What surprised Qian Ran most was that Feng Ling was actually a masochist. That really made his jaw drop.
Logically, a woman with such lofty ambitions should never have had that disposition. Perhaps Feng Ling's ambitions were immense, but her talent could not support them, and frustration had twisted her psyche somewhat.
From Qian Ran's perspective, there was indeed a gap between Feng Ling and Ye Xishui, and no small one, either.
Feng Ling was hardly weak. Compared with Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er, she even had a slight edge. Without Qian Ran's help, neither Xian Lin'er nor Cai Mei'er had been as strong as Feng Ling.
But the person Feng Ling wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with was Ye Xishui.
Ye Xishui was a lunatic who had gotten both herself and her teammates killed. Since Feng Ling was following Ye Xishui's path, it was normal for her to be a little unhinged too. Besides, they were Evil Soul Masters to begin with and acted in secretive, unpredictable ways.
"Of all the people you could imitate, you just had to pick Ye Xishui," Qian Ran grumbled.
Ye Xishui herself was far too unhinged. This woman's pursuit of strength was also extraordinarily intense. Becoming a Limit Douluo had not been enough; she had to raise her Soul Engineer level to ten as well. Ye Xishui had indeed been lucky to encounter Old Ghost Zhongli, who had passed his power on to her, but her attainments as a Soul Engineer were entirely genuine.
The knowledge of Soul Engineers below Level 9 was still easy enough to grasp thoroughly.
The Sun Moon Empire only had one Level 10 Soul Engineer. Ye Xishui had certainly reached Level 10 through her own study and contemplation. That was absolutely not a matter of luck.
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