have reached their limit..."
"One more time at most, and that'll be the end of it. I'll have to start preparing to break through for real..."
Li Chenglong spoke with an open mind, but deep down, he was still rather dejected.
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